Theater
Two centuries later, Electa Quinney lives again, onstage
A new play by an aboriginal Canadian playwright sheds light on Electa Quinney, the remarkable Stockbridge-Munsee woman who lived and taught school in Wisconsin in the early 19th century.
Shakespeare, military service bond theater troupe
With help from UWM, Milwaukee-area veterans are using Shakespeare to work through their own challenges with depression, post-traumatic stress, addiction and reintegration into society.
UWM’s Michelle Lopez-Rios champions unheard voices
Voice teacher Michelle Lopez-Rios empowers Latino immigrants, women and others to tell their own stories. For some students, the experience is life changing.
A conversation with the writer of UWM’s ‘Slightly Bigger Women’
Theater education major Tina Binns and Peck School of the Arts professor Anne Basting collaborated on a new play, “Slightly Bigger Women.”
‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ brings intrigue to UWM’s Mainstage Theatre
This award-winning drama by Christopher Hampton is an exploration of the aristocratic excesses of pre-revolutionary France.
To err is human; to prevent errors, divine
Actors embrace atypical gig to help train child welfare caseworkers at UWM.
From discouraged to director
Layna Davis arrived from New York, discouraged and depressed about her dream of building a career in the theater. UWM changed all that.