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 […]
Tickets Now on Sale for WAM Theatre’s KAMLOOPA
Presented live in the Berkshires October 7-24, 2021Streaming digitally November 1-7, 2021 LENOX, MA (September 15, 2021) — WAM Theatre is excited to present the US premiere of KAMLOOPA: AN INDIGENOUS MATRIARCH STORY by Kim Senklip Harvey, winner of Canada’s prestigious Governor General’s Award for English Language Drama, directed by Estefanía Fadul (WAM’s Native Gardens, […]
Statement on the Tragedy in Kamloops
“It’s collective trauma and collective grief that we’re feeling. And it’s almost like your spirit feels that. All the Indigenous people across the country are kind of feeling that right now. This news has been triggering a lot of that collective trauma that we’re still healing from.” — Jade Roberts, a Saskatoon educator and podcaster […]
Season Planning During a Time of Change
The journey to our 2021 Season by Kristen van Ginhoven, Producing Artistic Director & Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director, WAM Theatre When we started curating WAM’s 2021 Season, we already knew that it wasn’t going to be like any previous season planning process. Since WAM operates at the intersection of arts and activism, we tend to […]