Venture Theatre

Venture Theatre is proud and excited to announce the slate of shows for our Fifth season of providing all original, locally produced theatre to Northeast Wisconsin.

Movie Game
September 11th - October 3rd, 2009
written by Adam Humel; directed by Maria Bartholdi

The Big Idea
November 6th - November 28th, 2009
written by Jon Bruinooge, John Egan, and Ken Goltz; directed by Matt Worzala

One Act Theatre Festival
February 5th - February 27th, 2010
written and directed by many

APS: Aerial Port Squadron - The Stageshow
April 9th - May 1st, 2010
written by Joe Abrahamson; directed by Tessie Micke

Click here for more info on the upcoming shows.

When: Wednesdays, July 15 & August 12 @ 8pm
How Much: $5

Come and laugh and sing with one of the most awesome entertainers to come out of Wisconsin since Chester Marcol.

Not sure who he is or what he does? Check out Pat’s website. Or, you could just blindly trust us… have we ever steered you wrong?

Now, unlike the usual ComedyCity shows, this isn’t for the kids. Pat’s shows are rated a strong PG13 for some language.

No reservations necessary.

Calling the show “clever” and saying “there’s nothing else quite like it on the planet,” local theatre citic Warren Gerds gave the final production on the 2008/09 three and a half stars.

Click here to read the full review at GreenBayPressGazette.com.

Check out the preview video for the 2009 One Act Theatre Festival… running through February 7th.

Scott Roemaat, Sean Yahn & Jared Knabenbauer rehearse a scene from the 2009 One Act Theatre Festival.

Warren Gerds, theatre critic for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, calls the 2009 One Act Festival a “burst of imagination” in his review of opening weekend.

“The plays are myriad forms of comedy, silly and laced with sight gags on one end to dark and even a bit mean on the other. All the material in this fourth annual festival is new and from local talent with a lot of gumption.”

Click here to read the complete review.

Green Bay Press-Gazette theatre critic Warren Gerds gave “Vampire Variations” 3 out of 4 stars in his review. Notable quotes include:

“…bizarre, physical, wild and imaginative…”

“…lots of wordplay, some stake-in-the-heart stuff but no bloodsucking. The whole is comic creepiness or creepy comedy – your choice.”

Click here to read the full review in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

Local theatre critic Warren Gerds gave “The Liar” 3.5 stars out of 4 in his review of the show. A few of the notable qotes:

“Venture Theatre’s “The Liar” is comedy on caffeine.”

“…the play is a high-energy romp about an all-lies guy and his tag-along-to-disaster pal and their feverish attempts to woo women.”

“Ken Goltz excels as Bill, the liar who has a different identity for every person he meets. John Egan clicks as the buffoon-pal, Chuckie.”

Click here to read the full review in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

With the 2007/08 Venture Theatre season wrapped up, it’s time for us to announce the next slate of shows for the fourth year of providing all original, locally produced theatre to Northeast Wisconsin.

So, without further ado, here are the shows of the 2008/09 Venture Theatre season:

“The Liar”  written by Mike Eserkaln September, 12th - October 4th, 2008

“Vampire Variations” by Joe Abrahamson, John Egan, and Mike Eserkaln, October 31st - November 22nd, 2008

“4th Annual One-Act Festival” - January 16th - February 7th, 2009

“PDA”  by Jeff Lucas,  April 3rd - April 25th, 2009

Watch for season ticket information coming soon!

Have you seen a show at Venture Theatre and said to yourself, “Self, that would be a great show for my school, theatre group, church group, forensics competition or gaggle of random strangers to put on. I wonder where I can get my hands on the script.”

Well wonder no more. www.VentureScripts.com has many of the shows you’ve come to know and love from the Venture stage (and even some you haven’t seen). And more will be added as they come available.

All of the scripts available are written by professional writers, and most are available under the Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. That means you get the entire script immediately, for free. Others are available at a very reasonable cost. All files are unprotected PDF - so you can print them out as you need them.

Some are full-length plays and others are shorter sketches. Some are funny. Some are dramatic. You get the point. Check out www.VentureScripts.com today.

Rehearsal photo featuring Ben Schoenebeck, Joe Abrahamson & Kristen Abrahamson.

Warren Gerds, theatre critic for the Green Bay Press-Gazette, gave “DreamBound” 3 1/2 stars in his review this week.

“Inventiveness and imagination rule in Venture Theatre’s new, original and quite bizarre musical, “DreamBound.”

“…wow – wonderful stuff abounds (in a Venture Theatre/makeshift kind of way).”

“It’s a technically difficult show to do, which makes the production all the more impressive.”

Click here to read the full review.