Next Actors: Online 2020 By Grace DeWolff, Education Manager Health and safety concerns continue with in-person gatherings due to the presence of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. We didn’t feel safe scheduling an on-site summer session with our Next Actors students. However, with supportive and enthusiastic feedback from our alumni, we have created an online summer program […]
A Summer Soirée … with Next Act Theatre
A Summer Soirée … with Next Act Theatre By Jane Flieller, Development Director Summer is here and that’s a great time to get together with friends to catch up. So let’s have ourselves a little cocktail party online! Grab your favorite summer beverage, pull up a chair and join the fun as we toast to […]
Where Are We Today?
WHERE ARE WE TODAY? By David Cecsarini, Producing Artistic Director Well . . . we are here.Where is here?Here is – So begins Pastor Paul’s message to his congregation in Lucas Hnath’s THE CHRISTIANS, the first Next Act offering coming up in our 31st season. Paul is preparing his congregation for a big change in […]
Casey Hoekstra’s 21A Monologue
Casey had just begun rehearsals for 9 CIRCLES in March when the pandemic brought our production to a premature close. Casey had also appeared in last season’s BLOOD AT THE ROOT, by Dominique Morisseau. The play was directed by Marti Gobel, who will direct PRINCIPAL PRINCIPLE in our upcoming 2020-2021 season. See if you recognize any […]
Ryan Schabach’s Audition
Ryan was first seen at Next Act in RED HERRING, also part of our 2020-2021 season. Since then, he has been seen on our stage in EARS ON A BEATLE, SYLVIA, WELCOME HOME JENNY SUTTER and TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES 1992. Ryan has played some memorable roles on our stage! Look through the gallery below to […]
Dr. Faustus’s Zoom Lecture
Jonathan Wainwright has appeared in a number of Next Act productions, including SIDE MAN, COYOTE ON A FENCE, THE EXONERATED, GRACE, BACK OF THE THROAT and HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE. Join him for a Zoom-based take on a monologue from David Davalos’s WITTENBERG.