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Jacob's Pillow

A hilltop dance center in the Berkshires hosting a summer festival on indoor stages and an outdoor stage.

358 George Carter Rd · Becket, MA

About Jacob's Pillow

Jacob's Pillow is a dance center founded by Ted Shawn, who bought an old Becket farm in 1931, and the campus is a National Historic Landmark District. Its summer Dance Festival brings dance companies to the Ted Shawn Theatre, the rebuilt Doris Duke Theatre and the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage. You get free entry to the Archives and exhibition spaces, plus free talks and public campus tours. Parking is free, and the campus sits about ten minutes from the Mass Turnpike.

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