BSC’s 2017 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL

February 16-March 5

ThursdayFriday, & Saturday at 7:30pm
Saturday and Sunday at 3:00pm

BSC’s St. Germain Stage, located at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield.

2016 TITLES & PLAYWRIGHTS

The Still Point of the Turning World 
By Emily Taplin Boyd
Directed by Julianne Boyd

1940, London: a librarian trapped during the worst of the Blitz considers the poetry of T.S. Eliot.

Thin Air
By Tom Coash
Directed by John Miller-Stephany

A female tightrope walker tries to set her fears aside and take that first step back onto the wire.

’04: A Muse of Fire
By Andrew Dolan
Directed by Julianne Boyd

You think you understand Red Sox Yankees enmity?  You have no IDEA…

When Babies Fly
By Steven Korbar
Directed by Julianne Boyd

On a redeye flight from New York to London, a screaming child prompts a lively conversation between two strangers.

Dr. Kessler
By Ana Nogueira
Directed by Julianne Boyd

After four years of relationship bliss, the rose has come off the bloom for Mark and Carol. When they seek the help of a prominent therapist, they receive some unorthodox advice.

Eight Seconds
By Sean Harris Oliver
Directed by John Miller-Stephany

Inside a rodeo corral near Calgary, Alberta, a young man trains to become a bronco rider under the watchful eye of his cowboy father.

Best in Class
By Ann Marie Shea
Directed by Julianne Boyd

Emily and Roger’s divorce is even less successful than their marriage had been, due in some measure to a sloppy division of “assets,”  including Suzi, the French poodle, and Jack, the Jack Russell terrier.

Turtles and Bulldogs
By Scott C. Sickles
Directed by John Miller-Stephany

Collin just ran into the guy he had a crush on in high school… thirty-five years later… at the cemetery. They have some catching up to do.

The Book of Ruth
By Joseph Samuel Wright
Directed by John Miller-Stephany

Late 1920s – Fentress County, Tennessee. Ruth returns from Knoxville with a plan how she and her friend, Grace, can escape the prying eyes of everyone in town.

Best Lei’d Plans
By Kelly Younger
Directed by John Miller-Stephany

One beach wedding, two mothers-in-law, four pina coladas, and a ‘safe word’ lead to a surprising new relationship and best laid plans.