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A Day In The Life:

Emerging Professional Residents of the Milwaukee Rep

By Ryan Albrechtson

For over 65 years, Milwaukee Rep has gained a national reputation as an incubator of new work, an agent of community change and a forward-thinking provider of vital arts education programs. One of the many invaluable education programs offered by the Rep is their Professional Residency Program. Each season, Milwaukee Rep welcomes between fifteen and twenty Emerging Professional Residents (EPRs) who join the company in order to gain valuable experience and to learn from experts in their fields.

Milwaukee Rep’s residency program serves as an entry into professional theater, an invaluable step towards obtaining an Equity card, an opportunity to make connections with directors and actors from around the country, and a chance to spend a season working in one of America’s foremost regional theaters. We sat down with four of this season’s EPRs to get some insight on a day in the life of an artist training at one of the largest professional theatres in the country. continued on next page

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Austin Winter Acting Resident

Winter is a graduate of Carthage College where he studied as a Musical Theatre Major with a dance minor. “I just sort of dunked my hands in everything I possibly could,” said Winter.

“My senior year I auditioned and got into the Open Jar Residency, which is an eight-week program in New York. After that, I spent some time performing here in Milwaukee, and the auditioned for the EPR program.”

Winter’s day usually begins with an EPR meeting or an understudy rehearsal, starting around 9:30 am. A large part of the acting residency includes understudying a variety of shows in the Rep’s season, across all of their stages. Later in the morning, he’ll typically sit in on another rehearsal to watch and learn from the artists. Then, most evenings, he’s involved in a performance.

“I think my favorite thing I’ve worked on so far is The Legend of Georgia McBride,” said Winter, who understudied Rexy and Jason in the show. “It is just such a delightful play, and the room was so positive. The artistic staff and the director were wonderful to work with, and it was incredible to watch the actors develop the show.”

Olivia DeLuca

Lighting Design Resident

DeLuca, originally from Cincinnati, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, we share majored in Drama with an emphasis on lighting design.

“I had a lot of opportunities throughout undergrad to design,” said DeLuca. “I also went to the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas and after that interned at Disney World.”

DeLuca’s days are often different, depending on whether or not a show she is working on is in tech. Unlike some of the other EPRs who only work on some shows because of overlapping schedules, DeLuca has at least a small hand in every production of the season.

“When I’m not in tech, I’m usually working up in the office,” said DeLuca. “I work alongside the Lighting and Video Supervisor on a lot of paperwork and getting the next show ready to load in.” When a show is in tech, DeLuca joins the lighting designer at the tech table and assists them in getting ready for opening night.

“I've enjoyed each of the shows I've worked on, but I think my favorite was probably Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” said DeLuca. “I think the show is great, and I enjoyed working alongside lighting designer Jason Fassl. The process went really well, especially given it is the first time we’ve produced a musical in the Stiemke.”

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Abbi Hess

Stage Management Resident

Hess started her theatrical career at Carroll University, where she majored in Theatre Arts.

“My emphasis was originally in dramaturgy, but I started stage managing my sophomore year and really enjoyed it,” said Hess.

As a stage manager resident, Hess’s day usually starts a little earlier than everyone else, getting paperwork done and preparing for a rehearsal. “I’m there to assist the stage management team with whatever they need,” said Hess. Much of her experience involves shadowing professional stage managers on the shows. “For The Legend of Georgia McBride, I got to shadow backstage and I got to shadow in the booth,” said Hess. “Both were amazing experiences.”

Kelsey Robins Directing Resident

Robins moved from New York to Chicago, where she graduated from Northwestern University with majors in Theater and Legal Studies, and a minor in world literature. “As I went through college I realized that really what I was most interested in was positions that allowed me to work both as a storyteller and a collaborator,” said Robins. “Directing is the spot that sort of brings those two things together.”

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“The first couple of days it was overwhelming how large this company was. I was like, ‘There's no way I will be able to get to know half of these people!’ But there is such a community here that I’ll miss it at the end of this.”

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Robins has a wide variety of responsibilities as a Directing Resident, like researching shows alongside the Rep’s Literary Manager, running understudy rehearsals, and serving as an Assistant Director on shows in the season.

“I was surprised by to what extent this company really relies on their EPR our program,” said Robins. “We are very much a crucial part of the running of things, which is awesome and exciting. It also means sometimes we're working on multiple shows at the same time, which may be crazy, but also super rewarding.”

