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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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Thank you for joining us for our landmark 60th anniversary season!

We invite you to: • Experience Milwaukee’s professional Equity music theatre company. We present the full spectrum of music theatre, ranging from blockbuster Broadway musicals to reimagined operas, from Gilbert & Sullivan operettas to exciting new works.

• Enjoy Skylight Style productions. We bring fresh approaches and create meaningful connections between the characters on stage and the audience in an intimate theatre that allows audiences to feel close to the powerful emotions on stage

Our mission since 1959: To bring the full spectrum of music theatre works to a wide and diverse audience in celebration of the musical and theatrical arts and their reflection of the human condition.

We fulfill this mission through • Partnering with nationally recognized directors and designers • Serving as the largest employer of Wisconsin theatrical artists in the State • Performing in the beautiful, intimate Cabot Theatre • Bringing the excitement of a live orchestra to every production • Offering educational programming reaching over 14,000 students annually • Engaging more than 30,000 people at performances each year Krystal Drake in Pippin (2018) Photo: Ross Zentner

GENERAL INFO Box Office 158 North Broadway, Main Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: (414) 291-7800 Email: Tickets@skylightmusictheatre.org Monday - Saturday, Noon to 6 p.m.

The lobby window is open two hours prior to performances. Tickets also available at www.skylightmusictheatre.org Administrative Office 158 North Broadway, Sixth Floor, Milwaukee, WI 53202 Phone: (414) 291-7811 Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Emergency Phone Number (414) 908-6645 Alert House Management of your seat location before the performance and leave the above number so they may reach you.

Recording Equipment and Cameras The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

Late Arrivals Patrons arriving after the performance has started will be seated at the discretion of House Management.

ADA Services Assisted listening devices are made possible through support from Alvin & Marion Birnschein Foundation.

Audio description and wheelchair seating are available and can be arranged in advance by calling (414) 291-7800.

Audience Guides are free through Enlighten, Skylight’s education program.

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A Few Highlights from 60 Years 1959 Skylight Opera Theatre is

founded by Clair Richardson and Sprague Vonier in the skylighted attic of a European-style coffee house at 929 N. Jefferson St. The first show is a musical revue based on the life and works of Gilbert & Sullivan

1992 In April, construction

begins on the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway in Milwaukee’s historic warehouse district, the Third Ward.

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1962 Needing more

space, Skylight moved nearby to a converted tire-recapping garage at 813 N. Jefferson St. on Cathedral Square and created a 99-seat theater

1993 In October, Skylight opens its new

home in the Broadway Theatre Center. The $6 million renovation and new construction was supported by an extensive capital campaign.

ABOUT THE CABOT THEATRE

“To help us forget some things, remember others, and to refresh the dry places in our spirit”

Quote adapted from “World of Wonders” by Robertson Davies

The intimate Cabot Theatre, modeled after an 18th century French jewel-box opera house, was built in 1992. With just 350 seats, everyone has a great view and feels close to the emotion and action on stage.

The quote on the ceiling celebrates the spirit of music and theatre. The people and cupids depicted represent various important players in Skylight history and landmarks from the Milwaukee skyline as it appeared in 1992.

The ceiling features the Goddess of Memory: Mnemosyne, mother of the Nine Muses. Each of the nine boxes on the Gallery level celebrates one of those Muses (History, Tragedy, Comedy, Literature, Science, Oratory, Poetry, Dance and Music) and is decorated with associated images.

In a nod to the spirit of fun that makes up Skylight’s DNA, playful images are part of the decorations for each Muse. Can you spot the bag of cough drops for one of them?

“Do you want to have some real fun?”

– Question Clair Richardson asked that led to the birth of Skylight in 1959. When Clair died in 1980, per his wishes, his ashes are kept in an urn under the stage, fulfilling his request that all future productions be performed “over my dead body.”

1967 Skylight is founding member of the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which generously provides ongoing support to Skylight and other area performing arts organizations.

Can you find the following 1992 landmarks?

St. John’s Cathedral Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company City Hall Wisconsin Electric Power Company Elsa’s on the Park The original Skylight Theatre on Jackson Street The Wisconsin Gas Company The Pabst Theatre

1980 Clair Richardson dies. Per

his wishes, his ashes are kept in an urn under the stage, fulfilling his request that all future productions be performed “over my dead body.”

1995 On January 31, the 358-seat theatre is

inaugurated as the Cabot Theatre. Colin Cabot looked at small opera houses in France for inspiration, and found Le Theatre de la Coupe d’Or in Rochefort sur Mer. The Cabot Theatre was designed based on that theater’s architectural drawings.

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Jack R. Lemmon Executive Director

Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

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CABOT THEATRE | BROADWAY THEATRE CENTER DIRECTOR Michelle Lopez-Rios MUSIC DIRECTOR Kerry Bieneman CHOREOGRAPHER Alicia Rice COSTUME DESIGNER Kristina Sneshkoff LIGHTING DESIGNER Craig Zemsky SOUND DESIGNER Sun Hee Kil** STAGE MANAGER Miriam Hyfler* Originally directed by Harold Prince

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This program is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

* Appearing through an agreement between Skylight Music Theatre and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United State.

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The Sound Designer is represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829

Evita is presented be arrangement with The Musical Company, LP, 229 West 28th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001. www.themusicalcompany.com Phone: (212) 598-2204. Email: info@themusicalcompany.com

A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR - MICHAEL UNGER Art can imitate life, theatre can be history, rags can turn to riches, and historical figures can become glorified and reviled simultaneously. The musical Evita ticks all of the above boxes. Biographical musicals are, perhaps, the most challenging of any musical to write because authors must balance history vs. drama. Sometimes they match up – most often, not. I have worked on ten biographical musicals and whenever storytelling comes up against fact-checking, the creators have tough decisions to make. The audience benefits from the more dramatic choice, the historical figure, perhaps, less.

Hence the masterful pitting of Eva against Che, even though the latter is a fictional character. Eva Perón (nee Duarte) was as famous and controversial a woman as Argentina has known. The character of Che is NOT literally Che Guevara, but the similarities between the character and the Argentine Marxist/revolutionary/diplomat are not unintentional, according to authors and original director, Hal Prince. For the record, Che Guevara and Eva Perón never actually met.

This is the first time Skylight is presenting a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and/or Tim Rice – the two gentlemen who, arguably, led the British invasion of the pop-musical/ pop-opera to Broadway’s shores. Although these two British titans of the musical theatre have 32 Broadway credits between them (including revivals), they are best known for collaborating on three, biographical musicals – two of which are literally of biblical proportions: Jesus Christ Superstar (1971 – Broadway), Evita (1979 – Broadway), and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (first performed at a British prep school in 1968, although having opened on Broadway in 1982).

