Interview with playwright Jessica Dickey
WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sat down with award-winning playwright Jessica Dickey, who wrote Galileo’s Daughter, to talk about her inspirations, how being an actor affects how she writes plays, and the central questions and themes of the play: “Questions of loyalty and faith and personal truth and personal sovereignty… What does it cost […]
Introducing Scenic Apprentice Drishti Chauhan
Drishti Chauhan is an Indian production designer based in NYC interested in working on funny, queer and feminist stories. A recent MFA graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she is currently working on the WAM/CST production of Galileo’s Daughter as an apprentice to Scenic Designer Qingan Zhang. As we head into rehearsal, we took […]
Spotlight on the What The Constitution Means to Me recipient, the Elizabeth Freeman Center
As we say on our t-shirt: “Whoever we are, however we look, wherever we go, we all deserve safety and justice.” Janis Broderick, Executive Director, Elizabeth Freeman Center In keeping with WAM Theatre’s mission, we are thrilled that the WAM/Berkshire Theatre Group production of What The Constitution Means to Me will amplify the work and […]
A Conversation with Heidi Schreck
As we head into rehearsals for What The Constitution Means to Me, WAM’s Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sat down to ask playwright Heidi Schreck a few questions. Heidi Schreck is a writer and performer living in Brooklyn. What the Constitution Means to Me was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist, won the Obie Award and […]