Milwaukee Repertory Theater's 08/09 Season
Quadracci Powerhouse Theater | Steimke Theater | Stackner Cabaret
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STATE OF THE UNION
by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse • September 16 – October 12, 2008
 
The Republicans are looking for a new Presidential candidate in 1946, and they pin all their hopes on Grant Matthews, a charismatic, successful businessman with no prior involvement in politics. When Matthews’ estranged wife encourages him to stand firm with his honest, outspoken style, he soon discovers that he must choose between political ambition and moral principles. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama offers a shrewd and witty look at affairs of state as well as affairs of the heart.

EURYDICE
by Sarah Ruhl • October 28 – November 23, 2008
 
Pulitzer Prize nominee Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House) returns with a haunting, new play that explores the pain of love, loss and memories.  EURYDICE is a contemporary re-telling of the myth of Orpheus’ descent into the underworld.  In this inventive and lyrical play, Eurydice must decide how long to cling to the memories of her life and loves on earth.
 
THE BLONDE, THE BRUNETTE AND THE VENGEFUL REDHEAD
by Robert Hewett • December 9, 2008 – January 4, 2009
 
This one-woman tour de force performance explores multiple perspectives on love, anger and adultery.  When a desperate housewife suspects that her husband is cheating, her rash act of revenge forever changes the lives of everyone around her.  Resident company member Deborah Staples transforms into seven different characters in this play that will leave you questioning whether or not truth is really just a matter of perception. Contains adult subject matter.
 
TROUBLE IN MIND
by Alice Childress • January 20 – February 15, 2009
 
The year is 1957 and African-American actress Wiletta Mayer is ready for her big break. She has started rehearsals on a play headed for Broadway, but when racially demoralizing stereotypes start to spill forth from the play, will Wiletta’s insistence on truth cost everyone the jobs they so desperately need? TROUBLE IN MIND is a fierce and funny look at the half truths we tell ourselves about race, identity and opportunity in America.
 
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
adapted from the novel by Jane Austen • March 3 – 29, 2009
 
One of the most delightful and popular romantic comedies of all time, Jane Austen’s classic tale takes us to Regency England circa 1813 and the drawing room of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet as they seek wealthy husbands for their five marriageable daughters.  When an eligible young man and his friend arrive at a nearby mansion, the lives of  Jane Bennet and her sisters are abuzz with excitement and passion.
 
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
by Anton Chekhov • April 14 – May 10, 2009
 
Set in 1904 on the edge of the Russian Revolution, this bittersweet and haunting comedy is Chekhov’s final play and masterpiece about a rapidly changing world and a way of life on the brink of destruction.   With fortunes fading fast and the auction of their estate looming on the horizon, an impoverished Russian family is uncertain of what the future will bring.

I AM MY OWN WIFE
by Doug Wright • September 10 – October 5, 2008
 
German transvestite Charlotte von Mahlsdorf’s remarkable feats of bravery allow her to survive despite two of the most brutally oppressive regimes in history: the Nazis of the Third Reich and the Communists that ruled East Germany.  One actor portrays more than thirty characters in this phenomenal Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning work that explores the will to survive.
 
MIRANDOLINA
by Carlo Goldoni • January 28 – February 22, 2009
 
A sizzling battle of the sexes catches fire in Goldoni’s eighteenth-century Italian farce.  Single, sexy and independent Mirandolina is mistress of her own inn and besieged by a constant stream of suitors. Though all the men around her seem to fall madly in love with her, will she be able to win over the one man she has her own heart set on— a notorious woman-hater?  Come watch as the sparks fly.
 
I JUST STOPPED BY TO SEE THE MAN
by Stephen Jeffreys • April 8 – May 3, 2009
 
A passionate and political ode to the power and truth of the blues tells the story of Jesse Davidson, the greatest living bluesman. Long believed dead, he lives his simple life with his activist daughter in a Mississippi Delta shack. Legend surrounds Jesse—like the story about him selling his soul to the devil so that he could play guitar. But when Karl, a famous English rocker who has been making a fortune off the legend's tunes, stumbles into their solitude and probes for the truth about Jesse, he triggers a confrontation of mythic proportions.
 

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC…
Written and Directed by David Koch • September 5 – October 26, 2008
 
Jimi Ray Malary returns to the Stackner after past hit shows, Ellington: The Life and Music of The Duke, Jazz Royalty and King of Cool. This tribute features the songs that epitomize romance from three of popular music’s most prolific and enduring song writing teams: Jerome Kern, Rodgers and Hart and George and Ira Gershwin.
 
GREATER TUNA
by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard
Directed by Jim Sullivan • November 7 – December 28, 2008
 
The hilarious comedy about Texas’ third smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. The eclectic band of citizens that make up this town are portrayed by only two performers, making this satire on life in rural America even more delightful as they depict all of the inhabitants of Tuna -- men, women, children and animals.
 
DOGPARK: The Musical
Written and Directed by Jahnna Beecham, Malcolm Hillgartner and Michael J. Hume
January 2 – February 22, 2009
 
An all-new musical canine comedy from the creators of Chaps!. Follow Daisy, Champ, Bogie and Spud through their adventures at the hippest, hottest place in town: the Dogpark, where every dog has his day, and love conquers all.
 
FIRE ON THE BAYOU: A Mardi Gras Musical Extravaganza
Written and Directed by Kevin Ramsey • March 6 – April 26, 2009
 
From the creator of Grafton City Blues, and native son of New Orleans, comes this steamy musical gumbo that traces the history of New Orleans Jazz. This show heats up the Stackner Cabaret with a mixture of the sounds of jazz, zydeco, Dixieland and the second line. Laissez les bons temps rouler.