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Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE

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, presents Gilbert & Sullivan's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, starring Will Swenson as "The Pirate King." BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below!

Directed by Tony Award winner John Rando and choreographed by Emmy Award winner Joshua Bergasse, the team behind the acclaimed and Tony Award nominated Broadway revival of ON THE TOWN, Gilbert & Sullivan's THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE runs through August 13, 2016.

The cast features Jacqueline Petroccia (Sweeney Todd with the New York Philharmonic) as "Kate," Lindsay O'Neil (The Phantom of the Opera National Tour) as "Edith," Alex Gibson(Bombshell in Concert) as "Sergeant," and Darius Barnes, Tommy Bracco, Michael Hartung, Samuel Ladd, Melanie Leinbach, Jeanette Minson, Drew Nellessen, Benjamin Rivera, Morgan Rose, ALanna Saunders, Claire Saunders, Eric Stretch, and Michael Williams.

They join Tony Award nominee Will Swenson (Broadway's HAIR) as "The Pirate King," Scarlett Strallen (Broadway's Mary Poppins) as "Mabel," Kyle Dean Massey(Broadway's Pippin, Next To Normal) as "Frederic," Tony Award nominee David Garrison(Broadway's Wicked) as "The Modern Major General," Jane Carr (Broadway's A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder) as "Ruth," and Tony Award winner Phillip Boykin(Broadway's Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, On The Town) as "Samuel."

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Pirates of Penzance, Curtain Call

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Scarlett Strallen

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Will Swenson

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Kyle Dean Massey

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Curtain Call

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Alex Gibson

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Curtain Call

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Jane Carr, Kyle Massey, Will Swenson

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Curtain Call

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Sheila Richman

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Julianne Boyd, artistic director & Joshua Bergasse, choreograper

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Scarlett Strallen & William Finn

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Arthur Salvadore, William Finn, Norman Boyd

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Julianne Boyd, Joshua Bergesse, Jane Carr

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Debra Jo Rupp, Mark St. Germain, Jeff McCarthy

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Mark H.Dold & Debra Jo Rupp

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Mary Ann Quinson, Board Chair & Rosita Sarnoff, Board V.P.

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Joe Iconis & Stephen Sorokoff

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Jane Car, Will Swenson, and Claire Saunders & Alanna Saunders

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Ron Abel, Reba Evenchik, Jane Carr, Stephen Sorokoff

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Chuck Steffan, lyricist Hazel, Joshua Bergasse, Ron Abel, composer Hazel

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Eda Sorokoff & Alex Gibson

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Chuck Steffan, Reba Evenchik, Ron Abel

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Bruno Quinson & Eda Sorokoff

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Mark St. Germain & Debra Jo Rupp

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
After Party

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Eda Sorokoff, Charlie Siedenburg, Jamie LaBrasca

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Scarlett Strallen & Kyle Dean Massey

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Prates of Penzance

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Pirates of Penzance

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Pirates of Penzance

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Pirates of Penzance

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Pirates of Penzance

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
The Pirates of Penzance

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Barrington Stage Company, Boyd-Quinson Mainstage

Photo Coverage: Barrington Stage Company Celebrates Opening Night of THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Barrington Stage Company



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