33 HAWLEY EVENTS
Suspended Play and Educational Circus presents
(B)RAINSTORM
a circus show for children and their grown-upsSeptember 11 at 4pm
September 12 at 11am + 2pm
THE WORKROOM
(B)RAINSTORM is an original contemporary circus performance created especially for young audiences. Blending movement, aerial acrobatics, and live saxophone, the show celebrates one of childhood's greatest strengths: curiosity. Inspired by the endless cascade of questions children ask as they make sense of the world, this show transforms wonder into a playful weather system where questions rain from the sky, wind carries ideas, and discoveries gather like clouds. Rather than rushing toward answers, the performance delights in asking questions freely, and often—making space for imagination, exploration, and joyful uncertainty. Featuring seven hundred colorful ping pong balls and plenty of giggles, wiggles, and surprises.
Tickets $10-40
Designed with young audiences in mind, (B)RAINSTORM is a relaxed performance where little ones are encouraged to experience the show in the way that feels most natural to them. Wiggles, whispers, laughter, snacks, and curious sounds are all welcome. To help every family feel comfortable, we’ll offer a variety of seating options, including picnic-style floor seating, stroller parking, and traditional theater seating.
MORE EVENTS
Suspended Play and Educational Circus presents
(B)RAINSTORM
a circus show for children and their grown-upsSeptember 11 at 4pm
September 12 at 11am + 2pm
THE WORKROOM
(B)RAINSTORM is an original contemporary circus performance created especially for young audiences. Blending movement, aerial acrobatics, and live saxophone, the show celebrates one of childhood's greatest strengths: curiosity. Inspired by the endless cascade of questions children ask as they make sense of the world, this show transforms wonder into a playful weather system where questions rain from the sky, wind carries ideas, and discoveries gather like clouds. Rather than rushing toward answers, the performance delights in asking questions freely, and often—making space for imagination, exploration, and joyful uncertainty. Featuring seven hundred colorful ping pong balls and plenty of giggles, wiggles, and surprises.
Tickets $10-40
Designed with young audiences in mind, (B)RAINSTORM is a relaxed performance where little ones are encouraged to experience the show in the way that feels most natural to them. Wiggles, whispers, laughter, snacks, and curious sounds are all welcome. To help every family feel comfortable, we’ll offer a variety of seating options, including picnic-style floor seating, stroller parking, and traditional theater seating.
Wendy Woodson presents
OPEN FRAME
a series of eventsJuly 16-18
THE WORKROOM no preregistration needed; pay at the door
Works-in-progress Showings
Thursday, July 16, 4-6pm, FREESusan Thompson, Phoebe Shaw, Richard Ballon,Wendy Woodson, and Jamie McHugh
The Vertical, Horizontal & Diagonal
building dramatic spacesFriday, July 17, 11am-1pm, $15Workshop with Susan ThompsonSpontaneous Scoring
Friday, July 17, 2-4pm, FREEfacilitated by Wendy WoodsonBreath Made Visible
Saturday, July 18, 10:30am-12pm, $15a Workshop with Jamie McHughClown: Generous Shenanigans
Saturday July 18, 1-3pm, $15a workshop with Susan ThompsonA.P.E. + Julie Forrest Wyman present
THE TALLEST DWARF:
EMBODIED EXPLORATIONS
Join Julie Wyman and choreographer and long-time collaborator Yanira Castro to experiment with exercises, practices and scores for audiences related to Julie’s recently released feature documentary THE TALLEST DWARFAll are welcome. Workshops are FREE, but RSVP is requested. No previous movement experience needed. More accessibility info about 33 Hawley/The Workroom can be found HERE.
There will be 2 workshop sessions
Thursday, July 2, 12-3pm • RSVP HERE
and
Thursday, July 2, 5-8pm • RSVP HERE
Both workshops will happen in The Workroom at 33 Hawley.
Participants are asked to view the documentary THE TALLEST DWARF before attending (if possible).
Please contact Kathy Couch with any questions.
A.P.E. + Julie Forrest Wyman present
THE TALLEST DWARF
Monday, June 29 at 7pm
THE WORKROOM*
FREE
THE TALLEST DWARF charts filmmaker Julie Wyman’s quest to find her place within the little people (LP) community at a moment when dwarf identity is poised to radically change. As Julie unpacks the rumors of “partial dwarfism” in her family she finds that hers is the last of a body type she has inherited. She joins forces with a group of dwarf artists to confront the legacy of being fetishized and put on display. Together they create films that reclaim a complicated history and speak back to the echoes of eugenics in the newly emerging pharmaceutical interventions that make little people taller. Through its personal and expanding perspective, the film invites audiences to a new way of seeing.
*Masking is strongly encouraged for this event, unless medically prohibitive. Masks will be provided.
SHOW CIRCUS presents
CIRCOPOLY
Saturday, June 20 at 1pm
THE WORKROOM
TICKETS + INFO
The SHOW-Offs Youth Circus Troupe presents Circopoly! Inspired by the classic board game "Monopoly", this student circus show features aerials, acrobatics, balance, and juggling antics in a whimsical and critical exploration.
