Milwaukee Repertory Theatre

An ever‐growing theatre company that has moved to larger quarters on three occasions, it was founded by Mary Widrig John in 1954 as the Fred Miller Theatre Company, housed in a converted Milwaukee, Wisconsin, movie house. The space was home to the Association of Producing Artists and the American Conservatory Theatre for a time before Milwaukee's own resident company was established in 1964. Under such artistic directors as Tunc Yalman, Nagle Jackson, and John Dillon, the company expanded its programs and moved to the Todd Wehr Theatre in Milwaukee's Performing Arts Center, also presenting plays at the Court Street Theatre and the Pabst Theatre on occasion. Another move was made to its current home on the east bank of the Milwaukee River: the Patty and Jay Baker Center, a converted power plant that houses the 720‐seat Quadracci Powerhouse Theatre, the 218‐seat Stiemke Theatre, and the 118‐seat Stackner Cabaret. Under Dillon, original works were encouraged, most memorably the premieres of Larry Shue's three plays, The Foreigner, The Nerd, and Wenceslas Square.