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Next Act Theatre engages the hearts and minds of audiences with intimate and compelling productions.

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The spotlight is back on Milwaukee! 🎭✨

Milwaukee Theater Week is back, and the stage isn't the only place where the magic happens.

From the Best Seats in MKE taking over Turner’s Alley to morning yoga on the Miller High Life Theatre stage, live cabaret performances and nighttime celebrations, there are plenty of ways to experience Milwaukee’s performing arts scene.

🎭 Best Seats in MKE | Starting Oct. 9
🎸 Curtain Call at @yourofficemke | Oct. 12
🧘 Center Stage Savasana with @empoweryogamke at @mhltheatre | Oct. 15 at 7 AM
🎶 Turner’s Alley Cabaret presented by @mkedowntown | Oct. 15, 4–7 PM
🥂 Cheers to Milwaukee Theater Week | Oct. 18

Whether you're a theater regular or looking for something new to experience, consider this your invitation to take part.

🎟️ Explore Milwaukee Theater Week events and tickets at the #linkinbio

#mketheaterweek #mketheaterdistrict

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what i've been up to in milwaukee ->

kinda grew a beard

TRAYF by Lindsay Joelle
Directed by Elyse Edelman
Photos by @michaelbrosilowphoto

Scenic Design by Jeffrey D. Kmeic
Lightning Design by Colin Gawronski
Costume Design by Kim Instenes
Sound Design by Brian Grimm
Properties Design by Bianca Gonzalez
Stage Managed by Carrie Johns

pretty milwaukee sunset

izzy and elisheva! from college!

TRAYF by Lindsay Joelle
Directed by Elyse Edelman
Photos by @michaelbrosilowphoto

Scenic Design by Jeffrey D. Kmeic
Lightning Design by Colin Gawronski
Costume Design by Kim Instenes
Sound Design by Brian Grimm
Properties Design by Bianca Gonzalez
Stage Managed by Carrie Johns

rainbow & lake (big lake btw)

photofarming

TRAYF by Lindsay Joelle
Directed by Elyse Edelman
Photos by @michaelbrosilowphoto

Scenic Design by Jeffrey D. Kmeic
Lightning Design by Colin Gawronski
Costume Design by Kim Instenes
Sound Design by Brian Grimm
Properties Design by Bianca Gonzalez
Stage Managed by Carrie Johns

holy smash

thanks for the advice

la la la lighthouse

all jokes aside this show rocked thank you thank you thank you ❤️

TRAYF by Lindsay Joelle
Directed by Elyse Edelman
Photos by @michaelbrosilowphoto

Scenic Design by Jeffrey D. Kmeic
Lightning Design by Colin Gawronski
Costume Design by Kim Instenes
Sound Design by Brian Grimm
Properties Design by Bianca Gonzalez
Stage Managed by Carrie Johns

chud of the year @lucasprizant

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✨Student and Alumni News✨

Congratulations to A.J. Magoon (‘18) and Senior, Michael Kratzer! They are cast in Trayf with @nextacttheatre ! A.J. is playing Zalmy and Michael is understudying Jonathan! Catch the production Sept. 16- Oct. 4th!

Break a leg, A.J. and Michael! 👏

Are you a Marquette Theatre student or alum involved in a professional or community theatre production, film, or television project? DM us and let us know what you’re up to so we can highlight you too!

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We have the best ushers! Yesterday was our usher orientation as we get ready to kick off our 2026-2027 seasons. You'll be seeing these smiling faces soon at TRAYF opening Sept 16 and GREAT WHITE THRONE opening Oct 18!

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FAMILY. ❤️ What a night. What a moment. What a SUCCESS.

There are some experiences that you can plan for, organize, and prepare for — but you can never fully plan for the feeling that happens when community comes together. And this night was FULL of feeling.

We ate together. We danced together. We laughed. We sang. We listened to incredible music. We celebrated our young people, our artists, our families, and one another. The room was filled with so much joy, love, creativity, and COMMUNITY.

This was more than an event. This was family.

To every artist, performer, volunteer, family member, supporter, staff member, and person who contributed their time, energy, resources, or presence — THANK YOU. You helped create something incredibly special.

A huge thank you to Next Act Theatre for opening your doors and allowing us to gather, celebrate, and create such a beautiful experience in your space. We are truly grateful for your hospitality and partnership.

Sometimes you have to stop and appreciate what happens when people simply show up for one another.

And Milwaukee… y’all SHOWED UP. ❤️

Here are just a few moments from a night we won’t soon forget.

Family. Community. Art. Joy. Love.
This is what it’s all about.

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Setting the stage for a big production like Bembe’s “Journey the Atlantic” gives me the best kind of butterflies 🦋 🎶😝

3 Shows this Weekend
Aug 7-8
Next Act Theater

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Get your tickets for ¡Bembé! Journey the Atlantic, August 7th & 8th at Next Act Theater. Bring your clapping hands and singing voices to this immersive celebration of comunidad – community!
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Connected by the waters of the Atlantic, the land, Doña Tierra, shares her secrets, pains, and joyful awakenings through ancestral rhythm, movement and song. Presented by an international, intergenerational cast, all will be transformed by ¡Bembé! Journey the Atlantic!
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Surrounded by Milwaukee’s own youth cultural artists, ¡Bembé! features an All-Star cast, including Puerto Rico’s Beto Torrens, Colombia’s Camilo Rodriguez and Carolina Oliveros, New York City’s Julia Loiza Guteirrez-Rivera, Milwaukee’s Karlies Kelley (Panama) and Ko-Thi African Dance Company, and Brazil’s Marcus Santos and Pablo Guerreiro, among more, and starring Rána Ramos as Doña Tierra.

Tickets at Link in Bio or visit BembeJourney.com

Cover Art: “Guaguanco Kokomirayé” Copyright Pablo Soto Campoamor, 2017, All Rights Reserved

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Home is where the heart is ♥️

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milwaukee!!!! love you!!!! 💕

my first out-of-state contract could not have been more wonderful. thank you to @nextacttheatre and @s_martinson for believing in me and trusting me with my girl Helen. this show was a CHALLENGE in the best way, and so deeply fulfilling on so many levels. i couldn’t be more grateful.

can’t believe i got to play with @ljayegordon4 and @heartifactor every day!!! getting to be on stage with two theatre LEGENDS is unreal. love y’all 💕💕

and of course, thank you to my sweet babe @jadeallencook for holding down the fort and taking care of our son @jdilladingo while i was gone. couldn’t have made any of this work without my partner in life.

coming out of this a better artist and human, and i hope to be back soon 💕

beautiful show photos by @michaelbrosilowphoto

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