Author Jeff Grygny

Jeff Grygny

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Jeff Grygny is an independent writer and general humanities guy. He has taught literature and performance at several respectable institutions, and now lives comfortably outside academia. He once rescued a raccoon from a dumpster, and also lived upstairs from the band Uncle Tupelo (really!). He has created and collaborated in numerous original performance works, and designed, directed, and performed around the USA. For the past seven years he has written about local arts for various print and online publications, including the Milwaukee Theater Examiner and the Milwaukee A.V. Club, with a special interest in the edgier, weirder, and geekier side of Milwaukee's lively theater scene. He currently resides in Milwaukee with the best little dog ever.

Just in time for Halloween/the election, ‘Dracula Vs. The Nazis’ storms into town

Jeff Grygny

October 5, 2016

Who doesn't love a good Nazi? Um, let's rephrase that: Nazis make the best villains. What would pop culture do without those swastika-sporting, goose-stepping genocidal goofballs who combine unspeakable evil ...

Sex, drugs, and vaudeville: All In Productions throws a really ‘Wild Party’

Jeff Grygny

August 31, 2016

Queenie was a blonde and her age stood still, And she danced twice a day in vaudeville. The Wild Party, by Joseph Moncure March From ancient Rome to today’s hip-hop, vibrant cultures have always come wi...

Stairway to hell: ‘No Exit’ descends to Off The Wall Theatre

Jeff Grygny

August 9, 2016

// Anyone who has been in a toxic relationship—or even just stuck with a bad roommate—knows that it doesn't take rivers of fire or swarms of grinning demons to make you feel damned. No Exit, the classic exi...