CALENDAR GIRLS: A Staged Reading

CALENDAR GIRLS: A Staged Reading

By Playwright Tim Firth

Monday, October 28, 2024
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.

Free & open to all

In-person at Berkshire Community College

This staged reading of the comedy CALENDAR GIRLS was developed by the students of the Fall 2024 OLLI Acting Class and instructors Dan Woods and Jeannie Marlin Woods. 

This wonderful, heartwarming play is based on the true story of members of a Women’s Institute (women’s club) in England. When Annie’s husband dies of leukemia, she and her best friend, Chris, resolve to wring some good from their sadness. When they convince four fellow members of the WI (Women’s Institute) to forego the usual boring calendar the group produces each year to raise money for a good cause, they decide instead to pose nude for an alternative calendar. What begins as a plan to buy a new settee for the local hospital turns into an international media sensation. With hordes of press descending on their small Yorkshire village, Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test by their newfound fame as they discovered just how far a great idea can take you.

Based on the Miramax motion picture by Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth. CALENDAR GIRLS was first presented by David Pugh Ltd at Chichester Festival Theatre on 5th September 2008. CALENDAR GIRLS transferred to the Noel Coward Theatre, London on 4th April 2009. Associate Producer: Stoneface Ltd.

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This event is supported through the generous philanthropy of Nancy and Michael Vale, whose bequest established the Michael and Nancy Vale Performing Arts Fund at OLLI at Berkshire Community College. This endowed fund supports theater-based OLLI programming.