Pioneer Valley Theatre News March 1, 2018

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Pioneer Valley Theatre Newsletter View this email in your browser  March 1 - 21, 2018 Happy March! The next issue will include events through March 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 Submit Your Theatre Event THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS: from Howlround Shaping the Future of the Directing Field by Jennifer Onopa, Rebecca Martinez, Nicole A. Watson, Sanaz Ghajar From the article:  As I approach graduation from a directing MFA program, I have been seeking a network of woman directors with whom to confer about our practice.  Women, and particularly women of color, comprise a small portion of theatre directors and often face challenges around issues of artistic leadership. I interviewed Sanaz Ghajar, Rebecca Martínez, and Nicole A. Watson, all of whom have been directing professionally for eight to ten years. I look to these successful early and mid-career women directors of color as inspirations and important trailblazers in the field. With these interviews I hope to contribute to the growing documentation of work created by women of color theatre directors. Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com PERFORMANCES Majestic Theater presents Outside Mullingar West Springfield March 1-31 The play was written by John Patrick Shanley, author of Doubt and Moonstruck, and follows the story of Anthony and Rosemary, two neighboring farmers who are clueless when it comes to love. Anthony's father and Rosemary's mother are rivals, locked in a bitter land feud, which challenges Rosemary's lifelong interest in Anthony, who seems either shy or unaware of her feelings. The pair must persevere to overcome the land feud, the family rivalry and their own romantic fears.  Outside Mullingar is filled with dark humor and poetic prose as it conveys the message that it's never too late to take a chance on love. Cast members include Jay Sefton (Antony Reilly), Margaret Reilly Streeter (Rosemary Muldoon), Ron Komora (Tony Reilly) and Sara Whitcomb (Aoife Muldoon). Danny Eaton, producing director at the Majestic, will direct the play. Set design is by Greg Trochlil and Dan Rist is the lighting designer. Costume design is by Dawn McKay, Laura Kathryn Gomez is stage manager and Stephen Petit is production 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. For additional information, visit the website.   Smith College Department of Theatre presents THE WOLVES  by Sarah DeLappe directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer March 1, 2, 3 at 7:30 PM in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts, Smith College 122 Green Street, Northampton, MA Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals. Tickets $10 General, $5 Students/Seniors, FREE for Smith students. Purchase tickets online or by calling 413-585-3220. Happier Valley Comedy presents We Made a Thing: a Tiny Audience Show every Monday (except March 12, March 26, April 2, April 30) at 9:00 PM Northampton Senior Center We Made a Thing, a tiny audience show: Super casual, weekly improvised theater show every Monday at 9pm (except March 12, March 26 and April 2) at 67 Conz Street, Northampton. Free. More info.   Academy Youth Productions presents ANNIE, Jr. Thursday, March 8 @ 6:30PM Friday, March 9 @ 6:30PM Academy of Music Theatre Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award-winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, Annie Jr. features everyone’s favorite little redhead in her very first adventure.   Tickets. Amherst Regional High School presents The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee March 8, 9, 10 at 7:30; kid-friendly matinee on March 10 at 2:00. Amherst Regional High School Amherst Regional High School presents this 2005 Tony and Drama Desk Award-Winning musical comedy in an innovative staging. Upon your arrival, you be welcomed into the lobby and auditorium (and other locations, if you're keen...) of Putnam County Middle School as fellow community members attending this special anniversary edition of their beloved Spelling Bee.   