WAM’s 2026 Season Begins!Featuring Jennie M. Jadow, Marcy McGuigan, & Mei MacQuarrie Lenox, MA (March 30, 2026) — WAM Theatre proudly presents ROOTED, a warm-hearted and imaginative comedy by acclaimed playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer, directed by Maggie Mancinelli-Cahill. Kicking off the WAM Theatre 2026 season and running May 1 – May 16, 2026, the production will…
Bold Stories. Daring Women. Unapologetic Imagination. LENOX, MA (February 25, 2026) — Artistic Director Genée Coreno, Managing Director Molly Merrihew, and the WAM Theatre Team announced their 2026 Season today. WAM Theatre’s 17th Anniversary Season continues its steadfast commitment to amplifying women’s voices and producing theatre that invites audiences to imagine beyond limitation. Through intimate storytelling,…
LENOX, MA (May 14, 2025) — WAM Theatre is thrilled to announce casting for the June reading in their 2025 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series: Rooted written by Deborah Zoe Laufer (Be Here Now, The Last Yiddish Speaker), directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo (Far, Far Better Things, Sueño and Marisol), and features Jayne Atkinson, Jennie Jadow, and Hero Marguerite. The production…
by Emily Edelman “Shake It Up: A Shakespearean Cabaret” was conceived by actor Jacob Ming-Trent and Shakespeare and Company artistic director Allyn Burrows as a way for devotees of the Bard as well as those not as well versed in his oeuvre to enjoy his words juxtaposed with songs inspired…
LENOX, Mass. – Shakespeare & Company continues its 47th season with Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret at the Tina Packer Playhouse from Tuesday, July 2 through Sunday, July 7. A celebration of Shakespeare-influenced music, text, and storytelling for those both new to or familiar with Shakespeare, this devised production was co-created by Jacob…
by Christopher Tucci Audiences heading to The New Spruce Theater, where 40 foot spruce trees are the natural backdrop to the three-quarter round stage, to see Shakespeare and Company’s King Lear should be prepared for an evening outdoors. Frequent patrons of Tanglewood are familiar with the routine: bug spray, a…
by Barbara Waldinger Kevin G. Coleman, the Director of Education and founding member of Shakespeare & Company, and runner-up for the Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education (2016), believes that “The Merry Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare having fun. Period. No grand themes. No deep waters.” And that’s what…
