12/13Season

Join us for this staged reading of "I, Nixon", a new play by Stanley Kutler, a renowned local historian and authority on Richard Nixon.

The show will be running for two performances on Sunday January 20th, at 2PM (the 2PM show has sold out) and 7PM, at the Bartell Theatre.

Tickets will be available for a $10 suggested donation.

Reservations may be made via phone ((608) 661-9696 ext 2) or via our reservations page.

Strollers Theatre is proud to be hosting the third bi-annual auction to celebrate the company’s work and raise funds for the upcoming season.

This year, Strollers Theatre is thrilled to host a fall Holiday event offering those in attendance a chance to recharge with friends, enjoy entertainment and find that perfect gift for the hard-to-buy-for friend or family member.

Auction items include restaurant gift certificates, vacation options, themed gift baskets, original art, hand crafted jewelry, tickets to cultural events and contributions from many local businesses.

Live musical and vocal entertainment provided by Adam Shelton.

The Brink Lounge 701 E. Washington Ave Madison WI

$10 admission

To reserve tickets, call (608) 620 - 4059

Strollers is pleased to welcome Are We Delicious to be part of our 2012/2013 season!

Impressario Tony Trout brings his recipe for great laughs, great stories and great theatre to the Drury Stage following our productions of Paragon Springs on the 21st and 22nd of September.

Are We Delicious? puts together a one-hour show in one week.

Sunday morning, eight writers sit down together and everyone writes something they want to see.
On Monday, the eight stand up, grab their scripts and get memorizing.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, they give it everything they've got to put on a great show.

By William Shakespeare, directed by Greg Harris.

Love, Betrayal, Illusion and Laughter will all be there as Strollers gets “Back to the canon” with Shakespeare’s most recognizable and beloved comedy. But trust Strollers to treat you to a fresh look at the classics. Even if you’ve seen it a hundred times before, we believe you will find new and wonderful things to love in our final show of the season.

Thou speak'st aright;
I am that merry wanderer of the night.
I jest to Oberon and make him smile

When I a fat and bean-fed horse beguile
--Puck

As seen on WMTV15!

Trailer

A Midsummer Night's Dream TRAILER from Rob Matsushita on Vimeo.

Performances: May 3-25, 2013

Featuring:

• Hippolyta/Titania: Erin S. Baal
• Theseus/Fairy: Matthew Korda
• Oberon: Kathy Lynn Sliter
• Robin Goodfellow (Puck)/Philostrate: Sean Langenecker   
• Helena: Andrea Kleiner   
• Hermia: Amanda Carroll
• Lysander: Trent Mendez   
• Demetrius: Taran O'Reilly
• Egeus/Fairy: Mark Snowden
• Nick Bottom: Joseph Lutz
• Peter Quince/Fairy: Marty Schwartz
• Flute/Peaseblossom: Damon Butler
• Snug/Moth: Jason Compton
• Snout/Cobweb: Josh Paffel
• Starveling/Mustardseed: Max Fleckner-Ducey

By Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Kelly Fitzgerald.

Jeff is the night doorman in a Manhattan high-rise, as clumsy in life as he is in his affections for the rookie cop Dawn. She only has eyes for Bill, the cop on the beat who knows his way around the rules.. When Jeff's supervisor and mentor William comes to him with a moral dilemma, Jeff's loyalty is put to the test.

Lobby Hero is a vivid and delightfully funny slice of contemporary life following four ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances.

Please Note - the Matinee performance for Saturday the 30th of March is now Sold Out. Reserve your tickets for other performances soon, they're going fast!

“If you stick to the rules, then you never have to have a discussion about whether or not you were justified not sticking to the rules”
---William the straight arrow security guard to Jeff, the doorman who's not made of quite such firm stuff.

Featuring:

• Michael Andersen as Jeff

• Odari McWhorter as William

• Alicia McCanna as Dawn

• Matt Korda as Bill

By Tennessee Williams, directed by Jeff Knupp

This exemplary production ... unpretentious and comfortably classic
--Tyler Preston, The Isthmus (link)

It may be below freezing outside, but the Evjue Theatre is heating up with Strollers Theatre’s sizzling production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
--Lindsay Christians, 77 Square (link)

Unaware that he is dying of cancer, disturbed by the childless marriage of his favored alcoholic son, Brick, Big Daddy Pollitt, brings his family together to celebrate his 65th birthday.

Brick's beautiful wife, Maggie unable to lure her husband away from the bottle,  swings wildly between seduction and taunts about his obsession with his deceased best friend Skipper. Let Strollers Theatre heat up your cold winter nights with this classic, steamy drama - by one of the greatest playwrights of all time. This production has seen high demand for tickets, so don't miss out - reserve your ticket today!

Please note that the evening show for the 2nd of February has already sold out.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams's third significant play was a huge commercial success, running for 694 performances on Broadway. It won Williams his third New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and his second Pulitzer Prize (his first being for Streetcar).

Running on the Evjue stage, the tension between Brick, Maggie, Big Daddy and the whole clan, including the “endless line of no-neck monsters,” will be palpable.

“One man has one great good true thing in his life. One great good thing which is true!”
--Brick

Cast

• Gooper - Jason Compton
• Maggie (Margaret) - Jessica Jane Witham
• Big Mamma - Patty Whitely
• Big Daddy - Sam White
• Reverend Tooker - Carl Cawthorne
• Doc Baugh - Erik Hughes
• Brick - Dave Durbin
• Mae - Kelly Fitzgerald

And Eilish and Bronwyn Valley, Gavin and Elijah Richards, and Olivia Larson as the No-Neck Monsters 

by Steven Dietz, based on Ibsen's “An Enemy of the People”, directed by Meghan Randolph.

It is 1926 in the American heartland, and the famed "healing waters" of Paragon Springs, Wisconsin have been mysteriously poisoned. Now, the town's foremost citizen-crusader, Dr. Thomas Stockman, is determined to know the truth behind this tragedy, no matter the cost.

In this vibrant, often funny, and highly theatrical re-imagining of Ibsen's classic, Steven Dietz puts the lure of capitalism and the greed of small-town self-interest squarely on trial—laced with Dr. Stockman's lasting cry that "the majority is always wrong!". This is an entertaining and illuminating drama—set amid the birth of radio and the final roar of the 1920s—about the human cost of our political gamesmanship.

A politician is nothing but the wet nurse of the people, suckling the majority until they are fat and happy with the milk of popular opinion.
--Dr. Thomas Stockmann

Costume Party

Be sure to join us on Friday, September 21 for a Roaring 20’s Costume Party! Wear 1920’s dresses, suits and hats.  Prizes to be awarded for best costume and best hat.

Talkbacks

Following the show on several nights are talkbacks facilitated by our distinguished guests:

• 9/20 - Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Co-founder of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
• 9/27 - Spencer Black former Assembly Representative, Sierra Club national board member
• 9/29 - Greg Hunolt, President of Wisconsin Antique Radio Club (After 4pm show)

The Cast

Dr Thomas Stockman - Christopher Younggren

Katrina Stockman - Kelly Fitzgerald

Lorna Stockman - Kelsey Hirth

Peter Stockman - Paul Lorentz

Erik Hovstad - Michael Andersen

Lars Hovstad - Dan Jajewski

Odegaard - Donald Dexter

The Widow Kroger - Mickey Crocker

Hollis Lindgren - John Siewert

Rose Lindgren - Simone LaPierre

Volunteering for the Show

 If you would like to sign up to usher or house manage for the show, here is a link to sign up : http://www.mysignup.com/paragon_springs