[Capdist-announce] PR: WAM Theatre's Fresh Takes series continues with 'How the World Began'- Sunday, June 22

Mon Jun 9 09:24:59 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 Catherine Trieschmann’s How the World Began*

*“Rare and refreshing intelligence.” *

*The New Yorker*

*“**An unusually sensitive theatrical dialogue about the nature of belief
and the culture of coping.”*

*Time Out New York*

PITTSFIELD, MA (06/09/2014)— WAM Theatre is pleased to announce the cast
for a reading of *How the World Began* by *Catherine Trieschmann* as part
of the* Fresh Takes Play Reading Series*. Trieschmann’s provocative and
intelligent play about the collision of faith and science won critical
acclaim Off-Broadway in 2012. WAM Theatre will present the reading on
Sunday, June 22 at 3:00 p.m. at *No. Six Depot Roastery and Café*, 6 Depot
Street in West Stockbridge, MA. *How the World Began *is the third
presentation in the new *Fresh Takes* play reading series, which offers new
and reimagined works that tell women’s stories. The series has proven
popular with audiences, selling out its first two readings.

The cast of *How the World Began *features *Elizabeth Donnelly* (WAM
Theatre’s *The Old Mezzo*, Ivoryton Playhouse’s *The Rainmaker*), *Benjamin
Epstein* (Shakespeare & Company’s *Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2*), and *Don
Shannon* (National Player’s *Twelfth Night*, Barrington Stage Company’s *Enemy
of the People*). *Tracy Liz Miller* (Vermont Shakespeare Company, Associate
Producer) will direct the reading.

In *How the World Began, *a Manhattan woman travels to a rural Kansas town,
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. Through an intimate, artful examination of her
characters, Trieschmann invites audiences to consider their own beliefs and
their perhaps unspoken opinions of others.

“In writing the play, I don’t know that I was so intent upon representing
all sides of the evolution versus creationism debate as much as I was
intent upon creating characters that were extreme in their beliefs but
sympathetic in their portrayal,” says Trieschmann. “I personally have no
problem reconciling evolution and the existence of God, but I was intrigued
by people who do.”

“It's not very often that a play with such direct harsh honesty crosses my
path that is also so well written,” says Miller, the director of this play
reading. “Nothing is black and white, cut and dry […] It asks questions
such as "Can helping others become too self-serving?" "Do we need faith in
times of tragedy?" "Can a change of landscape equate a change of heart?” As
a lover of theatre, I look forward to the conversation that this play will
inspire.”

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 is curated by WAM Theatre Artistic
Associate Kelly Galvin and 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.). Find out more about the series at
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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Kelly Galvin
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