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November 24 - December 14, 2016
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope it's a good one - with lots of love and not much stress! We have so much to be thankful for.
If you are planning your holiday season calendar already - take a look at the Easthampton City Arts+ STRUT event below - and check out the website or Facebook event. This is going to be a fun one. Maybe you have some flair & fashion you'd like to strut down the runway - maybe you want to get involved in some other way (volunteer!) - or maybe you'd prefer to come and witness this celebration of the arts in Easthampton. There's going to be a killer silent auction as well - featuring tickets from Pioneer Valley Ballet, Eggtooth Productions, Panopera, New Century Theatre - and much more!
And check out Ewepoints if you need some composition vocabulary for thinking about... farm life.
The next issue will include events through December 21. Submit upcoming events via the link below or by emailing me before 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
Finding the Common Room
by Sarah Ruhl
From the article:
Thank you so much. I am so honored, and humbled, and happy to be with you all tonight. Thank you so much to the Steinbergs for their wild, uncommon, extraordinary generosity. The reason I write plays instead of poetry is simple—it’s for actors—so I can hear them sing prose and vault it up into the ether, making it into poetry. So, thank you so much to all the actors who came tonight and performed, and to Todd London and James Bundy for speaking. Your eloquence and friendship are a gift.
I wrote a joyful speech two weeks ago in preparation for this evening. In light of the election, I found my mood had changed. Maybe your mood has changed too. As my friend and mentor Paula Vogel texted me the morning after the election, “The color of the world has been bleached.”
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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The Majestic Theater presents Love, Loss, & What I Wore
by Nora and Delia Ephron
West Springfield
November 25 through December 11
Winner of a Drama Desk Award, “Love, Loss, & What I Wore” features female characters, some in multiple roles, who tell stories about what certain clothes really mean to them, and those moments when they have tried to find their identity through them. There are tales of wardrobe malfunctions, first date outfits, lucky underwear, prom dresses, favorite boots, irreplaceable shirts, dressing room experiences and the occasional disorganized purse. Behind these stories are also memories of mothers, boyfriends, husbands, ex-husbands, sisters and grandchildren, and matters of the heart.
Cast members include Jarice Hanson (Gingy), Cate Damon (Gingy's mother, Holly, Liz, Eve, Geralyn), Alexandra O'Halloran (Nancy, Stephanie, Liz's older sister, Mary's mother, Lisa), Kyle Boatright (Alex, Merrill, Liz's younger sister, Heather), Susanna Apgar (Rosie, Lynne, Dora, Doctor), Kait Rankins (Nancy's mother, Pam, Mary, Amanda), Jen Wall (Nora, Woman) and Katie Sloan (Nancy, Alex's mother, Annie, Eve's shrink).
The play is directed by Sue Dziura, set design is by Greg Trochlil, and costume design is by Dawn McKay. Dan Rist is lighting designer, Stephen Petit is production stage manager and the associate production stage manager is Aurora Ferraro. Danny Eaton is producing director.
Ticket for the play range from $25-$33 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.
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Academy of Music History Tour
WHERE’S HARRY?
Did you know that a trap door was once cut into the stage at the Academy of Music in Northampton for Harry Houdini’s disappearing act? Or that Frankenstein’s monster himself, Boris Karloff, appeared at the 123-year-old theater? And, come see the recently discovered and conserved 1913 Tuttle scenic curtain to learn more during a history tour led by Academy Board Member Gail Yacuzzo.
November 29, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. Free; reservations required. 584-9032, ext. 105.
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UMass Amherst Department of Theatre presents REFUGEE
Written by Milan Dragicevich
With music by Tim Eriksen
Directed by Nikita Milivojević
Curtain Theater
Wednesday, November 30, 2016, Half-Price Preview at 7:30 pm
Friday, December 2, 2016, Opening Night at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 3, 2016, Performance at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, December 7, 2016, Performance at 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 8, 2016, Performance at 7:30 pm
Friday, December 9, 2016, Performance at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 10, 2016, Performance at 2 pm
Saturday, December 10, 2016, Performance at 7:30 pm
Buy tickets
Two sisters gaze across an endless stretch of barren desert at the El Shatt refugee camp, while a war rages across Europe. In the hollows of southern Appalachia, an idealistic guitar-strumming activist fights to preserve a way of life. On the streets of embattled Belgrade, a hustler struggles to survive in the underground markets of a desperate people. What binds them together? Where is home? When we cross borders, what do we become? This new play with music jumps across time and place, with a multigenerational story of displacement, capricious destiny, and the search for identity.
