Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, has announced casting for the 10-minute plays for the 5th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, with performances at BSC’s St. Germain Stage (36 Linden Street) February 11 through February 28, as part of the 2016 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
Returning to the 10X10 New Play Festival are actors Matt Neely and Peggy Pharr Wilson. Making their BSC debuts are Jake Keefe, Andrew May, Madison Micucci, and Kelley Rae O’Donnell.
Directors for the 10X10 New Play Festival are BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and John Miller Stephany.
The 10X10 New Play Festival productions:
THE STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD by Emily Taplin Boyd, directed by Julianne Boyd.
THIN AIR by Tom Coash, directed by John Miller Stephany.
’04: A MUSE OF FIRE by Andrew Dolan, directed by Julianne Boyd.
WHEN BABIES FLY by Steven Korbar, directed by Julianne Boyd.
DR. KESSLER by Ana Nogueira, directed by Julianne Boyd.
EIGHT SECONDS by Sean Harris Oliver, directed by John Miller Stephany.
BEST IN CLASS by Ann Marie Shea, directed by Julianne Boyd.
TURTLES AND BULLDOGS by Scott Sickles, directed by John Miller Stephany.
THE BOOK OF RUTH by Joseph Samuel Wright, directed by John Miller Stephany.
BEST LEI’D PLANS by Kelly Younger, directed by John Miller Stephany.
Set design by Lars Nelson, lighting design by Dylan Uremovich, costume design by Emily King, sound design by Lucas Pawelski, and production stage management by Merrick Williams.
Produced by Megan Nussle.
JAKE KEEFE (BSC debut) Jake got his BFA at Syracuse University and uses it every single day. He loves comedy and has travelled America studying and teaching improvisation everywhere from Hawaii to New York. He currently performs weekly on a house team at the People’s Improv Theatre in New York and produces a monthly storytelling show with his best friend of twenty years.
ANDREW MAY (BSC debut) Acting Credits include: War Horse (International Tour) and Moon for the Misbegotten (Pearl Theatre, NYC). Andrew has also worked at Theatres including Williamstown, The Cleveland Playhouse,Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Studio Arena DC, City Theatre Pittsburgh, Great Lakes Theater, Victory Gardens, The Goodman and many more. Film/Television includes Big Love (HBO), Striking Distance (Paramount), The Babe Ruth Movie, and What She Doesn’t Know (Lifetime). Universities including USC, Case Western Reserve, Ohio State and Baldwin-Wallace.
MADISON MICUCCI (BSC debut). Madison is a 2013 graduate from the University of Michigan with a BFA in musical theater. She was recently seen in The Crucible at Pioneer Theater Company and on Orange is the New Black Season 3. She feels so grateful to be working on exciting new material at 10×10!
MATT NEELY is delighted to be back at Barrington Stage! BSC: 10×10 New Play Festival (5th year!), The Crucible. Off-Broadway: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Hospital. Off-Off-Broadway: The Trial, The Heart of a Dog, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Furies, Twelfth Night, Sex and Other Collisions, Spare Change, Marriage, and Unreal City. Matt is also a Financial Advisor at Neely Investments, Inc. (neelyinvestmentsinc.com) and a certified yoga guide (yoga-matt.co). MFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University and The Moscow Art Theater, BS in Theater from Skidmore College.
KELLEY RAE O’DONNELL is a member of New York’s Labyrinth Theater Company. Theater credits include: The Trouble with Nicole (Dorset Theatre Festival), Holy Laughter (Denver Center), The Discarded (BAM), loveness: i will only love you once (NY Fringe Festival), The Ansel Intimacy (Premiere Stages), Kill Shakespeare (HERE Arts Center), Roberta (United Solo), Clown Bar (Pipeline Theatre Company), Different Words for The Same Thing (Page 73), Hot Bubbles (John Patrick Shanley), The Atmosphere of Memory (Labyrinth Theater Company), Heal Me Television (Southern Rep.), Action Philosophers! (Brick), Fight Girl Battle World (HERE Arts Center).
PEGGY PHARR WILSON At BSC: His Girl Friday, Guys and Dolls, The Crucible, To Kill A Mockingbird, Carousel, Laramie Project: Epilogue, 10X10 Festival (’12,’13,’14,’15) BAT: Doubt; Shakespeare & Company: Leap Year; New York: Six Women with Brain Death (co-author, and performed it also in Chicago, Dallas & Kansas City). Regional: 10 seasons with Creede Repertory Theatre in Colorado performing over 50 roles, including Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd (best actress Ovation Award Denver Post), Shirley Valentine, Moon for the Misbegotten and 3 Viewings. Many regional including: Dallas Theatre Center, Theatre 3, Kansas City Rep, Unicorn, KC Lyric Opera, White River in Vermont and Rose Theatre in Chicago.
Tickets to the 10X10 New Play Festival are on sale now. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. Added performance Sunday, February 21 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $25 Thursday and Sunday evenings, Saturday/Sunday matinees; Friday, Saturday evenings; $30. Low-priced preview tickets are $15 on February 11 and 12 at 7:30pm. Press Opening is February 14 at 3:00pm. Reserved seating. For more information, call the Barrington Stage Box Office at 413-236-8888 or visit www.barringtonstageco.org.