10th Anniversary of Rep Lab Many of the EPR’s experiences culminate in Rep Lab, a unique capstone showcase of their talents. This season, Rep Lab will be an adaptation of Hamlet. One of the best-known works in Shakespeare’s canon, the Emerging Professional Residents will produce a fast-paced 90-minute adaptation of the tale that asks: What are the bitter side effects of sweet revenge? This unique production will feature a different aesthetic for each of the five acts of the piece providing a full spectrum of styles for the Bard’s powerful words. The streamlined adaptation will highlight the onstage skills of the acting EPRs, and the creativity of the artistic and production EPRs will be featured in the direction and design.

Rep Lab runs April 16 - April 20 in the Stiemke Studio Theater. More information can be found at Milwaukeerep.com

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It Takes Two: New Leadership Structure at the Wilson Center

By Ryan Albrechtson

To keep an arts organization alive and thriving, especially one as large and robust as the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, you need strong leadership at the top. Luckily for the Wilson Center, its artists, and its patrons, that’s exactly what they have.

Recently, the Wilson Center Board of Directors announced that a new dual leadership team comprised of Nichole “Koko” Cooper and Vincent Vogelsang will head the organization moving forward. Cooper takes on the role of Artistic Director and Vogelsang fills the position of General Manager. This leadership team is a restructure for the organization.

Prior to their hiring, the Wilson Center was lead by one Executive Director.

“I think we're in a really great spot,” said Vogelsang. “The two of us are able to tackle what I think was too much for any one person to really, truly do well. The two of us have a great rapport and balance things. She does everything that I could never do.”

“And he does everything I don't want to do,” added Cooper.

Cooper originally joined the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in 2014 as Marketing Director. Prior to working with the organization, she served as the Marketing

Manager for JCA, a nonprofit technology consulting firm. “I loved working there and loved having the opportunity to hear about all of the different types of nonprofits,” said Cooper. “But, every time we worked with an arts client, I'd feel a little tug of, ‘Oh, you know what? I want to know more.’ I always wanted to see how their projects would go, but my part of it was so limited. So, when I heard of that first opportunity opening up at the Wilson Center, I knew already that the arts were where I really wanted to be. From day one, it's felt like where I belong.”

“My background is not a straight line, and many things in life aren’t,” said Vogelsang.

His career paths include positions in property management and running a plastic recycling company. “I think it's really great to have Vince come in,” said Cooper. “Sometimes the arts can be a little insular… we get a little narrowfocused. Nine times out of ten some of our most creative ideas for events come from Vince because he's got that fresh perspective on things.”

“That's what the Arts are supposed to be about - experiencing different perspectives and different ways of looking at the world,” said Cooper. “Two heads are better than one for that.”

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Cheers to 30 Years:

Celebrating The History of Next Act Theatre

By Ryan Albrechtson

“I guess these 30 years have had much to do with the theatre spaces we’ve played, and the spaces we’ve made into theatre.”

Next Act, formed in 1990 by a merger of two local theatre companies - Theatre Tesseract and Next Generation Theatre - has earned a strong reputation for producing engaging work that feels intimate, powerful and personal. Throughout that 30-year history, the company has produced their work in a variety of spaces, until finding their permanent home in Walker’s Point.

“The first two years, it was tough going,” said David Cecsarini, Producing Artistic Director of Next Act. “It was good work but not in a very conducive place to do theatre, performing at the Public Library’s Centennial Hall.”

After two seasons, Cecsarini and partner Jonathan Smoots realized that in order to survive, they needed to move this young company downtown. Together, they brought the company forward, producing shows in venues such as the Marcus Center’s Todd Wehr Hall and the Milwaukee Rep’s Stiemke Studio Theater. By 1995, the company was Centennial Hall

solid enough to grow to a four-show season, growing their list of venues to include the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre, the Humphrey Masonic Center and Marquette’s Helfaer Theatre.

“The pressure was on to create our own space, so that’s what we did,” said Cecsarini. In 2000, they opened the Off Broadway Theatre, a 99-seat theatre.

“That space was good for us for about nine years, but it was intended to be a bridge space to what we would consider our final destination.”

That final destination opened in 2011. Next Act now has a dynamic new home with 152 seats that embrace an intimate, three-sided thrust stage. The new facility brought with it an expansion of the mission: to provide affordable performance space for other companies, emerging groups and independent artists.

“It’s interesting to look back and see how the theatre scene has changed,” said Cecsarini. “I think there’s a lot of really great quality work still being done. That’s probably the other thing about these 30 years… the cadre of resident artists is still pretty impressive and has built up over the years.”

