Chester Theatre Company

Theater Review: “Curve of Departure” — A Wonderfully Provocative Comedy

August 12, 2019
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Playwright Rachel Bonds has written an often-hilarious script which nonetheless deals with such serious and widespread issues as spousal and child abandonment, drug addiction, the right to death with dignity, and same-sex adoption of children.

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Theater Review: Berkshires Stage Round-up — Minimal Cheers

August 9, 2017
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Theater in the Berkshires has now entered a less than sparkling mode with a group of offerings that left me wondering why they were chosen for production.

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Theater Review: CTC’s “Skeleton Crew” — The Working Class Blues

July 15, 2017
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Dominique Morisseau’s monologues and dialogues draw you into the details of American working class life.

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Theater Review: “I and You” — A Powerful Look at the Teenage World

July 1, 2017
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The CTC’s first production of the summer is an unqualified delight.

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Theater Review: “Oh God” — An Audacious Israeli Comedy

July 17, 2016
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Anat Gov’s play about wrestling with life and God is an outrageously provocative script that showcases the best of contemporary Israeli art.

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Theater Review: “My Jane” — Not Much New Here

July 2, 2016
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The production, like so many I’ve seen staged by the Chester Theatre Company, makes the most of limited resources.

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Theater Review: “Blink” at the Chester Theatre Company — Anything But Fleeting

August 14, 2015
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Technology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.

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Theater Review: A Terrific “Memory House”

July 31, 2015
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The relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.

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Theater Review: “Annapurna” — A Lyrical Look at Living With Terrible Choices

July 12, 2014
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Chester Theatre Company productions often remind me of concerts in a chamber music series that feature musicians who have worked together for long periods of time.

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Fuse Theater Review: “Running” in The Wrong Direction

August 3, 2012
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Why did Chester Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Byam Stevens choose such a banal, lazily-written play with no drama, no development, barely any interesting language, and none of the wit, charm or whimsy I’ve come to associate with this stage company?

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