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FOUND

From Hunter Bell the creator of [title of show] and Silence! The Musical

and

Davy Rothbart the creator of Found Magazine

Comes a Pre-Broadway Workshop at The Colonial Theatre

Pittsfield, MA – The pre-Broadway workshop of, FOUND, arrives at Berkshire Theatre Group’s Colonial Theatre September 21 and September 22.

Based on Davy Rothbart's popular Found magazine comes a new musical comedy about the things we've lost and the ways they bring us together. Tony-nominated book writer Hunter Bell joins composer/lyricist Eli Bolin to create the semi-autobiographical account of Davy's life and loves as he performs around the country and imagines the stories behind the discarded notes, diaries, love letters, to-do lists, photographs -- anything that is a glimpse into someone else's life. Like the highly-lauded magazine and books, this theatrical phenomenon is a one-of-a-kind, multi-media musical experience that is the true embodiment of the adage, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.”

Brought to life by the Story Pirates, one of New York’s most critically-acclaimed comedy troupes, and directed by Lee Overtree, FOUND is an original musical set against a backdrop of the hilarious and heart-breaking real notes and letters from the pages of Found magazine, as they come to life on stage. When Davy meets and falls for Kate, a schoolteacher, he is forced to choose between his wild existence on the road and a life with her. FOUND explores not just the things, but the people we find in life and proves we all have stories worth telling.

FOUND is an intriguing, hilarious, moving and irresistible peek into the private lives of strangers....a wonderfully moving collage of human emotion.

“It’s a fascinating way to eavesdrop on our fellow man."  - David Letterman

“Crazy Entertaining” – Jon Stewart

“Ultimate reality programming, a powerful fix for thinking voyeurs...” – Boston Globe

“FOUND is an endlessly entertaining and frequently moving peek into people’s lives” – The Onion

“As unexpected as a tumbleweed.” – The New Yorker

“A voyeur's dream. One gets a giddy high from its privileged, unauthorized glimpse into the private lives of strangers” – San Francisco Cronicle

FOUND has became a worldwide cultural craze that has produced 3 best-selling books, 9 magazines, appearances on The David Letterman Show, a feature on 20/20, multiple international tours, CDs and websites. Prior productions of the show have also appeared at The Actors Playhouse (NYC), Ars Nova (NYC), the Bumpershoot Festival (Seattle) and the Williamstown Theatre Festival (Massachusetts). FOUND is produced by Victoria Lang, Benjamin Salka and Eva Price, with set design by David Gallo.

Performances are Friday at 8PM and Saturday at 2 & 8PM. Tickets are $25, $75 for admission and a VIP pre-show reception with Randy Harrison and Broadway favorites on September 22nd at 8 PM, and $20 for students. Contact the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield, MA by calling 413-997-4444 or the Stockbridge Campus Ticket Office at 83 East Main Street, by calling 413-298-5576. Tickets can also be bought online at . Ticket Offices are open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain. All plays, schedules, casting and prices are subject to change. For adult audiences only.

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Created by:

Hunter Bell (Book) co-wrote and starred in the Broadway musical [title of show] (Tony nomination). His other writing credits include Bellobration! (137th Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), Villains Tonight! (Walt Disney Imagineering Creative Entertainment/Disney Cruise Lines) and Now.Here.This. (Vineyard Theatre). He has created and contributed original material for numerous benefits and events including BC/EFA’s Easter Bonnet/Gypsy of the Year competitions, Broadway Bares (Wonderland & Click It!) as well as specialty material for the 53rd Annual Drama Desk Awards, The Actor's Fund's 125th Anniversary Gala and NYCLU’s Broadway Stands Up for Freedom. Hunter is a co-creator of the web series the [title of show] show and recently co-created and wrote the ABC pilot Glass Houses.

Eli Bolin (Music & Lyrics) Eli is a composer for SESAME STREET and the music director/songwriter for STORY PIRATES. His musical ROLLER DISCO is currently at American Repertory Theater’s Oberon space in Cambridge, MA and his score for Theatreworks/USA's SKIPPYJON JONES ran off-Broadway to rave reviews and a sold-out national tour. As an actor & musician he appeared on NBC’s 30 ROCK as a member of the Woggels. 

Lee Overtree (Director) has served as artistic director of Story Pirates since he co-founded the group in 2003 and oversees performances and media in New York City, Los Angeles and on national tours. His productions have been presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, Solid Sound Festival (curated by the band Wilco), Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival in Seattle, and at dozens of theaters in New York, including at Symphony Space, Ars Nova, Dixon Place, Galapagos and the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Other directing credits include Brilliance! (Geffen Playhouse), John Grisham’s Theodore Boone and the Thrill of Rights (Penguin Books Natl. Tour),  Found (Actor’s Playhouse and Ars Nova), a monthly appearance on the Sirius/XM radio show Absolutely Mindy and productions integrating storytelling and science with the The American Museum of Natural History. Lee is a creative consultant for Voca People, currently playing Off-Broadway. He is an alumnus of Northwestern University.

