POSTSECRET: THE SHOW Returns to Milwaukee

PostSecret (www.postsecret.com) is an internationally recognized public art project where people confess their secrets on homemade postcards, anonymously. Frank Warren, creator and curator, posts a selection of cards each week on the PostSecret website, which has become one of the Internet's most popular sites with over half a billion hits.

The show returns to the Marcus Center's Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall for one night only on Thursday, March 1 at 7:30 pm. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, January 2 and can be purchased in person at the Marcus Center Box Office at 929 North Water Street, Downtown Milwaukee; by phone at 414-273-7206; or online at MarcusCenter.org or Ticketmaster.com. Groups 10 or more SAVE! by calling 414-273-7121 ext. 210 or 213. This presentation is part of the Marcus Center's Off Broadway series and is sponsored by The Fitz at the Ambassador Hotel.

From its modest beginnings as a community art project in Washington, D.C. in 2005, PostSecret has since been a feature exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, The Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C., published six PostSecret books that have climbed the New York Times best-seller list, inspired over a 1,000,000 postcard submissions, accumulated 1.5 million Facebook followers, and won numerous Webby awards. Time Magazine ranked PostSecret as one of the most influential blogs in the world.

This stage adaptation is a collaboration between PostSecret creator Frank Warren and theatre veterans, TJ Dawe, Kahlil Ashanti and Justin Sudds. The show is an immersive, poignant journey through the humor and humanity of the personal stories we keep to ourselves, and on rare occasions, share with others. Projected images, videos, three actors and a guitarist guide the audience through crowd-sourced narratives revealing the true stories behind the secrets. See the hopeful, shocking, painful and sexual secrets that brought hundreds of millions to the PostSecret blog.

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