The Rep's new group of Associate Artists includes 19 theater directors, writers, designers and musicians and actors.

The Rep adds to its artistic family

Published Aug. 2, 2012 at 10:38 a.m.

The Milwaukee Repertory Theater has announced its new family of Associate Artists today.

This new initiative is made up of a total of 19 directors, writers, designers and musicians and actors who will help contribute to multiple areas of The Rep's creative ventures.

Associate Artists include all six of the most recent Rep Acting Company members – Jonathan Gillard Daly, Lee E. Ernst, Laura Gordon, Gerard Neugent, James Pickering and Deborah Staples – as well as Rep veterans May Adrales (director), Timothy Douglas (director), Angela Iannone (actor), Todd Edward Ivins (scenic and costume designer), Dan Kazemi (composer/musician), Marc Kudisch (actor/producer), Reese Madigan (actor), Jeff Nellis (lightingd esigner), Aaron Posner (director), Todd Rosenthal (scenic designer), Eric Simonson (actor/director/playwright), Lindsay Smiling (actor) and John Tanner (composer/musician).

Associate Artists will begin their tenures with the start of the 2012/13 season. For more information about the Associate Artists and the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, visit their website at MilwaukeeRep.com.

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