Women Take Center Stage: WAM Champions Female Leadership & Artistry
LENOX, MA (February 26, 2025) – Artistic Director Genée Coreno, Managing Director Molly Merrihew, and the WAM Theatre Team announced their 2025 Season today. WAM Theatre’s 2025 Season boldly underscores the power, impact, and urgency of women’s leadership in the arts. Through the transformative power of storytelling, women artists ignite conversations, mobilize communities, and shape empowered futures for women and girls. The ambitious performance season includes Cry It Out, Rooted, Where We Stand, Alien Girls, and the Regional Premiere of Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous. Passes are on sale now, and single tickets go on sale at the end of March.
“WAM is demonstrating the importance of uplifting women artists who continue to innovate and pioneer groundbreaking theatre. We must champion one another—in art and in life—to ensure that women’s voices remain bold, visionary, and unstoppable,” says Artistic Director Genée Coreno. “We intentionally designed our 16th season to spotlight living American female playwrights who challenge us to consider the artist’s—and the individual’s—responsibility to the community in times of political uncertainty. Now more than ever, we are reminded that theatre is an essential part of a democratic society—a powerful tool of assembly that unites us when we are divided.”
The season features expanded offerings in the spring, summer, and fall. With two mainstage productions, three Fresh Takes play readings, and a dynamic community program—including documentary films, thought-provoking panels, and creative exchanges with women-led theatre companies. WAM Theatre’s 2025 season kicks off during Women’s History Month with a screening of The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause Documentary, followed by a dynamic, two-part panel discussion, Creative Resistance: Women’s Impact Through Art and Activism on the heels of International Women’s Day.
“Our programming activates the space between women, bringing to life the relationships and conversations portrayed in this season’s plays. Despite differences in class, generation, culture, and perspective, the characters find connection and, through each other, a deeper sense of self-regard. Their relationships remind us of the radical feminist tradition of solidarity. Wherever women gather, change follows,” says Coreno.
The momentum continues with WAM’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, featuring three bold and thought-provoking works: Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler, Rooted by Deborah Zoe Laufer, and Alien Girls by Amy Berryman. In June, WAM presents Where We Stand by Donnetta Lavinia Grays to the intimate setting of Lenox Town Hall, inviting audiences into an electrifying storytelling experience. The season culminates in October 2025 with a full production of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous—a celebration of resilience, activism, and the unapologetic, inter-generational voices of women.
“Art is the light, the rally call, the balm for despair, and the champagne bubbles of celebration,” exclaims Managing Director Molly Merrihew. “The theatre is our gathering place – a space where we silence the world’s noise and immerse ourselves in the magic of storytelling. This season shimmers with the resilience of friendship, the frenzy of mob mentality, the allure of eco-cults, the brilliance of building a creative life, and the fierce embrace of mothering. It’s a tapestry of care, class, and community—woven with moments that will surprise you, stir you, and send you into fits of laughter. We can’t wait to share it with you.”
WAM THEATRE’S 2025 SEASON
WAM Theatre’s 2025 season begins with two community events in celebration of Women’s History Month.
First, WAM is proud to partner with WANDER Berkshires and Berkshire Pride for a screening of The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause featuring a special talkback facilitated by Berkshire-based certified Menopause Coach, Edi Pasalis. Event on Sunday, March 2 at 3 PM at WANDER Berkshires (Pittsfield, MA).This documentary centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Menopause has ramifications beyond just an individual woman’s well-being. The far-ranging results of women enduring untreated menopause include billions of dollars in lost wages, upended careers, family disruptions, and emotional chaos. With evidence-based information, the film empowers women to make informed health decisions and aims to remove the stigma surrounding menopause and aging.
Facilitator Edi Pasalis shared why this event matters, “As a WAM Theatre board member, I see this event as perfectly aligned with our mission to amplify women’s experience and spark meaningful conversation. As a menopause educator and advocate, I hope it not only breaks the silence around menopause, it empowers everyone going through – or anticipating – the transition to know they are not broken, not alone, and have support close at hand. Let’s turn toward this powerful time of life and discover its gifts together.”
Our second March event Creative Resistance: Women’s Impact Through Art and Activism, is a networking event with two panel discussions, moderated by Eden-Reneé Hayes (CEO of Pluralism Solutions) & Sarah LaDuke (WAMC), for women, leaders, and future change makers in celebration of International Women’s Day hosted in partnership with Berkshire Community College and presented at BCC’s Connector Room (Pittsfield, MA) on Wednesday, March 12 at 2pm and 5pm.
Join us in a celebration of creativity, resilience, and leadership as we recognize the transformative power of women leading the charge for gender equity in Western, MA. This powerful day highlights the work of artists, advocates, and community organizations making a profound impact in the Berkshires. Through storytelling, dialogue, and shared experiences, we will celebrate the changemakers— who work tirelessly to transform challenges into opportunities, and build a more positive future for women and girls in Berkshire County and beyond. Featuring Genée Coreno (WAM Theatre), Shirley Edgerton (R.O.P.E), Dr. Frances K. Hurley (International Advisor, Child Development), Shela Levante (Berkshire County Commission on the Status of Women), Molly Merrihew (WAM Theatre), Jane Ralph (Construct, Inc.), Sarah Real (Hot Plate Brewing Co.), Shanique Rodriguez (Mass Voters Table), and Ilana Steinhauer, FNP-BC (V.I.M), these remarkable leaders will discuss how they use art and activism as tools to empower communities, shape policies, and reimagine what is possible.
Shela Levante, Keynote Speaker urged, “We know that, to address the issues our county, state, and nation face, women and gender non-conforming individuals must be engaged and uplifted, and their voices prioritized. Only then can we shift the narrative about gender equity, have opportunity and access to political power, influence and ultimately achieve gender justice.”
Our Fresh Takes Play Reading Series begins with a staged reading of Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler (Netflixs’ Maid and Orange is the New Black, The May Queen), directed by Molly Merrihew (The Flora and Fauna, Water By The Spoonful), performed on Sunday, May 4, at 2 PM and 7PM at Hot Plate Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA).
Isolated in a sleepy suburb, Jessie, once a corporate lawyer, is now in milk-stained yoga pants attempting to comfort a screaming newborn. She’s desperate for a friend and soon spies a fellow new mom, her neighbor Lina. The two start meeting for coffee over naptime in their adjoining yards and a fast friendship is made. The laughter comes quickly in their shared space and newborn haze, when a well-intended stranger interrupts asking if his wife can join. Cry It Out is a chaotic comedy with an edge, grappling with the absurdities of motherhood, the power of friendship, and the effect class holds on parenting in America.
Playwright Molly Smith Metzler spoke about the show sharing, “Everything is cracked open by the experience of having a child, everything—your marriage, your identity and then in a lot of cases, your body. The play creates a place for these characters to connect and be open about that.”
WAM’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series continues on June 8 with Rooted by Deborah Zoe Laufer (Be Here Now, The Last Yiddish Speaker), directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo (Far, Far Better Things, La Egoísta) with staged readings at 2 PM and 7 PM at Hot Plate Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA).
Rooted introduces us to Emery and her sister, Hazel, who have never left their tiny, rural town for all their 60-some years. This is “A-ok” with Emery who happily spends her days among her plants, in her homemade treehouse, where she blogs about her experiments on the consciousness of plants. But when she becomes an overnight viral internet sensation, large crowds start congregating beneath her home, and calling Emery their savior. Hazel, a recently fired waitress, sees this as their opportunity to finally escape the run-down town. When a young protester is hurt and hauled into the treehouse, all bets are off. Rooted is a magical and quirky comedy that centers the relationships of nature, art, and human connection. Asking us all how we might heal.
Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer was delighted to have WAM produce her works two years in a row, “I wrote Rooted as a sequel to ‘Be Here Now’. My dream was that companies would produce the two plays in back-to-back seasons. So I’m thrilled that WAM is doing that! I hope that audiences remember Luanne, and the small, fictional town in upstate NY where both plays are set. My original intention was to write a trilogy, and wonderful companies like WAM producing both plays is the push I need to do that!
June also brings WAM’s first Main Stage Production of the 2025 Season Where We Stand. Written and created by Donnetta Lavinia Grays (Kudzu Calling, Last Night and the Night Before) and directed by Jackie Davis (Notes from the Field, The Wiz) this solo-community exploration is noted as, “A Pied Piper story that doubles as a boldfaced allegory about class and community, Where We Stand is rich in its language” by The New York Times.
An imaginative and soulful storyteller spins a tale of a lonely soul tempted by the devil’s kindness on a fateful trip to the crossroads. A Kilroy’s List Pick and a winner of the Whiting Award for Drama, Where We Stand is an epic fable of penance filled with humor, heart, and music, that explores an individual pushed to the edge. Outcast by society, the exile is left in the hands of the audience who ultimately must decide their fate as they wrestle between mercy and justice.