Continuing our tradition of investing deeply in student leadership at all levels of the show, Spelling Bee is performed, designed, played and produced by over 130 ARHS students. A warm, silly and immersive production,  you'll find all that you'd hope for from a winsome Broadway musical, along with spaces to explore and in-character performances before curtain and during intermission. And - each night - a new contingent of volunteer audience spellers invited to join us as on-stage competitors in the Bee! Tickets. Happier Valley Comedy presents Happier Valley Comedy Show March 10 at 8:00 PM Northampton Center for the Arts Downstairs Studio 33 Hawley Street, Northampton Happier Valley Comedy Show -  All-new monthly improv comedy show! This month features The Ha-Ha’s and special guest performers Girls Night Out. Saturday, March 10th at 8pm at the Northampton Center for the Arts in the Arts Trust Building (33 Hawley St., Northampton, downstairs entrance). Tickets: $13 at the door. For more info. Happier Valley Comedy presents More Improv, More Better Improv Jam & Showcase (Happier Valley Comedy) March 10 at 10:00 PM Northampton Center for the Arts Downstairs Studio 33 Hawley Street, Northampton More Improv, More Better Improv Jam & Showcase (Happier Valley Comedy) - Open improv jam for everyone and anyone to play and watch improv games, plus a showcase set featuring up-and-coming improv team H.A.T.S. Saturday, March 10th at 10pm at the Northampton Center for the Arts in the Arts Trust Building (33 Hawley St., Northampton, downstairs entrance.) Suggested donation: $3-5. For more info.   Frontier Regional High School presents The Wizard of Oz! March 16 & 17 at 7:00 p.m. March 18 at 3:00 p.m. Frontier Regional School Frontier Regional School is proud to announce their second annual musical, The Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum's classic tale of a young girl's trip over the rainbow. The story has been an American classic for decades, and now it comes to the Frontier stage. Directed by David Peck, with Music Direction by Max Sherrill and Choreography by Melissa Strelke. Show dates are March 16 and 17 at 7:00 p.m. and March 18 at 3. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. A tale for all time and all ages! The Wizard of Oz at Frontier Regional School! Contact info: david.peck@frsu38.org and 413 834-8730 Happier Valley Comedy presents Happier FAMILY Comedy Show March 17 at 3:00 PM Happier FAMILY Comedy Show: Monthly family-friendly improv comedy show, best for 5-12 year olds and their adults. Saturday, March 17th at 3-4pm at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (125 W Bay Rd., Amherst). Tickets at the door: $10/Adults, $5/Kids, Free/4 yrs and under (Reduced admission for museum members). For more info. AUDITIONS & OPPORTUNITIES Pioneer Valley Theatre Companies Is your theatre company missing? Email me! Academy of Music Theatre Arena Civic Theatre Black Cat Theater Chester Theatre Company The Country Players Eggtooth Productions Exit 7 Players Ghost Light Theater Hampshire Shakespeare Company Happier Valley Comedy Ja'Duke Center for the Performing Arts Ko Theater Works/Ko Festival of Performance Majestic Theater New Century Theatre PaintBox Theatre Pauline Productions Real Live Theatre Red Thread Theater Serious Play Theatre Ensemble Silverthorne Theater Smith College Department of Theatre St. Michael's Players TheatreTruck Turbulent Times Theater Westfield Theatre Group Wilbraham United Players Smith College Department of Theatre AUDITIONS: MOTHERING HER MEMORIES Written and directed by Zoe Rose Kriegler-Wenk ‘18 Monday, March 5, 7:00-10:00 PM in Acting Studio 2 Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts, Smith College Linnea and her daughter Heather must navigate a notable shift in their relationship, when the progression of Linnea’s Alzheimer’s prompts Heather to take on a more maternal role. Roles for two women: one younger woman, one older woman. No preparation necessary. Sides will be provided from the script. Perusal scripts available in Josten Library. Call backs will be on Tuesday, March 6, 7:00-10:00 PM in Acting Studio 2. Performances are Wednesday and Thursday, May 2 and 3, AND Thursday and Friday, May 17 and 18 at 7:30 PM in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. CitySpace Inc. seeks a driven and proactive Capital Campaign Consultant responsible for a fundraising effort to reconstruct and renovate the 2nd floor of the historic Old Town Hall. Renovations will include making the 2nd floor accessible to the public and developing a public gathering and performance space. The Capital Campaign Consultant will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the CitySpace capital campaign. The consultant will work in partnership with the CitySpace Board of Directors and a Capital Campaign Committee to carry out a fundraising plan targeting individuals, corporations, foundations and government agencies to support this initiative. The Capital Campaign Consultant will coordinate a $2.5 million fundraising effort as part of anticipated $5 million campaign. Details and application here.  