Friday, July 18, 2025
7:30pm Performance
Saturday, July 19, 2025
7:30pm Performance
Sunday, July 20, 2025
2:30pm Performance
Marquette Law School’s Lubar Center
1215 W Michigan St, Milwaukee, WI 53233
Performing in English with English supertitles
Run Time 60 minutes, no intermission
Rated PG
Tickets are General Admission
Show Events
Opening Night Dinner
July 18, 2025 at 5:30pm
The Wisconsin Club
900 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53233
(Shuttle available from the dinner to the performance)
Pre-Opera Talk
July 18 and 19, 2025 at 6:30pm and July 20, 2025 at 1:30pm
In this digital edition of Versed, stage director Doug Clemons gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Scalia/Ginsburg. He walks through the plot, shares insight into the real-life friendship between Justices Scalia and Ginsburg, and teases what kind of theatrical mayhem (and unexpected heart) you can expect. It’s your chance to get “versed” on the show—from the director’s chair.
Scalia/Ginsburg is a comic opera written by lawyer Derrick Wang that explores the lively, unexpected friendship between Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. When Scalia’s fiery dissents land him in a cosmic “prison,” his unlikely ally Ginsburg arrives to help him out (and, of course, debate along the way). Through musical sparring, legal philosophy, and wit, Scalia/Ginsburg celebrates two brilliant minds finding common ground—one opera aria at a time.
Artists & Casts
COMPOSED BY Derrick Wang
STAGE DIRECTED BY Doug Clemons
CONDUCTED BY Bob Mollicone
ENSEMBLE CURATED BY
The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Performers
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Kate Johnson +
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Grace Ryan +
Justice Antonin Scalia Zach Taylor +
Commentator William Dopp
