[Capdist-announce] GBPT Leave Your Fears Here opens June 30

[GBPT]

*For Immediate Release*

*Contact: Mike Clary*

*MrMikeClary1 at gmail.com*

*518-267-0683*



*June 27, 2022*



*Leave Your Fears Here*,* a story of hope, bravery, family love and
survival in the face of childhood cancer. Onstage June 30-July 10 at Great
Barrington Public Theater.*



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The GB Public Theater 2022 four-title Solo Fest concludes with *Leave Your
Fears Here* (June 30 - July 10), a loving memoir written and performed by
accomplished stage and screen actor James Morrison. In a touching
performance that legendary producer Norman Lear called “An extremely moving
play by an extremely moving performer”, the actor recounts his 10-year-old
son Seamus’s brain cancer diagnosis through treatment to recovery, and how
he brought courage and change in others, most notably his father. It’s a
heroic poetic expression of the power of hope and triumph in the darkest
hours.



When Seamus suddenly faced physical debilities and a life-threatening
diagnosis, Morrison, his wife and family had to face hard reality while
simultaneously navigating the daunting medical processes. They found
themselves transcended by Seamus’s courage, brightness and ability to face
his harrowing experiences with strength, humor and poetic nature.



Directed by Robert Egan, *Leave Your Fears Here* was developed and first
staged at the multi-award-winning Ojai Playwrights Conference, where Egan
has been Artistic Director since 2002



Audiences will recognize James Morrison from *24, Law and Order SVU, The
West Wing, Six Feet Under, Twin Peaks: The Return* and other series and
movies. He notes, “If making our journey public allows one person to feel
hope or gratitude as they navigate, battle and conquer their fears, I’ve
succeeded beyond measure.”



*Leave Your Fears Here* will be staged ten times only, from June 30-July
10, Thurs.-Sun., 7:30pm and 3pm, in the Liebowitz Black Box Theater, Bard
College at Simon’s Rock, 84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Advance
tickets are encouraged and can be made on the Great Barrington Public
Theater website <https://www.greatbarringtonpublictheater.org/>.

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Actor James Morrison/credit Zaugh photography

James Morrison has played hundreds of roles on stage, film and television
in the last 45

years, most notably on *24* as Bill Buchanan and *Twin Peaks: The Return*.
For his work onstage he received the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award
and appeared at the Mark Taper Forum, McCarter Theatre, the Old Globe, La
Jolla Playhouse, London’s Donmar Warehouse and Riverside Studios, and the
Alaska Repertory Theatre (in his hometown of Anchorage) where he served his
apprenticeship. As a filmmaker,

James co-produced/directed the documentary, *Showing Up: A Conversation
About the Audition* with his wife, Riad Galayini.

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*Great Barrington Public Theater*
<https://www.greatbarringtonpublictheater.org/> was founded by Artistic
Director Jim Frangione and Executive Director Deann Simmons Halper to
create opportunities for theater artists in the Berkshires and neighboring
regions. Great Barrington Public Theater recognizes the many excellent
playwrights, actors, directors, designers, administrators and technicians
living in the Berkshires and surrounding areas. Our objective is to bring a
mix of new and contemporary plays to the stage in a variety of formats; to
generate and foster creative and rigorous opportunity for local theater
artists, while engaging our theatergoing public with new and contemporary
readings, workshops, and fully staged productions, involving local talent
as often as possible, and always keeping ticket prices affordable.
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