Cez Says “See Ya!” by A.J. Magoon On Sunday, December 11, 2022, Next Act Theatre hosted The Retirement Roast of David Cecsarini. A full house of friends, artists, patrons and other guests joined us as David was given the lovingly-comedic send-off he deserved. Panelists included longtime friends and collaborators Mark Ulrich, Bo Johnson, Mary MacDonald […]

Behind the Curtain “HAPPINESS” in Conversation with Mary MacDonald Kerr, Cassandra Bissell and Mickle Maher THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS by Mickle Maher is hard to describe in one sentence – or a whole paragraph. In order to prepare for Next Act’s production of this play, we put Mickle in contact with director […]

Next Act Theatre is pleased to announce that Cody Estle has been hired as our new Artistic Director. Cody was hired after a four-month national search and assumed the role on December 1, 2022. He overlapped outgoing Producing Artistic Director David Cecsarini before fully taking over leadership of the company in February 2023. Cody became the Artistic […]

Our production of THE LAST WHITE MAN draws Next Act’s 2021-22 season to a close, and what a season it’s been! We returned to live theatre and welcomed you back into our space. Things looked a little different, with masks and vaccine checks, but you stuck it out with us. We enjoyed laughing as well […]

Bravo, Next Act 2022 is just around the corner: Saturday, June 11, 2022, from 5pm to 9pm, to be exact! Our indoor/outdoor, carnival-themed fundraiser will be held at Next Act as we wrap up the 2021-22 season by saying, “Bravo” and “Brava” to everyone who made this year possible. Actors, designers, directors, crew, staff and […]

My favorite part of this season happened on March 2, 2022. Each year, Next Act develops a student project that coincides with one of the season’s plays. The overall goal is to provide a group of students the opportunity and means to create an artistic response to the Next Act production. This year, that show […]