“Something Wicked This Way Comes” – You’re Invited

January 4, 2012 at 12:04 pm (2012 Shakespeare in the Park) (, , , , , , , , , , )

Are you ready for some “double, double toil and trouble”?  Well, “screw your courage to the sticking place” and get your tickets now for Optimist Theatre’s …

“Something Wicked This Way Comes”

 Saturday, February 4, 2012, Optimist Theatre hosts our third annual winter fundraising party.  This year we celebrate the 2012 summer production of free Shakespeare in the Park …

 Macbeth

By William Shakespeare

Macbeth will feature Mr. Tom Reed* as Macbeth, Ms. Marti Gobel* as Lady Macbeth, Mr. James Pickering* as Duncan and, with your help, is slated for June and July of 2012.  Whether there are 2 or 3 weekends of performances will be determined in large part by how well this fundraiser goes.

The Details:

Something Wicked This Way Comes will be held…

Saturday, February 4, 2012
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Alverno College
The Teaching, Learning and Technology Center
3900 S. 43rd Street
Milwaukee, WI

Tickets are only $35.00 each.  To purchase tickets
Please CLICK HERE to visit the Optimist Theatre webpage and
select the Add to Cart button.
$20 per ticket is tax deductible.

Unable to join the fun that night, but you want free Shakespeare in the Park to happen? Please consider a 100% tax deductible donation also via the Optimist Theatre support webpage.
CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Something Wicked This Way Comes will be a delightful evening of fiendish-fun including…

  • Tarot readings by “Tarot Politico” columnist for The Huffington Post.
  • Your Fairy Godmother Deosil  discovering your color aura or reading your palm
  • Numerology readings with Fairy Godmother Widdershins
  • The generous riches of The Milk of Human Kindness Silent Auction.  One of the best silent auctions in Milwaukee has something for everyone and for every budget.  Bid on great items such as airline tickets to anywhere and a signed, first edition of Christopher Buehlman’s blockbuster, award-winning novel “Those Across The River”
  • Sweet and savory snacks and a no-host bar
  • Your chance to cast your vote for the 2012 Shakespeare in the Park seating reservation system you would most like to use

Stage Entertainment featuring…

  • Comedy by Optimist Theatre favorite, Mr. Phil Johnson, juggler, ropewalker, foolish mortal.  Phil’s sublime, physical and musical comedy is a huge hit with Optimists every year and we’re extremely excited to bring him to Milwaukee again.  www.philipearl.com
  • Music by Milwaukee’s own Mr. John Sieger of Tune du Jour.  “One of our local treasures” – onMilwaukee.com.  “The man oozes soul, and his talent is not in question.” – ExpressMilwaukee.com.    www.johnsieger.wordpress.com/
  • Alverno Colleges’ Chamber Choir and Flute Ensemble.  Featured around town at venues including MAM After Dark, both groups were favorites of the pre-performance picnic crowd during 2011’s production of Twelfth Night.

Thank you for again making the dream of free Shakespeare in the Park a reality.  We couldn’t do it without you.

See you there!

* Member of Actors Equity Association

Inquiries?  Please call or email Susan Fry, Managing Director at 262-498-5777 or SSFry@OptimistTheatre.org

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