33 HAWLEY EVENTS
AAngel presents
THE FIRST LAST STEP
AN ORIGINAL COLLECTION FASHION SHOW
TLFS is more than a Fashion Show it’s the mark of rebirth and growth. With fashion genres Punk Vogue, Casual Wear, Distress Wear along with a musical performance these worlds collide to create an image that reveals itself. As this is the last step before pursuing a fashion design degree, aangel throws everything on the table to create a high fashion show for the world to see.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30; 7:30pm
THE WORKROOM
presented by Krimson Society
KOSTUME KRAZY
OCTOBER 31; 10pm - 2am
THE WORKROOM
DJ Zaymoney + DJ Extreme
18+ Event - I.D. Required and strictly enforced
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School for Contemporary Dance + Thought presents
TOGETHER TOGATHER TOGETHER
TOGETHER
WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, + a DANCE RAVE
NOVEMBER 20 - 21
THE WORKROOM
a 36-hour event organized around the question of what fortifies us as individuals and as overlapping communities in this time. Knowing that there is no one answer to this question and that there is always more to do to divest from systems of domination, we put faith in care and simple technologies of gathering with others around shared intention and attention. Perhaps in doing so we will nourish our hearts and connections and reveal some of the strategies most needed to keep going. In addition to performances, readings, a dance party fundraiser, and a gender expansive clothing swap, there will also be opportunities for facilitated rest, touch, movement practice, singing, and collaborative crafting.
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CURATION TEAM: Vanessa Anspaugh, Mara Poliak, hana van der kolk and Jen Polins
ARTISTS: Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich, Kelsey Chapman, Simon Wolff, aana van der kolk, Melinda Buckwalter, Jen Polins, Mara Poliak, Eddy Levin, Ashley Shey, Jeffy O, Movement of the People Dance Company and MORE!
Andrea Olsen presents
CROSSINGS FESTIVAL
Dance, Film, Memoir
November 12 - 15
THE WORKROOMThursday, November 12
6:30-9PM - SHOWING - Opening to the UNDERSCORE w/ Underscore +/- Group
$10-$20 sliding scale. Space is limited. Contact: Patrick Crowley
Carole's Dance Studio
Friday, November 13
12-1:30PM READING - Reading of published and emerging works by Doug Anderson, Margaret Lloyd, and Andrea Olsen, plus discussion/stories about memoir writing. Suggested donation $0-$10 RESERVE HERE
6PM PERFORMANCE - CROSSINGS Featuring WORMWOOD, or dances for the demon AI in the organic apocalypse by Scotty Hardwig, with coding & visual/sonic interfaces by Zach Duer
PLUS new dance works by Andrea Olsen, Randee Paufve, Molly Rose-Williams, & Chris Aiken. Lighting by Olana Z. Flynn.
Tickets: $15-$20 Limited seating—early reservations recommended.
TICKETS HERE
Saturday, November 14
2PM FILM SCREENING - Multi-award winning “La Passeggiata” by Scotty Hffardwig, created in Italy with Fabiano Culora, Caryn McHose, Andrea Olsen, and Gianluca Vincentini, and "Body of Work" by Molly Rose-Williams, featuring Randee Paufve (supported by a NOM Multimedia Arts Grant), plus filmmaking discussions with the artists.
Suggested donation $5-$10 TICKETS HERE
6PM PERFORMANCE - CROSSINGS Featuring WORMWOOD, or dances for the demon AI in the organic apocalypse by Scotty Hardwig, with coding & visual/sonic interfaces by Zach Duer
PLUS new dance works by Andrea Olsen, Randee Paufve, Molly Rose-Williams, & Chris Aiken. Lighting by Olana Z. Flynn.
Tickets: $15-$20 Limited seating—early reservations recommended.
TICKETS HERE
Sunday, November 15
9-10:45AM WORKSHOP - Morning Movement with Molly Rose-Williams
$10-$20 no one turned away REGISTER HERE
Northampton Open Media presents
NEXT TURN
A CELEBRATION OF THE COMMUNITY AND ART OF TABLETOP GAMES
PLAY, LEARN, SHARE- A large open board game library
- Scheduled RPG events
- Teaching tables: learn a new game with a friendly teacher
- Bring your own games to share
MAKE GAMES MEDIA (Free to the public!)
