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Fall Arts Guide 2023

Shepherd Express 2023

FALL ARTS GUIDE

American Players Theatre - Merry Wives of Windsor

Photo by Liz Lauren

53212 Presents

53212presents.org

5 Points Art Gallery

5ptsartgallery.com

Acacia Theatre Company

acaciatheatre.com

The Alice Wilds

thealicewilds.com

All In Productions

allin-mke.com

Alverno Art & Cultures Gallery

alverno.edu/gallery

  • Director’s Invitational WOW! Women of Wisconsin, Sept. 8-Oct. 6
  • Connections: Alverno Alumnae Exhibit, Oct. 13-Nov. 3
American Players Theatre (APT)

americanplayers.org

  • The Royale, through Sept. 16
  • Our Town, through Sept.22
  • The Liar, through Sept. 23
  • Once Upon a Bridge, through Oct. 4
  • Mala, through Oct. 5
  • Anton’s Shorts, through Oct. 6
  • Romeo and Juliet, through Oct. 7
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor, through Oct. 8

    APT closes its 2023 season with a play Shakespeare may have knocked out in a hurry. According to legend, it was written to please Queen Elizabeth I as a sequel to his earlier plays featuring Sir John Falstaff, the fat knight and comic relief of Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. QE1 wanted to see Falstaff in love and Shakespeare, mindful of his head, obliged, composing a dexterously plotted comedy with lively dialogue. (David Luhrssen)

Aperi Animam

aperianimam.com

  • Passion, Peace & Play, Sept. 14 (United Methodist Church, Whitefish Bay)
Arts @ Large

artsatlargeinc.org

Aura Theatre Collective

auratheatre.com

Bach Chamber Choir

bachchoirmilwaukee.com

Bel Canto Chorus

belcanto.org

Black Arts MKE

blackartsmke.org

Black Holocaust Museum

abhmuseum.org

Boerner Botanical Gardens

boernerbotanicalgardens.org

  • China Lights, Sept. 15-Oct. 29
Bombshell Theatre Co.

bombshelltheatre.org

Boulevard Theatre

milwaukeeboulevardtheatre.com

  • Significant Other, Sept. 9 (Sugar Maple)

    A tiny, intimate stage serves as the social space for a small group of friends in one of the largest cities in the world. Jordan Berman lives in New York and like many of his friends, he feels like an aging single in his late twenties. He’s dealing with the terrors of a potential life alone as his friends all gradually get married around him. Conner is heartbreakingly vulnerable as a gentle neurotic hoping to make a connection of some sort. (Russ Bickerstaff)

The Box Theatre Co.

boxtheatre.co.org

  • Exit Stage Riley, Sept. 8-17
Bronzeville Arts Ensemble

facebook.com/BronzevilleArtsEnsemble

Cabaret Milwaukee

facebook.com/cabmke

Carroll Players

carroll-players.com

Catey Ott Dance Collective

cateyott.com

Cedarburg Art Museum

cedarburgartmuseum.org

  • Shared Paths through Ozaukee County, through Sept. 24
Cedarburg Cultural Center

cedarburgculturalcenter.org

Cedarburg Performing Arts Center

cedarburgpac.com

  • Barbaro, Sept. 29
  • The Modern Gentlemen, Oct. 13
Chant Claire Chamber Choir

chantclaire.org

Charles Allis Art Museum

charlesallis.org

  • “On the Grounds Of,” through October

    The sculptural installation is definitely worth seeing before the greens fade to ochre and rust. Siara Berry represents an increasingly rare example of a young artist working in the realm of conceptual object-making and language in a playful, hands-on manner. Even rarer, that she’s delicately adept at constructing things around ideas. (Shane McAdams)

