Company Info

The Milwaukee Public Theatre (originaly named Friends Mime Theatre) was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1974 by Dr. Barbara Leigh and Michael John Moynihan. As one of the region's professional outreach theatres, the company has created over 400 original productions and touring/outreach events that have traveled to audiences throughout the community, state, region and nation. The Public Theatre creates productions that appropriate ancient, traditional and contemporary theatrical forms into new relationships, juxtapositions and collisions of form, subject matter and content. The productions have included one person Plays, two-person Pantomimes, original Musical Comedies, Multi-Media Musicals, Videoworks, Historical Epics & free outdoor Vaudeville & Circus Theatre.

It may be noted that the Public Theatre is also unique in its development of work that integrates people with disabilities into theatre arts and works with professional and amatuer visual and performing artists of all ages, races, ethnic bacgrounds and economic levels. The Milwaukee Public Theatre's free-to-the-public summer park/community performances, parades and processions are now in their 31st year. These productions have the most diverse audience of any arts organization in the city, county or state.

The Public Theatre also provides opportunities for employment and training for young Milwaukee performing artists from all cultural backgrounds. Each year the company presents between 400 and 600 public events for 100,000 to 150,000 adults and children of all ages, backgrounds, cultures and abilities. The company tours and gives workshops and performances throughout Milwaukee County, as well as also creating projects that travel within the state of Wisconsin, the region, the nation and the North American Continent.

Milwaukee Public Theatre
626 East Kilbourn
#802
Milwaukee, WI 53202

Tickets: (414) 347-1685
Administration: (414) 347-1685
Fax: (414) 347-1690

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Contacts:

CoFounders Barbara Leigh

and Michael John Moynihan

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Barbara Leigh,

Michael J. Moynihan

Season

All-City People�s Parade and Pageant

9/7/2009 - 9/7/2009

Hand-built parade and pageant with giant hand-crafted masks, puppets, wacky costumes, offbeat marching bands, people-powered floats and regular citizens celebrating Milwaukee�s hopes, fears, and ultimate sense of community.

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Camp We-Kan-Tak-It

9/18/2009 - 10/16/2009

An original multi-media musical comedy about Wisconsin�s Civilian Conservation Corps camps by Voices Theater and Milwaukee Public Theatre. Discover the hidden legacy of the CCC in your family. Based on Wisconsin CCC camp newspapers, the show incorporates original pictures and drawings, songs, and stories from the 1930's, bringing to life the reality many young men faced during the Depression and emphasizing the positive environmental effects of the project. Directed by Rogers Keene and Patrick Porten. www.milwaukeepublictheatre.org

One Man�s Trash is Another Man�s Treasure

5/7/2010 - 5/7/2010

Life-sized puppets made from found objects and recycled material emerge from piles of garbage in One Man�s Trash is Another Man�s Treasure, an original play about values, recycling, and preserving a healthy environment. With live music and dance.