<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d08b7487-808b-dc50-3005-e99e05a319b7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">October 19, 2015</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity Associate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com">www.wamtheatre.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="mailto:pr@wamtheatre.com">pr@wamtheatre.com</a>; 518.243.9627</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Press Photos can be found at:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WAM Theatre Announces Audience Enrichment Events for </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">LENOX, MA (October 19, 2015) – </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> As usual, WAM Theatre is offering a variety of audience enrichment events in conjunction with their fall MainStage production.  This year’s events include a lobby display featuring this year’s beneficiaries, talkbacks with the cast and design team and a writing workshop on comedy with the playwright. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Catherine Trieschmann is a </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">poignant comedy that follows Abigail, an Episcopal priest who finds that the reality of leading a church is radically and hilariously different than what she learned in seminary. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Hymns, liturgical dance and a wicked tongue lift this antic portrait of a small, struggling congregation to comic heights. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> All events and performances will be held a</span><span style="font-family:Cambria;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38">t the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center at 36 Linden Street in Pittsfield. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lobby Display</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This year’s lobby display will showcase the work of Hands in Outreach and Sisters for Peace, the two organizations who are this year's WAM beneficiaries and will receive, in keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic mission, 25% of the box office proceeds from the production. Before seeing the show, audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy the display and learn more about how these two groups have teamed up to help educate girls in Nepal and support their families. They will see how their ticket purchase is aiding in providing a direct deposit to 125 Hands in Outreach families of at least $20, which can feed a family of four for a month and also help them rebuild following the catastrophic earthquake earlier this year. Audiences will also learn about the five Sisters for Peace girls who will be attending school in 2016 in Nepal for the entire year thanks to WAM's donation from Holy Laughter. The lobby display will include images of these families and girls and information about their lives in Nepal.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Writing Workshop</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A workshop, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make ‘em Laugh: Writing Comedy for the Sta</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ge with playwright Catherine Trieschmann, will be held from 3:30-5:30 pm on Saturday, October 31. The cost is $35 for just the workshop, or $50 for the workshop and a ticket to the 7:30 pm preview performance that same day (dinner is not included.) Join Trieschmann and explore the comic form. Participants will read and analyze comic scenes from different plays, as well as engage in writing exercises designed to release the inner clown. Enrollment is limited to ten people, so register early. </span><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2406055" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2406055</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Catherine Trieschmann's work has been produced Off-Broadway at the Women's Project, the Bush Theatre (London), Out of Joint at the Arcola Theatre (London), South Coast Repertory, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts' Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Theater Company, Florida Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, the New Theater (Sydney) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, among others. She has received commissions from South Coast Repertory, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the DCPA Theatre Company. Awards include the L. Arnold Weissberger Award, Edgerton New Play Award, Otis Guernsey New Voices Award from the William Inge Theater Festival.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Talkbacks</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Trieschmann will also lead off the post-show talkback series following the Saturday, October 31 7:30 pm preview performance. Each talkback will feature a discussion about the creative process as well as a question and answer session. A talkback with the cast will take place after the 2 pm matinee on Saturday, November 7, and with the design team following the matinee on Saturday, November 14. On Sunday, November 22 after the 2pm matinee, there will be a post-show discussion with this year’s beneficiaries, Hands in Outreach and Sisters For Peace, about their work and the impact of WAM's donation, followed by the check presentation.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets Now on Sale</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Tickets for </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> are now on sale. Previews are at 7:30 pm October 29-31 and tickets are only $18. The opening performance will be Sunday, November 1 at 2pm.  Additional performances are scheduled on Fridays November 6, 13 & 20 at 7:30 pm, Saturdays November 7, 14 & 21 at 2 and 7:30 pm, and Sundays November 8, 15 & 22 at 2 pm. Tickets are $15-$40. See <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/holy-laughter/">www.wamtheatre.com/holy-laughter/</a> for more information. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">D</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">irected by Megan Sandberg-Zakian, who directed the 2014 Fresh Takes Reading of </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> by Madeleine George, the cast features Dana Harrison (Shakespeare & Company’s </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Private Lives</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">), Ron Komora (The Poet in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">An Iliad</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> at Capital Rep), Amie Lytle (</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Around the World in 80 Days, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), Kimberlee Monroe (</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Maid’s Door</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> at the Billy Holiday Theatre, NYC), and Benjamin Zoëy. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">In keeping with WAM’s </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">double philanthropic mission 25% of the box office proceeds from </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> will be donated to the Hands in Outreach </span><a href="http://www.handsinoutreach.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://www.handsinoutreach.