I think Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice belong in this fabulous theatre. They tell epic, passionate, vital stories with intelligence, fervor, and great music. This is a concert. Of a musical. Enjoy both.

SKYLIGHT LEADERSHIP Michael Unger (Artistic Director) is thrilled to join the Skylight team as Artistic Director. Michael is also the Producing Artistic Director of NewArts in Newtown, CT, which he started with a local father in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. For NewArts he has directed a dozen large-scale musicals involving over 550 local children. He was until recently the Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education for Off-Broadway’s York Theatre Company.

Michael’s work will be seen around the country in 2020 with the 70th Anniversary National Tour of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Michael has directed many benefit concerts, including for the Sandy Hook, CT and Parkland, FL communities. Selected world premieres include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Caligula, and A ROCKIN’ Midsummer Night’s Dream, which is featured in the award-winning documentary film, Midsummer in Newtown. Other directing credits include McCarter Theatre, 59E59, Paramount, W.H.A.T., Signature, Cape Playhouse, Deaf West, and The St. Louis MUNY. He has directed fifteen operas, two of which are available on DVD.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR - MICHELLE LOPEZ-RIOS Whore. Saint. Revolutionary. Opportunist. It is amazing how society can reduce complicated women down to a simple word. But who was María Eva Duarte de Perón?

Known for her outspoken and uninhibited qualities, she provoked everything from hatred to adoration. In Evita, we are presented with facts of her extraordinary life. We meet the fifteen year old who moves to Buenos Aires pursuing an acting career. The twenty-six year old who marries the future president of Argentina. And finally, we see the first lady spending hours each day meeting with the people at hospitals, orphanages and factories–fighting for the “descamisados” (shirtless poor).

But there is also the story of the illegitimate child, and lower class woman. She was the tart actress who used men to climb her way up in society. She was an outspoken woman, demeaned by jokes and countless rumors. She was never accepted by the upper class.

When her death was announced, Argentina stopped. Movies ceased, restaurants closed, and shops in Buenos Aires sold out of flowers in a day. The people flooded the streets for ten blocks in each direction outside the presidential residence to mourn Santa Evita. At the young age of thirty-three, she carried the hope of the people and the attention of the world. There was nothing simple about her. She was a political force and an anomaly.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice create a musical as complex as its subject that explores the many versions of Evita. We see her love story with Peron and her love story with the people of Argentina. We are also reminded of each of her faults through the voice of Che. Tonight, we are excited to share with you the music and words of Evita.

Without a full production scale we can focus on the story and you can decide who was the real María Eva Duarte de Perón.

SKYLIGHT LEADERSHIP Jack R. Lemmon (Executive Director) joined Skylight in 2015 after having worked in the performing arts for over 30 years. He is also currently president of the board of the Historic Third Ward Association.

Lemmon has served as Executive Director of the Joffrey Ballet, Louisville Ballet and Colorado Ballet to name a few. He also served at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C. He currently serves on the Public Policy Committee of Imagine MKE and as a member of the DNC Arts & Cultural Activation Steering Committee. He served on the board and executive committee of Dance/USA and was a board member of the Partnership for Creative Economies (KY). He chaired the board of the Arts and Cultural Attractions Council in Louisville, KY, and the Chicago Dance Alliance. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids (Iowa) and an M.F.A. in Theatre from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

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CAST OF EVITA Eva Perón....................................................................................................................................Rána Roman* Perón........................................................................................................................................Andrew Varela* Che.........................................................................................................................................Kevin Melendez* Perón’s Mistress...............................................................................................................Ashley Rodriguez Magaldi.................................................................................................................................... Doug Clemons Young Performers...................................................................................Taylor Arnstein, Olivia Vitrano Ensemble Elizabeth Bivens-Logan, Cecilia Davis, Lydia Rose Eiche, Jeremy Ryan Mossman, Adam Qutaishat, Shayne Steliga

*Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association

BAND Guitar.............................................................................................................................. Steve Lewandowski Bass...................................................................................................................................................Tom McGirr Drums......................................................................................................................... Michael (Ding) Lorenz Keyboard.....................................................................................................................................Kurt Cowling Reeds.................................................................................................................................................Ron Foster Trumpet..........................................................................................................................................Greg Garcia Violin.....................................................................................................................................Pamela Simmons Cello....................................................................................................................................Timothy Archbold

PRODUCTION SUPPORT Assistant Director...............................................................................................................................................

Fight Director......................................................................................................................................................

Dialect Coach.......................................................................................................................................................

Scenic Artists.......................................................................................................................................................

Scenic Carpenters.............................................................................................Jack Austin, Tony Roman Draftsperson........................................................................................................................................................

Costume Assistant.................................................................................................................Carolyn Doerr Props Master........................................................................................................................... Simone Tegge Electricians.............................................................................Shane O'Neil, Rebekah Farr, Bryan Byars Assistant Stage Manager.................................................................................................................................

Wardrobe/ Deck Crew.................................................................................................................Lisa Quinn Light Board Operator............................................................................................................. Shane O’Neill Sound Operator................................................................................................................Suzy Muldowney Followspot Operators.....................................................................................Tony Roman, Drea DeVos

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MUSICAL NUMBERS Act One "A Cinema in Buenos Aires".............................................................................................. Press Secretary "Requiem for Evita"................................................................................................................ The Company "Oh What a Circus"............................................................................................................. Che & Company "On This Night of a Thousand Stars"............................................................................................ Magaldi "Buenos Aires"................................................................................................................................. Eva & Che "Goodnight and Thank You"................................................................. Che, Eva, Magaldi and Lovers "The Art of the Possible".......................................................................................Perón, Eva & Generals "Charity Concert"....................................................................... Perón, Che, Magaldi, Eva & Company "I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You".........................................................................................Eva & Perón "Another Suitcase in Another Hall"........................................................................ Eva, Che & Mistress "Peron's Latest Flame".............................................................................. Che, Aristocrats, Army & Eva "A New Argentina"..................................................................................Eva, Che, Perón and Company "On the Balcony of the Casa Rosada".......................................................................................Company Act Two "High Flying Adored".................................................................................................................... Che & Eva "Rainbow High"...................................................................................................................... Eva & Dressers "Rainbow Tour"............................................................................Perón, Officers, Che, Eva & Company "The Chorus Girl Hasn't Learned"...................................................................... Aristocrats, Eva & Che "And the Money Kept Rolling In".................................................................................. Che & Company "Santa Evita"................................................................................................................... Children & Workers "A Waltz for Eva and Che"............................................................................................................ Eva & Che "You Must Love Me".................................................................................................................................... Eva "She Is a Diamond"............................................................................................................. Perón & Officers "Dice Are Rolling"..............................................................................................................Che, Perón & Eva "Eva's Final Broadcast".................................................................................................................. Che & Eva "Montage"................................................................................................................................. The Company "Lament".......................................................................................................................Eva, Che & Mourners

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WHO’S WHO Taylor Arnstein (Young Performer) Taylor is an 8th grader in Bayside. She’s excited to return to Skylight after being in Annie in 2017! Taylor thanks her family and friends for all their support!

