Theatrical Previews

THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL
Milwaukee theatre vets John McGivern and Christopher Tarjan play the entire cast in this outlandish comedy by Charles Ludlam. The Next Act production at the Off-Broadway Theatre runs April 3-May 4. 414-278-0765 or nextact.org

1000 CHANNELS
Music and live improv meet video in a late-night sketch comedy series every Friday night at the Alchemist Theatre. April 11- June 27. 414-426-4169 or alchemisttheatre.com

A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Tennessee Williams’ classic drama comes to the Sunset Playhouse. Blanche DuBois’ struggle plays out in Elm Grove April 11- May 3. 262-782-4430 or sunsetplayhouse.com

DEAD MAN WALKING
The true story of Sister Helen Prejean’s experience with death row inmates plays on the stage of the Raabe Theatre. Wisconsin Lutheran College, April 11 - 19. 414-443-8702 or wlc.edu/arts

TALLEY’S FOLLY
An old accountant woos the young Sally Talley in this Lanford Wilson romantic comedy, set in 1944. Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, April 17 – May 4 at the Cabot Theatre. 414-291-7800 or chamber-theatre.com

TWO ONE-ACTS
Insurgent Theatre’s Cracks in the Floor, an experimental work about a voyeur drawn into the lives of his neighbors, pairs with Alchemist Productions’ 31, the story of a detective losing track of his identity on the trail of a serial murderer. April 18 – May 4. 414-426-4169 or alchemisttheatre.com

THE EFFECTS OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS
The Racine Theatre Guild presents Paul Zindel’s drama of a widow and her two young daughters. April 18 – 27. 262-633-4218 or racinetheatre.org

LAURA INGALLS WILDER
Artspower presents a one-hour stage adaptation of Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie series. April 18 at the Schauer Center. 262-670-0560 or schauercenter.org

CAUCASIAN CHAULK CIRCLE
The UWM Department of Theatre presents Bertolt Brecht’s play-within-a-play about how best to use land in Russia that was abandoned after World War II. April 22- 27 at the UWM Mainstage Theatre. 414-229-4308 or uwm.edu/arts

ARMADALE
Milwaukee Rep presents the world premiere of a Victorian drama based on the novel by Wilkie Collins, adapted for the stage by Jeffrey Hatcher. Love, deception and ambition burst onto the stage April 23 – May 25 at the Quadracci Powerhouse Theatre. 414-224-9490 or milwaukeerep.com

FAT PIG
Renaissance Theaterworks closes its season with Neil LaBute’s romantic comedy about a witty plus-size woman negotiating the many turns of her relationship with an attractive man. April 25 –May 18 at the Studio Theatre. 414-291-7800 or r-t-w.com