Event

Join the Friends of the Charles Allis on the second Monday of the month — from June through September — for a fun and stimulating way to hear new or under-appreciated works by women playwrights such as Zona Gale, a Wisconsin native, and the first Woman to win the Pulitzer Prize.

6:30 p.m. Doors open and cash bar mixer
7:15 p.m. Curtain
9:00 p.m. Talk back and cash bar

And as added intrigue, attendees who identify each month's corresponding artwork (see image above) from the museum's collection will be entered to win a special prize. That's right. You have four opportunities to win!

Free Admission | $10 Suggested Donation
 

FEATURED READINGS

Monday, August 13 - Town Hall

With her signature lyricism and poetic force, Obie Award winner Caridad Svich has crafted a piece of theatre that explores who we are and who we might be. Presented as a public meeting of four voices in conversation, this play tackles many of the issues our society is grappling with at this very moment — violence, race, gender, identity, hatred, polarization — and does so with a depth of soul and power of language that is sure to resonate long after the play itself has ended.

Monday, September 10 - To Be Announced

PREVIOUS READINGS IN THE SERIES

Monday, July 9 - The Dutch Lover

You'll enjoy the ride through this rollicking romantic comedy — full of cross-dressing, mistaken identities, gender confusion, courageous sword-wielding women, and cowardly tearful men — from renowned Restoration playwright Aphra Behn, one of the first successful women authors of the British stage.

Monday, June 11 - Miss Lulu Bett

In 1921, Wisconsin-born playwright Zona Gale became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play about a 30-something, self-proclaimed spinster, the eponymous Lulu Bett, who lives as a practical servant to her sister and brother-in-law. An unexpected encounter with a charming and handsome suitor sets Lulu on a journey of love, heartache, self-discovery, and resilience, through which she finally finds her own path to personal freedom and independence.

ABOUT SARAH’S SALON

Our Sarah’s Salon events are founded upon the Italian renaissance concept of the “salon,” a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.

As a friends group, in partnership with the museum, we offer these experiences for all Milwaukeeans to gather, be enriched, meet likeminded people, enjoy deep discussions — or simply appreciate art.