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Past Productions and Events

DRAW WRITE HERE 

January 23, 2021 

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Draw Write Here! is an amazing free and fully accessible collaborative workshop series that for 6 years has brought together writers and visual artists to inspire new creative processes and community, and share performances and published magazines from the resulting works.The partnership with 53212 Presents and the shift into the virtual world has facilitated the inclusion of more performing artists and resulted in e'zines revealed with live performances. On Saturday, February 23rd at 7 pm via zoom, we are revealing Parts 2 and 3 of "A People's History of the Pandemic" Series, (Civil Rights and Going Postal) featuring the collaborative works of 27 artists. The event was free and open to the public.

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Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/4G6fWNm6CP8

Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/Q1CmUKckDMs

Trailer #3: https://youtu.be/-Skp5rcMMsY

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THE NETHER 

by Jennifer Haley

directed by Jaimelyn Gray

March 6-21, 2020

Should any government have the right to monitor, shape or even prohibit the worlds we build in our minds, even though they’re merely shadows and spirits that will melt into air? “It’s nothing but images,” Sims insists. “And there is no consequence.”

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Read the complete essay Jennifer Haley's Netherworld  by Milwaukee's own Mike Fischer

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DRAW WRITE HERE 

February 23, 2020 

 

Led by inter-disciplinary artist guides Helene Fischman, Kirk Thomsen and Posy Knight, artist teams savoured three courses of chocolate adventures then collaborated in teams to create original work that was then shared for all to enjoy. (Photos by Joe Bowes productions.)

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WINTER JOURNEY

February 7-16, 2020 

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This theatrical staging of Franz Schubert's Winterreise (1828) is firmly grounded in the original German song cycle. It's a tumultuous ride through the strange exile, betrayal and nostalgia of our emotional protagonist, layered with movement, set, lights and costumes.

Tim Rebers and Posy Knight

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Maggie Rebers, piano

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Kirk Thomsen, sets

Margie Schires, costumes

Bryan Byers & Ben Yela, lighting

Tim Kitzman, projections
 

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An Evening of Winter Shorts
January 30-February 1, 2020 

An intimate evening of one act plays presented by Seat of Our Pants Readers Theatre Troupe and 53212 Presents.

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Plays include a WORLD PREMIERE reading of The Waitress by local playwright Jon Kolb. All short plays are directed by L. Mark Flagg and featured performances by Nate Press, Tess Rutkowski and Kirk Thomsen with Posy Knight.

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photo credit Joe Bowes Productions

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MKE ARTS
Nail the Callback
Musical Theater Workshop

January 25, 2020 


Six musical theater hopefuls present their callback songs with live accompaniment and then receive professional feedback and coaching to help them shake their nerves, build their confidence and nail the callback. Many participants shared that they want honest critiques to take their audition skills to the next level.

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FIELDWORK SHOWCASE

December 13, 2019

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Witness the process and progress of an eclectic group of Milwaukee artists! Having built a community through critical feedback and lack of hierarchy, artists of The Field Milwaukee invite audiences for a chance to see their works-in-process. Audiences are also welcome to participate in Fieldwork feedback within this relaxed and open setting.

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Featuring work by Alaina Carlson, Cy Ozgood, Chad Piechowski, Betty Salamun, Gavin St. John, Zachary Schorsch and Kirk Thomsen.

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        Alabama Story

                October 17th-19th, 2019

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Presented by Seat of Our Pants Readers Theatre Troupe 

Set in Montgomery, Alabama in 1959, Alabama Story mixes real and fictional people to tell a fact-inspired fable about tests of character in

a time of social turbulence. Censorship, civil rights, children’s literature

and the freedom to read are elements in this highly theatrical tale set in “the Deep South of the imagination.” A bullying but complex segregationist senator wants a controversial children’s book taken off the library shelves, but a fearless librarian — no less complicated — refuses, putting both

of their worlds at risk.

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Director... Stephan Roselin

Live Music... John Stano

Lighting Design... Alan Pietrowicz

Stage Manager... Nicole Allee

Cast... Leslie Fitzwater, Chris Goode, Scott Howland, Monty Kane, Stephan Roselin, and Tess Rutkowski

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CLARA AT 200 

September 13 &14, 2019

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A Concert of music and writings of Clara Schumann; German pianist, composer and teacher. One of the foremost European pianists of the 19th century and the wife and champion of the music of Robert Schumann, she was also a respected composer and influential teacher.... Celebrate the 200th anniversary of her birth.

 

Featuring Soprano Sarah Richardson, Baritone Joe Riggenbach, and Pianist Michel Shestak.
 

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This physical theatre workshop pushes actors to develop their ability to risk and reap the rewards that come with doing so in performance. The three-class workshops will include work on the following concepts

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  • integrate the body with creative impulses

  • develop the artist's sense of spontaneous play onstage 

  • venture into the world of clown, where failure is not only a necessity but a source of discovery and delight. 


Workshop facilitator Kathryn Cesarz is a theatre artist and clown committed to performance, human connection, and shared experience. She has performed throughout the United States and Internationally. In Milwaukee, she has been involved in the ensemble and performed at Quasimondo Physical Theatre, has written, produced, and performed in her own independent productions, and she has also been seen performing with Cooperative Performance Milwaukee, Shakespeare Raw, and Unrehearsed MKE. Kathryn holds a Master of Fine Arts from Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre. 

I'm A Father Under Construction
June 13-29, 2019
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"I'm a Father Under Construction" explored the complex issue from a perspective within the LGBTQ+ community, featuring live music, dance, theatre, visual art and more... Even in their absence, we all feel the impact of our fathers. Sometimes, we have to search outside of our own family to find the mentorship and guidance we need from a father-figure. Separation, trauma, the passage into adulthood, and especially parenting, can make us reflect on the expectations we have of the person we call father.

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Director... Kirk R Thomsen

Live Music... DUZT

Set Design... Nerissa Eichinger

Lighting Design... Corbin Putz

Collaborators... Daniel Burkholder, Posy Knight, Ida Lucchesi, Ben Ludwig, Joseph Riggenbach, Zach Byron Schorsch, Lindsay Stevens, Kirk Thomsen, Jimmie Weyneth, and Joëlle Worm

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