  • Michael Lagerman Solo Exhibition, Oct. 5- Feb. 4, 2024
The Constructivists

theconstructivists.org

Concord Chamber Orchestra

concordorchestra.org

Concordia University

cuw.edu

Covered Bridge Art Studio Tour

cedarburgartistsguild.com/coveredbridgeartstudiotour

  • Oct. 13-15

    Sponsored by the Cedarburg Artists Guild, the annual event provides an opportunity to visit the studios of many artists working in Southeast Wisconsin. (Morton Shlabotnik)

DanceCircus

dancecircus.org

Danceworks Performance MKE

danceworksmke.org

David Barnett Gallery

davidbarnettgallery.com

  • The Splendor of Nature in Art, Capturing the Intimate to the Magnificent, through-Oct. 17
Dead Man's Carnival

facebook.com/Dead-Mans-Carnival

Early Music Now

earlymusicnow.org

  • New York Polyphony, Oct. 21 (St. Joseph’s Chapel)

    The quartet of male voices is rooted in medieval and Renaissance music but has commissioned new work since their formation in 2006. They have toured extensively throughout North America and Europe and have recorded several albums, winning a Grammy nomination for Sing Thee Nowell (2014). At their Milwaukee concert, New York Polyphony will sing Franco-Flemish Renaissance pieces by Loyset Compère, Thomas Crecquillon and Josquin des Prez alongside contemporary works by Cyrillus Kreek and Andrew Smith. (Morton Shlabotnik)

Ex Fabula

exfabula.org

A forum for storytellers, Ex Fabula has also worked to serve individuals with disabilities. In 2016, the organization started The Equal Access Project, which included free workshops, venue accessibility assessments, training for volunteers and the creation of Braille materials. In 2018, they launched the Deaf Stories Project. And in 2020, the organization began offering free pay-it-forward tickets to their Story Slam events and workshops to remove cost barriers for all community members. (Morton Shlabotnik)

Falls Patio Players

fallspatioplayers.com

  • Noises Off, Sept. 22-24, Sept. 29, Oct. 1
  • Disney/PIXAR’s Finding Nemo Jr., Oct. 20-22
Festival City Symphony

festivalcitysymphony.org

Fine Arts Quartet

fineartsquartet.com

First Stage

firststage.org

Florentine Opera

florentineopera.org

  • L’Elisir D’Amore (Elixir of Love), Oct. 13-15
Forte Theatre Company

fortetheatrecompany.org

Frank Juarez Gallery

fjgmke.com

Frankly Music

franklymusic.org

Gallery 218

gallery218.com

GHS Dramatic Impact

gsdwi.org

Greendale Community Theatre

greendaletheatre.org

Grohmann Museum

msoe.edu/grohmann-museum

  • Mining Gems: Stories from the Collection, Sept. 8-Dec. 17

    Mining Gems “will include some ‘new’ paintings from the collections vault, but also highlights some works that have traditionally been on display—with updated interpretations,” says the Grohman’s director James Kieselburg. “The exhibition is a cross-section of a variety of working themes and scenes. I chose to feature many of the stories related to the artwork that have been gathered over time, often in correspondence or by meeting relatives of the artists in the collection or those working in industry.” (David Luhrssen)

Grove Gallery

gallerygrove.com

Haggerty Museum of Art

marquette.edu/haggerty-museum

  • Image in Dispute: Dutch and Flemish Art from the Haggerty Museum of Art’s Collection, through May 12, 2024.

    It was a time of upheaval and religious conflict in the Low Countries with militant Protestants waging war against religious iconography. “As traditions of artmaking came under increasing verbal and physical attack, artists began to innovate, developing new subjects to accommodate changing beliefs and new pictorial modes that rendered conventional themes with gripping emotion and psychological force,” said curator Kirk Nickel of an exhibit featuring some 50 paintings, engravings and etchings from the Haggerty’s collection. (David Luhrssen)

