Tickets on Sale Now for WAM Theatre’s CADILLAC CREW
Presented live in the Berkshires October 13-29, 2022Presented Online October 27-29, 2022 LENOX, MA (September 15, 2022) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to present Cadillac Crew by Tori Sampson (If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must be a Muhfucka, Playwrights Horizons; This Land Was Made), directed by taneisha duggan (Jesus Hopped the “A” Train, University of Hartford; […]
WAM Theatre Commemorates Banned Books Week with “Erased Histories: A FREE Conversation Series” Open to the Public
WAM Theatre is delighted to announce a series of lively conversations with scholars, artists, and community members who will tell the true stories of Black and Indigenous Women who were Civil Rights pioneers. These FREE events will take place throughout Berkshire County, and in collaboration with The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Berkshire Athenaeum in […]
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 […]
Spotlight Series with Casting Director Victor Vazquez
A conversation between performer/dramaturg Tatiana Godfrey and casting director Victor Vazquez (X Casting) about some of the problems that we run into in the traditional casting process, especially in terms of racial or gender stereotyping, and some of the opportunities and suggestions he has for better ways of placing actors in roles. During this conversation, […]
Roe v. Wade Overturned Today
WAM Theatre is sickened by the immensity of this historic ruling, and all that it represents. Today, in addition to the millions of women who lost the right to choose, we also think of the millions of people who have spent their lives fighting for reproductive rights. The consequences and precedent of today’s ruling are […]
WAM Theatre Presents A MisCast Cabaret
Hosted by the Acclaimed Jayne Atkinson
A Special One-Night-Only Benefit Performance LENOX, MA (June 7, 2022) — Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Managing Director Molly Merrihew, and the WAM team are proud to present a special one-night-only benefit cabaret at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington, MA. hosted by Tony Award and Drama Desk Nominee Jayne Atkinson (House […]
WAM Theatre Presents Spotlight Series
Online conversations with groundbreaking artists LENOX, MA (June 2, 2022) – WAM Theatre is delighted to announce our brand new online Spotlight Series. The series invites audience members into conversations with groundbreaking theatre artists, where WAM patrons and the wider community will gain insight into their process and how their work intersects with activism. In […]
A Conversation with Playwright Tanya Barfield
Playwright Tanya Barfield is a recipient of the Lilly Award, the Helen Merrill Award, and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for her play Blue Door. Other plays include The Call (Playwright’s Horizons, New York Times Critics Pick) and, of course, Bright Half Life (Women’s Project Theater, TimeOut Critic’s Pick). She has written for the […]