Welcome back to the Mahaiwe's quarterly newsletter. This issue celebrates some year-end milestones, staff news, recent school field-trips and more. Momentum is also building towards our new venue next door – and we're happy to share good news there. For what's on schedule, be sure to keep an eye on our weekly programming emails and the calendar at mahaiwe.org. In the meantime, thanks for reading and hope to see you soon!
Double digits... a Mahaiwe record!
This year Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center audiences packed the theater for 11 sold-out shows — an organization record. This benchmark eclipses the previous record set just one year prior: seven in 2023. Overall, 29,000 theatergoers attended 129 events in the course of the year.
Lyle Lovett
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Wailin' Jennys
SOLD OUT SHOWS IN 2024
Lyle Lovett & Lisa Loeb • Keb' Mo' • Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues • Ladysmith Black Mambazo • 2024 Gala: Samara Joy • Lewis Black • Suzanne Vega • Pink Martini • The Wailin' Jennys • Selected Shorts • John Pizzarelli Big Band
Photos by Christina Lane
It Takes a Village
Photo by Marina Dominguez
1,000+ Members, 98 businesses and foundations, and hundreds of attendees who made donations with their ticket purchases helped make it possible for the Mahaiwe to present 129 programs, which brought 332 artists to the stage, and 29,000 people to the seats with more than 6,800 receiving free or deeply discounted tickets. Thank you to everyone who contributes to this vibrant – and growing – performing arts center.
A theatrical visit
Theatre students from W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School got a backstage tour at the Mahaiwe last month, and rehearsed scenes from their upcoming performance on our stage. The biggest hit of the day seemed to be raising the curtain using our 1905 pulley system.
"We had a wonderful tour! The kids were so inquisitive. I believe it may have been influential for their future careers!" 
– Kendell Shaffer,
Drama Couch, CLEO Out-of-School-Time Programming,
W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School
Not in Kansas anymore!
Young movie-goers embraced the theme at our annual screening of The Wizard of Oz over Thanksgiving weekend.
Welcome, Ally
Ally Nowak, Box Office Assistant
Ally Nowak (she/her) has a background in both performing and arts management and is excited to bring that experience and passion to the Mahaiwe. With a B.A. in Arts Management from the Hartt School of Music, she has worked with a variety of arts organizations, including Hartford Stage, Infinity Music Hall, College Street Music Hall, and Sofar Sounds in New York. She was previously a classical vocalist and continues to explore her love of music and a variety of art forms.
Are you the Mahaiwe's next Box Office Manager?
Apply now to join a great team of dedicated arts administration professionals.
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In search of a baby grand piano
Samara Joy at the 2024 Mahaiwe Gala. Photo by Christina Lane.
The Mahaiwe is seeking the donation of a baby grand piano no larger than 5'6". If you or someone you know is ready to part with one, please get in touch!
Indigo Room
Our second venue next door will open soon! We are getting ready to welcome audiences to the Indigo Room at 20 Castle Street and testing things out with two sneak-peek events. Mahaiwe Members are first to buy – learn more about membership on our website.
Stay tuned for grand opening details and upcoming schedule!
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Staff Picks
"José González makes soothing and dreamy indie folk music. The relationship between his soft voice and acoustic guitar fingerpicking is mesmerizing. There's an aura of mystique to his performance that I'm excited to see firsthand at the Mahaiwe."
—Gabe Napoleon,
Marketing and Communications Manager
José González
Friday, March 28 at 8pm
TICKETS
"Modern dance group Pilobolus is offering two performances at the Mahaiwe this spring! I’m especially excited to welcome families and other members of the community — such as CATA artists — for whom it may not always be convenient to visit the theater, to the Saturday matinee."
—Karen Richards, 
Playbill Advertising & Special Projects
Pilobolus – re:CREATION Tour
Saturday, May 3 at 3pm and 8pm
TICKETS
With much appreciation
Thank you to departing Board member Ben Liptzin for more than six years of dedicated service, including an active role on the Development Committee. He and his wife Liz Schneider also co-chaired the 2021 Gala with Leslie Odom, Jr.
A Talented Team
Confetti by JD Logan
It may not come as a surprise that the Mahaiwe team is filled with creative people, and we're delighted to share artistic activity from some of our own.
Company Manager JD Logan is showing original acrylic works at Gallery North in North Adams through January 31. Learn more at jdlogan.com.
Education & Community Engagement Manager Natalia Bernal is releasing a new album, En Diablada, this spring. En Diablada "fuses Andean and other South American folkloric traditions with elements of jazz, blues, and rock." Learn more at nataliabernal.com.
Theater Assistant Gabrielle Senza is starting a three-month term with the new Knob Hill Artists Residency in Great Barrington. Gabrielle's residency will be dedicated to creating a series of paintings and experimental works on paper inspired by her life-changing expedition to Antarctica in 2022. Work is to be featured in climate-related exhibitions and fundraisers this spring. Learn more at gabriellesenza.com.
The Berkshire Eagle recently featured security/concessions staff member Christopher David Boswell and his gallery in Lee. Christopher is currently showing photographs from his father's – Christopher St. Clair Boswell – time in the Caribbean with the Navy in the 1950s.
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Great Barrington, MA 01230
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