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BARTELL THEATRE

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Madison, WI 53703

POTUS: Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive


Spend a night in the West Wing with Strollers and Xquisite Xploits production of Selina Fillinger's  POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women ...


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Strollers' Theatre to Present MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN in February


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 30, 2024

'Discover the thought-provoking Strollers' Theatre production of Mother Courage and Her Children, a multi-media exploration of America's role in global war. ...

A VALENTINE'S AFFAIR Comes to Madison Shakespeare Company


by Stephi Wild - January 10, 2024

Madison Shakespeare Company has announced the upcoming premiere of A Valentine's Affair 2024, a collection of classic love scenes directed by Annie Jay. This year's production includes the works of William Shakespeare and Thomas Heywood and performs two nights only, February 13 and 14 at the Bartell...

FIGARO: THE STORY SO FAR Arrives In Wisconsin


by Stephi Wild - August 03, 2023

The adventures of the rascal Figaro are well-known to Madison-area audiences. Madison Opera has staged the better-known Figaro tales nine times in its history. But until now, the final adventure of Figaro, Pierre Beaumarchais' 1792 play La mère coupable was little-known to English-speaking audiences...

Pile of Cats Theatre Company to Present THERE'S AN APP 4 THAT This Month


by Blair Ingenthron - May 07, 2023

Pile of Cats Theatre Company, Madison's continuing source of contemporary comic plays, will present its fifth production, THERE'S AN APP 4 THAT, at the Bartell Theatre's Evjue Stage, May 19-27. This satire of compartmentalized 2020s life is performed as part of World Premiere Wisconsin, the statewid...

Winners Announced For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards


by BWW Awards - January 27, 2023

The winners have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards, honoring the best in regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. ...

12 Days Left To Vote For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards; The Fireside Theater Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


by BWW - December 19, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites....

Latest Stats Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards; at Fireside Theatre Leads Best Ensemble Performance!


by BWW - December 12, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites....

Latest Standings Released For The 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards; The Fireside Theater Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


by BWW - December 05, 2022

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites....

VIDEO: Bartell Theatre Announces Upcoming Seasons For its Five Participating Theatre Companies


by Stephi Wild - July 02, 2021

Learn more about the upcoming seasons for Madison Theatre Guild, Strollers Theatre, Mercury Players Theatre, and StageQ....

Past Shows

A Timely Intervention by the Former Barber of Seville (Figaro’s Final Adventure)


For fans of The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, and of romance, schemes, and narrow escapes. A devious schemer has infiltrated the home ...

Hedwig & the Angry Inch
Hedwig & the Angry Inch
3/10 - 3/25/2023


Brilliantly innovative, moving, and wickedly funny, Hedwig is out to set the record straight about her life, her loves, and the operation that left her ...

Act A Lady
Act A Lady
11/4 - 11/19/2022


When the men of a small, Prohibition-era town decide to put on a play dressed in “fancy-type, women-type clothes,” the whole community is affected: gender ...

Hir
Hir
2/11 - 2/26/2022


The classic, dysfunctional family drama has just crashed through into a whole new place. Meet Paige, a wife and mother liberated from an oppressive and ...

Technology of Romance
5/22 - 5/30/2020


A dark, vibratingly sexy comedy about a midlife crisis that goes horribly, horribly wrong. An original work by a local Madison playwright....

The 39 Steps
4/24 - 5/9/2020


In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she’s a spy. When he takes ...

The Realistic Joneses
4/16 - 4/25/2020


Funny, moving, and weird, The Realistic Joneses presents a young couple, John and Pony Jones, who end up moving next door to the older Jennifer ...

The Moors
4/3 - 4/18/2020


Two sisters and a dog live on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen ...

Expecting Isabel
3/6 - 3/21/2020


When Nick first suggests having a baby, Miranda finds every excuse to oppose him, but after the New York couple tries and fails to conceive, ...


Vivent Health (formerly AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin) and members of the National Touring 5th Company of WICKED will host WITCHES’ NIGHT OFF, a one-night-only ...

The Children's Hour
3/5 - 3/14/2020


Before social media could ruin people's lives, there was the simple but effective rumor mill. The Children’s Hour, set in a New England girls' school ...


The Prince of Denmark has a lot of work to do. And just one day to do it. Madison Shakespeare Company takes on the legendary ...

Are We Delicious? Patchwork Puppets


Madisons own Are We Delicious? and Mercury Players Theatre team up to create fun night of crazy puppets within the Patchwork World of local designer ...

RAID! Attack on Stonewall
RAID! Attack on Stonewall
4/19 - 4/27/2019


By Malissa PettersonDirected by John SiewertRAID! Attack on Stonewall is an original work, commissioned by StageQ; this fully immersive experience will transport audiences back to ...

Arborophilia or The Chopping Block


Judge Gwendolyn Gage’s two daughters have both fallen in love—but neither relationship is exactly what the fifty-five-year-old divorcee had in mind. Her older daughter, Lily, ...

Are We Delicious? Puss in Boots


With only a pair of boots, wit, trickery and savoir faire a scraggly cat guides its hopeless owner from poverty to the Palace. Starting with ...

Are We Delicious? 5th Anniversary


Anniversary celebrates 5 years of abundant creativity. An all-star ensemble of Madison writers, performers and musicians join to create original plays with original music in ...

BARE
BARE
3/20 - 4/4/2015


Bare, also known as bare: A Pop Opera and bare the musical, is a rock musical with a book by Jon Hartmere, Jr. and Damon ...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
5/3 - 5/25/2013


Love, Betrayal, Illusion and Laughter will all be there as Strollers gets “Back to the canon” with Shakespeare’s most recognizable and beloved comedy. But trust ...

Lobby Hero
Lobby Hero
3/22 - 4/13/2013


Jeff is the night doorman in a Manhattan high-rise, as clumsy in life as he is in his affections for the rookie cop Dawn. Only ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1/11 - 2/3/2013


Unaware that he is dying of cancer, disturbed by the childless marriage of his favored alcoholic son, Brick, Big Daddy Pollitt, brings his family together ...

Paragon
Paragon
9/14 - 10/6/2012


It is 1926 in the American heartland, and the famed "healing waters" of Paragon Springs, Wisconsin have been mysteriously poisoned. Now, the town's foremost citizen-crusader, ...

Videos


Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles in Madison Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles
Overture Center (5/16 - 5/16)
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical in Madison Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Overture Center (6/11 - 6/16)
Moulin Rouge! in Madison Moulin Rouge!
Overture Center (7/9 - 7/21)
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity) in Madison Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
Overture Center (10/11 - 10/12)
Willy Wonka Kids in Madison Willy Wonka Kids
Sunset Playhouse (5/18 - 5/19)
Shakespeare's Lovers In June in Madison Shakespeare's Lovers In June
Madison Shakespeare Company (6/1 - 6/2)
Into The Woods in Madison Into The Woods
Cambridge Historic Gym (7/11 - 7/14)
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