Harley-Davidson Museum

harley-davidson.com

  • Mama Tried: Bringing It Together, through January 2025

    Mama Tried is an annual invitational for custom motorcycles—from choppers to racing bikes—that draws enthusiasts from around the world to Milwaukee. The H-D Museum’s first major new exhibition since COVID gathers 13 motorcycles, “an eclectic selection of everything and everyone,” says curator David Kreidler. When held in recent years at the Eagles Ballroom, Mama Tried has included as many as 100 motorcycles plus vendors. “We’re not trying to recreate the event but introduce the event,” Kreidler explains. (David Luhrssen)

  • Off-Road Harley-Davidson, continuing
  • Building a Milwaukee Icon: HD’s Juneau Ave. Factory, continuing
  • Tsunami Motorcycle Display, continuing
H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art

carthage.edu/art-gallery

Hover Craft

hovercraftmke.com

Hyperlocal MKE

hyperlocalmke.com

Inspiration Studios Art Gallery

inspirationstudiosgallery.com

  • Penny Conaty/John Reidel Exhibit, September
  • Art on the Plaza VI, September
  • Remington Repertory Theatre, Terminus, September
  • Yuliya Bay Ukraine Trashion Show, September
  • Rob Pritzlaff/Dan Kirchen Exhibit, October
  • Theatrical Tendencies, Torch Song, Oct. 21-22, Oct. 27-29
Irish Cultural and Heritage Center

ichc.net

  • Rider in the Sky, Oct. 1
  • Newberry & Verch, Oct. 7
  • Rum Ragged, Oct. 10
  • John Doyle, Oct. 15
  • Le Vent Du Nord, Oct. 20
  • Tartan Terrors, Oct. 21
Jazz Gallery Center for the Arts

jazzgallerycenterforarts.org

  • Free Improvisation Sessions, Saturday mornings
  • Milwaukee Jazz Institute, Sunday afternoons
Jewish Museum Milwaukee

jewishmuseummilwaukee.org

  • Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, Sept. 8-Dec. 31

    Women have long been associated with weaving and textiles in many cultures. “Pulling at the Threads” examines how contemporary textile artists have used their medium to reflect on social and political issues. “The museum will add context to the exhibit through educational and community programs.,” says curator Molly Dubin. “The slate of programs includes a presentation of the intersection of race, gender and politics, a look at women’s issues at the U.S.-Mexican border, a deep dive into the missing and murdered indigenous women in the U.S., a ‘Find Your Voice’ tapestry workshop, and many more.” (David Luhrssen)

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

jmkac.org

  • Moises Salazar Tlatenchi: A Quien le Importa, through Sept. 17

    Andrea Chung: if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away, through Oct. 1 Two things immediately strike visitors about artist Andrea Chung’s exhibit. Neither is subtle, nor are they what they may at first seem. The first is the exhibit’s title and second is the recurrent imagery of life-sized arms and hands reaching out from cabinetry mounted on the rich, blue walls within the multi-room installation, or up from blue sand within a planter-like stone pedestal. Some are holding talismans, but all are extended their full length in the museum’s Victorian-style setting as if seeking to grasp something just beyond their reach. (Michael Muckian)

  • Kea Tawana: Traveled into the Future in a Dream, through Oct. 8
  • Regional Responses to the Art Preserve, through Oct. 29
  • Asberry Davis: Run Your Own Way, through Jan. 7, 2024
  • Sharing the Same Breath, through April 21, 2024
  • Rose B. Simpson: Counterculture, through Feb. 25, 2024
KACM Theatrical Productions

kacmtheatrical.weebly.com

Kettle Moraine Symphony

kmsymphony.org

  • Invitation to the Dance, Sept. 23 (Slinger Performing Arts Center) Somewhere in the early 20th century, dancing and classical music disconnected in the minds of audiences (and composers), but it wasn’t always so. The Kettle Moraine Symphony opens its season with Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances and Strauss’ Blue Danube. Acknowledging Hispanic Heritage Month, they will also perform de Falla’s El Sombrero de tres picos and Marquez’ Danzon No. 2. (David Luhrssen)
Kohler Memorial Theater

kohlerfoundation.org

Ko-Thi Dance Company

ko-thi.org

Lake Arts Project

lakeartsproject.com

Lake Country Playhouse

lakecountryplayhousewi.org

  • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Sept. 15-Oct. 1
  • The Wizard of Oz Youth Edition, Oct. 11-Oct. 22
Latino Arts, Inc.

