Silverthorne Theater Company

Admissions
2022-04-24 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-23 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-04-23 15:00 - 16:30, 2022-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
ADMISSIONS
by Joshua Harmon
Directed by Mark Dean
April 22-30, 2022

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 only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values, with convulsive results. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy.
“Masterful. Expertly crafted. An absorbing drama and a prod to self-examination.” – Miami Herald

Tickets are available at the door and via Eventbrite.
Friday, April 22nd @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 23rd @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 24th @ 3:00 pm
Thursday, April 28th @ 7:30 pm
Friday, April 29th @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, April 30th @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Masks and Proof of Vaccination required for admittance. Click here for more details.
This performance is presented with no intermission.
There will be no bar service on the fourth floor of the venue.
Tickets

After the Island - A Celebration of the Life of David Rowland
2022-04-10 15:00 - 18:00 | Trinitarian Congregational Church, 147 Main Street, Northfield, MA, 01360, United States
A reading of After the Island, Silverthorne Theater Company Co-Founder David Rowland’s full-length sequel to Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

In 2012, David Rowland penned an imaginative and thoughtful sequel to Shakespeare’s famous last work The Tempest. In taking on the subject matter of one of the Bard’s most philosophical plays, Rowland portrays the familiar cast as they have become an indeterminate number of years after Prospero and Miranda leave the Island to return to Milan and the less than magical world they found there.
In the resonant rhythms of iambic pentameter, we meet an older Duke, Miranda and Fernando; Stephano and Trinculo reprise their drunken schemings; and Ariel returns to advise Prospero and set in motion re-connections and new beginnings. Caliban completes his transformation from semi-beast to conscious human, renewing hope in the eventual reclamation of civilized man through reason and empathy.
This reading celebrates Rowland’s long and productive career as an actor, director, teacher and playwright. Without his inspiration, Silverthorne Theater would never have existed. When he passed in January, 2022, he took large parts of our hearts with him.

Admission to this event is free, but we ask that you make a reservation ahead of time.
Donations in honor of the contribution David has made throughout his life to the world of live theater will be welcome.
Click here for tickets to After the Island

Port of Entry
2022-04-07 19:30 - 21:00 | The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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?

Guilty
2022-02-24 19:30 - 21:00 | The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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 Thursdays is supported in part by a grant from the Bernardston, Buckland, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Greenfield, Northfield, and Shelburne Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Seating capacity is limited, please register for this free event on Eventbrite.

Everyone who attends a Silverthorne event at the LAVA Center must show proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 (at least 2 weeks past 2nd shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or 2 weeks past single shot of J&J vaccine).
“Proof of vaccination” consists of a CDC vaccination card or a clear, legible copy or photo of a card.
Results from a negative COVID test will NOT be accepted for entry.
Please bring a state or federal ID in addition to your vaccination card.
All attendees will be required to wear face coverings while in the building, regardless of vaccination status.
Children under the age of 12, who can’t be vaccinated yet, may attend, but they must wear a mask at all times and show a negative test taken within the past 72 hours.
The LAVA Center is equipped with HEPA air purifiers.

Auditions for Admissions
2021-12-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2021-12-12 15:00 - 18:00 | The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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 only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values, with convulsive results. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy.
Casting Breakdown:
Sherri Rosen-Mason – early fifties, very liberal secular Jewish woman. Head of Admissions for Hillcrest.
Bill Mason – Early fifties, very liberal WASP, Sherri’s husband. Head of the School at Hillcrest.
Charlie Luther Mason – Seventeen, Bill and Sherri’s son, a senior at Hillcrest.
Ginnie Peters – Fifties, very liberal WASP, stay-at-home mom, her son is Charlie’s best friend.
Roberta – Early seventies, white, works in development at Hillcrest.

Actors should prepare a 60-90 second contemporary monologue, and will read from scenes from the play.
To sign up for an auditions time slot please use the following link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-hIovwotaPUTAKI7V4_BLQI7kcUNE8GgYsQsp7Wk5j8/edit?usp=sharing
Although advance sign up is preferred, walk-ins will be welcome. If unavailable to be seen in person at this audition, please email markdean6@gmail.com.
Audition sides will be provided. Rehearsals will begin in early February 2022.
Auditioners and performers are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID19.

For any questions contact markdean6@gmail.com or call 413-923-4992. Auditions are open to Equity and non-Equity performers; all roles are paid.

Bright Half Life
2021-12-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-12-10 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-12-05 15:00 - 16:30, 2021-12-04 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-12-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00 PM
Masks and Proof of Vaccination required for admittance. Click here for more details.

This performance is presented with no intermission.
There will be no bar service on the fourth floor of the venue.

