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Gallathea
Gallathea
Mar 31

Neptune's wrath sparks an unusual connection between Gallathea and Phyllida, two disguised young women.They're on the run from Neptune's wrath.In disguise.In love.When the ancient gods...

Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Apr 28

A powerful drama of manipulation and motive by one of the greatest modern playwrights.Henrik Ibsen's blockbuster play about a woman who turns an idyllic, boring...



Review: MADISON RAPS ABOUT HAMILTON at The Overture Center


by Scott Rawson - January 08, 2026

This would mark my third time seeing Hamilton at The Overture Center. All have been good, and all have been slightly different. And all have had a varied effect on me.  ...

Review: A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Pabst Theater


by Cathy Jakicic - December 04, 2025

Though the Milwaukee Rep is presenting its 50th season of 'A Christmas Carol,' this year, the current production has the freshness and energy of a debut. Returning as Scrooge, Matt Daniels brings back his nimble physicality and vocals, making Dickens familiar words full of surprises. Whether grumpy ...

Past Shows

The Knights by Aristophanes
The Knights by Aristophanes
Jan 27

A comedy play written 2400 years ago about a hot dog vendor who takes on an incompetent king.In ancient Greece, the legendary playwright Aristophanes spent...

The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple
Nov 18

The drama that put legendary playwright George Bernard Shaw on the map.

They Knew What They Wanted
They Knew What They Wanted
Apr 22

Sidney Howard's Pulitzer Prize-award winning stage comedy about vigor, valor, and vino, with more than a little spaghetti humor.Aging winemaker Tony wants to marry Amy,...

Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac
Mar 25

Roxane, Christian, and You-Nose-Who.The year: 1640.The place: Paris, France.The subject: Cyrano de Bergerac, master of verse and sword.The object: Roxane, with beauty and brains in...

RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots
RUR: Rossum's Universal Robots
Jan 28

Old Rossum invented the perfect replacement for human labor. Perhaps a little too perfect.Could humanity survive the creation of superior artificial beings? Don’t count on...

Rudens (The Rope) by Plautus
Rudens (The Rope) by Plautus
Aug 27

Right from the sea a fisherman a hamper drew;Unlocked, it showed the tokens of his master’s child:Daughter she was, though servant to procurer vile,Established, after...

In the Next Room, a scandalous play
In the Next Room, a scandalous play
Mar 26

The version of this play they wouldn’t show you at any other respectable venue!Falconbridge Players’ crack researchers have uncovered an early variation of In the...

The Show-Off
The Show-Off
Feb 27

The Show-Off by George Kelly was named the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by the duly appointed jury. But it didn’t win the prize. Columbia...

The Butter and Egg Man
The Butter and Egg Man
Nov 28

The original sugar daddy comedy and the template for a Mel Brooks classic, about a rube who tries to beat Broadway at its own game.Now...

Penelope Haunts Twice
Penelope Haunts Twice
Oct 31

Falconbridge’s hair-raising Halloween tradition returns as we present two chilling tales with just one name: Penelope.The Lady Penelope by Thomas Hardy: Strange fates await the...

Figaro: The Story So Far
Figaro: The Story So Far
Aug 22

Only know Figaro from the opera? Or like most of us, just from what you picked up from classic cartoons like The Rabbit Of Seville?...

Three Weeks, a celebration of trashy romance
Three Weeks, a celebration of trashy romance
Apr 25

Move over, Lady Chatterly's Lover. Make room, The Rainbow. Elinor Glyn's Three Weeks may be largely forgotten today, but this 1907 book has everything, right down to lovemaking on...

Paris Bound
Paris Bound
Mar 28

From Philip Barry (the creator of The Philadelphia Story and Holiday) Falconbridge Players presents Paris Bound, a terrifically modern comedy about the uneasy alliance of love,...

Cheezo and the Lost Silk Hat
Cheezo and the Lost Silk Hat
Feb 28

Nothing satisfies an itch for a frankenfoods takedown like Cheezo! “Cheezo makes darling baby grow!”Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett) was a prolific writer and direct influence on the development...

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