APTnew "core" members in roles from "Othello" to "Streetcar"

Posted April 1, 2015 By APT

Brenda DeVita talks 2015 and new core company in this story from Gayle Worland of The Wisconsin State Journal. When American Players Theatre opened its box office to returning patrons to sell tickets for its 2015 season, business was so brisk that even APT artistic director Brenda DeVita was taken aback. The theater company quickly added more performances to the summer schedule to accommodate audience demand, she said. Tickets for the Spring Green theater don't go on sale to the general public until April 13. 'Our ticket sales are fantastic. We're having an incredible pre-season sale,' DeVita said in an interview in mid-March. 'If I could, I would bottle it and keep it on the shelf and then sell it to other companies.' Grounded in productions of Shakespeare and other classical works, APT has won the acclaim of both regional and national critics. Continue reading at Madison.com