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,…
by Paula Kaplan-Reiss EDITOR’S NOTE: This review was written in response to a preview performance of 1999. As with any world premiere production, some changes may have been made before the official opening. Having the opportunity to see a preview of the world premiere of 1999,, I am confronted with…
by Barbara Waldinger One of the most important missions of the Great Barrington Public Theater is: “to develop and produce new plays, with a focus on playwrights and theater artists in the Berkshires.” True to form, the theater’s current production of MADAME MOZART, THE LACRIMOSA, was written, directed, performed, and…
by Emily Edelman In the world premiere of Maggie Kearnan’s “How to Not Save the World With Mr. Bezos” presented by Great Barrington Public Theater, an alternate reality in which it is illegal to be a billionaire sees journalist Cherry Beaumont interviewing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos about his motivations for wealth.…
LENOX, MA (September 26, 2024) — WAM Theatre and Central Square Theater are proud to announce the impressive and diverse creative team for their Fall Main Stage production of Galileo’s Daughter by Jessica Dickey (The Amish Project, The Rembrandt, Row After Row), directed by Reena Dutt (Chester Theater Company’s Guards at the Taj). The production will…
by Macey Levin Into Kilnsea, a small village in northern England, a stranger enters the local cafe and changes life for four lost souls. The opening of Big Big Sky by Tom Wells at Chester Theatre Company, Chester, Massachusetts, may sound familiar as a story-telling device as it evolves into…
by Emily Edelman The North American premiere of Oren Safdie’s “Survival of the Unfit” from Great Barrington Public Theater showcases the story of 39-year-old Samuel, who brings new girlfriend Mallory home to have dinner with his parents. What seems in the beginning to be an ordinary dinner with passive aggressive parents, their…
