Milwaukee Repertory Theater reaches $78 million Powering Milwaukee Campaign goal to make the Associated Bank Theater Center a reality thanks to nearly 600 individual donors!

There’s still time to name a seat in the new Associate Bank Theater Center opening the fall of 2025. Naming options are available in all three of our venues.

Milwaukee Rep names new Powerhouse Theater for philanthropists Ellen and Joe Checota in the future Associated Bank Theater Center. The Checota’s gift is the second largest in Milwaukee Rep’s history.

Philanthropists David Herro and his partner and Rep trustee Jay Franke have donated $5 million. Of which $4 million will go to our Powering Milwaukee Campaign and $1 million will go to support the John (Jack) D. Lewis New Play Development Program. For their generosity, we are pleased to name our flexible, backbox theater the Herro-Franke Studio Theater.

Check out the sneak peek into our soul-lifting production that tells the story of rock music’s unsung hero Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Plus hear all about Rosetta Tharpe’s family right here in Milwaukee that are carrying the banner for her legacy.

Hang out with us, members of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce and some of your favorite Drag Queens. Enjoy a pre-show social hour with complimentary wine and beer plus your ticket to the show all for just $30* per person.

A Dinner Dialogue is an opportunity for members of our community to have facilitated and meaningful conversations surrounding the themes of productions being performed on our stages while enjoying delicious food and drink from restaurants all over the Milwaukee area.