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RENAISSANCE THEATERWORKS


Milwaukee, WI

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The mission of Renaissance Theaterworks is to create moving theater that connects with our shared sense of being human. We are dedicated to artistic excellence and to promoting the work of women onstage and off. We take pride in our accomplishments towards improving gender parity in Milwaukee theater.
The Nether
10/1 - 2/2/2025


The Nether, a play by Jennifer Haley, dives into a disturbing near-future world where virtual realities complicate the concepts of morality and legality. As a ...


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Renaissance Theaterworks Presents THE NETHER By Jennifer Haley


by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2024

Renaissance Theaterworks will continue their 32nd season with “The Nether” by Jennifer Haley, January 12th - February 2nd with preview performances on January 10th and 11th, at the Theater on 255 S Water Street in Milwaukee's Harbor District. ...

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards; SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL at Skylight Music Theatre Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Milwaukee, WI Awards


by BWW Awards - December 09, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Milwaukee's Own Sarah Sokolovic Returns In THE MOORS This October


by A.A. Cristi - September 24, 2024

Milwaukee native Sarah Sokolovic, known for her roles in HOMELAND and BIG LITTLE LIES, returns to star in THE MOORS at Renaissance Theaterworks. The play runs from October 20th to November 10th....

Renaissance Theaterworks Announces Casting for THE MOORS, THE NETHER, and BUYER & CELLAR


by A.A. Cristi - August 20, 2024

Renaissance Theaterworks has announced casting of their 2024-2025 season offerings: The Moors by Jen Silverman, The Nether by Jennifer Haley and Buyer & Cellar by Jonathan Tolins. ...

Marie Kohler's BOSWELL Has Been Published By Dramatic Publishing 


by Stephi Wild - July 31, 2024

Award-winning Wisconsin playwright Marie Kohler has announced that her play BOSWELL has just been published by Dramatic Publishing and is now available to individuals and theaters everywhere to produce....

Br!NK! NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Returns for Its Tenth Year In May


by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2024

Renaissance Theaterworks presents the tenth annual Br!NK! New Play Festival on Saturday, May 18, and Sunday, May 19, 2024, at the Baumgartner Center for Dance....

First Stage's Young Company to Present AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 09, 2024

First Stage's Young Company, the Theater Academy's award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will present its final production of the 2023/24 season, AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Renaissance Theaterworks' Presents L'APPARTEMENT


by A.A. Cristi - February 22, 2024

Experience the comedic clash of cultures in L'APPARTEMENT, a hilarious play by Joanna Murray-Smith, presented by Renaissance Theaterworks. Join a Millennial couple in Paris as they navigate envy and life choices....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Milwaukee, WI Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Past Shows

THE MOORS
18/10 - 10/11/2024


Sarah Sokolovic returns to her Milwaukee roots in THE MOORS, a darkly comedic play by Jen Silverman debuting at Renaissance Theaterworks. The story follows a ...

BOSWELL
30/7


BOSWELL, a play by Wisconsin playwright Marie Kohler, weaves together the journeys of two women across different centuries, exploring themes of friendship and authenticity. Set ...

Cost of Living
20/1 - 13/2/2023


Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, Martyna Majok's powerhouse play is an insightful, intriguing work is about the forces that bring people together, the complexity ...

The How and the Why
21/10 - 13/11/2022


On the eve of a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologist wrestles for the truth with an established leader in the field. Their real challenge ...

NEAT, by Charlayne Woodard
NEAT, by Charlayne Woodard
19/3 - 11/4/2021


Renaissance Theaterworks brings back its 2012 hit with Marti Gobel reprising her tour-de-force role. Back by popular demand, NEAT is a magical, often humorous, coming-of-age ...

Belonging
4/12 - 6/12/2020


Renaissance Theaterworks has created BELONGING, a virtual series of three short plays written by playwrights of color. All three of these visually stunning theatrical gems ...

Happy Days
24/1 - 16/2/2020


Studio Theatre: HAPPY DAYS...

THE ROOMMATE
18/10 - 10/11/2019


Empty-nested and alone in her Midwestern home, Sharon takes on a roommate, Robyn, who has just arrived from New York City. Before she has even ...

