WAM Theatre Announces Cast for Staged Reading of SILENCE Including Gregory Boover, Doria Bramante, Caroline Calkins and More

WAM Theatre has just announced the cast for their staged reading of SILENCE by Moira Buffini, the first reading in the 2015 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. The inaugural series last year sold out, and whetted audience appetites for more professional readings of plays that explore the lives and experiences of women and girls.

WAM Theatre will present the reading on Sunday, April 19 at 3:00 p.m. at No. Six Depot Roastery and Café, 6 Depot Street in West Stockbridge, MA.

The cast of SILENCE features Gregory Boover (Shakespeare & Company's Romeo & Juliet), Doria Bramante (Ensemble for the Romantic Century's Beethoven Love Elegies), Caroline Calkins (Shakespeare & Company's Private Eyes), Rory Hammond (NYU'S The Scarlet Letter), Miles Harrison (Pittsfield Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream), and Josh Aaron McCabe (Shakespeare & Company's The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Acclaimed actor and director Tod Randolph, a Berkshire area favorite, will direct the reading. Jessica Sovronsky will be the Stage Manager.

Director Tod Randolph recommended this play to WAM Theatre for their Fresh Takes series. When asked why she wanted to direct this reading, she said, "It's a beautiful play about people discovering who they are and all the ways it's possible to make those discoveries. I find it very funny and entertaining with some dark moments, and some very odd moments. For instance, a stew is cooked one night and hallucinogenic mushrooms are involved..."

Set in Great Britain at the end of the first millennium, this dark comedy sends a young couple and a Roman Catholic priest dashing through the mud on an odyssey of discovery as they flee an enraged despot's murderous rampage amidst Viking raids. This winner of the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize is sparkling with deliberate clashes of period and style. Join WAM Theatre as they embark on a journey of power, identity, gender and desire.

SILENCE is the opening presentation in the 2015 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, which gives a stage to ground-breaking works - which have been successfully presented elsewhere but are new to our Berkshire audiences - that tell women's stories. Featuring local established and emerging actors and directors, the series will explore the work of provocative contemporary voices. The series includes a post-reading discussion and will encourage feedback on which plays audience members would like to see WAM Theatre produce.

There are only 25 tickets available for this reading. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling 1-800-838-3006 or going online to http://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-play-reading-series-2015. Due to the limited availability, advance booking is highly recommended. Food and drink will be available for purchase at the café prior to the reading, which will begin in the gallery at 3:00 p.m.

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