<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-306e61cf-7fff-f5a5-85cc-bb264c43791d"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">July 18 , 2019</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity Associate</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://www.wamtheatre.com/#_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;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;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">413.274.8122</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Press Photos of the WAM Teen Ensemble:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157709564614176" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157709564614176</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Press Photos of the WAM Elder Ensemble:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157709540832232" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157709540832232</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM New Intergenerational Ensemble to Debut FRACTURED DREAMS at July 24 Gala</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two Additional Public Performances Announced</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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LENOX, MA (July 18, 2019) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce a Berkshire County Tour of FRACTURED DREAMS—a collaborative devised production between WAM’s new Elder Ensemble and the Teen Ensemble.  The performance is comprised of original writing, music, and movement on the theme of dreams and barriers to dreams, created by the Ensemble members using devised theatre techniques. These Ensembles have been in residence for two weeks at The Foundry in West Stockbridge. </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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ten women over the age of 65 from all over the Berkshires make up the inaugural cohort of WAM Theatre’s new Elder Ensemble: Marcia Bernstein, Flo Brett, Alyce Kaplan, Lee McClelland, Karen McNulty, Deborah Morris, CD Nelson, Molly Pomerance, Edy Pye, and Nancy Tunnicliffe.  </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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">They join WAM’s 2019 Teen Ensemble (whose members are all between the ages of 13 and 18 years): Makenna Albee, Gracie Baczek, Lola Bennett, Tessa Hanson, Camille Kenney, Olivia May, Dylan Redd, Ella Saupe, and Alexis Shandor. </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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Ensembles are directed by WAM’s Teaching Artists: Amy Brentano, Sara Katzoff, Talya Kingston, and Lia Rusell-Self.</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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Devising original material gives participants a deep sense of ownership while allowing them to delve into themes drawing from all of their diverse talents, interests, personal experiences, wisdom, and bias,” Brentano explained. </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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Very young artists offer fearless leaps into the material, bringing their hopes and dreams to the theatrical form,” Brentano continued. “Senior artists bring a depth of vision and delicious narrative to the work, often offering all of us inspiration while sharing their fierce life force that reminds us to savor each moment for all its flavor. As a theatre artist, there is nothing more satisfying than starting from scratch, not knowing where you will end up, then savoring the surprising, rich result of the process.” </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The premiere of FRACTURED DREAMS will be performed at WAM Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday, July 24th at the Stationery Factory in Dalton, MA. Tickets for this gala performance are going fast, but can still be purchased at: </span><a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/?fbclid=IwAR1eAWIJ3EcC79EMurkS930Nav0fpQ7iMUjXMRCQqQavhJA3lvTiF3F59qc" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Subsequently, FRACTURED DREAMS will be performed on Friday, July 26, at 7pm at Dewey Memorial Hall in Sheffield, MA.  Tickets for this performance will be available to purchase at the door for $15.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Then on Sunday, July 28, at 3pm, a performance will be offered in The Stables at The Mount (Edith Warton’s House) in Lenox, MA.  Tickets for this performance are $15 (general admission) and $10 for members of The Mount, available to purchase at the door, or in advance from The Mount’s website: </span><a href="https://www.edithwharton.org/event/wam-theatre-ensemble/?instance_id=19378&fbclid=IwAR0RZ6v6CyuRbRZvXgBOu7jiBTrK9YiM4s4PhwHxC2E2uGGlqenL0kUArlk" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.edithwharton.org/event/wam-theatre-ensemble</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">/</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM’s Ensemble programs are supported by The Feigenbaum Foundation and The Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.</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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AT A GLANCE</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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The WAM Intergenerational Ensemble presents</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FRACTURED DREAMS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Devised by members of the WAM Teen and Elder Ensembles</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Under the direction of WAM Teaching Artists Amy Brentano, Sara Katzoff, Talya Kingston, and Lia Russell-Self</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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wednesday, July 24 from 5:30-8:30pm</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at the WAM 10th Anniversary Gala</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Stationery Factory</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">63 Flansberg Avenue, Dalton, 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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/">https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/</a></span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, July 26 at 7pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">at Dewey Memorial Hall</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">91 Main Street (Rt. 7), Sheffield, MA</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets $15, available at the door</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sunday, July 28 at 3pm </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in The Stables at The Mount (Edith Warton’s House)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2 Plunkett Street, Lenox, MA </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets $15; $10 for members of The Mount</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><a href="https://www.edithwharton.org/event/wam-theatre-ensemble/?instance_id=19378&fbclid=IwAR0RZ6v6CyuRbRZvXgBOu7jiBTrK9YiM4s4PhwHxC2E2uGGlqenL0kUArlk" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.edithwharton.org/event/wam-theatre-ensemble</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">/</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ABOUT WAM’S TEACHING ARTISTS</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AMY BRENTANO</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Teaching Artist) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Teaching Artist for WAM’s Teen Ensemble (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mis-Labelled, What’s That Sound, Seeking Justice, The Boy Who Cried Wolf</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Teaching Artist for In-School Teen Ensemble at Richmond Consolidated School and Pittsfield High School. