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MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Website: mahaiwe.org
Calendar: mahaiwe.org/events/

ABOUT

Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is a restored historic theater at 14 Castle Street in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, seating just under 700 in the main hall. In 2025, the venue opened the Indigo Room, an auxiliary space with flexible capacity up to 150, in a former firehouse next door.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Expect a year-round schedule of live music, theater, dance, film screenings, and literary events in a beautifully restored early 20th-century theater. The Berkshires setting draws both regional audiences and summer visitors. Programming ranges from national touring acts to HD broadcasts from London's National Theatre.

HISTORY

The Mahaiwe first opened on September 26, 1905, with the musical comedy "Happyland." The theater hosted acts including John Philip Sousa and vaudeville performers before transitioning to silent films in 1914 and talkies in 1929. After decades of decline, renovation began in 2003 under new leadership. The theater reopened as the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center on May 29, 2005.

Sources:
[1] mahaiwe.org [2] mahaiwe.org [3] en.wikipedia.org [4] berkshires.org [5] cinematreasures.org

UPCOMING SHOWS

Friday

  • 8:00pm — Ben Folds & A Piano Tour get loud

Friday - 6/12

  • 7:00pm — Grief A Comedy TV Presents – Alison Larkin: Grief… A Comedy let's go

Saturday - 6/13

  • 2:00pm — Grief A Comedy TV Presents – Alison Larkin: Grief… A Comedy let's go

Sunday - 6/14

  • 4:00pm — Close Encounters With Music: Romance of the Romani!—Ravel, Bartók, Liszt, Haydn, and Brahms Piano Quartet jazz vibes

Friday - 6/26

Saturday - 6/27

  • 8:00pm — BEATrio: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda & Antonio Sánchez let's jam

Sunday - 7/12

Thursday - 7/16

Friday - 7/24

  • 8:00pm — Branford Marsalis Quartet sax vibes

Full schedule at mahaiwe.org/events/ →

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