Theater lecturer to direct several productions in 2024-25 season 

Marcella Kearns (Lecturer, Acting) is preparing for a busy remainder of the 2024-25 theater season with three different productions both in and out of Wisconsin. 

From Dec. 6 until Dec. 15, Kearns will direct a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Milwaukee’s First Stage, which is a Young Company Performance Project. 

In 2025, Kearns will present another work by Shakespeare, directing Henry IV from Feb. 3 through April 18 at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, Utah. Finally, from May 2 until May 11, Kearns’ production of Dawn King’s The Trials will play at the Children’s Theatre of Madison.