latinoartsinc.org

  • Francisco X. Mora: Small Works, Sept. 8-Oct. 6
  • Day of the Dead Ofrendas, Oct. 18-Nov. 17
Lily Pad Gallery West

lilypadgallery.com

  • Impressions: Samir Sammoun and John C. Traynor, through Oct. 29
Lynden Sculpture Garden

lyndensculpturegarden.org

  • Eneida Sanchez: Material Trance, through Oct. 29
Marcus Performing Arts Center

marcuscenter.org

  • William Lee Martin: Comedy Stampede Tour, Sept. 16
  • Ray LaMontagne, Sept. 29
  • Pat Metheny, Oct. 5
  • Jonathan Richman, Oct. 8

    Throughout a long vocation in music that began in the early ‘70s, Jonathan Richman anticipated punk rock, straight edge and lo-fi without identifying with any of them. In the new millennium, Richman’s work continued unabated, still heedless of trends and fashion, consistently steeped in his unique vision. Recent recordings featured mostly acoustic guitars on songs that have grown more worldly wise, but never cynical or bitter, always finding some joy in the most somber of circumstances. (David Luhrssen)

  • Disney’s Aladdin, Oct. 17-22
  • Haunted Objects Live, Oct. 20
  • Milwaukee Ballet, Dracula, Oct. 26-29
MARN Art + Culture Hub

marnarts.org

  • With Ma (film screening), Sept. 22
  • Milwaukee Fashion Network, Oct. 19
Marquette University Theatre

marquette.edu/communication/theatre-arts.php

  • A Piece of My Heart, Sept. 29-Oct. 8
  • The Servant of Two Masters, Sept. 30-Oct. 7
Master Singers of Milwaukee

mastersingersofmilwaukee.org

Material Studios + Gallery

materialstudiosandgallery.com

Memories Dinner Theatre

memoriesballroom.com

Menomonee Falls Symphony

www.mfso.net

  • Concert, Oct. 21 (Hamilton Fine Arts Center)
MIAD Gallery at the Ave

galleryattheave.miad.edu

  • After Hours: Showcasing the Work of MIAD Staff, through Oct. 7
Milwaukee Art Museum

mam.org

  • A Very Strong Likeness of Her: Portraiture and Identity in the British Colonial World, through Oct. 22

    “A Very Strong Likeness of Her” is a tiny little show with a lot to say. The small gallery tucked away on the third floor of the museum, despite its relative lack of grand objects, ends up being a dense little box from which to unpack a single, particular and very gripping story about colonialism and social evolution in the British empire. And more importantly, to where all of it led. (Shane McAdams)

  • Art, Life, Legacy: Northern European Paintings in the Collection of Isabel and Alfred Bader, Sept. 29-Jan. 28, 2024
Milwaukee Ballet

milwaukeeballet.org

  • Dracula, Oct. 26-29

    Artistic Director Michael Pink’s early masterpiece is both terrifically entertaining and a manifesto of his values as a ballet choreographer. Those include a commitment to serious storytelling with fully-dimensional characters and resonant themes, great respect for dancers and designers, for virtuosity and artistry in service to a greater whole, and to equality and inclusiveness. The story holds up. (John Schneider)

Milwaukee Chamber Theater

milwaukeechambertheatre.org

  • Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, Sept. 30-Oct. 23
  • Laughs in Spanish, Sept. 22-Oct. 8

    Ah, the problems of the art world: The protagonist’s gallery is an active crime scene, she has no art to show and her television star mother arrives promising to help. The award-winning comedy by rising playwright Alexis Scheer “serves a laugh minute” according to one reviewer. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of Laughs in Spanish. (Morton Shlabotnik)

