Welcoming WAM’s 2023 Teen Ensemble
Over Spring Break, WAM Theatre hosted the 9th annual Teen Ensemble at our new home-base in downtown Lenox. The four-day devised theatre program, co-facilitated by Kaia Jackson (Teaching Artist and outgoing Director of Community Engagement) and Maizy Scarpa (Teaching Artist and incoming Director of Community Engagement) focused on individual self-expression and collective empowerment. This year’s […]
Fresh Takes Playwrights in Conversation
Playwrights Jessica Kahkoska and Talya Kingston both have plays featured in WAM’s 2023 Fresh Takes Reading Series. Join them as they share the inspiration for their works and provide insight into their creative process. For more information and tickets for the 2023 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, click here Bios Jessica Kahkoska (she/her) is a […]
Berkshire/Columbia Counties Pay Equity Project: Data Release, Analysis & Recommendations
What we learned. What you can do. What we can do together. Equity includes arts and culture workers being able to support themselves and their families. Passion is not a substitute for livable wages. But it is a common tale told by nonprofit employers, and employees too, as they try to make ends meet doing […]
A Message from Kristen
Dear WAMily, Today I share publicly that 2023 will be my last year as WAM’s Producing Artistic Director. Please know that, in typical Kristen style, I would have preferred to meet individually with each and every one of you prior to this announcement to share this news personally. I hope to have the chance to […]
A Conversation with Kate Baldwin and Kristen van Ginhoven
Director Kristen van Ginhoven and actor Kate Baldwin took at break from rehearsals to talk about their work on What The Constitution Means to Me. Kate Baldwin (she/her) is an American actress and singer, born and raised in the midwest, now based in New York, who believes the arts are for everyone. Current role with […]
Spotlight on the What The Constitution Means to Me recipient, the Elizabeth Freeman Center
As we say on our t-shirt: “Whoever we are, however we look, wherever we go, we all deserve safety and justice.” Janis Broderick, Executive Director, Elizabeth Freeman Center In keeping with WAM Theatre’s mission, we are thrilled that the WAM/Berkshire Theatre Group production of What The Constitution Means to Me will amplify the work and […]
A Conversation with Heidi Schreck
As we head into rehearsals for What The Constitution Means to Me, WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sat down to ask playwright Heidi Schreck a few questions. Heidi Schreck is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. What the Constitution Means to Me was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist, won the Obie Award and […]
Kristen Lobbies Congress
WAM’s Producing Artistic Director joins the Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition in D.C. On March 8th, International Women’s Day 2023, Kristen van Ginhoven, WAM’s Producing Artistic Director, was in D.C. lobbying for the first time as part of the Professional Nonprofit Theatre Coalition (PNTC). Read on as Kristen shares more about PNTC, her D.C. lobbying experience, […]
WAM Theatre Announces Casting for Spring Co-Product of What the Constitution Means to Me.
LENOX, MA (March 2, 2023)— WAM Theatre and Berkshire Theatre Group are proud to announce casting for their Spring Main Stage production of What The Constitution Means To Me by Heidi Schreck, directed by WAM’s Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven. After three preview performances, the production will open on Sunday May 21st, on the […]
What the Constitution Means to Me
A WAM Theatre / Berkshire Theatre Group Co-Production Presented May 18-June 3, 2023 TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY LENOX, MA (December 1, 2022) – WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce that their 2023 Season will open with the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-nominated play What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck (Grand Concourse, There Are No More Big Secrets, […]