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Left to Right: David Cecsarini, Amalia Cecsarini, Deborah Staples, and Miranda Cecsarini pose for a family photo in the lobby of Next Act Theatre. Photo by Stephanie Harte.
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“You guys may not remember this, but whenever you would come see A Christmas Carol you would always go, ‘Why can’t I be in that?,’” Deborah tells her daughters during a recent interview. “(David and I) would normally just go
This sense of community first came when the family spent a summer in Spring Green, where Mom worked at American Players Theatre.
Amalia is a fifth grader at Richards Elementary and recently shared the stage with her mother in A Christmas Carol. Amalia played Turkey Boy while Deborah played the Ghost of Christmas Past.
Growing up watching parents David Cecsarini and Deborah Staples perform on countless Milwaukee stages, Miranda and Amalia Cecsarini, aged 14 and 10 respectively, caught the acting bug early.
Deborah‘oh…no...’”hasperformed in over 65 productions as an associate artist with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater while David has been the producing artistic director at Next Act Theatre for 25 years. Although the parents joke about initially trying to discourage their daughters from theatre, they ultimately found the art form helped the girls establish a sense of “Wecommunity.foundtheatre was an act of inclusion for our family,” Deborah says. “I think that’s what theatre is, it embraces everyone wherever they may fit into a culture or society.”
“I remember Mom saying they were doing Peter Pan in Spring Green and that maybe I could do it,” Miranda recalls. “I was like, ‘me do a show? That’s awesome I want to do that!’”
Both girls performed in a nearby production of Peter Pan at The Gard Theater, which Deborah described as a great way to get involved with the new place they were living.
Acting is a Family Affair
Miranda is now a freshman at Whitefish Bay High School and most recently starred as Pepper in Skylight Music Theatre’s Annie. She shared that balancing her schoolwork with productions has become more difficult with the added workload that high school provides. However, she looks forward to performing with the Whitefish Bay High School Theatre Department, which Mom and Dad both agree will be easier on her schedule.
Mom, Dad and daughters reflect on a life on stage
By Stephanie Harte
Amalia Cecsarini as Tiny Tim in The Rep’s 2014 production ofA Christmas Carol. Photo by Michael Brosilow.
David will play Sir Robert Cecil in Next Act’s Equivocation. In the play by Bill Cain, Robert Cecil commissions William Shakespeare to write the true history of the Gunpowder Plot — a failed attempt to kill King James I. “It’s such a wildly interesting piece,” David comments. “It’s something out of the ordinary for us at Next Act, yet on the other hand it falls right down our name runway in what it has to say.” So do Miranda and Amalia plan to follow in their parents’ footsteps and pursue careers in theatre?
Deborah Staples in Next Act Theatre’s fall 2017 production of Silent Sky, which her husband David Cecsarini directed. Photo by Ross Zentner.
“Havingsecurity.seen the liabilities, of course we want an easier life for our kids,” Deborah says. “I don’t want them to not get anything out of performing, but there are other things in this world that they might be able to have that I haven’t had, and that’s exciting to me.”
“I really wanted to be an actress for a long time, but other stuff isn’t out of the question,” Miranda says. “They (her parents) want me to be a politician or a lawyer or something like Deborahthat.” explains that she and David will support the girls in whatever they choose to pursue, but as they have learned the hard way, theatre is a difficult business with little job
David Cecsarini in Next Act’s 2012 production of It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Show. Photo by Alex Clark.
Miranda Cecsarini (second from left) in Skylight’s 2017 production of Annie Photo by Mark Frohna.
For the start of 2018, Deborah will play Clover the Horse in The Rep’s Animal Farm, a character name that drew laughs from the “Ifamily.liketo
be challenged in different ways and like having to reinvent myself for different projects so people don’t know it’s me or are surprised by it,” Deborah says. “I like looking at a season and saying how can I make these three things as different as I can?”
“That’s the one thing about live performers,” David continues. “You don’t have job security on one hand, yet when you have the job you are very secure because the company can’t do the show without you.”
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Willbanks, a working professional singer for 25 years, sang off-key as Florence Foster Jenkins in The Rep’s Souvenir Photo by Michael Brosilow.
