Mark Clements and More to Direct for Milwaukee Rep's 2013-14 Season; Creative Teams Announced!

Milwaukee Repertory Theater has announced the dynamic directors and creative teams selected for the 2013/14 Season, The Rep's 60th Anniversary. These talented directors and creative teams will help The Rep continue in its commitment to offer brave, challenging, entertaining, stimulating, thought-provoking and vital works with a distinctive aesthetic.

Directors for the 60th Anniversary Season will be:

Mark Clements, Ragtime, End of the Rainbow and The History of Invulnerability (Artistic Director, Milwaukee Repertory Theater); JC Clementz, Forever Plaid (Artistic Associate, Milwaukee Repertory Theater); Nick Corley, Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie (former Artistic Director of Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma and co-devisor of Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie); Brent Hazelton, (Associate Artistic Director, Milwaukee Repertory Theater); Laura Gordon, Venus in Fur (Director at Utah Shakespeare Festival for this summer's production of Love's Labour's Lost); John Langs, An Illiad (Associate Artistic Director, ACT Theatre, Seattle); Todd Olson, I Left My Heart (Producing Artistic Director, American Stage Theatre Company); Aaron Posner, A Christmas Carol (Artistic Associate at Folger Theatre and founder and former Artistic Director of Philadelphia's Arden Theatre) and KJ Sanchez, Noises Off (Founder/CEO of American Records).

The Creative Team for the 60th Anniversary Season includes many Milwaukee Rep Associate Artists:

Laura Gordon, Venus in Fur (Director); Todd Edward Ivins, Ragtime (Scenic Designer); Dan Kazemi, Ragtime and Forever Plaid (Music Director) andAin't Misbehavin' (Director and Music Director);

Jeff Nellis, Ragtime (Lighting Designer); Aaron Posner, A Christmas Carol (Director) and John Tanner, Ragtime, Forever Plaid and End of the Rainbow(Sound Designer).

Of special note: Stephen Mear, Ragtime (Choreographer) will be joining The Rep for the first time from England. A Tony nominated and double Olivier Award winner, Mear will be choreographing The Metropolitan Opera's production of Die Fledermaus this January/February 2014.

Director/Creative Team Lineup, 2013/14 Season

I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett

August 23 - October 20, 2013

Stackner Cabaret

Created by David Grapes & Todd Olson

Arrangements by Vince di Mura

Director, Todd Olson

Music Director/Pianist, Richard Carsey
Scenic Designer, Megan Truscott
Costume Designer, Kate McLaughlin
Lighting Designer, Craig Gottschalk
Sound Designer, Erin Paige

Ragtime

September 17 - October 27, 2013

Quadracci Powerhouse

Book by Terrence McNally

Music by Stephen Flaherty

Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

Based on the novel "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow

Artistic Director/Director, Mark Clements

Music Director, Dan Kazemi ±
Scenic Designer, Todd Edward Ivins ±
Costume Designer, Alex Tecoma
Lighting Designer, Jeff Nellis ±
Sound Designer, John Tanner ±
Choreographer, Stephen Mear
Dialect Coach, Jill Walmsley Zager
Assistant Sound Designer, Henry Lewis II

Venus in Fur

September 25 - November 3, 2013

Stiemke Studio

By David Ives

Director, Laura Gordon ±
Scenic Designer, Scott Davis
Costume Designer, Rachel Laritz
Lighting Designer, Aimee Hanyzewski
Sound Designer, Joe Cerqua
Dialect Coach, Jill Walmsley Zager

Forever Plaid

October 25 - December 29, 2013

Stackner Cabaret

Written by Stuart Ross

Arrangements by James Raitt

Artistic Associate/Director, JC Clementz

Music Director, Dan Kazemi ±
Scenic Designer, Megan Truscott
Costume Designer, Jason Orlenko
Lighting Designer, Lee Fiskness
Sound Designer, John Tanner ±