Elizabeth Bivens-Logan (Ensemble) is thrilled to be making her debut with Skylight Music Theatre! A native of Springfield, IL, she recently relocated to the Milwaukee area. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Webster University and a Master of Music from the University of North Texas. Additionally, she studied with the Austrian American Mozart Alliance in Salzburg, Austria where she sang Papagena in Die Zauberflöte. As a Resident Artist at Winter Opera of St. Louis she performed Kate in Yeoman of the Guard, Dater 16 in Speed Dating Tonight!, and Star in The Wise Women. She has also worked with The Gilbert and Sullivan Company of Chicago, Main Street Opera in Chicago, and Lamplighters Music Theater in San Francisco. When not performing, Elizabeth is a Resident Teaching Artist at First Stage.

Elizabeth is incredibly grateful for the love and support of her friends and family.

backup vocals for Michael Bublé.

Celebrating 10 years performing at Skylight, favorite productions include Hair (Claude), Wizard of Oz (Tin Man), La Cage Aux Folles (Chantal), I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change (Man 2), Annie (Bert Healy), Hairspray (Corny Collins) and Ruddigore (Robin). Upcoming engagements include Skylight’s Candide and the 2020 Summer summer season at Door County’s Northern Sky Theater. Love and thanks to Matt. www.DougClemons.com

Cecilia Davis (Ensemble) is thrilled to join the Evita cast! Cecilia most recently appeared as a soloist in the Skylight Music Theatre/Milwaukee Opera Theatre production of Carmina Burana. Other roles on the Cabot stage include The Tales of Hoffmann (Olympia/Dr. Miracle), Porgy and Bess (Clara), and Les Misérables (ensemble).

Cecilia has appeared in a variety of additional productions with Milwaukee Opera Theatre, and also thoroughly enjoys performing in recital on various concert series throughout Milwaukee. Passionate about arts education and youth development, Cecilia has held community engagement, education and development positions with several of Milwaukee’s finest youth arts and educational organizations.

Cecilia is profoundly grateful for love from Doug Clemons mom and dad, hugs and encouragement (Magaldi) is ecstatic to be from sons Owen and Milo and back with the Skylight extraordinary, unfailing support from family. Doug is regularly wonderspouse Jon. seen on Wisconsin stages including Fireside Lydia Rose Eiche Theatre, Northern Sky (Ensemble) has been Theater, Milwaukee Opera Theater, First praised for her “great Stage, and Third Avenue Playhouse. warmth, intelligence and Regional and concert credits include the power.” She’s sung roles New York Musical Theater Festival, Chicago as diverse as Pamina in Musical Theater Festival, Utah Light Opera, Zie Magic Flute and Florentine Opera, Racine Symphony Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. She’s Orchestra, Door County Opera Festival, and performed with the Milwaukee Symphony 12 Skylight Music Theatre 2019-2020 Season

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Orchestra, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, All In Productions, First Stage, Sunset Playhouse, Waukesha Civic Theatre, Soulstice Theatre, Haylofters, Boulevard Theatre, Capital City Theatre, Plymouth Chorale, and Fresco Opera Theatre. Lydia studies with Marlee Sabo. www.lydiaroseeiche.com Kevin Melendez* (Che) makes his Skylight Music Theatre debut! His work in Chicago includes Destiny of Desire and Our Perspective: Asian American Play Readings at the Goodman Theater. His New York credits include The U.S. premiere of Ivan and the Dogs at Origin Theatre Company; Brendan at Fat Violet Theater; Midnight Madness as part of the New York Musical Theater Festival; and The East Village Chronicles at the Metropolitan Playhouse.

Regional highlights include LMNOP at Goodspeed Musicals, Around the World In 80 Days at Hangar Theater; and Jekyll and Hyde at Westchester Broadway Theater.

Kevin is proudest of his work with The CORE Ensemble in Los Valientes and Harvest of Voices. These productions had him share the stories of migrant farm workers in Florida with young students across the country. Kevin is a graduate of Rowan University, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Thank you, Stephanie & Lily’s Talent. For Elise & Edith. www.kevinmelendez.com Jeremy Ryan Mossman (Ensemble) is thrilled to be back onstage in a musical after a long hiatus! He has previously performed on national tours, in regional theatres, on cruise ships, and spent the last year performing a solo show (accompanied by the outstanding Kerry Bieneman) using the music and lyrics of John Bucchino

called, “This is How I Feel, This is What I Think,” which won the Julie Wilson Cabaret Award at the 2019 Sarasolo Festival in Sarasota, FL. Jeremy is currently on the voice faculty at Carthage College, and also teaches yoga at studios on the East Side of Milwaukee.

Adam Qutaishat (Ensemble) is thrilled to be returning to Skylight.

Past roles include Richard Dauntless in Ruddigore and in the Ensemble of Carmina Burana. Other area highlights include work with Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, and Music Theatre of Madison. Adam also writes, produces, and directs radio play podcast All-Arcadians and serves as an Artistic Associate for Music Theatre of Madison and All In Productions. adamqutaishat.com Ashley Rodriguez (Perón’s Mistress) is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin Parkside and of the College of Lake County.

Her past work at Skylight includes Hattie in Kiss Me, Kate and Ensemble/Understudy in Urinetown. She also had the pleasure of working with Renaissance Theaterworks' Br!nk Festival as Ella in Glass Slipper. Other past roles include Lucy Harris in Jekyll & Hyde at College of Lake County, Alais in The Lion in Winter at Pride Theatre Company, and Mimi in Rent at Lakeside Players.