An actor’s resume attempts to cover a lot of territory. Beneath the description (eyes, hair and height), and the list of roles and shows, there’s a category that theatrical patrons rarely see. It’s called “special skills,” and it includes the unusual and quirky kinds of expertise that are often only used a few times in an actor’s entire career. The most common skills – accents, juggling and stage combat – are listed on many actors’ resumes. The ability to play a musical instrument, however, could land someone a part, if the show requires actors to double as musicians. Those who can do impressions of a particular celebrity would be more likely to land a role playing that celebrity than an actor who neither looks nor sounds like the part during auditions. Very rarely, a special skill is essential to capturing a role. Consider Marguerite Willbanks, the actor who spent an entire show singing off-key as Florence Foster Jenkins during the Milwaukee Repertory Theater run of Souvenir (which closed November 5, 2017).
In preparation for the role of Florence Foster Jenkins, Willbanks spent a great deal of time listening to early recordings of her songs. “You can tell in her voice that she was passionate about music,” Willbanks notes. At the end of the show, Willbanks practically brings the audience to tears with her perfectly in-tune rendition of Ave Maria. “That’s what Florence thought she actually sounded like,” Willbanks notes.
Off-Key Singing, Juggling and Martial Arts Actors Draw on Their “Special Skills”
spends almost the entire show singing off-key, sometimes hitting a proper note or two before singing flat notes or ultra-high notes. She says that the only difficult part of learning the role was when Jack Forbes Wilson, the pianist who becomes Florence’s dear friend and protector, bangs the correct notes on his keyboard. “I really try to listen to the character, and not to Jack,” she says. In real life, Willbanks has perfect pitch.
“I had never consciously tried singing off-key during a show,” says Willbanks, a trained opera singer who has been singing professionally for 25 years. However, she admits to being born into “a family of singers.” Getting attention wasn’t easy, so Willbanks intentionally sang off-key. “So it’s not like I wasn’t familiar with how to do it,” she says during a phone Willbanksinterview.
Another actor, Nathan Marinan from Minnesota’s Twin Cities, also had some learning to do prior to the opening of the circus musical, Carnival, which played April 21 – May 14 at In Tandem Theatre. More recently, Marinan was one of three characters who managed to play the entire cast of A Christmas Carol in the production of Scrooge in Rouge (which played through January 7).
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Karissa Murrell Myers will use her special skill of screaming in Renaissance Theaterworks upcoming production of Top Girls
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She has found that her screams are also useful in getting voice-over work. Myers says the trick to doing her most-requested scream, the “blood-curdling variety,” is to begin with a high pitch (she studied opera in college, too).
Myers worked with a vocal coach during that play, so she wouldn’t strain her voice.
For his part in Carnival, Marinan had to look like a professional puppeteer. Having never done this previously, Larry LaFontsee from Milwaukee Public Theatre coached him and co-actor J. Keegan Siebken through several sessions prior to opening. Marinan played Jacquot, and Siebken was Paul. Luckily, the costume designer made the puppets in advance, so the guys could rehearse with Christhem.Flieller, In Tandem’s artistic director, provided vocal coaching to help identify the puppets’ distinct voices. The puppets had to sing as well as say lines, but it was all a joy to “InMarinan.college, my favorite class was very physical, learning how to use body movement,” he said. “This was really a treat –playing several characters in the same show, almost Audiencessimultaneously.atRenaissance Theaterworks production of Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls (starting April 6) will never guess one of Karissa Murrell Myers’ “special skills.” In the show, Myers plays Lady Nijo/Win, a Japanese noble woman who lived centuries ago. Myers, a Chicagoan, is known for her screaming. According to Myers’ mother, her screaming started when she was just a baby. As a toddler, she was a “very noisy child” in general, who also was fond of screaming. This came in handy when Myers was cast in a production of Uncle Vanya and the Zombies in Hawaii, when she was in graduate school. And back on the mainland, Myers also had to scream when playing Ruth in Noel Coward’s play, Blithe Spirit Her most ambitious screaming was during Zombies, when her character had to put her hand in a working garbage disposal for several minutes. Apparently, technicians working inside the sink were able to convert the hand to a bloody stump before Myers pulled it out.
