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Lewis Carroll's wonderfully weird classic, Jabberwocky wields some serious heft for a "nonsense poem." It spins a story of ambiguous adventure; of dangers untold. Or maybe not. The beauty of this poem is that, whatever story you infer, it's exactly right. See what you think after experiencing this reading by Core Company Actor Nate Burger.

Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been... posts this Friday on the PBS Wisconsin website. It details the night before, and the day of, poet Langston Hughes' interrogation by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. We talked to Actor Gavin Lawrence (Langston Hughes), Director David Daniel and Stage Manager Jacki Singleton about the reading. 

Any day is a good day to revisit the great romantic poets, and these strange days make this piece from William Wordsworth a timely choice. This poem - a beautiful lamentation about our dwindling connection to nature - is the one currently speaking straight to the heart of Core Company Actor Tim Gittings.

For many around the country, Wisconsin exists as a vague, grassy expanse of cows and corn, dismissed as flyover country. But we know better. For Core Company Actor Tracy Michelle Arnold, her love of the Dairy State started with the land and stars, and blossomed with the prairies. In this poem, accompanied by lush images, she shares her deep attachment to this place in her own words.

Lindsay Christians | The Capital Times |July 3, 2020

A JC Q&A featuring: Stephen Brown-Fried, Director James Ridge, Core Company Actor (Cicero/Ligarius/Lepidus) Jake Penner, Artistic Associate

Lindsay Christians | The Capital Times | June 26, 2020

George Bernard Shaw's Arms and the Man joins the other classics that have already made their debut in APT's "Words from the Woods" play-reading series. Keeping with the spirit of the new virtual world, we remotely chatted with three of the actors that worked on this reading - Sarah Day (Catherine), Kelsey Brennan (Louka) and Tim Gittings (Nicola) - about their thoughts on the play, their characters and sharing Shaw's writing on Zoom. 

Lindsay Christians | The Capital Times | Jun 19, 2020The virtually staged reading — video reading? Zoomplay? — of “As You Like It” that drops this Friday has the nostalgic appeal of a greatest hits album.