SCDT's HATCHERY YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE PROJECT
AUDITION NOTICE
community, collaboration, creation
Sunday, June 14; 12-1pm
Carole’s Dance Studio
Do you love to create and perform?
Are you a dancer, musician, actor, or visual artist?
Hatchery is looking for new members (ages 12–18).
Hatchery is more than a company.
It’s a collaborative, supportive space where teens make original work and experience what it means to be part of a vibrant performing arts community.
Join us!
Hatchery AUDITION PAGE
SCDT's HATCHERY YOUNG ARTIST PERFORMANCE PROJECT in
ASTEROID B-612
A LOVE STORY
Inspired by The Little Prince
Friday, June 12 at 7:30 PM
Saturday, June 13 at 2 PM & 7:30 PM
THE WORKROOM
Directed by Jen Polins, Katherine Kain & Ashirah Devi Dalomba
Original work by The Hatchery Dance Company & Hatchery Pit Band
Hatchery Choreographers: Irina Andrews, Lila Gilman-Hollabaugh, Serena Gross, Andrew Jones-Monaghan, Agnes MacLean, Frances Slabich, Ida Pitcher, Jamie Rose, Inna Selman
Special Guests: Sakina Ibrahim, Gabriella Carmichael, Erik Elizondo
LUNCH: a play
by Mary Beth BrookerTwo sisters, estranged for forty years, tuck into an oddly enchanted repast. To see what's on the menu, please join us for LUNCH.
Chefs: Mollye Maxner and Acadia Barrengos
featuring Ezekiel Baskin, Mary Beth Brooker, Todd Colby, Polina Kasynova, Molly Rose-Williams, and Sandy Timmerman
JUNE 4 + 5; 8pm
JUNE 6; 4pm + 8pm
THE WORKROOM
ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC +
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
with performances by:
Jake Meginsky (modular synth)/Lemuel Marc (trumpet) Duo
Rebecca Schrader/Marie Carroll (2X Cello)
Wednesday Knudsen (Flute/Electronics)
Wednesday, May 20, 7:30pm
THE WORKROOM
TICKETS + INFO
TRYING
written by MORGAN TABBpart of PIC PIPS
Sunday, May 3 • 7:30pm
THE WORKROOM
FREE TO ATTEND
Doors open at 7:15; please enter through the lower courtyard door
2026 PLAY BY PLAY FESTIVAL
The Northampton Playwrights Lab celebrates its 20th Anniversary, April 23rd to 26th, with the 2026 Play by Play Festival, featuring readings of new works by member playwrights.
April 23 - 26
THE WORKROOM
See each event for date & time
TICKETS + INFO
HOLDING STEADY
NEW SOLOS + DUETS
performances by CHELSEA PERRY, MELINA TSECKARES, MARY BETH BROOKER, FYNN KUGEL, REBECCA SCHRADER, and WENDY WOODSON
April 17 at 6pm
April 18 at 4pmTHE WORKROOM
EMAIL FOR RESERVATIONS
SUGGESTED DONATION • $15
IRIS
written by OLIVIA CLEMENT FINCHpart of PIC PIPS
Sunday, April 12 • 7:30pm
THE WORKROOM
FREE TO ATTEND
RSVP
Doors open at 7:15; please enter through the lower courtyard door
HUT performance X3
Movement | Words | SoundMovement: Cameron Childs
Words: Mark Wunderlich
Sound: Rebecca Schrader
Sunday, April 11 • 8pm
THE WORKROOM
INFO + TICKETS
HUT is an exciting and innovative interdisciplinary performance series that has been running for 14 seasons. It is co-curated by movement artist Jennifer Polins, sound artist Jake Meginsky, and writer Catherine Corbett Bresner. The series showcases the work of three artists in each performance, featuring MOVEMENT, WORDS, and MUSIC from local and international artists who share a pursuit of experimental improvisation and an intention to push their forms forward. HUT draws diverse audiences who love music, writing and dance, offering varied communities a chance to sit together and experience performance styles they might not have appreciated before. By juxtaposing different artistic genres and emphasizing experimentation, HUT creates a unique space for building a new sense of public engagement and appreciation for the arts.
image by Bill Nace 2024
GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER
A contemporary circus production exploring deconstruction, identity, and collective reconstruction. Follow the story of a show director who assembles a circus performance live from a community bulletin board, discovering acts that interrogate the social structures and personal narratives we inherit.
