ABOUT WAM THEATRE
WAM Theatre envisions a world where women and girls have equal opportunities and equal access to learning, earning, expression, and aspiration. Based in Lenox, MA in Berkshire County, WAM’s mission is to create professional theatre with a focus on the stories of people who identify as women, and to use that art as activism to support opportunities for women and girls, especially those from historically marginalized communities.
Since its founding in 2010, WAM has donated over $105k in box office sales to more than 26 local and global organizations taking action in areas such as girls education, reproductive justice, sexual trafficking awareness and more. WAM is dedicated to harnessing the power of storytelling, and creating an ecosystem where female-identifying artists have the tools and community they need to be empowered leaders in our community.
WAM THEATRE 2025 SEASON AUDITIONS
AUDITION DATES
Sunday February 9, 2025 in person
Monday February 10, 2025 in person
Tuesday February 11, 2025 virtual
Noon to 7:00 PM
APPOINTMENTS
To set up an audition appointment please email: casting@wamtheatre.com with any time preferences. The theater is offering on-site childcare for the auditions - actors should include the number and ages of children in their email if they want to take advantage of this.
WHERE WE STAND
A Solo Performance Piece
Written by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
First Rehearsal: 6/9/25
Opening: 6/25/25
Closing: 6/29/25, This show may tour following closing.
CHARACTERS
Man (short for Everyman) (any body, any age) Honest, humble, vulnerable, generous, virtuosic. Shares his journey with the audience (a community) and they decide.
NOTE: Throughout the piece there are named townspeople (i.e Sarah, Davey, Doc Humphrey etc.). These are audience members meant to be cast by the MAN in real time. They aren’t required to do anything more than be present as the MAN inhabits their body/character in the storytelling. Others are nameless, but their language is quoted. They require the same level of real time audience casting and physical/vocal embodiment by the MAN.
ANGRY, RAUCOUS AND SHAMELESSLY GORGEOUS
Written by Pearl Cleage
First Rehearsal: 9/15/25
Opening: 10/19/25
Closing: 11/2/25
Possible Extension: 11/9/25
CHARACTERS
Betty Samson (65) African American woman; manager/agent; looking for a home
Anna Campbell (65) African American woman; actress and performance artist; looking for a future
Kate Hughes (45) African American woman; producer; looking for a hit
Precious “Pete” Watson (25) African American woman; burlesque artist; looking for a change
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FRESH TAKES PLAY READING SERIES PRESENTS
CRY IT OUT (PLAY READING, 2 DAY CONTRACT)
Written by Molly Smith Metzler
Rehearsal: Saturday May 3 2025
Performance: Sunday May 4, 2025
CHARACTERS
Jessie (mid 30s) Educated, articulate, lovely, warm. Bends towards anxiety. Works 90 hour weeks in the city as a corporate lawyer -- or did, until Allie was born.
Lina (late 20s/ early 30s) Acrylic nails, big hoops, velour tracksuits, Mets hat -- and a huge Italian family. Failed out of community college. She's fun, funny and refreshingly genuine.
Mitchell (late 30s/early 40s or slightly older) , Adrienne's husband, works in investment capital. Serious, shrewd, sensitive. Becoming a father has changed him.
Adrienne (mid/late 30s) Mitchell's wife. Elegant, powerful, aloof, slightly rock n roll. Grew up on Central Park West, attended posh boarding schools; a successful jewelry designer.
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ROOTED (PLAY READING, 2 DAY CONTRACT)
Written by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Rehearsal: Saturday June 7, 2025
Performance: Sunday June 8, 2025
CHARACTERS
EMERY HARRIS (40’s-70’s) Lives in a treehouse. Uses a walker; wears a gardening hat and glasses. Plants make sense. People are confusing; much safer to be alone with her plants.
HAZEL: (40-70) Emery’s older sister. Waitress for way too long, taken care of Emery even longer. Frustrated, powerless, rage building. She could have done so much with her life.
LUANNE: (20’s- 30’s) Incredibly sweet and guileless. Hungry for joy, for a tribe, for something larger to believe in. (You may already know her from Be Here Now).
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ALIEN GIRLS ( PLAY READING, 2 DAY CONTRACT) Written by Amy Berryman
Rehearsal: Saturday, July 12 2025
Performance: Sunday July 13 2025
CHARACTERS
CAROLYN/c and JOY/GINA/MILAN may be played by actors of any ethnicity but must be different ethnicities from each other. POC encouraged.
TIFFANY, (33, then 37) aka Tiff/Tiffy, writer, ambitious, always has her shit together, except for right now also plays t, 18-22. Must be played by a Black actor.
CAROLYN, (33, then 37), aka Care, queer, writer, ambitious, a mess, obsessive also plays c, 18-22
JOY, (33), actress, energetic, living for her upcoming wedding
also plays GINA, wily New Yorker editor
also plays MILAN, 38, Joy’s cousin, caring, lawyer, a real adult, trying to make her life work
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