Nathan Marinan (right) learned puppeteering for his role as Jaquot in In Tandem’s Carnival. Photo by Ann Ricca.
You’d think this unique skill would make Myers a go-to for scary films. Guess again. Myers says she HATES scary movies, and has never seen The Exorcist, It or Get Out. Go figure.
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2 - Black Pearl Sings! Mark Clements Chad Bauman Artistic Director Managing Director January 19-March 18, 2018 Stackner Cabaret The Camille and David Kundert Stackner Cabaret Season Executive Producer Katherine Gehl Sponsored in part by Originally developed at the Barter Theater, Richard Rose, Artistic Director. Premiered at Stages Repertory Theater, Ken McLaughlin, Artistic Director. Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents By Frank Higgins Directed by Leda Hoffmann Music Director Abdul Hamid Royal Scenic Designer Courtney O’Neill Costume Designer Lauren T. Roark Lighting Designer Aimee Hanyzewski Sound Designer Erin Paige Movement Director Desiree Cocroft Casting Director Frank Honts Stage Manager Audra Kuchling* * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
3Black Pearl Sings!CAST in alphabetical order PRODUCTION SUPPORT TIME & SPECIALPLACETHANKS Alberta “Pearl” Johnson ............................................................................................... Lynette DuPree * Susannah Mullally Colleen Madden* Understudies: Kimberly Giddens (Susannah Mullally); Trachel Yvette Green (Alberta “Pearl” Johnson) Understudies are not substituted for listed players unless a specific announcement is made prior to the performance. Stage Management Resident....................................................................................... Melía Gonzalez Assistant Director Sophiyaa Nayar Fight Director ................................................................................................................ Reese Madigan*± Black Pearl Sings! will be performed with one intermission. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. ± Milwaukee Repertory Theater Associate Artists * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Act I: a women’s prison farm in southeast Texas, summer of 1933 Act II: a Greenwich Village apartment in early 1934 Chavez Ravine, Patrick Weishampel and Portland Center Stage. Production Manager Jared Clarkin Stackner Production Manager .................................................................................Kaitlyn Anderson Technical Director ................................................................................................................ Libby Schultz Properties Director........................................................................................................................... Jim Guy Charge Scenic Artist Jim Medved Costume Director ............................................................................................................. Jennifer Vinent Lighting & Video Director ............................................................................................. Aaron Lichamer Sound Director ............................................................................................................................. Erin Paige Production Stage Manager Kimberly Carolus* PRODUCTION STAFF Milwaukee Repertory Theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE and our stagehands and carpenters are members of Milwaukee Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union IATSE Local 18. The Rep is an equal opportunity employer. The Rep is proud to be a member of The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which provides major annual financial support.
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Colleen Madden, Susannah Mullally
Lynette DuPree, Alberta Johnson“Pearl”
Lynette began her career at an early age in Niagara Falls, NY, singing and acting in the choir and on the stage of the church where her father was pastor. After moving to New York City she starred in numerous Off-Broadway productions including Mama I Want To Sing, Generations for Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis Jr. Regional theatrical productions across the United States include Once on this Island, Ain’t Misbehavin’, the World Premiere of Waiting to be Invited, Elmer Gantry and Rashamon to name a few. National and international tours include Dreamgirls, The Color Purple and the international tour of Broadway’s Best. Ms. DuPree starred on Broadway in Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk with Savion Glover, Smokey Joe’s Café and Truly Blessed, a story of Mahalia Jackson. Upon moving to Los Angeles, Ms. DuPree began her television and film career with episodes of “Doubt”, “Fresh Off The Boat”, “Law and Order”, “Scandal”, “How To Get Away With Murder”, “Southland”, “Angie Tribecca”, “Everybody Hates Chris”, “Anger Management”, “Grace and Frankie”, “Heartbeat”, “Mike and Molly”, “Shameless”, “The Goldbergs”, “Extant”, “NYPD Blue”, “The Mindy Project” and many others. Film credits include Their Eyes Were Watching God, Random Hearts and Harlem Aria. Lynette can now be heard as the voice of Ma Tembo the elephant on the new animated Disney series, “The Lion Guard.” Ms. DuPree is proud to have just completed the World Premiere of the Broadway bound new musical Josephine!, about the life of Josephine Baker. Alongside her busy film and television career, and ever a fan of the “Live Experience”, Lynette DuPree and the LA 3rd Community Praise Choir, as well as her own group The Divas of Soul, performs in the city of Los Angeles and on both the national and international stage. Many thanks to God and to my husband, Charles Richardson, who helps to make me possible!
