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Pioneer Valley Theatre News April 4, 2019

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  April 4 - 24, 2019


Hi, friends. This is my 200th newsletter - thank you so much for all your support in the last 3+ years. And thanks to those of you who came to the Future of the Performing Arts event last Sunday. We had a great turnout and got some excellent feedback. If you have anything else you'd like to share about the CitySpace project, feel free to send me an email. 

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THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS:
from Howlround
Making Your Website Accessible is Vital to Your Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Efforts
by Vijay Mathew

From the article: 

When we were working on redesigning the HowlRound website, one of our main goals was to be compliant with web accessibility standards for people with disabilities. The reason for this was twofold: it was an expression of our mission and core values, and it was a continuation of the learning, growth, and advocacy our staff has been doing for several years around how to think about and implement accessibility services such as live captions, closed captions, and sign language interpretation for livestreaming events on HowlRound TV.

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PERFORMANCES
Smith College Department of Theatre New Play Reading Series: THEM WHAT BRUNG YOU by Tanya Ritchie
Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 PM
Acting Studio 1, Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts, Smith College

THEM WHAT BRUNG YOU, a new play by Tanya Ritchie, directed by Mary Beth Brooker.  Women have babies every day. But wild, wonderful West Virginia can be very dark at night. No cell service. You wouldn't want to lose your way.

Free and open to the public.
SWEAT
by Lynn Nottage

directed by Gilbert McCauley
April 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 at 7:30 p.m. 
April 13 at 2 p.m.
The Curtain Theater

In an America experiencing a rise in hate crimes and economic tension, and loyalties of red and blue that are sharply divided, many are asking, “How could this have happened?”
Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Sweat, explores systems of oppression and how they are internalized by people. This April, renowned director and UMass Theater Professor Gilbert McCauley brings to life Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize winner at UMass.

Inspired by real-life stories, Sweat takes place in Reading, PA, where a group of friends spends their days together working at Olstead’s Steel Tubing, and their nights having fun and blowing off steam at a local bar. Layoffs for some, and promotions for others, bring out tensions as lives are twisted and relationships splinter. This play offers an intimate study of how national turmoil plays out on a community level. 
Although Sweat alternates in time between 2008 and 2000, we're encouraged to experience and understand the story’s relevance in today's society. As her audience watches the rust belt drama, Nottage pushes them to seek change and to “engage more with where we are culturally.” 
Come join us for a play that’s ready to spark a conversation across the political divide.
$15 general admission, $5 for students and seniors. Call 1-800-999-UMAS or visit the Fine Arts Center Box Office online.
Greenfield High School Drama Club presents Clue: On Stage (High School Edition)
April 4 at 7:00 PM, Friday, April 5th @7:00 p.m. & Saturday, April 6th @ 2:00 p.m.

Greenfield High School Auditorium, 21 Barr Avenue, Greenfield, MA 01301

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Additional Material by Hunter Foster, Sandy Rustin, and Eric Price
Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture
Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE
Original Music by David Abbinanti

Produced by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing.
(www.broadwaylicensing.com)

By special arrangement with The Araca Group, Work Light Productions, and Michael Barra/Lively McCabe Entertainment

Ticket Prices: $3 for children and students, $5 for adults

Tickets available for reservation at: ghscluetickets@gmail.com

All ticket purchases must be made at the box office before the performance.
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Black Cat Theater presents Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

Winner! 2009 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Revival. The smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stages, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives offers up fussy, cantakerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting "happy medium" one Madame Arcati. As the (worldly and un-) personalities clash, Charles' current wife Ruth is accidentally killed, "passes over" joins Elvira and the two "blithe spirits" haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.

April 4-5-6 -- 7:00 pm curtain
April 7 -- 2:00 pm curtain
South Hadley High School, 153 Newton St, South Hadley
$15.00 General Admission
$12.00 Seniors / Students
Military/Veterans and First Responders FREE with valid ID
For reservations call 413-563-6023 or email blackcattheater@gmail.com
Penny's from Heaven
Friday, April 5 at 7:30 PM
33 Hawley Street

A party in celebration of Penny BurkeThe Center for the Arts invites you to its debut signature party at Northampton’s hottest venue. Join us for an evening of music and dancing with DJ Johnny Memphis, colorful cuisine, creative cocktails, and special guests in celebration of Penny Burke (retired but not retiring) and all things Penny…

Festive attire (vintage and retro encouraged!) Tickets are $25 plus cash bar. Advance purchase suggested.