Rána Roman* (Eva Perón) is a Milwaukee native and a proud graduate of Milwaukee H.S. of the Arts. Previous Skylight credits include Kiss Me, Kate (Lilli/Kate), Evita 13

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Hot Mikado (Yum-Yum) and In the Heights (Nina). Most recently, Rána was seen at the Milwaukee Rep, in A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit), at First Stage, in On the Wings of a Mariposa (Mámi), and at Forward Theater of Madison, in Life Sucks (Ella). She is also a member of the Advisory Company at Forward. Rána could not be more honored to have the opportunity to sing the role of such a strong, divisive female icon of South America. “I know that like every woman of the people, I have more strength than I appear to have.”-Eva Perón Shayne Steliga (Ensemble) a Wauwatosa West and UW-Green Bay alum, is thrilled to return to Skylight after his debut in Ruddigore. He was recently seen in Rain on Fire, Holiday Cards, and A Very Dramatic Scene (all of which were part of Renaissance Theaterworks' Br!nk Festival).

He also had a voice-over role in The Roommate with Renaissance, played Virgil in Milwaukee Chamber's A Divine Komedy and co-wrote & performed music for Off the Wall's Call Me Ishmael. Over the years, Shayne has also had the privilege of working with Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Uprooted, Arts@Large, Windfall, Shakespeare in the Park, In Tandem, MPT,

Soulstice, Seat of Our Pants Readers Theatre, The Pride Theatre Co, the Milwaukee Rep and local bands Fadeback and Sorry, We're Open. He thanks his family, friends and Shaina for their love and support.

Andrew Varela* (Perón) Broadway and National Tour performances: Javert in the 25th Anniversary tour of Les Misérables; The Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera; Jean Valjean in Les Misérables; Sunday in the Park with George; Cats; Little Women: The Musical and South Pacific at Carnegie Hall. Skylight Music Theatre: Fred/ Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate; “Daddy” Warbucks in Annie; the title role in Sweeney Todd; The Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance; The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz and Inspector Javert in Les Misérables.

Olivia Vitrano (Young Performer) credits include A Christmas Carol at Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Gladys Herdman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever the Musical at First Stage. Olivia would like to thank her family for their support.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CREATIVE TEAM Michelle Lopez-Rios (Director) is delighted to make her Skylight Music Theatre debut. Directing credits include Luchadora!, Jane of the Jungle (The Theatre School at DePaul), Chapatti (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), The Mole Hill Stories (First Stage); Precious Lives: The Live Show (371 Productions); Enfrascada (Renaissance Theaterworks); One Hot Mexican Summer (or the summer I found out I was Mexican), Trip Through the Mind of a Crazy Mexican (Royal Mexican Players); Decaffeinated Tragedy (Bad Soviet Habits); Bienvenidos a Milwaukee (UCC); and many more university productions. Co-founder of the Royal Mexican Players, she and playwright Alvaro Saar Rios have taught workshops and created original works all over the country for more than a decade. She is an Associate Professor of Voice & Speech for The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Kerry Bieneman (Music Director) is an active pianist, music director, and singer throughout southeastern Wisconsin.

Kerry was most recently seen at Skylight as Music Director and pianist for The Tales of Hoffmann. She has served as a voice professor at Lawrence University and UW-Milwaukee, and Carthage College.

She has worked as a private vocal coach and accompanist for Florentine Opera, Opera for the Young, The Milwaukee Rep, Waukesha Choral Union, and Northwestern University. She is the Music Director for the Musical Mainstage shows at the Sunset Playhouse, and the Choral Director of the KIDS from Wisconsin.

Alicia Rice (Choreographer) graduated with a BFA in theatre from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia before going on to study, teach, and compete in Ballroom and Latin dance. By day, Ali supports and promotes family programming at the Milwaukee Art Museum as the Kohl’s Art Generation Community Relations Coordinator. By night, she combines her two passions, theatre and dance, as

choreographer for numerous productions including Next Act Theatre’s Blood at the Root, Windfall Theatre’s productions of Celebration, By Jeeves, and City of Angels, and Theater Red’s Bonny Anne Bonny, in which she played the title role. She was last seen at Skylight as dance captain for In the Heights, and more recently appeared on stage as the Countess Almaviva in Windfall’s Figaro, as well as Elena in Vanya, Katherine in Taming of the Shrew, and Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Off the Wall Theatre.

Kristina Sneshkoff (Costume Designer) is happy to join Skylight Music Theatre. Her other design credits include First Stage, Next Act, Forward Theater Co, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, McLeod Summer Playhouse, Ivoryton Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Barrington Stage Co, Two River Theatre Co., Seaside REP, Florida Studio Theatre, Asolo REP, Opera New Jersey, Ballet Nouveau Colorado, Rutgers University, Monmouth University, Princeton University, Western CT State University, North Park University. New York credits include The Gallery Players, Stella Adler Acting Studio, The Looking Glass Theater, and Orange Hanky Productions. She is currently serving as the Assistant Professor of Costume Design and Technology at UW Stevens Point. She received her MFA in Costume Design at Florida State University. www.kristinasneshkoff.com Sun Hee Kil (Sound Designer) is a New York City based sound designer/engineer from South Korea and assistant professor of Sound Design at the Department of Theatre Arts, State University of New York at New Paltz. Associate sound designer at the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea and Choir Boy (Tony Award Best Sound Design), and Bernhardt/Hamlet (Broadway) and Dreamgirls (International Tour) and assistant sound designer for Evita 15

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Take Me Out, The Rose Tattoo (Broadway), Greater Clements (Lincoln Center), The Mother (Atlantic Theater Company), Faust 2.0 (Mabou Mines). Her sound design includes Off-Broadway: Flipside: The Patti Page Story (59E59), Removal (Manhattan Repertory Theater), Ominous Men (Multi Stages) International: Cafein (Roppongi Blue Theatre, Tokyo, Japan), Takeoff 2015 (Taipei National Theatre, Taiwan), Solitary Musicians (Seoul, South Korea).

Ludic Proxy (The Play Company), several seasons with Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, Pan Asian Rep, and New Century Theatre.

Tim Rice has worked in music, theatre and films since 1965 when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber, a fellow struggling songwriter.

Rather than pursue Tim’s ambitions to write rock or pop songs they turned their attention to Andrew’s obsession— musical theatre. Their first collaboration Craig Zemsky (Lighting Designer) (lyrics by Tim, music by Andrew) was an previously designed lights for Skylight Music Theatre's Kiss Me, Kate. He is currently unsuccessful show based on the life of Dr. Barnardo, the Victorian philanthropist, finishing his third year in Milwaukee and The Likes Of Us. Their next three works serves as Skylight’s Lights and Audio together were much more successful— Supervisor. Previously, Craig has worked Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor at Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston, Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and MA, Chamber Theatre in Boston, MA, The Evita.