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ACTUALLY

By Anna Ziegler

March 27 – April 19, 2020 Directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr AMBER —Emily Fury Daly* TOM — Justin Jones STAGE MANAGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bailey Wegner* TECHNICAL DIRECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Lyons LIGHTING DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Noele Stollmack~ ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa Schlenker~ SCENIC DESIGNER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jody Sekas SOUND DESIGNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Schmidt~ COSTUME DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Horst EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION ADVOCACY CONSULTANT . . . . . . . . Sheena Carey, M.A. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association ~ Member of United Scenic Artists Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

This play will run approximately 1.5 hours with no intermission Co-world premiere of ACTUALLY was produced by Geffen Playhouse and Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2017.

Originally produced in New York City by The Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Director) on October 31, 2017. This work was developed/written in part at the Sallie B. Goodman Retreat at McCarter Theatre Center.

ACTUALLY is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

ACTUALLY by Anna Ziegler THE VIDEOTAPING OR MAKING OF ELECTRONIC OR OTHER AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL RECORDINGS OF THIS PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTING RECORDING ON ANY MEDIUM, INCLUDING THE INTERNET, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED, A VIOLATION OF THE AUTHOR’S RIGHTS AND ACTIONABLE UNDER UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT LAW.

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AMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Fury Daly* TOM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Jones * Member of Actors’ Equity Association

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Approximately twenty percent of female and seven percent of male students are sexually assaulted at some point in their college careers. The risk is highest in the first two semesters, with alcohol playing a large part in clouding the ability to give/ receive consent. Anna Zeigler’s ACTUALLY is a provocative recounting of how two Princeton freshmen, Tom and Amber, find themselves involved in a sexual assault case. The play is engrossing, with two thoroughly wrought characters alternately presenting their case to the audience. The play was written in 2016, at the precipice of the #MeToo movement, and before the current administration changed the need for Universities to use “a preponderance of evidence”, known as fifty percent plus a feather, to establish guilt or innocence in their campus hearings. Ziegler manages to keep the stakes high while the compassionate and surprisingly funny story unfolds.

I was immediately drawn to the way this play offers both sides of the story – good and bad, fair and unfair, attractive and ugly. Tom and Amber are brutally honest as they navigate their journey, both are forced to look at hard truths about themselves and the world around them. I am very excited to help the cast bring this honesty bravely to light.

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BIOGR APHIES Anna Ziegler (Playwright) Anna Ziegler’s play PHOTOGRAPH 51, produced on the West End starring Nicole Kidman and directed

by Michael Grandage, won London’s 2016 WhatsOnStage award for Best New Play, It was selected as a “Best of the Year” play by The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post (twice) and The Telegraph, and has been produced around the country and the world, most recently in Hamburg, Rome, and Stockholm. Her play THE LAST MATCH premiered at The Old Globe Theatre and was nominated for the 2016 San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Outstanding New Play award. BOY, which premiered off-Broadway in a Keen Company/Ensemble Studio Theatre co-production, was nominated for the 2016 Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award. A DELICATE SHIP was produced at Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park and the Playwrights Realm and was a New York Times and Time Out Critic’s Pick. Anna holds commissions from Second Stage Theatre, The Geffen Playhouse and Seattle Rep. Oberon Books has published a collection of her work entitled “Anna Ziegler: Plays One.” She holds a BA from Yale and an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. www.annabziegler.net

Theaterworks. Other favorite projects include MOTHER COURAGE and URINETOWN at Carthage College. Mary has also acted in Renaissance productions – favorite roles include Anna in BURN THIS and Pope Joan in TOP GIRLS. Emily Fury Daly (Amber) Emily is very excited to be returning to her hometown to work here at Renaissance, a theatre where she saw multiple productions as a young girl growing up in the city. Based in NYC and a graduate of University of California-Irvine’s MFA program, Emily has worked at such theaters as American Players Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Pacific Conservatory Theatre, The Great River Shakespeare Festival, and La Mama Experimental Theatre Club. Love and thanks, as always, to Rob and the Daly family.

Justin Jones (Tom) Justin is extremely excited to make his Renaissance Theaterworks debut.

He was previously seen in ARCADIA at Theatreworks in Colorado Springs, and THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and MACBETH at Mary MacDonald Kerr Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. Last year, (Director) Mary is Justin completed the Emerging thrilled to be directing Professional Residency program at at Renaissance Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where his Theaterworks again, credits include A CHRISTMAS CAROL where she directed (Ensemble) and JUNK (Ensemble).

LUNA GALE and Originally from New York, Justin holds a BA WOMAN IN BLACK. Most recently she in Chinese and History from Williams directed MARY JANE at Forward Theatre in College. He would like to send love to his Madison, WEST SIDE STORY at Hope Rep in family and friends, and especially to his Holland MI, and CYRANO at Titan Theatre in Mom for finding him his first acting class.

