Marti Gobel

Renaissance’s ‘The Moors’ Is a ‘Excellent Menagerie’

This is not theater for everyone, but it is good theater that upends theater norms.

‘Witch’ Is a Stitch

Renaissance offers darkly funny, episodic update of 17th century fable pitting the devil against a witch.

Full Schedule Released and Tickets On-Sale for the 2023 MKE Black Theatre Festival, August 9-27

A 3-week-long festival featuring free events across the city designed to support Black creatives and two full-production ticketed plays: MUD ROW and THE MEETING

Why Black Men Die Young

Next Act’s ‘Kill Move Paradise’ is beautifully directed and acted though the dialogue can get preachy.

Marquette Theatre presents “The Light” in inaugural Voices Included for People of Color Theatre production, April 22-30

Gobel Is Powerful in ‘Neat’

Playing multiple characters, Marti Gobel powers engaging tale of growing up Black in the South.

Stories My Aunt Told Me

Renaissance Theaterworks revives ‘Neat,’ with Marti Gobel playing 24 characters.

Lessons From an Inner City School

Next Act Theater’s ‘Principal Principle’ is an edgy look at a new teacher trying to make good.

Short Plays That Stretch Your Mind

Renaissance Theaterworks offers three works by playwrights of color. It’s an adventure.

Next Act’s ‘The Christians’ Is Compelling

It feels like live theater being streamed, in a smart play about a mega-church facing a sudden challenge.

Local Companies Are Innovating Amid Pandemic

Renaissance, Next Act and Milwaukee Rep all are finding creative ways to do theater.

‘The Roommate’ Is Funny, Serious, Fast-Paced

Renaissance Theaterworks show has weaknesses but good acting, directing make it all work.

Reflections Within a Riot

‘Fires in the Mirror’ propels power of documentary theater

The Tangled Roots of Racism

Next Act’s “Blood at the Root” hits hard, but lacks subtlety and shading.

Don’t You Be My Neighbor

Renaissance staging of ‘Native Gardens’ pits a white couple against the Hispanic couple next door.

Renaissance Theaterworks’ Opens 2018-2019 Season with a Hot-Button Comedy

Cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies in Karen Zacarías’ new play, NATIVE GARDENS running October 19 – November 11, 2018 at Renaissance Theaterworks. Scenic Designer & Props Master work to maintain a living garden in the Broadway Theatre Center’s “Black Box” Studio Theatre this autumn

Final Nominees Announced for 2018 Footlights People’s Choice Awards

Congrats to all our nominees!

‘The Brothers Size’ Upsets Expectations

Play by rising black playwright mixes dance, music and more in potent MCT production.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents THE BROTHERS SIZE by Tarell Alvin McCraney

February 21 – March 18, 2018 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre

‘Sex With Strangers’ Scores

Play by ‘House of Cards” writer is a witty, gritty and erotic battle of the sexes.

The Weight of Words

Renaissance staging of ‘The Violet Hour’ dramatizes the golden days of American publishing.

Next Act Pokes Fun at the Political Landscape this Fall

THE TAMING by Lauren Gunderson is a refreshing antidote to today's punditry and non-stop squabbling.

Marquette Theatre to present Wine in the Wilderness

Set during the Harlem race riots of 1964, Wine in the Wilderness deals with treatment of African-American women within their community and the struggle to define true beauty and perfection.

Growing Up Irish In Milwaukee

In Tandem offers solid staging of local playwright Mike Neville's bittersweet memory play.

A Nation at Urban War With Itself

Next Act offers powerful production of ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’

Black Souls Matter

Can challenging shows like ‘The Ballad of Emmett Till’ change how we think about race?

The Short Happy Life of Emmett Till

Renaissance production captures the joys and tragic end of the teen whose death inspired civil rights activists.

The Killing of Emmett Till

Shocking murder in 1955, which ignited the civil rights movement, becomes moving drama.

Every Child Left Behind

A powerful one-woman show at Next Act probes the problems -- and drama -- of urban schools.

Next Act Theatre

David Cecsarini opens the season with "Perfect Mendacity," a complex play about truth and deception, but it's just one of Next Act's diverse offerings this year.

Joy and laughter fuel the Rep’s “Christmas Carol”

A new director and new Scrooge are just the most noticeable changes that enliven Dickens' classic tale.