Tickets
Wilbraham United Players presents SOMETHING'S AFOOT
4/5, 4/6 @ 7:30PM; 4/7 @ 2:30PM
Fellowship Hall Stage at Wilbraham United Church, 500 Main Street, Wilbraham

Wilbraham United Players production of SOMETHING'S AFOOT opens March 29th and continues with performances through April 7th. Billed as a Murder Mystery Musical the story includes an old English mansion. A raging thunderstorm. Ten strangers. Murder, mystery, music and comedy abound when the guests disappear one by one - knocked off by cleverly fiendish devices. Join the fun as Miss Tweed the amateur sleuth sets out to solve the crimes…but did the butler do it? With songs like "I Owe It All To Agatha Christie," it's a zany whodunit for all to enjoy. The musical will delight audiences from 8-80.

Directed by Deborah Trimble with musical direction from Benjamin Maniscalchi and choreography by Dina Del Buono, the cast includes: Carolyn Averill and Tiera Everitt from Wilbraham as Hope and Letty. John Farrell and Meaghan Callahan of Chicopee as Flint and Lady Manley-Prowe, David Leslie of Longmeadow as Nigel and Joe Lessard of Enfield as Dr. Grayburn, Paul Nesbit and Jay Muse from Springfield as Colonel Gilweather and Clive the butler and Jay Lee as Geoffrey and Kate Hebert as Miss Tweed - both of Holyoke. The play is produced by Stacy Gilmour and Patricia Colkos.
SOMETHING'S AFOOT will be performed on the Fellowship Hall Stage at the Wilbraham United Church - 500 Main Street in Wilbraham.  Performances on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 with Sunday afternoon performances at 2:30.

Tickets are $25 for Reserved Premium Seating and $21 for General Admission Seating. A $5 discount is available for Students and Seniors on the General Admission Seating.  Tickets can be purchased online at www.wilbrahamunitedplayers.org or by calling (413)204-8125. A convenience charge is applied to all tickets.

Hatfield Public Schools presents Willy Wonka
April 5 at 7:00 PM, April 6 at 1:00 PM and 6:00 PM
Sherry A Webb Gymnasium at Smith Academy

Please join us on a delicious adventure as Hatfield students proudly presents Willy Wonka, a scrumdidlyumptious musical guaranteed to delight everyone’s sweet tooth! 


Shows will be in the Sherry A Webb Gymnasium at Smith Academy April 5th (7pm) and April 6th (1pm & 6pm) 


Tickets are available at Smith Academy Monday - Friday, 7am - 3pm 

Tickets are available at Hatfield Elementary (Community Entrance) on Saturday’s 1pm - 3:30
Leonora & Alejandro:
La Maga y el Maestro

April 5-7, 12-14
7pm at Double Edge Theatre
Last chance to get tickets! Purchase today! >>

No need to wait until mid-April:tickets for the Summer Spectacle will be available at this performance
Happier Valley Comedy presents The Understudies: An Improvised Musical
April 6 at 7:00 PM
Happier Valley Comedy Theater

Be part of the fun as four improvisers create an entire musical from scratch. Saturday, April 6th at 7pm at the new Happier Valley Comedy Theater (1 Mill Valley Rd, Hadley, on rte.9). And stick around after for the 9pm showcase and open improv jam! Tickets: $10 online and at the door. For more info: www.happiervalley.com.
Springfield College / Visual and Performing Arts Department presents Death of a Salesman
4/11/19, 4/12/19 and 4/13/19 at 7:30 pm;  4/14/19 at 2:00 pm
Springfield College, Fuller Arts Center, Appleton Auditorium

“I don’t say he’s a great man…but he’s a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid. He’s not to be allowed to fall in his grave like an old dog. Attention, attention must finally be paid to such a person. . . A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.”

Considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century and as relevant today as ever, Arthur Miller’s classic drama tells the story of a worn out salesman, Willy Loman, who is crumbling under the weight of the American dream. It’s 1949 in Brooklyn, and during a pivotal 24 hours, Willy tries to reconcile the optimism of his youth with his unfulfilled dreams. Memory, truth, and lies intermingle, as he searches for the moment his life took a wrong turn. What betrayal undermined his relationship with his wife and destroyed the adoration of his sons? Professor Martin Shell will play Willy, acting alongside his students in this emotion-gripping drama, winner of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play.

