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Remembering Kris...

Kris Kingstad
August 8, 1950 to August 25, 2010

Kris was WCT's Properties Coordinator, taking care of our props, and acting as the go to person for all props questions. She began volunteering for WCT in 1976 for the production of The Man Who Came To Dinner and never stopped helping us out. Her last properties design was for Life With Father this past June.

We will miss her smile, her laugh, her energy, and her love!

We gotta give her our "props" 'cause she was awesome!


We have started a Kris Kingstad Fund at the theatre (which will be used for production expenses, operating expenses, and ACT scholarships) and we have named the props storage in her honor. It will be "The Kris Kingstad Props Storage" from now on. Donations can be made to WCT in Kris’ honor.

More Crew Members Needed for Two By Two

We are looking for four to six more crew members, able to lift and move set pieces, for our production of Two By Two. Performances are Sep 17 – Oct 3. Crew assignments can be shared so you do not need to be available for all rehearsals and performances to be included. Most crew will be able to leave after intermission. For more information contact the stage manager, Jennifer Allen.

WISN's A-List

Last year, the patrons, donors, volunteers, and fans of Waukesha Civic Theatre banded together and voted us the 2009 BEST Theatre Group in Southeastern Wisconsin on the A-List at WISN.com. This year's contest has begun and we hope that you believe in us this year just as much as you did last year. Help us out and Vote Today!!!

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Are you currently receiving the highly informative "What's Happening At WCT" emails from our own John Cramer every couple of weeks? If not, you are missing out on getting the scoop right from the top banana. Here's how you can fix that. You can sign up by entering your email address in the box at the top of almost every page of this website that says "Sign up for our Email Newsletter". It is really that simple. After that, you begin to receive an email approximately twice a month containing many wonderful nuggets of information about this fabulous theatre.

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Seasonal News

Announcing Our 2010 - 2011 Season!

Enrich, Challenge, Entertain -- The Mission of WCT continues with its new season. See what will delight audiences for the coming year:

The 2010 - 2011 Season can be found by clicking here.

Volunteer Of The Production for The Kitchen Witches

The Waukesha Civic Theatre is pleased to present the Carl Thomas Memorial Volunteer of the Production Award for The Kitchen Witches to Matt Lovison. Matt was nominated for this award by the cast and crew of the production for his can-do attitude and willing to do whatever it takes to put on an outstanding show. Follow this link to see the details of Matt’s nomination along with photos of recent volunteer award winners and a complete listing of all past volunteer award winners:

Carl Thomas Memorial Volunteer Wall Of Fame

This award is named for Carl Thomas, a long-time volunteer who served on stage, backstage, on the board, and anywhere else he was needed. He truly exemplified the “spirit of community theatre.” For the Volunteer of the Production Award, each show’s cast, crew, and staff nominate the person involved in that show who has shown the highest levels of enthusiasm, energy, and involvement. The Non-Production Volunteer Award is chosen by the staff and/or the board of directors and goes to someone who has given of their time and talent outside of the productions. Since the award was established in 2001, there have been 92 award winners. Congratulations to all of these volunteer award winners, and thank you to every volunteer that helps WCT continue to bring quality live entertainment to Waukesha!

Waukesha State Bank Art Gallery

Bruce Robinson

Through August 31, 2010

At first glance, Bruce Robinson would appear to be your regular Wisconsinite.  Robinson, a Hartland resident, was a heavy equipment operator until his retirement a few years ago.  What isn’t evident at first glance is that 12 years ago, Bruce developed a passion for art.  Bruce learned to paint as an artistic output, but also learned to work with silk screens and glass.  That art became his passion as he finished his career and entered retirement.  This passion created a personal collection of three to four hundred pieces at his home.

Enjoying retirement and his art was keeping Bruce a busy man, but then bad luck struck.  Bruce suffered from a stroke that he fortunately survived from.  Bruce went to Aurora West Allis Medical Center for his rehabilitation.  Working with his caregivers on the 3rd floor rehabilitation unit, Bruce was ready to get back in to the flow of normal life. 

Then bad luck struck again, as he suffered a second stroke during his final days of therapy after his first stroke.  By his own account, the second stroke left Bruce with difficulty in talking and walking.  His passion for art was out of the question at that point with his further need of rehabilitation. 

“I wasn’t able to do it after the strokes,” said Bruce about his love of art.  But his physical condition gradually approved and he gives his caregivers credit by saying, “The staff gave me enough encouragement and faith to improve.”

“They took a personal interest in me as an individual,” stated Bruce.  Understanding that Bruce has a passion for art, his caregivers in the rehab unit encouraged Bruce to try again.  “They gave me challenges that we not so outrageous that I couldn’t do them, but rather they encouraged me to perform.”

And before he knew it, Bruce did his first painting after the strokes – a red waterfall done in all watercolors.  He then did his second, and third, and fourth, and so on.   Grateful to his caregivers he donated his second post-stroke painting to the rehab unit. (Retrieved from Aurora Health Care iConnect)

Bruce is our featured artist in the Waukesha State Bank Art Gallery and he introduces beautiful portraits and landscapes to our audience by the stroke of a brush or the whisk of a knife.  Paintings are listed for sale and contact information is available. 

The art gallery is open from noon to 5:00 pm Tuesday through Friday and two hours prior to curtain through intermission on show days. The Waukesha State Bank Art Gallery is located just outside the Mardi Bryant Jones Mainstage inside the Margaret Brate Bryant Civic Theatre building at 264 W. Main Street, downtown Waukesha. Access to the building is through the Main Street entrance.