Theatrical Previews

LOSERS

Bunny Gumbo Theater presents its first full-run single play with playwright James Fletcher’s tale of four distinctly different losers. Featuring Toni Inzeo, Doug Jarecki, Alison & Dan Katula and Robert W.C. Kennedy. November 2 – 18 at the Brumder Mansion. 414-265-5333 or bunnygumbo.com.

THE MISER

The Waukesha Civic Theatre offers the classic satire by Moliere. Epically stingy, old Harpagon has buried a chest of wealth in his back yard as his family and servants continue to live in poverty. November 2 – 18. 262-547-0708 or waukeshacivictheatre.org.

AS YOU LIKE IT

Shakespeare’s classic gets a fresh staging. A Wisconsin Lutheran College Theatre Department production at the Raabe Theatre. November 2 - 10. 414-443-8702 or wlc.edu/arts

DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD

What happens when eternally youthful comic strip characters grow-up? R.S.V.P. Productions opens its season with Bert V. Royal’s story of Charles Schultz’s Peanuts characters in adolescence November 7 – 25 at the Astor Theatre. 414-272-5694 or rsvptheater.com

INDIAN BLOOD

Boulevard Theatre presents A.R. Gurney’s holiday comedy about a young man in mid-century Buffalo who is painting a family portrait of his Grandmother’s Thanksgiving dinner. Featuring Maureen Dornemann, Sandra A. Stark, Jaime Jastrab, Mark Ninneman, Joe Redman and others. November 14 – December 2. 414-744-5757 or boulevardtheatre.com

GREETINGS!

Andy Gorski is bringing his Jewish Atheist fiancé home for Christmas with his devoutly Catholic parents. Next Act Theatre stages the Tom Dudzick comedy, starring David Cecsarini, Elizabeth Audley, Debrah Babich Eddie Collins and Marcus Truschinski in a production directed by Mary MacDonald Kerr. November 15 – December 16 at the Off-Broadway Theatre. 414-278-0765 or nextact.org

TRYING

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre presents playwright Joanna McClelland Glass’s heartwarming tale of a very old lawyer and his very young secretary on the cusp of the 1960s. Featuring Richard Halverson and Molly Rhode. November 15 – December 16 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Studio Theatre. 414-291-7800 or chamber-theatre.com

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Milwaukee is home to the 2nd longest running annual production of Charles Dickens’s classic. Lee Ernst returns to the role of Ebenezer Scrooge as The Milwaukee Rep takes to the Pabst Theatre once more. November 23 – December 6. 414-224-9490 or milwaukeerep.com

12 DAYS — A MILWAUKEE CHRISTMAS

Possibly the hardest working name in local theatre, actor/playwright James DeVita based this play on the true story of a teacher working hard for her students and their families during WWI. Presented by First Stage Children’s Theater, November 23 – December 24 at the Marcus Center. 414-273-7206 or firststage.org

THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY’S PRODUCTION OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”

With a title like that it can only be a farce, right? Playwrights David McGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr. satirize the classic Dickensian holiday tale as a group of women perform a questionable production of A Christmas Carol. November 30 – December 31 at the Sunset Playhouse. 262-782-4430 or sunsetplayhouse.com

THE PUPPETRY OF THE PENIS

The Miramar Theatre offers Milwaukee audiences another opportunity to get drunk and watch a group of grown men play with their genitalia as it welcomes back The Puppetry of The Penis. November 30 – December 2. 414-967-0302 or themiramartheatre.com