With summer on its way, it's time to say adieu to another entertaining theatre season in Milwaukee. The Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre closes its 23rd season by staging the Milwaukee premiere of "Stations of the Cross," written by local playwright and actress Beth Monhollen.
"Stations" opens Wednesday, April 29 and runs through Sunday, May 31.
The play covers the many comic and not-so-comic aspects of waiting tables. Through a series of monologues that mirror Jesus' travails of his stations, Monhollen pulls aside the apron to reveal people behind the name-tag.
She covers issues of harassment, working conditions and the unique stress of "hospitality" with humor and humanity. Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre artistic director Mark Bucher appears in the performance, as does Monhollen, Scott Dennis, Katie Merriman and Kate Sherry.
A founding member of Milwaukee's Wind-Up Dolls Theatre (an all-women improvisational-based theatre company), Monhollen has performed countless times with the feminist ensemble as well as creating many of its pieces.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students during the first weekend and are available from the box office and at (414) 744-5757.