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: She was the film and theatre director at Berkshire Country Day School for four years, and she teaches and directs theatre at Richmond Consolidated School. In the past she has worked for Berkshire Theatre Group, Barrington Stage Playwright Mentoring Project, and the Southern Berkshire Regional School District. Brentano was the Co-artistic Director for Red Earth Ensemble and Producing Director for Don Quijote Experimental Children’s Theatre at Lincoln Square Theatre in New York City. She performed under the direction of Moises Kaufman at Theatre for the New City; and at La MaMa ETC as an ensemble member of Teatron. She appeared in an original piece at Shire City in Pittsfield with Kickwheel Ensemble and is currently the Co-Artistic Director of Bazaar Productions.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SARA KATZOFF</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Teaching Artist)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> WAM Theatre</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Decade Project</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (10X10 on 10/Upstreet Arts Festival), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Everywoman</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Facing Our Truth</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">24 Hour Theater Project</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Artistic Director, Bazaar Productions/The Berkshire Fringe.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Select Directing/Devising Collaborations</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Alexis Scheer’s </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Laughs In Spanish</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Boston Playwrights Theater), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">PASSAGE</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (developed with Kickwheel Ensemble Theater); </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Waypoint </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(MASS MoCA, artist in residence); </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Lathe of Heaven</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, (Booth Theater) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Particularly in the Heartland</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Clean House</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Boston University, College of Fine Arts) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Exonerated</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, (Guest Artist and lecturer, University at Albany) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">RIOT</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Motherf**ker With the Hat</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dog Sees God</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Guest Artist, Mass College of Liberal Arts); </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This Generation/My Generation, The Second Side </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Artistic Mentor and playwright, Barrington Stage’s PMP program) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Dell’Arte International, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, MFA directing candidate, Boston University.  For more information, visit </span><a href="http://sarakatzoff.com/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sarakatzoff.com</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">TALYA KINGSTON</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Associate Artistic Director and Teaching Artist) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Administrator and Teaching Artist for the Teen and Elder Ensemble programs and Curator for the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theatre Teaching</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Adjunct Professor of Dramaturgy at UMass, Amherst, Guest Artist at Mount Holyoke College, Visiting Professor of Theatre at Hampshire College, Co-Teacher UMass Study Abroad Program at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland, Education Director at Hartford Stage, Visiting Professor at Capital Community College, Educational Program Coordinator at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Playwriting</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Campus Unrest</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (2018 Play by Play Festival, finalist in the 2019 Bechtel Test Fest), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wave Goodbye </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(reading at Theatre Truck, semi-finalist  for Provincetown Playhouse’s New Plays for Young Audiences), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sheryl Addresses the PGO</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (The New England Monologues Project), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Wishing on Satellites</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dramaturgy</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Hartford Stage (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Necessary Targets</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Write On! </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Teen Playwrights Series, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My Hartford</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Teen Performance Ensemble Oral History Project), New York Fringe Festival (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Helmet</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Ko Festival (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Seriously..  What Did You Call Me?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Written and performed by Onawumi Jean Moss), UMass, Amherst (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gum, Christmas Carol, Bovver Boys, The Last Five Years, Life is a Dream, Late Styl</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">e).  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Publications</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Scene Magazine</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Theater Journal, The Moving Voice, European Stages, Howlround</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Valley Advocate</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: MFA University of Massachusetts, Directing Fellow at Julliard. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Etc:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> proud member of the Northampton Playwrights Lab, and North-East Regional VP for LMDA Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LIA RUSSELL-SELF </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Associate Producing Director and Teaching Artist) </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Teaching Artist for Girls Ensemble (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Seeking Justice, What’s That Sound?