At Barrington Stage Company, a full return to indoor stages

This summer, Barrington Stage Company will have eight productions — including four world premieres, the absurdist drama “Waiting for Godot,” classic musicals and a youth theater musical featuring two teen superheroes — split evenly among its two stages, the Boyd-Quinson Mainstage and the recently reopened St. Germain Stage. Three of the shows were postponed due to COVID.

“We’re really thrilled to be working with the artists we planned to work with years ago, that we’re still very close with them and this is finally the culmination of their many, many years’ efforts,” said BSC Artistic Director and Founder Julianne Boyd in an Eagle interview announcing the season, the last under her direction before she retires at the end of September.

Barrington Stage Company

Boyd-Quinson Mainstage, 30 Union St., Pittsfi eld St. Germain Stage. Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center, 36 Linden St., Pittsfi eld 413-236-8888, barringtonstageco.org

Special Events

Sunday, May 29: Joshua Henry Up Close; Broadway star Joshua Henry presents an encore performance to celebrate the return of cabaret to the Blatt Center. $60. 8 p.m. St. Germain Stage.

Aug. 11-14: Celebration of Black Voices. Come and join the festivities in a celebration of local Black artists, featuring a kickoff concert with the Brownskin Band, an Adult Talent Show with cash prizes, a Community Gospel Concert and a host of other events. All events are free and open to the public at Tartell Family Outdoor Stage at the Polish Community Club, 55 Linden St., Pittsfi eld. Reservations are strongly recommended. Monday, Aug. 15: Andy Karl and Orfeh: Legally Bound. Together, Orfeh and Andy Karl have had an impressively long run as one of Broadway’s best couples. The sexy, funny and enormously talented duo will be joined by musical director Steven Jamail and their band for an unforgettable evening of chart-toppers, show-stoppers and high belting. $35-$75. 8 p.m. Boyd-Quinson Stage.

Sunday, Aug. 21: Grace McLean Lives in Concert. This award-winning actor-singer-songwriter will be returning to Barrington Stage to play her acclaimed original music, accompanying herself on her very own looping machine. Grace received a 2021 Jonathan Larson Award, and her musical In the Green earned her a 2020 Richard Rodgers Award. $45. 8 p.m. St. Germain Stage.

Monday, Aug. 22: An Evening with the Creators of” Come From Away.” Irene Sankoff and David Hein have earned awards and much acclaim for their work worldwide and are now bringing their music to Barrington Stage, sharing new songs, cut songs and untold stories from “Come From Away,” and songs from their favorite composers. $45. 8 p.m. St. Germain Stage.

Debra Jo Rupp in a scene from Barrington Stage Co.’s 2021 production of “Boca.”

PHOTO PROVIDED BY DANIEL RADER

Onstage St. Germain Stage

Tickets are $25–59. Preview performance tickets for musicals are $45 and all other previews are $35.

June 2-25: “Andy Warhol in Iran,” by Brent Askari. In 1976 Andy Warhol, the portrait painter of the rich and famous, traveled to Tehran to take Polaroids of the Shah’s wife. While there, Warhol encounters a young revolutionary who throws his plans into turmoil and makes him realize there is a world beyond himself. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

July 1-23: “ABCD,” a world premiere play by May Treuhaft-Ali and directed by Daniel J. Bryant. At two very different public schools in the same city — an underserved school on the verge of shutdown, and an elite magnet program nearby — pressure to perform well on standardized tests drives students and teachers to compromise their integrity. “ABCD” is a brutal dissection of the inequities in our public school system. When the joys and challenges of learning are reduced to a multiple-choice test, is cheating the only option? 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

July 29-Aug. 13: The Youth Theatre’s world premiere staging of the new musical “The Supadupa Kid,” with book and lyrics by Sukari Jones, music by Joel Waggoner, and direction by NJ Agwuna. Ty Allan Jackson’s book comes alive on stage in this brand new musical featuring one of the first-ever teenage Black superheroes in America! Two free youth tickets (ages 5 and up, under 5 not admitted) are available per adult, reservations must be made at the time of adult ticket purchase. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 7 p.m. Friday; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m Sunday.

Aug. 19-Sept. 4: “Waiting for Godot,” by Samuel Beckett, directed by Joe Calarco. Vladimir and Estragon wait on a deserted country road to meet a person named Godot. Killing time with hat tricks and half-remembered stories, they dawdle through one of the greatest dramas of the 20th century. In Beckett’s absurd, anarchic world, life is vaudeville and tragedy, philosophy and confusion, all seamlessly woven together with the playwright’s masterful blend of poetry and humor. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Boyd-Quinson Mainstage

Tickets are $25–85. Preview performance tickets for musicals are $45 and all other previews are $35.

June 16-July 9: “Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show,” directed and choreographed by Jeffrey L. Page, conceived by Richard Maltby Jr. and Murray Horwitz. An evening of rowdy, raunchy and humorous songs that capture the love, longing and zest for life in the 1920s/30s. Fats Waller’s music will delight and energize audiences as well as provide wonderful insight into a vibrant time in American history and music. Includes such classics as “Honeysuckle Rose,” “Your Feet’s Too Big” and “T’aint Nobody’s Business if I Do.” 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 5 p.m. Sunday. No performance July 4.

July 16-30: “Anna in the Tropics,” by Nilo Cruz and directed by Elena Araoz. In 1929, a handsome lector arrives at one of the last Cuban cigar factories in Tampa to entertain the workers while they hand-roll cigars. But when the lector begins reading “Anna Karenina,” the passionate, frustrated lives of the characters in the book begin to parallel those of the listeners, leading to jealousy, betrayal and sexual awakening. 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 5 p.m. Sunday.

Aug. 6-28: Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “A Little Night Music,” choreographed by Robert La Fosse, musically directed by Darren R. Cohen and directed by Julianne Boyd. A tangle of love affairs leads to a magical weekend in the country where confusion rules, jealousies flair, and sexual passions reign. A romantic comedy of errors! 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 2 p.m. Saturday; 5 p.m.

Sunday. Sept. 21-Oct. 9: “All of Me,” a new play by Laura Winters, directed by Ashley Brooke Monroe. Boy meets girl. Boy uses a wheelchair, girl uses a scooter. Boy and girl use text-to-speech technology to connect to each other and the world around them. Love is holding them together even when the people in their lives want to pull them apart. “All of Me” is a hilarious and candid portrayal of disability and class in present-day America. 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday.

Allison Blackwell, Alysha Umphress, Mitch Zimmer and Britney Coleman in Barrington Stage Co.’s 2021 production of “Who Could Ask for Anything More? The Songs of George Gershwin.”

PHOTO PROVIDED BY DANIEL RADER