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Did you know that Mary Nohl used carpet scraps to create the unique paint textures covering the inside of her home? ✨ Sh...
09/11/2026

Did you know that Mary Nohl used carpet scraps to create the unique paint textures covering the inside of her home? ✨ She was certainly a pioneer in reusing and recycling! Swipe through to see some of these textures for yourself!

🎟 MAYBE WE'LL FLY, inspired by the life and work of Mary Nohl, opens next weekend! Get your tickets at milwaukeechambertheatre.org/maybe-well-fly

Today we're excited to highlight Karen Estrada portraying the role of Autumn in MAYBE WE'LL FLY coming this autumn to MC...
09/10/2026

Today we're excited to highlight Karen Estrada portraying the role of Autumn in MAYBE WE'LL FLY coming this autumn to MCT! 🍂 Karen is an actor, director, and theater educator who calls Milwaukee home. She was last seen at MCT in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE JERSEY LILY.

Karen’s had the pleasure of working as an actor and director at many Wisconsin theaters including First Stage, Skylight Music Theater, Next Act, Renaissance, Third Avenue PlayWorks, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Marquette University, UWM, Northern Sky and Forward Theater and is a three time alumna of the Disney on Classic tour of Japan and Taiwan.

🎟 Get your tickets at milwaukeechambertheatre.org/maybe-well-fly
📆 MAYBE WE'LL FLY runs Sept 18-Oct 11 in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre

We're bringing back a familiar face that you know and love as the man behind the music of MAYBE WE'LL FLY, Josh Schmidt!...
09/07/2026

We're bringing back a familiar face that you know and love as the man behind the music of MAYBE WE'LL FLY, Josh Schmidt! Josh is a composer/sound designer/musician and educator bringing his many talents to MCT again this season starting off as Composer, Sound Designer, and Music Director for MAYBE WE'LL FLY! 🎼 Learn more about Josh and his work and get your tickets below! 👇

Josh's selected credits include the films THE END (2024, Joshua Oppenheimer - director) and ONE FOOT IN (2021, Jack Whaley - director) as well as theatrical credits as Composer/Co-Author including
ADDING MACHINE (Minetta Lane, NYC; Next Theatre, Evanston; Finborough, London); A MINISTER’S WIFE (Lincoln Center, NYC; Writers Theatre, Glencoe), WHIDA PERU (59E59, NYC); MIDWESTERN GOTHIC (Signature,
VA); GIFT OF THE MAGI (American Players Theatre, WI); KILLING THE CAT (Riverside Studios, London). And many more...

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While you soak up the last of your summer on this holiday weekend, let us introduce you to ours! Emma Rosenthal makes he...
09/06/2026

While you soak up the last of your summer on this holiday weekend, let us introduce you to ours! Emma Rosenthal makes her Milwaukee-area debut as Summer in MAYBE WE'LL FLY. 🔅

Recent credits include Chicago: Writers Theatre, Northlight, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Marriott Lincolnshire, Porchlight, Goodman, and Steppenwolf. Off Broadway: THE THREEPENNY OPERA (Marvell Rep); LIBERTY (Theatre80). Regional: Berkeley Rep, Indiana Rep, Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Weston Playhouse, TAP, Peninsula Players, Williamstown Theatre Festival. Proud Northwestern graduate and finalist on Fox's Crime Scene Kitchen.

🎟 Get your tickets at milwaukeechambertheatre.org/maybe-well-fly
📆 MAYBE WE'LL FLY runs Sept 18-Oct 11 in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre

Meet Elizabeth Margolius, the Jeff Award-winning stage and movement director helping to bring MAYBE WE'LL FLY to life! I...
09/03/2026

Meet Elizabeth Margolius, the Jeff Award-winning stage and movement director helping to bring MAYBE WE'LL FLY to life! In addition to numerous directorial credits, Elizabeth is also a classical flautist and has trained in movement techniques from around the world including Qigong, the Frantic Method, Axis Syllabus, and Fighting Monkey. 🏆 Learn more about Elizabeth and get your tickets to MAYBE WE'LL FLY below to see her bring this expertise to MCT!👇

Elizabeth’s selected directorial credits also include: THE DA VINCI CODE and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF for Drury Lane Theatre, THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK for Northlight Theatre, TIDY and ROSE for Renaissance Theaterworks, CRIMES OF THE HEART for American Stage, LE LOUP-GAROU for Opera Southwest, I AND YOU, SILENT SKY, MISS HOLMES, and THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY for Peninsula Players, QUEEN OF THE MIST for Firebrand Theatre, THE SCARLET IBIS for Chicago Opera Theater, THE GIRL IN THE TRAIN for Chicago Folks Operetta, GOLDSTAR, OHIO for American Theater Company, THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR for Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Assistant Director), and OPUS 1861 for City Lit Theater. Elizabeth is a proud member of the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).

