Coming This Summer Next Act’s 2023-24 season ends on May 19 when our production of THE TREASURER closes. In the nearly four months before our 2024-25 season opens, however, there’s still plenty happening at our building! Next Act Theatre will be home to a number of rental productions during the summer of 2024 – learn […]

Getting Out of The Way Reese Madigan on Coming Back to Next Act Theatre Actor Reese Madigan returns to Next Act Theatre in the role of The Son in THE TREASURER by Max Posner, running April 24 – May 19, 2024. He was previously seen in our 2017 production of SILENT SKY and our 2008 […]

Next Actors is Getting a Fresh Coat of Paint! By Pia Russo, Education Manager; and Tawnie Thompson, Development Manager For 25 years, Next Actors: Summer Theatre for Teens (NASTT) has offered a safe place for high school-aged students to explore playwriting and performance skills as well as life skills including collaboration, confidence, public speaking, the […]

We’re Almost There! Next Act Theatre’s Tribute Campaign, launched in honor of Producing Artistic Director emeritus David Cecsarini and used to support us through our recent leadership transition, has reached 94 percent of its goal! We need your help to finish strong by the end of the 2023-24 season. Make a donation before June 30 […]

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 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 […]