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Colleen is delighted to be back at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, where she performed in Mill on the Floss, Translations, and Napoli Millionaria. A Core Company Member of American Players Theatre in Spring Green, she recently played Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Beatrice in A View from the Bridge, and next season, she will take on Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday ! Colleen is also a regular performer at Forward Theater in Madison and will appear there next season in Heisenberg. She has performed in several productions with Renaissance Theaterworks including The Syringa Tree. This coming April, she will be joining Milwaukee Chamber Theatre for their production of Doubt. She moved to Wisconsin from NYC seventeen years ago and still loves this amazing state!
Leda Hoffmann, Director Leda’s Milwaukee Rep directing credits include Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, The Amish Project and associate directing of A Christmas Carol and Of Mice and Men. Other directing credits include Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, The Penelopiad, A Second Sam (Luminous Theatre), A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), Hamlet (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), Censored on Final Approach (Renaissance Theaterworks), The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors (Door Shakespeare), The Chairs, King Lear (Alchemist Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Greendale Community Theater), Birth Witches (Riverside Theatre), and Phaedra’s Love (World Stage Company). Leda is a
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production of Recorded in Hollywood Broadway/International/National: Music Director: Five Guys Named Moe, Twist, Sophisticated Ladies, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Wiz, Truly Blessed, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Betsy Brown, Concerts for the Earth, Colors of Christmas, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, The Life, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill and Sirens of Song. Composer/ Arranger: Five Guys Named Moe, Truly Blessed, Body and Soul, Twist, Cole Porter Festival, Colors of Christmas. Recording Artists: Natalie Cole, Peabo Bryson, Melissa Manchester, Cy Coleman, Al Jarreau, The Pointer Sisters, Liza Minelli, Ashford & Simpson, Martha Wash, Jennifer Holliday, Melba Moore, Patti Austin, Patti LaBelle, Christina Aguilera, Jason Mraz, Stevie Wonder, David Foster, Doc Powell, The LA Philharmonic, Ty Herndon, Billy Porter, Chaka Khan, and Phil Collins.
proud graduate of Grinnell College, a former Milwaukee Rep directing intern, and a member of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Upcoming: The Thanksgiving Play (reading, Milwaukee Rep), Short Play Festival (Mudlark Theater) and The Comedy of Errors (Door Shakespeare). www. ledahoffmann.com Abdul Hamid Royal, Music Director Abdul Hamid is thrilled to return to Milwaukee Rep where his credits include Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill and Sirens of Song. Awards: The Ovation Award, The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, and The SAGE Award as Best Music Direction on The Gospel at Colonus. NAACP Image Award for the Tony Award nominated Broadway musical, Five Guys Named Moe. NAACP Image Award and Stage Scene LA Award for Outstanding Musical Direction on the Los Angeles
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Lauren T. Roark, Costume Designer Lauren is thrilled to make her debut at Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Her regional credits include the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. Her favorite past productions include As You Like It, Hamlet, School for Scandal, James and the Giant Peach and the World Premiere of Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing. Her work has been featured in the United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s Young Designers’ Forum Exhibition and she was awarded the Barbizon Award for Theatrical Design Excellence. Lauren has worked in costume shops spanning three continents, including Brazil and Hong Kong. She holds an MFA in Costume Design and Technology from the University of Missouri – Kansas City. To learn more, visit www. laurentroark.com.
