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 Steve Watts
September 19 – October 5, 2025
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Brett Ryback
Steve Watts
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.
Performances in partnership with the Violins of Hope – Wisconsin presented by Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra (MYSO)
Up North, nothing stays buried forever.
Milwaukee Premiere!
MURDER GIRL
by Heidi Armbruster
A Northwoods Supper Club Holiday Whodunnit
Bree Beelow
Directed by MCT Artistic Director Brent Hazelton
Featuring Bree Beelow, Matt Bowdren, Carrie Hitchcock, Joe Lino, and Colleen Madden
November 14 – 30, 2025
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
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.
Matt Bowdren
Carrie Hitchcock
Colleen Madden
Joe Lino
Some stories don't fit in glass cases
The Unbelievable True Story
I AM MY OWN WIFE
by Doug Wright
2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Directed by Alexander Coddington
Featuring Jonathan Riker
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
2020 Obie and Drama Desk Awards
Rasell Holt
Directed by MCT Artistic Director Brent Hazelton
Featuring Rasell Holt, Isabelle Muthiah, Jonathan Wainwright, and more to be announced
March 20 – April 5, 2026
Broadway Theatre Center | Studio Theatre
Isabelle Muthiah
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.
Jonathan Wainwright
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.
N'Jameh Camara
Dimonte Henning
Ethan Hightire
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