<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-2c6d2173-4db6-fd10-5372-8e5cf40f14b2"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">September 21, 2016 </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;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:16px;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:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span><a href="http://gallery.berkshiretheatre.org/main.php" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://gallery.berkshiretheatre.org/main.php</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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;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 Offerings for </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Bakelite Masterpiece</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Lenox, MA [September 21, 2016] - </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Thanks to a grant from Mass Humanities, WAM Theatre is able to offer a comprehensive audience enrichment program around their upcoming co-production with the Berkshire Theatre Group of </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bakelite Masterpiece</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Kate Cayley and directed by WAM Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven. These include post-show conversations with the playwright and other notable scholars, program notes, and a lobby display and resource list exploring Truth and Reconciliation from World War II to today, along with a subsidized ticket program.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The Bakelite Masterpiece</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> explores the themes of humanity's ever-present need for justice and our search for truth,” van Ginhoven explained. “And so the aim of our audience enrichment program is to promote critical, reasoned, and open-minded discussions of the basic values around truth and reconciliation that are at stake both in the play and in our world today.” </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The play is set at the end of World War II. Holland is in chaos. The artist Han van Meegeren is arrested. His crime? Selling a long-lost painting by the Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer to Hermann Goering, Nazi leader. His defense? It was a perfect forgery painted by him. His proof? In front of his prosecutor, art historian and resistance fighter Geert Piller, he must paint another flawless Vermeer to save his life. A play that debates beauty, faith, memory, and the reconstruction of a country.</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> The cast features Corinna May and David Adkins.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Program Notes</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The primary scholar on this project is Brenda Oppermann, a senior advisor for military and civilian organizations working primarily on issues concerning international peace and conflict. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. She lives in the Berkshires when not traveling for work. The production playbill will include program notes written by Oppermann giving an overview of formal and informal Truth and Reconciliation efforts throughout the world since World War II, and how humanity’s ever-present need for justice has influenced the success and failure of these efforts.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Post-Show Conversations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">There will be a facilitated post-show conversation after each weekend matinee and a couple of the evening performances to promote open discussion of the larger issues around Truth and Reconciliation directly affecting our community. The conversations will dive into what Truth and Reconciliation means to us today and what it asks of us. The conversations will be moderated by van Ginhoven and WAM Education Coordinator Alicia Maher, and will feature Brenda Oppermann and the playwright Kate Cayley, as well as other community members.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These conversations will provide a space for the audience to share their thoughts, engage with the issues around Truth and Reconciliation embedded in the play and how they relate to our responsibilities as citizens. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Post-Show Conversation Schedule:</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, October 2, following the 2pm matinee: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kate Cayley, playwright</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, October 6, following the 7pm performance: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David Adkins and Corinna May, actors</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 8, following the 2pm matinee</span><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David Adkins and Corinna May, actors</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, October 9, following the 2pm matinee: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adriana Millenaar Brown, author of </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">An Unlikely Hero: Adrianus Millenaar Dutch Farmer Turned Diplomat in World War II Europe</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, October 14, following the 7pm performance: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brenda Oppermann, scholar</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 15, following the 2pm performance:</span><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Brenda Oppermann, scholar</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, October 16, following the 2pm performance: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Representatives from the Berkshire Commission on the Status of Women</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Julia Courtney, Curator of Art, Springfield Museum</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Saturday, October 22, following the 2pm performance:</span><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Designers of </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bakelite Masterpiece</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, October 23, following the 2pm closing performance: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Artist Suzi Banks Baum and Brooke Mead of the Berkshire Immigrant Center, WAM’s beneficiaries for </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Bakelite Masterpiece</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Ms Baum and Ms. Mead will speak about their respective projects and how WAM’s donation will be used to further the impact of their work. The check presentation of WAM’s donation will follow. To learn more about the 2016 Beneficiaries, visit: <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/the-bakelite-masterpiece/">http://www.wamtheatre.com/the-bakelite-masterpiece/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Resource List</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A suggested reading list will be included in the playbill. Oppermann and Cayley have selected five resources - books, websites, or articles - which provide audience members with opportunities for further personal research </span><span style="font-size:1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y</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">American Premiere</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Co-produced by the Berkshire Theatre Group and WAM Theatre</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Previews: September 29–30; Tickets: $45</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Opening October 1-October 23; Tickets: $50</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">At The Unicorn Theatre</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Larry Vaber Stage</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">6 East Street, Stockbridge, MA</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">David Adkins as </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Han van Meegeren</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Corinna May as Geert Piller</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Director: Kristen van Ginhoven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Costume Design: Deborah Brothers</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Lighting Design: Lily Fossner</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Sound Design: Brad Berridge</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">About the Playwright: Kate Cayley</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">KATE CAYLEY</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Playwright) </span><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Debut. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Plays:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Tarragon Theatre: After Akhmatova, The Bakelite Masterpiece; Zuppa Theatre: The Archive of Missing Things; Stranger Theatre: The Yellow Wallpaper Project, The Counterfeit Marquise, and what Alice found there, The Hanging of Francoise Laurent.</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Books:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> How You Were Born (short stories), The Hangman in the Mirror (young adult novel), When This World Comes to an End (poetry), Other Houses (poetry, forthcoming). </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> University of King’s College, Halifax. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Awards:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Trillium Book Award, Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, finalist for the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, Chalmers Fellowship. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Online:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="http://www.katecayley.ca/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.katecayley.ca</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">KRISTEN VAN GINHOVEN </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In Darfur </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(New England Premiere), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Emilie</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (New England Premiere), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Old Mezzo</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (World Premiere), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melancholy Play</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regional Theatre: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Whale</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Adirondack Theatre Festival), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10 Minute Play Festival</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Barrington Stage Company), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Petticoats of Steel</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Capital Repertory Theatre), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Footloose</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Cohoes Music Hall), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Children’s Hour</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Siena College), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vendetta Chrome</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Emerson College). </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Selected assistant directing:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Physicists, 42nd Street</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two Men of Florence</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Huntington Theatre), </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sleuth, Absurd Person Singular</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Barrington Stage Company) </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dalhousie University (BA), Queen’s University (BEd), Emerson College (MA). </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Et Cetera: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kristen is the Artistic Director of WAM Theatre, an associate member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and a theatre artist for the International Schools Theatre Association. She was a member of the 2013 Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Website: </span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.wamtheatre.com</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DAVID ADKINS</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Han van Meegeren)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> David is very pleased to be making his WAM debut in </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bakelite Masterpiece</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> He is an Artist Associate at BTG and has performed in over 20 seasons. David made his Broadway debut at the National Actor’s Theatre, has worked off Broadway numerous times, and has worked extensively in resident theaters across the country. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TV: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">David has guessed starred recently on </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Blacklist, Elementary, The Good Wife</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, recurred as George on </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Americans</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, was in the pilot </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">BlaqJaq</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (dir.Forest Whitaker), the mini-series </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ben Franklin</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and others like </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Happyish, Law and Order, SVU, Trinity, Chicago Hope</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Juilliard.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CORINNA MAY</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Geert Piller) </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2011 & 2016 24 Hour Theatre Projects</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Shakespeare & Company  28+ productions including </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Unexpected Man</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Memory of Water, King Lear, A Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, Enchanted April, Roman Fever, An International Episode, Jack and Jill, Betrayal, Fortune and Misfortune, House of Mirth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. BTF/BTG: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Benefactors, Same Time Next Year, Homestead Crossing, Two-headed.</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Wharton Salon: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Long Run, Autre Temps</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. National Tour: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Graduate </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">with Jerry Hall/Linda Gray/Lorraine Bracco/Kelly McGillis/Morgan Fairchild. Regional (selected):  Portland Stage Co., Merrimack Rep., Syracuse Stage, Rep. Theater of St. Louis, Capitol Rep., Studio Arena Theatre. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Film:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Split Ends</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (starring</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">); Rain Without Thunder</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Speck’s Last</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Television:</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">House of Cards</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unforgettable</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bourbon Street</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(pilot); </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Law & Order</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PBS: Evening at the Pops</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Et cetera: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwright: </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dancing with the Czar</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Designated Linklater Voice teacher. Feldenkrais practitioner. Proud to be a union member: SAG-AFTRA, AEA.