April 3 + 4, 6pm
THE WORKROOM
TICKETS + INFO
ELIZABETH IV + THERE IS MORE THAN ONE BED
plus a weekend of classesMarch 20-22
THE WORKROOM
Friday, March 20, 2026
8PM PERFORMANCE - Elizabeth IV (Choreography by Heidi Henderson) and There's More Than One Bed (Choreography by Tristan Koepke and Benny Olk)
Saturday, March 21, 2026
10AM-12PM CLASS - Contact Improvisation with Shura Baryshnikov and Sarah Konner
1-3PM CLASS - Heated Rivalry but make it Contemporary Dance with Tristan Koepke and Big Boy Dance
8PM PERFORMANCE - Elizabeth IV (Choreography by Heidi Henderson) and There's More Than One Bed (Choreography by Tristan Koepke and Benny Olk)
Sunday, March 22, 2026
9AM-10:45PM CLASS - Countertechnique with Shura Baryshnikov
WIP
Works In Progressby Doron Perk, Sarah Ana Malone, Colby Connelly, Madison McGain, Celine Bassman, Mira Göksel
Sunday, March 15 • 4pm
THE WORKROOM
TICKETS
About WIP:
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works. WIP values sharing research and experimentation, rather than presenting finished works, and welcomes applications from emerging and established artists. The curatorial team choosing WIP choreographers is composed of fellow dance artists that have presented at WIP and SCDT board members. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the Pioneer Valley and beyond. The curatorial team aims to create a program comprised of artists both local and national.
DANCE SAMPLER
AS PART OF ARTS NIGHT OUT @ 33 HAWLEY
Friday, March 13 • 5-6:30pm
THE WORKROOM
part of Rebecca Herskovitz’s exhibition
...we were always beautiful...
FRIDAY, MARCH 6
Preview/Pre-Sale 6:00 - 7:00pm
Artist Talk 6:30pm
The Split Level Gallery
FREE and open to the public (with 10% Pre-Sale discount on all artwork)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
Silent Disco Studio Hour 6 - 7pm
Eli’s Room @ 33 Hawley
Adults: $10; Ages 10-17*: $1
Space is limited. Reservations required.
Email for more information: whereveryouarestudios@gmail.com
*Special pricing provided thanks to the generous support of the Northampton Arts Council and the Mass Cultural Council. Participants aged 13 and under must attend with an adult.
PLAY INCUBATION COLLECTIVE presents
HARRY TRUMAN + THE VOLCANO
written by SEAN BARRYpart of PIC PIPS
Sunday, March 1 • 7:30pm
THE WORKROOM
FREE
SHIR LIVNE presents
MOM*
A one-woman circus show about motherhoodWhat makes a “good mom”? MOM* shines a light on the inner thoughts that we have as potential mothers, stepmothers, bio-moms, and daughters. What did we expect things to feel like, and how do they actually feel? Shir Livne shares her truths in this tour de force solo performance, presenting her absurdist take on motherhood through circus, storytelling, and pages upon pages of fiery teenage journals
Friday, February 13 • 6pm
Saturday, February 14 • 8pmTHE WORKROOM
TICKETS HERE
SHIR LIVNE is a movement artist who creates pieces that combine theater, dance, and circus. She exalts in walking the line between comedy and tragedy, and creating absurd imagery, using clown, aerial rope, and tightwire.
She premiered her 75 minute one-woman circus show about motherhood, MOM*, in Somerville, MA in September 2024. It has toured in Philadelphia, PA (Philly Fringe 2024), Camden, NJ (Philadelphia Contemporary Circus Festival 2025), Boston, MA (‘MOM* and the Making It Up Art Exhibition’), NYC (3AM Theatre), Connecticut, and Chicago. Her work in this show will be featured in Rivka Eckert’s upcoming book about mother/artist performance practices and inclusivity.
Before becoming a circus performer, Shir worked as a robotics engineer for companies such as Amazon Robotics and Berkshire Grey. She brings her technical acumen and ingenuity to circus, bringing the ideas in her head to life, and often asking the question “what if?”. She also performs as a hospital clown (‘Dr. Bird Brain’) as part of the Laughter League.
MORE INFO HERE
THE RED GUITAR
Film screening + FUNDRAISER for Serious PlayA virtuoso guitarist, a red Stratocaster, a life in sound.
Now an exquisite film of the live performance.
Wednesday, February 11 • 8pm (doors at 7:30)THE WORKROOM
With his apple red Fender Stratocaster in hand and his extraordinary talent, John Sheldon caught the attention of audiences and reviewers alike at the Edinburgh Fringe. He creates a whole world of sound with unbelievable technical skill, a quick inventive musical mind, and some impressive live looping as hands and feet assemble an entire sound score that can stir the musical heart of the most hardened soul. John's ironclad belief in the power of sound pervades the whole performance, the conviction that music is not just entertainment, but a soul saving enterprise, worthy of the lifelong commitment he has made to it. His technical skill never overwhelms the story- the poignant, the humorous, the moments of connection, of illumination. The journey continues, setting a course to the center of who we truly are: vibration.
FOR MORE INFO, EMAIL HERE
EUGENE FRIESEN + COURT DORSEY present
POEMS WITH WINGS
Poetry and CelloFour-time Grammy Award winning cellist Eugene Friesen and actor/writer Court Dorsey collaborate to create “Poems with Wings,” an improvised performance of poems from Dorsey’s Tiger Stripes poetry collection and works by other poets.
Eugene’s passion for improvised music has been featured in concerts all over the world with Paul Simon, the Paul Winter Consort and with Trio Globo. Dorsey has 50 years’ experience as an actor, poet and playwright. He released his mystical poetry collection in 2024.
Sunday, February 1 at 2pm
THE WORKROOM