Snapshots from the 2022 Teen Ensemble
by Talya Kingston This April school break, seven teenagers joined two WAM Teaching Artists (myself and Tatiana Godfrey) at The Foundry in West Stockbridge for an intensive week of collaborative art making. The paid experience brought together a group of diverse students from across the region. Inspired by the visionary works produced within the genres […]
The Suffrage Project: Speaking to the Moment
Artwork above by POC Ensemble member Jenn Smith. by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director In this election year, what do you want to express through your art? This is just one of a series of huge questions our Teaching Artists’ posed to WAM’s ensemble members when we began The Suffrage Project in May. We worked […]
The Suffrage Project: WAM Ensembles Assemble Online
by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director The thing we look forward to the most with our Community Engagement programming is the magic that happens when a group of people come together to create something new. Something that speaks to the moment and the place and the particular people in the room. We devise our performances. […]
WAM Ensembles Take “Fractured Dreams” on Berkshire Tour
Photo by David Dashiell FRACTURED DREAMS to Debut at July 24 Gala Two Additional Public Performances Announced LENOX, MA (July 18, 2019) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce a Berkshire County Tour of FRACTURED DREAMS—a collaborative devised production between WAM’s new Elder Ensemble and the Teen Ensemble. The performance is comprised of original writing, […]
Inside WAM’s 2019 In-School Ensemble
by Talya Kingston It’s mid-December 2018, and a group of 13 young people are standing in a circle in the Richmond School auditorium. WAM’s Teaching Artist Amy Brentano just opened up a conversation about the nature of lies and truth by asking them to introduce themselves with three statements – two truths and a lie. […]
Interview with Erin Redd, 2017 Girls Ensemble Mom
Erin Redd is the mother of Dylan Redd, a first-time participant in the WAM Girls Ensemble. Dylan is a 10th grader at Wahconah Regional High School in Dalton, MA. We asked Erin to describe Dylan’s experience from her own point of view. WAM: How did you and Dylan hear about Girls Ensemble and decide to […]
An Interview with Claudia & Iris, Members of the Inaugural Girls Ensemble
As their school tour of Miss Labeled wound down and their May 11 public performance at the Spectrum Playhouse in Lee approaches, WAM Theatre sat down with Claudia Maurino, a ninth-grader at Monument Mountain Regional High School, and Iris Courchaine, a Lee High School sophomore, both members of our inaugural Girls Ensemble Cohort to find […]
ACT NOW Interview with Barby Cardillo and Dr. Cindy L. Parrish
WAM Teaching Artist and Education Associate, Barby Cardillo, and Dr. Cindy L. Parrish, Artistic Director of ACT NOW, have spent the spring semester collaborating with six girls ages 10-12 in the Girls, Inc. program at the Gladys Allen Brigham Community Center in Pittsfield, thanks to a grant from the Brabson Library & Educational Foundation . The […]
Barby Cardillo Inspires with Girls Inc.
WAM continues its work and support of Girls, Inc. of Pittsfield. The after school program works with young women aged 8-12 to create an original piece of theatre that explores issues of importance in their lives. The next performance sharing will take place on May 27. Interview by Rachel Louchen Barby Cardillo has been […]