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NOW OPEN </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center;line-height:11.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">for WAM Theatre’s FRESH
TAKES Play Reading Series</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0.1pt 0in;text-align:center;line-height:11.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">PITTSFIELD, MA (03/03/14)— WAM Theatre has
put out a call for actor submissions for <b>Fresh
Takes</b>, a series of five play readings that will take place on select Sundays
between April-September. The series seeks to give a stage to new and reimagined
<a name="14486783081df349_144867140ac2d69c__GoBack"></a>works that tell women’s stories. The readings will
feature local professional actors and directors and will be held in the gallery
at <b>No. Six Depot Roastery and Café</b>
at 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">WAM invites interested theatre artists to
submit a resume and headshot to <a href="mailto:kelly@wamtheatre.com" target="_blank">kelly@wamtheatre.com</a> by <b>March 14, 2014 </b>with
‘Submission: Fresh Takes’ in the subject line. Please include the readings for
which you are available in the body of your email. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Participation in the reading series is
voluntary. Equity actors are invited to perform via Equity waiver. Each reading
will rehearse on the Saturday prior to the performance. Actors must be
available for both the rehearsal and reading date.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-repeat:initial initial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The series consists of: <i>Blue Stockings</i> by Jessica Swale (April 13, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), <i>Measure for Measure</i> by William
Shakespeare (May 18, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), <i>How
the World Began</i> by Catherine Trieschmann (June 22, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), <i>Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England</i>
by Madeleine George (August 17, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), and <i>Waxworks</i> by Trina Davies (September 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.). </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">The casting breakdown
and more can be found at </span><a href="http://www.WAMTheatre.com/fresh-takes/fresh-takes-casting-breakdown/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">http://www.WAMTheatre.com/fresh-takes/fresh-takes-casting-breakdown/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0.1pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">FRESH TAKES: Play Reading Series</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Blue
Stockings</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> by Jessica Swale</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by Kelly
Galvin (Artistic Associate, WAM Theatre)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Set in 1896 at Girton, the first college in Britain
to admit women, <i>Blue Stockings</i> is a moving, comical, and
eye-opening story about four young women fighting for education and
self-determination against the backdrop of women’s suffrage. This critically
acclaimed play premiered at The Globe Theatre in London in 2013 and dramatizes
the fight for education, equality, and access for women, issues that are prized
by the WAM community.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Measure
for Measure</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> by William Shakespeare</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by Jenna
Ware (Shakespeare & Company, <i>It’s a
Wonderful Life, Les Faux Pas)</i></span></b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">With his city in turmoil, the Duke of Vienna hands over
power to his deputy Angelo, who seeks to restore law and order. But when an
aspiring nun, Isabella, comes to plead for the life of her condemned brother,
Angelo gives in to his own unholy desires and exposes the political and moral
corruption that pollutes the entire city. Shakespeare’s story of a woman’s
struggle to preserve her identity in the face of exploitation and hypocrisy is
given WAM’s own unique telling with an all-female company of actors and a
streamlined adaptation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">How
the World Began</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> by Catherine Trieschmann</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Director TBA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">In this provocative, intelligent, and deeply felt
play, a Manhattan woman travels to a rural town in Kansas recently devastated
by a tornado to take a teaching job in a makeshift high school. But when she
makes an off-handed remark regarding the origins of life, she unleashes
community outrage and the particular distress of a troubled teenage boy. WAM
invites audiences to consider their own beliefs and preconceptions in this
intimate and artful play, which earned critical acclaim Off-Broadway at The
Women’s Project.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Seven
Homeless Mammoths Wander New England</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> by Madeleine George</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by Maria
Sandberg-Zakian (Artistic Associate, Central Square Theatre, Boston) </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Dean Wreen is not having a good week. Her college
is in dire financial straits and a plan to close its all-but-forgotten natural
history museum is sending unexpected shock waves into the local community. At
home, her ex-lover, Greer, is staying with her—sending shock waves of a
different sort through her relationship with her current girlfriend, Andromeda.
Town-gown relations are in tatters! The local newspaper is erupting in protest!
Even the historically inaccurate dioramas in the museum have started mouthing
off! WAM presents Madeleine George’s whimsical, funny, and poignant play, which
was a finalist for the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Waxworks</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"> by Trina Davies<span style> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">Directed by Kristin van Ginhoven
(Artistic Director, WAM Theatre)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">With
France on the verge of revolution, a young Madame Tussaud (Marie Grosholz) is
called from her post at Versailles back to Dr. Curtius’ Wax Salon in the heart
of Paris. There she is introduced to the most influential people in Paris. But
as the revolution descends, Marie is forced to confront the remains of those
she has befriended – whose waxen images must be set with signs that identify
them as ‘patriots’ or ‘enemies’.
An exploration of the tales we’re told and the heroes and villains we
create, <i>Waxworks</i> tells the story of
an extraordinary artist who developed the first world-wide entertainment brand.
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">This WAM
reading will be one of the first public readings of this not-yet published
play.</span></p><p style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:11.65pt"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">About WAM Theatre:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">WAM (Women’s Action Movement)
Theatre was co-founded in 2010 by Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven.
Inspired by the book “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for
Women Worldwide” by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM Theatre
is based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial">WAM Theatre’s philanthropic mission is two-fold: first, to create
theatrical events for everyone, with a focus on women theatre artists and/or
stories of women and girls; and second, to donate a portion of the proceeds from
those events to organizations that benefit women and girls. Since 2010, WAM
Theatre has donated more than $10,500 to its beneficiaries. For more
information, see </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.WAMTheatre.com" target="_blank">www.WAMTheatre.com</a><span style="background-repeat:initial initial">.</span></span></p>
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