<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c5aa1ac9-7f38-5d5e-186e-011fd92bff55"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 26, 2017</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;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;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:pr@wamtheatre.com">pr@wamtheatre.com</a>; 413-274-8122</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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/72157648698789976/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre Announces Casting </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">for August 1 Reading Hosted by Williamstown Theatre Festival </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LENOX, MA (July 26, 2017) -  WAM Theatre Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">has announced casting</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the Fresh Takes Play Reading of </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Smart People</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> by Lydia R. Diamond, hosted by the Williamstown Theatre Festival on Tuesday, August 1 at 5 pm. Van Ginhoven will direct this reading. Tickets are free but reservations are recommended. The reading will take place at the Clark Art Institute.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director of Williamstown Theatre Festival said, "We are thrilled to host Kristen van Ginhoven and WAM for a reading at the Festival this summer.  We look forward to supporting her wonderful work to benefit women and girls."</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“We are excited to bring Fresh Takes to a new location at the Clark for this special free reading hosted by Williamstown Theatre Festival, van Ginhoven said. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Since 2014, WAM’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fresh Takes play reading series has given a stage to ground-breaking works that tell women’s stories which have been successfully presented elsewhere but are new to our Berkshire audiences.” </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Smart People</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, it is the eve of Obama's first election in 2008. Four of Harvard University's brightest - a surgeon, an actress, a psychologist, and a neuro-psychiatrist - are all interested in different aspects of the brain, particularly how it responds to race. But like all smart people, they are also searching for love, success, and identity in their own lives. Lydia  R. Diamond brings these characters together in this sharp, witty play about social and sexual politics.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Boston-based actor Lin-Ann Ching will read the role of Dr. Ginny Lang. Margaret Odette Gold, who recently appeared in <i>Skeleton Crew</i> at Chester Theatre, will read the role of Valerie Johnston. Rounding out the cast for the reading are Christopher Cassarino, reading Brian White, and Will Adams, reading Jackson Moore.  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This play reading will be held at the auditorium of The Clark Art Institute, (225 South Street in Williamstown, MA.  The auditorium is located in the Manton Research Center on Clark Art Institute campus.  The Clark recommends patrons park in the Main Lot and walk down the path to the Manton building.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">More information, including how to book your free tickets, can be found on the WAM Theatre website.</span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/wtf-reading/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.wamtheatre.com/wtf-reading/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AT A GLANCE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">August 1, 2017, at 5 pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Smart People</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">by Lydia R. Diamond</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">directed by Kristen van Ginhoven</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at the Clark Art Institute, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Admission free</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/wtf-reading/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.wamtheatre.com/wtf-reading/</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CAST</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Will Adams</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Jackson Moore</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Christopher Cassarino</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Brian White </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Lin-Ann Ching</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Dr. Ginny Lang</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Margaret Odette Gold</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> - Valerie Johnston</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: LYDIA R. DIAMOND</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38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le:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Melancholy Play </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I and You (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Chester Theatre), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Waxworks </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Williams College), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Whale (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Adirondack Theatre Festival), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10 Minute Play </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Festival (Barrington Stage Company), Petticoats</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of Steel</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Capital Repertory Theatre), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Footloose</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Cohoes Music Hall), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Children’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hour (Siena College), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vendetta Chrome</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Emerson College). Selected assistant directing: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Physicists, 42nd Street</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two Men of Florence </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Huntington Theatre) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sleuth, Absurd Person Singular</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Barrington Stage Company). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Dalhousie University (BA), Queen’s University (BEd), Emerson College (MA). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Et cetera:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Kristen is a 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 and is a member of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction at the Stratford Festival of Canada. Kristen is the co-founder and Artistic Director of WAM Theatre. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(58,58,58);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Website:</span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;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"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABOUT WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since 1955, the Williamstown Theatre Festival has brought America's finest actors, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">directors, designers, and playwrights to the Berkshires, engaging a loyal audience of both </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">residents and summer visitors. Each WTF season is designed to present unique </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">opportunities for artists and audience alike, revisiting classic plays with innovative </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">productions, developing and nurturing bold new plays and musicals, and offering a rich </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">array of accompanying cultural events including Free Theatre, Late-Night Cabarets,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">readings, workshops, and educational programs. With offices in both Williamstown and </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">New York City, WTF creates vibrant work that feeds the wider theatrical landscape. The </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">artists and productions shaped at the Festival each summer often go on to reach diverse </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">audiences nationally and internationally. WTF is also home to of the nation’s top training </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">and professional development programs for new generations of aspiring theatre artists and administrators. WTF was honored with the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre </span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap">in 2002 and the Commonwealth Award for Achievement in 2011.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABOUT WAM THEATRE</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Based in Berkshire County, MA, 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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inspired by the book</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since 2010, WAM Theatre has donated more than $32,500 to twelve nonprofit organizations and provided paid work to more than 200 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-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> SEASON SPONSORS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;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 Massac</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">husetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and by the Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural. Our 2017 sponsors include Adams Community Bank, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the Appelbaum-Kahn Foundation, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Q, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Canyon Ranch, Custom Business Solutions, The Dylandale Foundation, The Feigenbaum Foundation, Futures Education, the Garden Gables Inn, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, In Touch Printing, International Schools Theatre Association, Interprint, Dr. Jay Wise, DDS & Dr. Casey Jones, DMD,  Lee Bank, Massachusetts Cultural Council, MAXYMILLIAN Technologies, Methuselah Bar and Lounge, No. Six Depot Roastery and Café, RB Design Co., Redfin, The Rookwood Inn, Rouge Restaurant & Bistro, The </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, a. von schlegell & co</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">., and Zonta.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;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 Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Dalton Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New Marlborough Cultural Council, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires , Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, Sandisfield Cultural Council, Stockbridge Cultural Council, Washington Cultural Council, and West Stockbridge Cultural Council – 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:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"># # #</span></p><div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Gail M. Burns<br><div><i>Marketing + Publicity Associate<br></i></div><div><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.WAMTheatre.com</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br></div><div><div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><span dir="ltr"><span dir="ltr"><span><img width="0" height="0"><span>413-274-8122</span><span></span></span></span></span><br><br></span></a></span></font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>Our 8th Season:</i></span><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/special/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"> </a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-2017/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Fresh Takes</a> | <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/emilie-remount-2017/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Emilie </a>| <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/stars-in-the-orchard-2017" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Stars in the Orchard</a> | <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/the-last-wife/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">The Last Wife</a> | <a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/berkshire-leadership-summit-2017/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Leadership Summit</a><br></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"></span></p><div><br><span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Make a donation </span><a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/donateonline/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-style:italic;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">now</span></a><span style="font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to WAM Theatre!</span></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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