Want to podcast, shoot video, or livestream your games? Hands-on instruction in:
- Podcasting
- Video production
- Livestreaming
PLAYSHOPS & SPECIAL GUESTS
Celebrate games as multimedia community art. Playshops and appearances by people who make them:
Rob Daviau — designer, co-founder of Restoration Games (Pandemic Legacy, Cthulhu: Death May Die, Downforce, Return to Dark Tower)
Joey Royale — tabletop RPG designer (Get Haunted, Weird Heroes of Public Access, and the show Joey Royale's Pizza Party)
Jim DuBois — designer of computer, card, and board games (Heroes of Might and Magic II, Vampires v. Unicorns, and the new release City of Demons)
Ian Brody — designer of Griggling Games board game publisher (War of the Ring Card Game and the Quartermaster General series)
NOVEMBER 6-8, 2026
THROUGHOUT 33 HAWLEY
AAngel presents
THE FIRST LAST STEP
AN ORIGINAL COLLECTION FASHION SHOW
TLFS is more than a Fashion Show it’s the mark of rebirth and growth. With fashion genres Punk Vogue, Casual Wear, Distress Wear along with a musical performance these worlds collide to create an image that reveals itself. As this is the last step before pursuing a fashion design degree, aangel throws everything on the table to create a high fashion show for the world to see.FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30; 7:30pm
THE WORKROOM
Jazz Shares presents
Adam Rudolph’s HU VIBRATIONAL
This is not simply a regular concert—feel free to bring yoga mats, blankets, pillows, edibles, the desire to dance. We will gather around the musicians, who will be in the center of the room.
“Hu Vibrational wants to chill you out with James Brown beats and trip-hop moves played on instruments otherwise best suited for indigenous ritual ceremonies.” – Pitchfork“
Over the course of the last few decades, Adam Rudolph has quietly become a giant of world fusion and spiritual jazz.” – Bandcamp
“Music that thrives on the balance of simultaneously reaching backwards and forwards in time. It soothes and reorients, yet feels like the opposite of somnambulant new-age massage tapes.” – JazzTimes
WHEREWITHAL
STUDIO SHOWING OF NEW WORK + IMPROVISATIONS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22 and
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
6pm
THE WORKROOM
with MARY BETH BROOKER, OLANA FLYNN, MADISON PALFFY, CHELSEA PERRY, AVIVIA SKOBLOW, and WENDY WOODSON
DONATIONS AT THE DOOR
School for Contemporary Dance + Thought presents
ACROSS THE GENERATIONS
an intergenerational performance
Sunday. October 18; 2pmTHE WORKROOMWhat happens when a college student and a neighbor decades older sit down and simply tell each other their stories? Connection. Belonging. And now, performance.
Across the Generations is a brand-new intergenerational performance project born from the Storytelling Project, a collaboration between Northampton Neighbors, The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought (SCDT), and the UMass School of Public Health and Health Sciences.
The Story Behind the Stories
Students in the UMass public health course The Epidemic of Loneliness: On Connection, Belonging, and Public Health, taught by Professor Gloria DiFulvio, are paired one-on-one with members of Northampton Neighbors. Over a series of Zoom conversations, they share personal stories, build trust, and discover how much two people from different generations have in common.
The finished pieces live at storyshareumass.org, a growing archive whose motto is “Everyone has a story to share.” Now SCDT is bringing these stories to life on stage through movement, voice, and shared presence, in a one-of-a-kind performance marking Northampton Neighbors’ 10th anniversary.
ARCANECON
Celebration of Table Gaming
Join us in a celebration of table gaming! ArcaneCon is Western Massachusetts premiere tabletop hobby convention! ArcaneCon 2026 will be its third year, this time it will be more than twice the size as the past two ArcaneCons! ArcaneCon 2026 is still conveniently located in walk-able and beautiful downtown Northampton Massachusetts during the peak of the autumn season!ArcaneCon is a celebration of old-school games, old-school inspired games, indie games, miniature-focused games, Underappreciated board games, even popular games with uncommon formats! ArcaneCon is the place to check out games you may be curious about but never had the chance to play or run! Whether it be an RPG, miniatures game, board game, or card game - we welcome it all!
