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BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY ANNOUNCES PLAYS FOR 2016 10X10 NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
February 11-28
Performances at St. Germain Stage
5th Annual New Play Festival part of Pittsfield’s 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival
(PITTSFIELD, MA) 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, announces the 10-minute plays for the 5th Annual 10X10 New Play Festival, part of the 2016 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
Performances of BSC’s New Play Festival are February 11-February 28, 2016, at BSC’s St. Germain Stage, located at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden Street. The press opening will be Sunday, February 14 at 3pm. Tickets go on sale January 12.
The 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival returns to downtown Pittsfield for the fifth year from February 11-21, 2016, and features music, theatre, dance, film, visual art, spoken word, comedy and more, including BSC’s 10X10 New Play Festival.
Directors for the 10X10 New Play Festival are BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and John Miller Stephany.
BSC’s 2016 10X10 New Play Festival titles and playwrights:
THE STILL POINT OF THE TURNING WORLD by Emily Taplin Boyd
1940, London: a librarian trapped during the worst of the Blitz considers the poetry of T.S. Eliot.
THIN AIR by Tom Coash
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
You think you understand Red Sox Yankees enmity? You have no IDEA…
WHEN BABIES FLY by Steven Korbar
On a redeye flight from New York to London, a screaming child prompts a lively conversation between two strangers.
DR. KESSLER by Ana Nogueira
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
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
Emily and Roger’s divorce is even less successful than their marriage has 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 Sickles
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
Late 1920’s – Fentress County, Tennessee. Ruth returns from Knoxville with a plan how she and her friend, Grace, can escape from the prying eyes of everyone in town.
BEST LEI’D PLANS by Kelly Younger
One beach wedding, two mothers-in-law, four piña coladas, and a ‘safe word’ lead to a surprising new relationship and best laid plans.
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.
Tickets to the 10X10 New Play Festival go on sale January 12. 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. 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.
About 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival
The festival is a collaborative effort spearheaded by Barrington Stage Company and the City of Pittsfield, and coordinated through a steering committee that includes the Beacon Cinema, Berkshire International Film Festival (BIFF), Berkshire Museum, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts and the City of Pittsfield.
Berkshire Gas is the lead sponsor of the 2016 10X10 Upstreet Arts Festival.
For more information, visit discoverpittsfield.com/10X10, find 10X10 Upstreet on Facebook, or contact the City of Pittsfield’s Office of Cultural Development at 413-499-9348.
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