Milwaukee Children's Choir

milwaukeechildrenschoir.org

Milwaukee Comedy

milwaukeecomedy.com

  • Milwaukee Comedy Festival, Oct. 1-8

    Now in its 18th year (time rushes by!), the festival includes such headliners as Kyle Kinane, Todd Barry, Kelly Ryan and Dave Stone. Festival venues include the Pabst Theater. Shank Hall, Lakefront Brewery and Milwaukee Comedy’s home base, the Laughing Tap in Walker’s Point. (David Luhrssen)

Milwaukee Festival Brass

mfbrass.org

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Gallery

miad.edu

Milwaukee Irish Arts

milirisharts.org

Milwaukee Jazz Institute

milwaukeejazzinstitute.org

  • Toty Ramos Sextet, Sept. 16
  • Russ Johnson Quartet, Oct. 21
Milwaukee Makers Market

milwaukeemakersmarket.com

Milwaukee Musaik

milwaukeemusaik.org

Milwaukee Opera Theatre

milwaukeeoperatheatre.org

  • Night of the Living Opera, Oct. 28-Nov. 5 (Broadway Theatre Center)

    The music for Night of the Living Opera was composed by Andrew Dewey with a libretto by Josh Perkins (of the Angry Young Men puppet troupe) that follows George Romero’s 1968 screenplay with several digressions. MOT veteran Julianne Perkins is credited as cocreator. “My favorite thing was when the composer said, ‘The zombie chorus is a descending minor 3rd,’” says MOT’s Artistic Director Jill Anna Ponasik. “I’ve been really pleased by the way the music features the voice. It doesn’t sound derivative to me. It’s tonal. If I had to put it in a category, I’d say it’s cinematic in its sweeping expressivity.” (David Luhrssen)

Milwaukee Repertory Theater

milwaukeerep.com

  • Country Sunshine: The Legendary Ladies of Nashville with Katie Deal, Sept. 8-Oct. 29
  • Run Bambi Run, Sept. 13-Oct. 22

    The story could have been invented for the tabloids—but much of it was true. Lawrencia Bembenek was a Milwaukee cop, a Playboy bunny, a convicted criminal (the case was dubious) and a wanted fugitive. The Violent Femmes’ Gordon Gano, a hometown boy at the time her story broke, has composed a rock musical on her life and times. Mark Clements directs the world premiere. (David Luhrssen)

  • Parental Advisory: A Breakbeat Play, Sept. 26-Oct. 29
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra

mso.org

Strauss & Schumann, June 10-11

  • Beethoven 5, Sept. 22-24

    Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 remains one of the most enduring works of the classical era, the music exemplifying defiance in the face of adversity. As a young man, Franz Schubert was inspired by Beethoven and the old composer responded warmly. The MSO pairs several Schubert songs with Beethoven’s 5th and brings the 19th century into the present with work by contemporary composers Daniel Kidane and Eleanor Alberga. Ken-David Masur will conduct and guest-star bass-baritone Dashon Burton will sing. (David Luhrssen)

  • Brahms, Stravinsky & Prayer for Ukraine, Sept. 29-30
  • Violent Femmes, Oct. 3
  • Josefowicz & Bolero, Oct. 20-22
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

myso.org

Milwaukee Youth Theatre

milwaukeeyouththeatre.org

Morning Star Productions

morningstarproductions.org

  • History Mystery: The Frontier, Sept. 23-24, Oct. 28-29
Museum of Wisconsin Art

wisconsinart.org

  • The Street: At the Intersection of Art and Public Space, through Oct. 15
  • Isaac Harris: Bad as Can, through Oct. 15
  • Lewis Koch: Garage Exteriors, through Oct. 15
MOWA | DTN (Saint Kate-The Arts Hotel)
  • Taj Matumbi: Hot House, through Oct. 8

    I knew from the moment I saw the paintings being carried into the gallery by the curators that something spicy was cooking. A palette of mustardy yellows, burnt pinks, and saturated greens hemmed in by blocks and bands of inky, umbery reds and browns. Each painting I saw toted into the space uncapped a new array of seductively odd, saturated colors: orange, violet, ochre, mint green. Visions of Mardi-gras, Kenté cloths, batik prints, Hans Hoffman and the 1980s Denver Broncos uniforms flashed through my mind.

