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January 20 - February 9, 2022
All of the performances of No Theater's LET GO have been cancelled due to the current COVID surge. Remember to double check if there is an in person plan to make sure it's still happening! Nothing (in the newsletter listings) scheduled to be in person until February, but there are quite a few virtual performances coming up - and don't forget about all the job opportunities, workshops, and classes coming up.
The next issue will include events from January 27 - February 16. 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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YOUR EVENT HERE
$5 per week for your poster and ticket link in top billing!
Email me to reserve your dates.
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THIS WEEK IN THEATRE NEWS:
from Howlround
Thinking Through Racism: Nigerian Theatre's Response
by Eseovwe Emakunu and Israel Wekpe
From the article:
Eseovwe Emakunu: Hello, Mr. Israel. It's good to have you here. Can you give us a brief introduction of yourself?
Israel Wekpe: My name is Israel Wekpe. I'm a PhD researcher at the University of Leeds. My areas of interest are intercultural theatre, Ola Rotimi, and new directions in Nigerian theatre. I have been a theatre practitioner for over thirty years; I write, direct, and train actors.
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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Ja’Duke Theater presents "Nunsense" The Musical
2/19/21 at 7pm, 2/20/21 @ 2pm, 2/25 & 2/26/22 @ 7pm, and 2/27/22 @ 2pm
Ja'Duke Theater
Ja’Duke Theater is proud to present Nunsense, this year’s first Ja’Duke musical of the highly anticipated Ja’Duke 25th Anniversary Season. Nunsense is directed by Ja’Duke's founder Nick Wanyelovich with choreography by Eula Sagan. Nunsense will be presented in the brand new, state of the art, Ja’Duke Theater!
Nunsense is a hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser with a supporting cast of 20 nuns, the Little Sisters of Hoboken. Sadly, the rest of the sisterhood died from botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia Child of God. Thus, the remaining nuns – ballet-loving Sister Leo (Jenna DiDonato), street-wise Sister Robert Anne (Samantha Myburgh), befuddled Sister Mary Amnesia (Rachel Howe), the Mother Superior Sister Regina (Judith Dean Kulp), and mistress of the novices Sister Mary Hubert (Juniper Holmes) and the Little Sisters of Hoboken – stage a talent show in order to raise the money to bury their dearly departed.
Ja’Duke Theater is continuing its quest to bring laughter and joy into people's lives during these trying times. With catchy songs and irreverent comedy, Nunsense is sure to keep audiences rolling with laughter and wanting more. After all, Nunsense is Habit Forming!
For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit JaDukeTheater.com.
Admission:
General Admission (Adult) - $15
Children (12 and under) - $12
Senior Citizen (65 and over) - $12
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Exit Seven Players Ltd.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
March 11, 12, 18, 19 @ 8pm and March 12, 20 2pm
Exit Seven Players Theater, 37 Chestnut Street, Ludlow, MA
Originally produced in London and on Broadway, the stage version of the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Play.
“This adaptation by the acclaimed playwright Simon Stephens is intensely, innately theatrical; it is also funny and extremely moving…resonates with quality.” —Telegraph (London). “…just terrific…a profoundly moving play about adolescence, fractured families, mathematics, colours and lights…dazzling.” —Independent (London). “A beautiful, eloquent, dazzlingly inventive show about the wonders of life.” —Evening Standard (London).
Curious Incident follows a critical period in the life of fifteen-year-old Christopher, a young man with an extraordinary brain. He is exceptional at math but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, detests being touched, and distrusts strangers. Now it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a “garden fork” (British for pitchfork, as the story is set in England.) Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his life.
Through creative lighting and sound, clever staging and a versatile ensemble, Curious Incident invites the audience to embark upon a journey to understand the point of view of its unusual narrator and his completely unique way of interacting with the world. At times both comedic and heart-wrenching, Curious Incident is a timely examination of our assumptions about “normality” and neurodiversity.
Directed by Michael O. Budnick, Produced by Jami Wilson and Christine Greene
http://exit7players.org
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Now in its second year, Get Down with Your Hometown is a virtual music festival produced by and for the benefit of North Star Center for Teens, the Institute for the Musical Arts, and the Shea Theater. These three community-based nonprofits are linked by their support for young artists, some of whom will be performing alongside nationally known performers during two evenings packed with fantastic music and hosted by very funny local celebs.
The event is free, but we hope you'll be inspired to drop some money into the tip jar during the event. You can also hang out with some of the performers in the virtual backstage at the end of the evening for a donation of $60 or more, get the VIP Backstage passes here.
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Paper, String, Revolt”
Video of the Show and Q and A with the artists via Zoom - January 29th @ 7:30pm, Sunday January 30th @ 3:00pm
With thanks to Northampton Open Media
Website for Information and Tickets:
http://www.worldandeye.com/paper-string-revolt.html
PAPER, STRING, REVOLT
Pioneer Valley performance group “Paper, String, Revolt” presents its debut of puppetry, live music, storytelling and clowning with tales ranging from the sublime to the absurd.
The vision of this group of seasoned local artists is to celebrate adult-centered puppetry and performance art in Western Massachusetts. They shine a light on societal struggles and address humanity’s plight in poignant and whimsical ways. Worldwide puppetry is used to express political, psychological and spiritual themes. In short, it is a wonderful medium for adult-oriented theater.
Co-directed by Jean Minuchin and Beth Fairservis
Creators/performers of original works:
Beth Fairservis, Sue Huszar, Stephen Katz, Peter LaBrusciano, Jean Minuchin, Jonathan Stevens
The virtual performance will be available on Zoom with an artist Q and A on January 29th and 30th.
