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'''Julianne Boyd''' (born December 22, 1944) is an American [[theater director]].
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'''Julianne Boyd''' is an American [[theatre director]] and was the Founding Artistic Director of the [[Barrington Stage Company]] of [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barringtonstageco.org/about-the-company/staff/|title=Staff|website=Barrington Stage Company}}</ref> She retired in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://playbill.com/article/outgoing-artistic-director-julianne-boyd-on-nearly-30-years-with-barrington-stage-company}}</ref>


==Education==
Boyd received a BA in Theater and Education in 1966 from Beaver College in [[Pennsylvania]] (now known as [[Arcadia University]]). She earned a doctorate in Theater from the [[City University of New York]]<ref>[http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Theatre/alumni/AlumsWhatThey'reDoingNow.html Theatre Ph.D. Program: Alumni] cuny.edu</ref>.
Boyd received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Theater and Education from [[Beaver College]] (now known as [[Arcadia University]]) in [[Pennsylvania]], and a [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctorate]] in Theater from the [[City University of New York]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.gc.cuny.edu/Theatre/alumni/AlumsWhatThey'reDoingNow.html |title=Theatre Ph.D. Program: Alumni |website=cuny.edu}}</ref>


==Barrington Stage Company==
Boyd is perhaps best known for founding the Berkshire-based [[Barrington Stage Company]] in 1995<ref name="nytimes.com">[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/theater/newsandfeatures/24berg.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Williamstown Theater Festival - Barrington Stage Company - Berkshires]''The New York Times''</ref>; the company, which was originally based in [[Sheffield, Massachusetts]], moved to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]] in 2006<ref>[http://www.pittsfield-ma.org/Detail.asp?sid=100 "City Of Pittsfield"] pittsfield-ma.org</ref>. Barrington Stage Company produced the world premiere of [[William Finn]] and [[Rachel Sheinkin]]'s new musical, the ''[[25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'' in 2004, before the show was transferred to the [[Second Stage Theatre]] in New York City. Subsequently, the show moved to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]'s [[Circle in the Square]] Theater, where it garnered six [[Tony Award]] nominations, of which it won two<ref name="nytimes.com"/>.
Boyd is the founder (1995) and artistic director of the Berkshire-based [[Barrington Stage Company]] (BSC).<ref name="williamstown">{{cite web |last=Berger |first=Joseph |title=Why Williamstown Needs to Watch Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/theater/newsandfeatures/why-williamstown-needs-to-watch-out.html |website=The New York Times |date=24 July 2005}}</ref> The company, which was originally based in [[Sheffield, Massachusetts]], moved to [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pittsfield-ma.org/Detail.asp?sid=100 |title=Barrington Stage Company Acquires Berkshire Music Hall in Downtown Pittsfield |date=8 July 2005 |website=pittsfield-ma.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011203909/http://www.pittsfield-ma.org/Detail.asp?sid=100 |archive-date=2007-10-11}}</ref> Barrington Stage Company produced the world premiere of [[William Finn]] and Rachel Sheinkin's musical ''[[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee]]'' in 2004, which garnered two [[Tony Award]]s (Rachel Sheinkin for Outstanding Book, and Dan Fogler for Outstanding Male Performer in a Musical) when it moved to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/12/theater/making-good-on-broadway-bee-earns-back-investment.html|title=Making Good on Broadway, 'Bee' Earns Back Investment|first=Jesse|last=McKinley|date=September 12, 2005|website=The New York Times}}</ref> Barrington Stage also produced the world premiere of Mark St. Germain's ''Freud’s Last Session'' in 2009, starring Martin Rayner and Mark H. Dold. It later moved [[Off-Broadway]] and played for two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/time-is-up-for-freuds-last-session/|title=Time Is Up for 'Freud's Last Session'|first=Patrick|last=Healy|date=July 9, 2012|website=The New York Times}}</ref> In October 2014, Barrington Stage's 2013 production of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150318163553/http://www.onthetownbroadway.com/ ''On The Town''], directed by John Rando and choreographed by Josh Bergasse, opened on Broadway at the [[Lyric Theatre (New York City, 1998)|Lyric Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/theater/in-on-the-town-the-city-is-candy-colored-heaven.html|title=Carried Away by the Sights! Lights! Nights!|first=Ben|last=Brantley|date=October 17, 2014|website=The New York Times}}</ref>


==Directing==
Boyd has also directed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] - notably a 1978 production of ''[[Eubie!]]'', a [[Musical theatre|musical]] revue based on the works of [[Eubie Blake]] which she also conceived<ref name="nytimes.com"/>. The production starred [[Gregory Hines]] and [[Maurice Hines]], and received three Tony Award nominations. Boyd has also directed at regional theaters nationwide<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E7DE1438F931A1575BC0A96F958260 "THEATER; War Brides, Grooms"]''The New York Times''</ref>. She served as a member of the board of the [[Stage Directors and Choreographers Society]] for over 15 years, and as the president of that union from 1992-1998.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DF1038F935A35752C1A964958260 On Stage, and Off]''The New York Times''</ref> She also conceived and directed the musical revue ''[[A... My Name Is Alice]]'' in 1983-84 with [[Joan Micklin Silver]].<ref>Berger, Joseph. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/24/theater/newsandfeatures/24berg.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin# "Why Williamstown Needs to Watch Out"]''The New York Times'', July 24, 2005</ref>
Boyd conceived and directed the 1978 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''[[Eubie!]]'', a [[Musical theatre|musical]] revue based on the works of [[Eubie Blake]] which she also conceived.<ref name="williamstown"/> The production starred [[Gregory Hines]] and [[Maurice Hines]], and received three [[Tony Award]] nominations. She also conceived and directed the musical revue ''[[A... My Name Is Alice]]'' in 1983–84 with [[Joan Micklin Silver]], and its sequel ''A…My Name Is Still Alice'' at the Second Stage, NYC in 1992.<ref name="williamstown"/> Boyd has directed at regional theatres nationwide, including The Old Globe (''As You Like It'' and Velina Hasu Houston's ''Tea''), the McCarter and Asolo Theatres (''Sweet and Hot: the Music of Harold Arlen'') and Syracuse Stage (''The Country Wife'').<ref>{{cite web |last=Klein |first=Alvin |title=THEATER; War Brides, Grooms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/22/nyregion/theater-war-brides-grooms.html |website=The New York Times |date=22 August 1999}}</ref>