Kennedy Center in DC, and the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA. Some favorite Tim has since worked with other productions were A Year with Frog and distinguished popular composers such Toad and Where the Mountain Meets the as Elton John (The Lion King, Aida), Alan Moon at Wheelock, Singin’ in the Rain and Menken (Aladdin, King David, Beauty Man of Constant Sorrow at the Barter. and the Beast), Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Craig has also had the opportunity to tour Andersson (Chess) and most recently, the country with several companies and Stuart Brayson (From Here To Eternity). has been published as original Lighting A new production of From Here To Designer for several productions. Special Eternity made its début at the Finger thanks to his wife, Jodi, and his son, Ezra, Lakes Musical Theatre, New York, in June for their love and support.

2016, and played in the Fall of 2017 at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine. In Miriam Hyfler (Stage Manager)* December 2016 selections from the score recent credits include Shanghai Sonatas were performed at three official events (University of Delaware Master Players to commemorate the 75th anniversary Concert Series), Time Stands Still of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Further US (Shakespeare & Company), In The Heights productions are in the works.

(Park Playhouse), Death Of A Driver (Urban In March 2017, two films with new Tim Stages), On Blueberry Hill, Maz And Bricks Rice material were released. Disney’s fresh (Origin Theatre/Fishamble), Three Small interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, Irish Masterpieces, It's A Wonderful Life, directed by Bill Condon, features three Woman And Scarecrow (Irish Repertory new songs written with Alan Menken, Theatre), The Dingdong (Pearl Theatre and the latest Roger Goldby film, Time Company), author Directing author (La of Their Lives, starring Joan Collins and Mama), How to Break (HERE), Henry V Pauline Collins, features "Morty and Me," (New York Classical Theatre), Cymbeline, Capsule 33 (Barrow Street Theater), I Call My a song written with Pete Hobbs, sung by Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

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He formed his own cricket team in 1973 and was President of MCC in 2002. He is a regular broadcaster/presenter on BBC Radio 2, drawing on his extensive knowledge of the history of popular music since Elvis was a lad. He has won several awards,* mainly for the wrong thing or for simply turning up, but in 2018 became one of only 15 people to reach EGOT status, when the NBC production of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special. *3 Oscars, 3 Tonys, 3 Golden Globes, 5 Grammys, 13 Ivor Novello Awards, Hollywood Walk of Fame, etc.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of some of the world’s best-known musicals including Cats, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera (which celebrates its 32nd anniversary on Broadway this year) and Sunset Boulevard.

When Sunset Boulevard joined School of Rock – The Musical, Cats and Phantom on Broadway in February 2017 he became the only person to equal the record set in 1953

by Rodgers and Hammerstein with four shows running concurrently.

As well as The Phantom Of The Opera and Cats his productions include the groundbreaking Bombay Dreams, which introduced the double Oscar-winning Bollywood composer AR Rahman to the Western stage.

As a composer and producer, Lloyd Webber is one of an elite group of artists to have achieved EGOT status by receiving an Emmy, four Grammys including Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, his setting of the Latin Requiem mass, an Oscar and eight Tony Awards including the 2018 Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He has won seven Oliviers and a Golden Globe and his honors include the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for

Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, and the Kennedy Center Honor.

He owns seven London theatres including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the London Palladium. He is the only theatre owner to re-invest every cent of profits into his buildings.

He is passionate about the importance of music in education and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and music. In 2016 the Foundation funded a major new national initiative which endowed the American Theatre Wing with a $1.3 million, three-year grant to support theatre education opportunities for young people and public schools across the U.S. He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created a life peer in 1997.

To mark his 70th birthday, his bestselling autobiography Unmasked was published

by HarperCollins in March 2018.

Actors' Equity Association (“Equity"), founded in 1913, is the U.S. labor union that represents more than 50,000 actors and stage managers. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors' Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks

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WHO’S WHO IN THE BAND Timothy Archbold (Cello) is a freelance cellist, playing many exciting projects in the Chicagoland area. He also has a large private teaching studio. A Native of Australia, he received his undergraduate music degree from University of Melbourne, and studied chamber music and cello performance in Bremen, Germany. He then went on to receive his master’s degree in music from Wichita State University. He married an American vocalist and is a father of 3 beautiful girls, Eleanor (11), Lucy (10) and Abigail (8).

Kurt Cowling (Keyboard) is a pianist, composer, arranger and author based in the Milwaukee area. Past theater credits include work with Skylight (Music Director for Zombies from the Beyond and Kiss Me Kate), Milwaukee Rep, American Players Theatre, Fireside Theater and First Stage.

He has many commercial jingles airing in the midwest. He currently performs with Platinum and previously with Streetlife.

His book, “Gospel Piano” has been a best seller on Amazon in the category of Gospel Music Books.

Ron Foster (Reeds) music has been performed and/or recorded by leading ensembles and artists, including the orchestras of Milwaukee, Fort Worth, Dayton, Amarillo, Charleston, Colorado Springs, Cape Cod, Lubbock, Traverse City, Fox Valley, Wellesley, Michigan Philharmonic, National Repertory Orchestra, Garden State Philharmonic, Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, Bloomington, Aureole, Juilliard Brass, Present Music, Stephen Burns, Woody Herman, Bobby McFerrin, Heidi Grant Murphy, Doc Severinsen, and many Air Force and other military bands. After attending North Texas State University, he received degrees from Denver University (MA) and the University of Southern Colorado (BS). Ron studied composition with John Corigliano and Donald Keats, and conducting with Harold Farberman, Vincent La Guardia, and Daniel Lewis. On the Wings of Angels (2003), commissioned 18 Skylight Music Theatre 2019-2020 Season

by the Dayton Philharmonic/Air Force Band of Flight, commemorated the Centennial of Powered Flight. His chamber orchestra version of David Carlson’s The Midnight Angel opened the Skylight’s 2007-2008 season.

Greg Garcia (Trumpet) maintains a busy freelance schedule playing all types of music all over the Midwest. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Clyde Stubblefield, Noel Gallagher, Il Divo, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Henry Winkler, Sonora Ponceña, Andy Montañez, Charlie Aponte, NG2, and many more. Greg is currently a member of the band De La Buena (Latin Jazz). He has been a featured soloist with several local orchestras and bands. Greg has performed for Skylight Music Theatre and Milwaukee Rep. Greg teaches privately at Hartland Music where he works with students of all ages and abilities.

