After months of construction and $80.1 million raised, the Milwaukee Rep’s Associated Bank Theater Center is set to open this fall during its 2025-2026 season. The first show in the flagship Checota Powerhouse Theater? A large-scale, award-winning Broadway musical.
Come From Away – about lives converging at a Newfoundland airport in the immediate aftermath of 9/11 – is just one of the 12 shows the Rep announced on Monday.
The 72nd season also includes McNeal – an AI-tackling drama from Wisconsinite and Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar – opening the revamped Herro-Franke Studio Theater, and an “Agatha Christie Festival,” featuring Powerhouse productions of Mrs. Christie, an original play by Heidi Armbruster, and And Then There Were None, based on Christie’s best-selling novel.
It’s time to pick your Milwaukee favorites for the year!
The 2025-2026 season will run from late October to mid-June – later than its usual September-to-May schedule to accommodate the construction.
The renovated Associated Bank Theater Center broke ground last May, and it will include a new glass building connecting the three renovated theaters outfitted with updated technology, production flexibility, accessibility and amenities. The complex will also feature the new Herzfeld Foundation Education & Engagement Center, with classrooms and performance spaces to support the Rep’s education programs.
Here’s the full season lineup:
- It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Oct. 31-Dec. 21, 2025, Stackner Cabaret
- Come From Away, Nov. 4-Dec. 14, 2025, Checota Powerhouse
- A Christmas Carol, Nov. 25-Dec. 24, 2025, Pabst Theater
- The Fisherman’s Daughters, Jan. 9-March 1, 2026, Stackner Cabaret
- The Lehman Trilogy, Jan. 13-Feb. 8, 2026, Checota Powerhouse
- McNeal, Feb. 10-March 22, 2026, Herro-Franke Studio
- August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Feb. 24-March 22, 2026, Checota Powerhouse
- Ain’t Misbehavin’ The Fats Waller Musical Show, March 6-April 26, 2026, Stackner Cabaret
- Frida… A Self Portrait, April 3-May 17, 2026, Herro-Franke Studio
- Mrs. Christie, April 14-May 10, 2026, Checota Powerhouse
- And Then There Were None, May 26-June 28, 2026, Checota Powerhouse
- George & Gracie: A Love Story, May 1-June 14, 2026, Stackner Cabaret
More information about each show can be found on the Milwaukee Rep’s website.