Queens. Locally, Mary has directed for Bailey Wegner (Stage Manager) Bailey Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, In Tandem, joined Renaissance Theaterworks in the Next Act, First Stage, and Renaissance summer of 2017. Her Stage Manager ACTUALLY

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credits include THE ROOMMATE, PHOTOGRAPH 51, ANNIE JUMP AND THE LIBRARY OF HEAVEN as well as three Br!NK New Play Festivals with Renaissance Theaterworks and Young Playwrights Festival 2017 with Milwaukee Chamber Theater. Assistant Stage Manager credits include RUSSIAN TRANSPORT and TOP GIRLS (Renaissance Theaterworks) and THE FEW (Milwaukee Chamber Theater).

Bailey has also enjoyed Stage Managing for Kohl’s Wild Theater and Interim Production Managing with Milwaukee Chamber Theater. She has completed a practicum with Theatre Bonn, Germany and holds a BFA in Theatre from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

MERCY & IMPERMANENCE. Noele’s lighting has appeared onstage at Carnegie Hall, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Sydney Opera House, The Library of Congress, Opera Ontario, Opera Pacific, Portland Opera, Vancouver Opera, Madison Opera, Nashville Opera, First Stage, American Players Theatre, Jeff Daniel’s Purple Rose Theater, and Skylight Music Theatre. As Lighting Director for Houston Grand Opera, she supervised lighting for over 50 operas and designed such productions as Andrei Serban’s ELEKTRA, Dr. Jonathan Miller’s DER ROSENKAVALIER, AIDA, and the world premieres of HARVEY MILK, DESERT OF ROSES and DRACULA DIARY.

Jody Sekas (Scenic Designer) Jody is excited to be designing at Renaissance Theaterworks Anthony Lyons (Technical Director) for the first time. He has worked as a This season marks Anthony’s fourteenth freelance designer for such local venues as year as Technical Director for Renaissance First Stage and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Theaterworks. In all, he has worked and nationally at the Oregon Shakespeare in various capacities on over forty Festival, Door Shakespeare, Rochester Civic Renaissance productions over the last Theatre, Dell’Arte International, Omaha twenty-six years. Anthony is also technical Theatre Company for Young People, director for Wild Space Dance Company The Western Stage, as well as on several and Luminous Theatre. Anthony has independent films. Jody is currently Associate worked for Alverno Presents (R.I.P.), Skylight Professor of Scenic Design & Technology Music Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber and a core professor in the Digital Design Theatre, and Bialystock & Bloom (R.I.P.). In a & Fabrication Certificate Program at the parallel universe, Anthony is a partner in a University of Wisconsin-Parkside. He also small custom carpentry firm. taught Scenography in the Theatre, Film & Dance Department at Humboldt State Noele Stollmack (Lighting Designer) Noele returns to Renaissance Theaterworks University in northern California, Scenic/ Lighting Design & Technology at UW-Eau having designed the lighting for NATIVE Claire, and was the resident scenic & lighting GARDENS, THE VIOLET HOUR, THE designer for the Sioux Falls Playhouse in KREUTZER SONATA and THE BALLAD OF South Dakota for four years.

EMMETT TILL. Her scenery and lighting design includes, FLYING DUTCHMAN, Josh Schmidt (Sound Designer) Josh GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO, ALBERT returns to Renaissance after recently HERRING, DIDO AND AENEAS, VENUS designing ANNIE JUMP and HAPPY DAYS. AND ADONIS, RIO DE SANGRE, MACBETH, Recent Credits include CHASIN’ DEM BLUES TRISTAN UND ISOLDE and MAGIC FLUTE (Milwaukee Rep), BUG (Steppenwolf ), (Florentine Opera), RAPE OF LUCRETIA SLEUTH (Great Lakes Theatre). Sixteen (Toledo Opera), PAGLIACCI (Opera Seasons at American Players Theatre (Spring Columbus), MIRANDOLINA (Milwaukee Green, WI); OFF BROADWAY: A MINISTER’S Rep), and lighting and scenic realization WIFE (Lincoln Center), ADD1NG MACH1N3 for Meredith Monk’s international tours of (Minetta Lane), WHIDA PERU (59E59); GIFT OF 6

