At the Show

Pre-Performance Discussions

Join members of the cast and staff to get the "insider's scoop" on the play you're about to see. From design choices to the history of the play to what to watch for, these pre-performance discussions will give you an edge to enhance your Milwaukee Shakespeare experience.

Forty-five minutes prior to show time in the theatre lobby

Talkbacks

Join the cast after designated performances for a lively chat about the play. Discuss the actors' journey, explore character or design choices and share your own experience of the performance.

Immediately following designated performances in the theatre

To establish which performances will be hosting talkbacks, click here.

Aside.

At the performance, pick up a free copy of Aside, an article and reading and viewing list touching on one of the issues, viewpoints, or design components of the play you are seeing that evening.

Challenge your perceptions. Expand your knowledge. Continue the conversation after the play is done.

Check our archived articles below, and email Milwaukee Shakespeare Education wtih comments or suggestions for future topics.

Cymbeline
'Parallel Partnerships in Cymbeline ' by Sarah Sladek

Twelfth Night
'Music and Song in Twelfth Night' by Erin DeYoung

2 Henry IV
'The Power of Rumor in Shakespeare's England' by Anna Patel

1 Henry IV
'But Little Chance of Getting Up Again': The Realities of Medieval Warfare by Jim Owczarski

Macbeth
Macbeth and Apocalyptic Literature by Trevor Kearns