    (Shane McAdams)

MOWA on the Lake (St. John's on the Lake)
Next Act Theatre

nextact.org

  • Splash Hatch on the E Going Down, Sept. 20–Oct. 15

    Young, working-class parents deal with life in a world of hazards in playwright Kia Corthron’s Splash Hatch on the E Going Down. Director Cheryl Lynn Bruce explores environmental racism in the story of a 15year-old pregnant girl named Thyme. Her 18-year-old husband works a hazardous demolition job. Thyme knows all too well why her husband’s health is declining in this contemporary drama. (Russ Bickerstaff)

Nō Studios

nostudios.com

North Shore Academy of the Arts

facebook.com/northshoreacademyofthearts

Northern Sky Theater

northernskytheater.com

  • When Pigs Fly, September 15 – October 21, Gould Theater
Oconomowoc Arts Center

oasd.k12.wi.us/artscenter

  • Tusk: The Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Experience, Sept. 9
  • Salsa Manzana, Sept. 16
  • Eric Lunde, Sept. 23
  • Main Stage Academy of Dance, Dracula, Oct. 6-8
  • Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets, Oct. 12-15
  • Broadway Tonight Live, Oct. 21
Oil Gallery Milwaukee 

oilmilwaukee.com

Optimist Theatre

optimisttheatre.org

Over Our Head Players

overourheadplayers.org

  • Kringle the Musical Part IV: 7 Mile Fair Lady, Oct. 20-29 (6th Street Theatre, Racine)
Paint Cedarburg: A Plein Air Painting Event

cedarburgartistsguild.com/paint-cedarburg

Peninsula Players

peninsulaplayers.com

  • Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Sept. 6-Oct. 15

    Arthur Conan Doyle probably didn’t think his star detective was funny, but the Holmes-Watson team become the subject for comedy in this spoof of one of the most familiar (and frequently adapted) murder mysteries. Slapstick meets suspense in a production that includes talk of murder and mayhem but no on-stage violence. (Morton Shlabotnik)

Philomusica Quartet

philomusicaquartet.com

  • Season Colors, Oct. 9 (Wisconsin Lutheran College Schwan Concert Hall)
PianoArts

pianoarts.org

Portrait Society Gallery

portraitsocietygallery.com

  • Thomas Antell: Empire, Sept. 15-Nov. 11

    Tom Antell is an Ojibwe artist who has lived on the Lac Courte Oreilles reservation near Hayward, Wisconsin since 2001. His work deals with issues relating to Native culture both past and present. Antell refers to Ojibwe writer Gerald Vizenor: “Survivance is an active sense of presence, the continuance of native stories, not a mere reaction, or a survivable name. Native survivance stories are renunciations of dominance, tragedy and victimry.” (Morton Shlabotnik)

Present Music

presentmusic.org

  • Die Stadt Ohne Juden/The City Without Jews, Oct. 29 (Milwaukee Art Museum)

    In 2015, a copy of a legendary lost silent film was discovered at a Paris flea market. The 1924 City Without Jews is surreally prophetic, an account of the deportation of the entire Jewish population of a great city, sent by trains to uncertain destinations. In light of the Holocaust, it’s a spooky experience. Olga Neuwirth’s original score for electric and acoustic instruments, composed after the The City’s discovery, will be performed at the film’s Milwaukee debut by Present Music. “It has a lot to do with the current political climate,” says PM’s Co-artistic Director Eric Segnitz. (David Luhrssen)