Please Note: ArcaneCon is an all-ages event, but children 15 years and under will require a parent or guardian of 18 years or older to be present on site.
OCTOBER 16 + 17; 8am - 10pm
A BUILDING-WIDE EVENT
$25 - FRIDAY OR SATURDAY BADGE
$35 - FULL WEEKEND BADGE
NORTHAMPTON PRINT AND BOOK FAIR
Join us for the NPBF Pre-Party with ILSSA at Looky Here in Greenfield the evening before the fair on Friday, October 9th from 7 – 10pm – click here for more info!
OCTOBER 10; 11am - 5pm
THE WORKROOM
2026 EXHIBITORS
Alder & Frankia / Impractical Labor (ILSSA)
Allie The Brave
Annie Sollinger
Ava Pom
Chelsea Granger
Combos Press
Cosmic Dog House Press
Emma Cornwell
Esther S White
Factory Hollow Press
GRAPEFRUIT
GUTROT
Jia Lipton
Jules Kang Sharpe
Laura Mason Photography
Looky Here
Luis Arnías
Massachusetts Center for the Book
Matty Hollander
Meghan Minior
Pamela Acosta Hernández
Peter O Zierlein
Press Brake
Saint Lydia
Salted Snail Studio
Scram Press
SICK Magazine
Snake Hair
Somehow School
Sophie Page
Zea Mays Printmaking
Zine Libraries of Western Mass
Zoárd Tyeklár
Serious Play Theatre Ensemble presents
Caryl Churchill’s
ESCAPED ALONE
a play that meets the present moment
Wed. October 7 + Thur. October 8; 8pmTHE WORKROOMFeaturing CHRISTINE ADAIRE, MARY BETH BROOKER, JUDITH FINE &
MURIEL JOHNSON
ESCAPED ALONE, by acclaimed English playwright, Caryl Churchill, was published in 2016 around the time of Donald Trump’s first election. I discovered this piece in 2018, in the New Scripts Library in the Traverse Theatre at the EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL, Scotland, while on tour with Serious Play’s production of THE RED GUITAR. I fell in love with Churchill’s imaginative use of language, the experimental construct of the play and the strong female perspective. But at the time, I felt it was far too harsh a message to be presented by Serious Play. Now, in 2026, I feel differently.
ESCAPED ALONE contrasts the mundane, witty, fragmented chatter of older women enjoying afternoon tea in a neighbor’s backyard, with the prophetic, disturbing visions of climate disasters and societal collapse, foreseen by one of them.
The play is both darkly comedic and chillingly profound.
A play for this moment in time.
Tickets $20-35
Play Incubation Collective presents
LUCKY STRIKE
a Development Workshop Reading
Sunday, October 4, 7:30pmTHE WORKROOMSynopsis: In elementary school, Noah, Cal, and Drew are best friends forever; by the end of senior year they’re not on speaking terms. Cal comes out as nonbinary, Drew enters the manosphere, and Noah… well, Noah’s stuck in the middle. Lucky Strike is about in betweens: childhood and adolescence, the left and the alt-right. It’s about gaps, and trying to bridge them, and failing.
The reading begins at 7:30pm. Doors will open 7:00pm. No entry after 7:45pm. Please enter the 33 Hawley Building via the downstairs courtyard. The reading will take place in The Workroom.
Tickets $10 (subsidized tickets available)
Dramaturgy by Ezekiel Baskin. Program Coordination by Madison VanDeurzen.
Featuring Mike Giarusso, Yar Petrov, and Hanh Rioux. With Stage Directions read by Anna Shea Morrissey.
What is a Development Workshop?
Development Workshops are reserved for pieces that have a first full draft and could use an intensive period of writing and hearing the work out loud with actors. This opportunity provides multiple developmental worksessions with actors and other support artists, culminating in a reading and developmental discussion with an audience. This is reserved for scripts in a variety of developmental stages.
