WAM Welcomes New Board Members
WAM Theatre Announces Appointment of Four New Board Members LENOX, MA (January 28, 2019) — WAM Theatre is pleased to announce the appointment of four new board members. Carolyn Butler, Margaret Fluhr, Ellen Ring, and Diane Scott join newly elected Board President Wendy Healey, Vice President Arwen Lowbridge, Secretary Lynn Festa, and WAM Co-Founder and […]
Waffling between Gratitude and Despair
Waffling between gratitude and despair, written by Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven as part of her ‘What’s my #vision’ series.
What does WAM stand for?
What does WAM Stand for? Written by Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven as part of her ‘What’s my #vision’ series. February 7, 2016 Last night, in my opening remarks for ‘Facing Our Truth’, I said the following: WAM Theatre is a place Where Arts and Activism Meet. Our vision is to create opportunity for women […]
Follow Up Interview with Susie Weekes, “In Darfur” Beneficiary
In 2014 the beneficiary of our production of In Darfur, Winter Miller’s powerful drama about the impact of war on the people in the northeastern African nation of Sudan, was the thirteen women employed as housemothers at Mother of Peace Orphanage in Ilovo, South Africa. Our Berkshire connection was Susie Walker Weekes, who explained to […]
Kat Koppett Asks: “What Would Kristen Do?”
Leading up to the August 24 ‘ Change Makers’ benefit, as WAM celebrates its fifth season, we take a look back at the people who helped get us here. Kat Koppett is a woman who wears many hats. She is the Co-Director at The Mop & Bucket Co. (MopCo) improvisational theatre company in South Schenectady, New York […]
Megan Sandberg-Zakian On The Essential Cornerstone’s Of Theatre-Making
Our Fresh Takes Series continues in August with Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England by Madeline George. Directed by Megan Sandberg- Zakian, a Sommerville, MA-based theater-maker, in her first project with WAM. Her sensibilities make her a natural fit with WAM, as collaboration is an important part of the process for her. She believes that theater […]
Todd Trebour Looks Forward To The Next Five Seasons
Leading up to the August 24‘ Change Makers’ benefit, as WAM celebrates its fifth season, we take a look back at the people who helped get us here as well as celebrate our colleagues in the arts who are also celebrating milestones this year. Chester Theatre Company celebrates 25 years this year! WAM encourages all our […]
Nick Webb Reflects On WAM’S Fifth Season
As WAM celebrates its fifth season, we take a look back at the people who helped get us here. Nick Webb can truly say he’s been a part of WAM since its inception. The husband of Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven, Nick has helped out in various ways over the past five years; from production […]
Tracy Liz Miller Provides A Fresh Take
WAM’s Fresh Takes series returns for a third event on June 22 with How The World Began. The series of staged readings presents new interpretations of woman-focused works with discussions to follow. Tracy Liz Miller makes her WAM debut directing this month’s staged reading, the story of a NYC-based woman who moves to Kansas to […]
Board Member Tammy Valicenti on WAM’s fifth season
As WAM celebrates its fifth season, we take a look back at the people who helped get us here. Interview by Rachel Louchen Tammy Valicenti has served on WAM’s Board of Directors for over four years but has known Kristen since WAM’s inception. WAM really appealed to Tammy who has roots in women’s issues, feminism […]