Pioneer Valley Theatre News August 16, 2018

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Pioneer Valley Theatre Newsletter View this email in your browser  August 16 - September 5, 2018 Hello from somewhere on the Adriatic Sea!  Have you called to make your audition appointment for Peter Pan with Amherst Leisure Services yet? The phone line is ready! And check out Tomfoolery Sketch Comedy this weekend at Nuestras Raices Farm. Want your event featured in this top section? Featured listings are $5 per week and go directly to supporting this free newsletter!  The next issue will include events through September 12. 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 Audition Appointments Now Open: Call 413-259-3065 Tickets on sale now! THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS: from Howlround Getting Out The Vote: Theatre and Civic Responsibility by Tiffany Antone From the article:  Why do we make theatre? Whether the impulse to ask this question is economically, philosophically, politically, or socially inspired, it’s a given that every artist will at some point wrestle with this query. And, just like the artists doing the asking, answers are often highly individualistic. Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com Want to know even more about events in the Pioneer Valley and beyond, including reviews, interviews, and previews? In the Spotlight, Inc. Berkshire on Stage Click to Access: Pioneer Valley Theatre Personnel Spreadsheet PERFORMANCES Chester Theatre Company presents THE ALIENS by Annie Baker 8/16 at 2pm and 8pm, 8/17 at 8pm, 8/18 at 2pm and 8pm, 8/19 at 2pm Town Hall Theatre, 15 Middlefield Rd., Chester, MA Included in the NEW YORK TIMES as a must-see production at a summer festival in Western Massachusetts! Jasper and KJ, both suffering from “failure to launch,” have created their own universe behind a local coffee shop, where the dumpster smells last week’s lattes. Enter Evan, an impressionable new employee/high school student intrigued by the pair’s unconventional charm. While the two impart their “wisdom” on their new, young friend, life’s great pleasures like literature and music are savored along with its bitter brew. Tickets. Double Edge Theatre’s We The People Summer Spectacle 2018 August 16 - 19 7:30 pm Wed - Sun, rain or shine We are reimagining We The People, with entirely uncharted territories to explore. The audience will travel among the fields, flowers, waterways, barns, forests, and secret paths of our blooming, verdant Farm. Birds fly above, transforming into human form as they gently land. Courageous citizens emerge from the past - a farmer, an immigrant, a suffragist, a black knight and more - leaving a legacy of vital imagination that shapes the present and future. Enormous creatures appear from the trees and spring up from the water; a woman’s voice is heard, her song of longing floating on the wind. History, flight, and music are woven together to create an allegorical tapestry, the audience invited to wander among these fantastical, interlaced worlds. For tickets: doubleedgetheatre.org/tickets Tomfoolery Entertainment presents Tomfoolery: Sketch Comedy Live! Aug 17 @7:30PM, Aug 18 @7:30PM, Aug 19 @2:30PM (Nuestras Raices Farm) 24 Jones Ferry Rd, Holyoke MA A unique bled of crude and clever comedy, "Sketch Comedy Live!" is a variety show presented by Tomfoolery Entertainment, featuring original sketch comedy, improvisational comedy and guest musical performances!  Nuestras Raices Farm (La Finca) 24 Jones Ferry Road, Holyoke, MA, 01040 Friday August 17th @7:30 PM (Doors open at 7PM!) Saturday August 18th @7:30 PM (Doors open at 7PM!) Sunday August 19th @2:30 PM (Doors open at 2PM!) Pre-sale Admissions: $10 Student Admissions (at the door): $10 General Admission (at the door): $15 Tickets ***ADULT CONTENT DISCLAIMER: This show was designed for a mature audience and includes material that some viewers may find offensive. 18+ Recommended*** Facebook event   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 Starlight's Youth Theatre, Inc. TheatreTruck Turbulent Times Theater Westfield Theatre Group Wilbraham United Players HCC MUSIC AND THEATER 2018 FALL MUSICAL "IN THE HEIGHTS" Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes Directed by Patricia Sandoval and Ellen Cogen Auditions are Tuesday and Wednesday August 21 & 22, 2-5pm and 6-8pm with possible callbacks on Friday, August 24. Holyoke Community College Fine & Performing Arts Building, Leslie Phillips Theater (the Forum) Performance Dates: Thursday through Saturday, November 8, 9, and 10 and November 15, 16, and 17. Auditions will consist of -Readings from the script -16 bars of a song from "In the Heights" -Dancing. Wear clothing you can move around in. Set around Fourth of July in the primarily Hispanic neighborhood of Washington Heights in New York City, "In the Heights" tells the