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Aimee Hanyzewski, Lighting Designer Aimee is glad to be back working with Milwaukee Repertory Theater for her thirteenth year. Aimee is the Resident Lighting Designer at Edgewood College in Madison, WI. She has designed in the Stackner Cabaret for such hits as The Devil’s Music: The Life and Times of Bessie Smith, Liberace, The Doyle and Debbie Show, Ain’t Misbehavin’, From My Hometown, Fire on the Bayou, Grafton City Blues, and many others. Moreover, she designed the lighting for Venus in Fur and The Year of Magical Thinking in the Stiemke Studio. Other theaters Aimee has designed for are Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, In Tandem Theatre, Next Act Theatre, Forward Theater, Madison Savoyards Ltd and The Legacy Theatre. Erin Paige, Sound Designer Erin is thrilled to be a part of the Black Pearl Sings! team, having previously designed McGuire, An Evening With Groucho, and The Doyle and Debbie Show for the Stackner Cabaret. Other Milwaukee credits include Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, Spookley the Square Pumpkin, Mole Hill Stories, and Goldilocks at First Stage; King Lear at The Alchemist, and Phaedra’s Love at The World’s Stage. She holds a B.F.A. in Sound Design from Southern Oregon University and tweets about theatre, music, feminism, & basketball @whatagiveaway.
Desiree Cocroft, Movement Director Desiree is excited to make her debut with Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Since 2004, Desiree has worked at Signature Dance Company of Milwaukee in a number of capacities, and is currently operating as the Co-Founder and Artistic Director.
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Courtney O’Neill, Scenic Designer Courtney is thrilled to return to Milwaukee Repertory Theater, having previously designed The Amish Project and Song Man Dance Man. Current and upcoming designs include: The Burn (Steppenwolf Theatre), Plantation! (Lookingglass Theatre), When Father Comes Home from the Wars (Goodman Theatre). Chicago credits include Writers Theatre, Windy City Playhouse, Court Theatre, The Hypocrites, The Gift Theatre, Chicago Children’s Theatre and Northlight Theatre. Regional credits include Arena Stage, Alliance Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Kansas City Repertory, Marin Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, South Coast Repertory and Virginia Stage Company. Courtney is the recipient of the 2017 Michael Maggio Emerging Designer Award. She won a Jeff Award for Mud (The Hypocrites). She holds an MFA from Northwestern, a BFA from DePaul University, and currently teaches at both institutions. courtneyoneill.com
Desiree has choreographed a number of original pieces for Signature’s Performance Company, as well as for dancers within Milwaukee Public Schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other local organizations.
Frank Honts, Casting Director Frank is in his second season at Milwaukee Rep as Casting Director and Director of the Emerging Professional Residency. Prior to joining The Rep staff in 2016, Frank worked at a number of regional theaters including Utah Shakespeare Festival, Renaissance Theaterworks, The Goodman, California Shakespeare Theater, A Contemporary The atre (Seattle), and Paramount Theatre. He has worked extensively as both a director and dramaturg, and was honored to be a directing resident at Milwaukee Rep in the 2013/14 Season.
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Desiree is honored to have the opportunity to share all of her God-given gifts and talents in her work with Black Pearl Sings! To learn more about Signature Dance Company, please check out www.signaturedancecompany.org.
Desiree’s obtained her BA in Dance at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, as well as other formal training from studying with local and regional artists in short intensive workshops.
Audra Kuchling, Stage Manager Audra is delighted to be back in the Stackner Cabaret with Black Pearl Sings!. Favorite credits among her 18 shows at The Rep include Liberace!, Dreamgirls, The Invisible Hand, The Foreigner and Souvenir. Audra is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, where she graduated with degrees in English literature, theatre arts, and history. She is extraordinarily grateful to her mom, sister, and Stephen for their love and support. Melía Gonzalez, Stage Management Resident Melía is ecstatic to be working with the amazing Black Pearl Sings! team, having previously worked on Guys and Dolls and A Christmas Carol. She has worked with Chicago Shakespeare, Skylight, Milwaukee Chamber, Renaissance Theaterworks and InTandem. Melía would love to thank her Padres, Marco and Jimmy. She hopes you all enjoy the show. Curtain’s up! meliagonzalez.weebly.com
Frank spent two seasons as Artistic Associate at Forward Theater Company in Madison, and he was the inau gural recipient of the Michael Flachmann Fellowship at Utah Shakespeare Festival. He is a proud graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Desiree’s favorite part of her work is seeing dancers grow personally as they learn to connect with and inspire audience members.
