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 […]
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 […]
WAM Theatre Receives NEA American Rescue Plan Grant
LENOX, MA (February , 2022) — WAM Theatre is pleased to announce they have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. WAM is recommended to receive $50,000 and may use this funding to save jobs […]
KAMLOOPA Raises Funds for and Connections with the Mohican Family Services Center
(PHOTO: The Stockbridge-Munsee Community Family Services Center at their recent Christmas party.) In keeping with WAM Theatre’s mission, we are thrilled to announce that $1,850 raised from tickets to Kamloopa will be given to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans Family Services Center for their healing work with women in the community. Throughout the process […]
The #NotAStereotype Series
by Tatiana Godfrey, WAM Theatre Dramaturg The work of a Production Dramaturg can include curating historical or cultural research, providing a glossary of terms within the play, connecting the creative team to consultants and and providing real time feedback throughout the rehearsal process. I served in this role for WAM’s recent production of Kamloopa: An […]
An Interview with the Cast of KAMLOOPA
Interviewed and edited by Tatiana Godfrey, WAM Company Dramaturg
WAM Theatre Announces Beneficiary for KAMLOOPA
(Photo Caption: Women from the Stockbridge-Munsee Community on a recent group walk for the MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) In keeping with WAM’s double philanthropic mission, we are thrilled to announce that a portion of the ticket proceeds from KAMLOOPA will be given to the Family Services Center of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. As you […]
Meet KAMLOOPA Playwright Kim Senklip Harvey
Kim Senklip Harvey, who wrote Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story, is a proud member of the Syilx, and Tsilhqot’in Nations with Ancestral ties to the Dakelh, Secwepemc and Ktunaxa communities. She is an Indigenous Theorist and Cultural Evolutionist who uses a variety of modalities including playwrighting, tv writing, blog and podcasting to work towards the […]
KAMLOOPA Fire Zine! Study Guide
WAM’s Journey to Kamloopa
by Talya Kingston, WAM Associate Artistic Director When WAM’s Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven gave our first Indigenous land acknowledgement in 2018, in front of a packed audience at the Tina Packer Playhouse, she was nervous. After consultation with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans (the traditional stewards of the land where we are […]