MAHAIWE ANNOUNCES INDIGO ROOM GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
MAHAIWE ANNOUNCES
INDIGO ROOM
GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION
PEFORMANCES FROM
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
GUY DAVIS
AND MORE
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Great Barrington, MA (August 13, 2025) – The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will hold a Grand Opening Celebration for its new performance space the Indigo Room from October 10 through October 12, with performances by jazz vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway, blues guitarist Guy Davis, and family-friendly musician Terry A La Berry, among ceremonial festivities throughout the weekend. Further programming for the Indigo Room is also announced.
“The Mahaiwe team is thrilled to celebrate the opening of the Indigo Room,” says Mahaiwe Executive Director Janis Martinson. “Over the weekend we will demonstrate exactly what the Indigo Room will be: a versatile performance space with a true range of offerings. Between comedy, cabaret, blues, family fun and more, we hope to appeal to all entertainment appetites in our community. Come toast this new cultural hub in downtown Great Barrington!”
Ann Hampton Callaway
Jazz and pop singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway will headline the Indigo Room’s Grand Opening weekend with a retrospective performance on Saturday, October 11 at 8 p.m. In The Best of Ann Hampton Callaway, the Tony-nominated star dazzles with highlights from her hit shows The Streisand Songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway Sings the ‘70s, The Linda Ronstadt Songbook, To Ella with Love, From Sassy to Divine: The Sarah Vaughan Project and Finding Beauty: Inspired Classics and Originals. Come see why Christopher Loudon of Jazz Times calls her the “…superbly intelligent, singularly creative pop-jazz stylist who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Streisand, Ronstadt, Shirley Horn, and Dianne Reeves…”
A leading champion of the great American Songbook, Ann Hampton Callaway has made her mark as a singer, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger, actress, educator, TV host and producer. Voted by Broadwayworld.com as “Celebrity of the Year” and two years in a row as “Best Jazz Vocalist,” Callaway is a born entertainer. She is best known for Tony-nominated performance in the hit Broadway musical Swing! and for writing and singing the theme song to the hit TV series “The Nanny”. She made her feature film debut opposite Angelina Jolie and Matt Damon in the Robert De Niro film The Good Shepherd.
Callaway is a Platinum Award-selling writer whose songs are featured on seven of Barbra Streisand’s recent albums. She’s recorded over 50 albums as a soloist and guest and her latest critically acclaimed album Fever: A Peggy Lee Celebration! has been in high rotation on Siriusly Sinatra. Callaway’s honors include The Theater World Award, 17 MAC Awards, several Bistro Awards, The Mabel Mercer Award, The Johnny Mercer Award for Songwriting, The Blanton Peale Award for Positive Thinking and her induction into The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her new record Finding Beauty, Originals Volume 1, was recently released via Shanachie Entertainment and debuted at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart.
Callaway has performed before on the Mahaiwe’s mainstage.
Tickets are $102 for general admission café table seating, first-come, first-served.
Terry A La Berry
Arlo Guthrie’s longtime drummer Terry A La Berry will perform a free, family-friendly show on Sunday, October 12 at 11 a.m. Terry entertains audiences large and small with original songs and highly interactive material. He has appeared in several award-winning PBS specials for children and has produced seven albums of his original songs that have been recognized by Parents Choice Awards. He performed at the White House three times for the Easter Egg Roll and at thousands of schools, museums, theaters, camps and libraries, all over the country.
Terry has performed on the Mahaiwe’s mainstage with Guthrie several times over recent years.
Attendance is free with advance registration.
Guy Davis
Guy Davis will perform on Sunday, October 12 at 8 p.m. Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues, a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. Davis uses a blend of roots, blues, folk, rock, rap, spoken word, and world music to comment on – and address – the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events and common life struggles.
Davis appeared on the Mahaiwe’s mainstage opening for comedian Paul Reiser earlier this year.
Tickets are $40 for general admission café table seating, first-come, first-served.
GENERAL FESTIVITIES
The Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center team is planning several festive components around the Indigo Room Grand Opening Celebration performances, including a ribbon-cutting ceremony, stand-up comedy, drag bingo and a traditional Chinese lion dance. Details for these activities will be available closer to the date.
FURTHER PROGRAMMING
Beyond opening weekend, the Indigo Room will offer performances regularly as part of the Mahaiwe’s year-round programming. Programming announcements will be made on a rolling basis.
Singer-songwriter Matt Cusson will perform at the Indigo Room on Friday, October 24 at 8 p.m. Cusson is a Grammy-nominated, multiple award-winning singer, pianist, songwriter, producer, and arranger. In addition to recent tours with Christina Aguilera, Megan Hilty, Dave Koz, and India.Arie with Javier Colon, he has worked with many of the world’s biggest artists, including Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Anderson .Paak, Dua Lipa, CeeLo Green, Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, Dave Koz, Javier Colon, Meshell Ndegeocello, mentors Brian McKnight and Livingston Taylor and many more. Recently, Cusson arranged Irving Berlin’s “Count Your Blessings” for the New York Pops with conductor Steven Reineke, played at Carnegie Hall. And with the many arrangements you can hear of Cusson’s all over the world, his version of “How Deep Is Your Love,” arranged for vocal group King’s Return, was nominated for a 2023 Grammy for Best Arrangement. Tickets are $40 for general admission café table seating, first-come, first-served.
Jazz pianist Isaiah J. Thompson will perform “A Guaraldi Holiday” with a quartet at the Indigo Room on Friday, December 5 at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Thompson is the winner of the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz of the American Pianists Association. Thompson has performed with major artists, including John Pizzarelli (on the Mahaiwe stage), Ron Carter, Christian McBride, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Steve Turre and Buster Williams. His recording debut was featured on Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records’ Handful of Keys album with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, and he has since released multiple recordings as a leader. As a performer, Thompson tries to emit love, spirit and respect and convey his personal experiences through his artistry and his everlasting love of jazz. Tickets are $50 for row seating and $80 for café table seating up front.
TICKETS
Tickets to Terry A La Berry, Guy Davis and Matt Cusson go on sale Friday, August 15 at noon.
Tickets to Ann Hampton Callaway and Isaiah J. Thompson go on sale Wednesday, August 20 at noon.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.mahaiwe.org, or by calling or visiting the Box Office, 413-528-0100, on Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
ABOUT THE INDIGO ROOM
The Indigo Room is a flexible performance space in the former Great Barrington firehouse building at 20 Castle Street, next door to the historic Mahaiwe theater.
Seating in the Indigo Room is modular, allowing different audience capacities based on the nature of a program. About 80 patrons fit in an arrangement of café tables; 100 in plain rows; and 150 when standing-room-only. These seating plans can be customized in various combinations, such as with plain rows behind café tables in front.
Indigo Room concessions include beer, wine, soft drinks and snacks.
ABOUT THE MAHAIWE
Located in downtown Great Barrington, Mass., the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center is the year-round presenter of world-class music, dance, theater, classic films, Live in HD broadcasts, and arts education programs for the southern Berkshires and neighboring regions. The intimate jewel box of a theater opened in 1905. Since 2005, the performing arts center has hosted over 1,500 events and welcomed over half a million people through its doors. More than 27,000 students from 77 different schools have benefited from the Mahaiwe’s school-time performances and residencies. For more information, see mahaiwe.org.
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