Muskego Native Rediscovers Home From L.A.
Brett Ryback's upbringing in Muskego led him to a prolific career in acting and composing in Los Angeles, and now he finds home again through a performance that pays homage to his grandparents
You've got to wonder what's in the water in Muskego: we've been hearing about so many of our young residents taking their talent to the stage locally, statewide and nationally. Brett Ryback is the latest to have called Muskego home, now living in Los Angeles and boasting a resume that has included television and stage acting, composing and now playwrighting. Although living elsewhere since he left for college at 18 (he majored in music composition at UCLA), he rediscovers home again at the age of 27 both figuratively and literally with a performance of a staged reading titled "The Tavern Keeper's Daughter." "The play is loosely based on how my grandparents, Lenny and Wanda, met," Ryback explained. "It begins in Milwaukee as my grandfather …
