WAM Theatre‘s Fresh Takes Reading Series presents
Gorgeous by Keiko Green
Sunday August 16 (2pm and 7pm)
Ventfort Hall
104 Walker St, Lenox, MA 01240
Tickets: wamtheatre.com/gorgeous/
The reading series continues on Sunday, August 16, 2026 (2PM & 7PM) with Gorgeous by Keiko Green, directed by Cat Ramirez. The reading runs approximately 90 minutes with no intermission.
A young Asian-American woman named Jenny (Annie Fang: WAM Theatre; Shakespeare & Company) goes head-to-head with Bernie (Brenny Campbell: The Kitchen Theatre Company; Capital Repertory Theatre; Portland Stage), who seems more like a tornado than a woman, in an all-out brawl after the death of Bill, a deeply flawed man-turned-saint. The item in question? Bill’s English bulldog, Gorgeous. Set in a sharply observed, unromanticized South, this dramedy asks: who gets to define beauty, who is allowed to rewrite their own story, and who is left carrying what remains?
Playwright Keiko Green reflects, “As an Asian American in the South, my identity is full of opposing complexities. It was important to me to write a play that reflects this experience I rarely see onstage or onscreen, while moving past snap judgments and lifting up female friendship. As both women are reeling from the consequences of someone else’s actions, Gorgeous asks, ‘who takes responsibility for the past?’”
Director Cat Ramirez shares, “WAM is a company I’ve admired for years, and getting to collaborate with them on this work feels like a dream. I believe you cannot make impactful theater without integrity — and that’s exactly what WAM brings.”
