The Small Stage

Small Milwaukee theatre under a generally friendly microscope.
Hi.
I'm Milwaukee theatre critic Russ Bickerstaff.
In the past 12 years, I've reviewed over 1,000 shows.
I've created this crowdfunded website to preview and review those shows that don't get enough coverage elsewhere.
For every $10 in pledged donations I get, I post another blog.
​I will never post more than one blog per day.
If interest drops below $60 per month, the project ends.
This work will be in addition to print reviews that I will continue to write for the Shepherd-Express, which I've been happily committed to working with for over the past 12 years. 

Big Thanks from the Small Stage to everyone who has donated over the last four months. The January Campaign was a success. A April/May Kickstarter campaign was a success.  The June/July Kickstarter is now up and running. Check it out here. 
Please consider helping the Small Stage into its second year of supporting small stage Milwaukee theatre.


Anyone interested in supporting the site in the meantime can do so via Patreon. For more information on that, visit the Small Stage on Patreon.

With 97 posts as of July 15th, The Small Stage is currently funded for another 28 blogs. 
PREVIEW

As You Like It with
Original Practices Milwaukee
REVIEW

The Tell-Tale Heart and the Mind of Poe
with
Company of Strangers​
REVIEW EXTRAS

What Didn't Make It In:
The Producers
with
Sunset Playhouse