SELECTED LINE PRODUCING
The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Jennifer Chang
Milwaukee Rep
World Premiere Commission
Funny and deeply moving, The Heart Sellers gives voice to the Asian immigrant experience in the 1970s when the landmark Hart-Celler Act granted thousands of professional workers a new path to citizenship. But for new Americans Jane and Luna, life in the USA with their workaholic husbands has left them feeling isolated and invisible. One Thanksgiving – over sips of wine and a questionable frozen turkey – they reminisce and dream of spreading their wings together in the land of opportunity: disco dancing, learning to drive and even a visit to Disneyland. With grace and dignity, this powerful play asks: “Would you give up your heart to make a new home?”
CAST
Luna … Nicole Javier
Jane … Narea Kang
U/S Luna … Christine Saenz
U/S Jane … Crystal Kim
CREATIVE
Stage Manager … Jade Bruno
Scenic Designer … Tanya Orellana
Costume Designer … Anthony Tran
Lighting Designer … Noele Stollmack
Sound Designer … Sun Hee Kil
Voice & Dialect Coach … Joy Lanceta Coronel
Dramaturg … Christine Mok
Casting Director … Jonathan Hetler
Stage Management Resident … Emily Pfaff
Assistant Director … Emily Newmark
WIFE OF A SALESMAN by Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Marti Lyons
Milwaukee Rep
Co-Commission with Writers Theater
When a 1950s housewife, from a certain classic American drama, tracks down the woman who is sleeping with her husband, the two discover that they have more in common than society would like them to believe. Important questions of marriage, duty and happiness rise to the surface in this frank exposé of the ways in which the world has, and hasn’t, changed across generations.
CAST
The Wife/Heather … Heidi Armbruster
The Mistress/Violet … Bryce Gangel
Jim … Bobak Cyrus Bakhtiari
U/S Wife/Heather … Elizabeth Wessa
U/S Mistress/Violet … Alissa Marie Sherwood
U/S Jim … Adam Qutaishat
CREATIVE
Stage Manager … Bekah Brown
Rehearsal Stage Manager … Jade Bruno
Scenic Designer … Andrew Boyce
Costume Designer … Izumi Inaba
Lighting Designer … Keith Parham
Sound Designer … Melanie Chen Cole
Dialect and Vocal Coach … Kathy Logelin
Dramaturg … Deanie Vallone
Casting Director … JC Clementz, CSA
Fight Consultant … Jamie Cheatham
Stage Management Fellow … Hannah Steele
Assistant Director … Layla Bahmanziari
LITTLE WOMEN by Kate Hamill
Directed by Marti Lyons
Milwaukee Rep
Co-Production with Seattle Rep
During the years of the Civil War, ambitious 15-year-old Jo March and her sisters must navigate hardships, heartbreak and humility as they come of age in a world bound by class and tragedy. Tender and playful, this incredible production will help you fall in love all over again with these four young dreamers as they discover themselves in a country divided. Little Women was the third production in Milwaukee Rep’s Classics Initiative.
CAST
Jo … Amelio García
Amy … Rebecca Cort
Meg … Cy Paolantonio
Beth … Katie Peabody
Laurie … Austin Winter
Marmee/Aunt March … Colleen Madden
Mr Laurence/Robert March/Doctor … Chike Johnson
Hannah/Mrs Mingott/Messenger … Macall Gordon
John Brooks/Parrot/Mr Dashwood … Richard Nguyen Sloniker
CREATIVE
Scenic Designer … Collette Pollard
Costumer Designer … An-lin Dauber
Lighting Designer … Reza Behjat
Sound Designer & Original Music … Jane Shaw
Movement Director … Cy Paolantonio
Fight Director & Intimacy Consultant … Alyssa Kay
Dramaturg … Paul Adolphsen
Music Director … Aaron M. Davis Norman
Casting … Jonathan Hetler, Kaytlin McIntyre, & Shawna Grajek
Stage Manager … Kira Neighbors
Assistant Stage Manager … Shay Trusty
Assistant Director … Jess Yates
Stage Management Fellow … Emily Pfaff