“I am excited that WAM has taken on the challenge of Where We Stand, especially at this fragile moment in our nation when community feels so very vital to our survival and collective purpose,” remarked creator Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Where We Stand will be performed at the Lenox Town Hall June 26-29.
WAM Theatre’s final Fresh Takes Play Reading Series brings a finalist from the 2024 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Alien Girls written by Amy Berryman (Walden, God’s Flesh) and directed by Genée Coreno (fragments of Outside, Madge Love) will have staged readings at Hot Plate Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA) on Sunday, July 13 at 2 PM & 7 PM.
Tiffany is pregnant. Her best friend, Carolyn, is trying to be happy for her. When Carolyn’s true feelings become public in the form of a personal essay that goes viral, is the fallout irreparable? Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers on the brink of huge life changes, Alien Girls is a meta-theatrical, dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art, cultivating friendships, and building a life of meaning. Fresh off the Center Theatre Group’s year long Writer’s Workshop, and written by the playwright dubbed “intelligent and compassionate” by NY Magazine, this hot new play is not to be missed.
Playwright Amy Berryman asked, “Can women have it all? What does it mean to be a mother? Can friendship between women survive the huge life changes that happen in your thirties in modern-day America? All these questions were on my mind when I started writing the thorny friendship between Carolyn and Tiffany in Alien Girls, my queer metatheatrical dark comedy about the societal pressures put on women to make a choice between creating life and creating art.”
The Summer brings one more WAM event you won’t want to miss! Mark your calendars now for WAM’s Brunch Benefit on Sunday, July 27th. Details on this celebratory gathering to come.
Autumn brings our second Main Stage Production, the regional premiere of Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous written by Pearl Cleage (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Flyin’ West), and directed by Cloteal L. Horne (Play Here[___], On The Exhale).
A lifetime ago, actress Anna Campbell and her manager and confidant Betty ignited a major theatrical controversy with a performance piece named Naked Wilson. After decades of self-imposed exile to outrun critics, they receive an invitation to perform at a women’s theatre festival. Uncertain of what kind of reception she will get upon her return, Anna’s insecurity grows. Enter Pete Watson, an ambitious, young artist who is unabashed about her work in the adult entertainment industry. Anna flys off the handle when it’s shared that Pete is her replacement, and is not sure if she can come to terms with this affront by opening night. With humor, artistic-homage, and grace, this play packs a punch as it explores artistic ownership, generational identity, and jungle-red nail polish. Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous weaves a tale of self-discovery and the enduring power of the performing arts.
Playwright Pearl Cleage shared the inspiration behind this work, “Writing this play was for me an act of bearing witness to long nights of passionate conversation with other black female theater makers about what it meant to be a black woman writing plays. First shattered and then sheltered by the unapologetic truth of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, we dedicated ourselves to shaping and sharing a body of creative work that did not depend on how the ferociously talented men of our generation saw us, but how we saw and heard and loved our equally ferocious, equally talented and way more magical selves. Of course we talked about August Wilson. How could we not talk about him? But only among ourselves did we feel safe to critique him and critique him we did, fussing and fuming until we realized it wasn’t his job to create female characters as fabulous as we were. Only we could do that. And so, we did. And so, we still do. It is my pleasure to share a formerly private conversation that was pivotal to the creative expansion of the American theater. I invite you in.” Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous will be performed in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre on the Shakespeare & Company campus October 23 – November 2.
TICKETING
“Our audiences have been asking us for years to put tickets on sale earlier– we are thrilled to finally deliver on that request,” said Merrihew. “We have three types of ticket passes on sale now– the Fresh Takes Pass, Mainstage Pass and All Access Pass. These new passes allow our community to plan further in advance, ensure they have access to shows before they sell-out, and importantly help support the theatre pre-production. Often our biggest months of expenses happen before our shows are presented; purchasing early means bolstering the sustainability of our work– and ensures our creative teams can keep dreaming big in the rehearsal room.”
Passes start at $96 and are on sale now. Three different types of passes are being offered this year. A Fresh Takes Pass includes three Groundbreaking readings for only $96. A Main Stage Pass buys tickets for two Full Scale Productions for only $196. For enthusiastic WAM supporters, an All Access Pass allows ticket holders to attend nearly any WAM production, project, or program on any date, in any seat, as many times as you’d like (subject to availability). Single tickets go on sale at the end of March.
TICKET PASSES
Fresh Takes Pass (3 Groundbreaking Readings) – $96
Main Stage Pass (2 Full Scale Productions) – $196
All Access Pass (3 Readings, 2 Productions and 3+ Events) – $496
WAM THEATRE 2025 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Spring Community Programming
THE (M) FACTOR: SHREDDING THE SILENCE ON MENOPAUSE
Film Screening and Facilitated Talk Back
Sunday, March 2 – 3 PM
WANDER Berkshires, Pittsfield, MA
CREATIVE RESISTANCE: WOMEN’S IMPACT THROUGH ART AND ACTIVISM
Two Panel Discussions, One Networking Event
Wednesday, March 12
Panels – 2 & 5 PM
Networking Event – Between Panels
The Connector Room at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA
A Fresh Takes Play Reading and Development Series
CRY IT OUT
By Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Molly Merrihew Sunday May 4 – 2 & 7 PM
Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield MA
ROOTED
By Deborah Zoe Laufer
Directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Sunday June 8, 2025 – 2 & 7 PM
Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield MA
ALIEN GIRLS
Written by Amy Berryman
Directed by Genée Coreno
Sunday July 13, 2025 – 2 & 7 PM
Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield MA
Summer Benefit
WAM THEATRE’S BRUNCH BENEFIT
Save The Date – July 27th, 2025
Summer Mainstage Production
WHERE WE STAND
A Solo-Community Exploration
By Donetta Lavinia Grays
Directed by Jackie Davis
June 27-29, 2025
Lenox Town Hall, Lenox, MA
Fall Mainstage Production
Regional Premiere
ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
Written by Pearl Cleage
Directed by Cloteal L. Horne
October 16 – November 2, 2025
For more information about the 2025 Season and WAM Theatre’s programs, events, and artists, please visit www.WAMTheatre.com.
WAM TEAM LEADERSHIP
Genée Coreno (she/her)(Artistic Director) is a director and producer with a passion for devised theater created in collaboration with women, girls, and non-binary artists and designers. WAM Theatre: Artistic Director. Selected Director Credits: Fragments of Outside (The Mount), Outside (Culture Lab, LIC), Madge Love (Theater Mitu & The Brick), The Hopelessly Hopeless Story of All Good Girls (The Brick), “Is This Clear Enough?” (The Poetry Project), Dutchman (UnUrban Cafe, LA), Selected Producing Credits: The Possessed Girls of St. Mary’s (Reading, at Brick Aux), thisamericanplay (pop-up theater by Blue Flamingo), The Stronger & Mother Love (Alchemical Studios), The World is Round (BAM Fisher). Select Company Management Credits: Under the Radar Festival (The Public Theater), The World is Round (Alchemical Studios), The Stronger & Mother Love (pop-up theater by Blue Flamingo), thisamericanplay (Reading, at Brick Aux), The Possessed Girls of St. Mary’s Producing Credits: The Outer Space (The Public Theater), National Mobile Unit Tour of Sweat (The Public Theater), Mobile Unit’s Twelfth Night (The Public Theater), Various Performances (Big Dance Theater). Community Engagement/Activist Work: Former Manager of Development and Engagement at Every Mother Counts and Clinic Escort at Choices; Adjunct Professor at Purchase College, Women and Performance. Training: MA in Performance Studies, NYU; BA in Drama Studies, Purchase College; Embodied Voice: Intensive Vocal Workshop; The Song of the Goat; SITI Company Summer Intensive; Theater Mitu Artist Fellowship (Japan). Creative Inspiration: I’m inspired by large-scale international work that demonstrates a commitment to dance theater practices and film-making.