Noises Off

November 19 - December 22, 2013

Quadracci Powerhouse

By Michael Frayn

Director, KJ Sanchez
Scenic Designer, Dan Conway
Costume Designer, Matthew J. LeFebvre
Lighting Designer, Andrew Cissna
Sound Designer, Matt Callahan
Dialect Coach, Jill Walmsley Zager

A Christmas Carol

November 27 - December 24, 2013

Pabst Theater

Director, Aaron Posner ±

Scenic Designer, Marjorie Bradley Kellogg

Costume Designer, Martha Hally

Lighting Designer, Thom Weaver
Dialect Coach, Jill Walmsley Zager
Children's Director/Stage Movement Director, Maggie Ellsworth

Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie

January 3 - March 9, 2014

Stackner Cabaret

Devised by David M. Lutken, Nick Corley, Darcie Deaville, Helen Jean Russell &

Andy Teirstein

Director, Nick Corley
Music Director, David M. Lutken

Scenic Designer, Luke Cantarella
Choreographer, David M. Lutken

End of the Rainbow

January 7 - February 9, 2014

Quadracci Powerhouse

By Peter Quilter

Artistic Director/Director, Mark Clements

Scenic Designer, Dan Conway

Lighting Designer, Jesse Klug

Sound Designer, John Tanner±

The Whipping Man

February 5 - March 16, 2014

Stiemke Studio

By Matthew Lopez

Associate Artistic Director/Director, Brent Hazelton
Scenic Designer, Scott Davis
Costume Designer, Rachel Laritz
Lighting Designer, Noele Stollmack
Sound Designer, Barry G. Funderburg

An Iliad

February 25 - March 23, 2014

Quadracci Powerhouse

Adapted from Homer

By Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare

Translation by Robert Fagles

Featuring James DeVita

Director, John Langs
Scenic Designer, Andrew Boyce
Costume Designer, Holly Payne
Lighting Designer, Noele Stollmack

Ain't Misbehavin'

March 14 - May 18, 2014
Stackner Cabaret

Conceived by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby, Jr.
Musical Adaptations by Luther Henderson
Vocal & Musical Concepts by Jeffery Gutcheon
Vocal Arrangements by Jeffrey Gutcheon & William Elliot

Director & Music Director, Dan Kazemi ±

Stage Movement Director, Jenn Rose

The History of Invulnerability

April 8 - May 4, 2014

Quadracci Powerhouse

By David Bar Katz

Artistic Director/Director, Mark Clements

Costume Designer, Rachel Laritz

Lighting Designer, Thom Weaver
Projection Designer, Jared Mezzocchi
Sound Designer, Lindsay Jones
Dialect Coach, Jill Walmsley Zager

± Rep Associate Artist

* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Please note: All plays and dates are subject to change.

Subscriptions for The Rep's 2013/14 Season are now on sale. Subscription prices for the 2013/14 Season range from $50 - $490. Packages available are the Ultimate 11-play package which includes the entire season spanning all three of The Rep's performance spaces; Quadracci Powerhouse/Stackner 9-play package; Quadracci Powerhouse/Stiemke Studio 7-play package; Quadracci Powerhouse 5-play package; Stackner Cabaret 4-Play package as well as a Create Your Own Season package and Flex Passes. For additional information on subscription offerings, contact Milwaukee Rep's Ticket Office at 414-224-9490 or visit www.MilwaukeeRep.com.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater is a nationally-recognized company that presents compelling dramas, powerful classics, award-winning contemporary works, full-scale musicals, housed in its three unique performance venues - the Quadracci Powerhouse, Stiemke Studio and Stackner Cabaret. The Rep also produces an annual production of A Christmas Carol at the beautiful and historic Pabst Theater. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mark Clements and Managing Director Chad Bauman, The Rep is committed to creating plays that are meaningful and relevant to the society we live in - plays that are challenging, visceral and engage the community through the issues they explore, demonstrating how a theater deeply rooted in its locality can also enjoy a richly influential and resonant national voice.