[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: WAM Theatre Announce July 15 Benefit Night

[Gail Burns]

May 18, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity Associate

www.wamtheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/#_blank>

pr at wamtheatre.com; 518.243.9627

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WAM Theatre Announces Starry Benefit Night at Hilltop Orchards July 15

LENOX, MA (May 18, 2015) – WAM Theatre’s 2015 benefit will be a starry-eyed
and magical midsummer night’s cocktail party hosted by Hilltop Orchards in
Richmond, MA on Wednesday, July 15 from 6:30-9:30 pm. The entertainment
begins the moment guests arrive at the 200 acre orchard with master slide
guitarist Don McGrory’s tunes playing at the twilight cocktail hour.

Pull up a hay bale as local luminaries delightfully “miscast” themselves in
songs and scenes they would never be cast as but have always dreamed of
performing. Performers include Berkshire favorites Kelly Galvin (WAM
Theatre’s Fresh Takes), Josh Aaron McCabe (Shakespeare & Company’s The
Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Kim Stauffer (WAM
Theatre’s Emilie), Ryan Winkles (Shakespeare & Company’s upcoming Henry V), and
more.

A live auction led by the illustrious Susie Weekes will spin the bucolic
night into “gold” to support WAM Theatre’s double philanthropic mission to
donate a portion of the proceeds from its theatrical events to
organizations that benefit women and girls. Bids can send another student
to our Girls Ensemble Project, where girls learn to express themselves with
theatre, or hire an actor for our main stage production, Catherine
Treishmann's Holy Laughter. Over the past five seasons WAM Theatre has
given over $15,500 to local and global organizations and on this special
night guests will be the first learn who will be the 2015 beneficiary of
this year’s production. The director and cast will offer a sneak peak
staged reading of excerpts from the play and be on hand to meet and mingle
with the crowd.

Produced by Jessica Provenz (Producer of In Darfur) and stage managed by
Hope Rose Kelly, the festivities continue with sunset hayrides, moonlit
serenades, clowns in the orchards, apple cider donuts made to order, a
campfire under the stars, and more.

Hearty hors d’oeuvres will be catered by Hilltop Orchards, and the cash bar
will be well stocked with wines made on site at the Furnace Winery.

Benefit tickets are $50. Premier tickets at $100 get these WAM friends a
special swag bag. Groups of 6 or more, can purchase $25 tickets. Tickets go
on sale May 25 at www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com>


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/>

-- 
Gail M. Burns

*Marketing + Publicity Associate*
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>
413-458-4246

Click here <http://www.wamtheatre.com/donate/> to make a secure donation to
WAM Theatre

*Thank you for your support!*
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