Suggested donation: $5; students and senior citizens: $2 

Presented by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Services, Inc.

https://springfield.edu/simpson

 
Mount Holyoke College Department of Theatre Arts presents When We Were Young and Unafraid
04-11-2019, 04-12-19, 04-13-19 at 7:30 pm and 04-14-19 at 2:00 pm
Rooke Theatre

It is 1972 and Agnes has turned her bed and breakfast into a shelter for abused women.  We follow her, her daughter, and the women who have come to seek refuge as they struggle with their footing in a rapidly shifting political landscape.  

Treem "finds the feminist flux and foment in an era that has been more traditionally presented as comically awkward and quaint.  She has come up with a smart and exciting premise to bring characters of different backgrounds–and different notions of what it means to be a woman at a pivotal historical moment–into proximity and conflict." - New York Times

https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/theatre

Box Office will be staffed beginning Mon, April 8, 3-6 pm daily and one hour prior to performance.
(413) 538-2406
email:  rookeboxoffice@gmail.com
THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES” LIGHT UP MAJESTIC THEATER STAGE APRIL 11 – MAY 26

West Springfield's Majestic Theater will transport audiences back to the days of girl group pop music when it presents “The Marvelous Wonderettes” April 11 through May 26. The musical, by Roger Bean, is set in 1958 at Springfield High School. It's the Super Senior Prom, and the previously-booked Crooning Crabcakes can't perform. All hopes are pinned on the Wonderettes, an all-girl singing group that finished third in the State Song Leaders competition. Cindy Lou, Missy, Betty Jean and Suzy not only get the gig, they come back ten years later to perform at their reunion. Popular songs like “Dream Lover,” “Stupid Cupid,” “Lipstick on Your Collar” and other 50's and 60's favorites are featured in the play, which has been described as a "cotton candy musical trip down memory lane!"

Majestic Theater Producing Director Danny Eaton will direct the play with Mitch Chakour serving as musical director. Greg Trochlil is set designer, Dawn McKay is costume designer, Dan Rist is lighting designer and production stage manager is Stephen Petit. Doug Wallace is sound engineer. Actors include Kait Rankins (Missy), Mollie Posnick (Suzy), Tina Sparkle (Betty Jean) and Kaytlyn Vaneloecht (Cindy Lou).

The play closes out the Majestic's 22nd Season. Tickets for these shows range from $24-$34 and are now available by calling or visiting the box office during its hours of operation, which are Monday through Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 1pm.

For additional information, visit www.majestictheater.com
Happier Valley Comedy presents HVC Presents: SCRIPTED/UNSCRIPTED
April 13 at 7:00 PM
Happier Valley Comedy Theater


See what happens when we pair one professional actor following a published theatrical script line-by-line with one plucky improviser doing their best to play along without having any idea what scene they're in. Saturday, April 13th at 7pm at the new Happier Valley Comedy Theater (1 Mill Valley Rd, Hadley, on rte.9). And stick around after for the 9pm showcase and open improv jam! Tickets: $13 online and at the door. For more info: www.happiervalley.com. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Hadley Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
STRIDENT THEATRE TO CELEBRATE
INAUGURAL SEASON WITH SEASON PREVIEW EVENT

Strident Theatre, the Valley’s newest professional
theatre company, is pleased to announce the first program of the company’s inaugural season, the Season Teaser Wine and Cheeser fundraiser. Designed to both introduce the company and create a dialogue with the community, the candid Season Teaser Wine and Cheeser will feature readings from the upcoming season’s works, complemented by light refreshments. The event will take place on Saturday, April 13 th at 7 p.m., at the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton. All proceeds will go toward Strident’s launch and inaugural mini-season this summer.

Strident Theatre’s first season will take place at Smith College, and boasts a world premiere production, as well as multiple staged readings of works by local playwrights. Attendees at the Season Teaser Wine and Cheeser fundraiser will hear selections from the upcoming season, and will also have a chance to mix and mingle with the Strident team. “It’s our hope that this event can really get us engaged with the community,” said Board President Kyle Boatwright. “We want to know what kind of productions people want to see, what kinds of classes we can offer, what programming—we have our own ideas and plans, our own vision, but part of that vision is moving forward with this company having really heard what our community
wants.”