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Sophiyaa Nayar, Assistant Director Sophiyaa is an emerging director from New Delhi, India. She is a member of the Chicago Directors Lab 2017, and has directed a stage adaptation of Lord of The Flies by Nigel Williams, 3:59 AM: A Drag Race for Two Actors by Marco Ramirez and Elephant’s Graveyard by George Brant. Sophiyaa assistant directed The Who & The What and Holmes and Watson earlier this season at The Rep. She earned her B.A. in Theatre & Dance from Grinnell College in 2017, and she spent a semester abroad at the London Dramatic Academy. She spent summers working with the Neo-Futurists in New York, and Synchronicity Theatre, Moving in the Spirit and Youth Creates in Atlanta, Georgia. She is very thankful for the opportunity to work with Milwaukee Rep! Mark Clements, Artistic Director Mark began his tenure as Milwaukee Rep’s Artistic Director with the 2010/11 Season. He is an award-winning international theater director whose work has appeared in over 100 major
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For Milwaukee Rep: Guys and Dolls, world premiere adaptation of A Christmas Carol, The Glass Menagerie, Man of La Mancha, American Song, Of Mice and Men, Dreamgirls, Five Presidents, The Color Purple, The History of Invulnerability, End of the Rainbow, Ragtime, Clybourne Park, Assassins, Othello, Next to Normal, Death of a Salesman, Bombshells, and Cabaret.
9Black Pearl Sings!theaters throughout Europe and the United States.
For Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia: Oliver!, Born Yesterday, Great Expectations, Les Misérables (2008 Barrymore Award –Best Production of a Musical), and Of Mice and Men (2007 Barrymore Award – Best Director and Best Production of a Play). The Milliner (Off-Broadway, World Premiere), CSC, New York; My Fair Lady, Copenhagen; The Browning Version (Barclays/TMA Regional Theatre Award) at Derby Playhouse and Blunt Speaking (World Premiere), Chichester Festival Theatre U.K. and Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York. Other productions include: Speaking in Tongues (U.S. Premiere), Roundabout Theatre Company; Speaking in Tongues (European Premiere; Barclays/TMA Best Director Nomination), Hampstead Theatre, London; Creator/Director – Soul Train, West End (Olivier Award nomination), and three U.K. National Tours. U.K. National Tours of The Glass Menagerie, The Gingerbread Lady and Love & Marriage all for Bath Theatre Royal productions. Mark served as an Associate Artistic Director for Moving Theatre Company, the production company founded by Vanessa and Corin Redgrave. He has also been Associate Artistic Director for New End Theatre and New Players Theatre, both in London, Royal Theatre in Northampton, and Torch Theatre in Wales. Additionally, Mark served as Artistic Director of the award-winning Derby Playhouse in the U.K. from 1992 to 2002, where he directed over 40 productions. He currently serves on the National Advisory Board for the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program at Ten Chimneys. Chad Bauman, Managing Director Chad was heinManagingMilwaukeeappointedRep’sDirector2013.Previously,wastheAssociate Executive Director at Arena Stage where he was instrumental in the 2010 opening of the Mead Center for American Theater, a 200,000 square feet, three theater performing arts complex dedicated to American voices and playwrights. While at Arena Stage, he more than doubled earned revenue, reversed a decline in subscriptions by almost doubling the base, and shattered several company sales records that dated back almost 60 years. In addition, he worked on the Broadway transfers of Next to Normal (Pulitzer Prize; Tony Award), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Award), Wishful Drinking starring Carrie Fisher, Looped starring Valerie Harper, and John Grisham’s A Time to Kill in addition to other notable plays including the world premieres of
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Marcus Gardley’s Every Tongue Confess starring Phylicia Rashad and Red Hot Patriot starring Kathleen Turner. Prior to Arena Stage, he was Director of Marketing and Communications for Americans for the Arts as well as Virginia Stage Company in Norfolk, VA. He is a frequent speaker and consultant with past clients that include the Smithsonian Institution, Pew Charitable Trust, Carnegie Hall, EmcArts Innovation Labs, Arts & Business Council, Association of Performing Arts Presenters and ArtsMidwest. He has served as an adjunct professor at American University (Washington, DC), Drexel University (Philadelphia, PA) and CalArts (Valencia, CA). In addition to teaching, he is currently a Board member of Pathways High School, sits on the advisory boards of TRGArts and ArtsMarketing.org, and is a past trustee of Contemporary American Theater Festival.