AMBERGRIS BOOK PARTY
Celebrating a new book by Amy Dryansky
Amy Dryansky will read from and talk about her third collection of poems, Ambergris. In it Dryansky zeroes in on our shared "creative project"- the continual making, re-making and unmaking we're engaged in as we reckon with our past, present and future. What do we do with what we're given? How do we respond when what we're given isn't what we want or think we can manage?OCTOBER 1; 6:30pm
THE MEZZANINE at 33 Hawley
Amy Dryansky has published two previous poetry collections. Her first, How I Got Lost So Close to Home, won the New England / New York Award from Alice James Books. The second, Grass Whistle (Salmon Poetry) received the Massachusetts Book Award. Individual poems appear widely in journals, as well as several anthologies. She’s a former poet laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts, and received awards from the Poetry Society of America and Massachusetts Cultural Council.
School for Contemporary Dance + Thought presents
WIP:
WORKS IN PROGRESS
The School for Contemporary Dance and Thought presents WIP (works-in-progress), a performance series that showcases developing movement-based works on Sunday afternoons. 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 located in the Pioneer Valley. We are looking to create performances showcasing a diverse range of established and emerging artists, as well as those local to the valley and beyond.
Sunday, September 20, 4pm
THE WORKROOM
School for Contemporary Dance + Thought presents
NINE MOONS:
COMMUNITY REHEARSAL, CLASS, AND PERFORMANCE PROJECT
Join award winning choreographer Vanessa Anspaugh for a nine-month creative process that is part class, part rehearsal, and part performance project.SEPTEMBER 17 - 19
THE WORKROOM
Designed for performers, movers, choreographers, and curious beginners alike, this intimate ensemble experience offers a deep dive into collaborative dance-making. Rather than focusing on technique alone, participants explore choreographic process, creative research, improvisation, and performance, gaining insight into how and why a work is made.Together, the ensemble will develop a new evening-length performance that premieres in May 2027 in Northampton, then touring to a variety of nontraditional sites including galleries, barns, meadows, parking lots, and other public spaces.Seeking performers of all backgrounds and experience levels who bring curiosity, generosity, and a commitment to collaborative process.All bodies. All gender expressions. All ages welcome.Enrollment is limited to 10 participants.
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.
Play Incubation Collective presents
PIC PIPS: THE VOYAGE OF THE AUGUST
a new play by Wynn MacKenzie
September 6; 7:30pmTHE WORKROOM
Synopsis: A tale of queer love and mutiny on the high seas! The Voyage of the August chronicles the final voyage of a merchant ship bound for England in the 1700s, whose crew takes their fate into their own hands. This account of the good ship August is a work of historical fantasy, queer joy, soapy salty drama, and an homage to romanticized nautical stories from this century and centuries past.
Featuring: Cat Milo Keatinge Bezark, Hia Gosh, Moe McElligot, Eric Rose, Alan Schneider, Foster Finch Schrader, Kevin Tracy, Rich Vaden, and Weaver.
With Stage Directions read by Eric Rose, Dramaturgy by Fig Lefevre, and Program Coordination by Madison VanDeurzen.
Katrina Goldsaito presents
DON’T CRY EMILY
September 3 + 4; 6pm
September 5; 2pm + 6pm
THE WORKROOM
Don’t Cry, Emily is a ritual / performance by Katrina Goldsaito & 18 of you.
It is about the ecstasy of grief, sisterhood, suicide, and lime soda.
When Katrina met her crying newborn sister, she climbed up onto the hospital bed and said, “Don’t cry, Emily.” Her baby sister stopped crying, and the name stuck. Emily killed herself 28 years later, and in the 13 years since, Katrina could not stop writing a book about her death that was maybe never a book at all.
Maybe it was a story meant to be sewn out of lettuce. Or a book with spores in its leaves, so that after reading, you bury the pages and it is returned to the earth, sprouting mysterious plants.
Maybe the book is a boulder inside of a book.
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