[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: Tickets for WAM Fall MainStage Show “Ann” Now On Sale!

[Gail Burns]

*May 15, 2018Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity
Associatewww.wamtheatre.com
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/#_blank>pr at wamtheatre.com <pr at wamtheatre.com>;
518.274.8122Press Photos can be found
at:https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157693935189791
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157693935189791> Tickets
for WAM Fall MainStage Show “Ann” Now On Sale!  LENOX, MA (May 15, 2018) -
 WAM Theatre is delighted to announce that tickets are now on sale for
their fall main stage production of Ann by Holland Taylor, starring Jayne
Atkinson (TV’s House of Cards, Madam Secretary), and directed by WAM’s
Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven. Tickets were originally slated to
go on sale mid-summer, but due to anticipated demand for this limited
engagement, WAM has decided to open up sales now. A one woman
tour-de-force, Ann is a hilarious and spirited portrait of Ann Richards,
legendary Governor of Texas. Written by award-winning actress and writer
Holland Taylor (Two and a Half Men),  Ann is an inspiring play that brings
us face to face with the complex, colorful, and captivating character,
 with a personality bigger than the state she governed. In a year when so
many women are running for office across all platforms, this play resonates
deeply with our current climate. Ann is a co-production with Dorset Theatre
Festival, where the play will be performed from August 29-September 1,
2018.  WAM will present Ann in the Berkshires from October 19-28 at the
Tina Packer Playhouse at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, MA. Tickets for
the limited engagement in Dorset are going fast, and when they’re gone they
will refer eager ticket-buyers to WAM’s seven-performance run in the
Berkshires. Consequently, WAM is opening ticket sales earlier than
ever. “Kristen van Ginhoven and WAM have long inspired me personally for
the amazing work they do on behalf of women,” shared Dina Janis, Artistic
Director of Dorset Theatre Festival. “With the Festival’s commitment to
gender equity in theatre and to women's voices in particular, this project
seemed like a perfect opportunity for collaboration between our theaters.
Jayne Atkinson is arguably one of our nations finest actors, and a play
written by the terrific Holland Taylor that celebrates one of my favorite
political rock stars - Ann Richards - feels like a true celebration of all
that is possible.” In keeping with their double philanthropic mission, WAM
Theatre will be donating 25% of the box office proceeds from Ann to a
beneficiary to be named at the July 25 Gala at the Berkshire Equestrian
Center in Richmond, MA. Since its founding in 2010, WAM Theatre has donated
more than $41,500 to thirteen non-profit organizations. For more
information on tickets to the Gala, please visit:
http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/>Performances of Ann the first
weekend are Friday, October 19 at 7:30pm (preview),  Saturday, October 20
at 7:30pm (opening), and Sunday, October 21 at 2pm; and Friday, October 26
at 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 27 at 2pm & 7:30pm, and Sunday, October 28 at
2pm the second weekend. Tickets start at $30. Tickets for the low-priced
Preview performance on Friday, October 19 at 7:30 pm are $25 & $30. All
tickets are available through the Shakespeare & Company box office at
413-637-3353 or online at tickets.shakespeare.org
<http://tickets.shakespeare.org>.  The box office, located at 70 Kemble
Street in Lenox, is open from 11 am-3 pm, plus 90 minutes prior to any
performance. Closed Mondays.   For more information on WAM Theatre and Ann,
visit: wamtheatre.com/ann <http://wamtheatre.com/ann>AT A GLANCEOctober
19-28Annby Holland TaylorStarring Jayne AtkinsonDirected by Kristen van
Ginhovenat the Tina Packer Playhouse at Shakespeare & Company, Lenox,
MAhttp://www.wamtheatre.com/ann/ <http://www.wamtheatre.com/ann/>A portion
of box office proceeds will be donated to a beneficiary to be announced at
the WAM Gala on July 25, 2018.Tickets start at $30.Preview tickets to the
October 19 performance at 7:30pm are $25 & $30. Available through the
Shakespeare & Company box office at 413-637-3353 or online at
tickets.shakespeare.org <http://tickets.shakespeare.org>. No Berkshire,
Senior, Teacher or Military DiscountStudent tickets are available for $15
each and may be purchased over the phone at 413-637-3353 or in person at
the Shakespeare & Company Box Office. Student tickets are not available for
purchase online.PERFORMANCES Friday, October 19 at 7:30pm
(Preview)Saturday, October 20 at 7:30pm (Opening Night)Sunday, October 21
at 2pmFriday, October 26 at 7:30pmSaturday October 27 at 2pm and
7:30pmSunday, October 28 at 2pm (Closing)ABOUT JAYNE ATKINSONJayne Atkinson
has enjoyed a long and varied career as an actress, director, and producer.
A graduate of Northwestern University and Yale Drama School, she has
appeared in regional theatre, off-Broadway, and Broadway. Jayne made her
Broadway debut in a revival production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.
Other Broadway credits include The Rainmaker (Tony nomination), Our Town
with Paul Newman, Enchanted April (Tony nomination, Drama Desk nomination;
Outer Critics Circle Award) and Blithe Spirit with the wonderful Angela
Lansbury . She has also appeared off-Broadway in a number of productions,
including The Art of Success (Drama Desk nomination) and The Skriker (Drama
Desk nomination).​Many may recognize Jayne from her film and television
