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THEATRE ANNOUNCES CASTING</span></b></p>
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Jessica Swale’s <i>BLUE STOCKINGS</i></span></b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">PITTSFIELD, MA
(03/31/14)— WAM Theatre is pleased to announce the cast for a staged reading of
<i>Blue Stockings</i> by Jessica Swale. <i>Blue Stockings</i> premiered to critical
acclaim at London’s Globe Theatre last year and will be presented by WAM Theatre
on Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. at <b>No.
Six Depot Roastery and Café</b>, 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA. The
reading will be followed by a talkback with the actors and director. <i>Blue Stockings </i>is the first in WAM
Theatre’s new <b><i>Fresh Takes</i></b> Play Reading series, which offers new and
reimagined <a name="14514fa52c578f92_1448678acd77f782_144867140ac2d69c__GoBac"></a>works
that tell women’s stories. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The cast for <i>Blue Stockings</i> includes <b>Suzanne Ankrum</b> (WAM Theatre’s <i>Emilie</i>), <b>Jurian Hughes</b> (Berkshire Theater Festival’s <i>Sylvia</i>), <b>Josh Aaron McCabe</b>
(Shakespeare & Company’s <i>Mother
Courage and Her Children</i>), and <b>Tod
Randolph</b> (Shakespeare & Company’s <i>Cassandra
Speaks</i>). The reading will also feature Joe Ahmed, Brendan Cataldo, Annie
Considine, Caroline Fairweather, Catherine Seeley, Charlie Owens, Elizabeth Roberts, James Udom and
Ryan Winkles. WAM Theatre Artistic Associate and <i>Fresh Takes</i> curator Kelly Galvin will direct. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Set in 1896 at
Girton, the first college in Britain to admit women, <i>Blue Stockings</i> is
a moving, comical and eye</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">-opening
story about four young women fighting for education and self-determination
against the backdrop of women’s suffrage. This critically acclaimed play
dramatizes the fight for education, equality and access for women; issues that
are prized by WAM Theatre and its audiences.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">“We are delighted to launch our
new play reading series with such an exciting cast of local professional
actors,” said Kristen van Ginhoven, Artistic Director. “We are also excited as
this is the first public reading of <i>Blue
Stockings</i> in the US! Tickets are very limited so we highly encourage
pre-booking.” </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">There are only 25 tickets
available for this reading. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling
<a href="tel:1-800-838-3006" value="+18008383006" target="_blank">1-800-838-3006</a> or going online to </span><a href="http://wamfreshtakes.bpt.me" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">http://wamfreshtakes.bpt.me</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Food and drink will be available for
purchase at the café prior to the reading, which will begin in the gallery at
3:00 p.m.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The <i>Fresh Takes </i>Play Reading series consists of: <i>Blue Stockings</i> by
Jessica Swale (April 13, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), <i>Measure for Measure</i> by
William Shakespeare (May 18, 2014 at 3:00
p.m.), <i>How the World Began</i> by Catherine Trieschmann (June 22,
2014 at 3:00 p.m.), <i>Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England</i> by
Madeleine George (August 17, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), and <i>Waxworks</i> by
Trina Davies (September 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.). </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">For more information
about the series go to: </span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:11.65pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">About
WAM Theatre:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
WAM (Women’s Action Movement) Theatre was co-founded in 2010 by Artistic
Director Kristen van Ginhoven. Inspired by the book “Half the Sky: Turning
Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl
WuDunn, WAM Theatre is based in Berkshire County,
Massachusetts. WAM Theatre’s philanthropic mission is two-fold: first, to
create theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre artists
and/or stories of women and girls; and second, to donate a portion of the
proceeds from those events to organizations that bene<a name="14514fa52c578f92__GoBack"></a>fit
women and girls. Since 2010, WAM Theatre has donated more than $10,500 to its
beneficiaries. For more information, see <u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://www.WAMTheatre.com" target="_blank">www.WAMTheatre.com</a></span></u>.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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