Hampshire Shakespeare Company 650 E Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01002 Hampshire Shakespeare Company is currently seeking a Dramaturg, 2 Stage Managers, and a Technical Director for the 2018 summer season of Othello and Twelfth Night and the Young Company production to follow. Please click here for more information on how to apply! Please send all inquiries to hampshire.shakespeare.company@gmail.com WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Happier Valley Comedy presents Be Inspired! Workshop for Beginning/Intermediate Improvisers with Elyse Schuerman March 10 at 11:30 AM  104 Russell St., Hadley, MA Whether you are new to improv or a long-time veteran, the start of a scene can feel challenging. This is very normal considering the wide canvas you are working with. What you choose at the top affects the rest of the scene. Newer improvisers are often overwhelmed with choices and options and have concerns about making the right choices. Veteran improvisers often fall back on the same tools over and over and find their choices getting predictable. In this 2-hour workshop we will address the many options and tools we can choose from and how we can ground ourselves to complete a scene with those choices.  Prerequisite: Completion of Zen of Improv 2 or the level two equivalent from another comedy school. $30 Fee.  More information. Happier Valley Comedy presents Sound Your Barbaric YUP! Workshop for Intermediate/Advanced Improvisers  with Kristina Smarz March 10 at 2:30 PM 104 Russell St., Hadley, MA (downstairs) Do you find yourself struggling to get inspiration for scenes? Are you spending more time trying to be original than you are connecting with your scene partners? Are you finding you play from conflict, frustration, or sometimes just find yourself not having fun? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, this workshop is for you! (If you answered no to all of the above, you should probably also take this workshop.) Come discover the joy of saying YES with full commitment and excitement. In this workshop, well explore what saying yes really means, how we can say it more fully, and how we can say it through both words and actions.  Well explore concepts such as extreme agreement, commitment, inspiration, mirrored-play and work to find the strongest connections possible. Participants will leave with a handful of new tools that can be used in almost any circumstance to give them a new sense of grounding, play and confidence. Prerequisite: Completion of Zen of Improv 4 or the level 4 equivalent from another comedy school. $40 Fee.  More information.  Happier Valley Comedy presents "Creating a Crackerjack Team THROUGH LAUGHTER" Information Session March 16 at 3:30 PM Northampton Center for the Arts Downstairs Studio 33 Hawley Street, Northampton Creating a Crackerjack Team THROUGH LAUGHTER, showcases a new professional development workshop that strengthens and deepens your teams communication and collaborative skills using the tools of improv and experiential training. You'll win two prizes  the excitement of participating in a hands-on, fun, and creative learning experience, and the prize at the bottom of a Crackerjacks box! $25 Fee. More information. NOW MUSIC AND THEATER Summer Programs for Children at beautiful Eaglebrook School  Eggtooth Productions offers TWO different two week sessions of summer theater or music for children ages 8-13. July 30 - August 10, 2018 MUSIC with Jo Sallins  This program allows children to have their hands on their very own instrument and become part of an ensemble. Participants are taken on a journey from percussion basics into complex sound techniques for a truly magnificent music appreciation experience. or THEATER with Bill Stewart  Learn about stage play and combat, comic bits, delightful language and the joy that play can bring all while relishing the language of the Bard. Children create their own devised production that will be presented at the end of the session! Registration Form  The cost is $590 with a limit of 15 children in each section. A check may be made to: Eggtooth Productions 102 Highland Ave., Greenfield, MA 01301. Founded in 1922, Eaglebrook School is located on 750 acres on the Pocumtuck Ridge in Deerfield, MA just off Routes 5 & 10. To learn more about Eaglebrook School or for directions visit:   eaglebrook.org Camp runs 9 AM to 3 PM with mornings devoted to creation and rehearsal. Lunch will be provided in the beautiful Gibbs Dining Hall.  Activities including swimming in the Schwab Pool, playing on the fields, and more. Submit your workshop or class here! Copyright © *|CURRENT_YEAR|* *|LIST:COMPANY|*, All rights reserved. *|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* *|LIST:DESCRIPTION|* Our mailing address is: *|HTML:LIST_ADDRESS_HTML|* *|END:IF|* unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences  *|IF:REWARDS|* *|HTML:REWARDS|* *|END:IF|*