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Girls Inc., Teen Ensemble at Reid Middle School (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Boy Who Cried Wolf</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Assistant Stage Manager (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ann</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Stage Manager (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Swallow</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">), Assistant Director (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Last Wife). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Elsewhere</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: Lia has been dedicated to creating a change in the arts scene, one way or another. They have worked with companies locally in the Berkshires, Chatham/Hudson area, and beyond to bridge the gaps of arts, activism, and education with companies such as Flying Cloud (Great Barrington, MA) and WiseBodies (Chatham, NY).  Some of their favorite projects include: participating in a web series about college activism (activist, Riverwolf Productions); creating scenes paralleling biblical stories with current social issues (Gospel of Justice, Eighty4 Productions) and co-founder/co-Artistic Director of Eighty4 Productions, an all-arts company dedicated to intersectionality. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Directing</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Tempest </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Berkshire County Day School), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Typists and The Tiger</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Director and Executive Producer, Eighty4 Productions), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Disgraced</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Assistant Director, Chester Theatre Company).  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Stage Management</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Tempest: A Musical</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (GhostLit Repertory Theatre). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Acting</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">When Last We Flew</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (Real Live Theatre), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Virgin Trial, What’s That Sound?</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (WAM Theatre), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Framing Churches </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">(Performer/Collaborator, Ancram Opera House/Olana State Historic Site). </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Training</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(28,30,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">: BA in Theatrical Studies and Creative Writing, Bard College at Simon’s Rock.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM 10th Anniversary Sponsors</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM’s 2019 sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Annie Selke, Berkshire Gas, Berkshire Hand to Shoulder Center, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Q, Blue Spark Financial, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Canyon Ranch, Chez Nous, Custom Business Solutions, Dr, Jay Wise, DDS and Dr. Casey Jones, DMD, The Dylandale Foundation, Frankie's Ristorante Italiano, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, Haven Cafe and Bakery, Health Professional Coaching, Heller & Robbins, Interprint, J.H. Maxymillian, Inc., Lee Bank, Maggie Barry, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New England Public Radio (NEPR), </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Massachusetts Cultural Council, Only in My Dreams Events, Onyx Specialty Papers, OUTPOST, RB Design Co., The Rogovoy Report, The Rookwood Inn, Salisbury Bank, T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, and a. von schlegell & co.</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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires, Hinsdale-Peru Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New Marlborough Cultural Council, Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, Sandisfield Cultural Council, Sheffield Cultural Council, Washington Cultural Council, West Stockbridge 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:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">LADY RANDY was sponsored in part by an anonymous donor and PIPELINE is sponsored in part by Carolyn Butler. </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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre is celebrating its 10th anniversary of being a place 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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Inspired by the book </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;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><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Since 2010, WAM Theatre has provided paid work to more than 200 theatre artists and donated more than $65,700 to 17 local and global organizations taking action for women and girls in areas such as girls education, teen pregnancy prevention, sexual trafficking awareness, midwife training and more. 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,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> www.WAMTheatre.com</span></a></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">###</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><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"><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 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></a></span></font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small">My gender pronouns: She/Her/Hers</span><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><span></span></span></span></span><br><br></span></a></span></font></div><div><div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.8px"><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"><b>Our 10th Anniversary Season!</b></font></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px"><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/lady-randy/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Lady Randy</a> | </font><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-2019/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Fresh Takes</a> | <a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">WAM Gala 2018</a> | <a href="https://www.wamtheatre.com/pipeline/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Pipeline</a></font></div></div></div><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);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></p><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br><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)" target="_blank"><span style="font-style:italic;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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>