Renaissance Theaterworks

It’s Disability Pride Month, so it’s a perfect time to share our accessibility initiatives. Many theatergoers in our community live with sensory sensitivities. To ensure that they have a comfortable and enjoyable theater experience, we provide a Sensory Friendly performance for each of our 3 plays! During our Sensory Friendly performances we provide a more relaxed environment (i.e. lower lighting contrast, flexibility to enter and exit the theater as needed, a quiet space in the lobby, clear signage and more.

Happy birthday to friend of RTW, Susan Nicholson! Susan is half of the amazing duo, Frogwater who wrote & performed the music for RED PEPPER JELLY 1, 2 & 3 and they perform for United Performing Arts Fund - UPAF workplace giving campaigns on our behalf. Thank you Frogwater and enjoy your day Susan! 🎂

Worried you might be too busy to Escape the Ordinary with us? The mascots have a subscription solution! Flex Passes allow you to lock in the subscriber price, but you can pick your dates/seats around your schedule!
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Congrats to Br!NK Playwright Karissa Murrell Myers! Her play BLACK BEAR ISLAND won the 2023 Mazumdar New Play Award! BLACK BEAR ISLAND was a part of our Br!NK New Play Festival earlier this year and audiences loved it! 🐻
https://www.broadwayworld.com/buffalo/article/Karissa-Murrell-Myers-BLACK-BEAR-ISLAND-Recieves-2023-Mazumdar-New-Play-Award-20240721?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0MiD-GzC-oDHwFLt1ACdeenXT4c0QUTW2vhUvcHr4b86G0hJ3jAagzmqw_aem_rWEkdb4tFCvZzs9fmCAbxg

If you want to be a Br!NK Resident Playwright, the deadline for submissions is July 31st!
https://rtwmke.org/brink/submit-your-work/

Karissa Murrell Myers' BLACK BEAR ISLAND Recieves 2023 Mazumdar New Play Award Buffalo's Alleyway Theatre has announced the recipient of the 2023 Maxim Mazumdar New Play Award. Playwright Karissa Murrell Myers will receive the annual award for her play, BLACK BEAR ISLAND.

It’s Disability Pride Month so it’s a perfect time to share our accessibility initiatives. We have ASL-Interpreted performances for each of our three plays! During these performances, ASL-Interpreters sign along with the dialogue and action happening on stage.

A new season means new show mascots! But what could they be? 🤔 The Fuzzy Friends are starting to make their guesses, put yours in the comments and Escape the Ordinary with us with a season subscription! https://rtwmke.org/subscribe/

Congratulations on your Emmy nomination Carrie C**n We are thrilled for you!🍾

Wisconsin edition of 'Top Chef' earns 3 Emmy nominations; 'The Bear,' 'Sh**un' lead field Other TV shows with Wisconsin connections nominated for Primetime Emmys: "The Gilded Age," "Mr. Monk's Last Case," and four variety shows.

You're officially invited to Raise a Glass to Renaissance on Thursday, August 29, where we will be honoring Outstanding Supporter, Jodi Ristau, and Outstanding Artist, Libby Amato! Celebrate with us, and those who support our mission, by getting a ticket today! https://rtwmke.org/shows/raise-a-glass/

It’s Disability Pride Month, so it’s a perfect time to share our accessibility initiatives. For our visually impaired patrons, we offer an Audio Described performance for each of our 3 plays. During an Audio Described performance, you can hear a description of the set and costume design ahead of the performance, and then enjoy the action on stage being described to you through a headset.

It's hard to beat ice cream on a hot day (especially since there is a Ben & Jerry's close to the office now 😱)! Treat yourself to a tasty treat and Escape the Ordinary with a season subscription! https://rtwmke.org/subscribe/

Did you know after every RTW performance, our audience members get a piece of chocolate? Because taste counts! 😋 Guarantee your piece with a season subscription, today!
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For Disability Pride Month, we're sharing our accessibility initiatives. First up are the Open Captioned (OC) performances! Captions are projected upper-left of the stage for anyone who finds them helpful for their understanding and enjoyment of the play. Each production we do has two OC performances.

July is Disability Pride Month. At RTW we strive to make theater accessible for everyone. Learn more about our accessibility initiatives over the next couple of days and save your seat for our 24-25 season with a season subscription! https://rtwmke.org/subscribe/

Supporting the arts has never been more important! Contributing to the United Performing Arts Fund - UPAF helps keep the vibrant arts scene in Milwaukee alive and thriving. Your generosity ensures that us at RTW and all of UPAF’s 14 Members can continue to inspire, entertain and unite our community. Be a hero for the arts by giving to UPAF today at UPAF.org/Give!

