I create to connect with others – to express delight, reveal shadows, search for answers and share common ground.

BOSWELL Opens at Next Act Theatre Soon

BOSWELL will receive a Wisconsin production at Milwaukee’s Next Act Theatre November 19 – December 14, 2025.

The incomparable Laura Gordon will once again direct with a cast including BOSWELL veterans Josh Krause and Brian Mani, as well as fabulous new cast members: Madeline Calais-King, Sarah Zapiain, David Cecsarini, and Heidi Armbruster.

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  • "...full of stories … It is a time capsule. It is an appreciation of the environment."

    WeAreGreenBay.com, July 2019, A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

  • "...solidly conceived theater. Kohler's writing is as full of well-developed recurring themes as a finely-tuned symphony."

    Shepherd Express, May 1995, COUNTING DAYS

  • "… the work of a sure-handed and deft writer who succeeds where many better-known dramatists have stumbled..."

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 2000, MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS

  • "…teeming with symbolism... [it] has many layers... a compelling mystery that Kohler builds quite skillfully..."

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 2009, THE DIG

  • “A fresh wind has swept in from the Midwest, by way of the 2019 Edinburgh Festival … With characters so witty, sparkling dialogue is all but guaranteed…"

    New York Stage Review, November 2022, BOSWELL

  • "The story is poignant and hopeful without being hokey. Its passionately pro-environmental message makes it very timely."

    The Capital Times, October 1993, A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

  • "Marie Kohler has written a delicately funny play with a serious foundation and an upbeat ending."

    City Edition (Milwaukee), May 1995, COUNTING DAYS

  • "Kohler's work brims with intelligence, solid development, good language and colorful characters."

    Shepherd Express Metro, February 2000, MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS

  • "...a must-see show that deserves to have a long life after this first production."

    Total Theater, January 2009, THE DIG

  • “Triumphant … historical eras artistically collide … The level of acting here is exceptionally high.”

    Shepherd Express, November 2022, BOSWELL