Strident Theatre was founded in 2018 by Artistic Director Susanna Apgar. With a leading focus on inclusive feminism, the theatre company seeks to offer artistic opportunities to underrepresented voices, through a summer mainstage season and year-round programming that will benefit the community in terms of both artistry and social justice. Said Apgar, “We’re witnessing a moment in time where theatre is shedding its skin on a grand scale - not just the practitioners, but the audiences. We’re seeing new and historically underrepresented voices growing and thriving. Strident is elated to join the Valley’s many theatre companies in making our area a more inclusive, more art-filled, and more beautiful place.”

To purchase tickets to the Season Teaser Wine and Cheeser, please click here.

For general information on Strident Theatre, please visit the website, or Facebook page, or email info@stridenttheatre.com.
Double Edge Theatre presents Women and Magic Symposium

April 14 at 1 pm 
Join these women in a discussion on the hidden territories of women’s creative processes. Featuring Susan Aberth, Morgan Jenness, Stacy Klein, Meena Natarajan, Baraka Sele, and Sherina Sharpe.

Tickets and info >>

Community Weekend

Saturday, May 4  Ohketeau (‘to plant, to grow’) is the name Nipmuc Elder Larry Spotted Crow Mann gave to open programming at DE for Voices of Native Youth, to begin in May in honor of our anniversary. 

Sunday, May 5 Come celebrate Double Edge’s vibrant community members, artists, and partners: fly on bungees, sing, dance, and play music, and learn about DE’s Ashfield history and ongoing renovation and preservation of the beautiful Farm! Open flying and singing: 1-3 pm. Gathering, discussion, award ceremony, meal 3-5 pm.
The Tattooed Man Tells All by Peter Wortsman
Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 7:30 PM
Acting Studio 1, Mendenhall CPA, Smith College

A solo performance by Keith Langsdale, directed by Ellen W. Kaplan

Woven from interviews the author conducted with Holocaust survivors in Vienna in the 1970s.

This program is co-sponsored by Smith Department of Theatre, the Jewish Studies Program and the Smith College Lecture Committee.

Free and open to the public.
UMass Theater presents Baltimore, a play to spark a timely conversation
 
Baltimore, a new work by Kirsten Greenidge, examines what happens on a college campus in the aftermath of a racist incident. UMass Theater hopes audiences of both an abridged presentation of the play this spring, as well as those who see the fully-mounted production in the fall, will find that the play sparks productive conversations about difficult topics.
April 17-27, the play will be presented to the community in an abridged format. The event, which is free and open to all, will consist of the performance, followed immediately by a conversation about the issues raised. The event, which is free and open to all, will consist of the performance, followed immediately by a conversation about the issues raised. While the incident in the play is different in scope than some of those experienced in our community recently, we hope that the event creates a space for community members to talk productively with each other. The presentations will be at New Africa House and seating will be free. Reservations are strongly encouraged but not required.

More about Baltimore
When a racist incident divides her first-year students, reluctant resident advisor Shelby finds herself in the middle of a conversation she does not want to have. As pressure to address the issue mounts from residents, the new dean, and even her best friend, Shelby must decide if she will enter the fray or watch her community come apart at the seams. Sharp, funny, and searing, Baltimore is about racism on college campuses and how we learn to talk to each other.

This spring, we are producing a 30 minute cut of Baltimore, followed immediately by a postshow Q&A, to which the general public is welcomed.

Performances: 
April 17, 18, 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m.
April 27 at 2 p.m.
at New Africa House
Free, open to all, reservations encouraged but not required
Reserve your tickets through the Fine Arts Center Box Office

We are pleased to announce that these workshop presentations will be followed in Fall 2019 by a fully-staged production of Baltimore and post-show discussions. Check the UMass Theater website at www.umass.edu/theater for performance dates later this summer.

This workshop is a collaboration with the Office for Equity & Inclusion.
Josie's Magical Flute Improv, with Sea Tea & Happier Valley Guests
April 18 at 7:30 PM
The Shea Theater, Turners Falls, MA

Josie's Magical Flute (Mandy Anderson, Sally Ekus, Julie Waggoner) bring their signature improv comedy form "The Ride" back to The Shea on April 18. Joining them are Sea Tea Improv's Allie Rivera, as well as Danny New of Channel 22 / Mass Appeal and Happier Valley Comedy, and Ben May of Happier Valley Comedy. Get ready for a wild ride of scenes and games, all made up fresh on the spot, just for you.


https://sheatheater.org/
SILVERTHORNE THEATER ANNOUNCES
NEW PLAY READING SERIES
 
An integral part of Silverthorne Theater Company’s mission is to promote the development of new work, especially by Western Massachusetts and New England playwrights. In 2018, we staged the world premieres of three new works, two of which were from such writers.
 