universal stories of three generations living in this vibrant community. Their neighborhood is on the brink of change, and the characters sing about their hopes and struggles. These songs tell audiences about the dreams of first-generation college student Nina Rosario; Abuela Claudia, who left her home country of Cuba as a child; Usnavi de la Vega and Daniela, who fight to keep their small businesses open as the neighborhood faces gentrification; and many others. Each character negotiates which traditions are important for them to keep and which ones they should leave behind. This production is made possible, in part, by the support of the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts. *You do not have to be an HCC student to audition* Facebook Auditions for Ghost Light's final show of 2018, "Sex With Strangers." by Laurie Eason August 29 and 30 at 7:00 PM Gateway City Arts, 92-114 Race St. Holyoke, MA How far will you go to get what you want? Will you be the same person if you do? When twenty-something star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan tracks down his idol, the gifted but obscure forty-ish novelist Olivia, he finds they each crave what the other possesses. As attraction turns to sex, and they inch closer to getting what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the trouble of reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away. Directed by Kevin Tracy CHARACTERS: OLIVIA: 39 and then 41. Smart, sexy, outwardly strong but covering some fragility. American but spent many years living abroad. ETHAN: 28 and then 30. Very charismatic, sexy, a fast talker, used to being the center of attention. From Chicago but has little to no accent. Performance dates: 11/9, 11/10, 11/15, 11/16, 11/17 @ 8pm 11/11 @ 2pm A selection of the script can be found here: https://www.dramatists.com/previews/5079.pdf Auditions will consist of cold reads. There may be a callback date. This play will not be appropriate for children. For questions contact kevinrt@kevinrt.com Facebook. Springfield College Theater hiring a Technical Direction/Scenic Designer Springfield College Fuller Arts Center and scenic shop Beginning Fall 2018 Provide technical direction and scenic design for Springfield College Theater, supervised and directed by Prof. Martin Shell.  We produce one play each semester. Fee per show. Applicants with an MA or MFA may also apply to instruct a stage production course as an adjunct. TD does not require the grad degree, but please provide your resume of experience. Contact mshell@springfieldcollege.edu Auditions for Amherst Leisure Services Community Theater's upcoming production of Peter Pan are September 14-16! Audition appointments can be made via phone at 413-259-3065. Auditions are at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst. The production will be an exciting and inclusive take on the classic story of Peter Pan. The show goes up in Bowker Auditorium at UMass Amherst in January 2019. Cast size will be about 60. Auditions are open to anyone age 7-107 (no performing experience required). Folks of all genders, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and sexual orientations are encouraged to audition. Visit www.alsct.org/auditions for more information (including an audition FAQ) and email producer@alsct.org with any questions. Request for Proposals Eggtooth Productions Radical Interconnectedness Festival Turners Falls, MA April 26, 27, 2019 We are seeking proposals from artists to address the concerns of marginalized communities.   We invite stories that engage issues of race, age, gender, religion, economic class, and those aspects of cultural identity that have been suppressed.   We seek a wide range of artistic expression: music, dance, theatrical, visual, immersive, installation.   Commission fee will be $500 and Eggtooth will provide the venue, the audience, and promotions for the work.   Email proposals to: lmciner@gmail.com Deadline is October 31, 2018 WORKSHOPS & CLASSES MAKE LEARNING WITH REAL LIVE THEATRE THE HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR SUMMER! We are psyched to launch five brand new summer workshops for theatre makers of all backgrounds, interests, and levels of experience. All workshops are led by RLT members and educators and will take place at the North Star Building on Route 116 in Sunderland, MA. Join us for any or all of these fabulous afternoons - discounts are available for those interested in more than one! Saturday August 25th 1-4 PM: Instigating Hope and Change Through Theater with Ezekiel Baskin and Trenda Loftin CLICK HERE for more information on each workshop, our educators, and how to register! Feel free to email reallivetheatre@gmail.com with any questions. Submit your workshop or class or audition or performance or job or any other theatre opportunity 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|*