The Mystery of Irma Vep

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful By Charles Ludlam Directed by Chris Rohmann October 1-16, 2021 The Mystery of Irma Vep is the definitive spoof of Gothic melodramas and vintage horror movies. It’s a madcap quick-change marathon in which two actors play all the roles: the lord and lady of the manor, the starchy maid, the groundskeeper-cum-werewolf, plus an ancient mummy and a lingering ghost. Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite. Friday, October 1, 8, 15 at 7:30 pm Saturday, October 2, 9, 16 at 7:30 pm Sunday, October 3, 10 at 3:00 pm This production contains flashing lights, gunshot and smoke effects. Masks and Proof of Vaccination required for admittance. Click here for [read more]

Someone is Sure to Come

The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Theater Thursdays Play Reading Series Someone is Sure to Come by Ellen W. Kaplan directed by Hilary Dennis November 11, 2021 7:30 p.m. A lyrical play that looks at the challenges of serving interminable sentences. Fantasy and poetry combine to create a kaleidoscopic portrait of life “inside.” Click here to read the program. Five prisoners offer poetry and monologues about facing execution, the living death of life without parole, and decades in solitary confinement, while a young woman feels like she is going mad, having absorbed the experience of her friends inside. She is disoriented, powerless, afloat on an imaginary iceberg in the Arctic Ocean, seeing things, hearing voices, forgetting the facts of her life, utterly disoriented and powerless. [read more]

Testimonies

The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Theater Thursdays Play Reading Series Testimonies by Ellen W. Kaplan directed by Hilary Dennis November 18, 2021 7:30 p.m. Testimonies is based on interviews with Ezidi (Yezidi) women in camps in Northern Iraq, in 2019. This play reading includes sensitive subject matter. The Ezidi are a Kurdish-speaking religious minority who trace their roots back to ancient Mesopotamia. They practice a pre-Islamic religion, that draws inspiration from Islam, Christianity and Judaism. Traditionally, Ezidi are farmers and shepherds, but in the mid-seventies Saddam Hussein had Ezidi villages destroyed and their inhabitants transferred to collective settlements. In August 2014, the Ezidi (Yezidi) people were subjected to genocide: thousands were massacred, kidnapped, enslaved, raped and tortured by the Islamic State (ISIS). [read more]

Bright Half Life

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bright Half Life By Tanya Barfield Directed by Gina Kaufmann December 3-11, 2021 Moving seamlessly from head-over-heels romance to marriage to children to skydiving and so many little intimacies in between, the two characters, Vicky and Erica, span decades in an instant and slowly, delightfully, allow us to know and love them. Bright Half Life is a joyful and complicated chronicle of a deeply committed lesbian relationship. “If these women, these maybe soul mates, could somehow suddenly see what the years will bring, would they still go out on that first date?” The New York Times Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite. Friday, December 3, 10, 2021 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 11, 2021 @ 7:30 PM [read more]

Bright Half Life

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bright Half Life By Tanya Barfield Directed by Gina Kaufmann December 3-11, 2021 Moving seamlessly from head-over-heels romance to marriage to children to skydiving and so many little intimacies in between, the two characters, Vicky and Erica, span decades in an instant and slowly, delightfully, allow us to know and love them. Bright Half Life is a joyful and complicated chronicle of a deeply committed lesbian relationship. “If these women, these maybe soul mates, could somehow suddenly see what the years will bring, would they still go out on that first date?” The New York Times Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite. Friday, December 3, 10, 2021 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 11, 2021 @ 7:30 PM [read more]

Bright Half Life

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bright Half Life By Tanya Barfield Directed by Gina Kaufmann December 3-11, 2021 Moving seamlessly from head-over-heels romance to marriage to children to skydiving and so many little intimacies in between, the two characters, Vicky and Erica, span decades in an instant and slowly, delightfully, allow us to know and love them. Bright Half Life is a joyful and complicated chronicle of a deeply committed lesbian relationship. “If these women, these maybe soul mates, could somehow suddenly see what the years will bring, would they still go out on that first date?” The New York Times Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite. Friday, December 3, 10, 2021 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 11, 2021 @ 7:30 PM [read more]

