Performances will run from March 21 – May 18 in the Stackner Cabaret.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater will present The Last Five Years by Tony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown (Parade, The Bridges of Madison County), March 21 – May 18, 2025, in the Stackner Cabaret. Named one of the 10 best shows of 2001 by TIME Magazine this brilliant musical, with a fantastic score that has become a modern classic. The two person cast features Wisconsin native and Kids from Wisconsin alum Grace Bobber as Cathy, and Asher Muldoon as Jaime, who recently came off the national tour of Dear Evan Hansen, with Scott Cook on cello.
The Last Five Years delivers ballads of every shade in an emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. Captivating both audiences and critics earning it a Drama Desk Award (music and lyrics), a film adaptation and productions around the world, Jason Robert Brown's cult favorite is a raw and intimate window into two perspectives of one relationship.
The Last Five Years is directed by Kelley Faulkner (My Way, Milwaukee Rep) and music directed by Ryan Touhey (Beautiful, National Tour), with arrangements by Alex Bechtel (Penelope, Signature Theatre), set design by Em Allen (Stew, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), lighting design by Maaz Ahmed (The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Nex Act Theatre), costume design by Nicholas Hartman (2 Pianos 4 Hands, Milwaukee Rep), sound design by Stefanie Senior (Enough to Let the Light In, Teatro Vista), casting by Jonathan Hetler and stage managed by Kira Neighbors.
The Last Five Years is made possible by Executive Producers Cheryl and Bill Guc and Dawne and Ray Manista with Associate Producers Antony and Nikki D'Cruz, Debra and Peter Johnson, Lynda Johnson, Jenny and Mark Kopetsky, and Anne and Chris Noyes. The Last Five Years is a part of the David Kundert Stackner Season.
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