In 2019 we offer a series of free rehearsed readings of new or new to us plays, , called Theater Thursdays, followed by audience discussions. These will be held in different locations in the region. Complete information for each reading may be found at https://silverthornetheater.org.
 
The purpose of the readings is to give a platform for new work to be heard, and when possible, to be able to give playwrights direct audience feedback.  It also gives Silverthorne a look at plays that we might consider fully producing in future seasons.
 
 
Thursday, April 18             SANDWICH, by Steve Henderson. 
                                                Directed by Brianna Sloane
                                                 7 pm                           170 Main St, Greenfield
Three women, three generations, three sets of problems, one house – a recipe for flying sparks!
 
Thursday, May 16               RESTORATION ROOM, by Harley Erdman
                                                Directed by Chris Rohmann
                                               7 pm               UMass Theater Department, Room 204
Two academics, each married to someone else, struggle to resist the power of their mutual intellectual & physical attraction.
 
Thursday, June 13               DEAR GALILEO, by Claire Willett
                                                Directed by Rebecca Daniels
                                                7 pm   170 Main Street, Greenfield
Three women in three different times wrestle with their identity, the conflict between science and religion, and what it means to be their fathers' daughters…. As the three stories move toward their point of convergence, the destinies of each become inextricably bound with the others, linked through time by love, family, grief, the search for identity and the wonder of the stars.
 
Thursday, September 12               CAMPUS UNREST, by Talya Kingston
                                                            Directed by Trenda Loftin
                                                            7 pm   Location TBA
Complex choices face an inter-racial British academic couple newly arrived on the campus of a troubled American college.
 
Sunday, October 13                         VERITAS, by Betty Shamieh
                                                            Director TBA
                                                            3 pm   Deerfield Community Center
In the 1660s Harvard College’s governors insisted that Native American youths be trained at the College as Christian ministers to be able to convert their tribes to Christianity.  This play explores the lives of the first four of these early converts and the attitudes at the time toward them. Post-show discussion led by historians & members of local Native American communities.
 
Further details at www.silverthornetheater.org  or call 413-768-7514.
Smith College Department of Theatre presents AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare
directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer
April 19, 20, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 PM in Theatre 14

The Smith College Department of Theatre presents AS YOU LIKE IT, by William Shakespeare April 19-20 and 25-27 at 7:30 PM in Theatre 14, directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer. A pastoral romantic comedy that features one of Shakespeare's most beloved heroines, AS YOU LIKE IT subverts the traditional rules of romance. Gender roles, nature and politics are confused in a play that reflects on how bewildering yet utterly pleasurable life can be.

A girl named Rosalind is in love with a boy named Orlando, which is convenient because they’ve been banished to the same forest. Orlando is in love with Rosalind. Orlando is also very attracted to a boy named Ganymede. And what does it mean to be a girl or a boy anyway? Or to play one? Director Daniel Kramer says, "As You Like It explores love and freedom. In it, a young woman pretends to be a young man who is pretending to be a young woman, and she draws the attention of both a young man and a young woman. The play takes on new meaning in a time of more fluid gender identities."

The Smith production will put the action, and the audience, on the Theatre 14 stage in a reworking of the theatre's classic proscenium space. Costumes are designed by Smith Professor, Kiki Smith. Priscilla Yichen Zhou and Lisa Mena are the student designers for sets and lighting. The script has been adapted for length by Smith Professor Kramer who adds, "It's a delight creating this comedy with a cast of fifteen students and wonderful student and faculty designers and crew." 