Steve Lewandowski (Guitar) has more than 40 years of professional experience in the music business. He has worked as a theater musician, solo, on radio, recordings, and television, and has performed with a variety of international and regional artists – The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra under Andreas Delfs and Steven Reineke, The Fifth Dimension, vocalists Ann Hampton Callaway and Michelle Coltrane, and with touring Broadway shows including Lion King, Motown, Newsies, Chicago, and Spamalot. Skylight credits include In the Heights, Once on This Island, Avenue Q, and Hair.

Steve was awarded “Best Guitarist, 2006 by The Wisconsin Area Music Industry (WAMI).

His 2009 solo CD, “Familiar Melodies” received radio attention and sales in North America, Europe and Japan. In 2013.

Steve premiered “Trinity” for jazz band and orchestra with the Racine Symphony Orchestra.

He is honored and excited to be performing Skylight’s current production of Evita!

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Michael (Ding) Lorenz (Drums) “Ding” is a drummer and he is very happy that, after all these many years, he is still hired to bang on his drums.

Tom McGirr (Bass) has been playing shows at the Skylight Theatre for over 20 years . He grew up in Oak Creek where he started playing string bass in the high school orchestra. He continued his music studies at UWM and finished his BFA in music at Cardinal Stritch University. He has worked with the MSO, Milwaukee Ballet, Milwaukee Rep., Melody Top Theatre and others. He has worked with orchestras backing The Moody Blues, Kansas, Harry Connick Jr. He continues to work for Hal Leonard as a studio musician and works in jazz clubs around Milwaukee. He has taught music at UW-Stevens Point and at UWM. He is currently on the music faculty of MATC and Concordia University.

Pamela Simmons (Violin) Associate Concertmaster of the Festival City Symphony and is a tenured musician with Skylight Music Theatre. She performs regularly with the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, the Bel Canto Chorus, the Midwest Mozart Festival, and served as Associate Concertmaster of the Racine Symphony Orchestra, Waukesha Symphony Orchestra, Green Bay Symphony, and violinist for the Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra. Ms. Simmons has performed with Broadway touring productions including Chicago, The Sound of Music and West Side Story, and with artists including Rosemary Clooney, Johnny Mathes, Michael Feinstein, Peter Gabriel, Maureen McGovern, Della Reese, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Roger Hodgson, and Mannheim Steamroller. For more than 30 years, she has coached musicians of the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra and her studio has produced dozens of award-winning violinists.

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Dick Wright Byron Foster Nick Owen Sue Frautschi Jeff Nohl Asher Nichols Matt Flynn Larry Salustro

Howard Miller Suzanne Hefty Terry Kurtenbach John Stollenwerk David Harvey John Flanagan Alec Fraser Michael Lueder

SKYLIGHT ADVOCATES Betty & Tom Arndt Carol & Richard Bayerlein Polly & Robert Beal Katherine & William Biersach Wendy & Richard Bliss Morton Blutstein E. J. Brumder, Jr. Barbara Buzard Patricia & Phillip Crump Thallis Drake Elizabeth Elser Mary & John Emory Mary & Matthew Flynn Gabrielle & John Franke Susan & Timothy Frautschi Elizabeth & Frederic Friedman Lloyd Gerlach Gwenn & Joseph Graboyes Catherine Graham Suzanne & Roy Gromme Lindsay Holbrook Hammerer & Peter Hammerer Arlene Hansen Katie Harding & James Pionkoski Cheryl & Roy Hauswirth G. Edward Heinecke John Holland & Konrad Kuchenbach Mary & David Huntington Sharon & Ted Hutton

Charlotte & William Johnson Judy & Gary Jorgensen Jeanne & Richard Kessler Susan & Robert Kinde Tracey & Richard Klein Mary & Kipp Koester Marie Kohler & Brian Mani Patricia & Robert Kraft Roz & Charlie Krause Pam Kriger Kristie & Terrance Kurtenbach Nancy & Arthur Laskin Emilia & Christopher Layden Phoebe Lewis Sally Lewis Sally Manegold Rose Mary & Frank Matusinec Grace McBain Haydon & John Haydon Sandra & Michael McNeely Donna & Anthony Meyer Susan Nichols Mary & Jeff Nohl Jody & Joe Nolan Barbara Notestein Jane S. O’Connell Bruce & Candy Pindyck Nancy Pinter & R. Max Samson Gwen Plunkett Roberta & Larry Polacheck Ildy & Skip Poliner

Mary S. Pollock Hattie & Edward Purtell Gordana & Milan Racic Kristine & James Rappe Linda & Blaine Rieke Lee Dougherty Ross & Jerold Ross Patricia & Charles Roy Marlene & Richard Schilffarth Kathleen & Thomas Schrader Carol & Kevin Schuele Marsha Ruth Sehler Maureen & Larry Sherkow Joanne & Vincent Shiely, Jr. Paige Sinden Anne & Frederick Stratton, Jr. Lisa & Paul Sweeney John W. Taylor Gloria Tracy Pauline & Calvin Verbrugge Anne & Tom Wamser Gwen & William Werner Nora & Jude Werra Kathleen & David Williams Helen Wilson Diane & Richard Wright Herbert Zien & Elizabeth Levins

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SKYLIGHT MUSIC THEATRE STAFF MICHAEL UNGER

JACK R. LEMMON

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ARTISTIC Susan Varela...................................................Director of Artistic Operations Jill Anna Ponasik................................ Associate Artist Michael Lorenz........................Orchestra Contractor

FACILITIES Paul Kaishian.................................................. Custodian

BOX OFFICE Kelley Arlt.....................................Box Office Manager Jennifer Tirado....................... Box Office Supervisor Tessa Larson........Weekend Box Office Supervisor Brianna Biloff, Becky Cofta, Maureen Kailhofer Avery Schantz, Audwin Short, Curtis Vandenbusch..........................Box Office Staff

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Elise Lueneburg......................Lead House Manager Gabriella Ashlin, Amanda Baker, Timothy Barnes, Lee Caracci, Nate Press, Chris Segedy, Danny Slattery, David Tilton, Dawn Wenszell............. Assistant House Managers

COSTUMES Shima Orans....................................Costume Director Barry Link............................Costume Shop Manager Lauren Stoner...............................Costume Assistant, Lead Wardrobe DEVELOPMENT Jim Moore......................... Director of Development and Operations Sean Devlin.........................Development Associate EDUCATION Amanda Marquardt..................Education Manager

FINANCE Cathy O'Loughlin.......................Director of Finance

MARKETING Susan Heymann.....................Director of Marketing Emily Farebrother........Group Sales and Audience Development Manager Kendall Judy................................Marketing Manager PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DJ Haugen..............................Director of Production and Facilities Jodi Leduc Zemsky........................ Stage Supervisor SCENIC STUDIOS Aneta Zafonte............................... Technical Director Alexander Moliere.... Assistant Technical Director

ELECTRICS and AUDIO Craig A. Zemsky....... Lights and Audio Supervisor

Skylight Bar & Bistro Located on the second floor of the Broadway Theatre Center featuring a pre-theatre dinner menu.

