The Lewis’s’s’s: A Family Band
New Play @ LAVA (Local Access to Valley Arts), 324 Main Street, Greenfield, MA, Tuesday, March 4th at 6 pm
Piti Theatre‘s Youth Troupe program allows young people ages 8 – 12 to create their own performances inspired by their ideas.
On Tuesday, March 4th at 6 pm, a group of young people who have been rehearsing since November in Greenfield will present the culmination of their 2024 – 2025 season with “The Lewis’s’s’s: a Family Band” which tells the tale of a family of musicians from Poughkeepsie who get their big break: an invite to perform in Ireland! Hijinx ensues as they head to the airport, enjoy a surreal encounter with the onboard movie and finally share their artistry with new fans across the water. The play includes original music by the troupe, director Jonathan Mirin, composer/teaching artist Laura Josephs and guitarist Michael Lentz. The performance will be followed by a Q&A with the cast. Admission is free and reservations recommended at ptco.org.
In other Piti news, Youth Troupe in Shelburne Falls kicks off the week of March 10th with a June performance date. Spring programming also includes Bee and Blossom for ages 0 – 8 at Bloom, Piti’s new center for arts and ecology in Charlemont, Valley Playwright Mentoring for teens in Shelburne Falls, Greenfield and Holyoke, and summer week long improv meets the outdoors programs at Bloom. The troupe is also currently working in Mohawk Trail Regional High School’s Supported Classroom and gearing up for a residency in their 8th grade social studies classes in addition to residencies with Hawlemont Regional School and New Hingham Elementary in Chesterfield.
Piti Theatre’s youth programming is made possible through the generous support of Mass Cultural Council’s YouthReach program, Community Foundation of Western MA, the Mount Pleasant Foundation, the Charles H. Hall Foundation, the Markham-Nathan Foundation, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Swiss Harmony and generous individual donors.
About Piti Theatre Co.
Based in Shelburne Falls, MA and Les Ponts-de-Martel, Switzerland, Piti Theatre Company was founded in 2004 by American playwright/actor Jonathan Mirin and Swiss choreographer and visual artist Godeliève Richard. Piti (pronounced “pea-tea”) is an ancient Indian (Pali) word translatable as “joy” or “rapture.” Piti programming plants seeds joy, sustainability and justice and the troupe recently completed a capital campaign to launch Bloom, a Center for Arts & Ecology in Charlemont. ptco.org