General Admission: $10 Adults/$5 Students & Seniors Free for Smith Students with ID card
To purchase tickets: 
www.smith.edu/smitharts
Happier Valley Comedy presents Happier Family Comedy Show
April 20 at 3:00 PM
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (125 W Bay Rd., Amherst)


Monthly family-friendly improv comedy show, great for 5-12 year olds and their adults. It's funny for the whole family! Saturday, April 20th at 3pm at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (125 W Bay Rd., Amherst). Tickets at the door: $10/Adults, $5/Kids, Free/4 yrs and under (Reduced admission for museum members). For more info: www.happiervalley.com.
Happier Valley Comedy presents HVC Presents: Not In Charge
April 20 at 7:00 PM
Happier Valley Comedy Theater, 1 Mill Rd, Hadley, MA

Join the talented group Not In Charge for a polished, fast-paced improv show inspired by the improvisers' real life stories! Saturday, April 20th at 7pm at the new Happier Valley Comedy Theater (1 Mill Valley Rd, Hadley, on rte.9). And stick around after for the 9pm showcase and open improv jam! Tickets: $10 online and at the door. For more info: www.happiervalley.com.
AUDITIONS & OPPORTUNITIES
Arena Civic Theatre: Auditions for Modiglian by Dennis McIntyre
April 8 at 7:00 PM
Bangs Community Center 70 Boltwood Walk Amherst

Auditions for Modigliani by Dennis McIntyre will be held on Monday, April 8, 2019 at The Bangs Community Center, 70 Boltwood Walk in Amherst at 7:00PM. 

The cast requires six men (age 25-60) and one woman (21-35). The production will be in Greenfield, July 18, 19, and 20 and will be directed by Jennifer Hassell Coliskey. Rehearsals will be held in Amherst, Greenfield and Conway. The rehearsal schedule will be determined by the cast’s availability. If you are unable to attend the April 8 date, please Private Message Jennifer on Facebook or call Arena Civic Theatre at 413 233-4368. 

The play is based on the life and times of artists in Paris, France. In 1916, unable to sell his paintings, Modigliani decides to leave Paris. A robbery attempt, aided by his painter/friends Turillo and Soutine fails and he seeks money from Zbo, his agent, who informs him he's about to meet Cheron, an influential art dealer. Modigliani's model/poet/mistress, Beatrice Hastings, tries to convince him to meet Cheron himself. Frightened of failure, he finally agrees only to discover Zbo has given away his best painting. His meeting with Cheron is a disaster and, he slashes his paintings and attempts to destroy all the work in his studio. Beatrice prevents this and forces him to realize the paintings are his life. Modigliani begins work again on a self portrait. 

"A wild, funny and moodily provocative play...raffish and richly atmospheric." - New York Daily News
"One of the most enthralling dramas in years...wonderfully exciting in the varied richness of its texture." - New York Post

Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
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Hampshire Shakespeare Company presents 
Auditions for 2019 Season of Shakespeare Under the Stars

4/12/19 @ 5-9 p.m.; 4/13/19 @ 12-4 p.m.

Mount Holyoke College

MAIN STAGE AUDITIONS
For HENRY V and THE *ANNOTATED* TAMING: OR, OUT OF THE SADDLE, INTO THE DIRT

Friday, April 12 @ 5 – 9 p.m.at Room L-3, Cleveland Hall, Mt. Holyoke College
Saturday, April 13 @ 12 – 4 p.m. at the Blanchard Great Room, Community Center, Mt. Holyoke College

Callbacks will be on Sunday, April 14 @ 5 - 9 p.m.

Please prepare a 1 – 2 minute Shakespeare monologue.
People interested in auditioning for female roles in Taming should also prepare at least 30 seconds of a rock song.

Please sign up for an audition slot here.

Questions? Contact us via email or message us on Facebook.
More info.
We are looking to expand membership in FRIENDS OF SILVERTHORNE, our exceptional group of enthusiastic volunteers who help us out with many basic jobs throughout the year. (and not-so-basic) jobs throughout the year. It’s a great way to meet new people with common interests!
 
There is NO membership fee to join FOS!  Your time is priceless as far as we’re concerned.
You might

Help out backstage with fast costume changes
Pound nails or hold ladders as the sets are put into place
Assist a patron find just the perfect seat in the audience
Tap your creative side coming up with ideas for decorating at our benefit

Then again you might

Read new plays submitted to STC and advise on choices for our next season
Speak to your book club or at a senior center about STC
Scout locations for show posters
Post photos and notices on social media sites

In exchange for your time and energy there will be many perks such as recognition in the program;
comp tickets; play reading events; meet the actors, directors and sometimes even the playwrights.
 
