Waukesha Civic Theatre

Selena Milewski as Bessie Johnson in Give Me Moonlight at Waukesha Civic Theatre. Photo credit: Andy Holley. A review of Give Me Moonlight by Ellie Wilhelm, age 16 Give me Moonlight, a sincere and emotional play directed by Sandra Renick, was put on by the Waukesha Civic Theatre from April 14-26. The play was set in the 1910s and followed a married pair, Bessie and Albert, and their fight to improve their marriage as they struggled through issues like grief and infertility. I

From left to right, Tanya Tranberg as Celia, Goo as Jessie, Jenny Kosek as Cora, Beth Perry as Annie, and Lesley Grider as Ruth in Calendar Girls at Waukesha Civic Theatre. Photo credit: Anne Kenny Creative. A review of Calendar Girls by Kennedy Freiberg, age 12 (Some spoilers ahead!) Calendar Girls is a comedy about 6 women (Chris, Annie, Ruth, Cora, Celia, and Jessie) who are all part of the Yorkshire Women’s Institute. After Annie’s husband John dies from leukemia, the gir

From left to right, Nicholas Bowler as Orpheus, Makayla Lloyd as Hermes, Mason Scheel as Hades (seated), Annaliese Witz as Fate 3, Meera Antigua as Fate 2, Annie Sturtz as Fate 1, and Alannah McGlocklin as Persephone in Hadestown: Teen Edition at Waukesha Civic Theatre. Photo credit: Andy Holley. A review of Hadestown: Teen Edition by Madelyn Verhyen, age 14 Waukesha Civic Theatre recently performed Hadestown: Teen Edition , one of the best musicals I’ve ever seen. This show

From left to right, Del Lovejoy as Elinor, Amélie Davis-Quiroz as Marianne, Makayla Lloyd as Margaret, and Noah Merz as Willoughby in Sense and Sensibility at Waukesha Civic Theatre. Photo credit: Anne Kenny Creative. A review of Sense and Sensibility by Charlie Fetters, age 15 The story of Sense and Sensibility — a classic tale about unpredictable love by Jane Austen — follows the Dashwood sisters (calm, logical Elinor and passionate, romantic Marianne), as they navigate th