FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Great Barrington, Mass.—The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present Mind the Gap, a free, intergenerational performance facilitated by New York Theatre Workshop, on Friday, August 25 at 7 p.m.
The performance is a culmination of a week-long workshop at the Mahaiwe between local youth and seniors, working together to learn the power of storytelling and theatre.
The performance is free and open to the public, but reservations are required at mahaiwe.org or through the Box Office, 413-528-0100, open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
For more information on the New York Theatre Workshop, visit nytw.org.
About New York Theatre Workshop
New York Theatre Workshop provokes, produces and cultivates the work of artists whose visions inspire and challenge all of us. Founded in 1979, New York Theatre Workshop is dedicated to ensuring the robust and compelling presence of the artist in our society. For more than three decades, NYTW has provided a home to artists to hone their creative voice a space for them to develop their projects and a platform to produce groundbreaking work. NYTW is renowned for a long list of acclaimed work including Jonathan Larson’s Rent; Enda Walsh’s Once; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul; Caryl Churchill’s Far Away, A Number and Love and Information; David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus; and Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown. NYTW’s productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, 25 Tony Awards and assorted Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards.
About the Mahaiwe
Located in downtown Great Barrington, Mass., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 25,700 students from 73 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see mahaiwe.org.
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