The mascots are getting ready for next season by reading and discussing the plays we're doing! If this sounds like fun to you, we have a subscription for that! Play Club is basically a book club for theater lovers and includes copies of the scripts and an exclusive post-show discussion with wine and snacks!
Save your seat for Play Club here: https://rtwmke.org/subscribe/

ICYMI: Tickets to Raise a Glass to Renaissance went on sale Monday! Join us and the Fuzzy Friends as we raise a glass to Outstanding Supporter, Jodi Ristau, and Outstanding Artist, Libby Amato!
https://rtwmke.org/shows/raise-a-glass/

The RTW office is closed for the 4th of July. We hope everyone has a safe and festive holiday!
(And be sure to check in on your fuzzy friends during the fireworks!)

Be a Diva! Join us on August 29 for Raise a Glass to Renaissance, where we will honor Outstanding Supporter, Jodi Ristau, and Outstanding Artist, Libby Amato! Tickets on sale now!
https://rtwmke.org/shows/raise-a-glass/

Summerfest is in full swing! If you go, we hope you have a great time! When you're done, don't forget to Escape the Ordinary with us with a 24-25 Season Subscription!
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Rapinoe couldn't wait for Mascot Monday to show you the brand new window cling that's up at our performing home at 255 S Water Street! Check out our exciting 24-25 Season and be sure to save a seat with a season subscription today! http://rtwmke.org/subscribe/

Good news playwrights, we've extended our Br!NK New Play Festival Residency Deadline! If you're a female playwright based in the Midwest, you now have until JULY 31 to send us your plays! We're looking forward to reading your work!
https://rtwmke.org/brink/submit-your-work/

What goes good with theater? Cocktails and mocktails!
If you've been to any of our shows recently, you may have noticed we have a show cocktail and mocktail available. And we want YOU to help us come up with next season's! Send us your favorite cocktail and mocktail recipes and our quality control team will try them out!

We're in awe of the many talents of our friend Libby Amato, it's one of the reasons why we're honoring her at Raise a Glass this year! Tickets go on sale in July, sponsorship opportunities available now!

https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/arts/2024/06/24/libby-amato-hamlet-optimist-theatre/74126833007/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1rL_TAiVykXjAmiRlrAhBiv7H5zqR-cdnYQkkfAYgfmbxAT8fC-F0nFVk_aem_w0FhUrt6_I8r4oVQa0blUw

https://rtwmke.org/shows/raise-a-glass/

A sword in each hand, Libby Amato is ready to be 'Hamlet' Libby Amato plays all the characters in a one-actor version of "Hamlet" that Optimist Theatre is staging in Milwaukee parks this summer.

The deadline for the 2025 Br!NK Residency is a week away! If you're a woman playwright based in the Midwest, send us your scripts by the 30th!
https://rtwmke.org/brink/submit-your-work/

Nothing is more fun than a night out with friends! Bjorn, Goblin and TC share their subscriptions with their friends and you can too by going to rtwmke.org/subscribe! 🙌

Congratulations to Br!NK Playwright Karissa Murrell Myers! Her play BLACK BEAR ISLAND has been selected to be a part of The ROAD Theatre Company's Summer Playwrights Festival!
If you were lucky enough to join us for the reading of BLACK BEAR ISLAND at the Br!NK New Play Festival last month, you know audiences are in for a real treat! 🐻

Introducing our SPF 15 Playwrights! These 23 smiling faces from across the country will have their new works read July 12th-21st! ✍️📖
It's HARD WORK to write a play, see what these selected folks cooked up 👩‍🍳

You can hear all 23 pieces with our festival pass!
🔗: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35065/store/packages
all the info is on our website! roadtheatre.org
Casey Adler Robert Axelrod Patricia Cotter Jeanette Farr-Harkins Erik Gernand Ali MacLean DeLane McDuffie Karissa Murrell Myers Novid Parsi Lina Patel Michon Bara Swain
Brandon Zang
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The Renaissance Theaterworks Office is closed today in honor of Juneteenth.

Congratulations to our Artstic Director, Suzan Fete, and our Managing Director, Lisa Rasmussen, who were named as notable leaders in Arts and Entertainment by the BizTimes! A well-deserved honor! 🎉

Notable Leaders in Arts and Entertainment: Suzan Fete & Lisa Rasmussen Suzan Fete and Lisa Rasmussen lead Renaissance Theaterworks in Milwaukee as artistic director and managing director, respectively. The nonprofit

Whew, summer is here! Our mascots declared a beach day so they wouldn't melt! How are you escaping the heat? Let us know in the comments and be sure to Escape the Ordinary with us by subscribing to our 24-25 season!
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