<div dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bf7f7d03-10e2-4913-78fd-02b04b68e9dc"><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">November 16, 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><br><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"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/sets/72157660649304062" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/sets/72157660649304062</span></a></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">Watch the trailer for the production:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdUZOdZCXDE" 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">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdUZOdZCXDE</span></a></p><br><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">Only One More Weekend to Catch WAM Theatre’s Crowd-Pleasing  </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 (November 16, 2015) – </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> The press and audiences have spoken! With just one more weekend to run, it’s clear that WAM Theatre’s developmental workshop production 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">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Catherine Trieshmann - 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 as she discovers 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"> - is a feel good crowd-pleaser with strong potential for future success.  </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">Unusual for a work-in-progress, this production has been open to review by local critics to gather their valuable input during the development process.</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">“…a well-wrought piece being given a developmental workshop viewing by WAM Theatre under the excellent direction of Megan Sandberg-Zakian…a fine show, worth enjoying and laughing through, just like the finest situation comedy plays of the past…” - J. Peter Bergman, </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 Berkshire Edge</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">“...a valiantly acted and mounted developmental workshop presentation…” - Jeffrey Borak, </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 Berkshire Eagle</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">“Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is a comedy…its characters broadly drawn and its laughs leading to a sentimental finale. It does, though, touch on more weighty issues of faith, commitment and, yes, community.” - Chris Rohmann, </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 Valley Advocate</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">“I was in the mood for some laughs, and the play provided them — along with some food for thought.” - Jennifer Browdy, </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 Berkshire Edge</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">The press were unanimous in their praise of the direction, the physical production, and the performances from the talented cast of five:</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">“…[Amie] Lytle gives us…an amazing, funny ‘spin’ on the traditional role of Priest at the center of the action.”</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">“It’s terrific to see Dana Harrison in new roles that she can explore and create, to watch her bring the comic characteristics of two such different women alive. “</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">“Ron Komora, is simply wonderful.”</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"> “Martine and Vivienne are played by Kimberlee Monroe with a fine sense of physical character.” </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">“[The role of] Noah is a gem and [Benjamin] Zoëy makes him indefatigably delightful.”</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">Actors, designers, and crew members have shared their experiences being part of the production in blog posts on the WAM Theatre Web site:</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"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/blog/">http://www.wamtheatre.com/blog/</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);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“All our efforts to use theatre to benefit women and girls come to fruition through producing our mainstage production,” says Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, “WAM’s double philanthropic model means that by attending this show, our audiences are supporting not only our artistic and educational efforts here, but also the work of Hands In Outreach and Sisters For Peace in Nepal. WAM’s donation from the production 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">Holy Laughter</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which represents 25% of the box office proceeds, will keep five girls in school in 2016 and help 125 families rebuild following the catastrophic earthquake in Nepal earlier this year.  We can’t wait to announce the total donation we have raised at the check presentation following our closing performance at 2 pm on Sunday, November 22. ” </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">Audiences have been enjoying learning more about the production’s two beneficiaries at the lobby display featuring their collaborative work; and the online </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM interviews with leaders of both organizations, who share in detail the impact of their work:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/interview-with-sisters-for-peace/" 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://www.wamtheatre.com/interview-with-sisters-for-peace/</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><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/interview-with-hands-in-outreach/" 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://www.wamtheatre.com/interview-with-hands-in-outreach/</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);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Performances continue Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2 & 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 2 pm through November 22 at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center at 36 Linden Street in Pittsfield. The production is recommended for ages 13 and up.</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 $18-$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;color:rgb(0,0,0);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, $18–$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">Recommended for ages 13+</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;color:rgb(0,0,0);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;color:rgb(0,0,0);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 </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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;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></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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