The more the market grows, the better it is for all of us. Next Act's Kakuk adds that the large number of theater companies in Milwaukee enables the city to keep its good actors and theater artists. The more groups in town, the more work in town, the more reason for them to stay. Milwaukee's pool of actors is rich in talent and large in number, considering the size of the community. Union actors work considerably more here than in most other cities.
Actors prefer Milwaukee over Chicago.
We have more companies that pay. Chicago tends to be cliquish, while it's possible to work with many theaters here. And Milwaukee has more of a family feel. The family is doing very well. Appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Oct. 15, 2000.