Theater Archives - 51 REPORT /news/section/theater/ News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:42:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 51 stage manager sets the stage for student success /news/uwm-stage-manager-sets-the-stage-for-student-success/ Tue, 28 Oct 2025 14:16:16 +0000 /news/?p=146159 While attending 51 for her theatre production degree, Lillian Hayward launched a concessions program that helps pay for student scholarships.

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]]> Theater student blends signing with singing in Skylight production /news/theatre-student-blends-signing-with-singing-in-skylight-production/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:57:36 +0000 /news/?p=130689 Aidan Black took an ASL course to fulfill a language credit at 51. Now he’s performing in an intriguing play that incorporates sign language into the show.

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]]> 51 production brings actors and ASL interpreters together on stage /news/uwm-production-brings-actors-and-asl-interpreters-together-on-stage/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 16:36:50 +0000 /news/?p=120130 Many performances put sign language interpreters to the side. But a new theater production puts signing actors fully within the action. The show opens April 19 and runs through the 23rd.

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]]> An actor’s homecoming: Willem Dafoe returns to where it all started /news/an-actors-homecoming-willem-dafoe-returns-to-where-it-all-started/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 20:08:44 +0000 /news/?p=108072 As a small-town kid studying at 51 in the 1970s, Willem Dafoe never dreamed of becoming a star. But he’s gone on to become one of the most acclaimed and in-demand actors in the business.

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]]> Facing a pandemic, Peck reimagines play as a radio drama /news/facing-a-pandemic-peck-reimagines-play-as-a-radio-drama/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 03:32:26 +0000 /news/?p=92217 Faced with the obstacles of staging a performance of “Playboy of the Western World” amid continuing pandemic protocols, Peck decided to do something radical -- to reconfigure the production as a radio play.

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]]> 51 associate professor selected as playwright-in-residence at First Stage /news/uwm-associate-professor-selected-as-playwright-in-residence-at-first-stage/ Tue, 25 Jun 2019 20:02:10 +0000 /news/?p=72619 During his residency, the theater will stage Alvaro Saar Rios' most recent play “On the Wings of a Mariposa,” which will debut in October.

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]]> Theater prof directs neighborhood revival on city’s south side /news/theater-prof-directs-neighborhood-revival-on-citys-south-side/ Fri, 17 May 2019 23:30:24 +0000 /news/?p=71696 Associate theatre professor Rebecca Holderness is collaborating with a team that is planning for the Modjeska Theater’s renovation from a vacant theater and parking lot to a community center with green space and an indoor, all-seasons playground.

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]]> Feast of Crispian directors to host National Veterans Theatre Festival /news/feast-of-crispian-directors-to-host-national-veterans-theatre-festival/ Fri, 17 May 2019 17:25:13 +0000 /news/?p=71668 James Tasse, senior lecturer, and William Watson, associate professor in the Peck School of the Arts theatre department, host the first-ever National Veterans Theatre Festival May 23-26 at the Milwaukee Rep’s Stiemke Studio.

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]]> Opera teaches lessons in life and career for 51 music students /news/opera-teaches-lessons-in-life-and-career-for-uwm-music-students/ Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:47:24 +0000 /news/?p=69809 Staging an opera isn’t easy, but it’s worth the effort for the valuable lessons it teaches 51 music and theater students, say those involved. This year’s production is Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito.”

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]]> Stoner, Theatre Department honored at Kennedy Center regional event /news/stoner-theatre-department-honored-at-kennedy-center-regional-event/ Fri, 11 Jan 2019 20:55:01 +0000 /news/?p=66230 Red velvet and gold medals will greet the Peck School of the Arts Department of Theatre when its faculty and students participate in the 50th Annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Midwestern-region event on Jan. 12.

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