Three Cheers for MRS. CHRISTIE! By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director On Monday, December 4, 2023, Next Act Theatre presented a one-night-only staged reading of Heidi Armbruster’s play MRS. CHRISTIE, directed by Laura Gordon, in connection with our production of Agatha Christie’s THE MOUSETRAP! Heidi’s play, a time-bending comedy about Agatha Christie and a modern amateur […]
Farming Is Fixing
Farming Is Fixing A Conversation with Heidi Armbruster and Bree Beelow Heidi Armbruster’s play SCARECROW has a lot to do with farming. It follows Heidi, the playwright and solo performer of the play, returning from New York to her family’s Wisconsin dairy farm after her father’s death. Next Act’s upcoming production of SCARECROW also calls […]
Announcing Our 2024-25 Season
Friends, For our upcoming season, we’ve programmed four shows that are going to delight, entertain and invigorate you. These plays investigate some of the most urgent questions of our day with theatrical style and panache, a mixture of the beloved and the new that will leave you thinking: this is must see theatre! I view […]
A World of Change
A World of Change The Lasting Environmental Legacy of SPLASH HATCH In 1997, Kia Corthron’s play SPLASH HATCH ON THE E GOING DOWN had its world premiere. The play addressed issues of climate change and environmental racism at a time when these topics were only beginning to enter the public consciousness. 26 years later, Kia’s […]
I Never Looked Back
I Never Looked Back An Interview with New Managing Director Libby Amato Libby Amato has a nearly 20-year history with Next Act. In 2004, she started as a House Manager at our previous venue, the Off-Broadway Theatre. Since then, she has occupied no fewer than nine roles within the organization: onstage, backstage and in the […]
The Tribute Campaign Cascades Onwards!
The Tribute Campaign Cascades Onwards! By Tawnie Thompson, Development Manager The many new faces, and the building and technical upgrades here at Next Act Theatre are the direct result of the early success of the Tribute Campaign launched in July of last year in conjunction with Producing Artistic Director emeritus David Cecsarini’s retirement and the […]