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Pauline and Devereaux Productions Present
One Encore Performance in Ashfield, MA
Saturday June 7, 2025 at 4pm
Pauline and Devereaux Productions Present
One Encore Performance in Ashfield, MA
Saturday June 7, 2025 at 4pm
Frances Perkins: A woman's work
written and performed by
Jarice Hanson
at First Congregational Church of Ashfield
429 Main St., Ashfield MA
a Fundraiser for Pauline Productions
From 1933 to 1945, the first woman Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, crafted some of the most significant legislation of the New Deal Era. For those that think Social Security, child labor laws, minimum wage, the 40-hour work week, and policies focused on social justice have always been the work of men with ties, this presentation shows that all were crafted by one woman who wore pearls.
Jarice Hanson, Professor Emeritus of Communications at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a favorite actress in the Valley for many years, wrote and performs this living history embodiment of Frances Perkins. It runs 70 minutes which includes a 20 minute audience Q & A with Hanson answering "in character" as Perkins. She has performed this piece at over 30 different venues.
Frances Perkins: A Woman's Work will play for 3 performances and all monies will support Pauline Productions and Devereux Productions' 2025 theatre collaborations. The two companies joined forces last spring to produce The Cemetery Club. You may recognize Hanson from that production as Lucille (the flirty one).
What: Frances Perkins: A Woman's Work written and performed by Jarice Hanson to benefit Pauline and Devereux Productions
Where: First Congregational Church of Ashfield, 429 Main, Ashfield, MA
When: Saturday June7 at 4pm
Tickets: Reserve in advance (suggested) online at The Ticketing Company
or at Ashfield Hardware and at the Door, if available (by cash or check)
$18 to $35+
No one turned away for lack of funds—pay what you can at the Door.
Jarice Hanson, Professor Emeritus of Communications at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a favorite actress in the Valley for many years, wrote and performs this living history embodiment of Frances Perkins. It runs 70 minutes which includes a 20 minute audience Q & A with Hanson answering "in character" as Perkins. She has performed this piece at over 30 different venues.
Frances Perkins: A Woman's Work will play for 3 performances and all monies will support Pauline Productions and Devereux Productions' 2025 theatre collaborations. The two companies joined forces last spring to produce The Cemetery Club. You may recognize Hanson from that production as Lucille (the flirty one).
What: Frances Perkins: A Woman's Work written and performed by Jarice Hanson to benefit Pauline and Devereux Productions
Where: First Congregational Church of Ashfield, 429 Main, Ashfield, MA
When: Saturday June7 at 4pm
Tickets: Reserve in advance (suggested) online at The Ticketing Company
or at Ashfield Hardware and at the Door, if available (by cash or check)
$18 to $35+
No one turned away for lack of funds—pay what you can at the Door.
GIVE US A GIFT!
If you would like to donate to Pauline Productions, and keep theatre happening in our community,
Please do! We will do great things with your gift.
Send a check payable to Pauline Productions
and mail to:
Pauline Productions
4 Wildwood Lane, Goshen, MA 01032
or
If you wish your contribution to be tax deductible,
Please make your check payable to our Fiscal Sponsor:
First Congregational Church of Ashfield—and specify on the check,
in the comment line lower left "FOR PAULINE PRODUCTIONS".
and mail to:
First Congregational Church of Ashfield
P.O. Box 519
429 Main St
Ashfield, MA 01030
They will send you a receipt letter
PAULINE PRODUCTIONS 4 WILDWOOD LANE, GOSHEN, MA 01032 INFO@PAULINELIVE.COM 413-588-1534
If you would like to donate to Pauline Productions, and keep theatre happening in our community,
Please do! We will do great things with your gift.
Send a check payable to Pauline Productions
and mail to:
Pauline Productions
4 Wildwood Lane, Goshen, MA 01032
or
If you wish your contribution to be tax deductible,
Please make your check payable to our Fiscal Sponsor:
First Congregational Church of Ashfield—and specify on the check,
in the comment line lower left "FOR PAULINE PRODUCTIONS".
and mail to:
First Congregational Church of Ashfield
P.O. Box 519
429 Main St
Ashfield, MA 01030
They will send you a receipt letter
PAULINE PRODUCTIONS 4 WILDWOOD LANE, GOSHEN, MA 01032 INFO@PAULINELIVE.COM 413-588-1534