title: Milwaukee Public Theatre
text: # Milwaukee Public Theatre
  
  The Milwaukee Public Theatre was theatre based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  
  ## History
  
  It was founded in 1974 as Friends Mime Theatre by Barbara Leigh and Michael John Moynihan and has since created over 400 productions. The Public Theatre performs at over 400 events a year attended by 100,000 to 150,000 people.
  
  In 2019, it became defunct after performing a potluck circus, "Passing the Torch".
  
  ## Past productions
  
  * Most Dangerous Women - April 22–24, 2016
  * Stories from the Medicine Wheel - March 20–27, 2015
  * MPT Steampunk Circus of Metamorphosis - September 19, 2014
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - October 18, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - October 15, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - October 14, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - October 11, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - October 9, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - October 4, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - September 24, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - September 23, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - September 11, 2011
  * From the Start Consider the Finish - September 10, 2011
  * One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure - May 7, 2010
  * Camp We-Kan-Tak-It - October 8, 2009
  * All-City People's Parade and Pageant - August 8, 2009
  * Winter Voices - December 4–5, 2008
  