| Barrington Stage Company presents Harriet Harris in virtual reading of Eleanor by Mark St. Germain, September 4 & 5 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:57 pm EDT 08/31/20 | |
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| TONY AWARD WINNER HARRIET HARRIS STARS IN VIRTUAL READING OF A NEW PLAY ELEANOR BY MARK ST. GERMAIN DIRECTED BY HENRY STRAM SEPTEMBER 4 & 5 (Pittsfield, MA - August 31, 2020) - Barrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in Pittsfield, MA., in the heart of the Berkshires, and under the leadership of Founder/Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, will present a virtual reading of Eleanor, a new play about Eleanor Roosevelt, by BSC Associate Artist Mark St. Germain (Off-Broadway and BSC's Freud's Last Session) and starring Tony Award winner Harriet Harris (BSC's The Royal Family of Broadway, Sweeney Todd; Broadway's Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella). Eleanor, directed by Henry Stram (Broadway's Titanic, Network), will be filmed at the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage on September 2 without an audience, and will be available to stream on September 4 and 5 at 7:30 pm ET. Tickets ($15) can be ordered from OvationTix and a link will then be sent to the ticket holder within 24 hours of the scheduled performance. Eleanor brings to life Eleanor Roosevelt, the most influential First Lady the world has ever seen. From her "Ugly Duckling" upbringing to her unorthodox marriage to Franklin, Eleanor puts her controversial life, loves and passions on the stage. BIOGRAPHIES Harriet Harris (Eleanor). BSC: The Royal Family of Broadway, Sweeney Todd. Broadway: It Shoulda Been You, Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella, Cry-Baby, Present Laughter, Old Acquaintance, Thoroughly Modern Millie (2002 Tony and Drama Desk Awards), The Man Who Came to Dinner. Off-Broadway: Me and My Girl (City Center Encores), Judgment Day, The Low Road, The Roads to Home, Little Me (City Center Encores), Standing On Ceremony, Yeast Nation, Jeffrey (Drama Desk nomination), Bella, Belle of Byelorussia(Drama Desk nomination). Film: Baby (upcoming), Phantom Thread, Love is Strange, Memento, Nurse Betty, Addams Family Values. TV: "American Horror Story," "Hollywood," "Atlantic Crossing" (upcoming), "Ratched" (upcoming), Felicia Tillman on "Desperate Housewives," Bebe Glazer on "Frasier." Instagram and Twitter: @msharrietharris Mark St. Germain (Playwright) has written the plays Freud's Last Session (Off Broadway Alliance Award), Camping with Henry and Tom (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award), Forgiving Typhoid Mary (Time Magazine's "Year's Ten Best") and Becoming Dr. Ruth. Eighteen of his plays are published by Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service and Broadway Play Publishing. Mark co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard's Warner Brothers film, Duma. He directed and co-produced the documentary, My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story, featuring Richard Gere, Glenn Close and Billy Collins among others. Television credits include "The Cosby Show," and Dick Wolf's "Crime and Punishment." He wrote the award-winning children's book Three Cups. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild East, and an Associate Artist at Barrington Stage. Henry Stram (Director) is an actor who has appeared on Broadway in: Network, Junk, The Elephant Man(and at Theatre Royal Haymarket, London), Inherit the Wind, The Crucible (2002) and Titanic. Recent Off-Broadway: The Headlands (LCT3); Judgment Day and The Hairy Ape (Park Avenue Armory); A Proust Sonata (Florence Gould Hall), The School for Scandal (Red Bull); Posterity (Atlantic); Fly by Night(Playwrights Horizons); The Cradle Will Rock (Encores Off Center); Charles Ives Take Me Home (Rattlestick); Antony and Cleopatra (Public and RSC); and The Illusion (Signature). Film: Ben is Back, Submission, The Greatest Showman, Irrational Man, Cradle Will Rock, The Grey Zone, Illuminata, Angelica. TV: "The Detour," "White Collar," "Smash," "The Americans, "Law & Order." Henry is the recipient of an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence. He is a graduate of Juilliard and is thrilled to be working with his classmate and beloved friend Harriet Harris on this project. ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY Barrington Stage Company (BSC) is an award-winning theatre located in Pittsfield, MA, in the heart of the Berkshires. Co-founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, BSC's mission is to present top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to find fresh, bold ways of bringing new audiences into the theatre. BSC attracts over 60,000 patrons annually and has gained national recognition for its superior-quality productions and comprehensive educational programming, including the award-winning Playwright Mentoring Project, the Musical Theatre Conservatory, Youth Theatre, KidsAct! and other initiatives. The company has become integral to the economic revitalization of downtown Pittsfield. BSC's reputation for excellence began with a smash revival of Cabaret that moved to Boston in 1997 for an extended run. The theatre's prominence grew with the world premiere of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin (BSC: 2004; Broadway: 2005-2008, winner of two Tony Awards). Other notable productions include the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown's American Son (BSC: 2016; Broadway, 2018); Mark St. Germain's Freud's Last Session (BSC: 2009; Off Broadway, 2010-2012); Leonard Bernstein, Comden & Green's On the Town (BSC 2013; Broadway 2014, four Tony Award nominations); Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company , starring Aaron Tveit (BSC: 2017); and West Side Story in honor of Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins' centenaries (BSC: 2018). BSC develops and commissions new work with two programs: PlayWorks, which supports the creation of new plays, and the Musical Theatre Lab, which develops new musicals. Since 1995, BSC has produced 36 new works, 19 of which have moved to New York and major US regional theatres. BarringtonStageCo.org |
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