Prometheus Trio

wcmusic.org

  • Haydn, Schumann, Reena Esmail, Oct. 24 (Wisconsin Conservatory of Music)
Quasimondo Physical Theatre

quasimondo.org

Racine Art Museum

ramart.org

  • Women and the WPA: As Seen through RAM’s Collection, through Sept. 16
  • Open Close Front Back: Contemporary Art Jewelry Design, through Sept. 16
  • RAM Showcase: Four Jewelers and the Artists of Color Acquisition Fund, through Jan. 13, 2024
  • Gathering Voices at RAM: 20 Years of Building America’s Largest Contemporary Craft Collection, through Feb. 24, 2024
  • RAM Showcase: Focus on Clay, through May 25, 2024
  • RAM’s First 20 Years: A Visual History of the Art and Architecture, through July 20, 2024
Racine Symphony Orchestra

racinesymphony.org

Racine Theatre Guild

racinetheatre.org

  • The Cemetery Club, Sept. 15-Oct. 1 Ivan Menchell, Emmy-nominated for his Showtime series “Bedtime,” is the author of this comedy about three widows who meet regularly for tea before visiting their husband’s graves. They are a study in contrasts: Ida is sweet-tempered and ready to begin again; Lucille is feisty and wants to have fun; and Doris is judgmental—especially when Ida finds romances. Ellen Burstyn, Olympia Dukakis and Diane Ladd starred in the film version. (Morton Shlabotnik)
  • Seasonal Allergies, Oct. 27-Nov. 12
Real Tinsel Gallery

realtinsel.com

  • Rosebuds and Sidewalks Ends, through Sept. 3
  • My Favorite Words Are: I Love You and All the Bad Words,” Sept. 8-Oct. 15
  • Edging Elsewhere, Oct. 20-Dec. 3
Renaissance Theaterworks

r-t-w.com

  • Witch, Oct.22-Nov. 12

    Contemporary playwright Jen Silverman draws on Jacobean drama for inspiration for her dark comedy about a devil bargaining for souls. Suzanne Fete directs a cast that includes Marti Gobel, Neil Brookshire, Joe Picchetti, Reese Madigan and James Carrington. (Morton Shlabotnik)

Sacra Nova Chorale

sacranovacathedrale.com

Saint Kate - The Arts Hotel

saintkatearts.com

Seat of Our Pants Reader Theatre

mkereaderstheatre.com

Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts

wilson-center.com

  • Frances Luke Accord, Sept. 15
  • William Kent Krueger, The River We Remember, Sept. 22
  • Garrison Keillor with Heather Masse & Richard Dworsky, Sept. 23
  • Harmonious Wail, Oct. 4

    Madison’s Harmonious Wail, richly influenced by European Roma musicians, blends an eclectic array of styles including Django Reinhardt inspired jazz, Eastern European swing, American jazz standards and contemporary folk, to create their own distinctive sound. (Morton Shlabotnik)

  • Foreigner 4 Ever & Ain’t That America, Oct. 7
  • Merz Trio, Oct. 13
  • Joel Shapira & Charmin Michelle, Oct. 20
Sheboygan Theater Company

stcshows.org

  • Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Sept. 29-Oct. 7
Skylight Music Theatre

skylightmusictheatre.org

  • Candide, Oct. 13-29

    Leonard Bernstein was a Renaissance man among 20th century classical composers, writing for Broadway, hosting a musically inspirational television show, conducting Mahler and composing in many classical genres. One of his Broadway shows was an operetta based on Voltaire’s Candide. The version Skylight will perform follows the 1974 book by Hugh Wheeler (with additional lyrics by Stephen Sondheim). (David Luhrssen)