Molly Merrihew (she/her)(Managing Director) is an arts executive and nonprofit leader with over a decade of experience in the nonprofit theatre and the for-profit arts and entertainment sector. She has worked collaboratively with organizations, artists, and clients ranging from grassroots ensembles to multimillion-dollar non-profit institutions and for-profit creative enterprises. Molly is a proud advocate of the Berkshire arts community, and her consulting work has also brought her to Boston and New York City. From activist art in found-spaces, to large scale Shakespearean festivals and award-winning audiobook launches, Molly is energized by passionate artists, creative thinkers, and an innate curiosity to meet new people and learn new things. Recent work experience includes spending the past four years at WAM Theatre as Managing Director. Molly spent eight years at Shakespeare & Company working in PR and Marketing. Molly’s journey with WAM began in 2014, when she spent four years in the role of Artistic Associate, curating and producing the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. After that, she served on WAM’s Strategic Planning and Hospitality Committees for two years. Before moving to the Berkshires, Molly worked at the Florida Studio Theatre in a variety of capacities including communications and patron services. In addition to her full-time work, Molly has led consulting projects for artist organizations and projects in a variety of roles including lead strategist, project manager, grant reviewer, and copywriter. Molly has an M.S. in Arts Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Fundraising Management from Boston University. She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre and English-Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Potsdam. More recently, Molly completed the ‘Transformational Leadership Program for Non-Profit Leaders’ at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. She is the co-chair of Berkshire County Development Alliance, a member of the Berkshire Business & Professional Women association, and a BRIDGE Race Task Force member.
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MORE ABOUT THE 2025 SEASON ARTISTS
Amy Berryman (she/her/hers)(playwright, Alien Girls) is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, and teaching artist originally from Seattle by way of West Texas. Selected Theatre Credits: Her play Walden had its world premiere on London’s West End in May 2021 at the Harold Pinter Theatre, produced by Sonia Friedman and directed by Ian Rickson. Walden was also produced at TheaterWorks Hartford in August 2021, directed by Mei Ann Teo, and most recently premiered off-Broadway in November 2024 at Second Stage, directed by Whitney White. Additional Artistic Credits: include Alien Girls (O’Neill Finalist 2024), God’s Flesh (MTC/Sloan Commission), The New Galileos (O’Neill Finalist 2019), Three Year Summer, The Treatment, Epiphany, or What Would You? (finalist for Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries, O’Neill Semi-Finalist 2020); and The Whole of You. Membership/Affiliations: Amy was a member of Center Theatre Group’s Writers’ Workshop 2023/24 and was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship 2023. Connect: amy-berryman.com
Tatyana-Marie Carlo (ella/she)(director, Rooted) Named a “Broadway 2023 Industry Woman to Watch” by Broadway Women’s Fund, Tatyana-Marie Carlo is a Latiné director from Miami whose work focuses on joyful bilingual theatre making. Theatre Credits: She is currently the Resident Associate of Trinity Repertory Company, and has collaborated as a director with many off-Broadway and regional theaters across the United States, including Intar Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Everyman Theatre, Children’s Theater Company, Dorset Theatre Festival, WAM Theatre, and more. Awards/ Achievements: 2019 Matt Harris Directing Fellow at Williamstown Theater Festival. 2021 Drama League Public Works Fellow. Training/Affiliations: Tatyana is an alumni and Adjunct Professor of Brown University’s Directing MFA program, a Core Faculty member at the National Theatre Institute, and proud member of SDC. Connect: A detailed collection of her work can be found at tatyanamariecarlo.com.
Pearl Cleage (she/her/hers)(playwright, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous) is an Atlanta-based playwright currently serving as Distinguished Artist in Residence at The Alliance Theatre. The recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dramatists Guild, she is also Atlanta’s first Poet Laureate. Selected Theatre Credits: Her plays include Flyin’ West, Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Nacirema Society, What I Learned in Paris, and Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous. Her work is anthologized in Flyin’ West and Other Plays, published by The Theatre Communications Group. In addition to the Alliance, Cleage has been widely produced, including performances at The Goodman Theatre, London’s National Theatre, The McCarter Theater Center, Penumbra Theater, Keen Company, Ford’s Theatre, the Huntington Theater, the Guthrie Theater, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theater, Actor’s Express, the Black Repertory Company, Old Globe Theatre, the Negro Ensemble Company, Arena Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Ensemble Theater, New Federal Theater and the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Additional Artistic Credits: She is also a performance artist working in collaboration with her husband, writer Zaron W. Burnett, Jr. Their groundbreaking performance work is the subject of a new documentary film Live at Club Zebra! directed by Matthew and David Adeboye. Cleage and Burnett also collaborated on In My Granny’s Garden, a book for young children, which was adapted for the stage by Rosemary Newcott and has been performed in Atlanta, Chicago and St. Louis. The author of eight novels, including What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, a New York Times bestseller, Cleage also co-authored with Burnett “We Speak Your Names”, a praise poem commissioned by Oprah Winfrey. She is currently at work on Off Day at Chickens, in collaboration with Burnett and a play with music, Letters from Aunt Nina, based on the music and memories of Simone’s niece, actor/singer Crystal Fox.
Genée Coreno (she/her/hers)(director, Alien Girls) is the Artistic Director of WAM Theatre and founder of Fringe and Fur. She is a director, theater-maker, and arts administrator dedicated to bold, socially engaged, cross-disciplinary storytelling. WAM Theatre:Fragments of Outside (The Mount) Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: The New York Times-reviewed Madge Love (Theater Mitu’s Artists at Home Residency & The Exponential Festival), described as “a good-looking production… about the connection between sex, violence, and female suffering at the hands of men.” The Hopelessly Hopeless Story of All Good Girls (The Brick Theater), Is This Clear Enough? (The Poetry Project), a workshop of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party (Harlem Repertory), Dutchman by Amiri Baraka (UnUrban Cafe), The Future is in Eggs by Eugene Ionesco (A.R.T. NY workshop), and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane (Purchase College). Additional Artistic Credits: Genée served as Company Manager for The Public Theater’s first national Mobile Unit tour of Sweat by Lynn Nottage, as well as for Twelfth Night (Under the Radar Festival, Mobile Unit) and the Brooklyn College Play Festival. Her company management work also includes projects with Big Dance Theater, such as Short Form (American Dance Institute, Fusebox, The Kitchen), This Page Left Intentionally Blank (Mass MoCA, CounterCurrent Festival), Cage Shuffle (American Realness Festival, Poet’s House), and 17c. (American Realness Festival). Other: Additionally, she worked in Development at Every Mother Counts, Artistic Associate and Line Producer for Ripe Time’s The World Is Round (BAM Fisher) and a Marketing Intern for Third Rail Projects’ Then She Fell (Art Mill Residency, Art@Renaissance). Selected Training: Genée holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and a B.A. in Drama Studies from Purchase College. She has trained with Theater Mitu, Song of the Goat, and SITI Company. Connect: www.fringeandfur.org
Jackie Davis (she/her/hers)(director, Where We Stand) is an actor and director who works primarily in theatre, but has also done work on film behind and in front of the camera. She is also a choreographer and intimacy advocate/designer. She joins us from Rhode Island, where she recently directed Blues for an Alabama Sky at Trinity Repertory Company. Selected Theatre Credits: Notable directing credits include Notes from the Field, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, and Ruined. Notable choreography projects include La Tempestad (The Tempest), Dance Nation, and The Wiz. Notable stage credits include Trinity Repertory Theater’s productions of POTUS (FLOTUS), Fences (Rose), and Black Odyssey (Benevolence). Intimacy design/direction: The Inheritance, Trinity Repertory Company; References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Brown/Trinity MFA Production. Achievements: Jackie is the founding artistic director of New Urban Theater Laboratory, where she produced and directed five years of new works in Massachusetts. Community Engagement: She is a teaching artist for Trinity Repertory Company’s Education Department. Jackie is on staff as a movement instructor for the Brown/Trinity MFA program and a Visiting Instructor at Wheaton College. Selected Training and Affiliations: Jackie received her BFA in Directing from the University of Rhode Island and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Connect: https://jackiemdavis.com/
