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December 8-28, 2016
Easthampton City Arts+ presents STRUT tonight - you don't want to miss this fabulous inclusive fashion show and dance party. It's like no other event in the Valley - and your ticket price goes directly to supporting arts programming and artists in Easthampton. You can get your tickets at the door tonight - just head to Eastworks for 6:30 PM. Check out this article about all the outfits the amazing Cassandra Holden is putting together!
The next issue will include events through January 4. 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
Theatre and Meaning at Kakuma Refugee Camp
by Jessica Bauman
From the article:
For almost two years, I have been working on a refugee-related theatre project: a production of As You Like It as a refugee story. Over the course of that work, I have connected with many refugees and asylees who now live in New York. But at a certain point, it became clear to me that in order to truly grasp the story I am trying to tell, I needed to leave the country to see how refugees are living before they get resettled. After many months searching for opportunities, I connected with Film Aid International, a film/arts focused NGO. And so in early May 2016, I found myself in Kakuma Refugee Camp in the northwest corner of Kenya, preparing to teach a workshop to forty refugee theatre artists.
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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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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UMass Amherst Department of Theatre presents REFUGEE
Written by Milan Dragicevich
With music by Tim Eriksen
Directed by Nikita Milivojević
Curtain Theater
Thursday, December 8, 7:30 pm
Friday, December 9, 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 10, 2 pm
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 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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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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The Majestic Theater presents Love, Loss, & What I Wore
by Nora and Delia Ephron
West Springfield
December 8-11
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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Pioneer Valley Ballet presents THE NUTCRACKER
Friday, December 9 at 4:00 and 7:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday, December 10 and 11 at 1:00 and 4:30 PM
Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton
First performed in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1892, The Nutcracker is a ballet for all those who love the magic of theatre. Always beautiful, always sweet, always new. Pioneer Valley Ballet is proud to present its annual production of this enchanting, classic ballet at the landmark Academy of Music Theatre under the artistic direction of Maryanne Delisle Kodzis and Thomas Vacanti. The Nutcracker cast includes community members, Pioneer Valley Ballet students, Pioneer Valley Ballet Company Members. Featuring Carolina Ballet Dancers Jan Burkhard and Pablo Javier Perez as the Sugarplum Fairy and her Cavalier.
Tickets available online.
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Black Cat Theater presents Songs of the Season
December 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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Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration
December 9 and 10 at 7:30 PM, December 11 at 2:00 PM
Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA
The 32nd annual Welcome Yule Midwinter Celebration comes to the Shea Theater in Turners Falls on Dec. 9, 10, 11. Welcome Yule celebrates the return of the light with a festive family show filled with music, dance, songs and stories to drive the dark away.
This year, we bring the interplay of darkness and light, day and night to the stage with the classic tale of the cunning fox and the proud rooster, set in a mythical medieval hamlet. The villagers and the animals enact the symbolic death of the year, the coming of winter, and the rebirth of spring as the fox and the rooster pursue each other through the countryside.
Welcome Yule’s signature wassailing songs and carols will be on the program, along with some new music sure to become favorites. Puppets, border dancing and a mummers play will also be included, along with the passing of the Yule log and the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance.
More information 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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Happier Valley Comedy presents the Happier Valley Comedy Show December 10th at Eastworks
December 10 at 8:00 PM
121 Club, Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Easthampton MA 01027
***NEW PRICING DISCOUNT! $10 if you buy your tickets in advance online!***
In our next show on December 10, The Ha-Ha's perform "The Buckingham." Plus special guest Scott Braidman joins them for a fully improvised set based on audience suggestion. PLUS a special opening perfromance by singer/songwriter and perfromance artist Ashley Hamel
What is The Buckingham?
A unique structure created by Pam Victor, The Buckingham combines the joys of fleet-footed short-form and the soul satisfaction of longform improvisation. Most of all, it's a rip-roarin' fun time!
Saturday, December 10 at 8pm - doors open at 7:30pm
Location: 121 Club, Eastworks, 116 Pleasant Street, Easthampton MA. 01027
Tickets:
-at the door: $13 (cash or check only)
-online: $10 (until 5pm on the day of the show)
-student discount: $7 (with coupon code for current students only)
Audiences can look forward to a full evening of comic entertainment rated PG-13 in this handicapped-accessible space. For more information about The Happier Valley Comedy Show, visit the show website. Facebook event here.
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