Apr
17
Q&A With Director Aaron Kopec
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After months of staging other people's work, Alchemist Theatre co-founder Aaron Kopec presents a work of his own written and performed with Kirk Thomsen. It's a short drama called 31 about an investigationinto the crimes of a serial murderer. The
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Apr
15
Vague Impressions From Thirty Minutes With The Cast Of Eureka.
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsThe Boulevard Theatre closes its season with the world premiere of local playwright Chad M. Rossi’s Eureka!--a coming of age romantic buddy comedy set on the East Side of Milwaukee. With less than a week to go before opening night, I had an opportun
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Nov
08
Lighly complex Comedy with RSVP
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsAfter a brief and subtle kreusening with a bottle of Old Style at the Comet Café over dinner with my wife, I was off to the Astor Theatre for my first of two shows this weekend: the RSVP production of Paul Weitz’s Show People. My strange mixt
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May
08
DIY Weekend
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsThe summer has arrived. Last weekend, a Hollywood film opened on a ridiculous number of screens, garnering some $100 million in a three days--which is really impressive given the current economy. Far from Hollywood, another element of summer surfaces this
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Jul
05
Trying to Explain Next Weekend While Things Explode
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsIt was thee evening of July 3rd and there we were in the most remarkably upscale fireworks gathering I’d ever been a part of. The condo overlooked the lake. Everyone there was wearing tuxedos and evening gowns. Everyone was drinking expensive wine o
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Mar
01
Dancing for DIY
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsBeing the smallest guys in the room, Do It Yourself theatre companies don’t get a whole lot of money from those traditional sources that their bigger commercial cousins do. Quite often the budget is limited (or, strictly speaking, nonexistent) on su
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Apr
16
Q&A With Director Wes Tank
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsOn April 18th, Insurgent Theatre opens its short drama Cracks In The Floor as part of a double feature with Alchemist Theatre. Developed in the Insurgent Theatre Workshop, Cracks In The Floor has had a very experimental trip to the stage, which is outline
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Jun
07
Combat Theatre Round One
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsThe first evening of this summer’s Bunny Gumbo Combat Theatre generally felt a bit more reserved than it did last year. Combat theatre goes something like this: playwrights draw subjects and locations out of a hat. 24 hours later, there’s a fu
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May
07
A Few Words From Acacia's Shadowlands
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsJudging from commercial success and ongoing support from establishedl iterary critics, British Author/theologian C.S. Lewis is destined to be one of hundred or so best reemmbered novelists of the 20th century. Having met with considerable success itself,
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Mar
02
Pink Banana's Next Big Thing
Russ Bickerstaff CurtainsIn spite of my best efforts, I will NOT be making the open auditions tonight. For the third time, I have had my work as a script writer accepted for a local DIY program—Pink Banana’s upcoming show entitled: Shorts: The Next Big Thing. This tim
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