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THE MAGI (American Players Theatre, WI) Incidental Scores: WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING (Lincoln Center) FIFTY WORDS (MCC Theater). REGIONAL: MIDWESTERN GOTHIC (Signature DC), GIFT OF THE MAGI (American Players Theatre). As Composer/ Sound Designer – BROADWAY: THERESE RAQUIN (Roundabout/Studio 54) HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES (Walter Kerr), BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS (Nederlander); OFF BROADWAY: ABOUT ALICE (TFANA), DINNER WITH FRIENDS (Roundabout) MODEL APARTMENT (Primary Stages), 3 KINDS OF EXILE (Atlantic), WATER BY THE SPOONFUL (Second Stage), CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (59E59), many others. CHICAGO: Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theater, Writers’ Theatre (Associate Artist), Victory Gardens, Raven Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Next Theatre Company, Seanachai Theatre Company, many others. REGIONAL: Over 250 productions at venues across the country including three seasons Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Ontario, Canada), Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, NY), Philadelphia Theatre Company (PA), The Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre (Washington DC); Seattle Repertory Theatre (WA), Alley Theatre (Resident Artist - Houston, TX); 3 seasons at Idaho Shakespeare Theatre (ID), Arizona Theater Company (AZ), Cleveland Playhouse, Great Lakes (OH), Kansas City Rep (MO), South Coast Repertory (CA), Delaware Theatre Company (DE), Hope Summer Repertory Theatre (Holland, MI). COMMISSIONS: Metropolitan Opera, RKO, Groundswell.

RECORDINGS: ADD1NG MACH1N3, A MINISTER’S WIFE – both released on PS Classics and available on ITunes, Amazon, etc. ASSOCIATE ARTIST: Alley Theatre in Houston, Writers Theatre in Glencoe.

TEACHING: UNLV Associate Artist, Lectures at Harvard, Suffolk, Mississippi-Oxford, Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin-Milwaukee. MEMBER: ASCAP. AWARDS/RECOGNITION: Lortel,

Outer Critics, Jeff, ASCAP, NEA/TCG, Prague Quadrennial 2007, Sundance Theatre Lab UCross 2012.

Amy Horst (Costume Designer) She/her.

Previously at Renaissance Theaterworks: THE ROOMMATE, LUNA GALE, TOP GIRLS, THE TROJAN WOMEN, STOP KISS, SPINNING INTO BUTTER, A DIFFERENT MOON. Elsewhere this season: THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS (Skylight Music Theatre), LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Next Act Theatre), DAD’S SEASON TICKETS (Northern Sky Theatre). Upcoming: THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT (Forward Theater).

Thank you to the ACTUALLY team for their bravery and commitment to truth-telling with integrity; it is an honor to share space and time with you. Love to Birger and Thomas.

Sheena Carey, M.A. (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advocacy Consultant) A lecturer in communication studies at Marquette University, Sheena is a consultant in the areas of intercultural communication, cultural sensitivity and workforce diversity, small group dynamics, and teambuilding.

She has worked in creative collaboration with Coyaba Dance Theater in Washington, D.C. and the Ko-Thi Dance Company in Milwaukee, WI. Sheena wrote narrative poetry and performed spoken word for the dance productions. She is a graduate of Marquette University’s Master of Arts program in Speech Communication, and completed post-graduate coursework in Rhetorical criticism, Literary theory, and Africana Philosophy.

Suzan Fete (Artistic Director) A graduate of University of Illinois, Suzan co-founded Renaissance Theaterworks in 1993.

Favorite Renaissance Theaterworks projects include: directing TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, BLACKBIRD, TOP GIRLS, and THE ROAD TO MECCA, touring NEAT to Port ACTUALLY

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Elizabeth South Africa in 2013 and finishing as finalists with ALL OF THE EVERYTHING and LUCKY NUMBERS in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival, in 2015 and 2019 respectively. Suzan is especially proud that Renaissance Theaterworks won the prestigious 50/50 in 2020 International Applause Award for the 2015-16 season. The Applause Award is given to theaters in recognition of their commitment to women playwrights. Suzan lives happily in Wauwatosa with her husband Jeff.

Lisa Rasmussen (Managing Director) Lisa started as Renaissance Theaterworks’ Development Director with excitement in the summer of 2008. In December 2017, Lisa was promoted to the position of Managing Director. Recent experience includes stage management for ComedySportzMilwaukee and more than five years in marketing. Lisa received her BA in Theater and Psychology from Cardinal Stritch University in 2003. Lisa loves living in Bay View with husband Jake and daughter Anna.

Lucia Lozano (Marketing & PR Director) Lucia grew up in Colombia, where she received her degree in Communications and worked as film editor, creative writer and designer at an advertising agency, and marketing manager at a corporation. Soon after moving to Milwaukee twenty years ago, Lucia started a Marketing Communications firm specialized in nonprofits. She was First Stage’s Community Engagement Manager for four years right before joining Renaissance Theaterworks, and she’s excited to 8

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continue her involvement with theater as the newest member of the team. Lucia is also a fine artist and photographer and, besides theater, she enjoys hiking, Latin dance, and dining with friends.