From 2011-2013, he was named one of the most influential leaders under 40 in Washington, DC by Washington Life Magazine, and in 2016 he was named to Milwaukee Business Journal’s list of the Top 40 leaders under 40. Bauman is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management program, and has earned a Master of Fine Arts in producing from the CalArts where he was an Ahmanson Scholar and a Bachelor of Science in Education from the Honors College of Missouri State University. In his free time, he is proud to be a co-coach of Wauwatosa East High School’s Destination Imagination team.
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11Black Pearl Sings!FEBRUARY 21 - MARCH 18 A profound, West African-inspired drama rich in poetry, rhythm and song! Broadway Theatre Center | 158 N. Broadway | Milwaukee 414.291.7800 | milwaukeechambertheatre.com Where Great Stories Come To Life. by Tarell Alvin McCraney directed by Marti Gobel featuring Marques Causey, Travis Knight & Andrew Muwonge
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13Black Pearl Sings!The following list represents organizations and individuals who have made a cumulative financial contribution to our Annual Operating Budget of $500 or more from December 23, 2016 –December 22, 2017. For a complete list of all our supporters, please visit www.milwaukeerep.com. Corporation, Foundation and Government Giving $1 million + United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) $100,000 – $999,999 The Lynde and Harry Bradley ShubertHerzfeldFoundationFoundationFoundation $50,000 – $99,999 Four-Four Foundation Greater Milwaukee Foundation Milwaukee Public Schools Northwestern Mutual Rockwell Automation Wells Fargo $25,000 – $49,999 Associated Bank Bader Philanthropies Patty and Jay Harley-DavidsonTheCAMPACBMOFoundationBakerWealthManagementFriendsofTheRepFoundation WisconsinKohl’s Department of Tourism $10,000 – $24,999 Briggs & Stratton Corporation Foundation, Inc. Mae E. Demmer Charitable EdgertonTrust Foundation Einhorn Family Foundation Ralph Evinrude Foundation Frieda & William Hunt Memorial Trust Godfrey & Kahn Johnson Controls Marcus NationalMichaelFoundationCorporationBestEndowment for the WePNCArtsBankEnergies Foundation Wisconsin Arts Board $1,000 – $9,999 Badger Meter, Inc. Burke Properties CBRE Real Estate Services CT Charitable Fund Davis & Kuelthau SC FoleyDeloitte&Lardner LLP The Gardner Foundation William N and Janice V Godfrey Family Foundation Trust Husch DorothyBlackwellWathins Inbusch CamilleFoundationA.Lonstorf Trust The Maihaugen WeycoTheTownsendRobertRinkaQuarlesCharlesMilwaukeeManpowerGroupFoundationArtsBoardD.OrtgiesenFoundation&BradyLLPChungArchitecture,Inc.W.BairdFoundationVanderBloemenGroupLLCGroup Individual Giving Executive Producer ($50,000 and up) Carol and Rob Manegold Sally Manegold Producer ($25,000-$49,999) Anonymous (2) Bladen and Julia Burns
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16 - Black Pearl Sings! These former Rep trustees continue their engagement through performance attendance, a minimum annual contribution of $250, and potential membership in the Limelight Legacy Society. SUSTAINING TRUSTEES Richard Abdoo Patsy Aster Jay KatharineBaker Banzhaf Gerry KathleenAnneLloydPatrickAnnTimothyByronDavidRobertSusanJamesStephenRobertGeorgeKarenDannyJohnJoyceMarilynT.WendyBiehlW.BlumenthalMichaelBolgerBradleyBroanCrichtonCunninghamDeanA.DionisopoulosDyeEinhornD.EricsonEsslingerFeitlerFleckFosterC.FrautschiGallagherGallagherA.GerlachGimbelGray John VenoraPattiVinceAudreyRobertSusanKristineMarianneDavidPhoebeJamesArthurDavidFrankJohnJ.JudyStephenJanetPeterJacquelineJillEdwardJudyWilliamGreeneHabermanHansenT.HashekHeavenrichHerd-BarberHotzHumeIsaacsonJorgensenPatrickKeyesKordsmeierKrejciKundertJ.LaskinLaVelleLewisJ.LubarLubarLuedersLuegerH.ManegoldA.MannMartinBrashMcKeithanMcKinney