(June 9, 2023) – Chautauqua Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company are pleased to announce full casting for their co-world premiere production of tiny father, a new play by Mike Lew (Teenage Dick) and directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel (Hand to God). The production will play from June 25 through July 22 at BSC’s St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center (36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA). Opening night is June 30, 2023.
Following its run at BSC, tiny father will play from August 4-17 at Chautauqua Theater Company (35 Pratt Avenue, Chautauqua, NY).
The production will feature Andy Lucien (TV: “The Blacklist,” “Madam Secretary,” “Daredevil,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as Daniel and Jennifer Ikeda (Broadway: Top Girls, Seascape; Film: Advantageous; TV: “Elementary”)as Caroline.
Daniel never planned on being a father, at least not in the near future, until he finds himself in the NICU gazing at his daughter born at just 26 weeks. With the humor, heart and help of the night nurse, Daniel has barely 3 months to step up and figure out what it means to be “Dad.”
Scenic design is by Wilson Chin. Costume design is by Tilly Grimes. Lighting design is by Alan C. Edwards. Sound design is by Uptown Works. Production Stage Manager is Andrew Petrick. Assistant Stage Manager is Alden Kennedy.
The St. Germain Stage season also includes Mark St. Germain’s critically acclaimed The Happiest Man on Earth, starring Kenneth Tigar and directed by Ron Lagomarsino (now through June 17) and Brian Friel’s Faith Healer (August 1-27), directed by Julianne Boyd and starring BSC Associate Artists Christopher Innvar, Mark H. Dold and Gretchen Egolf.
The Boyd-Quinson Stage season features the legendary Tony Award-winning musical Cabaret (June 14-July 8), directed by BSC artistic director Alan Paul, Blues for an Alabama Sky (July 18-August 5) by Pearl Cleage, directed by Candis C. Jones, BSC Associate Artist and Tony Award winner William Finn’s A New Brain (August 16-September 10), produced in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival, directed by BSC Associate Artist Joe Calarco and Steinberg Playwright Award winner Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play English (September 27-October 15).
TICKET INFORMATION
Please call the Box Office for more information at 413-236-8888 or visit www.BarringtonStageCo.org/Tickets.
ABOUT CHAUTAUQUA THEATER COMPANY
Chautauqua Theater Company (CTC) produces high-quality, live theater in a vibrant nine-week summer season. We are committed to the development of new work, the next generation of theater artists, producing galvanizing world premieres as well as exceptional modern and contemporary plays, and infusing fresh insight into the classical canon.
CTC is dedicated to becoming a national home for exciting new plays: commissioning, developing and producing new and established American playwrights. We are where the finest artists of tomorrow bridge the gap between their training and the professional world. CTC is actively building the future of the American theater.
ABOUT BARRINGTON STAGE COMPANY
Barrington Stage Company (BSC), under the leadership of Artistic Director Alan Paul and Managing Director Meredith Lynsey Schade, is an award-winning theatre located in Pittsfield, MA, in the heart of the Berkshires. Co-founded in 1995 by Julianne Boyd, BSC’s mission is to produce top-notch, compelling work; to develop new plays and musicals; and to engage our community with vibrant, inclusive educational outreach programs. Alan Paul succeeded Ms. Boyd as the company’s Artistic Director in 2022.
BSC attracts over 60,000 patrons annually and has gained national recognition for its superior-quality productions and comprehensive educational programming, including the award-winning Playwright Mentoring Project, the Musical Theatre Conservatory, Youth Theatre, KidsAct! and other initiatives. The company has become integral to the economic revitalization of downtown Pittsfield.
BSC’s reputation for excellence began with a smash revival of Cabaret that moved to Boston in 1997 for an extended run. The theatre’s prominence grew with the world premiere of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin (BSC 2004; Broadway 2005-2008, winner of two Tony Awards). Other notable productions include the world premiere of Christopher Demos-Brown’s American Son (BSC 2016; Broadway 2018); Mark St. Germain’s Freud’s Last Session (BSC 2009; Off-Broadway 2010-2012); Leonard Bernstein, Comden & Green’s On the Town (BSC 2013; Broadway 2014, four Tony Award nominations); Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s Company, starring Aaron Tveit (2017); and West Side Story in honor of Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins’ centenaries (2018).
BSC develops and commissions new work with two programs: PlayWorks, which supports the creation of new plays, and the Musical Theatre Lab, which develops new musicals. Since 1995, BSC has produced 45 new works, 22 of which have moved to New York and major US regional theatres.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
tiny father
By Mike Lew
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Co-World Premiere Produced by
Chautauqua Theater Company and Barrington Stage Company
June 25-July 22
Opening Night: Friday, June 30 at 7:30 PM
Ticket Information: Barringtonstageco.org/Tickets