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 ...
KAMLOOPA Fire Zine! Study Guide
Blog, Featured, KAMLOOPA, WHERE WE BELONG
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 ...
WAM Summer Story Circles
WAM holds space for Elders, Mother-Artists and Public School Teachers post-pandemic by Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director As summer of 2021 approached, many of us newly vaccinated, newly hopeful, tentatively ...
Blog, Featured, WHERE WE BELONG
Conversation with Madeline Sayet & Mei Ann Teo
by Tatiana Godfrey As WAM’s new company dramaturg, I recently had the opportunity to briefly chat with Madeline Sayet, the writer and performer of Where We Belong, and Mei Ann ...
An Interview with THE LIGHT Playwright Loy A. Webb
In the week leading up to WAM Theatre’s reading of THE LIGHT, playwright Loy A. Webb took time to answer our questions about her inspirations, motivations, and working life. What ...
Blog, Featured, Letters to Kamala, Press
Online Play Reading of LETTERS TO KAMALA Opens WAM 2021 Season
Available for Streaming March 14-21 LENOX, MA (March 2, 2021) — WAM Theatre begins its 12th season with an Online Fresh Takes Play Reading of LETTERS TO KAMALA by Rachel ...
Blog, Featured, Letters to Kamala
Three Trailblazing Women
In Letters to Kamala, WAM Audiences will have a chance to meet Charlotta Bass, Patsy Matsu Takemoto Mink, and Charlene Mitchell, three 20th-Century female political leaders of color who have ...
Blog, Featured, KAMLOOPA, Letters to Kamala, THE LIGHT
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 ...
Meet Illustrator Katari Wilson
WAM’s production of The Thanksgiving Play will feature original illustrations by Sicangu Lakota artist and Children’s book author Katari Wilson. She sent us this photograph of her wearing a ribbon ...