Wisconsin’s Northern Sky Theater For The New York Times
Photographing Northern Sky Theater for The New York Times was one of those assignments that sticks with you. It’s a 748-seat outdoor amphitheater tucked deep in the Wisconsin woods, filled with actors who multitask as stagehands and cooks, and original musicals that feel unmistakably local, from BBQ-feuding Romeo and Juliet families to fictional cheeses and Door County lore.
Everywhere we looked were multigenerational families settling in under the pines, kids wrapped in blankets, and performers joining them afterward for s’mores around a campfire. It’s a place where community, storytelling, and the outdoors blend into something uniquely Wisconsin, and photographing it felt like capturing a summer tradition more than documenting a theater.