Donnetta Lavinia Grays (she/her)(playwright, Where We Stand) is the author of Where We Stand (World Premiere WP Theater/Baltimore Center Stage. Lucille Lortel, Drama League, AUDELCO, and Broadway Black award nominee), Kudzu Calling (World Premiere: Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Last Night and the Night Before (World Premiere, Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Warriors Don’t Cry, Laid to Rest, and The Review or How to Eat Your Opposition. Awards: She is the recipient of The Whiting Award for Drama, Helen Merrill Playwright Award, The National Theater Conference’s Stavis Playwright Award, the Lilly Award, Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award, and the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. Additional Artistic Credits: For television, she has staffed Spectrum’s Manhunt, FX’s Y: The Last Man, served as Executive Story Editor on Joe Vs. Carole for Peacock and as a co-producer on Seconds for AMC. For film, she has penned Otis and Zelma, the upcoming biopic of Otis Redding starring Danielle Deadwyler and John Boyega. Broadway acting credits include The Skin of Our Teeth, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play and Well. Off-Broadway: Where We Stand (WP Theater/Baltimore Centerstage), Men on Boats (Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed Thumb) O, Earth (The Foundry Theatre), In the Footprint (The Civilians- as an Associate Artist), and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Primary Stages). Film: The Life List, The Book of Henry, Wild Canaries, The English Teacher, and The Wrestler. TV: Recurring roles on New Amsterdam, Happy, Rubicon, Mercy, and Law and Order: SVU. Guest Starring Roles on High Maintenance, The Night Of, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, A Gifted Man, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI, and The Sopranos. Ms. Grays proudly hails from Columbia, South Carolina. Connect: https://www.donnettagrays.com/
Cloteal L. Horne (her/she)(director, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous) My name aptly weaves together parts of my grandparents’ names. Be it to muster the courage to stand before witnesses onstage or on screen, as a raw nerve, in order to shine a light upon hidden parts of humanity, or to architect a world that ignites the imagination towards transformation— I am committed to collaborative processes that illuminate humanity through the craft of storytelling. My work uproots classics and tethers itself to immersive ceremonies and rituals that center blackness, black-femininity. Calling on both the sacred and profane to locate that small (sometimes quiet) place where healing happens. I dedicate my practice to community, honest liberation, and building more just and joyous futures. WAM Theatre: WAM has always impressed me by being an organization committed to bringing dynamic works and critical conversations to the Berkshires, so I am thrilled to be making my directorial debut. Selected Directorial Credits Elsewhere: Play Here[___] (The Wild Project, Director), Six Characters (LCT3, Assistant Director), On The Exhale (Brown/Trinity, Director), School for Scandal (Red Bull Theatre, Assistant Director) The Alchemist (Red Bull Theatre, Assistant Director), Breaking Dawn: American Myth Project (The NET/Shakespeare & Co., Creative Producer). Teaching: Yale School of Drama, Brown University, NYU- Playwrights Horizons/Meisner Studio, Vassar, and La Jolla Playhouse Student Conservatory. Creative inspiration: The lineage of Black Femme performance artists like Lorraine O’grady, and a perspective of ‘Visionary-Realism.’ A concept put forth by sociologist, scholar, and scientist Ruha Benjamin, which necessitates that we blend an acknowledgment of the deep-seated injustices embedded in our contemporary landscape, with an unapologetic commitment to create a more just and joyous future through our art and activism. Community Engagement/Activist work: Facilitator with artEquity; The BIPOC Leadership Circle and BIPOC Surviving PWI Processing Space (Co-Program Lead) and André Cailloux Center (Board Member). Membership/Affiliations: Actor’s Equity Association, National Acting Teachers Alliance, and Budi Miller Teacher Apprenticeship. Selected Training: MFA Acting- Brown University/Trinity Rep. and BFA Theater Arts- Boston University. Final Word: Blissfully standing on the shoulders of those that come before me, I am a product of my grandmother’s prayers + the living embodiments of my ancestors, and their wildest dreams. Glory be. Connect: Website – www.ClotealLHorne.com
Deborah Zoe Laufer (she/her)(playwright, Rooted) is a writer whose plays have been produced at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Geva, The Humana Festival, Everyman, Primary Stages, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and hundreds of other theaters around the world. Plays include: The Last Yiddish Speaker (which received a Lortel Alcove commission, won 2024 The Jewish Play Project, and received an NNPN rolling world premiere), Be Here Now, End Days, Rooted, Informed Consent (NYTimes critic’s pick), Leveling Up, Out of Sterno, The Last Schwartz, Sirens, Meta, The Three Sisters of Weehawken, Fortune, dozens of short plays, and the musicals, Window Treatment, and By Any Other Name, written with composer, Daniel Green. Awards: Deb is a recipient of the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, the Lilly Award, The ATCA Steinberg citation. Publications: Her plays are published or recorded by Concord/Samuel French, Smith and Kraus, Playscripts, LA Theatreworks, and Premieres. Training and Memberships: She is a graduate of Juilliard, an alumna of the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, a member of Honor Roll, and a Dramatists Guild Council member. Connect: deborahzoelaufer.com
Molly Merrihew (She/Her/Hers) (Director, Cry It Out) WAM Theatre: Molly is WAM’s Managing Director (2020-present). She was previously WAM’s Artistic Associate (2014-2018) Directing credits include: WAM: The Flora and Fauna (Fresh Takes), The Last Wife (Fresh Takes), Water by the Spoonful (Fresh Takes), In Darfur (Assistant Director for Kristen van Ginhoven), How The World Began (Assistant Director for Tracy Liz Miller), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Assistant Director for Megan Sandberg-Zakian). She’s additionally directed at Shakespeare & Company: Water By The Spoonful (The Spotlight Reading Series), Second Beam (Joan Ackermann Weekend), Marcus is Walking (Joan Ackermann Weekend), Or, (Assistant Director for Alice Reagan), The Comedy of Errors (Assistant Director for Taibi Magar). Regional: 24 Hour Theatre Project (University at Albany),In Motion(10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival for the City of Pittsfield) SDC Foundation Observership Class (2015 – 2016) The Rwandans’ Visit (Lougheed Festival of the Arts). Leadership: Molly has worked in the arts for over a decade building new initiatives, carving new paths forward, and mobilizing teams around a shared vision. From activist-art in found-spaces, large scale Shakespearean festivals, and award-winning audiobook launches; Molly is energized by passionate artists, creative thinkers, and an innate curiosity to meet new people and learn new things. Final Word: She lives in the Berkshires full time with her Husband, Daughter (4), Son (9-months) and pup; and is grateful to be surrounded by nature and utilizing creativity in all facets of her life.
Molly Smith Metzler (she/her/hers)(playwright, Cry It Out) is a playwright and screenwriter from Kingston, N.Y. Artistic Credits: She is the creator of the limited series Maid (Netflix), which was nominated for three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series. Maid also won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series and received nominations from The Golden Globes, The Critics Choice Awards, The Humanitas Prize, and The American Film Institute (AFI) who named it a “TV Program of the Year.” Metzler’s other TV credits include Shameless (Showtime), Casual (Hulu), and Orange Is the New Black (Netflix). Selected Theatre Credits: As a playwright, Metzler’s plays—including Cry it Out, Elemeno Pea, The May Queen—have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC), Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival, South Coast Repertory, Northlight Theatre, Studio Theatre (DC), Detroit Public Theatre, City Theatre (Pittsburg), Geva Theatre Center, Chautauqua Theater Company and many more. Awards: Her play Cry it Out won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Playwriting (2018) and the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation (2018). Selected Training: Metzler is a proud alumna of NYU Tisch and The Juilliard School, where she was a two-time recipient of the Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center. Currently, Metzler is in post-production on her next limited series, Sirens, which will air on Netflix in 2025.
ABOUT WAM THEATRE
WAM Theatre is a professional theatre company based in Berkshire County, MA, that operates at the intersection of arts and activism. Now celebrating its 16th Season, WAM creates theatre for gender equity and has a vision of theatre as philanthropy. In fulfillment of its philanthropic mission, WAM donates a portion of the proceeds from their Mainstage productions to carefully selected recipients. Since WAM’s founding in 2010, they have donated more than $105,000 to 26 local and global organizations taking action for gender equity in areas such as girls education, reproductive justice, sexual trafficking awareness, midwife training, and more. WAM Theatre has been widely recognized for having a positive impact on cultural and community development in the region. WAM Theatre is certified as a women owned and operated business by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the recipient of the Creative Economy Standout Berkshire Trendsetter Award and previously, was named Outstanding Philanthropy Corporation of the Year by the Western MA Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. For more information, visit wamtheatre.com
WAM SUPPORT
WAM Theatre is certified as a women owned and operated business by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. WAM Theatre is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). WAM Theatre’s Season is also supported in part by grants from Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Brabson Education & Library Foundation, The Feigenbaum Foundation, GKV Foundation, Lee Bank Foundation, Scarlet Sock Foundation; as well as grants from the Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Lee Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, Sandisfield Cultural Council, Stockbridge Cultural Council, and Washington Cultural Council. WAM’s sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Blue Q., Berkshire Muse, Berkshire Roots, Blue Spark Financial, Baystate Finacial Wealth & Wellness Team, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Garden Gables Inn, Guidos Fresh Marketplace, Handful Photography, Higher Bar, Mill Town Foundation, Inc., Heller & Robbins Attorneys at Law, Interprint, Onyx Specialty Papers, Outpost Productions, RB Design Co., T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, a. von schlegell & co, and the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts.
