by Kate Hamill
WINTER SHOW
A Lively, Costumed Reading
SENSE AND
SENSIBILITY
by Kate Hamill
Based on the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by Ariel Bock
DECEMBER 12 – 14
Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre
( Courtesy of Berkshire East)
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mission. And it’ s really simple.” The barn raising had its foundation. Now came the work. Their plans to revitalize the place are immediate and ambitious, focused on strengthening the mountain’ s infrastructure without changing Burke’ s character. Plans to quadruple snowmaking capabilities, from“ 100 gallons a minute to 4,000,” Schaefer says, are underway.“ We’ re spending as much on resort improvements as we did on purchasing the resort,” he says, explaining that the efficiency gains will reduce snowmaking time from 1,200 hours to about 400 hours.“ We brought almost four miles of pipeline— eight-inch pipes being welded together up and down the mountain with 150 snow guns being added.”
Lift upgrades are also a top priority— addressing years of deferred maintenance— as well as hotel and restaurant improvements and upgrades to the resort’ s digital infrastructure.“ There’ s another way to look at this, like what isn’ t being touched this year?” Schaefer says with a laugh. The intention remains to honor the raw, unpolished skiing that has always defined Burke. The mountain offers a mix of woods skiing and open trails, with a separate base area just for new and beginning skiers, which Graham says is one of Burke’ s best-kept secrets.“ There are four or five runs that are all easily accessible,” he says.“ It ' s a nice quad chair. There ' s the lodge right at the bottom. It is a super-great place where you ' re not squeezed into some corner for beginning skiing. You have your own little kind of mini resort for beginners.” True to their barn-raising spirit, the partners frame their mission in practical, no-nonsense terms— to reinforce Burke’ s heart with a sustainable business model.“ We finally agreed on a two-word business plan. As the kids say in ski racing, when they’ re going out of the start— you’ ve got to send it,” Graham
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