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University of Wisconsin - Madison Department of Theater and Drama proudly announces the second annual Technical Theater for Performing Arts Teachers Summer Institute Summer 2022's offerings: Class 619 (LEC 001) Scenic Construction & Painting; and (LEC 002) Rigging Scenic Construction & Painting - read more

Hi! I am considering "Puffs" for my high school winter play and wondering what others experiences were with it. My main concern is for the audience who may not all know all things Harry Potter. Can someone who barely knows a thing about the series still enjoy it? I am watching the Off-Broadway show and read more

Hi! My kids really want to do this show next year, but we would definitely need to do the edited version (we are in West Tennessee). Do you happen to have/remember the contact info for the person you communicated with at the Neil Simon estate? ------------------------------ Leeana Cargile --------- read more

When we did it a couple of years ago, we auditioned everyone with the "Men" script, and then chose the best performers for the "character" and selected the appropriate gender version of the script for each character. It worked well for us. ------------------------------ Carl Rankin ---------------- read more

Those of you who have done John Cariani's "Love/Sick," how did you handle the mature content? By that I mean the overtly sexual nature of a couple of the plays such as "Lunch and Dinner" and "Destiny," in particular. I am no prude but I worry about those scenes. Wondering how it went for others. Also, read more

We did it in 2016 - my son was the stage manager and it was tricky for calling cues with juggling two different scripts, since it isn't quite exactly the same. If you send me an email, I can share some files that he used that may help you to adapt to blending the two scripts together. Our breakdown read more

Dear David, When you produced Twelve Angry Jurors, did you wait until you cast the show to make the script changes as they relate to gender, or did you decide in advance which jurors would be which gender, change the script, and then audition for the show? Thank you so much! Julie Hanisch Mukwonago read more