DUUversity is a UUCW Affinity group of members and friends who support diversity in the Milwaukee community by attending theatre productions that feature different cultural and ethical themes. After the performance all those who are interested, get together for dinner and stimulating conversation about the performance and its meaning for us as individuals and as members of the greater Milwaukee community. This group is open to everyone who enjoys theatre and interesting discussion.
Read through the schedule for our season and choose the ones you would like and are able to attend. You are responsible for purchasing your own tickets. Then before the performance let Kristin Fewel know so appropriate restaurant reservations can be made and carpooling can be facilitated, if desired.
Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith
September 22 – 2:00 pm
MCT – Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway
414-291-7800 www.r-t-w.com
A documentary about an actual event that sparked riots in Brooklyn after a 7 year-old black child is killed when a Hasidic man’s car jumps the curb and a rabbinical student is stabbed and killed in what seems to be an act of retaliation.
The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
October 13 – 2:00 pm
Next Act – 255 South Water Street – 414-278-0765 www.nextact.org
This female-powered comedy set during the French Revolution is about art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world.
Niceties by Eleanor Burgess
November 3 – 2:00 pm
The Rep’s Stiemke Theater – 108 East Wells Street 414-224-9490 tickets@milwaukeerep.com
A riveting two person discussion between a black student and her white professor about race, history, and power in this entertaining and thought provoking look at the history of America.
A Small Fire by Adam Bock
February 2 – 2:00 pm
Next Act – 255 South Water Street 414-278-0765 www.nextact.org
A happy, middle-class couple must deal with the wife’s mysterious disease that leaves her completely dependent on her husband as her senses of smell, taste and sight, are stripped away.
No Wake by Erica Berman
March 1 – 2:00 pm
MCT – Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center,158 N. Broadway
414-291-7800 www.r-t-w.com
This is the world premiere of a play about an elderly man wants to save the dying loons of Lake Winnipesaukee but he is thwarted by a teenager who grates on his nerves. Both must acknowledge their loneliness and loss as they slowly forge a unique intergenerational bond.
9 Circles by Bill Cain
April 5 – 2:00 pm
Next Act – 255 South Water Street 414-278-0765 www.nextact.org
Accused of an unspeakable war crime in Iraq, an American soldier must discover his own path to truth as he finds that duty, war, justice are on a collision course.
Gently Down the Stream by Martin Sherman
May 3 – 2:00 pm
MCT – Studio Theatre at the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway
414-291-7800 www.r-t-w.com
An ex-pat pianist and a London lawyer meet on a gay dating site but each is affected by their past ghosts and must deal with the triumphs and heartbreaks of gay lives in the modern era.
