Jim Frangione

Great Barrington Public Theater Continues Off-Season Programming With 'Conversations With' Series
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2025

After its record-breaking 2024 Summer Season, Great Barrington Public continues to engage Berkshire audiences with the second year of live, sit-down conversations with theater artists and theater influencers in the Berkshires and beyond.

Review: FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH at Shakespeare & Company
by Marc Savitt - Aug 11, 2024

As we filed out after after the two acts (with one intermission) in about two hours, that was well – done and solid was more-or-less my simple, surface level impression and take away. Over the course of the next 24 or so hours, however, something of a metaphysical metamorphosis took place in me. It became so much more.

Shakespeare & Company and Great Barrington Public Theater to Present FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2024

Shakespeare & Company and Great Barrington Public Theater will present FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Great Barrington Public Theater Will Host NIGHT AT THE SPEAKEASY
by Stephi Wild - Jul 17, 2024

Experience an immersive cabaret with NIGHT AT THE SPEAKEASY presented by Great Barrington Public Theater from July 26 to August 11. Enjoy a unique blend of theater and live music in an intimate setting.

Great Barrington Public Theater Premieres SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT In July
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 17, 2024

Great Barrington Public Theater will present the world premiere of SURVIVAL OF THE UNFIT from July 6-21.

Great Barrington Public Theater & Triplex Cinema Partner on Fundraiser This April
by Stephi Wild - Mar 15, 2024

The Triplex Cinema and Great Barrington Public Theater have announced a special screening of the recent film Freud’s Last Session based on the Mark St. Germain play that originally premiered in 2009 at the Barrington Stage Company.

GB Public Will Host 'A Conversation With Neil Pepe' Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Feb 20, 2024

GB Public will present a Conversation with Neil Pepe, influential Artistic Director of the Atlantic Theater Company. All are welcome to join the FREE event, Monday, February 26th, 6pm, St. James Place, Great Barrington.

Great Barrington Public Theater to Host Live, Sit-Down Talk With Neil Pepe
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 9, 2024

Great Barrington Public Theater is inviting theater lovers and artists to take part in the company’s Conversation With Neil Pepe.

Great Barrington Public Theater Kicks Off 2024 With A Conversation With Jeff Zinn January 29
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 11, 2024

Great Barrington Public Theater hosts a live conversation and Q&A with Jeff Zinn, a writer, director, and theater guru, on January 29 at St. James Place.

Great Barrington Public Theater Hosts Fee Readings Of New Plays From Berkshire Voices, and a Series Of Conversations With Theater Influencers
by Stephi Wild - Nov 22, 2023

On the heels of a successful, ten-week summer that brought four new plays to the stage and increased ticket sales, Great Barrington Public Theater has plans to keep Berkshire audiences engaged and together through the coming winter and spring. Learn more about the lineup here!

Great Barrington Public Theater Names Judy Braha Associate Artistic Director
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 27, 2023

GBPT Artistic Director Jim Frangione and Executive Director Deann Simmons Halper have announced the appointment of Judy Braha to the newly created position, Associate Artistic Director. In that capacity she will play an integral role choosing and creatively programming future productions and developing new work.

Dan Lauria to Star in JUST ANOTHER DAY at Great Barrington Public Theater; Season Casting Announced
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 22, 2023

The GB Public's ten-week schedule begins in the Liebowitz black box theater with the American premiere of The Stones, June 15 to July 2, starring Ryan Winkles as Nick.

Theater Resources Unlimited To Host Upcoming TRU Community Zoom Gathering: How Theater Serves Community (continued): The Purpose Of A Public Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 18, 2023

A dependable haven for artists in isolation, Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) is now into its second year of non-stop weekly Community Gatherings this Friday, having offered to date over 100 conversations and unlimited camaraderie since April 17, 2020.

Great Barrington Public Theater Announces 2023 Summer Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Mar 10, 2023

Great Barrington Public Theater will present three outstanding new plays on two stages, in performance June to August. Learn more about the lineup here!

Photos: The GB Public Theater 2022 Mainstage Season Continues with THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 5, 2022

The GB Public Theater 2022 mainstage season continues Aug.4 – Aug 14 with an evocative,  penetrating drama about the vicissitudes and complexities of family dynamics, self-identity and the nature and meaning of love today.

Great Barrington Pubic Theater to Present THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE in August
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 21, 2022

The GB Public Theater 2022 mainstage season continues Aug.4 – Aug 14 with an evocative, penetrating drama about the vicissitudes and complexities of family dynamics, self-identity and the nature and meaning of love today - Things I Know to be True.

Interview: Jim Frangione of MEET JIM FRANGIONE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GREAT BARRINGTON PUBLIC THEATER at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Adam Cohen - Jul 18, 2022

Jim Frangione is a Massachusetts native actor, writer, director and now Artistic Director of the Great Barrington Public Theater. Jim has acted for over 30 years in New York and across the country, performing in the original Off Broadway production and the Alley Theatre & National Tour productions of Mamet's Oleanna.

Review: A MOMENT WITH MARK ST. GERMAIN at Great Barrington Public Theater
by Adam Cohen - Jul 8, 2022

Mark St. Germain is a prolific playwright whose works have been performed in New York City, the Berkshires and beyond. He has written the plays CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award), OUT OF GAS ON LOVER'S LEAP and FORGIVING TYPHOID MARY (Time Magazine's 'Year's Ten Best') , EARS ON A BEATLE and THE GOD COMMITTEE, all published by Samuel French and Dramatist Play Service. With Randy Courts, he has written the musicals THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI, JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOLKILLER, winner of an AT&T 'New Plays For The Nineties Award' and JACK'S HOLIDAY at Playwrights Horizons. Mark's musical, STAND BY YOUR MAN, The Tammy Wynette Story was created for Nashville's Ryman Theater.

Great Barrington Public Theater Premieres Mark St. Germain's PUBLIC SPEAKING 101 Next Week
by Stephi Wild - Jul 6, 2022

The GB Public Theater 2022 mainstage opens with Public Speaking 101 (July 14 - July 24) a fun, turn-the-tables  comedy by the much loved, wonderfully accomplished and always engaging Berkshire-based playwright Mark St. Germain.

GB Public Solo Fest Premieres Will LeBow's THE BARD THE BEAT THE BLUES
by Stephi Wild - Jun 3, 2022

Great Barrington Public Theater Solo Fest Premieres Will LeBow's The Bard The Beat The Blues. A master actor's muses and music take him from Greenwich Village and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to Shylock, Malvolio and Ma Rainey.