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Berkshire/Columbia Counties Pay Equity Project: Data Release, Analysis & Recommendations

June 15, 2023

What we learned. What you can do. What we can do together. Equity includes arts and culture workers being able…

A Message from Kristen

May 22, 2023

Dear WAMily, Today I share publicly that 2023 will be my last year as WAM’s Producing Artistic Director. Please know…

A Conversation with Kate Baldwin and Kristen van Ginhoven

May 9, 2023

Director Kristen van Ginhoven and actor Kate Baldwin took at break from rehearsals to talk about their work on What…

Spotlight on the What The Constitution Means to Me recipient, the Elizabeth Freeman Center

April 30, 2023

As we say on our t-shirt: “Whoever we are, however we look, wherever we go, we all deserve safety and…

A Conversation with Heidi Schreck

April 20, 2023

As we head into rehearsals for What The Constitution Means to Me, WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sat down…

Kristen Lobbies Congress

April 6, 2023

WAM’s Producing Artistic Director joins the Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition in D.C. On March 8th, International Women’s Day 2023, Kristen…

WAM Theatre Announces Casting for Spring Co-Product of What the Constitution Means to Me.

March 8, 2023

LENOX, MA (March 2, 2023)— WAM Theatre and Berkshire Theatre Group are proud to announce casting for their Spring Main…

What the Constitution Means to Me

December 2, 2022

A WAM Theatre / Berkshire Theatre Group Co-Production Presented May 18-June 3, 2023 TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY  LENOX, MA (December…

Berkshire/Columbia County Arts Organizations Launch Regional Pay Equity Initiative 

November 14, 2022

Equity starts with arts and culture workers being able to support themselves and their families. Passion is not a substitute…

WAM’S Tour of Berkshire Libraries Uncovers Erased Legacies

November 8, 2022

Erased History Berkshire Athenaeum Panel. Photo Credit: Molly Merrihew by Kaia Jackson, WAM Theatre’s Director of Community Engagement Leading up…

What Does Philanthropic Activism Look Like at WAM?  The Act of Giving as a Collective

October 29, 2022

(PHOTO: Tanisha Arena, Executive Director of Arise for Social Justice, poses with WAM Producing Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven, and…

Conversation Between “Cadillac Crew” Director taneisha duggan & Dramaturg Tash Hawkins

October 28, 2022

Tash Hawkins, the dramaturg for WAM Theatre’s Cadillac Crew interviews the director taneisha duggan about her connections to the play…

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Introducing our ROE Scholar-In-Residence, Dr. Laura Briggs

September 2, 2020

Laura Briggs is a Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, specializing in U.S….

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WAM Theatre Announces Digital Production of ROE by Lisa Loomer

August 24, 2020

Directed by Kristen van Ginhoven Two Women. Multiple Truths. One Landmark Supreme Court Case. October 17-20, 2020 LENOX, MA (August…

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Welcome to our 2019 Annual Report

August 21, 2020

Dear WAMily, Look at all YOU have made possible for WAM Theatre in the past year, and in our first…

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The Journey to ROE – Part 2

August 19, 2020

My name is Tatiana Godfrey. I am a theater maker currently pursuing an MFA in dramaturgy at the University of…

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WAM Theatre Announces Reimagined Fall 2020 Season

August 17, 2020

LENOX, MA (August 18, 2020) — Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston, and the WAM…

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WAM’s Next Steps of Solidarity

August 3, 2020

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

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