Open two hours before Cabot Theatre performances and at intermission.

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Pre-order your drinks at the before the performance and have them waiting for you at intermission!

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SKYLIGHT MUSIC CIRCLE OF DONORS Skylight gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, foundations, organizations, businesses and government agencies who provided support within the last year and helped us to deliver high quality music theatre productions to the Greater Milwaukee community. Our thanks to the many donors below $250 whose gifts are vital to Skylight’s continuing success; we regret there is not space to list them all. Please refer to our website for a complete listing. This list is current as of January 1, 2020.

Skylight Music Theatre acknowledges and thanks United Performing Arts Fund, our single largest donor, for its generous annual support.

RICHARDSON CIRCLE - $500,000+ United Performing Arts Fund

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE - $25,000-$499,999 Anonymous Helen Daniels Bader Fund, a Bader Philanthropy Black Box Fund The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation

Herzfeld Foundation Milwaukee County CAMPAC The Estate of Judith G. Oehler Jan Serr & John Shannon

STAR CIRCLE - $10,000-$24,999 Robert W. Baird and Co. Greater Milwaukee Foundation's George H. and Virgilee F. Krueck Fund Susan Nichols Quarles & Brady LLP David & Margarete Harvey Vincent & Joanne Shiely

Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust Bert L. & Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust Stollenwerk Family Charitable Foundation We Energies Foundation Wisconsin Arts Board

SPONSOR CIRCLE - $5,000-$9,999 Associated Bank Ken Dortzbach & Jennifer Kent Leona I. Fitzsimonds Ralph G. or Cherie Gorenstein Charitable Foundation Leslie Hauser & Karl Wuesthoff Krause Family Foundation Terrance & Kristie Kurtenbach Michelle Mattson & Matthew Sirinek 24 Skylight Music Theatre 2019-2020 Season

Howard & Sara Miller Milwaukee Arts Board Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Asher and Susan Nichols Family Fund Charles & Patricia Roy Walter Skipper & Irene Pilugin Skipper Sempercor Foundation Herb Zien & Liz Levins

SKYLIGHT MUSIC CIRCLE OF DONORS cont.

PRODUCER CIRCLE - $2,500-$4,999 Barb & Mark Bolens Barbara Buzard Gerald & Sue Falci Foster Family Foundation Heidi & Lucas Furlong Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Luedke-Smith Fund

Dr. Burton E. Goodman & Harriet Bocksenbaum David & Judy Hecker Judy & Gary Jorgensen Sadhna Morato-Lindvall & Scott Lindvall Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.

Rexnord Foundation Blaine & Linda Rieke Carol & Kevin Schuele Gloria Tracy Judith Williams-Killackey and Brent Killackey Richard & Kay Yuspeh

DIRECTOR CIRCLE - $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous Bob Balderson Ronald & Sandra Baldwin F. Tessa & Richard Bartels Polly & Robert Beal Marc & Marta Bianchini William & Katherin Biersach Michael & Anne Marie Bula Bruce & Margaret Charous Heather and Brian Dunn John & Laura Emory Cream City Foundation William & Jane Crise James & Karen D'Ambrisi Mary Lou Findley Tim & Sue Frautschi Joseph & Gwenn Graboyes Greater Milwaukee Foundation's

Burns-Schrader Family Fund Dr. Carl W. Eberbach & Elisabeth Falk Eberbach Fund Margaret Heminway Wells Fund Cheryl & Roy Hauswirth Rob & Maryeve Heath HUB International Midwest Limited Amy S. Jensen Valerie Johnson & Dennis Robison William Stark Jones Foundation Pam Kriger Sandra Laedtke Barbara Jean Lee

Tonya & Michael Lueder Coleen Marshall Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Jane O’Connell The Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation Larry & Bonnie Paplham Clare M. Peters Charitable Trust Marcia J.S. Richards & Donald R. Whitaker Richard & Marlene Schilffarth Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation Laura Strain David Unger David & Cheryl Walker Sue Wells Joseph & Maryann Zompa

DESIGNER CIRCLE - $500-$999 Elma Anderson & James Aasen Martha Audley Katharine Banzhaf John & Nancy Jo Baratti Carolee Beutler William & Barbara Boles Wendy Burke Pat & Phil Crump Richard Czeszynski Dianna Dentino & John Gielow Art & Rhonda Downey Buffy & Steve Duback Albert J. & Flora H. Ellinger Foundation Mary & John Emory ExxonMobil Foundation Kristen & Robert Fewel Dr. Mark & Dr. Virginia Gennis Paul Glessner Mary Anne Gross

Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Donald & Barbara Abert Fund Bill & Gwen Werner Fund Margaret Hader Joseph & Leila Hanson Dr. Jacqueline & Jeffrey Jahnke William R. & Charlotte S. Johnson Michael Johnston Stephen & Diane Kavalauskas Donald & Susan Kerber Marni J. King Dale & Sandra Landgren Eleanor Lee Justine Leonard Beverly & Jack R. Lemmon Franklin Loo & Sally Long Stephen & Diane Kavalauskas Household

Lee Marquardt Francis & Rose Mary Matusinec Joseph & Joni McDevitt Lucia & John Murtaugh Candy & Bruce Pindyck Mary Pollock Linda Gale Sampson Joseph Silvers & Amy Rabideau Silvers Nita Soref Mark & Karen Sostarich David Stein Brian Till Corinthia Van Orsdol & Don Petersen Dick & Diane Wright Charitable Fund John Walter Sargit Warriner Josh Zaidel Donald & Jane Zien Evita 25