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and Sisters for Peace </span><a href="http://www.sistersforpeace.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://www.sistersforpeace.org/</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">girls education project in Nepal. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">See <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/holy-laughter/">www.wamtheatre.com/holy-laughter/</a> for more information.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Tickets are $15-$40 and are being sold through the Barrington Stage Company (BSC) box office. They can be purchased in three easy ways: by calling the BSC box office at 413-236-8888, going in person during box office hours to 30 Union Street in Pittsfield, or buying online through the BSC ticketing page. </span><a href="https://tickets.barringtonstageco.org/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">https://tickets.barringtonstageco.org/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sponsors for this production include: Greylock Federal Credit Union; Garden Gables Inn (Producer Sponsors); Berkshire Magazine, RookWood Inn, RBC Wealth Management (Partner Sponsors); Custom Business Solutions, Interprint (Leader Sponsors); Adams Community Bank, Cohen Kinne Valicenti Cook, Rogovoy Report, Pittsfield Cooperative Bank(Patron Sponsors); RB Designs; Nina Molin MD;  Jon Gotterer DMD, Dr Jay Wise (Supporter Sponsors). </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Additional WAM 2015 Sponsors include: Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Dylandale Foundation, Feigenbaum Foundation, International Schools Theatre Association, Massachusetts Cultural Council and Petricca Industries (Education Programming). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Lee, Lenox, Hinsdale-Peru, Monterey, Northern Berkshire, Richmond, Washington, Windsor Cultural Councils, local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Quick Facts</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Holy Laughter</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">by Catherine Trieschmann</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">First Developmental Workshop Production</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">October 29–November 22, $15–$40</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center - St. Germain Stage, 36 Linden Street, Pittsfield, MA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ticket info: <a href="http://www.WAMTheatre.com">www.WAMTheatre.com</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Cast</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Dana Harrison as Esther and Myra</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ron Komora as Lloyd and Victor</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Amie Lyttle as Abigail</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Kimberlee Monroe as Martine and Vivienne</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Benjamin Zoëy as Noah and Sam</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Creative Team</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Director: Megan Sandberg-Zakian</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Set Design: Juliana Von Haubrich</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Costume Design: Lauren Gaston</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Lighting Design: David Roy</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sound Design: Brad Berridge</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Stage Manager: Hope Rose Kelly</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Talkbacks</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 31st after the 7:30pm performance, with the playwright Catherine Trieschmann</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, November 7th after the 2pm matinee, with the cast</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, November 14th after the 2pm matinee, with members of the design team</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, November 22nd, after the 2pm matinee, a post-show discussion with this year’s beneficiaries, Hands in Outreach and Sisters For Peace about their work and the impact of WAM's donation, followed by the check presentation.</span></p></li></ul><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make ‘em Laugh: Writing Comedy for the Stage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Workshop with Playwright Catherine Trieschmann</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 31 3:30-5:30 pm - Limited to 10 people. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two ticket options: </span></p><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$35 for the two hour workshop</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">$50 includes the workshop and the preview of "Holy Laughter" following the workshop at 7:30pm. (Dinner is not included) </span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2406055" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2406055</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">About the Playwright: Catherine Trieschmann</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Debut. Plays: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">crooked</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How the World Began</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hot Georgia Sunday</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Most Deserving</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OZ 2.5.</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Film:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Angel's Crest</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, Magnolia Pictures. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Other:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Her work has been produced Off-Broadway at the Women’s Project, the Bush Theatre (London), Out of Joint at the Arcola Theatre (London), South Coast Repertory, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts’ Theatre Company, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, American Theater Company, Florida Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, the New Theater (Sydney) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, among others. She has received commissions from South Coast Repertory, Manhattan Theatre Club, and the DCPA Theatre Company. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Awards:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> L. Arnold Weissberger Award, Edgerton New Play Award, Otis Guernsey New Voices Award from the William Inge Theater Festival. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Columnist on parenting and playwriting at </span><a href="http://howlround.com/authors/catherine-trieschmann" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://howlround.com/authors/catherine-trieschmann</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">About the Director: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Megan Sandberg-Zakian</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Fresh Takes reading series 2014. