[Capdist-announce] RELEASE: Two more weekends to catch WAM Theatre's "winner" 'The Old Mezzo'

Mon Oct 15 11:25:24 EDT 2012

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

Contact: Kristen van Ginhoven

www.wamtheatre.com

518 243 9627

kristen at wamtheatre.com

Photos of cast:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/sets/72157631052808990/

  *WAM Theatre’s World Premiere of The Old Mezzo performs for two more
weekends
*

*October 19-28 at the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield
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*Starring Elizabeth Donnelly, Rylan Morsbach, Erin Ouellette, Eileen
Schuyler and Ryan Winkles***

PITTSFIELD, MA (08-10-12)- WAM Theatre’s October 12-28 World Premiere
production of *The Old Mezzo* by Susan Dworkin has been deemed "..a *winner.
*..", a  "*not to miss special opportunity*....", a "..*.great play and
another great WAM Production*..." by the critics.

Audiences have two more weekends to catch this World Premiere. It runs
Friday, October 19 at 8pm, with a *talkback* with the beneficiary Shout Out
Loud Productions, Saturday, October 20 at 8pm and Sunday, October 21 at
5pm, with a* talkback* with the playwright, Susan Dworkin. The production
also runs the weekend of October 26-28.  Presented at the Berkshire Museum
at 39 South Street in Pittsfield, MA.

*The Old Mezzo* concerns the political awakening of a great opera singer.
Alyssa, the old mezzo, is driven by the recent death of a famous conductor
to teach a master class concerning the Politics of Singing. The class
becomes a play within a play where we revisit important scenes from
Alyssa’s past. She has assigned parts to four of her students and as the
exercise unfolds, we see how Alyssa had to risk her fame and success to
preserve the freedom that is so essential to the arts. By the end of the
play, through a surprising connection to recent events, the importance of
politics in art is revealed.

Tickets, ranging from $15-$30, can be purchased by calling
1-800-838-3006or online at
www.wamtheatre.com. The production runs October 19-28 at the Berkshire
Museum at 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA, playing Friday and Saturday
nights at 8pm and Sunday at 5pm. In keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic
mission, the beneficiary for the production will be Berkshire-based Shout
Out Loud Productions, a non-profit helmed by Jeanet Ingalls that takes
action to address sexual trafficking. Shout Out Loud will receive up to 25%
of the box office proceeds.

"...The acting by all is *superb*, with special attention to Ms. Schuyler,
whose performance as the main character cannot be overstated...two birds,
one stone: Theatre for cause. Cause for theatre......" (DidyouWeekend.com)

"......lovely work has been done on the minimalist stage.....WAM Theatre is
making its mark early in the season with a world premiere play that
Artistic Director Van Ginhoven has tightly woven around a spindle of
refined confinement. There should be no fears about the success that is
almost guaranteed to this play.... (TheEdgeBoston.com)

*WHERE:*

Berkshire Museum

39 South Street

Pittsfield, MA

*WHEN:*

Friday, October 19 @ 8pm

Saturday, October 20 @ 8pm**

Sunday, October 21 @ 5pm*

Friday, October 26 @ 8pm

Saturday, October 27 @ 8pm

Sunday, October 28 @ 5pm

*Performance followed by a talkback with playwright Susan Dworkin

** Performance followed by a talkback with beneficiary Shout Out Loud
Productions.

* *

*TICKETS:*

$25 adults

$15 students + groups of 10 or more

$20 adults/ $12 students + groups (Preview Price for Friday, October 12 8pm
Performance)

$30 2 for 1 Sunday Movie/Theatre deal with Berkshire Museum’s Little Cinema
(code 2for1)

Purchase by calling 1-800-838-3006 or online at www.WAMTheatre.com

*CAST:*

Elizabeth Donnelly*- Sally/Pow

Erin Ouellette - Marcy/Marcelle

Rylan Morsbach - Billy/Captain Billy/Louie

Eileen Schuyler*- Alyssa

Ryan Winkles*- Joe/Johannes

*Member of Actors Equity Association

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*CREATIVE TEAM:*

Director-Kristen van Ginhoven

Scenic Designer- Juliana von Haubrich

Costume Designer-Rita Watson

Lighting Designer-Meryl Joseph

Sound Designer-Brad Berridge

Choreographer-Rosie Spring

Musical Director-Carlton Maaia II

Stage Manager-Christopher Donovan

Assistant Stage Manager-Anna Leonora Kroup

Technical Director-Sam Craig

Associate Producer-Corissa Bryant

Graphic Designer-Enrico Spada

The production sponsor is Mission Bar & Tapas. Other sponsors include:
Berkshire Museum, Adams Community Bank, Arizona Pizza, Berkshire Bank
Foundation, Cohen Kinne Valicenti & Cook LLP, Greylock Federal Credit
Union, Interprint and Pittsfield Coop Bank.

Other organizations helping to make this production possible include:
Barrington Stage Company, Berkshire Museum, Berkshire Theatre Group,
Greenbergs, Luminix Light, Sonoco and Williams College.

*About WAM Theatre:*

WAM Theatre is a theatre company based in the Berkshires of Massachusetts
and the Capital Region of New York State. Inspired by the book ‘Half the
Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide’ by Nicholas
Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM Theatre was founded in 2009 by professional
theatre artists Kristen van Ginhoven and Leigh Strimbeck. WAM’s
philanthropic mission is two-fold; first, producing theatrical events for
everyone, with a focus on women theatre artists and/or stories of women and
girls; second, to donate a portion of the proceeds from those events to
organizations that benefit women and girls. WAM has donated nearly $5000 to
its beneficiaries by creating professional theatre for everyone that
benefit women and girls. www.wamtheatre.com

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**Kristen van Ginhoven
Artistic Director, WAM Theatre
518-243-9627
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com>
http://www.facebook.com/WAMTheatre

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Thanks for your support!

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