All In Productions is a 501(c)3 nonprofit theater company founded in 2014 with the purpose of providing more opportunities for Milwaukee-based artists. Our mission is to produce theater that promotes equity and diversity and to cultivate a healthy arts ecosystem by showcasing Wisconsin’s abundant local talent.
Since our first full-length production, The Last Five Years (Dec. 2014), AIP has grown a reputation for our “multifaceted talent for intimate works that focus on the complexity and vulnerability of our relationships” (Shepard Express). Performance highlights include Dogfight (WI Premiere), Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the 2018 PrideFest, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (a production which The Small Stage acclaimed as “better than the Broadway tour”). Our history is filled with popular and critically-acclaimed productions that prove diversity, social focus, and local talent make exemplary theater.
AIP began innovating the theater-going and -making experience through the production of theatrical podcasts starting in 2018. Milwaukee-based theatermaker and broadcaster, Adam Qutaishat, has produced three podcasts with AIP focused on increasing opportunities for underrepresented Milwaukee artists. Highlights include:
- WAIP (2018-20), a radio variety show featuring comedic skits and live performances by local artists.
- All-Arcadians (and All-ArcaD&Dians, 2019-21), a radio play set in the world of Dungeons & Dragons
- Vigil (2022-current), a true-crime parody that explores identity and autonomy through a completely original comic book universe.
We also offer resources to the theater community. In 2020, AIP revived the Wisconsin Diversity General Auditions, continuing the work Uprooted Theatre began in 2014. AIP now hosts the auditions annually with over 20 local theaters attending. We are proud to provide audition and accessibility resources to actors for those auditions – our goal is to remove as many barriers to entry as possible for actors who belong to groups historically underrepresented in theater. We also host monologue workshops for actors and diversity panels for theater staff.
OUR GOALS
1. Support local artists
2. Uplift art and artists from underrepresented populations.
3. Address problems in our communities through theater.
All In Productions Board of Directors
Alex Scheurell: President
Niko King
Steve Pfisterer
Wes Shaver
Jillian Smith
Liz Whitford