Davy Rothbart (Conceived by) Davy’s magazine Found is dedicated to discarded notes, letters, flyers, photos, lists, and drawings found and sent in by readers. The magazine spawned a best-selling book, Found: The Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World, published in April 2004. A second collection was published in May 2006, a third in May 2009. The magazine is published annually. Rothbart is the founder of Washington II Washington, an annual hiking adventure which brings inner-city kids from Washington, D.C. and Southeast Michigan to New Hampshire for a climb to the top of Mt. Washington. He directs the Found Magazine Prison Pen-Pal Program, connecting Found readers on the outside with those behind bars, and is also active with the youth writing programs 826 National, 826michigan, and 826LA.

Produced by:

Victoria Lang (Producer) is the President of Lang Entertainment Group. Theatre credits include the current Off Broadway hitSilence! The Musical! (Off Broadway Alliance & Obie Awards, Best Musical and Top 5 Musicals, Time Magazine), the current national tour of Divorce Party the Musical, Matt & Ben in NY & LA (Top 5 Plays, Time Magazine), Johnny Guitar (Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Off-Broadway Musical), Listen To My Heart: The Songs of David Friedman (Drama Desk nomination), Bat Boy (West End), SHOUT! The Mod Musical (Off-Broadway, West End, Chicago, 1st National Tour, UK Tour) and Girls Night! The Musical (LA). She has been associated with the Broadway productions of Private Lives starring Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton,  Peg starring Peggy Lee, A View From The Bridge, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Little Foxes starring Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Pan starring Sandy Duncan, Oklahoma!, West Side Story and Brigadoon. She has produced the independent films Macbeth In Manhattan (Best Feature, South Beach & L.I. Film Festivals), Dark Tides (Showtime), The Last Lie and Chaos Theory. For television Victoria produced the popular Live With Regis & Kathie Lee (3 Emmy nominations), Joy Philbin’s Haven and Specials for A&E and PBS.

Benjamin Salka (Producer) Under Benjamin Salka's leadership, Story Pirates has grown from a small start-up to reach tens of thousands of children each year in New York and Los Angeles, showing young people that their words and ideas matter. At age 23, Mr. Salka directed the off-Broadway production of I SING! (recent productions in Australia, Boston and London), and he serves as a producer on the I SING! cast album, available worldwide. He began assistant directing and producing on and off-Broadway at theaters such as The Roundabout, MTC and The Atlantic Theater. Highlights include THE DAZZLE (Outer Critics Circle Award - assistant director to David Warren) and THE GOAT (Tony Award- assistant to producer Scott Rudin). In film, he assisted Rudin on the Oscar nominated THE HOURS, and Jonathan Glickman at Spyglass Entertainment on the Oscar nominated SEABISCUIT. He directed David Warren's production of MATT AND BEN in Chicago and Toronto.

Eva Price (Producer) is the Executive Vice President of Maximum Entertainment Productions.  Eva was recently named one of Crain’s NY 40 Under Forty Rising Business Stars. Broadway credits include: Lewis Black: Running on Empty, Annie, Peter and the Starcatcher, Kathy Griffin Wants A Tony, Colin Quinn LONG STORY SHORT, The Merchant of Venice, A Life In The Theatre, The Addams Family, Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking and Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Off-Broadway: Forever Dusty, Voca People, Judy Gold's The Judy Show: My Life As A Sitcom, Circumcise Me, Los Big Names, The J.A.P Show: Jewish Princesses of Comedy and The Great American Trailer Park Musical. International and Touring credits include: The Magic School Bus, Live! The Climate Challenge, Ella, a bio musical about the life and music of Ella Fitzgerald, ‘S Wonderful: The New Gershwin Musical, Tomie dePaola's Strega Nona The Musical, Irving Berlin's I Love A Piano, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, Private Jokes, Public Places.

Designed by:

David Gallo (Set Design) is a Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle award winner for The Drowsy Chaperone. He just completed The Nutty Professor The Musical, directed by the incomparable Jerry Lewis premiered this summer in Nashville. Other Broadway credits include: Memphis, A Catered Affair, Xanadu, Company, Gem of the Ocean (Tony nomination), Thoroughly Modern Millie, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown, A View of the Bridge. Off Broadway: Bunny Bunny, The Wild Party, Blue Man Group, Shout! The MOD Musical. Gallo’s work can be seen daily in more than a dozen cities and at the national archive in the Smithsonian Institute.

Presented by:

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, Pittsfield, MA and Lenox, MA. The Fitzpatrick Main Stage (408 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 newly built outdoor Neil Ellenoff stage at the Mount and at The Garage, a music venue located in the lobby of The Colonial. Together they serve over 100,000 patrons per year and reach over 10,000 students through their educational and outreach programs. For more information on BTF call (413) 298-5536 and on The Colonial call (413) 448-8084. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or (413) 298-5576 or go online to .

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