Dana Dossett (Development Manager) Dana holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater from Drake University and a Master of Science in Nonprofit Management and Leadership from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Prior to joining Renaissance Theaterworks, Dana most recently served as the Grants and Communications Coordinator for The Women’s Center in Waukesha. She loves exploring Milwaukee with her husband, Corey, and son, Micah.

Alea McHatten (Education Coordinator) Alea McHatten is a Black, Non-binary, Milwaukee native poet, facilitator, and student of life. Her/ their writings have granted her/them performances across the nation, have appeared online and made room for her/ them in local headlines and international poetry competitions. Alea began her/their career in late 2010 and has yet to put down the pen. She/they strives to shine a light on the gray areas of the human experience, using art as a platform to spark a dialogue.

As an educator, she/they guides others through discussion and creative rhetoric in the hopes of building community and gaining understanding of self in relation to the world, as well as sharpening the wit and critical thinking skills of all participants. It is her/their mission to bring people together to share in the commonwealth of knowledge.

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APRIL 24 - MAY 17, 2020

Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre

by Martin Sherman

directed by Michael Cotey

featuring Marques Causey, Sam Douglas, and C. Michael Wright

Photography by John Nienhuis

A brilliant love story reflecting on the triumphs and heartbreaks of gay lives in the modern era.

Purchase tickets at: 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee

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Artistic Director.........................................................................................................................Suzan Fete Managing Director......................................................................................................... Lisa Rasmussen Marketing & PR Director................................................................................................... Lucia Lozano Production Manager........................................................................................................Bailey Wegner Development Manager.....................................................................................................Dana Dossett Education Coordinator...................................................................................................Alea McHatten AC T UA L LY A R T I S T I C T E A M

Director..................................................................................................................Mary MacDonald Kerr Stage Manager...................................................................................................................Bailey Wegner Technical Director........................................................................................................... Anthony Lyons Lighting Designer......................................................................................................... Noele Stollmack Assistant Lighting Designer.......................................................................................... Lisa Schlenker Scenic Designer....................................................................................................................... Jody Sekas Sound Designer ..................................................................................................................Josh Schmidt Costume Designer................................................................................................................... Amy Horst Deck Chief and Wardrobe Supervisor....................................................................Rayne Kleinofen Scenery Construction Crew..................................Anthony Lyons, Timothy Linn, Scott Radtke Master Electrician/Board Operator.................................................................................. Corbin Putz Scenic Painting............................................................................................................. Amanda Marsala Head House Manager..........................................................................................................Allyson Imig House Managers..................................................................... Libby Amato, Amanda Schumacher B R OA DWA Y T H E AT R E C E N T E R S TA F F

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SPECIAL THANKS

Renaissance Theaterworks’ Board of Directors, Advocate Aurora Health, City of Milwaukee Office on Violence Prevention’s Commission of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, The Women’s Center, REDgen, Christopher Elst, Timothy Linn, Joel Penegor, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Burke Candy, Footlights, Traveling Lemur Productions, Ross E. Zentner, and University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N

Renaissance Theaterworks, “Theater by Women for Everyone”, is Milwaukee’s only women-founded, women-run professional theater company. Dedicated to promoting the work of women onstage and off, Renaissance Theaterworks creates moving theater that connects with our shared sense of being human. Founded in 1993 by Suzan Fete, Marie Kohler, Raeleen McMillion, Jennifer Rupp and Michele Traband, Renaissance Theaterworks is the nation’s second oldest theater company with a mission to promote gender parity. Renaissance Theaterworks produces thought-provoking, intimate theater in the Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, making a move to a new performance space at Next Act Theatre beginning in fall 2020. Renaissance Theaterworks is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. More information at www.r-t-w.com.

N E W A R T I S T I C H O M E F O R 2 0 2 0 - 2 0 21 S E A S O N

ACTUALLY is the last production Renaissance Theaterworks is performing at the Broadway Theatre Center located in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward at 158 N. Broadway, and will permanently move its productions as resident theater company to the Next Act Theatre at 255 S. Water Street, beginning its 2020-2021 production season.

We’ve grown beyond the capacity of the 99-seat Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, and are excited to seize this moment and embrace the demand for more opportunities for the community to experience Renaissance Theaterworks. This bold move will allow us to continue on a positive trajectory for many years to come.

Administrative offices for Renaissance Theaterworks will remain on the 5th floor of the Broadway Theatre Center. Next season, NEXT ACT!