| Press Release from WAM Theatre View this email in your browserPress ReleaseFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2025wamtheatre.com news@wamtheatre.com 413.274-8122Click here for photosFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WAM THEATRE ANNOUNCES 2025 PERFORMANCE SEASON Women Take Center Stage: WAM Champions Female Leadership & Artistry LENOX, MA (February 26, 2025) – Artistic Director Genée Coreno, Managing Director Molly Merrihew, and the WAM Theatre Team announced their 2025 Season today. WAM Theatre’s 2025 Season boldly underscores the power, impact, and urgency of women’s leadership in the arts. Through the transformative power of storytelling, women artists ignite conversations, mobilize communities, and shape empowered futures for women and girls. The ambitious performance season includes Cry It Out, Rooted, Where We Stand, Alien Girls, and the Regional Premiere of Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous. Passes are on sale now, and single tickets go on sale at the end of March. “WAM is demonstrating the importance of uplifting women artists who continue to innovate and pioneer groundbreaking theatre. We must champion one another—in art and in life—to ensure that women’s voices remain bold, visionary, and unstoppable,” says Artistic Director Genée Coreno. “We intentionally designed our 16th season to spotlight living American female playwrights who challenge us to consider the artist’s—and the individual’s—responsibility to the community in times of political uncertainty. Now more than ever, we are reminded that theatre is an essential part of a democratic society—a powerful tool of assembly that unites us when we are divided.” The season features expanded offerings in the spring, summer, and fall. With two mainstage productions, three Fresh Takes play readings, and a dynamic community program—including documentary films, thought-provoking panels, and creative exchanges with women-led theatre companies. WAM Theatre’s 2025 season kicks off during Women’s History Month with a screening of The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause Documentary, followed by a dynamic, two-part panel discussion, Creative Resistance: Women’s Impact Through Art and Activism on the heels of International Women’s Day. “Our programming activates the space between women, bringing to life the relationships and conversations portrayed in this season’s plays. Despite differences in class, generation, culture, and perspective, the characters find connection and, through each other, a deeper sense of self-regard. Their relationships remind us of the radical feminist tradition of solidarity. Wherever women gather, change follows,” says Coreno. The momentum continues with WAM’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series, featuring three bold and thought-provoking works: Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler, Rooted by Deborah Zoe Laufer, and Alien Girls by Amy Berryman. In June, WAM presents Where We Stand by Donnetta Lavinia Grays to the intimate setting of Lenox Town Hall, inviting audiences into an electrifying storytelling experience. The season culminates in October 2025 with a full production of Pearl Cleage’s Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous—a celebration of resilience, activism, and the unapologetic, inter-generational voices of women. “Art is the light, the rally call, the balm for despair, and the champagne bubbles of celebration,” exclaims Managing Director Molly Merrihew. “The theatre is our gathering place – a space where we silence the world’s noise and immerse ourselves in the magic of storytelling. This season shimmers with the resilience of friendship, the frenzy of mob mentality, the allure of eco-cults, the brilliance of building a creative life, and the fierce embrace of mothering. It’s a tapestry of care, class, and community—woven with moments that will surprise you, stir you, and send you into fits of laughter. We can’t wait to share it with you.” WAM THEATRE’S 2025 SEASON WAM Theatre’s 2025 season begins with two community events in celebration of Women’s History Month. First, WAM is proud to partner with WANDER Berkshires and Berkshire Pride for a screening of The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause featuring a special talkback facilitated by Berkshire-based certified Menopause Coach, Edi Pasalis. Event on Sunday, March 2 at 3 PM at WANDER Berkshires (Pittsfield, MA).This documentary centers on the lived experiences of women across the U.S. Menopause has ramifications beyond just an individual woman’s well-being. The far-ranging results of women enduring untreated menopause include billions of dollars in lost wages, upended careers, family disruptions, and emotional chaos. With evidence-based information, the film empowers women to make informed health decisions and aims to remove the stigma surrounding menopause and aging. Facilitator Edi Pasalis shared why this event matters, “As a WAM Theatre board member, I see this event as perfectly aligned with our mission to amplify women’s experience and spark meaningful conversation. As a menopause educator and advocate, I hope it not only breaks the silence around menopause, it empowers everyone going through – or anticipating – the transition to know they are not broken, not alone, and have support close at hand. Let’s turn toward this powerful time of life and discover its gifts together.” Our second March event Creative Resistance: Women’s Impact Through Art and Activism, is a networking event with two panel discussions, moderated by Eden-Reneé Hayes (CEO of Pluralism Solutions) & Sarah LaDuke (WAMC), for women, leaders, and future change makers in celebration of International Women’s Day hosted in partnership with Berkshire Community College and presented at BCC’s Connector Room (Pittsfield, MA) on Wednesday, March 12 at 2pm and 5pm. Join us in a celebration of creativity, resilience, and leadership as we recognize the transformative power of women leading the charge for gender equity in Western, MA. This powerful day highlights the work of artists, advocates, and community organizations making a profound impact in the Berkshires. Through storytelling, dialogue, and shared experiences, we will celebrate the changemakers— who work tirelessly to transform challenges into opportunities, and build a more positive future for women and girls in Berkshire County and beyond. Featuring Genée Coreno (WAM Theatre), Shirley Edgerton (R.O.P.E), Dr. Frances K. Hurley (International Advisor, Child Development), Shela Levante (Berkshire County Commission on the Status of Women), Molly Merrihew (WAM Theatre), Jane Ralph (Construct, Inc.), Sarah Real (Hot Plate Brewing Co.), Shanique Rodriguez (Mass Voters Table), and Ilana Steinhauer, FNP-BC (V.I.M), these remarkable leaders will discuss how they use art and activism as tools to empower communities, shape policies, and reimagine what is possible. Shela Levante, Keynote Speaker urged, “We know that, to address the issues our county, state, and nation face, women and gender non-conforming individuals must be engaged and uplifted, and their voices prioritized. Only then can we shift the narrative about gender equity, have opportunity and access to political power, influence and ultimately achieve gender justice.” Our Fresh Takes Play Reading Series begins with a staged reading of Cry it Out by Molly Smith Metzler (Netflixs’ Maid and Orange is the New Black, The May Queen), directed by Molly Merrihew (The Flora and Fauna, Water By The Spoonful), performed on Sunday, May 4, at 2 PM and 7PM at Hot Plate Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA). Isolated in a sleepy suburb, Jessie, once a corporate lawyer, is now in milk-stained yoga pants attempting to comfort a screaming newborn. She’s desperate for a friend and soon spies a fellow new mom, her neighbor Lina. The two start meeting for coffee over naptime in their adjoining yards and a fast friendship is made. The laughter comes quickly in their shared space and newborn haze, when a well-intended stranger interrupts asking if his wife can join. Cry It Out is a chaotic comedy with an edge, grappling with the absurdities of motherhood, the power of friendship, and the effect class holds on parenting in America. Playwright Molly Smith Metzler spoke about the show sharing, “Everything is cracked open by the experience of having a child, everything—your marriage, your identity and then in a lot of cases, your body. The play creates a place for these characters to connect and be open about that.” WAM’s Fresh Takes Play Reading Series continues on June 8 with Rooted by Deborah Zoe Laufer (Be Here Now, The Last Yiddish Speaker), directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo (Far, Far Better Things, La Egoísta) with staged readings at 2 PM and 7 PM at Hot Plate Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA). Rooted introduces us to Emery and her sister, Hazel, who have never left their tiny, rural town for all their 60-some years. This is “A-ok” with Emery who happily spends her days among her plants, in her homemade treehouse, where she blogs about her experiments on the consciousness of plants. But when she becomes an overnight viral internet sensation, large crowds start congregating beneath her home, and calling Emery their savior. Hazel, a recently fired waitress, sees this as their opportunity to finally escape the run-down town. When a young protester is hurt and hauled into the treehouse, all bets are off. Rooted is a magical and quirky comedy that centers the relationships of nature, art, and human connection. Asking us all how we might heal. Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer was delighted to have WAM produce her works two years in a row, “I wrote Rooted as a sequel to ‘Be Here Now’. My dream was that companies would produce the two plays in back-to-back seasons. So I’m thrilled that WAM is doing that! I hope that audiences remember Luanne, and the small, fictional town in upstate NY where both plays are set. My original intention was to write a trilogy, and wonderful companies like WAM producing both plays is the push I need to do that! June also brings WAM’s first Main Stage Production of the 2025 Season Where We Stand. Written and created by Donnetta Lavinia Grays (Kudzu Calling, Last Night and the Night Before) and directed by Jackie Davis (Notes from the Field, The Wiz) this solo-community exploration is noted as, “A Pied Piper story that doubles as a boldfaced allegory about class and community, Where We Stand is rich in its language” by The New York Times. An imaginative and soulful storyteller spins a tale of a lonely soul tempted by the devil’s kindness on a fateful trip to the crossroads. A Kilroy’s List Pick and a winner of the Whiting Award for Drama, Where We Stand is an epic fable of penance filled with humor, heart, and music, that explores an individual pushed to the edge. Outcast by society, the exile is left in the hands of the audience who ultimately must decide their fate as they wrestle between mercy and justice. “I am excited that WAM has taken on the challenge of Where We Stand, especially at this fragile moment in our nation when community feels so very vital to our survival and collective purpose,” remarked creator Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Where We Stand will be performed at the Lenox Town Hall June 26-29. WAM Theatre’s final Fresh Takes Play Reading Series brings a finalist from the 2024 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. Alien Girls written by Amy Berryman (Walden, God’s Flesh) and directed by Genée Coreno (fragments of Outside, Madge Love) will have staged readings at Hot Plate Brewing Co. (Pittsfield, MA) on Sunday, July 13 at 2 PM & 7 PM. Tiffany is pregnant. Her best friend, Carolyn, is trying to be happy for her. When Carolyn’s true feelings become public in the form of a personal essay that goes viral, is the fallout irreparable? Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers on the brink of huge life changes, Alien Girls is a meta-theatrical, dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art, cultivating friendships, and building a life of meaning. Fresh off the Center Theatre Group’s year long Writer’s Workshop, and written by the playwright dubbed “intelligent and compassionate” by NY Magazine, this hot new play is not to be missed. Playwright Amy Berryman asked, “Can women have it all? What does it mean to be a mother? Can friendship between women survive the huge life changes that happen in your thirties in modern-day America? All these questions were on my mind when I started writing the thorny friendship between Carolyn and Tiffany in Alien Girls, my queer metatheatrical dark comedy about the societal pressures put on women to make a choice between creating life and creating art.” The Summer brings one more WAM event you won’t want to miss! Mark your calendars now for WAM’s Brunch Benefit on Sunday, July 27th. Details on this celebratory gathering to come. Autumn brings our second Main Stage Production, the regional premiere of Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous written by Pearl Cleage (Blues for an Alabama Sky, Flyin’ West), and directed by Cloteal L. Horne (Play Here[___], On The Exhale). A lifetime ago, actress Anna Campbell and her manager and confidant Betty ignited a major theatrical controversy with a performance piece named Naked Wilson. After decades of self-imposed exile to outrun critics, they receive an invitation to perform at a women’s theatre festival. Uncertain of what kind of reception she will get upon her return, Anna’s insecurity grows. Enter Pete Watson, an ambitious, young artist who is unabashed about her work in the adult entertainment industry. Anna flys off the handle when it’s shared that Pete is her replacement, and is not sure if she can come to terms with this affront by opening night. With humor, artistic-homage, and grace, this play packs a punch as it explores artistic ownership, generational identity, and jungle-red nail polish. Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous weaves a tale of self-discovery and the enduring power of the performing arts. Playwright Pearl Cleage shared the inspiration behind this work, “Writing this play was for me an act of bearing witness to long nights of passionate conversation with other black female theater makers about what it meant to be a black woman writing plays. First shattered and then sheltered by the unapologetic truth of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf, we dedicated ourselves to shaping and sharing a body of creative work that did not depend on how the ferociously talented men of our generation saw us, but how we saw and heard and loved our equally ferocious, equally talented and way more magical selves. Of course we talked about August Wilson. How could we not talk about him? But only among ourselves did we feel safe to critique him and critique him we did, fussing and fuming until we realized it wasn’t his job to create female characters as fabulous as we were. Only we could do that. And so, we did. And so, we still do. It is my pleasure to share a formerly private conversation that was pivotal to the creative expansion of the American theater. I invite you in.” Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous will be performed in the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre on the Shakespeare & Company campus October 23 – November 2. TICKETING “Our audiences have been asking us for years to put tickets on sale earlier– we are thrilled to finally deliver on that request,” said Merrihew. “We have three types of ticket passes on sale now– the Fresh Takes Pass, Mainstage Pass and All Access Pass. These new passes allow our community to plan further in advance, ensure they have access to shows before they sell-out, and importantly help support the theatre pre-production. Often our biggest months of expenses happen before our shows are presented; purchasing early means bolstering the sustainability of our work– and ensures our creative teams can keep dreaming big in the rehearsal room.” Passes start at $96 and are on sale now. Three different types of passes are being offered this year. A Fresh Takes Pass includes three Groundbreaking readings for only $96. A Main Stage Pass buys tickets for two Full Scale Productions for only $196. For enthusiastic WAM supporters, an All Access Pass allows ticket holders to attend nearly any WAM production, project, or program on any date, in any seat, as many times as you’d like (subject to availability). Single tickets go on sale at the end of March. TICKET PASSES Fresh Takes Pass (3 Groundbreaking Readings) – $96 Main Stage Pass (2 Full Scale Productions) – $196 All Access Pass (3 Readings, 2 Productions and 3+ Events) – $496 WAM THEATRE 2025 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS Spring Community Programming THE (M) FACTOR: SHREDDING THE SILENCE ON MENOPAUSE Film Screening and Facilitated Talk Back Sunday, March 2 – 3 PM WANDER Berkshires, Pittsfield, MA CREATIVE RESISTANCE: WOMEN’S IMPACT THROUGH ART AND ACTIVISM Two Panel Discussions, One Networking Event Wednesday, March 12 Panels – 2 & 5 PM Networking Event – Between Panels The Connector Room at Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA A Fresh Takes Play Reading and Development Series CRY IT OUT By Molly Smith Metzler Directed by Molly Merrihew Sunday May 4 – 2 & 7 PM Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield MA ROOTED By Deborah Zoe Laufer Directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo Sunday June 8, 2025 – 2 & 7 PM Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield MA ALIEN GIRLS Written by Amy Berryman Directed by Genée Coreno Sunday July 13, 2025 – 2 & 7 PM Hot Plate Brewing, Pittsfield MA Summer Benefit WAM THEATRE’S BRUNCH BENEFIT Save The Date – July 27th, 2025 Summer Mainstage Production WHERE WE STAND A Solo-Community Exploration By Donetta Lavinia Grays Directed by Jackie Davis June 27-29, 2025 Lenox Town Hall, Lenox, MA Fall Mainstage Production Regional Premiere ANGRY, RAUCOUS, AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS Written by Pearl Cleage Directed by Cloteal L. Horne October 16 – November 2, 2025 For more information about the 2025 Season and WAM Theatre’s programs, events, and artists, please visit www.WAMTheatre.com. WAM TEAM LEADERSHIP Genée Coreno (she/her)(Artistic Director) is a director and producer with a passion for devised theater created in collaboration with women, girls, and non-binary artists and designers. WAM Theatre: Artistic Director. Selected Director Credits: Fragments of Outside (The Mount), Outside (Culture Lab, LIC), Madge Love (Theater Mitu & The Brick), The Hopelessly Hopeless Story of All Good Girls (The Brick), “Is This Clear Enough?” (The Poetry Project), Dutchman (UnUrban Cafe, LA), Selected Producing Credits: The Possessed Girls of St. Mary’s (Reading, at Brick Aux), thisamericanplay (pop-up theater by Blue Flamingo), The Stronger & Mother Love (Alchemical Studios), The World is Round (BAM Fisher). Select Company Management Credits: Under the Radar Festival (The Public Theater), The World is Round (Alchemical Studios), The Stronger & Mother Love (pop-up theater by Blue Flamingo), thisamericanplay (Reading, at Brick Aux), The Possessed Girls of St. Mary’s Producing Credits: The Outer Space (The Public Theater), National Mobile Unit Tour of Sweat (The Public Theater), Mobile Unit’s Twelfth Night (The Public Theater), Various Performances (Big Dance Theater). Community Engagement/Activist Work: Former Manager of Development and Engagement at Every Mother Counts and Clinic Escort at Choices; Adjunct Professor at Purchase College, Women and Performance. Training: MA in Performance Studies, NYU; BA in Drama Studies, Purchase College; Embodied Voice: Intensive Vocal Workshop; The Song of the Goat; SITI Company Summer Intensive; Theater Mitu Artist Fellowship (Japan). Creative Inspiration: I’m inspired by large-scale international work that demonstrates a commitment to dance theater practices and film-making. Molly Merrihew (she/her)(Managing Director) is an arts executive and nonprofit leader with over a decade of experience in the nonprofit theatre and the for-profit arts and entertainment sector. She has worked collaboratively with organizations, artists, and clients ranging from grassroots ensembles to multimillion-dollar non-profit institutions and for-profit creative enterprises. Molly is a proud advocate of the Berkshire arts community, and her consulting work has also brought