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CHOREOGRAPHERS CIRCLE - $250-499 Anonymous Thomas & Kathleen Alpren Nancy Balcer Lawrence & JoAnne Bialcik Steve & Kathy Biggs Francis and Patricia Bock Thomas & Mary Belle Chatton Marion Chucka Thomas J. Congdon Patricia S. Crise Frederick Cullen Tom Dechant Charlie Dee Rachel E. Finger Moira Fitzgerald & Peter Kammer Stanley & Janet Fox Natalie Frankel Alec and Kristin Fraser Gerald & Patricia Freitag Rodney & Linda Gehrig John & Kathleen Hickey Neil Hootkin Michael & Mary Ignatowski Nancy Jacobs Peter & Jean Jacobsohn Mary James Ron & Pat Jodat John Holland & Konrad Kuchenbach Richard & Diane Kane William & Judith Kay Alyssa Klopatek Dr. & Mrs. John Konkel Stanley Kritzik

IN MEMORY OF

Jeanne C. Kuelthau Lloyd & Sheri Levin Rev. Thomas Lijewski Dr. Paul W. Loewenstein & Jody Kaufman Loewenstein Pat Lombardo Lois Malawsky Donna Martynski Chris Mastronardo John McCarty Michael & Patricia McCauley Milwaukee Jewish Federation Jequitta Molot James Moore & Paul Stabell Albert Nagy William & Marian Nasgovitz Thomas & Elaine Pagedas Barbara Peters Frank & Melanie Popa Wendy Pribbanow David Provancher Reader’s Digest Foundation Toby Recht Suzann Reichley Lee Dougherty Ross & Jerold Ross Matt & Betsy Sauer Paul & Christy Schwan LCDR Ronald D. & Carol R. Scott Katherine Smith George & Eileen Stone Joan Yuen

TRIBUTE GIFTS

Mary Pollock

Mary Lillydahl Judith Goetz Blaine & Linda Rieke Pam Kriger Janet & James Amy Carol and Kevin Schuele Jeffery and Mary Nohl

IN HONOR OF Jane & Bill Crise

John & Jo Anne Evans

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Blanche Kahn

Laurie Pevnick

Cindy Haas

Luann & John Molitor

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THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN-KIND DONORS Anonymous Ann Aurand Robert W. Baird & Co Katherine Burbach Mary Cannon Household Steve and Martha Cushman Household John Gielow and Dianna Dentino Household Cathy Dills Thomas Drucker William and Diane Emory Household Mary Lou Findley Household Barbara Forbes Joseph and Gwenn Graboyes Household Joanne Graham James and Sarah Gramentine Household Michael and Joanne Grebner Household Hales Corners Lutheran Church Beth Hansing Household Cheryl and Roy Hauswirth Household Dave and Joan Henkel Household Ava Herrider Elaine Herro Household Meg and Jay Hopkins Household David and Karen Johnson Household Aaron Kapp Ellen and Steve Kmecak Household

Frank and Marina Krejci Household Judy Krotky James and Diane Kuntzelman Household Barry Link Luann Longtine John and Audrey Makowski III Household Lee Marquardt Howard and Sara Miller Household Dreanna Nuss Household Deborah O'Connor-Callahan Phillip Olson Shima Orans Sharyn Parsons Household Lucila Radke Blaine and Linda Rieke Household Patricia and Charles Roy Household Jan Serr and John Shannon Household Daniel and Sue Snyder Household Gillian Stewart Household Greg Norman and Margaret Stratton Household Donald and Anne Taylor Household Gloria Tracy Household Bill Weida and Jane Davis Weida Household Deanna Weinberg Harvey and Heidi Woehlck Household Sarah and Steven Zimmerman Household

MATCHING GIFT CORPORATIONS BMO Harris Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation GE Foundation Johnson Controls

JPMorgan Chase Foundation Reader’s Digest Foundation Rexnord Foundation Inc. We Energies

We make every effort to ensure that our donors are recognized properly. If we have made an error, please accept our sincere apologies and contact Sean Devlin at (414) 299-4953 with the correction.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Historic Third Ward Association Kimpton Journeyman Hotel TMN Brand Design Visit Milwaukee

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SKYLIGHT STARS Skylight Stars was established in 1998 to recognize those special donors who have made special gifts to Skylight in one or more of the following ways: capital or endowment initiatives, trusts and bequests, and planned gifts. Thank you very much for your generous support.

Christopher Seton Abele Anonymous (8) Dennis & Mary Bersch The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation Aunt Teckie Brumder Don & Barbara Buzard Anne Perkins Cabot F. Colin & Paula Cabot Doris Hersh Chortek John Dahlberg Mae E. Demmer Charitable Trust Hugh & Mary Denison Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Charitable Trusts John & Mary Emory Marianne Holtz Epstein Byron & Suzy Foster Lloyd & Mary Ann Gerlach Roy & Sue Gromme David & Margarete Harvey Tom & Suzanne Hefty Jane E. Heinemann Richard & Ethel Herzfeld Foundation John E. Holland Robert F. & Jean E. Holtz Sydney & Grace Johnson William & Charlotte Johnson William Stark Jones Halbert & Alice Kadish Fund Jack & Ginny Kopischke Konrad K. Kuchenbach Clarice Laubenheimer

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Malkasian Robert & Sally Manegold Dorothea C. Mayer Howard & Sara Miller Asher & Susan Nichols Asher & Susan Nichols Family Foundation Northwestern Mutual Foundation Jane B. Pettit Foundation James G. & Gwen Plunkett Mr. & Mrs. George William Pollock, Jr. Verne & Marion Read Blaine & Linda Rieke Esther Leah Ritz Rockwell Automation Wayne & Jean Roper Charles & Patricia Roy Larry and Susan Salustro John Shannon & Jan Serr Vince & Joanne Shiely L. B. & Lucy Smith Dale L. Sorden Family Daniel M. Soref Charitable Trust John & Jo Ellen Stollenwerk Art Lubke & Gloria Tracy David & Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation UPAF Jon & Teri Vice Audrey Wegner Robert & Joyce Weiss

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March 12 - 29

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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.

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March 15

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First Congregational Church (414) 258-7375

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March 16

First Congregational Church of Wauwatosa

Frankly Music

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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

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March 22

Festival City Symphony

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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.

ACTUALLY

Renaissance Theaterworks

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Pabst Theater (262) 853-6085

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

Honorably discharged but later accused of a war crime in Iraq, an American solider must navigate those who seek answers, excuses or culpability.

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.

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

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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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Chant Claire Chamber 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

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May 16

Shattuck Auditorium (414) 267-2950

May 17

First Congregational Church (414) 258-7375

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