Barrington Stage Company Honors Pittsfield's (Unofficial) Queen

Amy Krzanik reports from Pittsfield.Barrington Stage Company (BSC) celebrated its 19th gala on Saturday, June 22, this year honoring “dedicated educator, fearless leader, and community activist" Shirley Edgerton. Edgerton is the director of Youth Alive, Inc., co-founder of the Lift Ev’ry Voice Festival, and founder and director of the Rites of Passage and Empowerment Program. The evening began with a special viewing of BSC’s current hit musical comedy On The Town, followed by cocktails at St. Joseph’s High School. The cast mingled with BSC board members, generous theater patrons, and guests as they perused and bid on silent auction items. The school gymnasium was transformed into a chic NYC-style after-hours club for the evening and served as an elegant setting for dinner catered by Max Ultimate Food. A live auction followed, and the night ended with dancing to the O-Tones. (Shirley Edgerton is pictured left with her mother, Ellen Green.)

BSC Treasurer Ira Yohalem and Gala Committee Member Shirley Yohalem with On The Town star Deanna Doyle; Gala Co-Chair Eileen Young with daughter Susan Lebowitz.

Orchestra conductor Darren Cohen, orchestra drummer Jeff Roberts, and cast member Michael Rupert; artist Peggy Rivers, Ursula Ehret-Dichter, and Van Shields.

Alice Nathan and Irving Marks with Barbara and Michael Rosenbaum; Yuki Cohen and Rachael Plaine.

BSC Board Member Reba Evenchik and Don Quinn Kelley in their party hats; Barbara Alibozek, Gala Committee Member Marian Raser, and Gene Dellea.

BSC Vice President Marita Glodt and David Glodt, Al Jaffe and Kathleen Jaffe, and Lyn Petricca and BSC Board Member Bob Petricca; BSC Asst. Managing Dir. Chris Donovan and Arthur Oliver.