A Conversation with Playwright Tanya Barfield
Playwright Tanya Barfield is a recipient of the Lilly Award, the Helen Merrill Award, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her play Blue Door. Other plays include The Call (Playwright’s Horizons, New York Times Critics Pick) and, of course, Bright Half Life (Women’s Project Theater, TimeOut Critic’s Pick). She has written for the […]
WAM Theatre Celebrates Pride Month with BRIGHT HALF LIFE at MASS MoCA
Performance on Sunday June 5 LENOX, MA (May 11, 2022) — WAM Theatre joins the Berkshire Community in celebrating Pride Month with a Fresh Takes Play Reading of Bright Half Life by Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Nominated writer Tanya Barfield (The Call, Blue Door). The play is directed by Gina Kaufmann (Professor of Performance and […]
WAM Theatre Announces 2022 Season
Gathering Around Ground-Breaking Stories of Empowerment LENOX, MA (March 3, 2022) Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston, and the WAM team today announced a 2022 season centering different versions of empowerment through four groundbreaking theatrical stories and a cabaret benefit performance that will take place in venues across the region […]
A Season of Stories to Gather Around
by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director Humans process our experiences through stories, (and boy do we have a lot to process right now!). The stories we tell about our lives, our histories, and our world, shape us as we move forward. Performance Artist Peggy Shaw once told me that simply showcasing a women on stage […]