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Pickett and Prueher on stage.
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Back in 1991, the duo found a discarded McDonald’s custodial training tape in their home state of Wisconsin, and since then, they’ve been collecting all the VHS tapes they could find and mining them for untapped comedic gold. Today, they are the undisputed champions of lost media, having collected and archived over 15,000 videocassette tapes.
The Found Footage Festival is a “celebration of the videos that time forgot.”Provided by Found Footage Festival
Prueher and Pickett’s brand of comedy values the missteps and accidents that come with amateur video productions more than it does the carefully crafted wordplay of the comedic superstars of our time. But it’s not just bloopers from birthday parties that they find. Some of the most popular clips come from instructional videos, taped religious services, fully produced movies, music videos and, of course, the ever-popular news bloopers.
For more than eight years, Pickett and Prueher have been hosting a video podcast they call “VHS Party,” complete with their own rabid fans who send them tapes and comment along online with the streams. Their YouTube page is chock-full of interesting clips, many of which are featured and discussed on “VHS Party” with their two co-hosts and occasional guests from the comedy world, including Jon Glaser, Jo Firestone and David Cross.
The duo started the Found Footage Fest in 2004 as a way to raise money for their documentary, “Dirty Country,” about a vulgar country music performer looking for a bigger audience than his garage. Since then, they’ve taken the show on the road, bringing new selections of their favorite clips and their signature comedic stylings to theaters around the world.
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Isadora Wolfe
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The play’s original 2023 Broadway production by Manhattan Theatre Club was a New York Times Critic’s Pick, praised for its “bittersweet depth” and as “sharply observant and subtly, insistently feminist.” The Times called it a “story of profound connection and awakening disquiet.” The women belong to “a generation who came of age in time for the sexual revolution and took advantage of that freedom pre-Roe v. Wade … they question what’s gone wrong with their American dreams and they start, with poignant imperfection, to put things right.”
“It is an exquisite piece of writing — smart, funny and poignant — brought to life by two of the finest actors on our stages today, Kate Baldwin and Jennifer Van Dyck,” Wolfe said.
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Baldwin recently completed an acclaimed run as Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival of “Chicago.” She is a two-time Tony Award nominee and four-time Drama Desk nominee, having starred on Broadway as Irene Molloy in the 2017 revival of “Hello, Dolly!” and as Sharon McLonergan in the 2009 revival of “Finian’s Rainbow.”
Van Dyck has appeared in many BTG productions, including “Dracula,” “The Goat,” “The Petrified Forest” and “Coastal Disturbances.” She has performed recently at Clubbed Thumb Summerworks, Powerhouse Theater, Transport Group and Primary Stages’ Fresh Ink series. Her Broadway credits include “Hedda Gabler,” “Dancing at Lughnasa,” “Two Shakespearean Actors” and “The Secret Rapture.” She also frequently collaborates with Charles Busch and Sharon Playhouse’s artistic director Carl Andress.
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“The play is so much about perspective — as well as the wonder and regret of roads not taken,” Wolfe said. “It asks what it means to be an artist, to be successful and to put oneself out into the world, all against the backdrop of the nation’s bicentennial: a cocktail of celebration and disappointment, freedom and glass ceilings. I’m thrilled to be working on this piece.”
Patrons who purchase tickets to eligible performances of “Summer, 1976” also receive access to discounted tickets for The Incredible Naumkeag Pumpkin Show. The holiday event transforms the historic property into an illuminated celebration of artistry and imagination.
“Summer, 1976” runs Oct. 7-31 on the Larry Vaber Stage at the Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. For tickets and additional information, visit berkshiretheatregroup.org.
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