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Cole Castine

Artistic Director of Wisconsin Classic Stage, a Milwaukee theater company, and a director, designer, and actor in Wisconsin regional theater.

Oct 3, 2026

What's On Tap

Public Market Harvest Festival, Borscht-Off, & Dr. Faustus

Oct 3 · 1h 42m

Sandy Maxx
Sandy MaxxHOST
69:26
[laughs]
Cole CastineGUEST
69:26
Yeah.
Cole CastineGUEST
69:27
Uh, yeah, we are in rehearsal tonight.
Cole CastineGUEST
69:28
Um, so it's a classic myth.
Cole CastineGUEST
69:33
Uh, Dr. Faustus, uh, has mythos going back all the way super early in German history.
Cole CastineGUEST
69:41
We see him reoccurring as this character of, uh...
Cole CastineGUEST
69:46
He, he, he was a magician and alchemist, and then there's the Christopher Marlowe Faust, and then there's Goethe's Faust.
Sandy Maxx
Sandy MaxxHOST
70:29
And what is it about this story, Cole, that compels you now as director and designer and illuminator when it's actually called Lights the Lights?

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