Sandra AndrewKarinKentReneeRobertAnnePatrickBrendaThomasJamesJosephDarleneJosephAllenDr.KristineElizabethCaranGwenAnthonyElaineTonenDwightDonnaRichardMcSweeneyMeeusenMeyerL.Morgan(Sara)O’ConnorN.PetersonPetulloPlunkettQuadracciQuadracci-HarnedRappéJohnE.RidleyN.RieselbachA.RockRoseSchlidtSchloemerScrivnerSkeltonSmithStrattonTaylorTysonVeldeWernerZiegler The Limelight Legacy Society is a group of visionary donors who support The Rep through a planned gift. New members as of May 1, 2017 are in bold. If you want to learn more about membership opportunities and benefits, please contact Chuck Rozewicz at 414-290-0717 or crozewicz@milwaukeerep.com LIMELIGHT LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS
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IBERO-AMERICAN 2165 S Kinnickinnic Avenue • Milwaukee, WI 414-800-7329 • www.c-viche.com 741 N Milwaukee St | Milwaukee, WI 53202 (414) 225-0000 | zarletti.net PROOF Wisconsin Lutheran College Theatre Through present action and flashbacks, the story explores themes of genius and mental illness, as well as trust versus evidence. STUDENT BODY Marquette Theatre You’ll find yourself pulled into the argument in this engaging and compelling drama about sexual assault on campus. RUSSIAN RHAPSODIES Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Showcasing our flagship orchestra, the Senior Symphony, the concert will also feature internationally renowned bayan artist Stas Venglevski as guest soloist. February 16 – 24 Raabe Theatre (414) February443-880215 – 25 Helfaer Theatre (414) (414)HeleneFebruary288-750417ZelazoCPAC267-2950 THE BROTHERS SIZE Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Based on West African myths and rich in poetry and song, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s profound play is a tough and tender drama. THE OUTGOING TIDE In Tandem Theatre An insightful story by award-winning playwright Bruce Graham, author of In Tandem’s break out hit, Any Given Monday February 21 –March (414)TenthMarchFebruary(414)Broadway18Theatre291-780022–18StreetTheatre271-1371 ONE HOUSE OVER Milwaukee Repertory Theater An empathetic but searing examination of boundaries, power, privilege, and fear in a single backyard. February 27 –March (414)Quadracci25Powerhouse224-9490
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Every character has a motive, the means, and an opportunity – so whodunit? Wheredunit? Howdunit? March 8 – 25 Waukesha Civic (262)Theatre547-0708
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HANDEL’S MESSIAH Waukesha Choral Union Community voices join WCU singers in the familiar and joyous performance of Handel’s Messiah.
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WADROBE Concordia University Theatre Prepare to enter C.S. Lewis’ Narnia, the magical land behind the wardrobe door.
TED VIGIL’S JOHN DENVER TRIBUTE Cedarburg Performing Arts Center Singer, songwriter and tribute artist, Ted Vigil, has been performing since the age of 10 in concert, symphonic and jazz bands.
INTO THE WOODS Sunset Playhouse
MID-WINTER CONCERT Wisconsin Lutheran College Concert Band Concert Band performs the finest of the wind band literature and presents concerts on campus and tours regionally and nationally.
The Brothers Grimm hit the stage with an epic fairy tale about the wishes, family and the choices we make.
12 OPHELIAS UWM OpheliaTheatrerisesfrom her watery grave and finds herself reunited with Hamlet in a hardknocks Appalachian community.
A global sensation returns! Discover the wonder of authentic Chinese culture with Shen Yun’s awe-inspiring production of music and classical Chinese dance.
March 2 Schwan Concert Hall (414)
SHEN YUN 2018 Shen Yun Performing Arts
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