Bright Half Life

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bright Half Life By Tanya Barfield Directed by Gina Kaufmann December 3-11, 2021 Moving seamlessly from head-over-heels romance to marriage to children to skydiving and so many little intimacies in between, the two characters, Vicky and Erica, span decades in an instant and slowly, delightfully, allow us to know and love them. Bright Half Life is a joyful and complicated chronicle of a deeply committed lesbian relationship. “If these women, these maybe soul mates, could somehow suddenly see what the years will bring, would they still go out on that first date?” The New York Times Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite. Friday, December 3, 10, 2021 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 11, 2021 @ 7:30 PM [read more]

Bright Half Life

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Bright Half Life By Tanya Barfield Directed by Gina Kaufmann December 3-11, 2021 Moving seamlessly from head-over-heels romance to marriage to children to skydiving and so many little intimacies in between, the two characters, Vicky and Erica, span decades in an instant and slowly, delightfully, allow us to know and love them. Bright Half Life is a joyful and complicated chronicle of a deeply committed lesbian relationship. “If these women, these maybe soul mates, could somehow suddenly see what the years will bring, would they still go out on that first date?” The New York Times Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite. Friday, December 3, 10, 2021 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 11, 2021 @ 7:30 PM [read more]

Auditions for Admissions

The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

SILVERTHORNE THEATER ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR MARCH 2022 SHOW – ADMISSIONS, by Josh Harmon Silverthorne Theater seeks Equity and Non-Equity actors to audition for Admissions, by Josh Harmon, directed by Mark Dean, with performances three weekends, March 11 through 26, 2022, at Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield, MA. Auditions will be on Sunday, December 12 from 3:00 – 6:00 pm, and Monday evening December 13 from 6:00-9:00 pm at The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street in Greenfield, MA. Synopsis: Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their [read more]

Auditions for Admissions

The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

SILVERTHORNE THEATER ANNOUNCES AUDITIONS FOR MARCH 2022 SHOW – ADMISSIONS, by Josh Harmon Silverthorne Theater seeks Equity and Non-Equity actors to audition for Admissions, by Josh Harmon, directed by Mark Dean, with performances three weekends, March 11 through 26, 2022, at Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield, MA. Auditions will be on Sunday, December 12 from 3:00 – 6:00 pm, and Monday evening December 13 from 6:00-9:00 pm at The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street in Greenfield, MA. Synopsis: Sherri Rosen-Mason is head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, fighting to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their [read more]

Guilty

The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Theater Thursdays Play Reading Series Guilty by Ellen Wittlinger directed by Keith Langsdale February 24, 2022 7:30 p.m. Instigated by a jury trial in which the white defendant is found to be not guilty, two couples who have been friends since college 15 years before begin to question what it is that has held them together all these years and whether they even like each other. In 24 hours, the relationships between all four of them fray and sometimes break. Following the reading, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback to the playwright. A strong cast of local actors are performing including Al Neal, Brandon Lee, Carissa Dagenais, Jimmy Murphy, and Linda Tardif. Theater [read more]

Port of Entry

The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United States

Theater Thursdays Play Reading Series Port of Entry by Talya Kingston directed by Amy Brentano April 7, 2022 7:30 p.m. It’s a regular day in the back office of a small New England International airport.  TSA agent Hank is orienting newbie Chloe in her new job and Jana has just arrived on a flight from the Middle East to start her new semester of graduate school.  The problem is that overnight a new law has come into effect – commonly known as “The Muslim Ban” - and it’s up to these gatekeepers to enforce it.  A play that asks the questions: who is protecting our country? And who are they protecting it from?

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