What: “Forgiveness” by Mark St. Germain. Inspired by the Minnesota Board of Pardons. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino
With: Joyce Collins, Rodney Hicks, Darlene Hope, Peggy Pharr Wilson
Who: Barrington Stage Company
Where: St. Germain Stage, Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden St., Pittsfield
When: Through Aug. 25
Performances: 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays
Running time: 1 hour, 5 minutes (performed without intermission)
Tickets: $25 – $67
Reservations and information: 413-236-8888; barringtonstageco.org
Review by Jeffrey Borak for The Berkshire Eagle
“FORGIVENESS speaks to its audience far more eloquently and poignantly through the voices of four individuals who, irrespective of whether you feel they are deserving, want nothing more than a clean shot at the American Dream.”
Review by Charles Giuliano – Aug 04, 2024 for Berkshire Fine Arts
“It was an edge of your seat evening of theatre. Mark St. Germain, to my mind an outstanding and bankable playwright, has never been better. This production hit all the right notes and is likely to travel far and wide from here.”
Review by Paula Kaplan-Reiss for Berkshire on Stage
“As a theater critic I am aware that an entire audience watching the same show can result in an audience-size number of opinions. What a clever idea Mark St. Germain put into action writing Forgiveness, performed at Barrington Stage Company.”
Review by Steve Barnes, Aug 4, 2024 for Albany Times Union
“At Barrington Stage — and elsewhere nationwide in the future, because the play is sure to become widely performed — the audience and board are a different kind of jury. They’re tasked not with deciding legal culpability but something more elevated and ineffable: whether the guilty are reformed sufficiently to have their criminal record expunged, allowing greater opportunities in employment, housing, travel and the reinstatement of voting rights.”
