Welcome!
About MCT Education
Belonging is our compass.
MCT Education seeks
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To empower the expression of student viewpoints.
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To shed light on the narrative of Milwaukee’s younger generations.
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To elevate student voices, both artists and patrons, as mirrors for and windows into our city and its future.
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To cultivate the talents of emerging local theater artists. To these ends,
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s comprehensive education programming features learning opportunities for humans of all ages. In-school workshops, student matinees, internships, pre- and post-performance programs for all patrons, and resources for more information comprise our work.
MCT’s flagship education program, the Young Playwrights Festival, features an annual playwriting residency and one-act play competition for high school students. Winning plays from two years running appear in a biennial showcase professionally produced by MCT.
Find out more here or by contacting MCT Education. We’d love to learn more about you. We’d love to have you join our story.
News
Winter 2022-2023
MCT YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
YPF SHOWCASE WINNING PLAYS 2022-2023
Announcing the winners of the biennial YPF Showcase playwriting competition! The following plays were selected from fellow Top Ten Distinguished Plays of 2021 and 2022 as exceptional by a panel of readers and the artistic team at MCT.
Congratulations to all, and keep writing!
WINNERS
MOM
by Sam Brower
An adult son in grief tries to help a mother in denial over the depth of their loss.
Whitefish Bay High School
MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
by Gabriella Hartlaub
A teen news team fights to save their show from cancellation. But who’s going to the dance?
Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School
Mentor teacher: Carrie Baker Jackson
TO BE DE(AD)CIDED
by Joy Figueroa
A reaper-in-training wants to dose out love and glitter, but you can’t always get what you want.
Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School
Mentor teacher: Carrie Baker Jackson
HONORABLE MENTIONS
ALWAYS PERFECT
by Noor Hamed
A star student and athlete, the daughter of immigrants, contends with parental expectations.
Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School
Mentor teacher: Carrie Baker Jackson
THE HUNTERS OF ARTEMIS
by Zoe Smith
One of Artemis’ hunters has been lost. The new recruit harbors secrets.
Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School
Mentor teacher: Carrie Baker Jackson
ROCKET BABY
by Anna Nelson
A young woman’s dream to take over a Colorado bakery gets a boost from an unlikely source.
Divine Savior Holy Angels High School
Mentor teacher: Zachary Ziegler
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