Meltdown- Voices from Chernobyl
Shantigar Foundation and Western MA Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Future Present
MELTDOWN – VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL
The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
A dramatic adaptation by Spencer Smith of the book by Svetlana Alexeivich
Reading directed by Ronald Rand
MELTDOWN is a dramatic presentation that asks the question, “What if it happened here?” The voices in the play are those of Chernobyl survivors but the readers are local, from Western Massachusetts. So are the dangers of a meltdown. Voices From Chernobyl read by local readers vividly dramatizes what might happen to all our individual lives if a meltdown did happen here. Meltdown, Voices From Chernobyl doesn’t pose an abstract question but a dramatic one of vital interest to each of us in Western Massachusetts, a direct warning to us from the inhabitants of Chernobyl to whom the unthinkable did happen.
Well-known participants involved in the Readings include:
Betsy Corner, Frances Crowe, Court Dorsey, Ruth Hooke, Jeannine Haas, Dr. Ira Helfand, Deb Katz, Sister Jane Morrissey, Mary Ann Palmieri, Les Patlove, Chris Rohmann, Pat Roix, Jean-Claude van Itallie, Ronald Rand
Speakers include: Dr. Ira Helfand of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Deb Katz of CAN
Scheduled performances:
Sat July 25th 7:30 PM Greenfield Comunity College, Sloan Theater (parking lot F)
Sun July 26th 7:30 PM Mocha Maya Coffee House, 47 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls
Mon July 27th 7PM 1794 Meeting House*, New Salem
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Tues August 25th 7pm The Edwards Church 299 Main Street , Northampton
Wed August 26th 7 PM Springfield (location TBA)
Attendance is free….donations encouraged
For More Information –
Harvey Schaktman 413-625-6177 harvey@nukebusters.org
Hattie Nestel 978-249-9400 hattieshalom@verizon.net
Shantigar Foundation and Western MA Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Future are proud to be featured on the leading online resource for sustainable and green actions and groups in the Pioneer Valley and across Western Massachusetts: EarthThrives.com.