[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: WAM Theatre August Theatre Workshop for Girls at IS183

[Gail Burns]

August 3, 2016

Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity Associate

www.wamtheatre.com

pr at wamtheatre.com; 518.243.9627

Press Photos can be found at:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WAM Theatre August Theatre Workshop for Girls at IS183

Lenox, MA [August 3, 2016] - Following the success of their inaugural
collaboration during the 2016 April vacation week, WAM Theatre is once
again teaming up with IS183 Art School to offer an August Theatre Workshop
for girls ages 8-12, August 22-26. The workshop will again be led by WAM
Theatre Teaching Artist Barby Cardillo. WAM has modeled this program on the
successful theatre arts workshop for girls at Girls Inc., now in its third
year.

Over the course of one week, participants will create a short theatre piece
to share with friends and family on the last day of camp. Through
improvisation, theatre games and writing prompts the girls will explore
themes that are important to them as a young women living in the world
today and devise a short performance based on those themes. Girls who act,
sing, dance, play an instrument, write, draw,  or want to explore those
skills are encouraged to sign up.

“I love the energy of this age group. The girls are full of creativity and
their voices are authentic and open,” Cardillo said. In addition to her
work for WAM at Girls Inc. and IS183, Cardillo is the co-director of WAM’s
Girls Ensemble, which just concluded its successful inaugural season with
public performances and a local schools tour of their devised theatre
piece, Miss Labeled.

“IS183 is thrilled to collaborate with WAM theatre again this summer as
they  bring their theatre camp back to our homebase in Stockbridge for an
end of summer blast.  It’s going to be fun!” said Hope Sullivan, Executive
Director of IS183.

Cardillo will be at the IS183 Citizens Hall Theatre in Stockbridge to lead
the WAM Girls Ensemble Jr. Workshop from 9:30 am-3:30 pm on August 22-26. The
fee is $250.00, or $235.00 for IS183 Art School members. Before and after
care are available for an additional fee. Registration ends Friday August
12. A minimum of six participants are required to run the course. To
register for the camp, go to:
http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-theatre-girls-ensemble-jr-is183-august-theatre-workshop/

In addition, WAM and IS183 are offering a semester-long after-school
program led by Cardillo on Tuesdays from 3:30-5 pm from September 27 to
December 6 (Nine Meetings, no class October 11 and November 22.) The fee is
$215.00, or $190.00 for IS183 Art School members, and the registration
deadline is September 23. Partial scholarships available, contact
info at wamtheatre.com for more information. To register for the fall
after-school program, go to:
http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-theatre-girls-ensemble-jr-fall-class-is183/

ABOUT BARBY CARDILLO ( Actress, Teaching Artist and Education Coordinator)

Barby Cardillo is a professional performer and teaching artist and also
holds a BA in social work from MCLA. She came to WAM in 2011 having been
cast in the mainstage production of “The Attic, the Pearls and Three Fine
Girls” Also for WAM, she has performed in the Fresh Takes Series, The 24
Hour Theatre Project, the Word by Word Festival and the Ten x Ten arts
Festival As a teaching artist, Barby has worked for 25 years in the
Berkshire county theatre community with WAM, Shakespeare & Company, BTG,
Barrington Stage and Community Access to the Arts. You may have seen her
onstage at Shakespeare and Co., BTG,

Mixed Company, Pittsfield Shakespeare in the Park or the Royal Berkshire
Improv Troupe.

OUR SEASON SPONSORS

WAM Theatre is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support
from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Our 2016 sponsors include the Adams Community
Bank, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Berkshire Magazine,
Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Canyon Ranch, Custom Business Solution,
Dylandale Foundation, Feigenbaum Foundation, Garden Gables, Greylock
Federal Credit Union, Guido's Fresh Marketplace, International Schools
Theatre Association, Interprint, Dr. Jay Wise, DDS & Dr. Casey Jones, DMD,
 Jon Gotterer DMD, Keator Group, LLC, Lee Bank, Lenox Education Enrichment
Fund, Massachusetts Cultural Council, MAXYMILLIAN Technologies, Nina Molin
MD, No. Six Depot Roastery and Café, Petricca Industries, Pittsfield
Cooperative Bank, RB Design Co., The Rookwood Inn, Rouge Restaurant &
Bistro, Toole Insurance, A. von Schlegell & Co., The Sherman Investment
Group-RBC Wealth Management, and Zabian's Fine Jewelers.

WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Lenox,
Alford-Egremont, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern
Berkshires , Washington Cultural Council, Monterey Cultural Council,
Stockbridge Cultural Council, West Stockbridge Cultural Council, Richmond
Cultural Council – local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts
Cultural Council, a state agency.

ABOUT WAM THEATRE

Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre is Where Arts and
Activism Meet. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director,
actor, educator, and producer Kristen van Ginhoven. WAM’s vision is to
create opportunity for women and girls through the mission of theatre as
philanthropy.

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

Over the past six years, WAM Theatre has donated more than $21,000 to eight
nonprofit organizations and provided paid work to more than 175 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

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Gail M. Burns

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