When one man comes upon a small convent of German nuns in the American Southwest, he is presented with an impossible task: build a church. Knowing nothing about the materials of the region, speaking not a word of German or Spanish, and having nothing but his own two hand to begin with, Homer Smith struggles to choose between the simple, or the simply impossible. The Lilies of the Field runs at the Village Playhouse through December 27th. Director Deanna Strasse leads the comp

When the thought of cleaning makes your housekeeper so sad that she simply cannot clean, then surely something has to change. Of course, it usually doesn't end up in uncovering affairs, trekking the planet for yew trees, and killer jokes. In her usual fashion, Sarah Ruhl bends realist comedy towards absurdism in her brilliant script, The Clean House. The Village Playhouse steps up their game with this piece, presenting what may be their strongest work yet. Emily Condon in The

Popularized by Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, this tender story of unlikely friendship has been touching hearts for 30 years. Driving Miss Daisy runs at The Village Playhouse through February 24th at Inspiration Studios in West Allis. This adaptation of the well-loved tale is told through a series of short vignettes, punctuated by moments familiar to fans and warm to those new to the story. While this script lacks a sense of continuity and conclusiveness from start to end,

Originally written as La Casa de Bernarda Alba by Federico García Lorca, director Erico Ortiz is bringing his fresh one-act translation of the Spanish drama to the American stage; first, at the Village Playhouse in West Allis, and then off to the 2019 Wisconsin AACTFest in Verona, Wisconsin. AACT, or the American Association of Community Theatre, hosts a biannual competition for area companies to bring one act productions before a panel of expert adjudicators. The adjudicator