FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
CONTACT:
Cindy
Moran,
Public
Relations
Director,
414‐224‐1761,
cmoran@milwaukeerep.com
TICKETS
TO
MILWAUKEE
REPERTORY
THEATER’S
PRODUCTION
OF
LOMBARDI
GO
ON
SALE
FRIDAY,
JULY
29!
July
18,
2011
–
[Milwaukee]
–
Milwaukee
Repertory
Theater
announced
today
that
tickets
to
Eric
Simonson’s
Broadway
play,
Lombardi,
will
go
on
sale
to
the
general
public
Friday,
July
29.
The
play
is
based
on
the
book
When
Pride
Still
Mattered:
A
Life
of
Vince
Lombardi
by
David
Maraniss.
The
Rep
will
bring
the
legendary
coach
home
to
Wisconsin
where
the
play
will
have
its
post‐Broadway
Regional
Theater
Premiere
and
will
run
from
October
11
through
November
13,
2011.
Beginning
July
29,
tickets
will
be
available
for
purchase
online
at
www.MilwaukeeRep.com,
through
The
Rep’s
Ticket
Office
by
calling
414‐224‐9490
or
in
person
at
108
E.
Wells
Street.
Group
tickets
will
also
be
available
for
purchase
by
calling
Marketing
Manager
Ryan
Odorizzi
at
414‐290‐0710.
Single
ticket
prices
begin
at
$20.
Casting
for
Lombardi
has
also
been
announced.
Versatile
Rep
Resident
Acting
Company
Member
Lee
E.
Ernst
will
be
featured
in
the
role
of
the
legendary
Vince
Lombardi.
Ernst
was
seen
in
a
wide
range
of
critically‐acclaimed
roles
during
The
Rep’s
2010/11
Season
from
the
Emcee
in
Cabaret,
to
Bob
Cratchit
in
A
Christmas
Carol,
to
Leon/Nick
in
Speaking
in
Tongues
and
to
Willy
Loman
in
Death
of
a
Salesman.
Ernst
will
be
joined
by
local
Milwaukee
actress
Angela
Iannone
as
his
wife
Marie
Lombardi.
Iannone
was
seen
at
The
Rep
this
past
season
as
Fraülein
Kost
in
Cabaret
and
frequently
appears
on
the
stages
of
Milwaukee,
Madison
and
Chicago.
She
recently
appeared
as
Kate
Hepburn
in
Tea
at
Five
at
In
Tandem
Theatre
and
as
the
Countess
Orsini
in
A
Sleeping
Country
at
Next
Act
Theatre.
Cameron
Knight
will
appear
as
Dave
Robinson.
Knight
was
a
company
member
of
Resident
Ensemble
Players
and
an
instructor
of
African‐American
Theatre
and
Acting
at
the
University
of
Delaware.
He
has
performed
at
Oregon
Shakespeare
Festival,
The
Kennedy
Center
and
Meadow
Brook
Theatre,
to
name
a
few.
Reese
Madigan
will
perform
the
role
of
Paul
Hornung.
Madigan
returns
to
The
Rep
after
playing
Biff
in
Death
of
a
Salesman
and
Hannay
in
The
39
Steps
last
season.
Madigan
has
made
numerous
appearances
on
Broadway,
Off‐Broadway,
regionally
and
in
film
and
television.
Rep
Resident
Acting
Company
Member
Gerard
Neugent
will
play
the
role
of
Michael
McCormick.
Gerard
was
most
recently
seen
as
Happy
in
Death
of
a
Salesman,
Clown
2
in
The
39
Steps
and
Stan
Laurel
in
Laurel
and
Hardy
this
past
season
at
The
Rep.
Neugent
just
completed
his
eighth
season
with
The
Rep
and
his
fourth
in
the
Resident
Acting
Company.
Arthur
Lazalde
will
play
Jim
Taylor
and
will
be
making
his
Milwaukee
Rep
debut.
He
has
appeared
at
Mint
Theater
Company,
Harold
Clurman
Theater
Lab,
Studio
Tisch,
New
York
Theatre
Experiment
and
the
Utah
and
Shakespeare
Theater
Festivals,
to
name
a
few.
The
creative
team
for
this
fully‐realized
production
of
Lombardi
includes:
Sanford
Robbins
(Director);
Linda
Buchanan
(Set
Design);
Holly
Payne
(Costume
Design);
Thomas
C.
Hase
(Lighting
Design);
Lindsay
Jones
(Sound
Design)
and
John
Boesche
(Video/Production
Design).
Subscriptions
to
Milwaukee
Repertory
Theater
are
also
currently
available.
Subscription
prices
range
from
$60
to
$468.
For
additional
information
about
The
Rep’s
2011/12
Season,
please
contact
The
Rep’s
Ticket
Office
at
414‐224‐9490
or
visit
www.MilwaukeeRep.com.
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Milwaukee Repertory Theater is a nationally recognized theater company that presents a critically-acclaimed selection of
compelling dramas, powerful classics, award-winning contemporary works and lively cabaret shows on three stages from
September through May. The Rep also produces an annual production of A Christmas Carol. The Rep's home, the Patty and
Jay Baker Theater Complex, accommodates the Quadracci Powerhouse, the Stiemke Studio and the Stackner Cabaret. The
Rep is also home to a Resident Acting Company of actors who perform with The Rep throughout the season.
The Rep is proud to be a member of the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which provides major annual financial
support. Through community support of the United Performing Arts Fund, UPAF Member and Affiliate Groups are able to
provide education and outreach to over 400,000 children, provide over 2,000 live performances and reach over 1,000,000
people every year. When everyone supports the arts through UPAF, they help our local economy, improving education and
strengthening outreach programs to the disabled and elderly – all while adding culture to their own life. Support of UPAF is
critical to UPAF Member Groups’ ability to continue to offer exceptional live performances, award-winning education and
outreach programming and substantial economic impact to our region. To learn more about UPAF or to donate, go
to www.upaf.org.
The Rep is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the state of Wisconsin. The Rep is a
member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a management association of some of the nation's largest non-profit
professional theaters that collectively bargains with the unions that represent the actors, directors and designers that work
at The Rep; a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the nonprofit professional
theater; and a member of Theatre Wisconsin, the statewide association of non-profit professional theaters. This theater
operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors' Equity Association, the union of
professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The set, costume and lighting designers are members
of United Scenic Artists, a national labor union. This theater is an equal opportunity employer. Except in plays where race
itself is an issue, casting is decided based on ability, not race.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater
Patty & Jay Baker Theatre Complex
108 E Wells St Milwaukee, WI 53202
Ticket Office: 414-224-9490 Ticket Office Fax: 225-5490
Administrative: 414-224-1761 Fax: 414-224-9097
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