Testimonies
2021-11-18 19:30 - 21:00 | The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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.
Read the full description
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).
Click here to read the program.
Following the reading, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback to the playwright.
Theater Thursdays is supported in part by a grant from the Greenfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Northfield, and Shelburne Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Seating capacity is limited, please register for this free event on Eventbrite.

Everyone who attends a Silverthorne event at the LAVA Center must show proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 (at least 2 weeks past 2nd shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or 2 weeks past single shot of J&J vaccine).
“Proof of vaccination” consists of a CDC vaccination card or a clear, legible copy or photo of a card.
Results from a negative COVID test will NOT be accepted for entry.
Please bring a state or federal ID in addition to your vaccination card.
All attendees will be required to wear face coverings while in the building, regardless of vaccination status.
Children under the age of 12, who can’t be vaccinated yet, may attend, but they must wear a mask at all times and show a negative test taken within the past 72 hours.
The LAVA Center is equipped with HEPA air purifiers.

This play reading will also be filmed and uploaded to the Silverthorne Theater Company YouTube Channel.

Someone is Sure to Come
2021-11-11 19:30 - 21:00 | The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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. Others come and go – a guard; imagined orca in the ocean; people inside and out, all locked into their own kinds of prisons – of prejudice, or ignorance, or fear. This original play combines the writing of present-day inmates on Death Row and serving Life Without Parole, many of these people have been in solitary confinement for decades. The author has developed significant friendships with each person, all of whom contribute to a play that presents a deeply felt, humanizing portrait of the lived experience of interminable sentences.
Following the reading, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback to the playwright.
Theater Thursdays is supported in part by a grant from the Greenfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Conway, Deerfield, Northfield, and Shelburne Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Seating capacity is limited, please register for this free event on Eventbrite.

Everyone who attends a Silverthorne event at the LAVA Center must show proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 (at least 2 weeks past 2nd shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or 2 weeks past single shot of J&J vaccine).
“Proof of vaccination” consists of a CDC vaccination card or a clear, legible copy or photo of a card.
Results from a negative COVID test will NOT be accepted for entry.
Please bring a state or federal ID in addition to your vaccination card.
All attendees will be required to wear face coverings while in the building, regardless of vaccination status.
Children under the age of 12, who can’t be vaccinated yet, may attend, but they must wear a mask at all times and show a negative test taken within the past 72 hours.
The LAVA Center is equipped with HEPA air purifiers.

The Mystery of Irma Vep
2021-10-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-10-15 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-10-10 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-10-09 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-10-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2021-10-03 15:00 - 17:00, 2021-10-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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 more details.

The Mystery of Irma Vep
2021-10-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, 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 more details.
Mask Mandate
Effective September 20, the City of Greenfield has a mask mandate. The order states that all people must wear a face mask when indoors in public spaces and private business within the City of Greenfield.
Proof of Vaccination
Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, the performance venue for Silverthorne Theater Company, also has in place the following policy:
“For the safety of our artists, venue staff and our community as a whole we will be requiring proof of vaccination for admittance to all shows at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center until further notice. Results from a negative COVID test will NOT be accepted for entry. In addition, masks are required to be worn at all times while at the venue. You may pull your mask down when eating or drinking only.
Please bring your vaccination card, or a photo of it, along with a corresponding state or federal ID for entry.”
*Exceptions may be made for children under the age of 12, since they are currently ineligible for vaccination. For children under the age of 12, a negative COVID test will be required for admittance.
Risk Mitigation

We request that if anyone is sick or has been exposed to anyone with COVID-19 that they refrain from attending our performances.

Silverthorne’s cast, crew, staff, and volunteers are fully vaccinated.

A new geo-thermal ventilation system has been installed at Hawks & Reed, and services the show’s fourth floor venue, The Perch.

While we do not have the space to allow for full social distancing between audience members, we will be reducing our seating capacity for The Mystery of Irma Vep by one-third to make room for more spacing between seats.

There will be a distance of at least 6 feet from the audience members to the actors.

The actors are tested weekly.

We are closely monitoring updates from our performance venue, as well as local, state, federal, and CDC policies and guidance. We will update our information as needed. Your safety is our key concern, and all steps possible will be taken to ensure your safe enjoyment of our shows.

Auditions for Bright Half Life
2021-09-18 15:00 - 17:00 | The LAVA Center, 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Bright 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 butch”. The role of Vicky has already been cast. Although the play spans four decades, we are looking to cast an actor in her late twenties to mid-forties.
Audition sides will be provided in advance. Rehearsals will begin in early November. Auditioners are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
To sign up for an audition, call 413-768-7514 or write to silverthornetheater@gmail.com.