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Directors Margaret J. Henningsen Karole Kimble Manuel Lara, Jr. N. Lynnette McNeely

Vivian Moller Jayne Pink Gretchen Titus Beth Weirick

A F F I L I AT I O N S Renaissance Theaterworks is a member of the National New Play Network, Playwrights Welcome, NĹŒ Studios, Theatre Communications Group (the national service organization of non-profit professional theaters), Theatre Wisconsin, UPAF (United Performing Arts Center), The Historic Third Ward Association, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee and Visit Milwaukee. Renaissance Theaterworks hosted Statera Con III in 2018 and continues to support Statera Arts.

ABOUT UPAF

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BIG FISH

March 12 - 29

Waukesha Civic Theatre

Edward’s larger-than-life stories captivate everyone around him... but are they true? His son, Will, is about to find out.

MOTHER AND CHILD

Waukesha Civic Theatre (262) 547-0708

March 14

Chant Claire Chamber Choir

Aperi Animam and Chant Claire Chamber Choir come together for a choral celebration on the sacred parental bond.

ELINA CHEKAN, GUITAR

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March 15

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First Congregational Church (414) 258-7375

SYMPHONY SHOWCASE

March 16

First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa

Frankly Music

A finale showcasing the stellar musicians of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.

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EVITA

March 19 - 29

Skylight Music Theatre

The story follows Eva Duarte and her meteoric rise from impoverished child becoming the most powerful woman in Latin America.

RICKY NELSON REMEMBERED

Cabot Theatre (414) 291-7800

March 20

A musical celebration of America’s first Teen Idol and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ricky Nelson.

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PRELUDES

March 20 - 28

Cedarburg Performing Arts Center

Milwaukee Opera Theatre/All In Productions Delving into composer Rachmaninoff’s troubled psyche, Preludes deftly blends the classical and contemporary.

THE SECRET GARDEN Lake Country Playhouse

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March 20 - April 5

Orphaned in India, 11 year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her embittered, reclusive uncle Archibald and his invalid son Colin.

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March 22

Festival City Symphony

Join FCS and Music Director Carter Simmons for a powerful concert featuring master composers and hometown connections.

ANTONIO’S SONG

Milwaukee Repertory Theater

Dael Orlandersmith’s powerful poetry is intermixed with stunning movement, music and projected imagery to create a wholly unique production.

AKEELAH AND THE BEE Racine Theatre Guild

Akeelah lives and breathes words and has a gift for spelling. Despite her mother’s objections, she prepares for the National Spelling Bee with a determined spirit.

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March 24 - April 5 Stiemke Studio Theater (414) 224-9490

March 27 – April 5 Racine Theatre Guild (262) 633-4218

March 27 - April 19

Studio Theatre at Broadway Theatre Center (414) 291-7800

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HOOTENANNY: THE MUSICALE

March 27 - May 24

Milwaukee Repertory Theater

Four interconnected American musical journeys, filled with beauty, virtuosity, joy, tragedy and the rough-andtumble history of this country’s unique family tree.

THE PIRATES OF PIZZAZ

April 2 - 5

Waukesha Civic Theatre

Former pirate slave, Frederic, must face his old pirate captain when his ship to the new world is overtaken by pirates.

9 CIRCLES

Waukesha Civic Theatre (262) 547-0708

April 2 - 26

Next Act Theatre

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JULIUS CAESAR

Marquette Theatre

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April 3 - 19

One of the bard’s most frequent and volatile plays, Julius Caesar stresses the moral conflicts of leadership and justice in a way that still resonates today.

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PALM SUNDAY CONCERT

April 5

The Chancel Choir and Soloists of First Congregational Church commemorate the observance of Holy Week.

First Congregational Church (414) 258-7375

SPRINGDANCES 2020

April 16 - 19

CANDIDE

April 16 - May 10

First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa

Jan Serr Studio New works by dance professors Daniel Burkholder and (414) 229-4308 Mair Culbreth, and an NEA funded project with Joe Goode Performance Group in partnership with local nonprofits.

UWM Peck School of Arts

Skylight Music Theatre

Candide tells the story of two young people, their round-the-world romp and series of absurdly unfortunate events.

THE FANTASTICKS

Forte Theatre Company

The longest-running musical in the world and with good reason: it’s a timeless fable of love that manages to be nostalgic and universal at the same time.

FLORAL FANTASIA

Wisconsin Philharmonic

Wisconsin Philharmonic returns to the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts with guest artist Kevin Pearl playing the oboe.

DESTINY OF DESIRE

Milwaukee Repertory Theater

When two newborns are swapped by a former beauty queen with a lust for power, the stage is set for misfortunes to grow into one remarkable destiny.

