If you would like to be a Sponsor or Benefactor, please email info@salemtheatre.com and we’d be delighted to add you to the list!
STC welcomes new Board members
The Salem Theatre Company is delighted to welcome three new members to their Board of Directors. Catherine Bertrand, Louis Mangifesti, and April Swieconek will bring their skills, passion, and energy to the STC leadership to ensure the group’s continued success as they prepare for their landmark Seventh Season in September.
A STC veteran, Catherine served as the group’s Artistic Director from 2006-2008. A graduate of Salem State College’s award-winning theater program, Catherine’s directing credits with the STC include Proof,
The Boys of Winter, Book of Days, Safe, The Glass Half Empty, Chilling Tales, No Exit, and Last Meal as the STC’s entry in this year’s Boston Theater Marathon. While she was Artistic Director Catherine
established the incredibly popular Moments of Play One-Act Festival of original works by local playwrights.
No stranger to the North Shore arts scene, Louis has been a fervent local arts advocate for decades. In addition to his nearly thirty years chairing the Fine Arts Department at Danvers High School, Louis a member of the Salem Historic Commission, a Patron of the House of the Seven Gables, and owns Blair House Antiques in Beverly.
April is the public relations manager for the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, and previously the director of public relations and marketing at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, NM.
Salem community members interested in applying for a position on the STC’s Board of Directors should put their inquiry in an email to info@salemtheatre.com, explaining their background and skill set, and why they would like to join the STC Board.
Sponsor the STC summer cocktail party!
The STC’s summer cocktail party is coming up on June 24th. We’ll be celebrating the close of our 6th Season and announcing the details of our 7th Season, which commences in September. Tickets to the party are $25 per person, but you can be a Sponsor for $50 or a Benefactor for $100. Sponsors and Benefactors will be noted on the event invitation.
If you or your business or group would like to be a Sponsor or Benefactor, please email info@salemtheatre.com and send your check payable to “Salem Theatre Company” to STC, PO Box 306, Salem MA 01970.
BTM at 1pm May 17th
STC’s production of the new play Last Meal will go up during the 1-2pm slot at the Boston Theater Marathon on May 17th. Get tickets, directions, and details at the BTM website!
STC at BTM
The Salem Theatre Company has been invited to return to the Boston Theater Marathon at the Boston Playwright’s Theater for a second year in a row. The group’s former Artistic Director, Catherine M. Bertrand, will represent STC by directing Julia Harman Cain’s new play Last Meal as part of the Marathon on May 17th. Performing in the STC’s entry will be Caroline Watson-Felt and Natalie Cowell, both of Salem.
Last Meal is a somber and thought-provoking look at how people confront the consequences of the choices they make in life. Set in a prison kitchen in Texas, the play’s action centers around women prisoners Ann (Watson-Felt) and Nik (Cowell), who spend their time preparing the final meals for death row inmates. “Last Meal is both touching and challenging,” said Bertrand, “I am very excited that we have the opportunity to present a well-written work of such intense scope.”
Bertrand’s previous directing credits with the STC include Proof, The Boys of Winter, Book of Days, Safe, The Glass Half Empty, Chilling Tales, and No Exit. While she was Artistic Director, Bertrand established the popular Moments of Play One-Act Festival of original works by local playwrights. Watson-Felt has appeared in STC productions including The Best Man, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Proof, Safe, Seneca’s Oedipus, and No Exit. Cowell has been on stage with the STC in Proof and Improv on the Bricks.
Tickets for Last Meal and the entire Boston Theater Marathon are $25 and are available by calling 617-933-8600 or visiting www.bostonplaywrights.org.
Boston Playwrights’ Theatre presents the eleventh annual Boston Theater Marathon on May 17th from 12 noon to 10 pm. The marathon is an award-winning charity festival featuring 50 ten-minute plays by 50 New England playwrights presented by 50 New England theatre companies in 10 hours. The marathon will be presented at Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts.
This year the Boston Theater Marathon will include The Warm Up Laps on May 16th featuring three staged readings, including Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck’s The Novelist, directed by Huntington Theatre Company Artistic Director Peter DuBois. These readings are free and open to the public.
All net proceeds benefit the Theatre Community Benevolent Fund, a non-profit organization that provides financial relief for theatre artists and organizations who face dire need and require financial assistance.
