Once again, the remarkable Berkshires theatre scene was replete with variety, excellence, and creativity. Writing in December, as I look back on a season that stretched from October 2024 to October 2025, there were successes and a few productions that were not yet ready for prime time. However, this reviewer…
by Barbara Waldinger GALILEO’S DAUGHTER by Jessica Dickey, produced by WAM Theatre at Shakespeare & Company’s Bernstein Theatre, is the physical, intellectual and emotional journey of a New York City playwright in the midst of a painful relationship crisis. As narrator of the play, she explains to the audience her…
LENOX, MA (September 5, 2024)— WAM Theatre and Central Square Theater are proud to announce casting 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 run at the Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre,…
LENOX, MA (June 22, 2023) – Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven and the WAM Theatre team today announced an exciting ensemble of actors who are performing in the upcoming 2023 Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. The roster features a diverse array of talented performers. For all but one, Fresh Takes 2023…
by Barbara Waldinger Pipeline, Dominique Morisseau’s heartbreakingly beautiful, Obie Award-winning play, is currently being presented by WAM Theatre at Shakespeare & Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in a production directed by Dawn M. Simmons. The title of the play, which received its World Premiere in 2017 at Lincoln Center Theater,…