her to Boston and New York City. From activist art in found-spaces, to large scale Shakespearean festivals and award-winning audiobook launches, Molly is energized by passionate artists, creative thinkers, and an innate curiosity to meet new people and learn new things. Recent work experience includes spending the past four years at WAM Theatre as Managing Director. Molly spent eight years at Shakespeare & Company working in PR and Marketing. Molly’s journey with WAM began in 2014, when she spent four years in the role of Artistic Associate, curating and producing the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. After that, she served on WAM’s Strategic Planning and Hospitality Committees for two years. Before moving to the Berkshires, Molly worked at the Florida Studio Theatre in a variety of capacities including communications and patron services. In addition to her full-time work, Molly has led consulting projects for artist organizations and projects in a variety of roles including lead strategist, project manager, grant reviewer, and copywriter. Molly has an M.S. in Arts Administration with a Graduate Certificate in Fundraising Management from Boston University. She graduated with a B.A. in Theatre and English-Creative Writing from the State University of New York at Potsdam. More recently, Molly completed the ‘Transformational Leadership Program for Non-Profit Leaders’ at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. She is the co-chair of Berkshire County Development Alliance, a member of the Berkshire Business & Professional Women association, and a BRIDGE Race Task Force member. To meet WAM’S Full Team click here. MORE ABOUT THE 2025 SEASON ARTISTS Amy Berryman (she/her/hers)(playwright, Alien Girls) is a playwright, screenwriter, actor, and teaching artist originally from Seattle by way of West Texas. Selected Theatre Credits: Her play Walden had its world premiere on London’s West End in May 2021 at the Harold Pinter Theatre, produced by Sonia Friedman and directed by Ian Rickson. Walden was also produced at TheaterWorks Hartford in August 2021, directed by Mei Ann Teo, and most recently premiered off-Broadway in November 2024 at Second Stage, directed by Whitney White. Additional Artistic Credits: include Alien Girls (O’Neill Finalist 2024), God’s Flesh (MTC/Sloan Commission), The New Galileos (O’Neill Finalist 2019), Three Year Summer, The Treatment, Epiphany, or What Would You? (finalist for Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries, O’Neill Semi-Finalist 2020); and The Whole of You. Membership/Affiliations: Amy was a member of Center Theatre Group’s Writers’ Workshop 2023/24 and was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship 2023. Connect: amy-berryman.com Tatyana-Marie Carlo (ella/she)(director, Rooted) Named a “Broadway 2023 Industry Woman to Watch” by Broadway Women’s Fund, Tatyana-Marie Carlo is a Latiné director from Miami whose work focuses on joyful bilingual theatre making. Theatre Credits: She is currently the Resident Associate of Trinity Repertory Company, and has collaborated as a director with many off-Broadway and regional theaters across the United States, including Intar Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Everyman Theatre, Children’s Theater Company, Dorset Theatre Festival, WAM Theatre, and more. Awards/ Achievements: 2019 Matt Harris Directing Fellow at Williamstown Theater Festival. 2021 Drama League Public Works Fellow. Training/Affiliations: Tatyana is an alumni and Adjunct Professor of Brown University’s Directing MFA program, a Core Faculty member at the National Theatre Institute, and proud member of SDC. Connect: A detailed collection of her work can be found at tatyanamariecarlo.com. Pearl Cleage (she/her/hers)(playwright, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous) is an Atlanta-based playwright currently serving as Distinguished Artist in Residence at The Alliance Theatre. The recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dramatists Guild, she is also Atlanta’s first Poet Laureate. Selected Theatre Credits: Her plays include Flyin’ West, Blues for an Alabama Sky, The Nacirema Society, What I Learned in Paris, and Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous. Her work is anthologized in Flyin’ West and Other Plays, published by The Theatre Communications Group. In addition to the Alliance, Cleage has been widely produced, including performances at The Goodman Theatre, London’s National Theatre, The McCarter Theater Center, Penumbra Theater, Keen Company, Ford’s Theatre, the Huntington Theater, the Guthrie Theater, Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theater, Actor’s Express, the Black Repertory Company, Old Globe Theatre, the Negro Ensemble Company, Arena Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Ensemble Theater, New Federal Theater and the Actor’s Theatre of Louisville. Additional Artistic Credits: She is also a performance artist working in collaboration with her husband, writer Zaron W. Burnett, Jr. Their groundbreaking performance work is the subject of a new documentary film Live at Club Zebra! directed by Matthew and David Adeboye. Cleage and Burnett also collaborated on In My Granny’s Garden, a book for young children, which was adapted for the stage by Rosemary Newcott and has been performed in Atlanta, Chicago and St. Louis. The author of eight novels, including What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day, a New York Times bestseller, Cleage also co-authored with Burnett “We Speak Your Names”, a praise poem commissioned by Oprah Winfrey. She is currently at work on Off Day at Chickens, in collaboration with Burnett and a play with music, Letters from Aunt Nina, based on the music and memories of Simone’s niece, actor/singer Crystal Fox. Genée Coreno (she/her/hers)(director, Alien Girls) is the Artistic Director of WAM Theatre and founder of Fringe and Fur. She is a director, theater-maker, and arts administrator dedicated to bold, socially engaged, cross-disciplinary storytelling. WAM Theatre:Fragments of Outside (The Mount) Selected Theatre Credits Elsewhere: The New York Times-reviewed Madge Love (Theater Mitu’s Artists at Home Residency & The Exponential Festival), described as “a good-looking production… about the connection between sex, violence, and female suffering at the hands of men.” The Hopelessly Hopeless Story of All Good Girls (The Brick Theater), Is This Clear Enough? (The Poetry Project), a workshop of Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party (Harlem Repertory), Dutchman by Amiri Baraka (UnUrban Cafe), The Future is in Eggs by Eugene Ionesco (A.R.T. NY workshop), and 4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane (Purchase College). Additional Artistic Credits: Genée served as Company Manager for The Public Theater’s first national Mobile Unit tour of Sweat by Lynn Nottage, as well as for Twelfth Night (Under the Radar Festival, Mobile Unit) and the Brooklyn College Play Festival. Her company management work also includes projects with Big Dance Theater, such as Short Form (American Dance Institute, Fusebox, The Kitchen), This Page Left Intentionally Blank (Mass MoCA, CounterCurrent Festival), Cage Shuffle (American Realness Festival, Poet’s House), and 17c. (American Realness Festival). Other: Additionally, she worked in Development at Every Mother Counts, Artistic Associate and Line Producer for Ripe Time’s The World Is Round (BAM Fisher) and a Marketing Intern for Third Rail Projects’ Then She Fell (Art Mill Residency, Art@Renaissance). Selected Training: Genée holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU and a B.A. in Drama Studies from Purchase College. She has trained with Theater Mitu, Song of the Goat, and SITI Company. Connect: www.fringeandfur.org Jackie Davis (she/her/hers)(director, Where We Stand) is an actor and director who works primarily in theatre, but has also done work on film behind and in front of the camera. She is also a choreographer and intimacy advocate/designer. She joins us from Rhode Island, where she recently directed Blues for an Alabama Sky at Trinity Repertory Company. Selected Theatre Credits: Notable directing credits include Notes from the Field, The Motherf*cker with the Hat, and Ruined. Notable choreography projects include La Tempestad (The Tempest), Dance Nation, and The Wiz. Notable stage credits include Trinity Repertory Theater’s productions of POTUS (FLOTUS), Fences (Rose), and Black Odyssey (Benevolence). Intimacy design/direction: The Inheritance, Trinity Repertory Company; References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot Brown/Trinity MFA Production. Achievements: Jackie is the founding artistic director of New Urban Theater Laboratory, where she produced and directed five years of new works in Massachusetts. Community Engagement: She is a teaching artist for Trinity Repertory Company’s Education Department. Jackie is on staff as a movement instructor for the Brown/Trinity MFA program and a Visiting Instructor at Wheaton College. Selected Training and Affiliations: Jackie received her BFA in Directing from the University of Rhode Island and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild. Connect: https://jackiemdavis.com/ Donnetta Lavinia Grays (she/her)(playwright, Where We Stand) is the author of Where We Stand (World Premiere WP Theater/Baltimore Center Stage. Lucille Lortel, Drama League, AUDELCO, and Broadway Black award nominee), Kudzu Calling (World Premiere: Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Last Night and the Night Before (World Premiere, Denver Center for the Performing Arts), Warriors Don’t Cry, Laid to Rest, and The Review or How to Eat Your Opposition. Awards: She is the recipient of The Whiting Award for Drama, Helen Merrill Playwright Award, The National Theater Conference’s Stavis Playwright Award, the Lilly Award, Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award, and the Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. Additional Artistic Credits: For television, she has staffed Spectrum’s Manhunt, FX’s Y: The Last Man, served as Executive Story Editor on Joe Vs. Carole for Peacock and as a co-producer on Seconds for AMC. For film, she has penned Otis and Zelma, the upcoming biopic of Otis Redding starring Danielle