Interview with Estefanía Fadul, Director of “The Oregon Trail”
Estefanía Fadul is a Colombia-born, New Hampshire-raised, New York City-based director and producer making her WAM Theatre debut directing our June 19 Fresh Takes Play Reading of The Oregon Trail by Bekah Brunstetter. Estefanía is the founding artistic director of Pleiades Productions, a member of the Lincoln Center Theatre Directors Lab, and a New Georges Affiliated […]
An Interview with Claudia & Iris, Members of the Inaugural Girls Ensemble
As their school tour of Miss Labeled wound down and their May 11 public performance at the Spectrum Playhouse in Lee approaches, WAM Theatre sat down with Claudia Maurino, a ninth-grader at Monument Mountain Regional High School, and Iris Courchaine, a Lee High School sophomore, both members of our inaugural Girls Ensemble Cohort to find […]
Interview with Jennie Jadow, Actor in “Photograph 51”
Jennie Jadow is a popular and respected Berkshire area actor and theatre educator. She is thrilled to be playing the leading role of Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958) in the second play in our 2016 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler and directed by Kelly Galvin, which will be presented at 3 pm […]
Interview with Kate Hennig, Playwright of “The Last Wife”
Born in England, and raised in Alberta, Kate Hennig is a diverse, multi-award-winning theatre artist, with over thirty years of professional experience as a performer, including seasons on Broadway, with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and with both the Shaw and Stratford Festivals. Her play The Last Wife, inspired by the life of Katherine Parr (1512-1548), […]
Interview with Rachel Siegel – Writer and Performer of “Special”
March 18-20, 2016 WAM Theatre is teaming up with playwright and actress Rachel Siegel to present a workshop production of her one-woman show Special, at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre. The show is based both on Rachel’s own experience as the mother of a son with Down syndrome, and her interviews with mothers of […]
What’s my #vision
What’s my #vision? Written by WAM Theatre Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven. January 1, 2016 A lot of people lately have been asking me this question. It keeps evolving as my life evolves. It evolves as I meet people, have experiences, live through emotions. It evolves every time my heart breaks. For the past seven […]
Interview with Sisters for Peace Founder, Caroline Wheeler – Co-Beneficiary for “Holy Laughter”
WAM Theatre: Like WAM, Sisters for Peace (SFP) also started in response to reading Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn. When did you become aware of WAM Theatre and the similarity in your goals? Caroline Wheeler: To be honest I can’t remember but I think we met because we travel in the […]
Interview with Hands In Outreach Director, Ricky Bernstein – Co-Beneficiary for “Holy Laughter”
WAM Theatre: When did you become aware of WAM Theatre and the similarity in your goals? Ricky Bernstein: I first met Kristen van Ginhoven when she was just forming WAM, around the time Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn was published. I actually met with Caroline Wheeler, founder of our co-beneficiary Sisters […]
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 […]
Interview with Shirley Edgerton, 2013 Beneficiary
Shirley Edgerton is an amazing area activist on many fronts, and WAM Theatre was pleased to support her Rights of Passage and Empowerment Program (ROPE) with funds raised by our 2013 production of Emilie: La Marquese de Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight. The ROPE program is an multicultural empowerment organization for middle and high school […]