She directed the world premiere of playwright [[Mark St. Germain]]’s ''Dr. Ruth All The Way'' (2012) at Barrington Stage. It is now entitled ''Becoming Dr Ruth'', and she also directed it [[Off-Broadway]] in the fall of 2013. Set in 1997, it is about the life of [[sex therapist]], [[Holocaust survivor]], and author [[Dr. Ruth Westheimer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.becomingdoctorruth.com/|title=Becoming Dr Ruth|website=www.becomingdoctorruth.com}}</ref>

She also directed ''The Best of Enemies'' (2011), and the world premiere of St. Germain's ''Dancing Lessons'' (2014). At BSC, she also directed productions of ''Cabaret'', ''Follies'', ''Sweeney Todd'', ''All My Sons'', and ''An Enemy of the People'', among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://barringtonstageco.org/past-seasons/|title=Past Seasons|website=Barrington Stage Company}}</ref>

She served on the board of directors of the [[Stage Directors and Choreographers Society]] (SDC) from 1980 to 1998, and as president from 1992 to 1998.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weber |first=Bruce |title=On Stage, and Off |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/06/theater/on-stage-and-off.html |website=The New York Times |date=6 November 1992}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:48, 25 December 2023

Julianne Boyd
NationalityAmerican
Education
Occupations
  • Theatre director
  • artistic director

Julianne Boyd is an American theatre director and was the Founding Artistic Director of the Barrington Stage Company of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[1] She retired in 2022.[2]

Education

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Boyd received a B.A. in Theater and Education from Beaver College (now known as Arcadia University) in Pennsylvania, and a doctorate in Theater from the City University of New York.[3]

Barrington Stage Company

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Boyd is the founder (1995) and artistic director of the Berkshire-based Barrington Stage Company (BSC).[4] The company, which was originally based in Sheffield, Massachusetts, moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 2006.[5] Barrington Stage Company produced the world premiere of William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2004, which garnered two Tony Awards (Rachel Sheinkin for Outstanding Book, and Dan Fogler for Outstanding Male Performer in a Musical) when it moved to Broadway in 2005.[6] Barrington Stage also produced the world premiere of Mark St. Germain's Freud’s Last Session in 2009, starring Martin Rayner and Mark H. Dold. It later moved Off-Broadway and played for two years.[7] In October 2014, Barrington Stage's 2013 production of On The Town, directed by John Rando and choreographed by Josh Bergasse, opened on Broadway at the Lyric Theatre.[8]

Directing

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Boyd conceived and directed the 1978 Broadway production of Eubie!, a musical revue based on the works of Eubie Blake which she also conceived.[4] The production starred Gregory Hines and Maurice Hines, and received three Tony Award nominations. She also conceived and directed the musical revue A... My Name Is Alice in 1983–84 with Joan Micklin Silver, and its sequel A…My Name Is Still Alice at the Second Stage, NYC in 1992.[4] Boyd has directed at regional theatres nationwide, including The Old Globe (As You Like It and Velina Hasu Houston's Tea), the McCarter and Asolo Theatres (Sweet and Hot: the Music of Harold Arlen) and Syracuse Stage (The Country Wife).[9]

She directed the world premiere of playwright Mark St. Germain’s Dr. Ruth All The Way (2012) at Barrington Stage. It is now entitled Becoming Dr Ruth, and she also directed it Off-Broadway in the fall of 2013. Set in 1997, it is about the life of sex therapist, Holocaust survivor, and author Dr. Ruth Westheimer.[10]

She also directed The Best of Enemies (2011), and the world premiere of St. Germain's Dancing Lessons (2014). At BSC, she also directed productions of Cabaret, Follies, Sweeney Todd, All My Sons, and An Enemy of the People, among others.[11]

She served on the board of directors of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) from 1980 to 1998, and as president from 1992 to 1998.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Staff". Barrington Stage Company.
  2. ^ https://playbill.com/article/outgoing-artistic-director-julianne-boyd-on-nearly-30-years-with-barrington-stage-company. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Theatre Ph.D. Program: Alumni". cuny.edu.
  4. ^ a b c Berger, Joseph (July 24, 2005). "Why Williamstown Needs to Watch Out". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Barrington Stage Company Acquires Berkshire Music Hall in Downtown Pittsfield". pittsfield-ma.org. July 8, 2005. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
  6. ^ McKinley, Jesse (September 12, 2005). "Making Good on Broadway, 'Bee' Earns Back Investment". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Healy, Patrick (July 9, 2012). "Time Is Up for 'Freud's Last Session'". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Brantley, Ben (October 17, 2014). "Carried Away by the Sights! Lights! Nights!". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Klein, Alvin (August 22, 1999). "THEATER; War Brides, Grooms". The New York Times.
  10. ^ "Becoming Dr Ruth". www.becomingdoctorruth.com.
  11. ^ "Past Seasons". Barrington Stage Company.
  12. ^ Weber, Bruce (November 6, 1992). "On Stage, and Off". The New York Times.
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