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Press Contacts: Rebecca Brighenti, (413) Press Contacts: Rebecca Brighenti, (413) 448-8084 x11 [email protected] www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org Christina Riley, (413) 448-8084 x15 [email protected] www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org For Immediate Release: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 5:00pm Berkshire Theatre Group Announces 86th Summer Theatre Season of Provocative Classics and Masterful Contemporary Works Pittsfield, MA – Berkshire Theatre Group and Artistic Director/CEO, Kate Maguire, are pleased to announce the Summer 2014 Theatre Season offering classic works coupled with contemporary plays. “For our 86th Summer Season, we are producing a full schedule of musicals, plays, and special theatrical performances for another wonderful summer in the Berkshires with a splendid cast and crew of talented artists from across the nation,” said Maguire. “Six extraordinary plays: The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful Charles Ludlam, Benefactors by Michael Frayn, Design for Living by Nöel Coward, A Hatful of Rain by Michael Gazzo, including two world premieres: Cedars by Erik Tarloff and POE by Eric Hill and two wonderful musicals: A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim and Seussical for our 9th Annual Children’s Theatre Production highlight our schedule and make for an enjoyable mix of masterful and provocative classics and contemporary works. A special week-long performance of A Lover’s Tale spotlighting the works of Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Ludlam and Alexandre Dumas and performances by our summer apprentices, our 86th season will be memorable and entertaining for all.” Tickets for season pass holders and members are exclusively available starting Friday, February 21 at 10am. Tickets are on sale to all on Wednesday, February 26 at 10am. Summer season passes are available for purchase at $175 for a four-show pass, $250 for a six-show pass, and $225 for a year-round All-Stages Pass. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield or by calling (413) 997-4444 or online at www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday 10am– 5pm, Saturdays 10am–2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain. All plays, schedules, casting and prices are subject to change. The Red Lion Inn, Country Curtains and Blantyre Inn are the founding sponsors of The Fitzpatrick Main Stage. Page 2 of 14 SUMMER 2014 SCHEDULE THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL by Charles Ludlam directed by Aaron Mark featuring Bill Bowers and Tom Hewitt at The Fitzpatrick Main Stage, Stockbridge Previews June 24-June 27 Press Opening/Opening Night: June 28 Talkback: June 30 Closing: July 19 Tickets: Preview: $42 A: $62 B: $52 C: $42 Performance Dates Tuesday, June 24 at 8pm (Preview) Wednesday, June 25 at 7pm (Preview) Thursday, June 26 at 8pm (Preview) Friday, June 27 at 8pm (Preview) Saturday, June 28 at 2pm & 8pm (Opening Night) Monday, June 30 at 8pm (Talk Back) Tuesday, July 1 at 8pm Wednesday, July 2 at 7pm Thursday, July 3 at 8pm Friday, July 4 at 8pm Saturday, July 5 at 2pm & 8pm Monday, July 7 at 8pm Tuesday, July 8 at 8pm Wednesday, July 9 at 7pm Thursday, July 10 at 8pm Friday, July 11 at 8pm Saturday, July 12 at 2pm & 8pm Monday, July 14 at 8pm Tuesday, July 15 at 8pm Wednesday July 16 at 7pm Thursday, July 17 at 8pm Friday, July 18 at 8pm Saturday, July 19 at 2pm & 8pm (Closing) Broadway Actor, Bill Bowers and Tony Award-nominated, Tom Hewitt take on eight characters in this classic romp of a gothic spoof. Named one of the best plays of the 20th Century by the New York Times and Time Magazine, Aaron Mark directs Charles Ludlam’s campy comedy which tells the pell-mell tale of Lady Enid (Hewitt) and Lord Edgar (Bowers) who arrive one stormy night at a haunted and dreary estate to investigate the sudden disappearance of Irma Vep. Sidesplitting antics and mysteries unfold as the two journey from the London manor to the ancient pyramids in Egypt with vampires, werewolves, mummies and more in tow in this satire of Victorian melodrama, Gothic horror and classic films. “When the idea of Tom, Bill, and I doing this play together came up, I watched them read through the play cold, sitting on a couch, and it was already funnier and scarier than I thought would be possible at the same time,” director Aaron Mark recalled. “They are magnetic, powerful performers and Irma Vep is an ingenious piece of work. I'm thrilled to be working with BTG and to be immersing myself in the world of Charles Ludlam, who created one of the most astonishing (and ridiculous, if you will) bodies of work in recent theatrical history. If I Page 3 of 14 had nothing to do with this