'RAIN ON FIRE
7/9 - 8/9/2019


Karen Saari; dir: Libby Amato. World Premiere...


Inna Tsyrlin; dir: Samantha Martinson. World Premiere...

RUSSIAN TRANSPORT
19/1 - 11/2/2018


Set in the Russian-Jewish enclave of Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Russian Transport is a deeply personal, emotionally charged tale of an immigrant couple, their two assimilated ...

SEX WITH STRANGERS
20/10 - 12/11/2017


Laura Eason; dir: Mallory Metoxen....

THE ENDURANCE OF LIGHT
10/9 - 12/9/2017


Amanda Petefish-Schrag; dir: Suzan Fete....


Reina Hardy; dir: Mallory Metoxen....

The Violet Hour
7/4 - 30/4/2017


Richard Greenberg; dir: Suzan Fete....

Luna Gale
20/1 - 12/2/2017


Albert Theatre: Rebecca Gilman; dir: Robert Falls....

Luna Gale
20/1 - 12/2/2017


Albert Theatre: Rebecca Gilman; dir: Robert Falls....

The Drowning Girls
21/10 - 13/11/2016


Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic; dir: Jon Harvey....

The Drowning Girls
21/10 - 13/11/2016


Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, Daniela Vlaskalic; dir: Jon Harvey....

Before Evening Comes
10/9 - 13/9/2016


Philana Omorotionmwan; dir: Marti Gobel....

Before Evening Comes
10/9 - 13/9/2016


Philana Omorotionmwan; dir: Marti Gobel....


Kathleen Allison Johnson, Gail Sterkel; dir: Mallory Metoxen....


Kathleen Allison Johnson, Gail Sterkel; dir: Mallory Metoxen....

Censored on Final Approach
1/4 - 24/4/2016


Phylis Ravel; dir: Leda Hoffmann....

Agnes of God
22/1 - 14/2/2016


Summoned to a convent, Dr. Martha Livingstone, a court-appointed psychiatrist, is charged with assessing the sanity of a novice accused of murdering her newborn. Miriam ...

The Ballad of Emmett Till
23/10 - 15/11/2015


His brutal deah was the spark that ignited one of the most important social justice movements in the world, but Emmett Till remains a stranger ...

Lettice And Lovage
Lettice And Lovage
10/4 - 3/5/2015


Letitia ‘Lettice’ Douffet is the frustrated tour guide for the “painfully uninteresting” but historic, Fustian House. Watching her tour-groups dwindle with boredom, Lettice begins to ...

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata
23/1 - 15/2/2015


Pozdnyshev, Tolstoy’s tormented narrator, is passionately and possessively in love with his beautiful young wife… But can he trust her? What follows is a twisted ...

Amelia
Amelia
17/10 - 9/11/2014


Newlyweds Amelia and Ethan are torn apart when he must leave to fight for the Union army. Ethan writes Amelia faithfully until one day his ...

Skin Tight
Skin Tight
4/4 - 27/4/2014


“Skin Tight” gets under the skin with the poetic universality of love and life. We can’t ask much more of theater. Damien Jaques Journal Sentinel ...

THE UNDERSTUDY
THE UNDERSTUDY
19/1 - 9/2/2014


In this bitingly witty and entertaining comedy, the lights of Broadway cast an affectionate glow on one of the most notorious roles in the theater: ...

THE BELLE OF AMHERST
THE BELLE OF AMHERST
18/10 - 10/11/2013


“BELLE is a play that poses all the right and great questions…and so does dazzle us.” Gabriel Gilbert, Milwaukee’s Downtown Edition December 23, 1991 Emily ...

The Road to Mecca
5/4 - 28/4/2013


ne of Fugard’s most lyrical plays, THE ROAD TO MECCA is based on the life and work of Helen Martins -- South Africa’s foremost Outsider ...

Educating Rita
18/1 - 10/2/2013


Rita, a spirited young hairdresser from Liverpool, yearns desperately for an education. Pursuing her dream, Rita enrolls at the Open University for non-traditional students. Her ...

Honour
23/3 - 15/4/2012


Tractor Beam Joanna Murray-Smith...

Neat
13/1 - 5/2/2012

Gorgons
14/10 - 6/11/2011

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