Marcella Kearns

Door Shakespeare's 2022 Season Opens This Week

Door Shakespeare has announced the opening of their 2022 season (running June 22 through August 27) in the garden of Björklunden, 7590 Boynton Ln, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202.

Marcella Kearns Announces Career Transition From Milwaukee Chamber Theatre To Forward Theater In Madison

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Associate Artistic Director, Marcella Kearns, has announced that she will step down following the 2021-2022 Season after 10 years of service. Kearns will transition this summer to her, in her own words, “other favorite Wisconsin theatre company,” Forward Theater Company in Madison, where she will assume the part-time role of Artistic Associate.  

First Stage's Young Company to Stage MACBETH

Next up for First Stage’s Young Company, the Theater Academy’s award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will be MACBETH, Shakespeare!s darkest tragedy, infamously known as the cursed Scottish play. The play will be performed in the newly renovated, theater-in-the round Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. Directed by First Stage Young Company faculty member Marcella Kearns, with fight and intimacy direction by Christopher Elst, MACBETH is filled with ferocious battles, supernatural horrors, famously gorgeous poetry and some of the Bard's most vivid characters.

First Stage's Award-Winning Young Company to Present MACBETH

Next up for First Stage's Young Company, the Theater Academy's award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will be MACBETH, Shakespeare's darkest tragedy, infamously known as the cursed Scottish play.

Door Shakespeare to Present THE TEMPEST and THE THREE MUSKETEERS, A MUSICAL ADVENTURE

Door Shakespeare announces its summer 2022 lineup of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, and The Three Musketeers: An Adventure, with Music, a play by Joe Pine, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, with music and lyrics by Scott McKenna Campbell. The season runs June 22 through August 27, 2022 on Door Shakespeare's outdoor stage on the grounds of Björklunden in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.

First Stage Announces A Return to Live Performances in 2021/22 Season

First Stage is announce its safe and triumphant return to live theater performances in the 2021/22 season. 

Milwaukee's First Stage Announces A Return To Live Performances for 2021/22 Season

First Stage has announced its safe and triumphant return to live theater performances in the 2021/22 season. First Stage has announced the full 35th season kicking off in November at the Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater with the perennial and beloved holiday favorite, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Expands Staff By Two Positions

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has introduced two new staff members who joined the organization this winter. Samantha Martinson takes the formal position of Education Associate after working with MCT since 2014 in varying capacities including acting, assistant producing, and literary support for the Young Playwrights Festival, and Malkia Stampley will establish the role of Milwaukee Black Theater Festival Artistic Producer.

Winners Announced For The 2020 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee Awards! Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Skylight & More Take Home Wins!

Winners have been announced for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee Awards - which were back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade!