The Green Room
Martin Street Theatre 1480 Martin St., Madison, Wisconsin 53713
media release: October 16-31, 2026, at 8 pm Friday and 2 pm Saturday, plus 2 pm, 10/25.
The audience sees the performance. The Green Room sees everything else. What actually goes on backstage? What does the company do when the theatre is empty? Do they all really get along? The Green Room explores the tenuous, often tumultuous relationships that develop backstage when performers, technicians, egos, personalities, and theatrical chaos collide.
This dark, farcical comedy combines scathing reviews, sex, drugs, mental illness, snarky technical staff, temperamental actors, and the particular chaos that comes with making theater. Behind the performance audiences came to see is another story entirely. The Green Room invites audiences backstage to see it.
A STORY FROM ENCORE'S ARCHIVE
Encore originally produced The Green Room in 2009. Its return is connected to Encore's ongoing archival project, supported by the Ruth Foundation for the Arts, to preserve and document the company's artistic history.
Revisiting The Green Room creates an opportunity to look back at a piece of Encore's history while allowing the work to change alongside the company itself. Updated for Encore's current acting company by Steve Wyeth, the 2026 production brings work from Encore's past into its present.
The Green Room opens Every Place Tells a Story, Encore's 2026-27 season exploring three environments and the stories found within them. The season continues with Stacks, set in the world of a library, in February and Background Noise, set in a neighborhood coffee shop, in May.
CONTENT ADVISORY
The Green Room is intended for mature audiences and is not suitable for children. The production includes references to drug use, sexual situations, violence, mental illness, and strong language.
General Admission: $25; Seniors: $15; Students and People with Disabilities: $5.
Seating is general admission and limited, so reserve your tickets early.
Saturday performances include a post-show talkback.
Martin St Theatre, 1480 Martin St., Madison, WI 53713
Tickets: encorestudio.org/tickets
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Encore Studio for the Performing Arts is Wisconsin's first professional theatre company for people with disabilities. For 26 years, Encore has created original, artist-driven theatre that places people with disabilities at the center of the professional artistic process.
One of the very few companies like it in the United States, Encore offers an innovative, inclusive, and professional environment where people work together in the pursuit of artistic and theatrical excellence. Encore fosters the individual talents, skills, abilities, and creativity of its acting company while creating professional opportunities for artists with disabilities to develop, perform, and share work that communicates challenging and authentic perspectives on disability and culture.
Encore opened its doors on September 6, 2000. Just weeks later, on October 14, Encore premiered its first production, Not Stubborn... Not Strong-Willed at Monona Terrace. Since then, Encore has performed throughout Wisconsin and beyond, and its original work has garnered local, regional, and national attention. With a troupe of 21 actors and seven staff, Encore has produced more than 75 original works to date, with many more to come.
