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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:11.5pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">for Catherine Trieschmann’s <i>How the World Began</i></span></b></p>
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refreshing intelligence.” </span></b></p>
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the nature of belief and the culture of coping.”</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Time Out New York</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">PITTSFIELD, MA (06/09/2014)— WAM Theatre is pleased
to announce the cast for a reading of <b><i>How the World Began</i></b> by <b>Catherine Trieschmann</b> as part of the<b> <i>Fresh
Takes</i> Play Reading Series</b>. Trieschmann’s provocative and intelligent play
about the collision of faith and science won critical acclaim Off-Broadway in
2012. WAM Theatre will present the reading on Sunday, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. at <b>No. Six Depot Roastery and Café</b>, 6
Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA. <i>How
the World Began </i>is the third presentation in the new <b><i>Fresh Takes</i></b> play reading series,
which </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">offers new and reimagined <a name="1467e30bfb0b05bd_1467e2c60c342dde_1448678acd77f782_144867140ac2d69c__GoBac"></a>works that tell women’s
stories. The series has proven popular with audiences, selling out its first
two readings.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The cast of <i>How the World Began </i>features
<b>Elizabeth Donnelly</b> (WAM Theatre’s <i>The Old Mezzo</i>, Ivoryton Playhouse’s <i>The Rainmaker</i>), <b>Benjamin Epstein</b> (Shakespeare & Company’s <i>Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2</i>), and <b>Don Shannon</b> (National Player’s <i>Twelfth
Night</i>, Barrington Stage Company’s <i>Enemy
of the People</i>). <b>Tracy Liz Miller</b>
(Vermont Shakespeare Company, Associate Producer) will direct the reading. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:12.7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">In <i>How the
World Began, </i>a Manhattan woman travels to a rural Kansas town, recently
devastated by a tornado, to take a teaching job in a makeshift high school. But
when she makes an off-handed remark regarding the origins of life, she
unleashes community outrage and the particular distress of a troubled teenage
boy. Through an intimate, artful examination of her characters, Trieschmann
invites audiences to consider their own beliefs and their perhaps unspoken
opinions of others.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:12.7pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">“In writing the play, I don’t know that I was so
intent upon representing all sides of the evolution versus creationism debate
as much as I was intent upon creating characters that were extreme in their
beliefs but sympathetic in their portrayal,” says Trieschmann. “I personally
have no problem reconciling evolution and the existence of God, but I was
intrigued by people who do.”</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">“It's not very often that a play with such direct harsh honesty crosses
my path that is also so well written,” says Miller, the director of this play
reading. “Nothing is black and white, cut and dry […] It asks questions
such as "Can helping others become too self-serving?" "Do
we need faith in times of tragedy?" "Can a change of landscape equate
a change of heart?” As a lover of theatre, I look forward to the conversation
that this play will inspire.”</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><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;color:windowtext">http://wamfreshtakes.bpt.me</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">. Due to the limited availability, advance booking
is highly recommended. 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;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The <i>Fresh Takes </i>Play Reading series
is curated by WAM Theatre Artistic Associate Kelly Galvin and 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.). Find out more about the
series at </span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:11.65pt;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><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</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> 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 benefit women and girls. Since 2010, WAM Theatre has donated
more than $10,500 to its beneficiaries. For more information, see <u><a href="http://www.WAMTheatre.com" target="_blank">www.WAMTheatre.com</a></u>.</span></p>
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