Dr. Ruth looking for stage treatment

Dr. Ruth is going to be reimagined on stage this summer time on the planet premiere of "Dr. Ruth, Completely," a 1-hander starring Debra Jo Rupp (TV's "The Simpsons," "That '70s Show") and composed by Mark St. Germain ("Freud's Last Session"). Show will have on Barrington Stage's Stage 2 in Pittsfield, Mass., June 19-This summer 15 inside a production helmed with a.deb. Julianne Boyd. St. Germain's "Freud's Last Session," another counselor-centric tale, bowed at Barrington just before Off Broadway, in which the still-running production continues to be around the boards for any year . 5. "Dr. Ruth" marks the very first manufacture of BSC's New Works Initiative, by which playwrights and musical theater writing teams is going to be commissioned to create work that BSC will produce. Also around the BSC summer time slate may be the New England premiere of "Its Northern Border Pool" by Rajiv Frederick ("Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo"). The mental cat-and-mouse thriller in regards to a Middle Eastern student and the assistant senior high school principal, to become helmed by Giovanna Sardelli, runs This summer 26-August. 11 at BSC Stage 2. The 2nd stage will even feature the brand new England preem of Duncan Macmillan's two-character drama "Lung area," directed by Aaron Posner (May 23-June 10). Barrington Stage Company's Musical Theater Lab, under composer William Finn and Boyd, begins its seventh season having a workshop manufacture of garage rock musical "The Black Suits," which runs August. 16-Sept. 2. Music and lyrics are by Joe Iconis, having a book co-written with Robert Maddock. John Simpkins helms. Mainstage shows is going to be "Fiddler on the topInch (June 13-This summer 14) Arthur Miller's "The Cost," with Shaun McCarthy (This summer 19-August. 4) and Philip King's 1945 Brit farce "Observe How They Run" (August. 9-26), helmed by John Rando. Nigel William's stage adaptation of "The almighty from the Flies" runs March. 3-21. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com