[Capdist-auditions] PRESS RELEASE: WAM Theatre Announces AEA Auditions for 2020 Season

[Gail Burns]

January 21, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Talya Kingston, Associate Artistic Director

www.wamtheatre.com

talya at wamtheatre.com; 413.274.2024





WAM THEATRE ANNOUNCES AEA AUDITIONS FOR THE 2020 SEASON



LENOX, MA (January 21, 2020) — WAM Theatre will hold Equity Principal
Auditions for our 2020 Season on February 9 and 10, 2020. Auditions will be
hosted by Producing Artistic Director, Kristen van Ginhoven and Associate
Artistic Director, Talya Kingston.



WAM Theatre’s 2020 Season (to be publicly announced on February 3) will
include an area premiere, large ensemble cast production
(September-October) directed by Kristen van Ginhoven  in Shakespeare and
Company’s Tina Packer Playhouse and the staged reading of an ensemble
comedy directed by Talya Kingston (November 16-22) in Shakespeare and
Company’s Elayne P. Bernstein Theatre in Lenox, MA.



For our full productions, WAM Theatre works under an AEA Small Professional
Theatre Contract. For the Fresh Takes Play Readings, WAM uses the AEA
Staged Reading Contract.



Auditions: Sunday February 9: 10am-6pm & Monday February 10: 1pm-9pm BY
APPOINTMENT.  E-mail Talya Kingston, at talya at wamtheatre.com to set up an
appointment.



Where: WAM's Office, 56 Church Street, Lenox, MA (on the second floor above
Bistro Zinc).  Free parking is available in the lot behind our office.
Please use the blue WAM Theatre door on the left side of the building in
the front.



Prepare: 1-2 minute contemporary monologue.



The large cast ensemble production will run September 25 - October 11, with
rehearsals beginning on September 1st.  The staged reading will run for
three performances November 20-22, with rehearsals beginning November 16th.



AEA members may request an appointment by emailing WAM Associate Artistic
Director, Talya Kingston, at talya at wamtheatre.com with 2020 Season
Auditions in the subject line. Please indicate any time limitations
otherwise you will be assigned the first available slot. Deadline to submit
is February 5. All AEA actors who request an appointment will receive an
appointment until slots are filled. Additionally, AEA actors may be seen as
walk-ins on the day.



Performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as
performers with disabilities, are encouraged to audition.

This is an Equity audition call. Non-Equity actors will be seen as time
permits and should submit a photo and resume and indicate their non-union
status in their request.

WAM 2020 Sponsors

WAM’s 2020 sponsors include Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Hand to
Shoulder Center, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Blue Q, Blue Spark
Financial, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Canyon Ranch, Chez
Nous, Custom Business Solutions, The Dylandale Foundation, Greylock Federal
Credit Union, Haven Cafe and Bakery, Health Professional Coaching, Heller &
Robbins, Interprint, J.H. Maxymillian, Inc., Lee Bank, Maggie Barry,
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Onyx Specialty Papers, RB Design Co., The
Rookwood Inn, T Square Design Studio, Toole Insurance, and a. von schlegell
& co.

WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Pittsfield
Cultural Council, Lee Cultural Council, and the Lenox Cultural Council–
local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state
agency.



ABOUT WAM THEATRE

WAM Theatre is a professional theatre company based in Berkshire County,
MA, that operates at the intersection of arts and activism. WAM creates
theatre for gender equity and has a vision of theatre as philanthropy.

In fulfillment of its philanthropic mission, WAM donates a portion of the
proceeds from their Mainstage productions to carefully selected
beneficiaries. Since WAM’s founding in 2010, they have donated more than
$75,000 to 19 local and global organizations taking action for gender
equity in areas such as girls education, teen pregnancy prevention, sexual
trafficking awareness, midwife training, and more.

In addition to Mainstage productions and special events, WAM’s activities
include innovative community engagement programs and the Fresh Takes Play
Reading Series. To date, WAM has provided paid work to more than 400
theatre artists, the majority of whom are female-identifying.

As a civic organization that embraces intersectional feminism (feminism
that acknowledges how multiple forms of discrimination overlap), WAM
understands that to address one piece of systemic discrimination means we
have to address them all. This is on-going personal and professional work
at WAM for the staff and board.

WAM Theatre has been widely recognized for having a positive impact on
cultural and community development in the region. WAM is the recipient of
the Creative Economy Standout Berkshire Trendsetter Award and previously,
was named Outstanding Philanthropy Corporation of the Year by the Western
MA Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Kristen van
Ginhoven, WAM’s Producing Artistic Director, was honored by the Berkshire
Theatre Critics Association (BTCA) with the prestigious Larry Murray Award,
presented at the discretion of the BTCA Board to a person or theatre
project that advances social, political, or community issues in Berkshire
County.



For more information, visit www.WAMTheatre.com <http://www.wamtheatre.com>

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Gail M. Burns

*Marketing + Publicity Associate*
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