Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is a not-for-profit professional theatre company in the Berkshires (MA) with a three-fold mission: to produce top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to engage our community with vibrant, inclusive educational outreach programs. This summer marks our 30th anniversary year.

Barrington Stage Company is the fastest-growing arts venue in Berkshire County, attracting more than 60,000 patrons each year. Co-founded by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd in 1995, BSC continues to gain national recognition for its superior-quality productions and comprehensive educational programming. In its first 11 years, BSC operated from rented space at the Consolati Performing Arts Center at Mount Everett High School in Sheffield, MA.

In its first 11 years, BSC operated from rented space at the Consolati Performing Arts Center at Mount Everett High School in Sheffield, MA. BSC used a high school auditorium as their Mainstage space, and two cafeterias as makeshift theatres, one for their Stage 2 (where The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee premiered) and the other for their Youth Theatre. In July 2005, BSC purchased a 1912 vaudeville theatre in downtown Pittsfield and presented their first season in 2006 in the partially renovated space (with only the orchestra available for seating). By June 2007, BSC opened its doors to a completely renovated 520-seat, state-of-the art theatre now known as the Boyd-Quinson Stage.

In the spring of 2012, BSC purchased the former V.F.W. building in Pittsfield, three blocks from the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage. The building, now called the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center in honor of the BSC patrons who made the purchase of the building possible, houses the 136-seat St. Germain Stage and Mr. Finn’s Cabaret, a 99-seat cabaret space in the lower level of the building.

In the summer of 2016, Barrington Stage’s campus grew once again, with the acquisition of 122 North Street, now called the Wolfson Center, after BSC patrons Jessie and Bernie Wolfson, who made the purchase possible. BSC’s administrative offices, rehearsal rooms and costume shop moved to the Wolfson Center, giving Barrington a prime location in downtown Pittsfield. For the first time in the company’s history, all BSC offices, rehearsal spaces and classrooms are under one roof, including the costume shop and storage.

In 2019, BSC purchased a 22,000 sq. foot building at 34 Laurel Street that has become its Production Center, housing the set, prop and paint shops. The Production Center was also the site of BSC’s outdoor tent productions in 2021.

BSC has become an integral part of downtown Pittsfield’s economic revitalization. In 2009 the Massachusetts Cultural Council presented a “Creative Community” Commonwealth Award to the City of Pittsfield in recognition of its efforts to boost the creative economy in Massachusetts.