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255 S Water St, Milwaukee, WI 53204
Milwaukee, WI 53204

THE CHILDREN
12/2 - 9/3/2025


In Marie Kohler's upcoming production of The Children, two retired nuclear scientists living in isolation face a stark reality as an old friend arrives with ...


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Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards; SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL at Skylight Music Theatre Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards; Skylight Music Theatre Leads Favorite Local Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Renaissance Theaterworks Presents THE NETHER By Jennifer Haley


by A.A. Cristi - December 16, 2024

Renaissance Theaterworks will continue their 32nd season with “The Nether” by Jennifer Haley, January 12th - February 2nd with preview performances on January 10th and 11th, at the Theater on 255 S Water Street in Milwaukee's Harbor District. ...

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards; SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL at Skylight Music Theatre Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Milwaukee, WI Awards


by BWW Awards - December 09, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Robert Grede's A MUSICAL COMEDY OF LIFE & DEATH to Premiere at Next Act Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 01, 2024

Robert Grede, who grew up in Elm Grove, has written a play, RIP – A Musical Comedy of Life & Death, that premieres in Milwaukee this July. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Milwaukee, WI Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Milwaukee, WI Awards; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Lake Country Playhouse & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Lake Country Playhouse & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 11, 2023

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards December 5th Standings; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Past Shows

Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine
20/11 - 15/12/2024


Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost in Canada. It’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around ...

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity


In this corner, Chad Deity: the greatest champ professional wrestling has ever seen. But behind every winner lies the story of a really excellent loser. ...

The PROM
The PROM
9/8 - 18/8/2024


Hilariously Heartfelt, Four eccentric Broadway stars head to Indiana to rally behind an outcast student wanting to bring her girlfriend to her High School Prom.


Thyme is fifteen, an A student, and three months’ pregnant. She lives with her parents, Marjorie and Ollie, in their Harlem apartment along with her ...

Kill Move Paradise
22/9 - 16/10/2022


Four black men find themselves stuck in a waiting room for the afterlife. As they attempt to make sense of their new paradise, Isa, Daz, ...

Three Viewings
23/9 - 17/10/2021


by Jeffrey Hatcher Tell-Tale is the story of Emil, the mild-mannered undertaker whose unspoken passion for a local real-estate woman who comes to all his ...

Laughter on the 23rd Floor
21/11 - 15/12/2019


Chaos is king backstage at the Max Prince Show, a popular 1950s comedy-variety TV series. The stress of slipping ratings is eating Max alive, but ...

The Revolutionists
26/9 - 20/10/2019


Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution. At the height of the Reign of Terror, ...

The Twelve Dates of Christmas
15/11 - 9/12/2018


Studio Theatre: Ginna Hoben....

Outside Mullingar
27/9 - 21/10/2018


This is a new romantic comedy from the Pulitzer-, Oscar-, and Tony Award-winner John Patrick Shanley, writer of Doubt and Moonstruck. Anthony and Rosemary are ...

Danceworks Performance Company's Women Who Dance


A coalition of empowered women from all walks of life will come together to dance diverse styles from a variety of perspectives. Danceworks Performance Company ...

Equivocation
1/2 - 25/2/2018


England, 1605: A terrorist plot to assassinate King James I and blow Parliament to kingdom come with 36 barrels of devilish gunpowder! Shagspeare (after a ...

Silent Sky
28/9 - 22/10/2017


When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn’t allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. ...

Bloomsday
6/4 - 30/4/2017


Robert returns to Dublin to reunite with Cait, the woman who captured his heart during a James Joyce literary tour 35 years ago. Dancing backwards ...

The Other Place
2/2 - 26/2/2017


Sharr White; dir: David Cecsarini. Next Act Theatre:...

The Taming
29/9 - 23/10/2016


TWTP's 9th season opens with the regional premiere of Lauren Gunderson's riotously funny "The Taming," a laugh-a-minute mashup inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew ...

The Taming
29/9 - 23/10/2016


TWTP's 9th season opens with the regional premiere of Lauren Gunderson's riotously funny "The Taming," a laugh-a-minute mashup inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew ...

Motherhood Out Loud
7/4 - 1/5/2016


Leslie Ayvazian, Brooke Berman, David Cale, Jessica Goldberg, Beth Henley, Lameece Issaq, Claire LaZebnik, Lisa Loomer, Michele Lowe, Marco Pennette, Theresa Rebeck, Luanne Rice, Anne ...

