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September 10 - 30, 2015
Every Tuesday from 4:40-4:50 on WRSI 93.9 The River, tune into to the Arty Party to hear Joan Holliday and Pam Victor discuss the highlights of the theatre and comedy happenings in the Pioneer Valley. And if you have an event to list, be sure to send me the information - having your event in the newsletter gives you a pretty good shot at being mentioned on air the week before your show opens!
Acting classes are starting up this week - if you haven't registered yet, check with the teacher to see if there is still space!
The next issue will include events through October 7. Submit upcoming events via the link below or by emailing me. Any questions, comments or feedback? Email me at pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS:
from HowlRound
In Praise of Cell Phone Users
by Jonathan Mandell
From the article: Actor Andrew Blair remembers the first time a member of the audience distracted him; the man, sitting in the front row, “looked like Santa Claus and he was snoring like a chainsaw.” Blair recalls another theatregoer practically shouting on his cell phone “I’m sorry, I can’t talk right now, I’m at the theatre.”
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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The Majestic Theatre presents A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
by Tennessee Williams
September 10 - October 18, 2015
Wednesday - Sunday
The Majestic Theatre, West Springfield
Streetcar not only one the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1948, but more than any other play ushered in a new dramatic naturalism to the stage. "The Method", as it became known, woudl revolutionize American Theater forever. Blanche DuBois, fragile and penniless and having lost the family home, once a large plantation, to creditors, finds herself in the French Quarter of New Orleans and under the roof of her sister, Stella, and her husband, Stanley Kowalski. She finds Stanley "common" but strikes up a relationship with Mitch, one of his poker buddies, until old truths are forced into the open. A Streetcar Named Desire is our first Tennessee Williams production at the Majestic — you won't want to miss it!
More information at tickets available online or call (413) 747-7797.
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Working-Day Company presents Coriolanus,
a tragedy by William Shakespeare
Friday and Saturday,
September 11 and 12 at 7:00 PM,
Sunday, September 13 at 3:00 PM
The Shea Theater Civic Center, 71 Avenue A in Turners Falls, MA
Caius Martius has dedicated his life to defending the newborn Roman Republic. A proud general and fearsome warrior, Martius leads Rome to countless victories against her enemies beyond the city's walls. But when he's ruined by enemies within them, he is consumed by a hunger for revenge. Seeking to punish the ungrateful citizens who cast him from his homeland, Caius Martius seeks help in the most unlikely & dangerous of places.
Check out the Facebook Event. Please call (413) 676-9229 for tickets.
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Happier Valley Comedy presents the Happier Valley Comedy Show
Saturday, September 12 at 8:00 PM
Arts Block Cafe, 289 Main St, Greenfield
The improvisers of the Happy Valley unite in this rollicking good time show featuring The Ha-Ha's with their special friends and teammates in the SIFT House Team. Sundays come to Saturdays when the SIFT (Sunday Improv Fun Time) players bring their short form improv funnies to The Happier Valley Comedy Show stage. Come enjoy comedy created on the spot in this fast-paced, rip-roaring show!.
Everyone who RSVPs yes on the Facebook event page is automatically entered to win a FREE ticket give-away for this show!
More info online.
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The Emily Dickinson Museum presents Before You Became Improbable
Emily Dickinson Museum
September 17-19
and September 24-26, 6:30 PM
An immersive journey through the Dickinson-Higginson correspondence
"A unique, phenomenal, and deeply treasured experience.”
- Len Berkman, Smith College Professor of Theater
It took eight years of correspondence before T.W. Higginson arrived in Amherst to meet his elusive advisee, Emily Dickinson. Before You Became Improbable reimagines the day of that meeting, offering audience members an encounter with her words and poems in a remarkably personal theatrical experience. This immersive journey returns to the Emily Dickinson Museum in September after a sold-out 2014 run.
Before You Became Improbable is not a stationary production, but a walking theatrical journey throughout downtown Amherst, en route to the Dickinson grounds. Equipped with a special pair of headphones, audience members are guided carefully through the show, following a path visible to only them, leading them through a series of compelling encounters. The journey ends in the Dickinson parlor, where participants gather to share insights and experiences with the playwright and each other.
BYBI is written and directed by Amherst Regional High School Performing Arts Department Head John Bechtold and produced by Wendy Kohler and the Emily Dickinson Museum.
Designed as an experience for two people at a time, audience participants should come prepared with comfortable shoes, the willingness to walk for much of the show, and a venturesome spirit.
BYBI runs Thursday through Saturday
(with a Sunday rain date) September 17-19 and September 24-26, with one or two participants departing every four minutes between 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Emily Dickinson Museum, located at 280 Main Street in downtown Amherst.
Reservations are required; please check out the event web site to make one.
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Smith College Department of Theatre and the Wurtele Center for Work and Life present
One Drop of Love
Friday and Saturday,
September 18 and 19
7:00 PM
Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts
A multimedia solo performance by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, incorporating filmed images, photographs and animation to tell the story of how the notion of ‘race’ came to be in the United States and how it affects our most intimate relationships.
Co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Smith College Theatre Department, and the Wurtele Center for Work & Life
Q & A to follow. Free!
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