The Language of Wild Berries (Postponed)
2021-09-09 | Livestream
Theater Thursdays Play Reading Series
The Language of Wild Berries
by Naghmeh Samini
Directed by Lucinda Kidder
Postponed
Performance Date TBD

A Broadway Cabaret
2021-08-08 15:00 - 16:30 | Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Silverthorne Theater Company presents
A Broadway Cabaret
August 6-7 at 7:30 p.m.
August 8 at 3:00 p.m.
What better way to celebrate the return of live theater than with music? In our first major, in person production of 2021, Silverthorne Theater Company presents A Broadway Cabaret, onstage August 6-8 in The Perch at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in downtown Greenfield. Nine singer/actors will perform tunes from Broadway’s Golden Age shows – solos and ensemble numbers presented for audiences seated at cabaret tables arranged for maximum comfort and following whatever state guidelines for indoor performance are in place at that time.
A Broadway Cabaret is a fundraiser for Silverthorne which, like all other live theaters, saw drastically reduced revenues during the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020.
In recognition of their extraordinary service provided to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, a portion of tickets for each performance have been donated to local health care workers.

Join us as we celebrate how far we have come as a community and the return of live theater!
Tickets available via Eventbrite.
In light of ongoing changes in CDC and state guidance, and in cooperation with venue policies:
We strongly advise patrons to be vaccinated and wear masks.
We also request if anyone is sick or has been exposed to anyone with COVID-19 that they refrain from attending the performance.

Masks will be available to patrons.
Surfaces in the audience and in other facilities will be cleaned between shows.
All cast, crew members, and volunteers have been fully vaccinated.

To reduce the risk of being infected with the Delta variant and possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission.
The CDC COVID Data Tracker shows Franklin County to be an area of substantial transmission.
We are closely monitoring updates from the CDC and Commonwealth of Massachusetts and will update our policies as needed.

A Broadway Cabaret
2021-08-07 19:30 - 21:00, 2021-08-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Silverthorne Theater Company presents
A Broadway Cabaret
August 6-7 at 7:30 p.m.
August 8 at 3:00 p.m.
What better way to celebrate the return of live theater than with music? In our first major, in person production of 2021, Silverthorne Theater Company presents A Broadway Cabaret, onstage August 6-8 in The Perch at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in downtown Greenfield. Nine singer/actors will perform tunes from Broadway’s Golden Age shows – solos and ensemble numbers presented for audiences seated at cabaret tables arranged for maximum comfort and following whatever state guidelines for indoor performance are in place at that time.
A Broadway Cabaret is a fundraiser for Silverthorne which, like all other live theaters, saw drastically reduced revenues during the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020.
In recognition of their extraordinary service provided to the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, a portion of tickets for each performance have been donated to local health care workers.

Join us as we celebrate how far we have come as a community and the return of live theater!
Tickets available via Eventbrite.
In light of ongoing changes in CDC and state guidance, and in cooperation with venue policies:
We strongly encourage patrons to be vaccinated and wear masks.
We also encourage if anyone is sick or has been exposed to anyone with COVID-19 that they refrain from attending the performance.

Masks will be available to patrons.
Surfaces in the audience and in other facilities will be cleaned between shows.
All cast, crew members, and volunteers have been fully vaccinated.

Foxfinder
2021-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Livestream
Foxfinder
by Dawn King
Directed by Ellen W. Kaplan
July 24, 2021
7:30 p.m.
Performed as a Radio Play.
One-Time Only Broadcast as a Silverthorne Fundraiser.
Watch the teaser trailer: https://youtu.be/oMaqcc-wHtU
Read the Foxfinder Program!
Foxfinder is a play of suspense, a thriller, a story of power, zealotry and self-denial, that puts a sinister shadow on our very near future. It is a study in power, in suppressed sexuality, in a fascist mindset manifested in a young boy sent on a mission to force compliance, deny feelings, and – to eradicate foxes, which we cannot see but which are everywhere.
Originally set in rural England, Kaplan has moved the action to the equally appropriate American farm country where at some future time, climate change has severely impacted the profitability of the farmers. Government regulations and a carefully orchestrated fear-mongering campaign stretch their already taut emotions to the breaking point.
Veteran director Ellen Kaplan directs an all-star cast of actors, including Frank Aronson, Jarice Hanson, Stephanie Carlson and Kevin Tracy as they bring the futurist tale to life. Cate Boram is sound designer, and Sophia Pichanick stage manages the production. All are donating their services in the interest of assisting Silverthorne as the theater recovers from the past year of shuttered venues.
Tickets available by donation via Eventbrite.
By special arrangement with Berlin Associates.
