[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: WAM Theatre Opens Fresh Takes Series with "Silence"

[Gail Burns]

April 6, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity Associate

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WAM THEATRE ANNOUNCES CASTING

for Moira Buffini’s Silence, the first Fresh Takes play reading of 2015

“We need only stay silent. You can hide anything in a silence.” - Moira
Buffini

LENOX, MA (4/6/2015)— WAM Theatre is pleased to announce the cast for their
staged reading of Silence by Moira Buffini, the first reading in the 2015 Fresh
Takes Play Reading Series. The inaugural series last year sold out, and
whetted audience appetites for more professional readings of plays that
explore the lives and experiences of women and girls.

WAM Theatre will present the reading on Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 p.m. at No.
Six Depot Roastery and Café, 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA.

The cast of Silence features Gregory Boover (Shakespeare & Company’s Romeo
& Juliet), Doria Bramante (Ensemble for the Romantic Century’s Beethoven
Love Elegies), Caroline Calkins (Shakespeare & Company’s Private Eyes), Rory
Hammond (NYU’S The Scarlet Letter), Miles Harrison (Pittsfield
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream), and Josh Aaron McCabe (Shakespeare
& Company’s The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Acclaimed
actor and director Tod Randolph, a Berkshire area favorite, will direct the
reading. Jessica Sovronsky will be the Stage Manager.

Director Tod Randolph recommended this play to WAM Theatre for their Fresh
Takes series. When asked why she wanted to direct this reading, she said,
“It’s a beautiful play about people discovering who they are and all the
ways it’s possible to make those discoveries. I find it very funny and
entertaining with some dark moments, and some very odd moments. For
instance, a stew is cooked one night and hallucinogenic mushrooms are
involved…”

Set in Great Britain at the end of the first millennium, this dark comedy
sends a young couple and a Roman Catholic priest dashing through the mud on
an odyssey of discovery as they flee an enraged despot’s murderous rampage
amidst Viking raids. This winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is
sparkling with deliberate clashes of period and style. Join WAM Theatre as
they embark on a journey of power, identity, gender and desire.

Silence is the opening presentation in the 2015 Fresh Takes Play Reading
Series, which gives a stage to ground-breaking works – which have been
successfully presented elsewhere but are new to our Berkshire audiences –
that tell women’s stories. Featuring local established and emerging actors
and directors, the series will explore the work of provocative contemporary
voices. The series includes a post-reading discussion and will encourage
feedback on which plays audience members would like to see WAM Theatre
produce.

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://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-play-reading-series-2015. 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 2015 Fresh Takes Play Reading series is curated by WAM Theatre’s
Artistic Associate Molly Clancy and consists of:

   -

   Silence by Moira Buffini, directed by Tod Randolph (April 19, 2015 at
   3:00 p.m.)
   -

   The Tall Girls by Meg Miroshnik, directed by Kelly Galvin (May 17, 2015
   at 3:00 p.m.)
   -

   Noms de Guerre by Jacqueline Lawton, directed by Jayne Atkinson (June
   14, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. – a part of the Lift Ev’ry Voice Festival)
   -

   The Pulitzer Prize-winning Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría
   Hudes, directed by Molly Clancy (August 16, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.)
   -

   The Effect by Lucy Prebble, directed by WAM Artistic Director Kristen
   van Ginhoven (September 13, 2015 at 3:00 p.m.)


Find out more about the series at
http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-play-reading-series-2015

About WAM Theatre

Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre was co-founded in
2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator, and producer Kristen van
Ginhoven to create professional theatrical events for everyone, with a
focus on women theatre artists and/or stories of women and girls.

WAM Theatre also has a philanthropic mission, inspired by the book Half the
Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas
Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and donates a portion of the proceeds from its
theatrical events to organizations that benefit women and girls.

Over the past five years, WAM Theatre has donated more than $15,000 to
seven nonprofit organizations and provided paid work to more than 100
theatre artists. 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 www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>

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-- 
Gail M. Burns

*Marketing + Publicity Associate*
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