GIVE SILVERTHORNE A TRY!  Call for more information: 413-768-7514. RSVP by April 1. Let Mary Kay know - mk4stc@gmail.com
WORKSHOPS & CLASSES
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble presents Moving Water- Exploratory Workshops
April 6th, noon to 3PM; April 27th, 11AM to 2PM
Serious Play Studio #233, Eastworks, 116 Pleasant St, Easthampton, MA

Join Serious Play Artistic Director, Sheryl Stoodley, and Visual Artist Rosalyn Driscoll in a collaborative exploration of water in word, movement, sound, and text. 

Three Saturday workshops, open to the community

To register, contact Serious Play (seriousplaytheatre@gmail.com) 
Be sure to include chosen date, your name, phone number, and e-mail address

Dress for movement 

Make, find, or bring a vessel to hold water

Participants 20+, limited enrollment 
Fee $20, pay at the door
Real Live Theatre presents Choreographing Intimacy
04-28-2019 10:00 AM
Real Live Theatre, Sunderland, MA

Real Live Theatre presents an expanded version of our popular workshop led by Toby Vera Bercovici and Ellen Morbyrne. “Intimacy Choreography” is a relatively new concept, having emerged out of a need to protect actors from unsafe working conditions and blurred boundaries. It is an important practice not only for the mental, physical, and emotional health of actors, but also for the experience of the audience: the more safe and grounded the performers, the more electric the scene. Utilizing techniques from multiple disciplines, including yoga, dance, and theater, Ellen and Toby will guide participants through a safe and specific process to develop choreography that feels motivated and appropriate for characters and situation, as well as authentic and dynamic in terms of external behaviors.

This workshop is useful and relevant to all theater practitioners and administrators: 

•As a performer, the take away will include language with which to speak to your director and co-actors and tools to create safe working conditions when there aren’t any. 

•As a director, teacher, or choreographer, you will learn how to build a safe environment, lead exercises to create trust within that environment, and utilize specific skills for analyzing and staging intimate moments.

•As an arts administrator, you will learn best practices for ensuring safe working conditions for your employees.

More information.
Real Live Theatre presents Exploring the Expressive Voice & Its Extremes
7-10pm on 5/10 and 10am-5pm on May 11
Real Live Theatre, Sunderland, MA

Tune in to find your voice

Discover the universe of sound that is inside you

Experience your boundless voice

Explore song and text

Create space and time with sound

We’ll begin with discovering and exploring the voice “as it is,” then work toward less familiar vocal areas. Through this process participants will increase awareness of centers of resonance in the body, developing a personal vocabulary unifying sound, sensation, image, and emotion. We will explore the voice in relation to simple song and spoken text. We will deepen the relationship to unknown vocal territories regarding pitch, timbre, resonance and dynamics. We will discover the world of vocal soundscapes and our connection to sound as an expression of space and time.

Liz Stanton is a New York City-based, multifaceted theatre artist, who has studied with a variety of teachers from the Roy Hart Theatre: primarily Richard Armstrong, Ethie Friend and Jonathan Hart Makwaia. She has incorporated the Roy Hart voice work into her teaching for nearly 20 years. She creates award-winning devised theatre pieces, composes music for theatrical sound scores, and she’s written an opera - The Bacchae: In Song and Vocal Extremes. She is the theatrical development producer of Convergences Theatre Collective in New York City. Liz is an adjunct instructor at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in the Experimental Theatre Wing and New York Film Academy.

https://reallivetheatre.net/classesworkshops

Upcoming Training Programs at Double Edge Theatre 

Double Edge Theatre was founded by Stacy Klein to research the role of actors’ training in the development of performance creation. Training is the heart and vitality of Double Edge’s creative process. Since 1982, when it was first developed by Klein based on her work with Rena Mirecka, Grotowski’s founding actor, it has grown to include work with large objects, developed by Klein and David Flaxman from 1985, and then outdoor work and spectacle developed with Carlos Uriona since 1996. Since 2011 Matthew Glassman has been leading the development of training at Double Edge. The unique, holistic methodology engages the actor’s full potential – physical, vocal, emotional, and imaginative – to drive individual exploration, ensemble collaboration, and performance creation.

Open Training: May 19 @ 11 am
Summer Intensive: May 31 - June 14
Spectacle Immersion: May 31 - Aug 24
Fall Immersion: Sept 15 - Dec 8

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