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09/02/2026

Singular. Feisty. Original. Describing an artist as legendary as Mary Nohl in just one word was no easy feat!

🎟 Join us for the world premiere of MAYBE WE'LL FLY, inspired by the life and work of Wisconsin's very own Mary Nohl: milwaukeechambertheatre.org/maybe-well-fly
📆 MAYBE WE'LL FLY opens on Sept 18!

Summer might be coming to an end, but we're still talking about Spring! Join us in welcoming Lainey Techtmann—the second...
09/01/2026

Summer might be coming to an end, but we're still talking about Spring! Join us in welcoming Lainey Techtmann—the second Young Performer sharing the role of Spring in MAYBE WE'LL FLY. 🌷

Lainey is excited to make her Milwaukee Chamber Theatre debut. Recent credits include A ROCKIN' MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Puck) at Skylight Music Theatre, LOVABYE DRAGON (Girl) at First Stage and A CHRISTMAS CAROL (Boy Scrooge) at Milwaukee Rep.

🎟 Check out the Young Performer schedule and get your tickets at milwaukeechambertheatre.org/maybe-well-fly
📆 MAYBE WE'LL FLY runs Sept 18-Oct 11 in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre

Today we're highlighting the mastermind behind MAYBE WE'LL FLY, playwright Marie House Kohler! A Milwaukee-based writer,...
08/30/2026

Today we're highlighting the mastermind behind MAYBE WE'LL FLY, playwright Marie House Kohler! A Milwaukee-based writer, director, producer and playwright, Marie also co-founded Renaissance Theaterworks in 1993! 🎭 Learn more about Marie and her work, and get your tickets to MAYBE WE'LL FLY below! 👇

Marie’s plays have earned nominations for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and The Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award & Citations, among others. Her play BOSWELL captured four-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, enjoyed a sold-out Off-Broadway run at 59E59 Theaters (2022), and had a recent run at Next Act (2025). Milwaukee Opera Theatre produced a staged reading of MAYBE WE’LL FLY in January 2026. Her published plays include MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS (2024), BOSWELL (2024) and A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST (2018). Other produced plays include COUNTING DAYS and THE DIG. Marie served 20 years as Co-Artistic Director and Resident Playwright after co-founding Renaissance Theaterworks. She received her BA at Harvard University and her MA at UWM. Married to actor Brian Mani, the two gratefully share three daughters and eight grandchildren.

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Prepare to be Liberated! 💪💪 Check out these behind-the-scenes shots from our LIBERATION photoshoot, and then get your ti...
08/28/2026

Prepare to be Liberated! 💪💪 Check out these behind-the-scenes shots from our LIBERATION photoshoot, and then get your tickets for the show that everyone's already talking about: milwaukeechambertheatre.org/liberation

📆 LIBERATION opens May 7 in the Broadway Theatre Center's Cabot Theatre

In MAYBE WE'LL FLY, each actor will embody a different season inspired by the iconic life of Mary Nohl, using movement a...
08/27/2026

In MAYBE WE'LL FLY, each actor will embody a different season inspired by the iconic life of Mary Nohl, using movement and music to take us on a journey through the varied stages of an artist's life. ✨

As the calendar commands, we're kicking things off with Spring! Join us in welcoming Amelia Sajdak—one of the two Young Performers sharing the role of Spring. 🌷

Amelia's recent credits include First Stage's LOVABYE DRAGON (Girl), RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER (Clarice), and ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY! (Squirelle); FROZEN: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL (Young Elsa) at Wauwatosa West and DISNEY'S ALADDIN JR. (Princess Jasmine) at Longfellow Middle. For FROZEN, she received a Jerry Award for Best Young Performer and performed on the Main Stage at the International Thespian Festival. Amelia also plays violin with MYSO and is an 8th grader at Longfellow Middle.

🎟 Check out the Young Performer schedule and get your tickets at milwaukeechambertheatre.org/maybe-well-fly
📆 MAYBE WE'LL FLY runs Sept 18-Oct 11 in the Broadway Theatre Center's Studio Theatre

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