Barrington Stage in Pittsfield's Big Read
April 16 & 17 The Things They Carried: A Staged Reading
By: Ariel Petrova - Mar 23, 2010
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Producing Director Richard M. Parison, Jr., is proud to present The Things They Carried: A Staged Reading as part of the 2010 Big Read in the City of Pittsfield . Three readings will be presented, including two public performances on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17 at 7 p.m. at the BSC Mainstage, 30 Union Street , Pittsfield . In addition to the Friday and Saturday public performances, a matinee reading will be presented on Thursday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m. for invited local schools and Vietnam veterans.
Barrington Stage Company will present a dramatic reading of excerpts from Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a classic work on the Vietnam War that changed the way people look at the war and those who served in it. O'Brien's collection of stories was a finalist for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The selection of The Things They Carried for The Big Read in Pittsfield is timely as 2010 marks the 35th anniversary of Fall of Saigon, the event which marked the end of the Vietnam War.
Barrington Stage Company participated in the first Big Read in Pittsfield in the fall of 2008 with an acclaimed production of To Kill A Mockingbird based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, directed by Julianne Boyd and starring David Adkins, Debra Jo Rupp and Grace Silvia.
The Big Read is funded in part by an award from The National Endowment for the Arts and Greylock Federal Credit Union.
The Things They Carried: A Staged Reading will be presented on the BSC Mainstage, 30 Union Street in Pittsfield on Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for Vietnam veterans and youth ages 18 and under. Tickets are available by calling the Box Office at 413-236-8888 and online at http://www.barringtonstageco.org
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