WAM Theatre Collaborating with Central Square Theater on Fall Production of Galileo’s Daughter
LENOX, MA (August 22, 2024)— Artistic Director Genée Coreno and Managing Director Molly Merrihew are delighted to announce that WAM Theatre’s Fall production of Galileo’s Daughter by Jessica Dickey (The Amish Project, The Rembrandt, Row After Row) will be a co-production with Central Square Theater. The production will begin its run in the Berkshires at […]
WAM Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team for 15th Anniversary Benefit Performance of “fragments of Outside.”
LENOX, MA (June 25, 2024)— WAM Theatre is proud to announce an incredible ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside. This special, one-time-only performance, conceived and directed by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno, is a celebration of WAM’s 15th Anniversary. It will be performed at The […]
WAM Theatre Teen Ensemble to Perform Original Site-Specific Show in Lenox
LENOX, MA (May 16, 2024) – WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce the upcoming performance of WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON’T: Spilling the Tea on Life, Portals, and Possibilities. Presented over Memorial Day weekend in Lenox’s historic Church on the Hill Cemetery, it consists of a series of short performances created by WAM’s […]
Fresh Take Playwright Geetha Reddy talks with Talya Kingston
WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston sits down with Playwright Geetha Reddy to discuss Geetha’s play Far, Far Better Things—featured in WAM’s 2024 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. Listen in as she shares her inspirations for the play and insights into her creative process. Get more information about and tickets for Far, Far Better Things, […]
WAM Theatre Announces 2024 Season
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Celebrating 15 years of groundbreaking stories centering on women and girls LENOX, MA (February 13, 2024) – WAM Artistic Director Genée Coreno, Managing Director Molly Merrihew, and Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston announced WAM Theatre’s 2024 season centering new paths and brave futures, through four innovative theatrical stories and a special 15th Anniversary Benefit. […]
WAM Theatre Announces Auditions for Their 2024 Season
LENOX, MA (January 23, 2024) – WAM Theatre looks forward to holding Equity Principal and General Auditions for our 2024 Season on February 16 and 17, 2024. Auditions will be hosted by incoming Artistic Director, Genée Coreno and Associate Artistic Director, Talya Kingston. “I am thrilled to kick off my tenure at WAM Theatre with […]
Genée Coreno Named as the New Artistic Director of WAM Theatre
(Lenox, MA) As WAM Theatre mounts its 15th Anniversary Season, its Board of Directors is thrilled to announce visionary artist-activist Genée Coreno as the company’s new Artistic Director. Coreno comes to WAM from the leadership team at Every Mother Counts, and formerly held artistic roles at The Public Theater and Big Dance Theater. She will […]
Opening doors: WAM’s Fall Workshop Series
This autumn, WAM Theatre had the pleasure of opening its doors and (Zoom) windows to folks of varying ages and backgrounds from across the Berkshires. , A trio of free community workshops offered a chance to dive into an array of participatory theatre activities and to “devise theatre” first-hand. Devising is the process through which […]
WAM Announces the Musical Trio for their Special WAM Cabaret!
Me and the Sky: A Cabaret of Empowering Broadway Hits, Nov 1-4 LENOX, MA (October 11, 2023) – Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven and Managing Director Molly Merrihew are proud to announce the musical trio for their Fall Cabaret event: Me and the Sky. The Cabaret will play November 1-4, 2023, at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre […]
WAM Announces a Special WAM Cabaret—4 Nights Only!
Me and the Sky: A Cabaret of Empowering Broadway Hits LENOX, MA (September 12, 2023) – Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven and Managing Director Molly Merrihew are proud to announce their Fall Cabaret event: Me and The Sky: A Cabaret of Empowering Broadway Hits. The Cabaret will play November 1-4, 2023, at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre at Shakespeare […]