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November 23 - December 13, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I hope you have a lot to be thankful for this year. I know all these theatre companies have YOU to be thankful for - as do I. Thanks for reading and submitting to this newsletter. Thanks for keeping theatre alive in the Pioneer Valley.
The next issue will include events through December 20. 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
Are We Onstage to Reflect the Audience or Create It?
by Sylvia Botella & Eric Fassin
From the article:
Will the future of storytelling include what we now consider theatre?
Éric Fassin is a sociologist and professor of political science at the Université Paris VIII. His research focuses on contemporary sexual and racial politics and their intersections (particularly with regard to immigration issues in Europe) from a comparative perspective. He is the author of Gauche: l’avenir d’une désillusion (2014) (The Left: The Future of Disillusion) and Démocratie précaire: Chroniques de la déraison (2012) (Precarious Democracy: Chronicles of Foolishness) and has contributed to Roms et Riverains. Une politique municipale de la race (2014) (Roma and Locals. Municipal Politics on Race)
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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The Majestic Theater presents Crimes of the Heart
by Beth Henley
November 23 through December 10
The Majestic, West Springfield
The story is set in Hazelhurst, Mississippi in 1974, and focuses on the gathering of the three Magrath sisters; Lenny, Meg and Babe. The trio has come together at the home of their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in a local hospital. Lenny, the eldest sister, is unmarried and facing few prospects. Meg, the middle sister, has had an unsuccessful attempt to launch a singing career in California, and Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her abusive husband. Joining them are their cousin Chick, an old boyfriend of Meg's named Doc, and Barnette, an awkward young lawyer attempting to keep Babe out of jail. As one critic put it, "It's a play with heart, wit, and zany passion."
Cast members include Emily Bloch (Lenny), Suzanne Ankrum (Meg), Katie Sloan (Babe), Dan Whelton (Doc), Josiah Durham (Barnette) and Elizaeth Drevits (Chick). The play is directed by Cate Damon, and producing director is Danny Eaton. Set designer is Greg Trochlil, Dawn McKay is costume designer and lighting designer is Dan Rist. Stephen Petit is production stage manager.
Ticket for the play range from $23-$30 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.
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Silverthorne Theater Company presents YOUR VOICE, POET
Saturday, November 25 at 8 pm
The Bing Arts Center, located at 716 Sumner Avenue, Springfield
Sunday, November 26 at 3 pm
The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield.
There is no admission charge. Refreshments will be provided free of charge.
FREE Community Arts event features a performance of YOUR VOICE, POET, by Haitian-American playwright Jean Dany Joachim. Winner of Silverthorne Theater's 2016 Playwrights of Color competition will be performed by members of NYC's Medicine Show Theatre Ensemble. Performance followed by extended facilitated discussion of the function of the arts in a dysfunctional world.
Supported in part by a grant from MassHumanities.
www.silverthornetheater.org
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UMass Theater Department presents QUEER & NOW: A Lip Sync Spectacular
December 1 at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM, December 2 at 7:00 PM
UMass French Hall, Room 102
QUEER & NOW: A Lip Sync Spectacular is a new theatrical event that fuses the forms of drag, lip sync, and ensemble-based physical theater. Conceived by director Garrett Sager in response to the increased anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric in American culture, QUEER & NOW disrupts oppressive narratives through the celebration of queerness as an act of radical dissent.
Free admission -- reserve your tickets TODAY!
This event was made possible (in part) by a grant from the UMass Arts Council.
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Serious Play Theatre Ensemble presents PULSE
December 1 and 2 at 8:00 PM
The Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 01376
Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scottish actress and musician Mairi Campbell performs her critically acclaimed one-woman show! A tale of growth, discovery, and passion, this performance tells Campbell's own story, her search for her musical "pulse."
"Not many musicians could hope to fill a theatre with a one-woman experimental musical about their own lives. But Mairi Campbell’s new show 'Pulse' in which she acts, sings, plays the fiddle and dances the story of her own musical coming of age has been selected to represent the best of Scottish musical culture at the prestigious Showcase event at Celtic Connections in January 2016." -Jackie Kemp/ journalist
"Pulse" is a part of Serious Play Theatre Ensemble's new Perspectives Through Performance Initiative, a program of performance exchange with theatre artists from the U.K., particularly Edinburgh.
Tickets are $18, $15 for seniors and students, and $20 at the door. Reservations are strongly recommended! Tickets available here.
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