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WAM Theatre Presents "Me and the Sky"

By Sarah LaDuke
Published October 31, 2023 at 11:35 AM EDT

November 1-4, WAM Theatre presents “Me and the Sky” a celebratory evening of empowering Broadway hits focused on the full array of women’s stories. The cabaret-style evening will feature songs from "Rent," "Come From Away," "Newsies," "Shucked," "Waitress," and more.

WAM is thrilled to welcome three powerhouse artists to the stage; Jess Diaz Griffin, Shannon Lamb, and Wendy Welch; they are accompanied by a trio of Berkshire musicians.

“Me and The Sky” is co-created and directed by WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston and Pioneer Valley-based theatre artist and musician Kyle Boatwright.

Performances will be November 1-4 at Shakespeare and Company’s Elayne Bernstein Theatre in Lenox, Massachusetts.

The performance is dedicated to WAM Theatre’s Co-Founder and Producing Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven.

Kristen joins us now along with WAM Associate Artistic Director Talya Kingston.

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Sarah LaDuke
Sarah has worked in public radio since 2006. She grew up in Saranac Lake, New York where she worked part-time at Pendragon Theatre all through high school and college. She graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with a BA in English and started at WAMC a few weeks later as a part-time board-op in the control room. Through a series of offered and seized opportunities she is now the Senior Contributing Producer of The Roundtable and Producer of The Book Show. During the main thrust of the Covid-19 pandemic shut-down, Sarah hosted a live Instagram interview program "A Face for Radio Video Series." On it, Sarah spoke with actors, musicians, comedians, and artists about the creative activities they were accomplishing and/or missing. She is on the board of WAM Theatre and lives in Albany, New York with her husband, Paul, and their dog, Doritos.
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