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Open Letter to our Valued WAMily

February 23, 2019

From WAM Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven February 2019 In the fall of 2018, I was faced with a very…

WAM Theatre Announces Casting for Spring Production of “LADY RANDY”

February 18, 2019

LENOX, MA (February 18, 2019) — Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston, and the WAM team…

Conversation with “Lady Randy” Playwright Anne Undeland

February 14, 2019

Anne Undeland sat down for tea with WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston to talk about her motivations to write…

Inside WAM’s 2019 In-School Ensemble

February 11, 2019

by Talya Kingston It’s mid-December 2018, and a group of 13 young people are standing in a circle in the…

WAM Theatre Accepting Applications for New Elder Ensemble

February 10, 2019

LENOX, MA (February 11, 2019) — Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston, and the WAM team…

WAM Announces AEA Auditions for the 2019 10th Anniversary Season

February 10, 2019

WAM Theatre holds Equity Principal Auditions for our 2019 Season on March 1 and 2, 2019. Auditions will be hosted…

WAM Welcomes New Board Members

February 4, 2019

WAM Theatre Announces Appointment of Four New Board Members LENOX, MA (January 28, 2019) — WAM Theatre is pleased to…

WAM Theatre Announces 10th Anniversary Season

January 15, 2019

LENOX, MA (January 15, 2019) — Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston, and the WAM team…

An Open Letter from Our Incoming Board President, Wendy Healey

December 5, 2018

WAM Theatre had an incredible Giving Tuesday campaign this year, raising over $10,000 thanks to the generosity of our online…

1Berkshire Women in Business Month Keynote Speech

October 27, 2018

Our Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven, was honored to be invited to deliver the keynote speech at the 1Berkshire Good News Salute…

Power Plays: An Interview with Jayne Atkinson

September 27, 2018

by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director of WAM Theatre Jayne Atkinson stars as Texas Governor Ann Richards in ANN by…

Donna Haghighat Speaks About the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts’ 2018 Leadership Institute for Political and Public Impact (LIPPI)

September 24, 2018

In keeping with its double philanthropic mission, WAM Theatre will be donating 25% of the box office proceeds from Ann…

WAM Theatre Receives Community Investment Grant from Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts

August 2, 2021

LENOX, MA (August 2, 2021) — WAM Theatre is proud to be one of the 20 nonprofit organizations awarded a…

WAM Teaching Artists and students at the Flying Cloud Institute summer camp indoors at Mt. Everett Regional School.

WAM at Southern Berkshire Regional School District

July 19, 2021

This Summer, thanks to the generous support of Berkshire United Way and in collaboration with our friends from Flying Cloud…

The staircase leading up to the pillared doors of the Vancouver Art Gallery in British Columbia, Canada, strewn with teddy bears, books, images, flowers, and 215 pairs of children’s shoes as a community memorial to the 215 buried children discovered at Kamloops Residential School.

Statement on the Tragedy in Kamloops

June 14, 2021

“It’s collective trauma and collective grief that we’re feeling. And it’s almost like your spirit feels that. All the Indigenous…

Dark blue banner with photograph of a young Mohican woman with long, loose brown hair. She is wearing blue and raising her arms as if flying. Lettering describes the performance.

Conversation with Madeline Sayet & Mei Ann Teo

June 9, 2021

by Tatiana Godfrey As WAM’s new company dramaturg, I recently had the opportunity to briefly chat with Madeline Sayet, the…

Dark blue banner with photograph of a young Mohican woman with long, loose brown hair. She is wearing blue and raising her arms as if flying.

WAM Proudly Presents Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s Production of “Where We Belong”

May 6, 2021

WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY MADELINE SAYET  A Special Benefit for WAM Theatre Streaming Digitally June 24-27, 2021 LENOX, MA (May…

Young Black woman with curly brown hair pulled up on top of her head. She is wearing a black top with bright yellow lemons with green leaves printed on it, and a black sweater.

An Interview with THE LIGHT Playwright Loy A. Webb

April 16, 2021

In the week leading up to WAM Theatre’s reading of THE LIGHT, playwright Loy A. Webb took time to answer…

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