Soldier On Painting
On January 24 Nathan Hanford, an artist-in-residence with our 2017 beneficiary Soldier On Women’s Program, stopped by the WAM office and dropped off an amazing gift for us – this beautiful painting by Ashley, a resident of the Program. Nathan explained that Ashley started working on this painting, entitled Hummingbird, as soon as she got […]
Meet the Spotlight Sponsors of “The Last Wife”
Through their generosity and commitment to our community, these six Show Spotlight Sponsors have made it possible for WAM to offer reduced price tickets to our partner organizations. We thank them for their support in ensuring all audiences, regardless of circumstance, have equal opportunity to engage with our work. WAM Theatre: Tell us about your […]
Interview with “The Last Wife” Designers
While each member of a theatrical design team works independently in their area of expertise, they all serve a common mission: to create one cohesive work of art. WAM Theatre reached out to the designers for The Last Wife – lighting designer Aja Jackson, sound designer/composer Alex Sovronsky, costume designer Stella Schwartz and set designer Juliana […]
Interview with Jennie Jadow, co-producer of ‘The Droll’
Jennie M. Jadow is a popular and respected professional Berkshire area actor and theatre educator. Born and raised in Stockbridge, her parents took her as a newborn to see Shakespeare & Company’s very first performance at The Mount, which was A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She ended up being in the cast of Midsummer when the company […]
Interview with Alice Reagan, Director of “Really”
Alice Reagan is a freelance theatre director based in New York City. She most frequently directs unusual classics and new plays that experiment with form and content. After graduating from Bates College, Alice earned an M.A. in performance studies from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, then was a Dean’s Fellow in the M.F.A. theatre directing […]
Interview with Maria Rundle, Executive Director of Flying Cloud Institute
At the start of this year, Maria Rundle took over as Executive Director of Flying Cloud Institute in Great Barrington following the retirement of the Founding Director, Jane Burke. Originally based in New Marlborough, MA, Flying Cloud Institute was founded in 1980 as a center for community education. In 1983 FCI shifted its focus to […]
Interview with Sheila Siragusa, Director of “Grand Concourse”
We are delighted that Sheila Siragusa, a prolific director, actor, composer, and teacher of theatre from the Pioneer Valley region of western Massachusetts, is joining us to direct our 2016 Fresh Takes reading of Grand Concourse by Heidi Schreck. Sheila holds her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she […]
Interview with Kate Cayley, Playwright of “The Bakelite Masterpiece”
Kate Cayley, author of our 2016 Main Stage production The Bakelite Masterpiece, co-produced with the Berkshire Theatre Group, is a fiction writer and poet as well as a playwright. She has written a short story collection, How You Were Born (Pedlar Press), which won the 2015 Trillium Book Award, a collection of poetry, When This […]
Interview with Leigh Strimbeck, Director of ‘Samsara’
We are so happy to welcome WAM Co-Founder Leigh Strimbeck back to the fold to direct our August 21 Fresh Takes Play Reading of Samsara by Lauren Yee. Currently, Leigh is the Artistic Director of the Theatre Institute at Sage (TIS); an artist-in-residence in the theater program at Russell Sage College; and an associate member […]
Interview with Estefanía Fadul, Director of “The Oregon Trail”
Estefanía Fadul is a Colombia-born, New Hampshire-raised, New York City-based director and producer making her WAM Theatre debut directing our June 19 Fresh Takes Play Reading of The Oregon Trail by Bekah Brunstetter. Estefanía is the founding artistic director of Pleiades Productions, a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, and a New Georges Affiliated […]