[Capdist-announce] PR: WAM Theatre launches play reading series with 'Blue Stockings'- April 13

Mon Apr 7 10:25:05 EDT 2014

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

Contact: Kelly Galvin

*www.wamtheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com>*

*518 243 9627*

*kelly at wamtheatre.com <kelly at wamtheatre.com>*

*WAM THEATRE ANNOUNCES CASTING*

*for Jessica Swale's BLUE STOCKINGS*

WEST STOCKBRIDGE, MA (04/07/14)-- WAM Theatre is pleased to announce the
cast for a staged reading of *Blue Stockings* by Jessica Swale. *Blue
Stockings* premiered to critical acclaim at London's Globe Theatre last
year and will be presented by WAM Theatre on Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m.
at *No. Six Depot Roastery and Café*, 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge,
MA. The reading will be followed by a talkback with the actors and
director. *Blue Stockings *is the first in WAM Theatre's new *Fresh
Takes*Play Reading series, which offers new and reimagined works
that tell women's stories.

The cast for *Blue Stockings* includes *Suzanne Ankrum* (WAM Theatre's
*Emilie*), *Jurian Hughes* (Berkshire Theater Festival's *Sylvia*), *Josh
Aaron McCabe* (Shakespeare & Company's *Mother Courage and Her Children*),
and *Tod Randolph* (Shakespeare & Company's *Cassandra Speaks*). The
reading will also feature Joe Ahmed, Brendan Cataldo, Annie Considine,
Rylan Morsbach, Catherine Seeley, Charlie Owens, Elizabeth Roberts, James
Udom and Ryan Winkles. WAM Theatre Artistic Associate and *Fresh
Takes*curator Kelly Galvin will direct.

Set in 1896 at Girton, the first college in Britain to admit women, *Blue
Stockings* 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 dramatizes the fight for
education, equality and access for women; issues that are prized by WAM
Theatre and its audiences.

"We are delighted to launch our new play reading series with such an
exciting cast of local professional actors," said Kristen van Ginhoven,
Artistic Director. "We are also excited as this is the first public reading
of *Blue Stockings* in the US! Tickets are very limited so we highly
encourage pre-booking."

There are only 25 tickets available for this reading. Tickets are $20 and
can be purchased by calling 1-800-838-3006 or going online to
http://wamfreshtakes.bpt.me.

Due to the limited availability, advance booking is highly recommended.
Food and drink will be available for purchase at the café prior to the
reading, which will begin in the gallery at 3:00 p.m.

The *Fresh Takes *Play Reading series consists of: *Blue Stockings* by
Jessica Swale (April 13, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), *Measure for Measure* by
William Shakespeare (May 18, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), *How the World Began* by
Catherine Trieschmann (June 22, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.), *Seven Homeless
Mammoths Wander New England* by Madeleine George (August 17, 2014 at 3:00
p.m.), and *Waxworks* by Trina Davies (September 21, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.).

For more information about the series go to:
http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes/.

*About WAM Theatre:*
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. 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 *www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.WAMTheatre.com>*.

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Kristen van Ginhoven
*Artistic Director*
WAM Theatre
518-243-9627

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