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May 5-25, 2016
New Century Theatre is still accepting intern and apprentice applications for this summer! See below for more information or email me if you have any questions.
Congratulations to everyone for their Valley Gives Day success - but don't forget that our favorite theatres happily accept donations year round. Support the arts!
Looking for something fun? Check out this site. Pick a country and a decade and listen to the playlist - perhaps while you read a play set in that place and time.
The next issue will include events through June 1. Submit upcoming events via the link below or by emailing me before next Tuesday at midnight. Any questions, comments or feedback? Email me at pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS:
from Howlround
Ensemble Creation: The Director's Roles
by Ben Yalom
From the article:
“I am going to have lots of time for you all to be creative and give input. But I am also going to do my work.”
So said the director at the first cast meeting for a production by foolsFURY, the San Francisco-based ensemble of which I am co-artistic director, some years ago. The statement set off a faint alarm bell: I knew something was off, but I couldn’t put words to it. Certainly we want performers in a collaborative process to offer their best creative ideas. And certainly the director must do important work throughout. So what was the problem? Figuring it out made me think long and hard about how directing collaborative creations can differ from more traditional directing.
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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STCC
College Theater Workshop
presents
Seven Shorts
May 5 at 11:00 AM
May 6 and 7 at 7:00 PM
Scibelli Theater, Scibelli Hall,
Springfield Technical Community College
An electic collection of ten-minutes that examine relationships, love and life itself. Playwrights include Carole Real, Humana Festival winner Rachel Bonds, and Pulitzter Prize winner David Lindsay Abaire.
Tickets are $10 General, and $5 Students and Seniors. Call Phil O'Donoghue, 413-755-4233 for more information.
Facebook event here.
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The Majestic Theater presents BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO
May 5-22
West Springfield
The musical, which features the music of Neil Sedaka, is set during Labor Day Weekend in 1960 and features Marge and her stagestruck best friend Lois, who arrive at Esther’s Paradise Resort in the Catskills. Marge has just been left at the altar, and has decided to turn what would have been her honeymoon into a vacation with Lois. Romantic schemes and entanglements involve the pair along with several other characters, including Del Delmonaco, the resort’s handsome singer, Gabe, a geekish handyman, Harvey, the Borscht Belt comic and the widowed Esther.
Cast members include Elizabeth Swan (Marge), Alexandra O’Halloran (Lois), Robbie Simpson (Del Delmonaco), Denise Walker (Esther) and Frank Aronson (Harvey). The play will be directed by the Majestic’s Producing Director Danny Eaton. Mitch Chakour is the music director, and set design is by Greg Trochlil.
Ticket for the play range from $25-$30 and are available by calling or visiting the box office during its hours of operation, which are Monday through Friday 10am – 5pm and Saturday 10am – 1pm. More information online.
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Exit 7 Players presents URINETOWN: The Musical
May 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, & 21 @ 8pm, May 15 & 22 @ 2pm
Exit 7 Players Theater, 37 Chestnut St., Ludlow, MA
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!
More information online.
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Amherst College Department of Theatre presents Seven Devils and A French Nun
By Ron Bashford and
Carine Montbertrand
Directed by Ron Bashford
May 6-7 at 8PM, May 8, 2PM,
Studio 3, Webster Hall
Admission is free
Reservations recommended
(413) 542-2277
Professional actor and Bouffon-clown performer Carine Montbertrand teams up with director Ron Bashford to present their original one-woman show, Seven Devils and a French Nun. Admission is free, but seating is extremely limited and reservations are highly recommended.
Seven Devils and a French Nun is based on the true story of Jeanne des Anges, the 17th-century hunchback nun who accused a renegade priest of possessing her with seven devils. Multiple exorcisms, a burning, and a major miracle later, Jeanne became a living saint, captivating all of France during her lifetime. Performing in the tradition of a Bouffon clown (a technique made famous by Sasha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” character), Carine Montbertrand portrays Jeanne and each of the devils who possessed her in a 75-minute bravura performance. The show was co-created and co-written with director Ron Bashford through a two-year process of improvisation and research. Seven Devils and a French Nun was first presented last summer in a workshop version at the Barn Arts Collective in Bass Harbor, Maine, and then again recently at Cloud City in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Before the Amherst run, Ms. Montbertrand will perform an excerpt of the show at Dixon Place in New York City. Future plans include a run at the Stella Adler Studios in New York this summer, and an eventual tour of international festivals dedicated to presenting new work.
Lighting for show will be designed by Kathy Couch, the resident lighting designer at Amherst College. The creation and presentation of Seven Devils and A French Nun has been supported by the H. Axel Schupf ’57 Fund for Intellectual Life, and the Theater and Dance Department at Amherst College.
For more information about Seven Devils and A French Nun and other arts events on the Amherst College campus, go to amherst.edu/arts, and facebook.com/AmherstArts
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