Interview with director Reena Dutt
WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sat down with Reena Dutt, who is directing the New England premiere of Galileo’s Daughter, to talk about her connections to the script, her excitement about the team of artists she’s working with and how she likes to lead a rehearsal room. Tickets to Galileo’s Daughter: https://www.wamtheatre.com/galileos-daughter/ For more […]
Introducing Costume/Props Designer Malorie Grillo
Malorie Grillo is is a Costarrican theater artist and recent MFA graduate in Costume Design from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Having designed for WAM’s summer benefit performance, fragments of Outside, she is currently designing the costumes and props for WAM/CST’s Fall production of Galileo’s Daughter. Malorie took time out to answer a few questions […]
Interview with playwright Jessica Dickey
WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sat down with award-winning playwright Jessica Dickey, who wrote Galileo’s Daughter, to talk about her inspirations, how being an actor affects how she writes plays, and the central questions and themes of the play: “Questions of loyalty and faith and personal truth and personal sovereignty… What does it cost […]
Introducing Scenic Apprentice Drishti Chauhan
Drishti Chauhan is an Indian production designer based in NYC interested in working on funny, queer and feminist stories. A recent MFA graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she is currently working on the WAM/CST production of Galileo’s Daughter as an apprentice to Scenic Designer Qingan Zhang. As we head into rehearsal, we took […]
Genée Coreno takes us inside the process of creating Outside!
On creating theatre about Climate Change: “I’m interested in the gap of how we are tapping into memory and how we are telling stories as we are anticipating the worst of something to come.” On devising performance: “from an idea or soft outline of an image I begin defining a story that is calling to […]
Fresh Take Playwright Geetha Reddy talks with Talya Kingston
WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sits down with Playwright Geetha Reddy to discuss Geetha’s play Far, Far Better Things—featured in WAM’s 2024 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. Listen in as she shares her inspirations for the play and insights into her creative process. Get more information about and tickets for Far, Far Better Things, […]
Genée Coreno Named as the New Artistic Director of WAM Theatre
(Lenox, MA) As WAM Theatre mounts its 15th Anniversary Season, its Board of Directors is thrilled to announce visionary artist-activist Genée Coreno as the company’s new Artistic Director. Coreno comes to WAM from the leadership team at Every Mother Counts, and formerly held artistic roles at The Public Theater and Big Dance Theater. She will […]
Opening doors: WAM’s Fall Workshop Series
This autumn, WAM Theatre had the pleasure of opening its doors and (Zoom) windows to folks of varying ages and backgrounds from across the Berkshires. , A trio of free community workshops offered a chance to dive into an array of participatory theatre activities and to “devise theatre” first-hand. Devising is the process through which […]
WAM Announces the Musical Trio for their Special WAM Cabaret!
Me and the Sky: A Cabaret of Empowering Broadway Hits, Nov 1-4 LENOX, MA (October 11, 2023) – Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven and Managing Director Molly Merrihew are proud to announce the musical trio for their Fall Cabaret event: Me and the Sky. The Cabaret will play November 1-4, 2023, at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre […]
“Do You Hear Me?” WAM’s Elder Ensemble
Since 2019, WAM Theatre has held space for local women ages 65 + to create original theatre together as the Elder Ensemble. This year, as we took another big step out of the pandemic season, both returning and new members were eager to regather and make something new! I was thrilled to have the opportunity […]