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Spotlight On: Next Act Theatre’s Board of Directors
SPOTLIGHT ON: NEXT ACT THEATRE’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS When the lights come up on stage and a performance begins, the audience sees what has taken months to achieve. From the decision to produce a play to the final curtain call, it takes a small army of professionals to bring a...
Next Actors: Online 2020
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...
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...
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...
2020-2021 Season
There’s no denying that our lives and our world have changed a lot recently. However, we are confident that recognizable daily life will return and that live performance will hold an even higher esteem among you, our loyal patrons, who have cherished and supported Next Act’s work for years or...
Layered Realities
Layered Realities The Art of Jean Dexter Sobon By Bill Toth, volunteer gallery curator As depicted in the play 9 CIRCLES, the search for truth and justice is a many layered pursuit, often influenced by the searcher’s perspective as much as an objective reality. In a court, the desired outcome...
Our Production Partner
Our Production Partner By David Cecsarini, Producing Artistic Director During the planning process for 9 CIRCLES, we reached out to a unique, local arts organization called Feast of Crispian (FoC)*. Their mission is dedicated to working with veterans of military service and as such, has been an indispensable community partner,...
The Carnival’s Coming to Town!
The Carnival's Coming to Town! By Jane Flieller, Development Director Step right up … and help the company that puts on the greatest show(s) on earth!! I am very excited to announce our annual fundraising event, Bravo, Next Act, 2020! will be held on Thursday, April 30th. Join us as...
Standing By to Lend a Hand
It’s almost an hour until performance time and there are already people bustling about in the theatre lobby. They are volunteer ushers, signing in, donning their badges, meeting with the House Manager, sharing information and prepping programs for the soon-to-arrive audience.
New Year, New Plans
Next Act is already looking forward to our summer education plans! In the hopes of increasing enrollment, we've adjusted programming to accommodate the very busy lives of our students: the Next Actors program will be shortened by a week, and an additional two-week opportunity will be added to the end...