Theatre UW-Green Bay News Posts

UW-Green Bay: A holiday favorite returns to Theatre on the Bay

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Nov 22, 2021

Marinette, Wis. — The stage will come alive in holiday song this December at UW-Green Bay, Marinette Campus, in a returning seasonal favorite CHRISTMAS BY THE BAY. CHRISTMAS BY THE BAY features music and lyrics explore holidays past, present and future — from older traditional songs like “Little Drummer Boy,” “What Child is This” and “Peace…

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Video preview: UW-Green Bay Theatre & Dance and Music present Fun Home, Nov. 18-20

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Daniel Moore

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Nov 17, 2021

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theatre & Music programs have come together to produce the Broadway hit musical Fun Home. Running for one weekend only, Fun Home will open Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. with additional performances on November 19 & 20 at 7:30 p.m. Performed by UW-Green Bay students, Fun Home is directed by…

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A Hunting Story to Beat All Hunting Stories at Theatre on the Bay, Marinette Campus, Nov. 4-7

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Sue Bodilly

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Oct 13, 2021

Green Bay, Wis.—Theatre on the Bay plans a comic homage to hunting with ESCANABA IN THE MOONLIGHT this November. ESCANABA IN DA MOONLIGHT spins a hilarious tale of humor, horror and heart as Reuben Soady goes to any and all lengths to correct his infamous reputation as the oldest member of the Soady family to…

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UW-Green Bay Theatre Opens 2021-2022 Season with Production of Red

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Sue Bodilly

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Oct 12, 2021

GREEN BAY– University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theatre is back on stage after a year off from live performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first production of the season, Red by Somalia Seaton will open Oct. 19, 2021 and run through Oct. 23, 2021. All audience members attending will be required to wear a mask…

Media Coverage

Students tap into their body in Center Stage High School Musical Theater Program’s workshop

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Apr 26, 2021

Alan Kopischke was interviewed by channel five for a workshop he did for high school theatre students through the FCPAC Centre Stage program. “Your physical presence can make an immediate impact on the audience before they even hear you say a word,” says UW-Green Bay lecturer Alan Kopischke. Kopischke, who teaches Acting, Movement for the…

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After a disrupted 2020 season, Frank Hermans ready for return to stages, looks back on two decades of Let Me Be Frank Productions | Green Bay Press-Gazette

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Apr 5, 2021

During a January show at the Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center, UW-Green Bay alumnus Frank Hermans, the owner of Let Me Be Frank Productions, introduced the band. It was one of the first shows allowed since the pandemic and capacity was limited to scattered groups around the theater. The band, he said, hadn’t seen a paycheck…

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Warren Gerds/Critic at Large: Students answer the call of challenges in ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ | WFRV

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Mar 31, 2021

The production comes with all kinds of disclaimers about perspectives, philosophies and profanities. “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992”(review) is about the infamous police beating of Rodney King and the deadly riots that erupted following an acquittal. Right afterward, playwright Anna Deavere Smith interviewed hundreds of people and shaped a play based on responses by everyone from a…

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UW-Green Bay Theatre seeks to create social awareness, hope with production | The Daily News

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Mar 29, 2021

Originally performed by the author as a solo show, the UW-Green Bay production of “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” will be performed by 10 actors portraying multiple roles. The cast is diverse and the characters they inhabit do not always match their gender or ethnicity. Director Alan Kopischke acknowledges this may be “uncomfortable, seeing (especially white) actors taking on…

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UW-Green Bay Theatre Seeks to Create Social Awareness & Hope with Theater Production | Seehafer News

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Mar 24, 2021

University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Theatre’s latest production, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, explores the riots that erupted when the police officers charged in the 1991 violent beating of Rodney King were acquitted. Source: UW-Green Bay Theatre Seeks to Create Social Awareness & Hope with Theater Production | Seehafer News

Announcements

UW-Green Bay Musical Theatre Graduate in Upcoming Virtual Production

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Mar 8, 2021

Alumna Alyssa Hannam (Graduated Fall of 2021) will now star in a locally filmed production of “Gruesome Playground Injuries” by Rajiv Joseph produced by the Whitewater Arts Alliance. Hannam plays Kayleen in this not-so-typical love story: Doug and Kayleen meet at the nurse’s office in their elementary school; she’s got a painful stomach ache, and…

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