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Meet the CADILLAC CREW!

October 7, 2022

by Talya Kingston Cadillac Crew opens in the summer of 1963 in a Civil Rights Office in Richmond, Virginia. Playwright…

WAM Theater Introduces Free Child Care for Fall Production of CADILLAC CREW

October 3, 2022

LENOX, MA (October 4, 2022) – WAM Theatre, an activist theatre company centering gender equity and located in central Berkshire…

Erased History: A Conversation with Dr. Eden-Reneé Hayes & Onawumi Jean Moss

October 3, 2022

Social Psychologist Dr. Eden-Reneé Hayes and Storyteller Onawumi Jean Moss celebrate the lives of Anthropologist Elizabeth Stubbs Davis, Civil Rights…

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WAM Theatre to Offer Online Workshops on the Black Theatre Aesthetic in Connection with their Production of CADILLAC CREW  

September 28, 2022

LENOX, MA (September 28, 2022) – WAM Theatre is proud to offer a workshop on the Black Theatre Aesthetic in…

Spotlight Series 6: A Conversation with the “Cadillac Crew” Designers

September 21, 2022

Talya Kingston interviews Costume Designer Calypso Michelet, Scenic Designer Juliana von Haubrich and Hair and Make Up Designer Ericka N….

Tickets on Sale Now for WAM Theatre’s CADILLAC CREW

September 14, 2022

Presented live in the Berkshires October 13-29, 2022Presented Online October 27-29, 2022 LENOX, MA (September 15, 2022) — WAM Theatre…

WAM Theatre Commemorates Banned Books Week with “Erased Histories: A FREE Conversation Series” Open to the Public

September 8, 2022

WAM Theatre is delighted to announce a series of lively conversations with scholars, artists, and community members who will tell…

Spotlight Series 5: Conversation with actors Candace Birk and Eileen Schuyler

July 26, 2022

A conversation between WAM producing artistic director Kristen van Ginhoven and actors Candace Birk and Eileen Schuyler, who are both…

WAM’s  2022 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series concludes with ESCAPED ALONE at The Mount

July 25, 2022

Performance on Sunday August 7 at 2pm LENOX, MA (July 25, 2022) — WAM Theatre concludes their 2022 Fresh Takes…

Escaped Alone: A Conversation with Director Kristen van Ginhoven & Actor Candace Barrett-Birk

July 18, 2022

Caryl Churchill is one of our most prolific and celebrated contemporary playwrights.  She is the author of over 30 plays…

Spotlight Series with Casting Director Victor Vazquez

June 28, 2022

A conversation between performer/dramaturg Tatiana Godfrey and casting director Victor Vazquez (X Casting) about some of the problems that we…

Roe v. Wade Overturned Today

June 24, 2022

WAM Theatre is sickened by the immensity of this historic ruling, and all that it represents. Today, in addition to…

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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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