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 […]
WAM Theatre to Start 2022 Season with a Series of Free Workshops
LENOX, MA (February 24, 2022) — WAM Theatre is delighted to announce a series of workshops to kick off their 2022 Season. Community members are invited to join the company on a journey of empowerment through creativity and education. The first installment of WAM’s 2022 Community Engagement programming includes two FREE virtual workshops: Playwriting with Winter […]
Elders, teens make dreams come true in special WAM Theatre event
By Jenn Smith, The Berkshire Eagle WEST STOCKBRIDGE — You can call the women of WAM Theatre’s new ensemble “seniors,” “elders,” and even some are OK with the term “crones.” But whatever you do, don’t call them “elderly,” because this group of over-65-year-olds is showing no signs of being slowed by age. For the past […]
2017 Girls Ensemble Blog Interview
The 2017 WAM Girls Ensemble formed in January as four young women ages 13-18, selected by audition, began meeting on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons to create a new piece of devised theatre under the leadership of WAM teaching artists Amy Brentano, Barby Cardillo, and their assistant, Lia Russell-Self. This year’s Ensemble members are: Iris Courchaine, […]
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 […]
Interview with Brenda Oppermann, Education Outreach Scholar
Brenda Oppermann is a senior advisor, researcher and program manager for military and civilian organizations including: the US Army, US Navy, US Agency for International Development (USAID), United Nations (UN), NATO, US Institute of Peace (USIP), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and various non-governmental organizations (NGOs). She works primarily in fragile […]
Producers talk about ‘Facing Our Truth’
On Saturday, February 6 at 7:30 pm WAM Theatre is partnering with Multicultural BRIDGE, the Berkshire Theatre Group , and Yvette “Jamuna” Sirker to present a staged reading Facing our Truth – a collection of six 10-minute plays by Winter Miller, Marcus Gardley, Dominique Morrisseau, Mona Mansour & Tala Manassah, Dan O’Brien with Quetzal Flores, and […]
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 […]
WAM Theatre Works With Miss Hall’s School’s Horizons Program
This fall, WAM Theatre embarked on a new adventure when we took on an intern through the Horizons program at Miss Hall’s School (MHS). Horizons is an innovative experiential, service-learning and internship program that provides MHS students with opportunities to volunteer and intern at Berkshire area social service and cultural organizations, businesses, and professional offices. […]
WAM Girls, Inc.
Hi! Gail Burns here, your WAM PR & Marketing gal. I love it when I get to take a “field trip” and see what WAM Theatre is doing out in the community so I can share it all with you here on the Web. Last week I got to be part of the test audience […]