Miss Hall's School Presents 'Matilda'

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Miss Hall's School Theater Ensemble will present 'Matilda' in three upcoming shows.
 
Performances are at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29; 7 p.m. on Friday, March 1; and 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 2. All performances take place in the Woods Theater of the Elizabeth Gatchell Klein Arts Center on the MHS campus.
 
Visit www.misshalls.org/stories to reserve tickets. (After 4 p.m. on Feb. 29, and through Saturday, March 2, call 413-395-7023 to reserve tickets.) General admission is $10, and reservations are recommended. Senior citizen and handicapped-accessible seating are available.
 
According to a press release:
 
'Matilda' tells the story of an imaginative five-year-old whose special powers and extraordinary potential go unrecognized by her abusive parents and cruel headmistress. Instead, Matilda seeks refuge in her books and bonds with a supportive librarian and a new schoolteacher, before showing her classmates they, too, can stand up against the forces holding them back. 
 
This MHS production features Eleanor Jacobsen '27 as the title character, Matilda Wormwood; Willa Dowling-Paul '25 as the bullying Headmistress, Miss Agatha Trunchbull; Casey Lai '25 as Matilda's supportive teacher, Miss Honey; and Kyla Gore '24 and Hanna Heaton Wellenstein '24 as Matilda's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood.
 
The production also stars Sutra Chakma '24 as the kindly librarian, Mrs. Phelps; Hypnos Perri '24 as Matilda's older brother, Michael, and the Nurse; Avah DeBenedetto '27 as Matilda's best friend, Lavender; and Kyana Chainani '25, Myles Patton '27, Anna White '27, and Jaimie Corpuz '26 as Matilda's classmates Amanda, Hortensia, Eric, and Tommy. Emilie Coziol-Desy '25 performs as The Acrobat and Nigel, another of Matilda's classmates, and Welmerly Maria '24 is Rudolpho and Bruce, also a classmate. 
 
Additionally, Indigo Travis '27 is The Escapologist, and EA Peña '25 is Sergei, and they join Sonia Rundle '27, Ella Tawes '24, and Maddie Tillem '24 in the Ensemble.
 
The production's technical crew includes Stage Managers Molly Casey '24 overseeing the front of the house and Mackenzie Ennis '24 overseeing backstage. Izzy Aponte '26, Itza Jimenez '27, Kara Kisselbrock '26, Fiona Lu '26, Kat Lunden '25, and Sophia Tillem '24 assist with costumes and props. Emilie Coziol-Desy '25 is the Choreographer.
 
The performance is directed by Jennifer Jordan, MHS Director of Theater and Dance.

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Pittsfield City Council Weighs in on 'Crisis' in Public Schools

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff

A half-dozen people addressed the City Council from the floor of Monday's meeting, including Valerie Anderson, right.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — After expressing anger and outrage and making numerous calls for accountability and transparency, the 11 members of the City Council on Monday voted to support the School Committee in seeking an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct by staff members at Pittsfield High School that have come to light in recent weeks.
 
At the close of a month that has seen three PHS administrators put on administrative leave, including one who was arrested on drug trafficking charges, the revelation that the district is facing a civil lawsuit over inappropriate conduct by a former teacher and that a staff member who left earlier in the year is also under investigation at his current workplace, the majority of the council felt compelled to speak up about the situation.
 
"While the City Council does not have jurisdiction over the schools … we have a duty to raise our voices and amplify your concerns and ensure this crisis is met with the urgency it demands," Ward 5 Councilor Patrick Kavey said.
 
About two dozen community members attended the special meeting of the council, which had a single agenda item.
 
Four of the councilors precipitated the meeting with a motion that the council join the School Committee in its search for an investigation and that the council, "be included in the delivery of any disclosures, interim reports or findings submitted to the city."
 
Last week, the School Committee decided to launch that investigation. On Monday, City Council President Peter White said the School Committee has a meeting scheduled for Dec. 30 to authorize its chair to enter negotiations with the Springfield law firm of Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas to conduct that probe.
 
Ward 7 Councilor Rhonda Serre, the principal author of the motion of support, was one of several members who noted that the investigation process will take time, and she, like Kavey, acknowledged that the council has no power over the public schools beyond its approval of the annual district budget.
 
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