Berkshire Eagle | "Alison Fraser recreates a horror in staged reading at The Mount"

PITTSFIELD — Alison Fraser covets original roles. She played Martha in "The Secret Garden" when the musical premiered on Broadway in 1991. She received the second of her two Tony Award nominations for her performance.

"To be a part of an origination of a piece is wildly exciting," she told The Eagle during a recent telephone interview.

But debuting a psychotherapist and recovering alcoholic in Aaron Mark's solo horror play, "Squeamish," Off-Broadway last fall was a stomach-turning experience.