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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…

Our Theatresports Triumph!

July 30, 2010

On Monday, July 26, 2010, WAM Theatre co-hosted a Theatresports Tournament Fundraiser with NEW STAGE in Pittsfield, MA at the…

The Last Standing Protestor-A Guest Blog

July 30, 2010

Brenny Rabine, actor, writer, improviser, trainer and new WAM Theatre board member, wrote the following blog about her experience being…

How to raise kids who choose to give back: A guest blog

July 1, 2010

Kristen met with Joanna Krotz, author and advocate, entrepeneur and speaker, earlier in July. Joanna agreed to have two of…

Surprise, Surprise: Education Men is Key to Gender Equality: A Guest Blog

July 1, 2010

Kristen met with Joanna Krotz, author and advocate, entrepeneur and speaker, earlier in July. Joanna agreed to have two of…

What does it actually mean to achieve one’s potential?

May 8, 2010

This week, the news broke that Jenny Gersten was named Artistic Director of Williamstown Theatre Festival. Since then, I have…

Women of Influence

April 24, 2010

At Russell Sage College, we like to use the term “Women of Influence” for the students. It describes the kind…

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