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Group photo of Study & Story ensemble around the table at the end of a Circle in Easthampton, MA.

Invited audience members watch scene from the play, Fire Water Crew.

An ensemble of ten gathered to read "Fire Water Crew" Julie Rosier's first full length play at the Northfield Center for the Arts. The reading was warmly received by a small invited audience.

Actors read from "Fire Water Crew" script, while one actor (right) uses puppets as part of the scene.

Two ensemble members review the script of "Fire Water Crew" for the first time during a rehearsal leading up to the staged reading.

A community circle event held for invited guests of the 2017 Study & Story ensemble included multimedia components. The event was generously hosted by Easthampton Media.

The 2017 Study & Story ensemble participates in a circle closing ritual called "Thumbs," where participant join hands by linking thumbs to gather wisdom and seal in the power of the experience.

Members of the 2017 Study & Story ensemble engage in discussion about readings by James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry. The ensemble dove deep into the friendship and works of these two writer-activists to inspire them to write from their own…

At the 2016 Study & Story community circle, a small group of invitees sat together to tell stories from their own lives.

The 2016 Study & Story ensemble gathered every other week to discuss readings related to race, class and gender and use the critical texts as inspiration to write from their own stories.