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Press Contacts:
Rebecca Brighenti, (413) 448-8084 x11
[email protected]
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org
Colleen Hughes, (413) 448-8084 x15
[email protected]
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org
For Immediate Release, please: Friday, February 22, 2013
An Evening of Anglo-American Comedy:
Alison Larkin Live! at The Unicorn Theatre in Conjunction with
the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers
Pittsfield, MA – In conjunction with The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Alison Larkin presents an
evening of Anglo-American comedy on March 9 at 7:30pm at The Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge.
Tickets to Alison Larkin Live! are $20 to benefit The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. Contact the Colonial
Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield by calling 413-997-4444. Tickets may be purchased in person one
hour prior to curtain at The Unicorn Theatre, 6 East St., Stockbridge. Tickets can also be bought online at
www.berkshiretheatregroup.org. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or
on any performance day from 10am until curtain.
Alison was born in Washington DC, adopted at six weeks old by British parents and raised in England and
Africa. After graduating from Royal Holloway College, London University and The Webber Douglas Academy
of Dramatic Art, she became a playwright and classical actress on the British stage. Then, at 28, she found her
birth mother, who was living in Bald Mountain, Tennessee. The experience turned her into a stand-up comic.
She was soon headlining at the Comic Strip in New York and the Comedy Store in LA, while maintaining her
theatrical career. She appeared Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theater Club and on Broadway in Stanley with
the Royal National Theatre. She also spent three years under studio development contract to star in her own
sitcom with ABC, CBS and Jim Henson Productions. TV appearances include Late Night with Conan O’Brien,
Comic Relief, Providence and Holding the Baby.
Her unusually wide range of voices can be heard in cartoons and movies, from work by James Cameron and
Robert Altman to Pocahontas and The Wonderpets. She co-starred with Phyllis Diller and Annette Bening in
the NPR/Firesign Theater production of The Wonderful World of Oz. She voices Pauline in the PBS cartoon
Pauline’s Perilous Pyramid and Dog Bug in the popular children’s CD, Hooked on Math.
Her internationally acclaimed autobiographical one-woman show from which her novel springs, previewed at
the Manchester Royal Exchange, premiered at the Edinburgh Festival’s Assembly Rooms and headlined in at
the Soho Theatre as a highlight of the London Comedy Festival. The show has been seen in concert
performances around the world and has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charitable organizations.
A Vogue “most powerful book of the season” and Redbook magazine’s Book Club Pick of the Month, The
English American, a novel is currently under development by Bright Pictures, UK to be turned into a major
motion picture. Alison and Lucy Shuttleworth (The Secrets of Moonacre) are writing the screenplay.
The audio book of The English American, narrated by Alison, won an Audiofile Earphones award and is
number two on audible.com’s top ten author-narrated audio books of all time. Alison has narrated over thirty
audiobooks to high critical acclaim, from the famous Arthur Ransome series for children starting with Swallows
and Amazons to books by New York Times bestselling authors.
“Alison Larkin offers hugely entertaining reflections on how we become the kind of people we think we are . . .
nature versus nurture, the eternal search for roots and the ups and downs of the great Anglo American love
affair… marvelously light-footed…a lesson in the human condition.” Clive Davies, The Times
For more information about the performance, please visit our website at www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org
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About Berkshire Theatre Group
The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest
cultural organizations in the Berkshires. Having united in November of 2010 under the leadership of Artistic
Director and CEO Kate Maguire, these two institutions are providing the Berkshires and beyond with the finest
in live theatre, music, dance and the visual arts on five stages in Stockbridge, MA and Pittsfield, MA. The
Fitzpatrick Main Stage (400 seats), cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, was originally
designed and built by Stanford White as the Stockbridge Casino in 1888. The intimate Unicorn Theatre (122
seats) is a home for emerging artists and new theatrical ideas. The Colonial in Pittsfield (780 seats) re-opened
in August of 2006, following a $21 million restoration, and boasts pristine acoustics, classic gilded age
architecture and state-of-the-art technical systems. BTG also performs at the outdoor Neil Ellenoff stage,
located on the grounds of BTF in Stockbridge, and at The Garage, a music venue located in the lobby of The
Colonial. BTG serves over 100,000 patrons per year and reaches over 17,000 students through its educational
and outreach programs. For more information on BTF call (413) 298-5536 and on The Colonial call (413) 4488084. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or (413) 298-5576 or go online to
www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org.