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">About WAM’s 2016 Beneficiaries</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Berkshire Immigrant Center (BIC)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The mission of the Berkshire Immigrant Center (BIC) is to welcome new immigrants and refugees and to provide them with the tools and services needed to integrate into the fabric of their new community.  BIC serves 800 immigrants and their families each year. Each year hundreds of thousands of immigrants seek assistance across the US with humanitarian based immigration law. These are mostly women and children and what they all have in common is that they are seeking refuge and protection from violence they have experienced abroad or even here in the US at the hands of an abuser. Unfortunately BIC is not funded to assist these clients; they are often among the most vulnerable and regardless of whether an attorney is involved or not- often require the most help and are unable to compensate the Center for our services. They are dedicated to continue helping these women and their families navigate a path to permanent residence and safety in the US. WAM’s donation will make it possible for the Berkshire Immigrant Center to provide this much needed help to these women and their families.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://berkshireic.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://berkshireic.com/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Suzi Banks Baum - New Illuminations</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Suzi Banks Baum is a writer, artist, actor, teacher, and community organizer. She is editor and publisher of</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> An Anthology of Babes: 36 Women Give Motherhood a Voice</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. She lives in Great Barrington and produces </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Out of the Mouths of Babes: An Evening of Mothers Reading to Others</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> for the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. In March of 2016, Suzi visited Gyumri, Armenia interviewing women artists through affiliation with National Geographic photographer, John Stanmeyer and 4Plus, an Armenian organization of female documentary photographers. During her visit, Suzi learned that the cultural expectations of women form a restrictive structure within which they struggle to include art making in their lives. Giving these women voice, telling their stories, and empowering them to begin to tell theirs is essential to enhancing the quality of Armenian women’s lives. Suzi’s project is blossoming into the New Illuminations residency in Gyumri in October 2016 to continue interviewing women, and leading a multidisciplinary workshop to gather stories and teach the artists the ancient practice of book building. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> WAM’s donation will help make this trip and compensation for the female artists possible.</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">                           </span><a href="http://www.suzibanksbaum.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">http://www.suzibanksbaum.com</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">/</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">                                        </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="https://newilluminations.wordpress.com/">https://newilluminations.wordpress.com/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">OUR SEASON SPONSORS</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and by the </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our 2016 sponsors include the Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Q, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Canyon Ranch, Custom Business Solution, Dylandale Foundation, Feigenbaum Foundation, Garden Gables, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido's Fresh Marketplace, International Schools Theatre Association, Interprint, Dr. Jay Wise, DDS & Dr. Casey Jones, DMD,  Jon Gotterer DMD, Keator Group, LLC, Lee Bank, Lenox Education Enrichment Fund, Massachusetts Cultural Council, MAXYMILLIAN Technologies, Michele’s Salon + Day Spa, Nina Molin MD, No. Six Depot Roastery and </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Café,</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Petricca Industries, Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, RB Design Co., The Rookwood Inn, Rouge Restaurant & Bistro, Toole Insurance, A. von Schlegell & Co., The Sherman Investment Group-RBC Wealth Management, and Zabian's Fine Jewelers.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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 Lenox, Alford-Egremont, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires , Washington Cultural Council, Monterey Cultural Council, Stockbridge Cultural Council, West Stockbridge Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council – local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE THEATRE GROUP </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Colonial Theatre, founded in 1903, and Berkshire Theatre Festival, founded in 1928, are two of the oldest cultural organizations in the Berkshires. In 2010, under the leadership of Artistic Director and CEO Kate Maguire, the two organization merged to form Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG). </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Berkshire Theatre Group’s mission is to support wide ranging artistic exploration and acclaimed performances in theatre, dance, music and entertainment. BTG’s celebrated stages reflect the history of the American theatre; they represent a priceless cultural resource for the community. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"><br class="gmail-kix-line-break"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The Fitzpatrick Main Stage, cataloged by the National Register of Historic Places, has been home to the Berkshire Theatre Festival since 1928. Nestled at the corner of Main Street and Yale Hill Road in Stockbridge, this 318-seat theatre epitomizes summer theatre for many of its faithful  patrons. The intimate 122-seat Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, is BTG’s home for new and experimental works, showcasing world premieres and reimagined classics. Built in 1903 and declared a National Historic Treasure in 1998, the 780-seat Colonial Theatre is a cornerstone of Pittsfield’s revitalization. Re-opening to the public in 2006 after a $21 million restoration, the Colonial serves as a cultural resource for the community. Located in the lobby of the Colonial, the 150-seat Garage is a convertible space that serves as a dance floor, stage for comedians, bands, theatre and more. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Every year, BTG produces and presents over 240 performances to over 68,000 attendees and reaches over 13,000 students through its educational and outreach programs. For more information on BTG, call (413) 448-8084. To purchase tickets, call (413) 997-4444 or go online to <a href="http://www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org">www.BerkshireTheatreGroup.org</a>.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;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 is Where Arts and Activism Meet. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator, and producer Kristen van Ginhoven. WAM’s vision is to create opportunity for women and girls through the mission of theatre as philanthropy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Inspired by the book </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM 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:16px;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:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Over the past six years, WAM Theatre has donated more than $21,000 to eight nonprofit organizations and provided paid work to more than 175 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><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><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;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"># # #</span></p><br></span><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><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><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" style="font-size:12.8px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