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THE LIGHT: Artistic Insights

April 8, 2021

THE LIGHT director Colette Robert and actor Elle Borders (who plays Genesis) sat down with WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya…

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WAM Theatre Announces Cast for Reading of THE LIGHT

April 5, 2021

Available for Streaming April 25-May 2 LENOX, MA (April 5, 2021) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce the casting…

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WAM 2020 Annual Report

March 24, 2021

Dear WAMily, Well, 2020, what a year… Despite all of the uphill battles 2020 threw at us, we accomplished an…

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In Solidarity

March 18, 2021

Dear WAMily, All of us at WAM want to acknowledge our heart break at the home-grown terrorism and murder this…

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Online Play Reading of LETTERS TO KAMALA Opens WAM 2021 Season

March 1, 2021

Available for Streaming March 14-21 LENOX, MA (March 2, 2021) — WAM Theatre begins its 12th  season with an Online…

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Three Trailblazing Women

February 28, 2021

In Letters to Kamala, WAM Audiences will have a chance to meet Charlotta Bass, Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink, and Charlene…

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A Conversation with LETTERS TO KAMALA Playwright Rachel Lynett

February 22, 2021

Rachel Lynett is a prolific playwright, often writing ten plays a year with multiple plays being workshopped in different theatres…

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Season Planning During a Time of Change

February 18, 2021

The journey to our 2021 Season by Kristen van Ginhoven, Producing Artistic Director & Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director, WAM Theatre…

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WAM Theatre Announces 2021 Season

February 15, 2021

Connecting our pasts and present to our collective future LENOX, MA (February 16, 2021) — Producing Artistic Director Kristen van…

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WAM Accountability Plan

January 26, 2021

January 26, 2021 In early June 2020, WAM Theatre released a statement of solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter in the aftermath of…

July 2020 Statement

January 22, 2021

July 2020 Dear WAMily, Since sharing our solidarity statement, we have been taking time to process and recognize how, in…

A Statement About Yesterday’s Assault on Our Capitol

January 7, 2021

Dear WAMily,  What started as a joyous day turned into a brutal day for American democracy. Wednesday, January 6, began…

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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