Company Info

The mission of Renaissance Theaterworks is to create compelling theater focusing on the exploration of the feminine voice and to offer professional opportunities to emerging local theater artists.

Renaissance Theaterworks
158 N. Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Tickets: 414/291-7800
Administration: 414/273-0800
Fax: 414/273-0801

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Contacts:

Julie Swenson, Producing Director, jswenson10@aol.com

Sarah Hwang, Director of Marketing, shwang@r-t-w.com

Lisa Rasmussen, Development Director, lrasmussen@r-t-w.com

Season

Reading of "These Shining Lives"

9/14/2009 - 9/14/2009

A gripping true story of four women who found independence, friendship and strength while working at the Radium Dial Company in Depression-era Chicago.

The Smell of the Kill

10/9/2009 - 11/1/2009

Combine 3 unhappy women, 3 oblivious husbands, a dozen golf balls, and a faulty walk-in freezer and voila! You have the perfect recipe for a wickedly dark comedy. A dull dinner party takes a sinister turn when Nicky, Debra, and Molly debate the pros and cons of widowhood. Given the chance to make their husbands vanish without fear of consequence, will they? �...the play boasts lines and scenes that have the audience laughing as uproariously as The Producers.� (Variety)

Blackbird

1/15/2010 - 2/7/2010

Two former, forbidden lovers meet after 15 years when Una shows up in Ray's office. Is she, in her unannounced visit, bent on answers, vengeance or reconciliation? Forced to examine their shared past, the couple reveal a dark, painful tale of desire and damage. Experience this haunting new work - a hit of the Edinburgh Festival and winner of the 2007 Olivier Award. �Four stars! This haunting, powerful, incendiary work is the sort of daring theater far too absent from our stages these days.� -NY Post.

American Fiesta

4/23/2010 - 5/23/2010

An obsessive collector deals with his Oklahoma parents' opposition to his same-sex marriage, as he journeys across red and blue America to find the �perfect piece� of vintage Fiestaware. His comical journey reveals a fresh, hopeful look at our country's cultural/political divide and the many ways we can find common ground. Milwaukee's own John McGivern will tickle your funny-bone and touch your heart as he plays over 20 different characters in this tour de-force role. � Rarely have I encountered an original play with such depth and meaning... Don't miss it. � -Austin Chronicle.