Meet WAM Artistic Associate and Fresh Takes Curator, Molly Clancy!
Molly is a young theatre professional and artist living in the Berkshires. She holds her B.A. in Theatre and English from SUNY Potsdam. Molly works at Shakespeare & Company as the Publicity & Playbill Director, and at WAM Theatre as the Artistic Associate. This season, Molly is curating our Fresh Takes Play Reading Series and […]
Emilie returns for a second act…
One final chance to see this staged reading: Friday, February 13 at 7:30 at the Berkshire Museum as part of the 10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival. Click here for more information. Massachusetts was slowed to a crawl by heavy snow for a third Monday in a row at the first of our three stops on the […]
Celebrating Spring Success, looking forward to a MOPCO/RBIT Rematch!
Well ladies and gents-it’s been a pretty incredible spring for WAM Theatre! We have reached 51 (!) on our 100×100 Campaign, co-hosted the first 24hr Berkshire/Capital Region Project in Troy, NY which involved over 50 Berkshire/Capital Region theatre artists, presented the Russell Sage College ensemble piece ‘I’m not a Feminist, but…‘ in Pittsfield, MA as […]
24hr Berkshire/Capital Region Theatre Project
On Friday and Saturday, March 25/26, 2011, 51 Theatre Professionals from two regions came together for the first ever Berkshires/Capital Region Theatre Project. It took place at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY and below are some selections from the emails that were exchanged by the participants following the event: “What […]
The power of collaboration!
Collaborations. I love them! Yesterday Storefront Artist Project (SAP) posted their Call for Art for the O Solo Mama Mia Art Exhibit that is going to accompany the O Solo Mama Mia Theatre Festival in May, 2011. Theatre and Art, collaborating together. Fantastic! How did it all happen? Well, Julia Dixon, Director of SAP, mentioned […]
SHOW WEEK!
Well, it sure has been awhile since we blogged……… But-this week deserves a quick entry! Over the past weeks we have spent hours in the theatre preparing for our production of ‘Melancholy Play’. It is amazing to me that exactly a year ago I was attending the Women’s Fund of Western MA annual dinner. The […]
Our Theatresports Triumph!
On Monday, July 26, 2010, WAM Theatre co-hosted a Theatresports Tournament Fundraiser with NEW STAGE in Pittsfield, MA at the NEW STAGE Performing Arts Center at 55 North Street (above the Beacon Cinema). RBIT, the Royal Berkshire Improv Troupe, and MOPCO, The Mop and Bucket Improv Company from the Capital Region, ‘faced off’ in a […]
Thoughts on ‘Mirror, Mirror’ pre-‘A WAM Welcome’-Guest Blog
The MIRROR, MIRROR cast has had 4 performances this week, from March 31- April 2. Here are some thoughts from Kyrie Ellison, one of our cast members: At Russell Sage College, we are all told daily that we are “women of influence”. I can personally attest to the power and truth of that statement after […]
“The anxiety of doing versus the despair of not doing”
A couple of weeks ago a colleague of mine, Michael Rosenthal, said it must feel really good to be dealing with the anxiety of doing versus the despair of not doing. He was referring to starting WAM Theatre and being in the midst of producing our first event, ‘A WAM Welcome’, which will open a […]
Thoughts from Leigh on ‘Mirror, Mirror’ and ‘I’M NOT A FEMINIST, BUT….’
‘Mirror, Mirror’ will be performed as part of ‘A WAM Welcome’, April 9-11, 2010 at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, MA. Go to www.wamtheatre.com for more information and to purchase tickets. Right now I’m working on a piece called I’M NOT A FEMINIST, BUT…. we’re just showed about a half an hour of material […]