roles. Her feature film credits include Free Willy 1&2, The Village and
Syriana. On television she is known for her guest appearances on the hit
series The X-Files, Gossip Girl, Chicago Med and The Good Wife, among
others. As a recurring character, she has played Karen Hayes on the
award-winning 24, Erin Strauss on Criminal Minds, Secretary of State
Catherine Durant on the popular Netflix Series House of Cards and most
recently she can be seen opposite Tea Leoni as Vice President Teresa Hurst
on Madam Secretary.Directing and producing credits include benefit
productions of Motherhood Out Loud and Can You Hear Me, Baby?, for WAM
Theatre and the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. She also runs Jadana
Productions, which specializes in entertainment development.  Her other
areas of expertise include coaching and teaching. In her spare time, she
promotes women’s causes, travels, participates in fundraisers.​ She is
married to actor Michel Gill. Together they have one son.ABOUT THE
DIRECTOR: Kristen van Ginhoven(Director) WAM Theatre: The Bakelite
Masterpiece, In Darfur (New England Premiere), Emilie (New England
Premiere), The Old Mezzo (World Premiere), The Attic, The Pearls and Three
Fine Girls and Melancholy Play Elsewhere: Disgraced, I and You (Chester
Theatre), Waxworks (Williams College), The Whale (Adirondack Theatre
Festival), 10 Minute Play Festival (Barrington Stage Company), Petticoats
of Steel (Capital Repertory Theatre), Footloose (Cohoes Music Hall),
Children’s Hour (Siena College), Vendetta Chrome(Emerson College). Selected
assistant directing: The Physicists, 42nd Street(Stratford Shakespeare
Festival of Canada), Two Men of Florence (Huntington Theatre) Sleuth,
Absurd Person Singular (Barrington Stage Company). Training: Dalhousie
University (BA), Queen’s University (BEd), Emerson College (MA). Et cetera:
Kristen is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers
and a theatre artist for the International Schools Theatre Association. She
was a member of the 2013 Lincoln Center Director’s Lab and is a member of
the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction at the Stratford
Festival of Canada. Kristen is the co-founder and Artistic Director of WAM
Theatre. Website: www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>ABOUT THE
PLAYWRIGHT: Holland TaylorHolland Taylor took Broadway by storm as writer
and star of Ann, a one-woman show about the late Texas Governor Ann
Richards, which resulted in rave reviews, a Tony Award nomination for Best
Actress, and a filmed version of the 2016 production in which Holland
starred at ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas, bringing Governor Richards back
home. The New Yorker has called Holland Taylor "the first vaudeville
Gentile we ever saw." Her New York stage performances include Bess in
Breakfast with Les and Bess, as well as the original productions of Butley,
opposite Alan Bates, and A.R. Gurney's The Cocktail Hour. She still holds
her head high after taking over for Eve Arden, opening the historic flop
Moose Murders. In Los Angeles she has performed in Kindertransport, and
played opposite Christopher Lloyd in Yasmina Reza's The Unexpected Man at
the Geffen. She has worked extensively in film and television, appearing in
Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, To Die For, Next Stop Wonderland,
One Fine Day, George of the Jungle, The Truman Show, Happy Accidents, Spy
Kids (2 & 3), Keeping the Faith, Legally Blonde, and Baby Mama, with Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler. On television, Holland has been nominated for an Emmy
seven times, winning Best Supporting Actress in a Drama for the sexually
popular Judge Roberta Kittleson on The Practice. Among her numerous series
starring roles: The Powers that Be, Norman Lear's short-lived but highly
acclaimed political satire; Bosom Buddies, with Tom Hanks; and, of course,
the juggernaut, Two and a Half Men, with her dear boys: Charlie Sheen, Jon
Cryer, and number 3 son, Ashton Kutcher. She has performed narrations for
the Los Angeles Philharmonic with Esa-Pekka Salonen and John Adams, and
narrated the Harry Potter Suite for John Williams at the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra. Following her Broadway run in Ann, Holland appeared in Kepler's
Dream, an inspiring film for a young audience, and in New York she played
another character who never leaves the stage and talks a LOT in Pulitzer
prize-winner David Lindsay-Abaire's dark comedy Ripcord, at the Manhattan
Theatre Club.OUR SEASON SPONSORSOur 2018 sponsors include Adams Community
Bank, Baystate Financial, Berkshire Bank Foundation, Berkshire Magazine,
Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Q, Brabson Library & Educational
Foundation, Canyon Ranch, The Charles H. Hall Foundation, CMW Retirement
Plan Services LLC, Custom Business Solutions, 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, Inc., RB Design Co., The Rookwood Inn, The Dr. Robert C. and Tina
Sohn Foundation, The Rogovoy Report, 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, Lee Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New
Marlborough Cultural Council, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council
of Northern Berkshires, Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council,
Sandisfield Cultural Council, and the Washington 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

Our 9th Season:
Fresh Takes <http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-2018/> | Alison Larkin
LIVE! <http://www.wamtheatre.com/alison-larkin-live/> | WAM Gala 2018
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2018/> | ANN
<http://www.wamtheatre.com/ann/>


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