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
28/1 - 21/2/2016


Anna Deavere Smith; dir: David Cecsarini....

unSILENT Night
12/11 - 6/12/2015


John Kishline; dir: Mary MacDonald Kerr....

Back of the Throat
1/10 - 25/10/2015


Yussef El Guindi; dir: Edward Morgan....

Ten Questions to Ask your Biology teacher about Evolution


Sixteen year-old Raymond wants answers, and he’s willing to bring Ms. Kelly’s biology class to a screeching halt in the process. With patience and applied ...

Our Country’s Good
Our Country’s Good
13/3 - 15/3/2015


As an exciting companion project to Nilaja Sun's NO CHILD, Next Act will partner with students at Ronald Reagan Preparatory High School to produce a ...

No Child
No Child
29/1 - 22/2/2015


A teaching artist brings her passion for theatre into a New York City classroom, as she challenges her students to become actors themselves and produce ...

Heresy
Heresy
13/11 - 14/12/2014


In the near-and-turbulent future, Joe and Mary’s eldest boy Chris has been taken into “protective custody” by Homeland Security. It seems the lad’s public statements ...

Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter
Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter
18/9 - 12/10/2014


When Semper Fi isn't enough. Jenny’s a mom. She’s also a Marine; or was, until yesterday. Now she’s got an honorable discharge and a new ...

When We Go Upon the Sea


In the land of windmills and sea walls, former president George W. Bush spends a surrealistic night at a luxury Dutch hotel on the eve ...

The Comedy of Romeo & Juliet… Kinda Sorta


From the creator of the sold-out run of Rudolph the Pissed-Off Reindeer comes another original playful parody....

Milwaukee Comedy Festival
Milwaukee Comedy Festival
7/8 - 10/8/2014


The Milwaukee Comedy Festival features some of the best professional comedy from across the country including live stand up, sketch, and improv comedy! Every show ...

Cabaret Series Kendall Yorkey


Kendall and drag sensation, Trixie, explore the different connotations of the word "drag" in songs ranging from slow to upbeat and hysterical to heartbreaking....

Three Views of the Same Object


Poppy and Jesse made a pact some years back, before retirement, before ill health.??But conditions have changed and the full weight of their agreement is ...

Race
Race
30/1 - 23/2/2014


A wealthy white man is accused of assaulting a young black woman.??He denies the charge, claiming it was consensual.??Two law partners – one white, one ...

It's a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Show


From our South Water Street studios, we bring you our own radio adaptation of the beloved Bedford Falls fable that celebrates the best of the ...

Groucho: A Life in Revue
Groucho: A Life in Revue
14/11 - 8/12/2013


Arthur Marx has penned a loving and revealing tribute to his dad and uncles who made up the most famous – and funniest – family ...

Perfect Mendacity
19/9 - 13/10/2013


In a story pulsing with today’s issues, a scientist suspected of leaking a top secret government memo faces a daunting choice: lie to save his ...

Blue Hawaii Spectacular
Blue Hawaii Spectacular
13/9 - 14/9/2013


The BLUE HAWAII SPECTACULAR will be a rockabilly, fun and sun, weekend event & variety show featuring some of the best and most unique acrobatic, ...

A Day for Grace by Doug Vincent


Becoming a father for the first time ain’t for the faint of heart - the huge responsibility, those haunting ghosts from the past, that crabby ...


Pink Banana Theatre Co. is excited to announce the theme of our ninth annual summer one acts festival: "Game Night". We invited playwrights - aspiring ...


In The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, Mike Daisey turns his razor-sharp wit to America's most mysterious technology icon in a hilarious and ...

The Mystery of Irma Vep
3/5 - 27/5/2013


- Charles Ludlum; dir: David Cecsarini....

The Mystery of Irma Vep
2/5 - 26/5/2013


Come along on this ridiculous, Olde English romp with werewolves, mysteries and mayhem, including an impromptu side-trip to the tombs of Egypt. Frighteningly-fast changes of ...

Grace
4/4 - 28/4/2013


- Craig Wright; dir: David Cecsarini....

The Clockmaker
31/1 - 24/2/2013


Up in cosmic heaven, Herr Mann, the clockmaker, and his friend Frieda, are interrogated by a skeptical, mysterious Monsieur Pierre. Meanwhile, back on earth, we ...

One Time
5/4 - 29/4/2012

Vigil
2/2 - 26/2/2012

Sylvia
17/11 - 18/12/2011

The Exonerated
6/10 - 30/10/2011

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