Milwaukee Repertory Theater News

​​​​​​​Pace University's Sands College of Performing Arts faculty members Eric Price, Phillip Christian Smith, and Adam J. Rineer have earned major national recognition in musical theatre writing, with Price and Smith named 2026 Kleban Prize winners and Rineer selected as a 2026 Jonathan Larson Grant recipient.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater has revealed a major new commission: Evicted, a stage adaptation by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Ayad Akhtar and Maya Moverman.

The Piano Lesson marks The Milwaukee Rep’s ninth production in Wilson’s American Century Cycle. For those unfamiliar, this stunning feat is Wilson’s magnum opus: a ten-part series of plays showcasing the African-American experience set in every decade of the 20th century.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater is inviting Agatha Christie fans to step into a world of intrigue and unforgettable storytelling at Milwaukee Rep’s Agatha Christie Festival, a citywide celebration of Agatha Christie and her enduring legacy.

Watch rehearsal video of AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ THE FATS WALLER MUSICAL SHOW at Milwaukee Rep, running March 6 through April 26 in the Stackner Cabaret.

Watch the first look video of MCNEAL at Milwaukee Repertory Theater, directed by Mark Clements and running February 10 through March 22, 2026.

Pittsburgh Public Theater will conclude its 2026 mainstage season with PRIMARY TRUST, a deeply moving and unexpectedly humorous play that explores friendship, resilience, and the courage it takes to step into the unknown.

Get ready for a jubilant celebration of Fats Waller as Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents Ain’t Misbehavin’ The Fats Waller Musical Show in the Stackner Cabaret.

Milwaukee Rep has released first-look photos of the newly opened Herro-Franke Studio Theater and its inaugural production, MCNEAL by Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar.

Go inside rehearsals for Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, running February 24–March 22 in the Ellen & Joe Checota Powerhouse Theater.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater will continue its season with one of the most powerful works in the American canon, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson in the Ellen & Joe Checota Powerhouse Theater.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater has unveiled its 2026/27 Season—its second full season in the state‑of‑the‑art Associated Bank Theater Center. The new season showcases a mix of Broadway hits, world premieres, intimate new works, and more.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater will introduce a series of new commissions and premieres as part of its expanded John D. Lewis New Play Development Program, supported by a significant $1 million donation.

A head, an arm, and a potato walk into America circa 1850. Theirs is a century-spanning story of the rise and collapse of a business empire. It’s The Lehman Trilogy, winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play. It’s three acts, three actors, three epic hours of theater now on stage at the Milwaukee Rep.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre will present I AM MY OWN WIFE, a Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play, from January 23 to February 8, 2026. Directed by Alexander Coddington and starring Jonathan Riker, the play delves into the life of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf.

Ma Rainey and her band return to The Goodman this spring in a major revival—and a reunion of two Chicago theater legends. Goodman Family Resident Director Chuck Smith directs August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom with Associate/Music Director Harry J. Lennix.

South Coast Repertory will open 2026 with a rotating repertory of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater has completed the Associated Bank Theater Center Phase II construction with the grand opening of the reimagined Herro-Franke Studio Theater, featuring Ayad Akhtar's McNeal.

You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for Milwaukee Repertory Theater's production of The Lehman Trilogy running in the Ellen & Joe Checota Powerhouse Theater. 

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