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Ten talented high school students gathered at the Milwaukee Repertory theater this week to compete in a monologue competition. It featured the work of Black playwrights.

The production creates a comfortable experience for audience members with sensory sensitivities, while maintaining the show's artistic intent.

It’s been a decade since the massacre at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. For Sundeep Morrison, the massacre felt especially close to home. Their parents were at another gurdwara in Oak Creek on the day of the shooting. Now, their new solo show, “Rag Head: An American Story” explores the people who give life to the Sikh community and what happens when that life is taken away.

The Milwaukee Rep's managing director Melissa Vartanian has unique connection to the Titanic — her great-grandfather was a survivor.

The word “oriental” has been used in American culture to describe items from the Eastern world, but the term has also been used to offensively describe Asian people. Milwaukee Film has been examining the use of this word and how it is associated with The Oriental Theatre.

Actor Willem Dafoe joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to talk about his Wisconsin roots and what it means for him to get an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from UW-Milwaukee.

Actors Steve Martin and Martin Short are once again making their way to Milwaukee for a performance at the Riverside Theater. The comedy duo first began working together on the set of “The Three Amigos!” in the mid 80s. Nearly four decades later, they continue to regularly tour together and their latest streaming project, "Only Murders in the Building" is set to release its second season next month.

Alex Scott was diagnosed with cancer as an infant and at four-years-old, she created Alex’s Lemonade Stand, to fund pediatric cancer research one cup at a time. Her work and life are the topic of a new show by local playwright, James DeVita. “The Amazing Lemonade Girl,” opens this week at First Stage Children’s Theatre.

In the 1940s most theatrical productions in Milwaukee came from out-of-town companies. But that changed in the 1950s, when local performer and businesswoman Mary John founded the theater company that would later become the Milwaukee Rep. We reflect on John's passing and her legacy.

First Stage and Ko-Thi Dance Company are collaborating in the production and showcase of The Dancing Granny. Actor Marina Murphy, who plays the dancing granny, and director Samantha Montgomery join Lake Effect to talk about the show and the African folktale behind it.