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Thanks for Staying Safe with Us
Thanks for Staying Safe With Us By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director Our return to live theatre this season looked a little different than past seasons, with safety measures in place (which will stay in place for RED HERRING and the rest of our season) to protect our staff, our artists...
Thank You, Friends!
Thank You, Friends! By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director Members of the Next Act staff and Friends of Next Act Theatre volunteers sold concessions at Milwaukee Brewers games this season to raise money, which ended up sponsoring THREE VIEWINGS! All in all, this dedicated group worked 12 regular- season games, two...
Looking Back
Looking Back By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director Mary MacDonald Kerr and Bo Johnson reprise their roles in RED HERRING after 16 years! We sat down and asked what’s changed for them since 2005: Mary MacDonald Kerr I suppose what has changed is that, although my age has stayed the same,...
A Woman of Class
A Woman of Class By Jane Flieller, Development Director Next Act patrons Werner and Susan Krause have always been strong supporters of arts education. They have supported Next Act’s educational programming for many years and have been particularly generous with our Next Actors: Summer Theatre for Teens program. Several Bravo...
Why RED HERRING?
Why RED HERRING? By David Cecsarini, Producing Artistic Director Our next offering, RED HERRING by Michael Hollinger, is unmistakably a flat-out comedic riot. It’s one of those scripts that makes you laugh just reading silently by yourself. We’ve got a terrific cast to deliver the fun, but also the heart....
The Charles D. Kakuk Legacy Society
The Charles D. Kakuk Legacy Society By Jane Flieller, Development Director Next Act is pleased to announce the creation of a planned giving program: Charles Kakuk was Next Act Theatre’s Managing Director who, after 22 years with us, lost his battle with cancer in 2014. Charles left a generous gift...
Isn’t It Ironic?
Isn't It Ironic? By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director It’s like rain on your wedding dayIt’s a free ride when you’ve already paidIt’s the good advice that you just didn’t takeAnd who would’ve thought, it figures-Alanis Morissette, Ironic THREE VIEWINGS is one of the liveliest plays you’ll ever see set in...
I Love a Parade!
I Love a Parade! By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director Photo by Mark Frohna On Tuesday, August 31, supporters of Next Act Theatre and Renaissance Theaterworks gathered at the Broadway Theater Center for a very special purpose: to march Renaissance Theaterworks across the bridge to its new artistic home at Next...
Meet Jasmine Brown
Meet Jasmine Brown Last summer’s social unrest awakened the need for arts organizations nationwide to examine their processes for inclusion and diversity to determine if what they offer to artists, patrons and students of color is enough. While confident that voices from diverse communities are heard in many of the...
Why Jeffrey Hatcher’s THREE VIEWINGS
Why Jeffrey Hatcher's THREE VIEWINGS By David Cecsarini, Producing Artistic Director In my early, developing days as a young actor at American Players Theatre, we were led by a charismatic artistic team whose underlying mission — besides bringing compelling Shakespeare to Wisconsin’s countryside – was to return to the very...