Women Toppling Patriarchy is a Recurring Theme in American Players Theatre Season

Posted May 25, 2018

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By Mike Fischer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

May 25, 2018

Artistic Director Brenda DeVita sat down with Mike Fischer from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to talk about the past, present, and future of APT. 


The Harvey Weinstein scandal and #MeToo movement weren’t even on the horizon when American Players Theatre's Brenda DeVita and her artistic team began planning the 2018 season a few years ago.

But almost all of the nine plays in APT’s upcoming season – which kicks off in Spring Green on June 9 and runs through mid-November – involve women toppling a male-dominated power structure that’s morally corrupt and politically exclusionary.

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