[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: WAM Theatre Gala Features Premiere of New Girls Ensemble Work

[Gail Burns]

* July 16, 2018Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity
Associatewww.wamtheatre.com
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/#_blank>pr at wamtheatre.com <pr at wamtheatre.com>;
518.243.9627Press Photos can be found
at:https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157671138181898
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157671138181898> WAM
THEATRE GALA FEATURES PREMIERE OF NEW GIRLS ENSEMBLE WORKMidsummer Cocktail
Benefit Party Heads to New Location for 2018 LENOX, MA (July 16, 2018) -
The rolling fields of the Berkshire Equestrian Center Richmond, MA, will
create the perfect backdrop for WAM Theatre’s annual Midsummer Cocktail
Party Benefit on Wednesday, July 25, at 5:30pm. A few tickets are still
available at all three levels of support - $75 for Allies, $150 for
Advocates, and $250 for Activists.“This benefit, with its myriad of
delights, is guaranteed fun for all. I can’t wait!” enthused Kristen van
Ginhoven, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of WAM Theatre.The evening’s
guests will be the first to learn about this year’s beneficiary for WAM’s
fall Main Stage production of ANN, starring Jayne Atkinson, and will get an
exclusive premiere performance of the 2018 cohort of Girls Ensemble’s
devised play. This year 12 participants from five different towns and eight
different schools are creating an original piece around the timely theme of
JUSTICE. As the United States government approaches the confirmation
hearing for a new Supreme Court Justice, these twelve local young people
devise an original performance that questions the very idea of justice in
their lives and our world. Gala participants will see the premiere of this
new piece.“I’m so inspired by the bravery and creativity of the Girls
Ensemble artists, most of whom met each other less than a week ago,” said
WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston. “They have shared moving
and personal accounts of injustice that they have experienced in their own
lives; they have taught each other dances and songs; and they have crafted
some powerful stage moments.  The performance that we will premiere at the
WAM gala promises to be both dynamic and moving - not to be missed and
exactly the balm we need in these troubled times.”“Our show will be a
creative performance that gets your attention and brings up issues that
need to be talked about,” added Girls Ensemble member Tessa Hanson.This
magical midsummer night’s cocktail party features wonderful music, stellar
entertainment, and delicious food and drink, including everyone’s favorite
cider donuts brought over especially for the WAM gala from Hilltop
Orchards.  Berkshire favorite Ty Allan Jackson is the host for the evening.
Jackson is a children’s book author, publisher, literacy advocate, and
two-time TEDx speaker who travels across the country inspiring children of
all ages to dream big and teaching the joy and power of reading through his
own publications and his two literacy programs, Read or Else and the Danny
Dollar Academy.Jean-Remy Monnay, Kevin Craig West, and Erica Tryon, who
will appear in WAM’s August 12 Fresh Takes Play Reading of Pipeline by
Dominique Morisseau will be in attendance, along with other actors and
artists who have worked with the company, including Kim Stauffer, star of
Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends her Life Tonight by Lauren
Gunderson and the director of Kate Hennig’s The Last Wife Kelly
Galvin.Guests will be serenaded by Alexander Sovronsky whose score for the
production of The Cake at Barrington Stage has been winning raves this
summer. His evocative score for WAM’s 2017 production of The Last Wife was
nominated for a Berkshire Theatre Critics Award for Outstanding Sound
Design.A Silent Auction and Raise the Paddle auction add to the fun, with
all money raised going to WAM events and education programming. Silent
Auction items this year include a spa day at Canyon Ranch, a gift
certificate to shop at Blue Q, dinner at Frankie's Ristorante, tickets to
see HIR at Shakespeare & Company this fall, and more! The Berkshire
Equestrian Center, just off of Route 41 on Perry Peak Road in Richmond, MA,
integrates lodging for humans and horses in one location. Their scenic
27-acre site is the perfect spot for our annual evening under the stars.At
$75, Ally level tickets to the Gala cost less than the ticket price for
many arts events in the Berkshires. Attendees able to afford the $150
Advocate or $250 Activist level tickets are always welcome. Please join us
on July 25!http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/> AT A GLANCEJULY 25WAM Theatre’s
Annual Midsummer Cocktail Party BenefitWednesday, July 25 at 5:30 pmat The
Berkshire Equestrian Center 40 Perry Peak Rd, Richmond, MA 01254Tickets:
$75 Ally $150 Advocate$250 Activisthttp://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/>ABOUT GALA HOST, TY ALLAN
JACKSONTy Allan Jackson is a children’s book author, publisher, literacy
advocate and two-time TEDx speaker. Ty travels across the country
empowering children of all ages about the joy and power of reading. His
books have been used by companies such as Google, The YMCA, The Boys and
Girls Club, The United Way as well as numerous financial institutions and
countless schools across the country inspiring children to dream big.  He
is also the co-founder of the Read Or Else movement, created to shine a
light on the problem of illiteracy and to provide books to children in
homeless shelters across America. And along with an economics professor
from Northern Kentucky University he has also founded Danny Dollar
Academy.  A program created to educate elementary school students from
low-income communities about the importance of finance and entrepreneurship
through his best-selling book Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire. You
can learn more about Ty and his mission to make the world more literate at
BigHeadBooks.com and ReadOrElse.comhttp://www.bigheadbooks.com
<http://www.bigheadbooks.com>http://www.readorelse.com
<http://www.readorelse.com>ABOUT THE BERKSHIRE EQUESTRIAN CENTERThe
Berkshire Equestrian Center is a state of the art, multi-disciplinary
equestrian facility.  It is "home" for horse lovers and passionate riders
of all abilities and interests. But it is more than just a fashionable
stable. The BEC is commonly owned and is an integral part of The Historic
Inn at Richmond, a Distinguished Inn of North America, also located on the
property. The integration of lodging for humans and horses in one location
on 27-acres with multiple rooms, suites, cottages, and barns creates a
Colonial Equestrian Experience which is unique to The Berkshires, New
England, and The Northeast.
http://tiaraequest.wixsite.com/berkshireequestrian
<http://tiaraequest.wixsite.com/berkshireequestrian>OUR SEASON SPONSORSOur
2018 sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Annie Selke, Baystate
Financial, Berkshire Bank Foundation, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Sterile
Manufacturing, Blue Q, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Canyon
Ranch, The Charles H. Hall Foundation, CWM Retirement Plan Services LLC,
Custom Business Solutions, Dr. Jay Wise, DDS and Dr. Casey Jones, DMD, The
Dylandale Foundation, The Feigenbaum Foundation, Frankie's Ristorante
Italiano, the Garden Gables Inn, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido’s
Fresh Marketplace, International Schools Theatre Association, Interprint,
Lee Bank, Maggie Barry, Massachusetts Cultural Council, J.H. Maxymillian,
Inc., Methuselah Bar and Lounge, Natracare, No. Six Depot Roastery and
Café, Onyx Specialty Papers, RB Design Co., The Rogovoy Report, The
Rookwood Inn, The Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation, Rouge Restaurant
& Bistro, Salisbury Bank, T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, a. von
schlegell & co.WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the
Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New Marlborough
Cultural Council, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern
Berkshires, Otis Cultural Council, and Richmond Cultural Council – local
agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state
agency. ABOUT WAM THEATREBased 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. Since
2010, WAM Theatre has donated more than $41,500 to thirteen nonprofit
organizations and provided paid work to more than 200 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*
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>
413-274-8122

My gender pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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LIVE! <http://www.wamtheatre.com/alison-larkin-live/> | WAM Gala 2018
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/> | ANN
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