For more information.
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LAVA to host online performance by hip-hop storyteller Marlon Carey
Monday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m.
FB event
Tickets (by donation)
The LAVA Center is proud to host an online performance by Marlon Carey, hip-hop storyteller.
Blending the elements of Theatre, Hip-hop, Poetry and Storytelling, Marlon Carey aka Inphynit will perform a live set of new and classic material, that delves into his Jamaican immigrant background, growing up in a single parent home in Brooklyn, NY during the crack era, to being a father of three and balancing his art with his family life during the last two years of the pandemic.
Marlon Carey is a Poet Educator Artist Communicator Entertainer. He has taught Poetry and Creative Writing workshops in schools for several years in the New England Area and was named "Best Hip Hop Poet" by the Cambridge Poetry Awards two years in a row, designated as Boston Cantab Lounge's "Grand Slam Champion" and the Lizard Lounge Boston's "King." Based in Providence, RI, Marlon wrote, directed, and acted in From A Distance, LAVA's first online short play festival, in June of 2020.
This is a Zoom event.
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Ko Festival of Performance presents
Piti Theatre Company's
Canary in a Gold Mine
Written/performed by Jonathan Mirin
Directed by Deanna Fleysher
Sound Design & Stream Engineering by M Florian Staab
Videography by Brendan Leowolf & Hannah Brookman
ONLINE: FEBRUARY 11-13 | Fri. & Sat at 7:30pm, EST | Sun. at 3pm, EST
For tickets & more info visit https://kofest.com/.../piti-theatres-canary-in-a-gold-mine/
Live, online post-show discussions with collaborators & guest experts follow each online performance.
Locked down during COVID and desperate to make theatre, Piti Theatre’s Jonathan Mirin turns the camera on . . . himself, telling the story of the mysterious symptoms his life and production partner, Swiss choreographer/designer Godeliève Richard began experiencing in 2010. Increasingly unable to leave the house and take care of their new baby, the couple contends with the growing likelihood that her illness is environmental – and inescapable. Richard‘s severe neurological symptoms are triggered by exposure to EMFs, the wireless radiation that the rest of society is passionately embracing to connect phones, devices and upload cat videos. As her electro-hypersensitivity (a.k.a. “microwave sickness”) worsens, Mirin finds himself compelled to become a public health advocate, activist and petitioner in a landmark legal case against the FCC. The result: a show that’s a 21st century love letter as well as a wakeup call to the risks of 24/7 wireless exposure.
"Canary in a Goldmine" is highly entertaining. As Mirin puts it, “It’s just like theatre…only flatter,” turning what could be an earnest public health lecture into a compelling dive into the opposing forces of corporate profit vs. public safety.
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From New England New Play Alliance:
Virtual Theater
The Depot for New Play Readings presents
In This House
an audio play
by Deirdre Girard directed by Anne Flammang
January 23, 2 p.m.
Lunch lady Jessie, “the toughest bitch you’ll ever meet,” is content living in her rough and tumble South Boston neighborhood, working hard to give her daughter Lynn a better life, and helping her best friend Maggie navigate issues with a deadbeat brother and lack of available men. Then a humbling class reunion and her daughter’s imminent departure for college cause her to question what she has accomplished in life, driving Jessie to expand her world by hosting patients and their families who need treatment at the nearby Mass General Hospital. Tensions build as Jessie pushes aside old relationships and risks losing her beloved home to pursue the volunteer work that not only makes her feel worthwhile, but also brings sweet and sophisticated Lenny into her life. But Jessie is sure love isn’t for people like her, and retreats back into the routine of her blue-collar community— until committing to love becomes a matter of life and death. Tickets: free. Email to sign-up for Zoom link.
Real Live Theatre presents
Far Reaches
an audio play
written and directed by Ellen Morbyrne
streaming now
One Raft Person. One Witness. One world covered in endless ocean. Far Reaches follows a deeply curious, tender-hearted Witness from another world as they discover everything they can about the ocean-swallowed planet of the solitary Raft Person. As the Witness and the Raft Person become ever more entwined in friendship, startling discoveries lead to endless layers of questions, and the two friends will need to unlock deeply forgotten memories in order to understand what their futures might hold. Tickets: free.
Arlekin Players present
Witness
by Nana Grinstein, Blair Cadden, and Igor Golyak
now-January 23
directed by Igor Golyak
Witness, the latest project from Arlekin’s Zero Gravity (zero-G) Virtual Theater Lab, is a new documentary theater piece about Jewish immigration in the face of antisemitism. The piece is inspired by the journey of the MS St. Louis, which left Hamburg in 1939 with over 900 Jewish people on board and headed to Cuba only to be turned away, leaving the passengers stranded with nowhere to go and no escape. Witness shares stories of Jewish immigrants from around the globe through an interactive virtual theater experience at the nexus of film, theater, and video games.
Tickets: $12-$25.
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RLT presents our first original audioplay, Far Reaches.
One Raft Person. One Witness. One world covered in endless ocean.
What do we remember? What does it mean to survive, and what is survival worth? Two people from radically different backgrounds reach towards friendship and understanding, following memories and stories as they seek some kind of truth.
Written & Directed by Ellen Morbyrne
Production Managed by Syl Simmons
Sound Design/Recording/Editing by Rachel Hall
Theme Song by Cynthia Zaitz, PhD
Performed by Trenda Loftin as the Witness and Linda Tardif as the Raft Person.
Streaming now, free of charge, on our website, BandCamp, and YouTube.
This program is supported by grants from the Amherst, Burlington, Greenfield, Hadley, Holyoke, South Hadley, and Springfield Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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