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Megan Sandberg-Zakian is a theater-maker based in Somerville, MA. Favorite recent projects include: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Measure for Measure</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Actors Shakespeare Project), a site-specific staged reading of </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our Town</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at Cambridge’s Mt. Auburn Cemetery (Underground Railway Theater), the Boston premiere of Tarell McCraney's </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Brother Sister Plays </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at Company One (IRNE Award: Best Production; IRNE nominee: Best Director; Elliot Norton Nominee: Outstanding Production), and the Northeast premiere of Lydia Diamond’s </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Harriet Jacobs</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> at Underground Railway Theater (Elliot Norton Nominee: Best New Play; IRNE Nominee: Best Ensemble, Best Actress). Megan has previously served as the Associate Artistic Director of Underground Railway Theater (Cambridge, MA), the Providence Black Repertory Company (RI), and The 52</span><span style="font-size:8.8px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:super;white-space:pre-wrap">nd</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Street Project (NYC). Upcoming: It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Dec 2015), The Convert (Underground Railway Theater, Feb 2015). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training and Awards:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Megan is a recipient of the TCG Future Leaders grant, a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online:</span><a href="http://www.megansz.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> www.megansz.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">About the Cast</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-variant:small-caps;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">DANA HARRISON</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (Esther/Myra) </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WAM Theatre: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Fresh Takes reading:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Measure for Measure, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Change Makers Gala reading: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">In Darfur, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> 24hr Theatre Projects  </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Elsewhere:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Shakespeare & Company: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Private Lives, The Liar, Les Faux Pas, The Learned Ladies</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">As You Like It, The Winter’s Tale, The Real Inspector Hound, War of the Worlds, White People, Othello, Scapin, The Canterville Ghost, Island of Slaves, Old Times.  </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mixed Company: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Table Manners, Taking Steps.  </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Boston, London and The Edinburg Fringe: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Macbeth, The Tempest, King Lear, Sin, Lolita, Agamemnon, The Dining Room, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.  </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Training: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Emerson College (MA, Theatre Education). Kenyon College (BA, Drama). Shakespeare & Co. (month-long, text, clown, fight).  Sfumato Theatre Lab of Bulgaria (Chekov intensive). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> Awards: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Three-time Berkshire Eagle Noteworthy Performance; Joanne Woodward Acting Trophy, Kenyon College. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">RON KOMORA </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Lloyd/Victor) </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WAM Theatre:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> 24 hour Berkshire/Capital Region Theatre Projects </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Previous credits:</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> The Poet in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">An Iliad</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (Capital Rep), Mayor Meekly in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Unnecessary Farce</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (Chenango River Theatre), fifteen seasons with New York State Theatre Institute in roles ranging from Dickinson in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">1776</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> to Scrooge in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">A Christmas Carol</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Film</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">: Sheriff Andy Godbout in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deep in the Darkness </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">for the Chiller Network, Charlie in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Tom’s Dilemma </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">for Gluckstern Films, and Harold Gilman in </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Thing on the Doorstep</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> for Hansome Spyder Productions. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Online: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Visit his page on the International Movie Database (IMDB). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Awards: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">2004 Audie Award for Excellence in Audiobook Narration. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">AMIE LYTLE </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Abigail) </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WAM Theatre</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">: Debut </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Elsewhere</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Around the World in 80 Days, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Daisy Crockett </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(W.H.A.T.), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Voices of We </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(333 Productions), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Uncle Vanya, CHURCH </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Harbor Stage Company), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Not Jenny </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Bridge Rep of Boston), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Shakespeare Now!), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Much Ado About Nothing </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Boston Theater Company), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">In the Wake of the Graybow Riots </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Sleeping Weazel), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Brilliant Traces </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Dance New Amsterdam), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Free Will and Wanton Lust-</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">workshop (Atlantic Theater Company). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Training: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">MFA Acting-The Actors Studio, BA Theater-Muhlenberg College, Shakespeare & Company, LAMDA. