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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…

What’s Up with the WAM/BRIDGE PIPELINE Partnership?

September 29, 2019

Kristen van Ginhoven, Producing Artistic Director, WAM Theatre and Gwendolyn VanSant, CEO and Founding Director, BRIDGE, have written the following…

PARADISE playwright Laura Maria Censabella in conversation with director Talya Kingston

September 16, 2019

[button link=”https://www.wamtheatre.com/paradise/” newwindow=”yes”] Read More[/button] [button link=”https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_293457d8-c082-11e6-bb7f-024e165d44b3&WidgetId=192512″ newwindow=”yes”] Buy Tickets[/button]   PARADISE playwright Laura Maria Censabella (above right) in conversation…

PIPELINE: Why this play? Why here? Why now?

September 12, 2019

by Talya Kingston & Kristen van Ginhoven Why this play? In some ways the answer to these questions is simple…

Casting Announced for Fall Mainstage Production of PIPELINE

September 9, 2019

WAM Partners with BRIDGE on Powerful Play [button link=”https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/1013655″ newwindow=”yes”] Buy Tickets[/button] LENOX, MA (September 10, 2019) — Artistic Director…

Creating Ensemble Across Generations: a reflection of WAM Theatre’s intergenerational ensemble process

August 12, 2019

    by Talya Kingston, WAM Associate Artistic Director & Teaching Artist   Over three weeks in July, ten women…

At the Halfway Point, WAM’s 10th Anniversary Season is Making an Impact

August 11, 2019

We invite you to watch this special four minute video made especially by Iin Purwanti Cox and George Cox of OUTPOST…

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