'Trumbo' & 'I Am My Own Wife' at Barrington Stage Co.

Barrington Stage Company announces the theater's 2008 winter and spring line-up: Trumbo: Red, White and Blacklisted (February 14 – 24) on the MainStage and I Am My Own Wife (May 21-June 8) in Stage II.   

TRUMBO: Red, White and Blacklisted
February 14 – 24, 2008
By Christopher Trumbo
Directed by Julianne Boyd
Opening: Saturday, February 16 at 8PM

This riveting Off-Broadway drama by playwright Christopher Trumbo is a homage to the playwright's legendary screenwriter father, Dalton Trumbo, a spirited American who took on Congress, Hollywood, and a fearful nation…and won.  Legendary author of Spartacus, Roman Holiday, Exodus, Papillion, and Johnny Got his Gun, Dalton Trumbo was at the top of his game, when in 1947, he stood up to the House Un-American Activities Committee and was thrown into prison and blacklisted as one of the infamous "Hollywood Ten." In a script born from his brilliant and razor-sharp letters to family, friends and former friends, TRUMBO, is a fascinating, funny, yet chilling retelling of one man's struggle to defend his freedom, his family and his livelihood during the McCarthy era.

Trumbo is written by Christopher Trumbo and directed by Julianne Boyd.

Thursday, February 14, 7pm (preview)--$15; Friday, February 15, 8pm (preview)--$15; Saturday, February 16, 8pm--$25; Sunday, February 17, 3pm--$25; Thursday, February 21, 7pm--$25; Friday, February 22, 8pm--$25; Saturday, February 23, 8pm--$25; Sunday, February 24, 3pm--$25.   $10 student (21 years and under) tickets available except Saturday performances. 20% senior discounts, Sundays.

I AM MY OWN WIFE
May 21 - June 8
By Doug Wright
Directed by Andrew Volkoff

BSC continues its season with the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, Doug Wright's play tells the true story of East German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf who incredibly eluded both the Nazis and the Communists with a combination of cleverness and deceit. A riveting examination of the importance – and the duplicity – of storytelling, the unique structure of I Am My Own Wife is further heightened as all forty characters are played by a single actor.  

Wednesday, May 21 and Thursday, May 22, 7pm, previews--$15; Tuesday through Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 3pm.  Tickets range $25-$35.   Student tickets (21 years and under) $15 except Saturday performance, 20% senior discounts Sunday.  

Additional information at www.barringtonstageco.org

Barrington Stage Company is located at 30 Union Street, in Pittsfield.  For tickets, call 413-236-8888.  Tickets for Trumbo on sale now; I Am My Own Wife tickets will go on sale February 14.