OUR EVENT TIMES

Thu Oct 22 2026
6:30 pm

Waukesha Reads Special Event

Spend the evening with Milwaukee novelist, playwright, and filmmaker, Alice Austen.  Listen as she shares the inspiration behind 33 Place Brugmann, sheds light on her creative process, and delves into why her novel resonates with readers today. A Q&A and book signing will follow.

Alice Austen won the John Cassavetes Award for her debut film Give Me Liberty. She is a past resident of the Royal Court Theatre and her internationally produced plays include Animal Farm, Water, Cherry Orchard Massacre, and Girls in the Boat. She studied creative writing under Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney at Harvard, where she also received her JD. She later moved to Brussels and lived on Place Brugmann. Austen currently lives in Milwaukee and is working on a new film and her next novel.

Pick up your free tickets at the Civic Theatre box office, at waukeshacivictheatre.org, or at the door.

About Waukesha Reads

Waukesha Reads provides citizens the opportunity to come together to read, discuss and celebrate a single book and author. Since 2007, the program has been coordinated by the Waukesha Public Library and its many community partners. Waukesha Reads is designed to promote reading and unite our community through great books by providing citizens with opportunities to come together and exchange ideas through the discussion of literature, providing a wide range of programs and events that appeal to members of our diverse community, engaging our population in learning about the wider world through the eyes of different authors and types of books, and distributing free books and inviting all to share the experience.

TICKETS

While tickets are FREE, we ask you to reserve your seat by purchasing a complementary ticket using the link to the left.

ACCESSIBILITY

The Margaret Brate Bryant Civic Theatre building is fully accessible, and WCT is proud to offer a number of services to our patrons who have special needs. Please contact our Box Office for more information about listening devices, transfer seats, wheelchair positions, Sensory Friendly performances, and Sensory Kits.

CONCESSIONS AND BAR

You may bring snacks and beverages that you purchase from our bar into the theatre to enjoy during the show. Water, soda, beer, wine, snacks, both sweet and savory are available.

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