OLLI Theater Party: ART at Shakespeare and Company

OLLI Theater Party

Organized by OLLI’s Performing Arts Initiative Committee

OLLI members are invited to our casual theatre meet-ups to enjoy a sampling of some of the Berkshires most exciting productions.  We offer OLLI at BCC members discounted tickets and talkbacks before or after the plays with distinguished members of the theater family.

Please call the theatre box office directly to buy your tickets and state that you are an OLLI member to qualify for the discounted ticket price.

Shakespeare and Company

Art By Yasmina Reza

Translated by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Christopher V. Edwards

Wednesday, August 18, 2 PM  

Outdoors at the Roman Garden Theatre
70 Kemble Street | Lenox, Mass.

For tickets, call the theatre box office: 413-637-3353

Mention OLLI to receive our group rate: $23, $29 or $35

The performance will be followed by a Q and A especially for OLLI members.

What is the value of friendship, of art, of money? How much would you pay for a white painting? One of Marc’s best friends, Serge, has just bought a very expensive painting. It's white. To Marc, the painting is a joke, but Serge insists Marc doesn’t have the proper standard to judge the work. Another friend, Ivan, though burdened by his own problems, allows himself to be pulled into this disagreement. In spite of himself, Ivan tells Serge he likes the painting. These old friends square off over the canvas, using it as an excuse to relentlessly batter one another over various failures. Friendship is tested, and the aftermath of action, and its reaction, affirms the power of those bonds.