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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…

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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