71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 413-648-SHEA

What We Remember: Stories From Our Lives

Friday, June 2, 2023, 7:00 pm until 8:15 pm
Presented by North Star Self- Directed Learning for Teens. Shows are Friday and 7:00 and Saturday at 4:00 and 7:00.

The North Star Players return to the stage with a memory collage created by the five teens in our Playmaking class. These teens interviewed over a dozen friends, family members, and acquaintances (ages 9-88) about the beginnings and endings of moments and experiences in their lives - generating 72 pages of raw memory!

T?he Playmaking teens (Isabel Miller, Enzo Belmonte, Luna Marotto, Solena Davidson-Carroll, and Penelope Black) then worked with their director Ellen Morbyrne to shape many of the memories into a collage of people growing up and growing through their stories. They created our original play: What We Remember: Stories From Your Lives.

Friday, June 2 & Saturday June 3 at 7pm

Saturday June 3 at 4pm

O?ur play performs in the round on the audience risers in the beautiful Shea Theater, so seating is somewhat limited. (And wheelchair accessible!)

Thank you for joining us, and supporting the performing arts at North Star: Self-Directed Learning for Teens!

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Underwriters

Australis Aquaculture • Artisan Beverage Cooperative • Benjamin Company • Berkshire Brewing Company • Cohn and Company Real Estate Agency • Community Credit • Common Capital • Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts • Connecticut River Internists • Dean's Beans • Easthampton Savings Bank • FirstLight GDF Suezna •Gagne Wealth Management Group • Gill Tavern • Gilmore and Farrell Insurance Company • Goff Media • Great Falls Harvest • Green River Festival • Greenfield Community College • Greenfield Cooperative Bank • Greenfield Savings Bank • Loot • Massachusetts Cultural Council • Montague Bookmill • Montague WebWorks • Northeast Solar • People's Pint • Rainmaker Consulting • The Rendezvous • Solar Store of Greenfield • Stobierski and Connor • Told Video • True North Transit • Turn It Up

Exciting News for A Happening V: The Bestiary

Cloudgaze and Eggtooth Productions are thrilled to announce that we have received generous grants from the Mass Cultural Council as well as the Community Foundation of Western MA to support our 2025 Immersive Arts Festival, “A Happening V: The Bestiary.”

This festival will transform the Shea Theater into an exploration of theme, hosting installations, music, theatrical performances, and movement pieces, featuring the collective contributions of over 50 local artists. Audiences will experience otherworldly environments and narratives inspired by Aesop's Fables, George Orwell's Animal Farm, newly imagined cautionary tales, and creature myths of all origins.

Thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year.We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!