Groundlings Theater

04/25/2026

Hannah Nies and Deb Johnson Nies talk all things Listen to Your Mother show and upcoming Groundlings Theater stuff with Michael Bruno on Showbiz Bruno this afternoon!

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Show Biz Buzz with Bruno featuring Listen to Your Mother and Create Waunakee!

04/25/2026

We had such a great time seeing Madison Shakespeare Company's Measure for Measure.

Hat tip to our friends Wyatt Clement and Josh Gibbons for their stellar performances!

Hannah Nies Marielle Shiring Michelle Butcher Birdie La Barre Deb Johnson Nies

04/24/2026

Happy Opening Night to cast and crew of Mercury Players Theatre's "The Threepenny Opera," and especially our Groundlings' friend Bradley J. Carter. 🥰🐦‍⬛

04/24/2026

Happy Opening Night of Measure For Measure to Madison Shakespeare Company and especially to our friends, Wyatt Clement & Josh Gibbons. See you tonight (4/24); Break all of the legs!

04/23/2026

Congrats to our Groundlings friends Michelle Butcher & Colleen N Jim Murphy and the whole Broom Street Theater cast! So excited for you! 🎭🥰

Part of Broom Street Theater's multi-year short play festival featuring stories about each of our “united” states.

04/16/2026

Look 👀 at this!!! Yay Maddie! We are SO proud of you! 👏 Forward Theater Company 🩷 We knew you when. 😢

04/10/2026

Happy Opening Night of Lady Disdain to our friends at Forward Theater Company! See you tonight! 🎭🥰

HAPPY OPENING WEEKEND to the cast and artistic team of LADY DISDAIN by Lauren Gunderson! Can you tell how much fun we're having with this smart and sexy rolling world premiere? This weekend is nearly sold out, but great seats remain during the run. Get tickets at forwardtheater.com 🌹👢🔥

Pictured: Matt Daniels, Phoebe González, Alys Dickerson, Colleen Madden, Ronald Román-Meléndez, and David Daniel (top)
Photo by Ross Zentner

Scenic Designer: Steve Barnes
Lighting Designer: Greg Hofmann
Costume Designer: Ren LaDassor
Composer & Sound Designer: Brian Grimm
Props Director: Jolie Sarajian
Stage Manager: Abbi Hess
Asst. Stage Manager: Kenzie Smith�Assistant Director: Shannon Coltrane

LADY DISDAIN
by Lauren M. Gunderson
Directed by Jen Uphoff Gray

April 9-26 at Overture Center for the Arts

04/09/2026

Congrats to Cassandra Punsel who will be performing in the Mother's day Listen to Your Mother event!

Cass was most recently seen in Groundlings Theater's "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play," as well as past productions including "Blue Ribbons" and "The Importance of Being Earnest." She'll be reading "The End of an Era" on Mother's Day.

Get yer $10/each tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/listen-to-your-mother-tickets

💐We're delighted to welcome Cassandra Punsel to the Listen to Your Mother stage on Mother's Day.💐 Cass will be reading her piece, "The End of an Era."

Cassandra is honored to join the cast of Listen to Your Mother 2026. A Wisconsin native and longtime Waunakee-area resident, she’s been bringing theatrical energy to everything she does since day one, with recent performances in local productions including Groundlings Theater’s “It’s Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”. Cassandra is a proud mother, writer, and inconsistent social media enthusiast. She loves bringing people together and thrives on connection and storytelling. Whether on stage or online, she shows up with heart, humor, and just the right touch of dramatic flair.

Don't miss Cassandra's story; Get your tickets today!
Listen to Your Mother tickets are just $10/each and are available for purchase here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/listen-to-your-mother-tickets

04/02/2026

Our angel investor, Linda, models our newly available Groundlings Theater t-shirts! High quality, Gildan 50/50 DryBlend created by Waunakee's Trending Now Promotions.

💰Available in limited quantities in Med, Lg, and XL for $30/each. PM us if you must have one of your very own.💰

What was a Groundling anyway? "A groundling was a person who visited the Red Lion, The Rose, or the Globe theatres in the early 17th century. They were too poor to pay to be able to sit on one of the three levels of the theatre." - Wiki

With this t-shirt we pay homage to our Shakespearean-age theater lovers, as well as our own 2024 humble beginnings in the historic barn of Schumacher Farm Park - where we did indeed "bring our own chairs."