Gutenberg! The Musical! • Assassins • The Mountaintop • Blues in the Night • The Diary of Anne Frank • A Christmas Carol • Sense and Sensibility
Mind Over Milwaukee • How The World Began • Rep Lab • Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash • Clybourne Park • A Raisin In the Sun • One Night With Janis Joplin

March 1-4, 2013
Stiemke Studio
The Rep’s critically- acclaimed, one-of-a-kind short-play festival returns for its third season. Featuring several distinct and different plays and cast with The Rep’s Intern Ensemble, this unique production is sure to provide you with an altogether new type of theatergoing experience. Join us for a night of laughter and tears at this year’s Rep Lab.
MARK'S TAKE:
The Rep is proud to provide the strongest internship program for emerging professional actors and directors in American regional theater. Rep Lab is an opportunity for the interns to show what they’ve learned during their time here in Milwaukee. We are pleased to provide this forum, giving Rep audiences the change to see these talented, emerging artists in fresh, exciting new ways.
Alone World
by Carl Kissin, Music by Rob Baumgartner
Directed by Education Coordinator Leda Hoffmann (Directing Intern ‘10-11)
Music Direction by Education Intern Lindsey Schmeltzer
For the first time, Rep Lab presents a musical! Alone World follows Jack and Edie as they search for love in a world obsessed with social media, the internet, and technology—and only when the power goes out does the opportunity for real connection emerge.
Jack: Teddy Spencer
Edie: Bri Sudia
Ensemble: Full Intern Ensemble
Measuring Matthew
by Patrick Gabridge
Directed by Literary Assistant JC Clementz (Directing Intern ‘11-12)
Matthew thinks in numbers and statistics. “Eight steps to the door. Forty-four steps to the sidewalk. Three minutes forty-three seconds to exit the building.” When he is dumped by his girlfriend Jennifer, he calculates where he went wrong and formulates a plan to rekindle their romance.
Jennifer: Toni Martin
Matthew: Jonathan Altman
June: Jessi Noel
Steve: Jess Prichard
Jose: Lamar Jefferson
Double Take
by K.M. Chopin
Directed by Directing Apprentice Lenny Banovez
Ever wonder what your partner is really thinking? In Double Take, a couple in a new relationship wakes up next to each other for the first time. What they say is not always what they intend.
Inner Woman: Jamie Rezanour
Outer Woman: Jessi Noel
Inner Man: Trequon Tate
Outer Man: Tyrone Phillips
An Examination Of The Whole Playwright-Actor Relationship
Presented As Some Kind Of Cop Show Parody
by Greg Kotis
Directed by Directing Intern Maggie Ellsworth
The title says it all! From the playwright behind the Broadway success Urinetown: The Musical, this comedy explores what happens when Agents Chasten and Maupin interrogate Greg, a playwright. Hilarity ensues as the agents abuse and manipulate the playwright with the intention of taking control of the play.
Chasten: Jess Prichard
Greg: Jonathan Altman
Maupin: Mercedes White
Hum Of The Arctic
by Sarah Hammond
Directed by Directing Apprentice Lenny Banovez
While flipping through her scrapbook, Claire recalls the story of her deaf mother's intriguing meeting with an artist many years ago. Spanning two generations, Hum Of The Arctic grants Claire a fresh insight into her mother’s past.
Claire: Emily Berman
Shelly: Bri Sudia
Nigel: Teddy Spencer
Feeding Time At The Human House
By David Wiener
Directed by Directing Intern Maggie Ellsworth
Like any couple, Fran and Bernie’s relationship has grown stale over the years. Unlike other couples, Fran and Bernie are two baboons in a zoo. As they watch the humans from their cage, they debate humanity’s highly formalized rituals and rekindle their love by slinging feces at passers-by.
Fran: Jamie Rezanour
Bernie: J.R. Yancher
The See Saw
by Andrew Hampton
Directed by Associate Artist Lee E. Ernst
In this poignant comedy exploring life’s up and downs, two individuals literally sit on a see saw playing the games that make up life.
One: Toni Martin
The Other: Lamar Jefferson
Devised Piece
by Artistic Intern Company
Directed by Directing Apprentice Lenny Banovez and Directing Intern Maggie Ellsworth
A world-premiere play created and devised by The Rep’s Artistic Intern Company! Once again, the Intern Company has come together to create one-of-a-kind short play specifically for Rep Lab.
Tickets
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Group Sales
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Running Time
Approximately 2hrs.
Performance Times
Fri. Mar. 1, 8pm
Sat. Mar. 2, 4 & 8pm
Sun. Mar. 3, 7pm
Mon. Mar. 4, 7:30pm
Recommended Age
12 years and older