For every open wound, there's a song that heals
Lyrical Drama • Musical Masterpiece
OLD WICKED SONGS
by Jon Marans
1996 Pulitzer Prize Finalist
Directed by Elyse Edelman
Featuring Brett Ryback and Jack Forbes Wilson
September 19 – October 5, 2025
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Brett Ryback
Jack Forbes Wilson
Set to Schumann’s Dichterliebe, this moving play with music follows a burned-out piano prodigy and his irascible teacher in 1986 Vienna as they uncover deep personal and political wounds through a music lesson that becomes a journey toward hope, healing, and unexpected connection.
Up North, nothing stays buried forever.
Milwaukee Premiere!
MURDER GIRL
A Northwoods Supper Club Holiday Whodunnit
by Heidi Armbruster
Directed by MCT Artistic Director Brent Hazelton
Featuring Bree Beelow, Matt Bowdren, and more to be announced
November 14 – 30, 2025
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Bree Beelow
Matt Bowdren
A darkly funny whodunit set in small-town Wisconsin, this locally-grown new play follows a pair of siblings keeping their Northwoods supper club afloat as murder, memories, and family dysfunction collide over brandy Old Fashioneds.
We are each a museum unto ourselves
The Unbelievable True Story
I AM MY OWN WIFE
by Doug Wright
2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Directed by Alex Coddington
Cast to be announced
January 23 – February 8, 2026
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Part celebration, part revelation, this Pulitzer Prize-winning solo play unearths the extraordinary and morally complex life of a queer icon who outlasted empires and preserved history while hiding truths of her own.
What does it really mean to honor and defend?
Milwaukee Premiere!
IS THIS A ROOM
Originally Conceived and Directed by Tina Satter
Jonathan Wainwright
2020 Obie and Drama Desk Awards
Directed by MCT Artistic Director Brent Hazelton
Featuring Jonathan Wainwright and more to be announced
March 20 – April 5, 2026
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
A real-life interrogation unfolds word for word in this gripping Broadway thriller based entirely on an FBI transcript, capturing the moment Reality Winner went from veteran to accused whistleblower.
Dimonte Henning
N'Jameh Camara
Ethan Hightire
What happens to a dream deferred?
1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1960 Tony Award for Best Play
Director to be announced
Featuring N'Jameh Camara, Dimonte Henning, Ethan Hightire, and more to be announced
May 8 – 24, 2026
Broadway Theatre Center | Cabot Theatre
Following one Black family’s fight to turn dreams into dignity on the South Side of Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark drama is a timeless portrait of hope, struggle, and the right to dream that still speaks volumes about who gets to build a future.
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