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December 1-21, 2016
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend and you're all back at it, refreshed and ready to go.
If you missed Giving Tuesday, don't worry about it. Your local theatre companies are here year-round - and your support is appreciated no matter when it is given.
Maybe you need to get involved more directly? Check out the auditions below. Arena Civic Theatre has auditions for Six Degrees of Separation coming up soon!
The next issue will include events through December 28. 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
A Call For Equal Support in Theatrical Design
by Elsa Hiltner
From the article:
Technical theatre is comprised of designing and constructing. In some areas of design, those roles are separated, and separately compensated. Set and lighting designers overwhelmingly have a technical director and master electrician hired by the company to execute a designer’s plan, even at smaller, non-equity, and storefront theatres. In contrast, costume designers are left to their own devices at all but the largest institutions. Without the support of a technician, costume designers have their hands in each step of bringing the design to the stage—measuring actors, drafting patterns, building costumes, shopping, coordinating rentals, fittings, completing alterations, writing up laundry instructions, coordinating understudy costumes, returns, budgets, the occasional mid-run maintenance, and strike. The stitchers and assistants they work with are usually interviewed and hired by the costume designer and are paid from the designer’s fee, or occasionally the costume budget if there’s room.
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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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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The Majestic Theater presents Love, Loss, & What I Wore
by Nora and Delia Ephron
West Springfield
December 1-11
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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UMass Amherst Department of Theatre presents REFUGEE
Written by Milan Dragicevich
With music by Tim Eriksen
Directed by Nikita Milivojević
Curtain Theater
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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Black Cat Theater presents Songs of the Season
December 2, 9, 16, 6:30-8:30 PM
The Yarde Tavern South Hadley (3 Hadley St, South Hadley, MA)
Come enjoy a little Holiday Spirit with some of the members of Black Cat Theater the first three Fridays of December (2nd, 9th, and 16th) from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Yarde House. Come enjoy a great meal with the family, or a drink with friends, or just sit back with a brew and relax to the wonderful sounds of Songs of the Season with some talented performers just waiting to share their Holiday Spirit and voices with you. You may find yourself humming along, tapping a foot, clapping in rhythm, or even singing along...in fact, it's tradition!!!
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The Seth Show presents Surly Santa Takes A Stand: An Anti-Authoritarianism Special
Tuesday, December 6 at 7:00 PM
The West End (Suite 160) at Eastworks 116 Pleasant St Easthampton, MA 01027
Surly Santa Takes A Stand: An Anti-Authoritarianism Special says it all. Part communal-funeral-for-democracy-as-we-know-it, part absurd-commentary-fueled-by-liquid-courage, Surly spins a yarn of United Stateism. This year the best gift we can give ourselves is a combination of revolutionary sorrow and fucking outrage, in order to take our country – and our antiquated, stupid-ass holidaze – back.
Surly will take on Trump and all his appointments with the logic of bar room brawl, the poetry of sailor waking up with a face tattoo and the whimsy of a tornado. You gotta be there. Tuesday, December 6th at 7:00 PM at Eastworks. Pay-What-You-Decide at the end of the show.
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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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Springfield Technical Community College presents Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Story by Lewis Carroll
Adaptation by Deborah Lynn Frockt
Directed by Greg Trochlil
Performed by STCC College Theatre Workshop
December 8 at 11:00 AM, Fri, Dec 9 @ 7pm, Sat, Dec 10 @ 2pm, Mon, Dec 12 @ 1pm
Springfield Technical Community College, Scibelli Hall Theater, Building 2, One Armory Square, Springfield, MA 01102
It’s a very ordinary and rather boring day for Alice until she spots a White Rabbit with a pocket watch whizzing through a world that’s beyond imagination! Her insatiable curiosity draws her into a madcap adventure in which she meets remarkable characters like the Caterpillar, Talking Flowers, a Duchess and her Cook, a Gryphon and Mock Turtle, a Mad Hatter and a March Hare. When Alice finally catches up with the White Rabbit in the Queen’s Court, she’s in for her biggest adventure of all. The wonder-filled world of Alice is a fantastic journey for the adventurous of any age.
General Admission Tickets:
$5 Students/Children under 13
$10 Adults
Tickets available at the door
Info @ 413-755-4232
More info online.
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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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