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Online:</span><a href="http://www.amielytle.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.amielytle.com</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">KIMBERLEE MONROE </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Martine/Vivienne) </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WAM Theatre: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Debut. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Elsewhere: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Billy Holiday Theatre, NY: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Maid’s Door </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Dr.Patel/Orderly). The Actors Temple/ A Layon Gray (Off-Broadway), NY: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Girls of Summer </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Coach). Classical Theatre of Harlem (Off-Broadway), NY: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ain’t Supposed to Die a Natural Death</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (Scavenger Lady). H.A.D.L.E.Y Players, NY: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Ayre</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> (Sohna/Leonora/Annie), </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Nobody Knew Where They Was </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Black Ruth). Maison des Arts de Creteil; Paris, France: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Melvin Van Peebles: Sweetback the Opera </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Madam/Foster Woman). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Training: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">American Academy of Dramatic Arts and Acting Coach Ward Nixon. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Awards: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Audelco Award: Best Ensemble Nomination, Audelco Award: Best Actress, Audelco Award: Best Solo Performance, Planet Connection Festival: Supporting Actress Nomination.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">BENJAMIN ZOËY </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">(Noah/Sam) </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Debut. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Romeo & Juliet </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Arts After Hours). </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training: </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MFA in Musical Theatre at The Boston Conservatory, BA at McGill University. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Pictorial musings on Instagram @ben.zoey</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About our 2015 Beneficiaries</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Hands In Outreach (HIO)</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, run by Ricky Bernstein of the Berkshires, is a small educational sponsorship program for poor, inner-city girls in Nepal. With a family oriented approach, HIO guides and empowers their girls to be strong, self-reliant adults. By actively partnering with children, families and schools, HIO encourages girls to remain in school, avoiding early marriage and a life of low-wage menial jobs. They carefully monitor the long-term wellbeing of our HIO families, promoting education as a means toward empowerment, gender equality and ultimately, an end to a family's cycle of profound poverty. As part of HIO's work after the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal earlier this year, they provided a direct check to the 125 families they support for $50, which provided food for around three months and helped families rebuild. WAM Theatre's donation to HIO will allow them to make another direct deposit to the 125 families of at least $20. During the fall production, there will be a lobby display will show the impact those funds will have on the families.  <a href="http://www.handsinoutreach.org/">http://www.handsinoutreach.org/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sisters for Peace (SFP)</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, founded by Berkshire resident Caroline Wheeler, is a grassroots, non-profit organization empowering women and girls, locally and around the world who are living in impoverished conditions. SFP is entirely a volunteer-run organization. SFP currently sponsors four HIO girls to attend school and through WAM's donation, in 2016, will be able to sponsor five girls to stay in school for the entire year. The </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> lobby display will feature these young women, with photographs, essays, poetry and other works that personalize them and their lives for the audience. <a href="http://www.sistersforpeace.org/">http://www.sistersforpeace.org/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">About WAM Theatre</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator, and producer Kristen van Ginhoven to create professional theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre artists and/or stories of women and girls.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">WAM Theatre also has a philanthropic mission, inspired by the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and donates a portion of the proceeds from its theatrical events to organizations that benefit women and girls.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Over the past five years, WAM Theatre has donated more than $15,000 to seven nonprofit organizations and provided paid work to more than 100 theatre artists. In addition to the main stage productions and special events, WAM Theatre’s activities include a comprehensive educational outreach program and the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. For more information, visit </span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.WAMTheatre.com</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">###</span></p><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-- <br>Gail M. Burns<br><div><i>Marketing + Publicity Associate<br></i></div><div><span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" target="_blank">www.WAMTheatre.com</a> <br></span></div><div><a value="+15182439627">413-458-4246</a><br><div><br><div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Our 6th Season:</div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/emilie-staged-reading-special-event/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Emilie</a> | <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-play-reading-series-2015/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Fresh Takes Reading Series</a> |  <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/stars-in-the-orchard/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Stars in the Orchard Benefit</a> | <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/holy-laughter/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Holy Laughter</a></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px">Make a donation <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/onlineforms/WAMTheatreInc/donate.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">now</a> to WAM Theatre!</div></div><div><br><i>Thank you for your support!</i></div></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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