BWW Preview: ASL-Interpreted Performance of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Puts Inclusion First at Theater RED

Make way for a magical collaboration between Milwaukee`s Theater RED and Carroll University! Under the direction of Theater RED`s Eric Welch, some Milwaukee`s on-stage favorites are teaming up with students from Carroll`s Theatre and Arts Management Program for Once Upon a Mattress, a musical retelling of the classic fairytale The Princess and the Pea. There will be six shows between the weekends of November 15th and 23rd, but it`s the Saturday, November 16th performance that is sure to charm audiences in a special way.

For this Saturday`s performance, Theater RED and Carroll University will join forces with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee`s American Sign Language/English Interpretation Program to become a veritable triple threat. Says Theater RED co-founder and Once Upon a Mattress Producing Director, Marcee Doherty-Elst: "This is the first time Theater RED has had American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters at a performance, but it has been something I have been wanting to do for some time."