New group holding meetings to create safer, more diverse theaters in Milwaukee. You can participate. By Jeff Jordan - Apr 13th, 2021 05:36 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Milwaukee Theater Alliance
Be you an actor, backstage person, producer, board member, parent of a young actor, or even a ticket holder you may be interested in participating in the effort by a group of theater folks to create local standards, influenced by The Chicago Theater Standards created in 2017. A document called the Milwaukee Theater Alliance Standards (MTA) has been created, which cites the “past failures” of the local theater community, and the “exclusion and marginalization of BIPOC and LGBYQ+ Persons.”
The Constructivists theater presents new play, a psychological thriller by a local playwright. By Jeff Jordan - Dec 29th, 2020 05:30 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Josiah Thomas Turner and Malaina Moore. Photo courtesy of The Constructivists.
If you’ve never seen a production by The Constructivists, a theater group based in Riverwest, you are missing some of the edgiest drama to be found in Milwaukee. Fresh off of their online production of
Women Laughing Alone With Salad, the company is producing a reading of a play written by a rising star from Milwaukee,
Turner’s play,
Eliza On The Ice, was chosen for the group’s annual Under Construction Play Program. The theater solicits plays for this annual program, with a reading produced by The Constructivists.