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All is Calm - a moving Christmas spectacle

Kimberly Laberge

1 day ago2 min read

All is Calm - a moving Christmas spectacle

Step below the iconic red steeples on 10th St in Milwaukee to enter the world of All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. The Historic...

Happy Halloween! A post-mortem discussion about new works with the RIP team

Kimberly Laberge

Nov 16 min read

Happy Halloween! A post-mortem discussion about new works with the RIP team

Following in the wake of the World Premiere Wisconsin season, there is a noticeable new trend in the Milwaukee theatre community: a...

Outskirts and LaCage band together to create something special (and it sparkles!)

Kimberly Laberge

Jun 232 min read

Outskirts and LaCage band together to create something special (and it sparkles!)

All things glitz, glamour, and gay, Outskirts Theatre celebrates its ten year anniversary in a partnership with LaCage NiteClub's 40th...

W-O-W spells Wow! in Spelling Bee at Lake Country Playhouse

Kimberly Laberge

Sep 27, 20232 min read

W-O-W spells Wow! in Spelling Bee at Lake Country Playhouse

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Noun): A limited time production of a cheeky show where adults play children and expose the...

Greendale Community Theatre creates a night to remember

Kimberly Laberge

Aug 5, 20232 min read

Greendale Community Theatre creates a night to remember

Emma sets the scene best - "Note to self: Don't be gay in Indiana." With side splitting laughs and gut wrenching scenes, The Prom at...

Kimberly Laberge

Jul 19, 20232 min read

Sparks fly in new play Embers

The cast of Embers. Seven friends gather around the fireplace to catch up on the years that have passed since they graduated high school...

Young artists' perspectives transform ancient tales - Romeo & Juliet

Kimberly Laberge

May 25, 20233 min read

Young artists' perspectives transform ancient tales - Romeo & Juliet

Two households, both alike in dignity - Romeo & Juliet may be the most known theatre out there, with endless parodies, retellings, and...

Staged reading examines star-crossed love

Kimberly Laberge

Mar 29, 20232 min read

Staged reading examines star-crossed love

At the vulnerable time when your closest friends are landing dream jobs, getting engaged, and finding their great purpose in life, Sam's...

RENT - Looks like New York, feels like Waukesha

Kimberly Laberge

Mar 17, 20233 min read

RENT - Looks like New York, feels like Waukesha

Following the critical success of the film adaptation of tick, tick... BOOM!, the world has fallen in love with Jonathan Larson's work....

All hands on deck for Voices Found's Tempest

Kimberly Laberge

Feb 13, 20233 min read

All hands on deck for Voices Found's Tempest

We open at sea. With family ties, heirs to the throne, scattered sailors, and spirits abound, The Tempest is a perfect storm of...

Midlife crisis at the altar - Always a Bridesmaid

Kimberly Laberge

Feb 10, 20232 min read

Midlife crisis at the altar - Always a Bridesmaid

Older women in new relationships, borrowed boyfriends and blue sentiments - life changes, but the key ingredients do not. Waukesha Civic...

Murder mystery drops the fourth wall in Bloody Murder

Kimberly Laberge

Feb 9, 20232 min read

Murder mystery drops the fourth wall in Bloody Murder

It's Cabin in the Woods meets Agatha Christie. Whodunnit is a good start, but who made them do it is a better question. Ed Sala's Bloody...

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 19, 20222 min read

Stage on a Page - Revamped and Revived!

Hello, friends and friends-to-be! Some of you may have noticed that the Stage on a Page blog has been eerily quiet for some time. I...

Classical meets cross-dress in Leading Ladies

Kimberly Laberge

Aug 26, 20222 min read

Classical meets cross-dress in Leading Ladies

Leo and Jack, second-rate Shakespeare actors, have fallen on hard times. Luckily, the perfect opportunity presents itself in the local...

Kimberly Laberge

Jul 27, 20223 min read

Playtime in the woods at Summerstage

Ripe with lovers and fairies and drama, the company at Summerstage are making asses of themselves in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and you...

Kimberly Laberge

Jul 22, 20222 min read

Chitty Chitty goes out with a Bang!

It is silly and nonsensical. Maybe you grew up with it - I know I used to watch it on VHS at my grandparent's house. Candies and flying...

Young ensemble makes a real star-turn at LCP

Kimberly Laberge

Jul 14, 20223 min read

Young ensemble makes a real star-turn at LCP

Peter Pan has treaded (and worn thin) its path through endless tellings and retellings of the classic tale. The characters’ allure...

Kimberly Laberge

Mar 25, 20222 min read

High stakes for the stork - Babel

If an episode of Black Mirror took on the eugenics debate, you'd get Jacqueline Goldfinger's Babel. It's no wonder that this performance...

Silent Sky shoots for the moon, lands among the stars

Kimberly Laberge

Feb 18, 20222 min read

Silent Sky shoots for the moon, lands among the stars

Silent Sky follows real-life astronomer Henrietta Leavitt in her journey of mapping the stars and measuring the universe at Harvard in...

Pro ensemble boosts child star - Forte Theatre Company

Kimberly Laberge

Dec 22, 20212 min read

Pro ensemble boosts child star - Forte Theatre Company

Christmastime is the season for classics, and nothing embodies returning to one's roots like reviving a previous success. Forte Theatre...