Since the pandemic started, we have set COVID safety policy to keep our audiences, artists and staff safe based on local and national guidance. Since September 2021, we’ve made live theatre happen safely again at Next Act, and it’s all thanks to our incredible patrons. You have stood by us through challenging times, returned when […]
Roll With It!
Next Act is a proud member of the United Performing Arts Fund, from whom we receive support for our artistic and educational programming. Help them, help us! Join in the fun as UPAF presents the annual Ride for the Arts, presented by Miller Light. Bike the Hoan and support the arts on the new 12-mile […]
I Owe It All to Hamlet
We’ve started working on Bill Cain’s THE LAST WHITE MAN, and given that Shakespeare’s HAMLET features prominently in the story, it’s inevitable that theatre tales around that most venerable play will emerge in the rehearsal hall. There are the legendary performances, the sword fight mishaps, brilliant – or outlandish – interpretations, the films, the comparisons, […]
World Premiere Workshop
On Sunday, December 5, a limited number of Next Act subscribers and donors enjoyed the first public reading of THE LAST WHITE MAN by Bill Cain. You may recognize Cain from his plays EQUIVOCATION, HOW TO WRITE A NEW BOOK FOR THE BIBLE and 9 CIRCLES, all performed at Next Act in recent years. In […]
Connecting with the Community
Connecting with the Community By Grace DeWolff, Education Manager Malaina Moore, our new Community Liaison, is a local playwright, actor, teaching artist and community advocate. While attending Rufus King High School, her one-act play THIS JUST IN… was one of three pieces selected city-wide for Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival. While working on her […]
Our First Scholarship Recipient
Our First Scholarship Recipient By Grace DeWolff, Education Manager It’s my honor as Director of the Next Actors to brag about our first Sue Krause Next Actor Memorial Scholarship recipient, Isabelle (Bee) Rashkin (they/ them). Bee is a 2016 alum of Next Actors, in which they performed, wrote lyrics, and composed music on the ukulele […]