Valley Players‘ staged reading production of Lee Blessing’s play A Walk in the Woods opens in just ten days! Seating is very limited, so reservations are strongly recommended. The show runs June 20–29, 2025, at the First Congregational Church in Amherst (165 Main Street), 7:00pm on June 20–22 and June 27–28 and 2:30pm on June 29. Tickets are on a pay-what-you-can scale starting at $15.
Thank you to all who provided sponsorship to make this production possible.
In keeping with Valley Players’ mission to support the community through community theater, half of net ticket revenue will be donated to the Amherst-based Peace Development Fund. Since 1981, the Peace Development Fund has worked to build the capacity of community-based organizations through grants, training, and other resources as partners in human rights and social justice movements, encouraging the development of diverse, self-sustaining, and economically viable communities to build a peaceful, just, and equitable world.
Praised by New York Magazine as “a minor miracle,” Time as “a work of passion and power,” and Drama-Logue as “a marvelous piece of theater” and “great treatise on the nature of mankind,” A Walk in the Woods follows the evolution of the personal and professional relationship between two nuclear disarmament negotiators—a Russian and an American—who meet informally in the woods outside Geneva over the course of a tense year. Set in the waning days of the Cold War, Blessing’s play is a witty and moving exploration of conflict and coexistence, dialogue and diplomacy, and the critical role that making connections plays on the path to peace. Valley Players’ production of A Walk in the Woods features Chip Roughton as American negotiator John Honeyman and Anthony Ferreira as Soviet negotiator Andrey Botvinnik and is directed and produced by Matteo Pangallo.
Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis, and doors open 30 minutes before curtain. The play runs approximately 2 hours, inclusive of a 15-minute intermission.
Reserve your tickets today for A Walk in the Woods
The Valley Players is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in the Connecticut River Valley region of Massachusetts by producing high-quality community theater. Valley Players productions aim to be nimble, meaningful, and accessible. Valley Players’ mission is to make community theater that helps build community, which is why a portion of net ticket sales for all our shows is donated to another nonprofit or charity serving the Valley.
PICTURE: Lindsey Campbell, left, and Terrance J. Peters, center, rehearse Valley Players’ production of “Constellations” at Munson Memorial Library in Amherst on Oct. 7, 2024.
