Who: Judith Ivey, T. R. Knight, Kate MacCluggage, Joe Morton, Frances Evans
What: Virtual readings of 2018 play
Where: Barrington Stage Company (BSC)
When: Friday, October 30, $25, 7:30, and Saturday, October 31, $25, 7:30
Why: In the spring of 2018, Pittsfield-based Barrington Stage Company (BSC) premiered Mark St. Germain’s Typhoid Mary, a play about Mary Mallon, the Irish cook who spread typhoid fever in New York. The company will now be hosting a prerecorded virtual reading of the work, on October 30 and 31 at 7:30, featuring two-time Tony winner Judith Ivey as the title character, T. R. Knight as Father Michael McKuen, Kate MacCluggage as Dr. Ann Saltzer, Emmy winner Joe Morton as Dr. William Mills, and Frances Evans reprising her role as Sarah; original director Matthew Penn is back as well. “As the pandemic continues into its eighth month in the US and an administration rails against the fact-based findings of doctors and medical advisors, it felt like an appropriate time to revisit Mark St. Germain’s play, where arguments between God and science take center stage,” BSC founder and artistic director Julianne Boyd said in a statement. During the Covid-19 crisis, BSC has previously presented virtual readings of Rob Ulin’s Judgment Day and Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings as well as St. Germain’s new work, Eleanor, with Harriet Harris as the first lady.