Hi All,<br><br>Please pass on this news about Main Street Stage's upcoming performance of Lee Blessing's "Down the Road". Also not that we have decided to have not one, but two - that's right, you heard it here first, TWO - Community Nights (Thursday April 26 and May 3). These are pay-what-you-can nights and are unique to the Main Street Stage. Seating, however, is limited! So reserve seating...
<br><br>Edward<br><br>************************<br><span class="q" id="q_111bd837d25bbbf6_1">MARCH 26, 2007<br><br><br>TO: Area Newspapers <br><br>CONTACT: Alexia Trainor - 413-663-3240<br><br>RELEASE: Immediate<br><br>
<br>MAIN STREET STAGE ANNOUNCES LEE BLESSING'S "DOWN THE ROAD"
<br><br>Main Street Stage announced today the production of Lee Blessing's<br>drama DOWN THE ROAD. The show opens Friday, April 20 at 8 p.m.<br><br>The three-character play is directed by Main Street Stage's Artistic
<br>Director, Bruce T. MacDonald. The cast features Ed Cating as Bill<br>Reach, Mike Trainor as Dan Henniman, and Liz Urban as Iris Henniman. <br>Mr. Cating was last seen in Main Street Stage's recent production of<br>
Ibsen's GHOSTS. Mr. Trainor appeared in last spring's Main Street<br>Stage premier of Jennifer Mattern's LIKE HOME. DOWN THE ROAD marks<br>Ms. Urban's debut with Main Street Stage. She is known locally as
<br>the President of North Adams' Mill City Productions and heads up the<br>Greylock Theatre Project in association with Williamstown Theatre<br>Festival.<br><br>Dan and Iris Henniman have been hired to write a book recounting Bill
<br>Reach's heinous crimes. Reach has admitted his guilt in the savage<br>slayings of nineteen (or more) women. Over the many weeks of<br>interviews the stress wears on the couple as they record Reach's<br>testimony of his unbelievably cruel acts. The Henniman's begin to
<br>question the ethics of presenting Reach's story, in all its horrific<br>brutality, as if it were just another commodity to feed America's<br>obsession with celebrity.<br><br>DOWN THE ROAD at Main Street Stage, 57 Main Street in North Adams,
<br>previews Thursday, April 19 and opens Friday, April 20, then plays<br>Fridays and Saturdays through May 5 at 8 p.m. There will be two<br>Sunday matinees, April 29 and May 6 at 4 p.m. and two special<br>Community Night performance at 8
p.m. on Thursday, April 27 and May<br>3. Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for seniors, $10 for<br>students. Community Night performances are "Pay What You Can".<br>Seating is very limited. Reservations are recommended and can be
<br>made by calling 413-663-3240.</span><br clear="all"><br>