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January 6 - 26, 2021
Happy New Year!
Covid cases are rising, which means theatres are closing... Happier Valley Comedy has announced they will be closed until at least January 15, No Theater's performance of Let Go has been delayed until the 20th, a few shows in other places have been cancelled as well. Stay safe, everyone, and get vaccinated if you haven't yet! Get those boosters!
The next issue will include events from January 13 - February 2. 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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Real Live Theatre presents FAR REACHES
Streaming now, free of charge, on our website, BandCamp, and YouTube.
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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
Naming the Trope
by Ben Raanan
From the article:
It’s 2019, and I am walking into a prominent American theatre to see a well-reviewed production. This production is intended to examine a specific disability in an honest and exciting light to change our cultural understanding of disability. As a disabled theatremaker and activist, I anticipated an honest portrayal of both the hardships and celebrations of being disabled in America. Except this doesn’t do that. Instead, it follows a familiar pattern of sacrificing disabled truth for an unsettling, two-dimensional depiction of disability filled with clichés and stereotypes. The playwright wrote the disabled character as a shell of a human, an able-bodied writer’s judgement on how a disabled individual interacts with the world around them. That night, I leave at intermission, discouraged but unsurprised at yet another portrayal of disability as “lesser than.”
Have you read an interesting article about theatre recently? Send it to me! pioneervalleytheatre@gmail.com
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“Paper, String, Revolt”
January 16th @ 7:30pm
Northampton Center for the Arts
33 Hawley St. Northampton, MA.
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.
Come join “Paper, String, Revolt” for their inaugural event in the Val
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
Northampton Center for the Arts requires full COVID-19 vaccination cards to enter. Exemptions can be accommodated by a negative PCR COVID test within the previous 48 hours. Masks are required throughout the building and during the show.
Tickets will be sold to an audience of 40 with socially distanced seating.
The virtual performance will be available on Zoom with an artist Q and A on January 29th and 30th.
For more information:
http://www.worldandeye.com/paper-string-revolt.html
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No Theater, A.P.E., Ltd.
LET GO
January 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 @ 8:00pm
A.P.E., 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA. 01060
(performances January 6-15 have been cancelled)
No Theater performs live
LET GO
a short adult comedy about
love, death and piles of papers…
with Roy Faudree and Jane Karakula
A.P.E. 126 Main Street, Northampton
http://www.apearts.org
Tickets are now on sale: https://notheater.bpt.me
Limited Seating
A.P.E. requires full COVID-19 vaccination and the wearing of masks to enter the gallery.
Be ready to present proof of vaccination or a negative PCR COVID test.
No Theater celebrates 50 years of original works for the stage in the Valley and around the world.
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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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From New England New Play Alliance:
Real Live Theatre presents
Far Reaches, an audio play
by Ellen Morbyrne
streaming now
directed by Ellen Morbyrne
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. Stream free.
Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents
The Rise and Fall
of Holly Fudge
by Trista Baldwin
now-January 5
directed by Courtney Sale
It is Christmas 2020, and Carol is a hard-working single mother who makes award-winning "Holly" fudge, named after her daughter. She serves it every holiday. She gifts it to her friends and co-workers. She's determined that this year won't be any different, even if she has to wear a mask while whipping up her famous dessert. But with her daughter's girlfriend crashing Christmas, her neighbor's new-found love of confectionery, and the protests erupting on her front lawn, Carol is finding it tough to make this the most wonderful time of year. Tickets: contact box office.
The Depot for New Play Readings presents
Mitch Maclay Sings Just for You
by Craig Bailey
January 9
directed by Anne Flammang
Chris and Loralie await one-time pop sensation Mitch Maclay's upcoming visit to small-town radio station TRU-92. What is it about the has-been crooner's appearance that's put them at odds? And will he even show up?
On Walpurgisnacht, Mortimer Todd makes a theatrical appearance at the home of Sigmund Freud, claiming to be Death itself. Freud begins to psychoanalyze his visitor, a proceeding complicated by the entrance of his sister-in-law Minna to announce that her goldfish Cleopatra has committed suicide. When Minna takes a shine to Todd, he allows her to choose who will be that night’s victim. Will Minna, fed up with relentless therapy, choose Freud? An impulsive act keeps her from changing the course of history. Contact depotreadings@gmail.com for Zoom link.
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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