The Language of Wild Berries (Postponed)
LivestreamTheater Thursdays Play Reading Series The Language of Wild Berries by Naghmeh Samini Directed by Lucinda Kidder Postponed Performance Date TBD
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Auditions for Bright Half Life
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesBright Half Life Auditions Silverthorne Theater seeks White, female-identifying, Queer-identifying Equity and Non-Equity actors to audition for the role of Erica in Bright Half Life, a two-character play by Tanya Barfield, directed by Gina Kaufmann, with performances December 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11, 2021, at Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield, MA. Auditions will be on Saturday, September 18 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm at The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street in Greenfield, MA. Erica meets, falls in love and marries Vicky over the course of the play. Wants to be a teacher, a bit of a dreamer. Lots of energy, lots of fun. Her unpredictability is her best and worst feature. Erica identifies as a lesbian and is described by the playwright as “soft [read more]
Someone is Sure to Come
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesTheater 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 StatesTheater 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]
Auditions for Admissions
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesSILVERTHORNE 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 StatesSILVERTHORNE 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 StatesTheater 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 StatesTheater 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?
The Language of Wild Berries
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesTheater Thursdays Play Reading Series The Language of Wild Berries by Naghmeh Samini translated by Torange Yeghiazarian directed by Lucinda Kidder May 19, 2022 7:30 p.m. Donya and Davood celebrate their wedding anniversary by traveling to the same seaside town where they spent their honeymoon. But on this trip, their 10th anniversary, a mysterious young man is following them. Who is he? What does he want? Trying to solve the mystery of the young man throws Donya and Davood into a time warp recalling their past nine anniversary trips. They remember what they have forgotten. But will that be enough to save their marriage? The past, present, and future collide in this touching play, offering a rare glimpse into [read more]
Auditions – The Taming
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesAUDITIONS - THE TAMING Open auditions for Silverthorne Theater Company's 2022-23 Season opener, Lauren Gunderson’s The Taming, will be held June 10-12 at the LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield. Audition slots are available for Friday, June 10, from 6-8 pm; or Saturday, June 11, from 9:30-11:30 am. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, June 12, from 1-3 pm. Auditioners should submit recent headshots and current resumes to [email protected]. Video submissions will be considered if received by June 10, but anyone submitting a video would need to be available for the Sunday callbacks. Proof of vaccination against Covid-19 is required for all auditioners. Call 413-7678-7514 for more details. Performance Dates: October 14-22, 2022. Director Mary Corinne Miller is a theater-maker, educator, and arts administrator based in the Pioneer Valley. [read more]
Auditions – The Taming
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesAUDITIONS - THE TAMING Open auditions for Silverthorne Theater Company's 2022-23 Season opener, Lauren Gunderson’s The Taming, will be held June 10-12 at the LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield. Audition slots are available for Friday, June 10, from 6-8 pm; or Saturday, June 11, from 9:30-11:30 am. Callbacks will be held on Sunday, June 12, from 1-3 pm. Auditioners should submit recent headshots and current resumes to [email protected]. Video submissions will be considered if received by June 10, but anyone submitting a video would need to be available for the Sunday callbacks. Proof of vaccination against Covid-19 is required for all auditioners. Call 413-7678-7514 for more details. Performance Dates: October 14-22, 2022. Director Mary Corinne Miller is a theater-maker, educator, and arts administrator based in the Pioneer Valley. [read more]
The Norwegians!
The LAVA Center 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, United StatesTheater Thursdays Play Reading Series The Norwegians! by C. Denby Swanson November 3, 2022 7:30 p.m.