What's Happening

The people I speak with about doing shows at BDACT almost always ask me, "Isn't that a ton of work, putting on all those productions?" and the answer is always, “Yes!” Because it is a ton of work, from organizing/blocking the show as the director, memorizing lines, blocking, or choreography as an actor, or keeping everything from coming undone as stage manager. Then you have tech and the rest of the production team, busting their butts, with one goal in mind: giving our community an amazing show!

The stage is set for another diverse, fun, and entertaining season of productions at the Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre (BDACT)! Thanks to the generosity of so many in our area communities, the BDACT Fine Arts Center, is a world-class, high-tech, comfortable, yet still intimate venue in which to to be entertained. And 2026 promises to be an outstanding year to see our Artistry in Action!

What do dead pigeons, bruises, bats and a cockroach on your neck all have to do with theatre? Well, in my case, it signifies my introduction to BDACT! Wait. It sounds like a downer of a start to a blog but stay with me. It gets better…

Get ready to swing with the sounds of big band music with the Beaver Dam area’s own Paddle City Big Band at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 23 in the BDACT’s Kamps Auditorium.

The next production to be performed in BDACT’s Encore Hall will be Radium Girls, which tells the story of the women who painted clock dials for U.S. Radium Corp. in the first half of the 20th century. BDACT Production Coordinator David Alan Smith talked to Radium Girls director Rhiannyn McCauley about some of her stage design choices for the show.

On the first day of my first acting class in college, the students were asked to think about actors we had heard of or seen on stage, TV or in a film. The question from the teacher was, “Who do you think you are like?”