[Capdist-announce] PRESS RELEASE: WAM Announces 10th Anniversary Gala Line-up

[Gail Burns]

June 4, 2019

Contact: Gail Burns, Marketing and Publicity Associate

www.wamtheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/#_blank>

pr at wamtheatre.com; 413.274.8122

Press Photos of 2018 Gala  can be found at:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wamtheatre/albums/72157671138181898



WAM THEATRE 10th ANNIVERSARY GALA FEATURES INAUGURAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN
TEEN & ELDER ENSEMBLES

Midsummer Cocktail Gala Heads to New Location for 10th Anniversary Season



LENOX, MA (June 4, 2019) - The popular Stationery Factory in Dalton, MA,
will welcome WAM Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday, July 24, at
5:30pm.

“All of us at WAM are so excited to celebrate our first ten years with this
anniversary gala! We look forward to spending time with the WAMily toasting
our first decade and looking forward into the next decade. ” enthused
Kristen van Ginhoven, Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director of WAM
Theatre.

The evening’s guests will be the first to learn about the beneficiary for
WAM’s fall Mainstage production of PIPELINE by Dominque Morisseau, directed
by Dawn M. Simmons, and produced in partnership with BRIDGE, and will get
an exclusive premiere performance of the 2019 inter-generational
collaboration between WAM’s Teen Ensemble and their new Elder Ensemble.

This is WAM’s fifth Teen Ensemble cohort - with many performers returning
for their second or third time - and they will be joined by the new eleven
member Elder Ensemble. Comprised of performers from all around the
Berkshires, this inter-generational cohort will be devoting three intensive
weeks to creating a brand new performance on the theme of dreams and
dreaming.

"We are thrilled to welcome back the WAM Theatre Teen Ensemble and to
introduce the cohort of extraordinary women who make up WAM's brand new
Elder Ensemble,” said Talya Kingston, WAM’s Associate Artistic Director.
“Since WAM began as a dream for a new way to integrate theatre and
activism, we thought it was apt to center our ensemble performance this
year on the act of dreaming. We can't wait to share this new work with our
gala audience. Come and dream with us!"

For the second year, Berkshire favorite Ty Allan Jackson is the host for
the evening. Jackson is a children’s book author, publisher, literacy
advocate, and three-time TEDx speaker who travels across the country
inspiring children of all ages to dream big and teaches the joy and power
of reading through his own publications and his two literacy programs, Read
or Else and the Danny Dollar Academy.

The WAM gala will again be coordinated by Only In My Dreams Events, with
hearty hors d’oeuvres catered by The Marketplace, and everyone’s favorite
cider donuts brought over especially for the WAM gala from Hilltop Orchards.

For the first time the Gala will be held at The Stationery Factory on
Flansburg Avenue in Dalton, MA, a former Crane & Co. factory containing
several businesses that serve the local community, along with an innovative
event space, an art gallery, and a music venue.

The evening will culminate in a Raise the Paddle event to raise funds for
WAM’s 10th anniversary season of productions and education programs. With a
mission to use theatre as philanthropy, WAM Theatre has provided paid work
to more than 200 theatre artists and donated more than $65,700 to 17 local
and global organizations taking action for women and girls in areas such as
girls education, teen pregnancy prevention, sexual trafficking awareness,
midwife training and more.


Tickets start at a reasonable $75 Ally level. For those who are able,
attendees can also support WAM’s work at $150 Advocate or $250 Activist
level tickets as well. All funds go directly to WAM’s 10th anniversary
season of productions and education programs. Please join us on July 24!

https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/

AT A GLANCE

JULY 24
WAM Theatre’s 10th Anniversary Gala

Wednesday, July 24 at 5:30pm

at The Stationery Factory

63 Flansburg Avenue, Dalton, MA 01226

Tickets:

