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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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NEW VIDEO! Some Good News – The WAM Edition

July 21, 2020

Join WAM Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven and special guest Jayne Atkinson for Some Good News – The WAM…

The Suffrage Project: Speaking to the Moment

June 21, 2020

Artwork above by POC Ensemble member Jenn Smith. by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director In this election year, what do…

The Suffrage Project: WAM Ensembles Assemble Online

June 13, 2020

by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director The thing we look forward to the most with our Community Engagement programming is…

Ten of my Favorite Plays by Contemporary American Women of Color

June 5, 2020

by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director I realize that reading plays is a somewhat niche activity.  It takes work to…

Black Lives Matter: Show up, Stand Strong, Stick Around

June 3, 2020

Show up with whatever you have Ask ‘are you ok? Here’s what I have, what can I do right now?’…

WAM Theatre Raises $3,225 with First Fresh Takes Online Play Reading

May 14, 2020

[Lenox, MA – May 14, 2020] WAM Theatre is proud to announce the success of their first Online Play reading….

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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