South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center

southmilwaukeepac.org

  • Free Fallin’: A Tom Petty Concert Experience, Sept. 21
  • The Zombies, Oct. 14
  • Sincerely Sondheim featuring Nicholas Rodriguez, Oct. 18
Sunset Playhouse

sunsetplayhouse.com

  • Dad’s Season Tickets, Sept. 7-24
  • Piano Man: Billy Joel Tribute, Sept. 18-19
  • The Sound of Music, Oct. 12-15
  • Blithe Spirit, Oct. 19-Nov. 5 A writer decides to contract the services of a spirit medium in the interest of getting material for his next book. After the séance, the writer’s very assertive ex-wife begins to haunt him in ways that only an intimate relation can. It’s a very clever idea that could go wrong so many ways, but since this is Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, it’s going to be good. (Morton Shlabotnik)
  • David Seebach: Illusions in the Night, Oct. 20-22
  • Denver, Diamond and Dylan, Oct. 23-24
Sunstone Studios MKE

sunstonestudiosmke.com

Theatre Gigante

theatregigante.org

  • Three Other Sisters, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Theatre Gigante bring back Isabelle Kralj and Mark Anderson’s 2010 production based on a Montenegrin folk tale of unrequited passion. With music and dance, a sailor wordlessly woos three sisters who should know better. Three Other Sisters asks: At what point,” Kralj’s character asks, “does a choice become an obvious mistake?” (David Luhrssen)
Theatrical Tendencies

theatricaltendencies.com

Third Avenue Playhouse, Sturgeon Bay

thirdavenueplayworks.org

  • The Mystery of Irma Vep, Oct. 4-22
Thrasher Opera House, Green Lake

thrasheroperahouse.com

  • Coco Montoya, Sept. 30
  • The Small Glories, Oct. 6
  • Dan Rodriguez, Oct. 7
  • The Britpack, Oct. 14
Tory Folliard Gallery

toryfolliard.com

UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts

uwm.edu/arts/events

UWM Theatre/Peck School of the Arts

uwm.edu/arts/events/category/theatre

  • State Fair, Oct. 11-15
  • The Moors, Nov. 1-5
UW-Whitewater Crossman Gallery

uww.edu/coac/crossman

UW-Whitewater Young Auditorium

uww.edu/youngauditorium

  • Ensemble Español, Sept. 30
Var Gallery & Studios

vargallery.com

Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum

villaterrace.org

  • Supernova, Sept. 14- March 10, 2024
  • A Different Kind of Garden, through Sept. 24
  • Tension, through Dec. 24

Village Playhouse, Wauwatosa

villageplayhouse.org

Walker's Point Center for the Arts

wpca-milwaukee.org

  • Annual Members Show, Sept. 8-Oct. 7
Warehouse Art Museum

wammke.or

  • Pause/Connect: Photography in the WAM Collection, through Nov. 10
Water Street Dance Milwaukee

waterstreetdancemke.com

Waukesha Civic Theatre

waukeshacivictheatre.org

  • 12 Angry Men, Sept. 15-Oct. 1 (Mainstage)
  • Born to be Wild, Sept. 27-28 (Cabaret)
  • Natural Shocks, Oct. 7-15 (Mainstage)
  • Men on Boats, Oct. 27-Nov. 12 (Mainstage)
West Allis Players

westallisplayers.org

  • The Nerd, Oct. 6-15
West Bend Theatre Company

westbendtheatreco.com

  • Sylvia, Oct. 6-8, Oct, 13-15
West Performing Arts Center

nbexcellence.org/community/westpac.cfm

Wild Space Dance Company

wildspacedance.org

Windfall Theatre

windfalltheatre.com

Wisconsin Center (Baird Center)

bairdcenter.com

Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

wcmusic.org

Wisconsin Craft

wisconsincraft.org

Wisconsin Lutheran College - Center for Arts and Performance

wlc.edu

  • Tret Fure, Oct. 6 (Unity Center)
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Art

wiquiltmuseum.com

  • Quilts Japan, through Dec. 3
Wisconsin Philharmonic

wisphil.org

  • No Strings Attached, Sept. 28
  • Romantic Milestones, Oct. 27
Woodland Pattern Book Center

woodlandpattern.org

Wustum Museum of Fine Arts

ramart.org

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