Meet our Spotlight Sponsors for “The Bakelite Masterpiece”
Through their generosity and commitment to our community, these five 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 David Adkins, Actor in “The Bakelite Masterpiece”
David Adkins is an Artist Associate at the Berkshire Theatre Group (BTG), where, over the course of 20 seasons, he has established himself as one of the Berkshires most versatile and popular actors. He began his acting career as a teen at the McDonogh School in his native Maryland, but left the theatre behind during […]
Interview with Corinna May, Actor in “The Bakelite Masterpiece”
Corinna May is an actor, teacher, writer and vocal coach. She holds her BA from Barnard College and is also a graduate of Circle in the Square’s 2-year professional actor training program. She has studied with Kristin Linklater, Tina Packer, Robert Neff Williams, Andrea Haring, Nikos Psacharapoulos, and David Zemach-Bersin, among others. Corinna is an […]
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 […]
Celebrities Talk Gender Parity: Interview with Jayne Atkinson
Jayne Atkinson kicks off WAM’s new ‘Celebrities talk Gender Parity’ snapshot blog interview series. WAM Theatre has been delighted to have producer, director, Tony-nominated actress, and Berkshire neighbor Jayne Atkinson on our Advisory Board for the past three years. When her busy schedule allows, Jayne gets in the trenches with us, co-producing and hosting the […]
Interview with Brooke Mead, Program Coordinator at the Berkshire Immigrant Center
Brooke Mead has been the Program Coordinator at the Berkshire Immigrant Center in Pittsfield since 2002. She was named Immigrant Advocate of the Year by the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition in 2009. Recent accomplishments include becoming an Accredited Representative for the Board of Immigration Appeals and being chosen as one of Berkshire Magazine’s […]
Interview with Amy Lindner-Lesser, Innkeeper and Proprietor of The Rookwood Inn and WAM Sponsor
Amy Lindner-Lesser is the Innkeeper and Proprietor of The Rookwood Inn in Lenox and is a WAM Season Sponsor. A native of Queens, NY, Amy went to school in Manhattan and did her undergraduate degree in sociology and languages at Georgetown University. While earning her MSW from the University of Pennsylvania she met her husband, […]
Suzi Banks Baum and The New Illuminations: One of WAM’s 2016 Beneficiaries
Suzi Banks Baum has been a friend of WAM Theatre since 2012. A resident of Great Barrington, Suzi is active in the Berkshire community as a writer, an artist, an educator, and an actor. She is the editor and publisher of An Anthology of Babes: 36 Women Give Motherhood a Voice, and has written for […]
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 […]