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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…

WAM Announces Beneficiaries for Fall Mainstage Production of PIPELINE

July 29, 2019

LENOX, MA (July 30, 2019) – It was a picture perfect Berkshire evening on Wednesday, July 24, as WAM Theatre…

WAM Ensembles Take “Fractured Dreams” on Berkshire Tour

July 23, 2019

Photo by David Dashiell FRACTURED DREAMS to Debut at July 24 Gala Two Additional Public Performances Announced LENOX, MA (July…

Why We Have a Pride Month by Dori Parkman

July 5, 2019

Note from Kristen: During Pride Month, the WAM Team had in-depth conversations about the intersecting movements we are part of,…

Kristen’s Speech at the June 2019 TCG Artistic Directors’ Summit

June 19, 2019

Teresa Eyring, Executive Director of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and the Artistic Director (AD) Summit Planning Committee for the…

WAM Announces Line-Up for 10th Anniversary Gala July 24

June 4, 2019

WAM THEATRE 10th ANNIVERSARY GALA FEATURES INAUGURAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN TEEN & ELDER ENSEMBLES Midsummer Cocktail Gala Heads to New Location…

Auditions in the Berkshires & Cambridge MA for PIPELINE

May 29, 2019

You are invited to submit a request to audition for the WAM Theatre/NORA co-production of PIPELINE by Dominique Morisseau, directed by Dawn M….

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