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BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY RECEIVES 5 INDEPENDENT REVIEWERS OF NEW ENGLAND (IRNE) AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR THE GAME
– INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL –

PITTSFIELD, MA – Barrington Stage Company, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, is proud to announce that it has received 5 Award Nominations by the Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) for last summer’s production of the musical The Game.

The nominations include Best Musical; Julianne Boyd, Best Director of a Musical; Darren Cohen, Best Musical Director; Jen Moeller, Best Costume Design; and Jeff Croiter/Grant Yeager, Best Lighting Design.

The 16th Annual IRNE Awards Ceremony will take place at Boston Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 7:30pm.

Directed by Julianne Boyd, The Game features a musical score by Megan Cavallari, with book and lyrics by Amy Powers and David Topchik. This sexy, heart-pounding musical, based on the 18th century scandalous novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, returned to Barrington Stage last August where it received its world premiere in 2003 to critical raves and audience acclaim.

The production starred Drama Desk winner Rachel York and Graham Rowat in the delicious roles of Merteuil and Valmont. The cast also featured Amy Decker (Madame de Tourvel), Joy Franz (who originated the role Madame de Rosemonde in 2003), Chris Peluso (Le Chavelier Danceny), Sarah Stevens (Cecile), Christianne Tisdale (Madame de Volanges), Analisa Leaming (Emilie), Amanda Salvatore (Opera Singer) and Stephen Horst (Opera Singer). Taylor Anderson, Michael Hewitt, Hannah Richter and Michael Wessells, BSC’s 2011 Musical Theatre apprentices, were in the ensemble.

The Game was choreographed by Daniel Pelzig, with music direction by Darren Cohen, settings by Michael Anania, costumes by Jennifer Moeller, lighting by Jeff Croiter and Grant Yeager, orchestrations by Mike Morris, fight direction by Ryan Winkles, and Renee Lutz, production stage manager.

The Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards were founded by Beverly Creasey of the Journal Newspapers and Larry Stark of TheaterMirror in 1997. The IRNE Awards recognize the extraordinary wealth of talent in the Boston theatre community and beyond. The IRNE Committee is comprised of David Brooks Andrews, Sheila Barth, Jules Becker, Kay Bourne, Beverly Creasey, Shirley Esthimer, Richard Fahey, Guy Giampapa, Norm Gross, Nancy Grossman, Bryce Lambert, Beatrice Lee, Kilian Melloy and Larry Star.

About Barrington Stage Company
Barrington Stage Company, a professional award-winning Equity regional theatre located in the heart of the Berkshires, in Pittsfield, MA, was co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. Barrington Stage’s mission is three-fold: to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways to bringing new audiences into the theatre—especially young people. Barrington Stage garnered national attention in 2004 when it workshopped, and premiered William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin’s musical hit The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, which later transferred to Broadway’s Circle-in-the-Square Theatre where it won two Tony Awards and played more than 1,000 performances. In 2009/2010 Barrington Stage produced the world premiere of Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session, which later moved Off-Broadway to the Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater and then to New World Stages and has played more than 600 performances. Barrington Stage was voted “Best Live Theatre” by The Berkshire Eagle readers in 2011 and was named “Best Theatre Company” in Metroland’s Best of the Capital Region 2009-2011. For more information log on to www.barringtonstageco.org.

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