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BSC Press Director Charlie Siedenburg, 551-655-0968
BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY BECOMES A BLUE STAR THEATRE
OFFERING DISCOUNTED TICKETS TO MILITARY PERSONNEL, VETERANS
AND THEIR FAMILIES TO SEASON PRODUCTIONS
PROGRAM LAUNCHES AT CLYBOURNE PARK, PLAYING SEPT. 26-OCT. 13
BSC is the first Massachusetts theatre west of the Boston Metro to join the Theatre Communications Group program sponsored by MetLife Foundation and Blue Star Families
(PITTSFIELD, MA) September 24, 2013 – Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, is proud to partner with Theatre Communications Group, MetLife Foundation and Blue Star Families to offer discounted tickets to military personnel, veterans and their immediate families to season productions at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage and St. Germain Stage.
Founded in 2012, Blue Star Theatres is a collaboration between Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and Blue Star Families, with leadership support from the MetLife Foundation. TCG launched the program on September 28, 2012, with 22 theatres participating; there are currently 101 participating theatres. Barrington Stage Company is the fourth theatre in Massachusetts to join the program and the first theatre west of the Boston metropolitan area to participate.
Qualified U.S. military personnel, veterans, and their immediate families may purchase $25 tickets to Boyd-Quinson Mainstage Season productions (in Section B seating), beginning with this fall’s production of Bruce Norris’ Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play Clybourne Park. $20 tickets are also available to St. Germain Stage Season productions beginning in the 2014 Season. Up to four tickets per performance may be bought using the BLUESTAR discount during the first two weeks of each production. Tickets may be purchased by phone or in person, and qualified patrons should identify themselves as military personnel before ordering and mention code BLUESTAR. Tickets may be ordered by calling 413-236-8888 (toll-free at 855-TIX-2BSC) or by visiting the Box Office at 30 Union Street in downtown Pittsfield. For more information, visit https://barringtonstageco.org/tickets/bluestar/.
About Blue Star Theatres
Through Blue Star Theatres, TCG plans to help better connect theatre offerings to military personnel across the United States. This initiative is intended to recognize the contributions of service families, to build stronger connections between the theatre community and military families in communities all across the country and to help in whatever small way we can to aid service people and their families as they seek to be integrated into the lives of their communities. Blue Star Theatres is a program of Blue Star Families and Theatre Communications Group, with support from the MetLife Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.tcg.org/advocacy/bluestar/map.cfm
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, where it won two Tony Awards. In 2009/2010 Barrington Stage produced the world premiere of Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session, which later moved Off-Broadway and played for two years. Barrington Stage was voted “Best Live Theatre” by The Berkshire Eagle readers in 2011 and 2012 and was named “Best Theatre Company” in Metroland’s Best of the Capital Region 2009-2012.
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