Matt Kemple: Producer and Personality

All the hard work begins to pay off as the sixth installment of the Milwaukee Comedy Festival quickly approaches. It’s exciting to see it all start to come together.  If you didn’t know, it’s a lot of work to put together a comedy festival. Coordinating comedy groups from all over, organizing staff and volunteers, making [...]

I had the opportunity to work on a photo shoot with Liz Shipe.  She started a project attempting to put a spin on classic fairy tales and children’s stories.  The results are pretty incredible to say the least.  Here is a short video documentary on the photo project. Reconstructing Grimm: Peter Pan

Now here is a project I have been looking forward to for a very long time: Tape by StephenBelber. The play’s focus is controversial, intense, violent, and very exciting!  I’ll be playing Vince, a bad‐tempered, drug-dealing volunteer fireman – a very different character from anything I’ve played before. Another aspect of this show is the [...]

Wow. Pink Banana Theatre Co is now officially a non-profit organization; recognized under section 501(c)3 of the IRS code. I helped with the creation of PB about 6 years ago.  I was the Theatre Program Manager at Bucketworks, and part of my job was helping groups start and manage small theatre companies.  Flash forward a [...]

I thought it was about time I made some major changes to this web site. Not just in the way it looks, but what I want to actually accomplish with it. The last major update I made, content – not just the way it looks, was almost two years ago.  Pretty pathetic for a self-proclaimed geek. Don’t [...]

Well, I’ve had a great new job for a few months now.  It’s time I updated the website with a new bio: Matt is a resident of Milwaukee, originally from Columbus, OH. He holds a degree in Communication, Media, and Theatre from St. Norbert College with extensive acting, directing, technical, and production experience. He has [...]

It’s been a great week, take a look! MEDIA RELEASE —————————— FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2008 CONTACT:            Matt Kemple, PR & Marketing Manager 414.278.7780 ● mkemple@nextact.org www.nextact.org MATT KEMPLE HIRED TO NEXT ACT MARKETING POSITION After a month long search and over 60 applicants, Next Act Theatre has chosen theatre professional Matt Kemple as [...]

Next Act Theatre January 2008 – Present Milwaukee Comedy Festival and MilwaukeeComedy.com August 2006 – Present Founder/Producer/Director Pink Banana Theatre Co. 2008 – Present Mad Science – Hartland, WI 2007 Project Non-Violence – Milwaukee, WI Summer 2007 Stage Manager A community program associated with the Greater Milwaukee Boys and Girls Club focusing on the theatre [...]

So I built a deck for my girlfriend Dawn’s dad, Gordy. I have never taken on a project quite like this by myself before. Long story short, there was a small deck already in place that was starting to become rickety and fall apart, so a new one would need to be built, and why [...]