production, I would be just as excited to see these two very special actors do this hilarious and frightening play.” Mark recently wrote and directed Another Medea featuring Hewitt in NYC at the Cherry Lane Theatre as part of the All For One Theatre Festival. Bowers and Hewitt have both previously acted on BTG stages and hail from Missoula, Montana. They also both performed on Broadway together in Disney’s The Lion King as Scar (Hewitt) and Zazu (Bowers). A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim book by Hugh Wheeler orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick suggested by a film by Ingmar Bergman originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince directed by Ethan Heard music direction by Nathan Dame choreography by Sam Pinkleton featuring Kate Baldwin, Gregg Edelman, Penny Fuller, Maureen O’Flynn, and Graham Rowat at The Colonial Theatre, Pittsfield Previews June 30-July 4 Press Opening/Opening Night: July 5 at 8pm Talkback: July 7 Closing: July 19 Tickets: Preview: $50 Tickets: A: $65 B: $45 C: $25 Sponsored by Greylock Federal Credit Union and Greylock Insurance Agency Performance Dates Monday, June 30 at 8pm (Preview) Tuesday, July 1 at 8pm (Preview) Thursday, July 3 at 8pm (Preview) Friday, July 4 at 8pm (Preview) Saturday, July 5 at 8pm (Opening Night) Sunday, July 6 at 2pm Monday, July 7 at 8pm (Talk Back) Tuesday, July 8 at 8pm Thursday, July 10 at 8pm Friday, July 11 at 8pm Saturday, July 12 at 2pm & 8pm Sunday, July 13 at 2pm Monday, July 14 at 8pm Tuesday, July 15 at 8pm Thursday, July 17 at 2pm & 8pm Friday, July 18 at 8pm Saturday, July 19 at 2pm & 8pm (Closing) Stephen Sondheim’s beloved and award-winning musical, A Little Night Music offers an amusing and farcical tale of unexpected liaisons, relentless desire, and ill-fated heartbreak in the life of acclaimed actress, Desiree Armfeldt, played by renowned actress, vocalist and Berkshire native, Maureen O’Flynn with a career spanning more than 28 years in singing lead soprano roles at major opera houses including: The Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, and Vienna Staatsoper. She is also a returning actress to BTG having last performed in the much acclaimed, My Fair Lady in 2001. Page 4 of 14 "I am thrilled to be working again with Berkshire Theatre Group, most especially in this fabulous role in one of the best musical theatre pieces ever written,” Maureen O’Flynn said. “The only thing I love more than being on stage, is being on stage at home, so I am doubly blessed." One eventful weekend, Desiree, her former beau and his wife, and Desiree’s current lover and his wife all arrive at a Swedish country estate. Long-held passions are soon rekindled in this classic waltz of a musical directed by Ethan Heard (who also directed BTG’s 2013 hit murder mystery, The Cat and The Canary) and also features Tony Award Nominated Kate Baldwin, Gregg Edelman, Penny Fuller and Broadway and television actor, Graham Rowat. Featuring Sondheim’s notable show tune, “Send in the Clowns,” A Little Night Music celebrates love and all the foolhardy particulars it entails. “Our production explores the ecstasy and agony of being in love at all ages,” Ethan Heard explains. “Whether you are 70, 40, 18, or 13, romantic and erotic love holds sway over us. Although our story is set in turn-of-the- century Sweden, it might as well be taking place in twenty-first century Massachusetts. The trysts, jealousies, doubts, regrets, conquests, and cravings are all delightfully and devastatingly familiar to us here and now.” BENEFACTORS by Michael Frayn directed by Eric Hill featuring David Adkins, Corinna May, Barbara Sims, and Walton Wilson at The Unicorn Theatre, Stockbridge The Larry Vaber Stage Previews July 9-July 11 Press Opening/Opening Night: July 12 at 8pm Talkback: July 14 Closing: July 26 Tickets: Preview: $42; A: $48 Performance Dates Wednesday, July 9 at 7pm (Preview) Thursday, July 10 at 8pm (Preview) Friday, July 11 at 8pm (Preview) Saturday, July 12 at 2pm & 8pm (Opening Night) Monday, July 14 at 8pm (Talk Back) Tuesday, July 15 at 8pm Wednesday, July 16 at 7pm Thursday, July 17 at 8pm Friday, July 18 at 8pm Saturday, July 19 at 2pm & 8pm Monday, July 21 at 8pm Tuesday, July 22 at 8pm Wednesday, July 23 at 7pm Thursday, July 24 at 8pm Friday, July 25 at 8pm Saturday, July 26 at 2pm and 8pm (Closing) The acrimonious give and take of life sets up the premise for Michael Frayn’s (Noises Off and Copenhagen) Tony Award-nominated Benefactors. In 1960s London, visionary architect David, played by long time BTG alum David Adkins, struggles to follow his dream of transforming the slums at Basuto Road into affordable mass-housing projects as his firm pressures him to design McMansion-style apartments instead.
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