Playwright Sarah Bierstock and Director Molly Merrihew Examine the Evolution of “Honor Killing”
WAM Theatre’s next Fresh Takes play reading is the hard hitting political play HONOR KILLING by first time playwright Sarah ...
2018 Diversity Statement
In 2016 WAM actively began exploring the intersection of gender and racial justice through our FACING OUR TRUTH project with local Berkshire social justice organization BRIDGE. That project began a ...
“Facing Our Truth” – January 2016
Playwright Yvette “Jamuna” Sirker, BRIDGE CEO Gwendolyn Hampton VanSant, and WAM Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven joined forces to produce Facing Our Truth. DeeAnn Veeder wrote a two-part essay ...
Berkshires, Blog, Gail Burns Blog, WAM Sponsors
Interview with James and Kristin Hatt
James and Kristin Hatt are major donors to WAM Theatre, fans and supporters of our Fresh Takes Staged Reading Series, and we wanted to find out what appeals to them ...
Berkshires, Blog, Gail Burns Blog
Interview with Peter Stasiowski at Interprint
County business leader Interprint, Inc. was founded right here in Pittsfield in 1983. Locally managed, although part of Global Interprint, the firm currently employs about 130 folks at their handsome ...
Berkshires, Education, Gail Burns Blog, Theatre
WAM Girls, Inc.
Hi! Gail Burns here, your WAM PR & Marketing gal. I love it when I get to take a “field trip” and see what WAM Theatre is doing out in ...
Blog, Guest Blogs, Mother of Peace, Philanthropy, Women's Issues
Meet Susie Weekes – Our Connection to Mother of Peace, Illovo
In keeping with WAM Theatre’s double philanthropic mission, twenty-five percent of the profits from In Darfur will go directly to the Housemothers of Mother of Peace Orphanage in Illovo, South ...
How Do You Measure “A Difference”? – An Interview with Playwright Winter Miller
Award-winning playwright Winter Miller is the author of our 2014 Fall Show In Darfur which was inspired by what she saw as New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof’s researcher at ...
Why Does “In Darfur” Scare Kristen van Ginhoven?
Donate Now I am scared. I am scared that our audience won’t come, that new audiences who have heard of WAM and are curious to come see a ...