Spotlight Series 5: Conversation with actors Candace Birk and Eileen Schuyler
A conversation between WAM producing artistic director Kristen van Ginhoven and actors Candace Birk and Eileen Schuyler, who are both about to appear in WAM’s Fresh Takes reading of Escaped Alone on August 7, about the arcs of their careers as actors and what observations and experiences have occurred as they age.
WAM’s 2022 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series concludes with ESCAPED ALONE at The Mount
Performance on Sunday August 7 at 2pm LENOX, MA (July 25, 2022) — WAM Theatre concludes their 2022 Fresh Takes Play Reading Season with Escaped Alone, written by one of the most prolific living playwrights, Caryl Churchill (Top Girls, Cloud 9, Far Away). The play is directed by WAM’s Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven […]
Escaped Alone: A Conversation with Director Kristen van Ginhoven & Actor Candace Barrett-Birk
Caryl Churchill is one of our most prolific and celebrated contemporary playwrights. She is the author of over 30 plays (including Top Girls and Cloud 9), as well as many adaptations and translations. Her work remains invigorating in how it consistently challenges both societal power structures and theatrical form. Escaped Alone was written in 2017 […]
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 […]