“Flight of the Monarch,” a new play by Great Barrington Public Theater’s Jim Frangione, has its world premiere at Shakespeare & Company through Aug. 25. Judy Braha directs the darkly comic play about two siblings (Allyn Burrows and Corinna May) who live in a small New England fishing village. For details: www.shakespeare.org.
The UMass Fine Arts Center has announced a robust 2024-25 season in several venues in Amherst. Some of the season highlights include “A.I.M.” by Kyle Abraham, “Terence Blanchard: Flow,” Fran Lebowitz, the Dropkick Murphys, Angélique Kudjo, Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, Limon Dance Company, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Bruce Liu, John Cameron Mitchell with Amber Martin, and Bruce Hornsby. For details: www.fineartscenter.com.