EURIPIDES’ MEDEA

Concordia University Theatre

The story of a barbarian sorceress who is abandoned by her war-hero husband for a Greek princess, turning to the ultimate murder for revenge.

CABARET

Sunset Playhouse

With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, the musical explores the dark and tumultuous life of Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.

Cabot Theater (414) 291-7800

April 17 - 26

MLHS Fine Arts Center (414) 366-3634

April 19

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center (262) 547-1858

April 21 - May 17

Quadracci Powerhouse (414) 224-9490

April 23 - April 26

Todd Wehr Auditorium (262) 243-4444

April 23 - May 10 Furlan Auditorium (262) 782-4430

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THE MUSIC MAN

April 24 - May 3

North Middle School Auditorium Follow fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City into buying instruments (262) 255-8372 and uniforms for a boys’ band that he vows to organize.

Falls Patio Players

YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN April 24 - May 4 Cardinal Stritch University

Joan Steele Black Box Theater (414) 410-4171

GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM

April 24 - May 17

Join Charlie, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Snoopy and Schroeder with songs and short stories to delight and charm audiences of all ages.

This remarkably moving, brilliant love story reflects on the triumphs and heartbreaks of gay lives in the modern era, celebrating all those who paved the way.

Studio Theatre at Broadway Theatre Center (414) 291-7800

FANFARE AND FINALE

April 26

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Senior Symphony are showcased in their final performances of the season.

BONNIE & CLYDE

UWM Peck School of Arts

Fearless, shameless and alluring, the musical documents the love story/crime spree of two home grown terrorists who captured America’s attention.

SILENT SKY

Waukesha Civic Theatre

This is the inspiring story of how Henrietta Leavitt and her peers changed the role of women in both science and society.

A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE

Uihlien Hall (414) 267-2950

April 29 - May 3 UWM Main Stage Theater (414) 229-4308

April 30 - May 17 Waukesha Civic Theatre (262) 547-0708

May 1

Be transported through the magnificent sounds of music in theatre!

Carroll University Humphrey Chapel (262) 238-3454

MONUMENTS

May 3

Waukesha Choral Union

Festival City Symphony

The concert will feature FCS Principal Flute, Emma Koi, performing Mozart’s beautiful and athletic first Flute Concerto on a program of monumental works.

Pabst Theater (262) 853-6085

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HOMEWARD BOUND

Pius XI Performing Arts

Musicians have used the imagery of the concept of Home for ages. Join us to explore the many ways we can feel a meaningful sense of belonging through song.

THE TEXAS TENORS

Cedarburg Performing Arts Center

The Texas Tenors are the most successful music group and third highest selling artists in the history of NBC’s America’s Got Talent.

THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY Lake Country Playhouse

Four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate—and an impromptu happy hour.

MAMMA MIA!

Racine Theatre Guild

After discovering secrets from her mother’s past, Sophie invites three men who could all be her father to her wedding.

A FLUTE FESTIVAL

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

The two flute choirs make their final appearances of the season.

May 7

Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater (414) 290-0204

May 8

Cedarburg Performing Arts Center (262) 376-6161

May 8 - 23

Lake Country Playhouse (262) 367-4697

May 8 - 24

Racine Theatre Guild (262) 633-4218

May 13

Schwan Concert Hall (414) 267-2950

DANCE INTO SPRING

May 15 - 16

SPRING CONCERT

May 16

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Pius XI Performing Arts

Chant Claire Chamber Choir

Join Chant Claire for our Spring Concert - Martin & Vaughan Williams | Masses for Double Choir.

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TED VIGIL’S TRIBUTE TO JOHN DENVER May 16

Oconomowoc Arts Tribute artist Ted Vigil returns to the OAC Main Stage as Center (262) 560-3172 beloved iconic singer / songwriter John Denver, taking the audience on a nostalgic ride with his popular songs.

Oconomowoc Arts Center

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STRING SERENADE

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

Features our all-string ensembles: Prelude Orchestra, String Orchestras South/West, and String Orchestras North/Central.

METAMORPHOSIS

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Features the Sinfonia Philharmonic and Wind Ensemble.

SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

Features the Percussion Ensemble, Philharmonia, and Chamber Orchestra.

MILWAUKEE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE

First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa A memorable afternoon of favorite tunes from the stage and screen.

May 16

Shattuck Auditorium (414) 267-2950

May 16

Shattuck Auditorium (414) 267-2950

May 16

Shattuck Auditorium (414) 267-2950

May 17

First Congregational Church (414) 258-7375

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