
Episode 3: Julianne Boyd - Barrington Stage Company
by Alison Blakeslee & Eve McDougall
NOTE: This episode was recorded in Spring 2021. Some information may be dated.
Today’s episode is hosted by Alison Blakeslee, a freshman at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Eve McDougall, a junior at Monument Mountain Regional High School. In this episode of Thinking Like a Region, Blakeslee and McDougall interview Julianne Boyd, theatre director, founder, and artistic director at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Boyd discusses how her passion for theatre from a young age shaped her future career, how she was led to Barrington Stage, the Stage’s mission and endeavors, and more.
Boyd believes that “you don’t have to be brilliant to be creative…you just have to be in touch with your emotions.” This episode focuses on the creative capacities of deep listening, experimentation, and collaboration. Listen in to hear how Barrington Stage Company serves a passion of a region.
You can find the transcript for this episode here.
Thinking Like A Region is a production of the C4 Initiative, Berkshire County’s Creative Compact for Collaborative and Collective Impact, based at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, MA, and grant-funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. This podcast is produced by Lisa Donovan and Leslie Appleget. Technical podcast support by Audrey Perdue.
For more information about the show or the C4 Initiative, visit brainworks.mcla.edu/c4.
THIS EPISODE’S VOICES:
Julianne Boyd is a theatre director and the founder and artistic director at Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Boyd received her B.A. in theatre and education at Arcadia University and her doctorate in theatre at the City University of New York. Notably, with the Company, Boyd produced the Tony Award-winning musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in 2004.
Alison Blakeslee is a freshman at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Eve McDougall is a junior at Monument Mountain Regional High School.