Website.
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Smith College Department of Theatre
New Playreading Series presents MERIT
written and directed by Lenelle Moise
Thursday, December 1 at 7:30 PM in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre
Mona is the only black student and Southerner in a prestigious graduate fiction program in rural Vermont. When she befriends her divorced literary hero, sexy secrets, betrayal and ferocity ensue. Classmate rivalries and parental concerns round out this incisive comedy about academia, sexuality and artistic integrity. Merit won the Ruby Prize for women of color playwrights and was featured on the 2016 Kilroys List. Written and directed by Lenelle Moïse (MFA, 2004). Lenelle is the 2017 Lucille Geier Lakes Writer-in-Residence at Smith College.
Free and open to the public.
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Greenfield Community College presents LOCALLY GROWN: A Night of Short Plays
December 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 PM
Greenfield Community College
CCtheater student directors will put on three one-act plays by local playwrights for LOCALLY GROWN: A Night of Short Plays.
Local playwrights Stephen Fruhtman, Bill Wieliczka, and Richard Ballon's works were chosen by the student directors for this year's event.
Please join us for LOCALLY GROWN December 1, 2, & 3 at 7:30PM. $10 general admission/$5 students
>>This year, pay once, attend as many shows as you like!<<
The Sloan Theater on Greenfield Community College's main campus in beautiful Greenfield, Massachusetts. More information online.
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Easthampton City Arts+ presents Light Up the Arts
WHEN: Thursday December 8, 6:30-10pm
WHERE: The Ballroom at Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street in Easthampton
TICKETS: Sliding scale starting at $15 / $8 student rate / Purchase tickets here
Join us for a fun and celebratory evening featuring a fashion show of local artisans and designers, an awards show, and a room filled with artists and makers from throughout the Valley. Guests will enjoy hand crafted beverages from local breweries and wineries along with light hors d’oeuvres to fuel this spirited celebration in support of arts and culture in Easthampton. More information can be found here.
Every ticket purchased for this event directly supports the growing and thriving arts and culture of Easthampton. Each year, Easthampton City Arts serves tens of thousands of artists, residents, visitors, local businesses, and community-based organizations through monthly exhibitions, events, workshops, and seasonal cultural festivals. Each of ECA's innovative and engaging programs is made possible through its annual fundraiser, Light Up the Arts. Thank you for your support! We look forward to celebrating with you!
*Please note, we are currently accepting donated items and services for our silent auction. Send your ideas to arts@easthampton.org. Thank you!
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Silverthorne Theater Company brings new life to the familiar tale in its production of A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play, playing in three different Franklin County locations December 9 -11.
This script, adapted by John Reese, Linda McInerney, and Michael Haley from an original full-length play, presents a 1930s live radio broadcast, complete with six actors gathered around standing microphones voicing multiple characters – 31 in all. Haley anchors the performance as Scrooge, joined by Joan Haley, David Rowland, Sharon Weyers, Ann Steinhauser and John Reese. The cast is under the direction of Reese, who directed a full-length production of the play in 2014 at the Academy of Music.
Sound effects genius John Iverson will recreate the excitement of the early days of live sound production with an assortment of weird-looking and -sounding machines. Period commercials spice up the station identification breaks!
Specifically designed to be family-friendly, A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play will be performed in three venues:
· Friday, December 9 at 7 pm at The Arts Block 4th Floor
(289 Main St., Greenfield)
· Saturday, December 10 at 7 pm at The Centennial House
(94 Main St, Northfield – part of Northfield’s Special Day Celebration)
· Sunday, December 11 at 4 pm at The Deerfield Inn
(81 Old Main Street, Deerfield)
Tickets are $10 for adults; $5 for youth 10 to 18; children 9 and under free; maximum $25 per family. Seating is limited; tickets may be ordered by calling 413-768-7514 or through the Silverthorne Theater website.
NOTE: Audience members are asked to bring along donations of food for the needy – canned good and non-perishables to be delivered to local food pantries.
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