Barrington Stage Extends FREUD'S LAST SESSION Through September 6

Barrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Julianne Boyd and Richard M. Parison Jr., announced today that the acclaimed world premiere production of Mark St. Germain's new play, Freud's Last Session, will now perform through Sunday, September 6 at BSC's Stage 2 theatre ( 36 Linden Street , Pittsfield ). Starring Mark H. Dold and Martin Rayner, under the direction of Tyler Marchant, Freud's Last Session played to sold out performances during its first heralded run from June 11 through July 3.

"Mark St. Germain's Freud's Last Session has become the longest running hit in BSC history," said BSC Artistic Director Julianne Boyd. "It is a joy to produce such a provocative and entertaining work, especially one that has been embraced by audiences and critics alike."

Freud's Last Session centers on legendary psychiatrist Dr. Sigmund Freud (Martin Rayner), who invites a young, little known professor, C.S. Lewis (Mark H. Dold), to his home in London. Lewis, expecting to be called on the carpet for satirizing Freud in a recent book, soon realizes Freud has a much more significant agenda. On the day England enters World War II, Freud and Lewis clash on the existence of God, love, sex and the meaning of life - only two weeks before Freud chooses to take his own.

Playwright Mark St. Germain was intrigued by an account of Sigmund Freud's meeting with an unnamed Oxford don shortly before Freud committed suicide in 1939 to end his battle with oral cancer. In Freud's Last Session, the psychoanalyst's visitor is C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters. Freud, a staunch atheist, quizzes Lewis, a former atheist who converted to Christianity, about his views on God and more personal matters.

Barrington Stage has presented Award-winning playwright Mark St. Germain's The God Committee, Ears on A Beatle and The Collyer Brothers at Home/Period Piece. He has also written Camping with Henry and Tom (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award), Forgiving Typhoid Mary, Out of Gas on Lovers Leap, among others. His musical theatre credits include The Gifts of the Magi, co-written by Randy Courts and Stand By Your Man -The Tammy Wynette Story. Mr. St. Germain was also a creative consultant and writer for several seasons on The Cosby Show and co-wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film, Duma.

Barrington Stage's production design team for Freud's Last Session includes Brian Prather (scenic design), Mark Mariani (costume design), Clifton Taylor (lighting design), Beth Lake (sound design). Kate Cudworth is production stage manager.

Performances for Freud's Last Session through August 30 are Tuesday through Friday at 7:30pm, Saturdays at 4pm and 8pm, Sundays at 7:30pm at BSC Stage 2 ( 36 Linden Street ) Pittsfield . Performances from September 1 through 6 are: Tuesday, September 1 through Friday, September 4 at 7:30pm; Saturday, September 5 at 8pm and Sunday, September 6 at 3pm. For ticket information, call 413-236-8888. Tickets are $25 and $30 (Sat. eve.). $15 tickets are available for students age 21 and younger for all performances except Saturday evenings. Senior citizen tickets are $20 on Saturday matinees only. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 413-236-8888.

 

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