$75 Ally

$150 Advocate

$250 Activist

http://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/

ABOUT GALA HOST, TY ALLAN JACKSON

Ty Allan Jackson is a children’s book author, publisher, literacy advocate
and three-time TEDx speaker. Ty travels across the country empowering
children of all ages about the joy and power of reading. His books have
been used by companies such as Google, The YMCA, The Boys and Girls Club,
The United Way as well as numerous financial institutions and countless
schools across the country inspiring children to dream big.  He is also the
co-founder of the Read Or Else movement, created to shine a light on the
problem of illiteracy and to provide books to children in homeless shelters
across America. And along with an economics professor from Northern
Kentucky University he has also founded Danny Dollar Academy.  A program
created to educate elementary school students from low-income communities
about the importance of finance and entrepreneurship through his
best-selling book Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire. You can learn
more about Ty and his mission to make the world more literate at
BigHeadBooks.com and ReadOrElse.com

http://www.bigheadbooks.com

http://www.readorelse.com

ABOUT THE STATIONERY FACTORY

The Stationery Factory on Flansburg Avenue in Dalton, MA, is a former Crane
& Co. factory containing several businesses that serve the local community,
along with rentable event space, an art gallery, and a music venue.  The
building is currently being developed by a partnership established with the
vision of developing this iconic place into a thriving marketplace and
small business location that will compliment existing local offerings in
the central Berkshires and enhance the community of Dalton.

https://stationery-factory.com/

WAM 10th Anniversary Sponsors

WAM’s 2019 sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Annie Selke, Berkshire
Gas, Berkshire Hand to Shoulder Center, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire
Sterile Manufacturing, Blue Q, Blue Spark Financial, Brabson Library &
Educational Foundation, Canyon Ranch, Chez Nous, Custom Business Solutions,
Dr, Jay Wise, DDS and Dr. Casey Jones, DMD, The Dylandale Foundation,
Frankie's Ristorante Italiano, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido’s Fresh
Marketplace, Haven Cafe and Bakery, Health Professional Coaching, Heller &
Robbins, Interprint, J.H. Maxymillian, Inc., Lee Bank, Maggie Barry, New
England Public Radio (NEPR), Massachusetts Cultural Council, Only in My
Dreams Events, Onyx Specialty Papers, OUTPOST, RB Design Co., The Rogovoy
Report, The Rookwood Inn, Salisbury Bank, T Square Design Studio, Toole
Insurance, and a. von schlegell & co.

WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Alford-Egremont
Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires, Hinsdale-Peru
Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New Marlborough Cultural Council,
Otis Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council, Sandisfield Cultural
Council, Sheffield Cultural Council, Washington Cultural Council, West
Stockbridge Cultural Council– local agencies that are supported by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

LADY RANDY was sponsored in part by an anonymous donor and PIPELINE is
sponsored in part by Carolyn Butler.

ABOUT WAM THEATRE

Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre is celebrating its
10th anniversary of being a place Where Arts and Activism Meet. The company
was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator, and producer
Kristen van Ginhoven. WAM’s vision is to create opportunity for women and
girls through the mission of theatre as philanthropy.

Inspired by the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for
Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM donates a
portion of the proceeds from its theatrical events to organizations that
benefit women and girls.

Since 2010, WAM Theatre has provided paid work to more than 200 theatre
artists and donated more than $65,7000 to 17 local and global organizations
taking action for women and girls in areas such as girls education, teen
pregnancy prevention, sexual trafficking awareness, midwife training and
more. In addition to the main stage productions and special events, WAM
Theatre’s activities include a comprehensive educational outreach program
and the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. For more information, visit
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>

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-- 
Gail M. Burns

*Marketing + Publicity Associate*
www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com/>
413-274-8122

My gender pronouns: She/Her/Hers

*Our 10th Anniversary Season!*
 Lady Randy <https://www.wamtheatre.com/lady-randy/> | Fresh Takes
<https://www.wamtheatre.com/fresh-takes-2019/> | WAM Gala 2018
<https://www.wamtheatre.com/wam-gala-2019/> | Pipeline
<https://www.wamtheatre.com/pipeline/>


Make a donation now <https://www.wamtheatre.com/donateonline/> to WAM
Theatre!
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