Deadwyler and John Boyega. Broadway acting credits include The Skin of Our Teeth, In the Next Room, or the vibrator play and Well. Off-Broadway: Where We Stand (WP Theater/Baltimore Centerstage), Men on Boats (Playwrights Horizons/Clubbed Thumb) O, Earth (The Foundry Theatre), In the Footprint (The Civilians- as an Associate Artist), and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment (Primary Stages). Film: The Life List, The Book of Henry, Wild Canaries, The English Teacher, and The Wrestler. TV: Recurring roles on New Amsterdam, Happy, Rubicon, Mercy, and Law and Order: SVU. Guest Starring Roles on High Maintenance, The Night Of, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, A Gifted Man, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI, and The Sopranos. Ms. Grays proudly hails from Columbia, South Carolina. Connect: https://www.donnettagrays.com/ Cloteal L. Horne (her/she)(director, Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous) My name aptly weaves together parts of my grandparents’ names. Be it to muster the courage to stand before witnesses onstage or on screen, as a raw nerve, in order to shine a light upon hidden parts of humanity, or to architect a world that ignites the imagination towards transformation— I am committed to collaborative processes that illuminate humanity through the craft of storytelling. My work uproots classics and tethers itself to immersive ceremonies and rituals that center blackness, black-femininity. Calling on both the sacred and profane to locate that small (sometimes quiet) place where healing happens. I dedicate my practice to community, honest liberation, and building more just and joyous futures. WAM Theatre: WAM has always impressed me by being an organization committed to bringing dynamic works and critical conversations to the Berkshires, so I am thrilled to be making my directorial debut. Selected Directorial Credits Elsewhere: Play Here[___] (The Wild Project, Director), Six Characters (LCT3, Assistant Director), On The Exhale (Brown/Trinity, Director), School for Scandal (Red Bull Theatre, Assistant Director) The Alchemist (Red Bull Theatre, Assistant Director), Breaking Dawn: American Myth Project (The NET/Shakespeare & Co., Creative Producer). Teaching: Yale School of Drama, Brown University, NYU- Playwrights Horizons/Meisner Studio, Vassar, and La Jolla Playhouse Student Conservatory. Creative inspiration: The lineage of Black Femme performance artists like Lorraine O’grady, and a perspective of ‘Visionary-Realism.’ A concept put forth by sociologist, scholar, and scientist Ruha Benjamin, which necessitates that we blend an acknowledgment of the deep-seated injustices embedded in our contemporary landscape, with an unapologetic commitment to create a more just and joyous future through our art and activism. Community Engagement/Activist work: Facilitator with artEquity; The BIPOC Leadership Circle and BIPOC Surviving PWI Processing Space (Co-Program Lead) and André Cailloux Center (Board Member). Membership/Affiliations: Actor’s Equity Association, National Acting Teachers Alliance, and Budi Miller Teacher Apprenticeship. Selected Training: MFA Acting- Brown University/Trinity Rep. and BFA Theater Arts- Boston University. Final Word: Blissfully standing on the shoulders of those that come before me, I am a product of my grandmother’s prayers + the living embodiments of my ancestors, and their wildest dreams. Glory be. Connect: Website – www.ClotealLHorne.com Deborah Zoe Laufer (she/her)(playwright, Rooted) is a writer whose plays have been produced at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Geva, The Humana Festival, Everyman, Primary Stages, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and hundreds of other theaters around the world. Plays include: The Last Yiddish Speaker (which received a Lortel Alcove commission, won 2024 The Jewish Play Project, and received an NNPN rolling world premiere), Be Here Now, End Days, Rooted, Informed Consent (NYTimes critic’s pick), Leveling Up, Out of Sterno, The Last Schwartz, Sirens, Meta, The Three Sisters of Weehawken, Fortune, dozens of short plays, and the musicals, Window Treatment, and By Any Other Name, written with composer, Daniel Green. Awards: Deb is a recipient of the Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, the Lilly Award, The ATCA Steinberg citation. Publications: Her plays are published or recorded by Concord/Samuel French, Smith and Kraus, Playscripts, LA Theatreworks, and Premieres. Training and Memberships: She is a graduate of Juilliard, an alumna of the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, a member of Honor Roll, and a Dramatists Guild Council member. Connect: deborahzoelaufer.com Molly Merrihew (She/Her/Hers) (Director, Cry It Out) WAM Theatre: Molly is WAM’s Managing Director (2020-present). She was previously WAM’s Artistic Associate (2014-2018) Directing credits include: WAM: The Flora and Fauna (Fresh Takes), The Last Wife (Fresh Takes), Water by the Spoonful (Fresh Takes), In Darfur (Assistant Director for Kristen van Ginhoven), How The World Began (Assistant Director for Tracy Liz Miller), Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England (Assistant Director for Megan Sandberg-Zakian). She’s additionally directed at Shakespeare & Company: Water By The Spoonful (The Spotlight Reading Series), Second Beam (Joan Ackermann Weekend), Marcus is Walking (Joan Ackermann Weekend), Or, (Assistant Director for Alice Reagan), The Comedy of Errors (Assistant Director for Taibi Magar). Regional: 24 Hour Theatre Project (University at Albany),In Motion(10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival for the City of Pittsfield) SDC Foundation Observership Class (2015 – 2016) The Rwandans’ Visit (Lougheed Festival of the Arts). Leadership: Molly has worked in the arts for over a decade building new initiatives, carving new paths forward, and mobilizing teams around a shared vision. From activist-art in found-spaces, large scale Shakespearean festivals, and award-winning audiobook launches; Molly is energized by passionate artists, creative thinkers, and an innate curiosity to meet new people and learn new things. Final Word: She lives in the Berkshires full time with her Husband, Daughter (4), Son (9-months) and pup; and is grateful to be surrounded by nature and utilizing creativity in all facets of her life. Molly Smith Metzler (she/her/hers)(playwright, Cry It Out) is a playwright and screenwriter from Kingston, N.Y. Artistic Credits: She is the creator of the limited series Maid (Netflix), which was nominated for three Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series. Maid also won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Outstanding Writing of a Limited Series and received nominations from The Golden Globes, The Critics Choice Awards, The Humanitas Prize, and The American Film Institute (AFI) who named it a “TV Program of the Year.” Metzler’s other TV credits include Shameless (Showtime), Casual (Hulu), and Orange Is the New Black (Netflix). Selected Theatre Credits: As a playwright, Metzler’s plays—including Cry it Out, Elemeno Pea, The May Queen—have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC), Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival, South Coast Repertory, Northlight Theatre, Studio Theatre (DC), Detroit Public Theatre, City Theatre (Pittsburg), Geva Theatre Center, Chautauqua Theater Company and many more. Awards: Her play Cry it Out won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Playwriting (2018) and the Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award Citation (2018). Selected Training: Metzler is a proud alumna of NYU Tisch and The Juilliard School, where she was a two-time recipient of the Lecomte du Nouy Prize from Lincoln Center. Currently, Metzler is in post-production on her next limited series, Sirens, which will air on Netflix in 2025. ABOUT WAM THEATRE WAM Theatre is a professional theatre company based in Berkshire County, MA, that operates at the intersection of arts and activism. Now celebrating its 16th Season, WAM creates theatre for gender equity and has a vision of theatre as philanthropy. In fulfillment of its philanthropic mission, WAM donates a portion of the proceeds from their Mainstage productions to carefully selected recipients. Since WAM’s founding in 2010, they have donated more than $105,000 to 26 local and global organizations taking action for gender equity in areas such as girls education, reproductive justice, sexual trafficking awareness, midwife training, and more. WAM Theatre has been widely recognized for having a positive impact on cultural and community development in the region. WAM Theatre is certified as a women owned and operated business by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the recipient of the Creative Economy Standout Berkshire Trendsetter Award and previously, was named Outstanding Philanthropy Corporation of the Year by the Western MA Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. For more information, visit wamtheatre.com WAM SUPPORT WAM Theatre is certified as a women owned and operated business by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. WAM Theatre is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). WAM Theatre’s Season is also supported in part by grants from Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Brabson Education & Library Foundation, The Feigenbaum Foundation, GKV Foundation, Lee Bank Foundation, Scarlet Sock Foundation; as well as grants from the Alford-Egremont Cultural Council, Lee Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, Sandisfield Cultural Council, Stockbridge Cultural Council, and Washington Cultural Council. WAM’s sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Blue Q., Berkshire Muse, Berkshire Roots, Blue Spark Financial, Baystate Finacial Wealth & Wellness Team, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Garden Gables Inn, Guidos Fresh Marketplace, Handful Photography, Higher Bar, Mill Town Foundation, Inc., Heller & Robbins Attorneys at Law, Interprint, Onyx Specialty Papers, Outpost Productions, RB Design Co., T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, a. von schlegell & co, and the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts. |