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WAM Theatre presents Amy Berryman's "Alien Girls" staged-readings at Ventfort Hall 7/13

Tryptich - Amy Berryman, Artwork for Alien Girls at WAM, Genee Coreno
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L-R - Amy Berryman, Alien Girls at WAM, Genee Coreno

WAM Theatre’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series presents ground-breaking stories that are imaginative and thoughtful explorations of complex issues affecting women and girls.

This Sunday, July 13 at Ventfort Hall in Lenox, Massachusetts, WAM presents “Alien Girls” by Amy Berryman. The reading is directed by WAM’s Artistic Director Genée Coreno and will have performances at both 2 and 7 p.m.

Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers on the brink of huge life changes, “Alien Girls” is a meta-theatrical, dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art, cultivating friendships, and building a life of meaning.

Amy Berryman is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, and teaching artist. Her play “Walden,” had its world premiere on London’s West End in May 2021 and premiered off-Broadway in 2024 at Second Stage. Her work has been developed at Premiere Stages, Kitchen Dog, Caltech, East 15, Portland Stage, and Little Island, among others. “Alien Girls” was an O'Neill Finalist in 2024.

Again, WAM Theatre presents Fresh Takes readings of “Alien Girls” in Lenox this Sunday at 2 and 7pm. Amy Berryman and Genée Coreno join us.

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Sarah has worked in public radio since 2006. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.
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