
MainStage, ’62 Center
Upcoming Events
February 2025

Visiting Artists: William Shakespeare’s "As You Like It, A Radical Retelling" by Cliff Cardinal.
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
"Cliff Cardinal is a Canadian Cultural Icon in 2022" - The Globe and Mail The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests this is a play to please all tastes. Is it possible? With his subversive updating of the Bard’s classic, cultural provocateur Cliff Cardinal seeks to find out. The show exults…
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Visiting Artists: William Shakespeare’s "As You Like It, A Radical Retelling" by Cliff Cardinal.
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
"Cliff Cardinal is a Canadian Cultural Icon in 2022" - The Globe and Mail The title of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It holds a double meaning that teasingly suggests this is a play to please all tastes. Is it possible? With his subversive updating of the Bard’s classic, cultural provocateur Cliff Cardinal seeks to find out. The show exults…
Find out more »March 2025

Sankofa: 14th Annual Steady Steppin' Forward Competition
Join us for the 14th Annual Steady Steppin’ Forward Competition! Come see step teams from all around the Northeast battle it out for a chance at Steady Steppin’ glory. Hosted by Sankofa Step Team, the competition is a celebration of step in all of forms, and with a special guest performance, you definitely don’t want to miss out on this.…
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Music & Dance Performance: "Love is a Crowded Room"
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
“Love Is A Crowded Room” is an evening of original music and dance made by North Berkshire artists Ciarra Fragale & Molly Hess. The show had its first residency and performance in September 2024 at the Adams Theater and is back for a second run at the ‘62 Center. In 2023, longtime pals and collaborators Molly and Ciarra were hanging…
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Music & Dance Performance: "Love is a Crowded Room"
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
“Love Is A Crowded Room” is an evening of original music and dance made by North Berkshire artists Ciarra Fragale & Molly Hess. The show had its first residency and performance in September 2024 at the Adams Theater and is back for a second run at the ‘62 Center. In 2023, longtime pals and collaborators Molly and Ciarra were hanging…
Find out more »April 2025

Visiting Artists: Nicolas Noreña / The Million Underscores residency showing
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
Seconds is an intermedia exploration of suspension of disbelief and a study of staged death through the lenses of comedy, horror, the grotesque, tragedy, ritual, and dance. Deconstructing performative language from sportscasters, Noh theater, Tennessee Williams, and masked funerary rituals, the performance moves through the eight tibetan stages of death, and invites the audience to join in a contemplation of…
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Visiting Artists: Nicolas Noreña / The Million Underscores residency showing
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
Seconds is an intermedia exploration of suspension of disbelief and a study of staged death through the lenses of comedy, horror, the grotesque, tragedy, ritual, and dance. Deconstructing performative language from sportscasters, Noh theater, Tennessee Williams, and masked funerary rituals, the performance moves through the eight tibetan stages of death, and invites the audience to join in a contemplation of…
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Visiting Artists: James Allister Sprang "Rest Within the Wake"
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
One event on Fri, April 18th, 2025 at 8:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 8:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 2:00pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
https://vimeo.com/1045161176 Rest Within the Wake is a 50-minute orchestral jazz composition that anchors a session of somatic listening. This work invites you to turn away from the frantic pace of the modern world and slow down. Intimately tethered to the seminal text In the Wake by Africana Studies scholar Christina Sharpe, Rest Within the Wake celebrates the sensory experience of black…
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Visiting Artists: James Allister Sprang "Rest Within the Wake"
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
One event on Fri, April 18th, 2025 at 8:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 8:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 2:00pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
https://vimeo.com/1045161176 Rest Within the Wake is a 50-minute orchestral jazz composition that anchors a session of somatic listening. This work invites you to turn away from the frantic pace of the modern world and slow down. Intimately tethered to the seminal text In the Wake by Africana Studies scholar Christina Sharpe, Rest Within the Wake celebrates the sensory experience of black…
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Visiting Artists: James Allister Sprang "Rest Within the Wake"
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
One event on Fri, April 18th, 2025 at 2:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 2:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 2:00pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
https://vimeo.com/1045161176 Rest Within the Wake is a 50-minute orchestral jazz composition that anchors a session of somatic listening. This work invites you to turn away from the frantic pace of the modern world and slow down. Intimately tethered to the seminal text In the Wake by Africana Studies scholar Christina Sharpe, Rest Within the Wake celebrates the sensory experience of black…
Find out more »
Visiting Artists: James Allister Sprang "Rest Within the Wake"
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
One event on Fri, April 18th, 2025 at 8:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 8:00pm
One event on Sat, April 19th, 2025 at 2:00pm
- Categories:
- Arts at Williams
- Cost
- $3 – $10
https://vimeo.com/1045161176 Rest Within the Wake is a 50-minute orchestral jazz composition that anchors a session of somatic listening. This work invites you to turn away from the frantic pace of the modern world and slow down. Intimately tethered to the seminal text In the Wake by Africana Studies scholar Christina Sharpe, Rest Within the Wake celebrates the sensory experience of black…
Find out more »May 2025

Dance Dept: Spring "Pachedu"
Throughout the year, CoDa, Kusika, Sankofa, and the Zambezi Marimba band explore creative ideas under the expert guidance of the ensemble's artistic directors. This collaborative process takes many turns as the students develop both intellectually and artistically. Please join us for these exciting presentations! All are welcome! Tickets: $3 (students) Artistic Program Directors Sandra L. Burton, Erica Dankmeyer, Tendai Muparutsa,…
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Dance Dept: Spring "Pachedu"
Throughout the year, CoDa, Kusika, Sankofa, and the Zambezi Marimba band explore creative ideas under the expert guidance of the ensemble's artistic directors. This collaborative process takes many turns as the students develop both intellectually and artistically. Please join us for these exciting presentations! All are welcome! Tickets: $3 (students) Artistic Program Directors Sandra L. Burton, Erica Dankmeyer, Tendai Muparutsa,…
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