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Programs
Teens and adults 13 & older,
groups welcome.
Sundays, 4:30 to 6 pm at MPT's Artivity Place
Shops of Grand Avenue,
161 W. Wisconsin.
Call 414-347-1685
Original Theatreworks: Available for Touring
Original Theatreworks:
PIECES: In My Own Voice (2012)
FLOW (2011) From the Start (2011)
Healing Arts: EAP Conference Keynote, Pieces and other wellness programs
Healing Arts: Tap the Potential Disability Awareness Month
Educational Workshops & Arts Residencies
Featured Arts Residency: Puppets, Dance at Keefe Ave. School
Special Events & Custom Programs
Cultivating Community through Public Art: Parades, Festivals, more
Milwaukee Public Theatre is one of the area's few professional nonprofit touring companies that increases awareness of current social issues, promotes cultural diversity, and provides healing arts and wellness resources.
Artists & Performers include:
musicians - classical, jazz, hip hop, pop, world cultures, drummers, Broadway, opera, operetta
dancers - all styles
actors - classical characters, historical impersonators, improv performers
scriptwriters
craft & workshop artists
jewelry makers
face and body painters
dollmakers
caricaturists
chalk artists
muralists
martial artists
flag & fire spinners
puppeteers
fortunetellers
magicians
storytellers
clowns
balloon clowns
mimes
ventriloquists
jugglers
stiltwalkers
designers
costumers
Tap the Potential, Disabilities Awareness Month
Artists with disabilities take aim at stereotypes each year in October as part of Tap the Potential—a celebration of the talent and vision of individuals with special needs. The project is coordinated by Milwaukee Public Theatre, Goodwill Industries of Southeast Wisconsin, Inc., and VSA Wisconsin.
The month-long celebration included performances at various Milwaukee locations by poets, musicians, storytellers and theatre artists, and was highlighted by an Art Exhibit at the Airport October. All of the events challenge preconceptions of people with disabilities and advocate for full inclusion in the life of the community.
Special events included:
Tap the Potential Art Exhibit,
October 3-21
Mitchell International Airport Main Concourse (see below for reception info)
Wednesday, October 5, 6:00 pm
Pieces: In My Own Voice
Reuther Central High School,
913 57th Street, Kenosha, WI
Hosted by NAMI Kenosha. MPT will re-present this production in collaboration with Milwaukee High School of the Arts and NAMI Milwaukee in 2012.
Pieces: In My Own Voice by Brenda Wesley, NAMI Outreach Coordinator, is a thought-provoking theatrical production depicting the lives of people living with a mental health diagnosis. Experience the darkness of stigma and the light of recovery. To date, over 3,000 people have seen it and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. View a short promo video for Pieces.
October 10-14
Milwaukee School of Engineering Disability Awareness Week, Art Exhibit at Grohmann Art Museum, 1000 N. Broadway, Milwaukee
Tuesday, October 11,
Wheelchair Basketball game
Kern Center, MSOE, 1245 N. Broadway, Milwaukee. Wil-O-Way Color Guard. Milwaukee School of Engineering students participate in the On Wheels program scrimmage.
Tuesday, October 11: From the Start, Consider the Finish at UW-Milwaukee, Engelmann Hal
Wednesday, October 12:
MSOE Artist Reception, Grohmann Art Museum
Artists shared stories about their work.
Cammie Draheim (poetry reading) and Patricia Obletz
Tap the Potential Art Exhibit Artist Reception
Thursday, October 13, 11:30 a.m.
Mitchell International Airport Main Concourse
Speakers were Sue Cottrell and Patti Berns, retired social workers who dedicated many years to serving persons with disabilities throughout Milwaukee County. Additional presentations by representatives of Milwaukee Public Theatre, Goodwill Industries, VSA Wisconsin, and Milwaukee County Commission on Persons with Disabilities.
Sunday, October 16,
American Heart Association Heart Walk, Veterans Park.
Children of the Sun
drum performance
Tuesday October 18,
From the Start, Consider the Finish
Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Wednesday, October 19,
Washington Park Senior Center
Cammie Draheim, poetry, arts and crafts
Thursday, October 20, Wilson Park Senior Center, William Sweeney, piano
Friday, October 21, Wauwatosa Public Library, Tales from the Nile Rose Onama
Friday, October 21, Gallery Night at Independence First, William Sweeney, pianist
Monday, October 24,
Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility
Cammie Draheim, arts and crafts, Rose Onama, writing workshop
Monday, October 24, West Allis Public Library
Tales from the Nile with Rose Onama
Wednesday, October 26, Clinton Rose Senior Center, Tales from the Nile with Rose Onama
Tap the Potential events are supported through grants from the Milwaukee County Commission for Persons with Disabilities, with additional support from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Donald and Barbara Abert Fund, the United Performing Arts Fund, and CAMPAC/Milwaukee County. The art exhibit is organized through Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. and VSA Wisconsin. Milwaukee Public Theatre coordinates the performing artists events with support from all partner groups.
View a slideshow of the performing arts events held in 2010, coordinated by Milwaukee Public Theatre and VSA Wisconsin.
Read a related article and interview with Barbara Leigh, "Acting, drawing, thriving: A new perspective on disability" published by the Third Coast Digest in 2010.
Partner groups include:
American Institute of Architects, Wisconsin–SE Chapter
ACAP Art Links 333
ARC of Greater Milwaukee
Brain Injury Association of America
Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
Curative Care Network, Inc.
Disability Services Division–Milwaukee County
Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin
Independence First
Milwaukee Center for Independence
Milwaukee County CAMPAC
Milwaukee County Commission for Persons with Disabilities
Milwaukee County/General Mitchell International Airport
Milwaukee County Transit System
Milwaukee Public Theatre
Milwaukee School of Engineering
NAMI Greater Milwaukee
National Spinal Cord Injury Association–SE WI Chapter
St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care
Transit Plus
Transitional Living Services
United Cerebral Palsy of SE Wisconsin
VSA Wisconsin
Wheelchair Recycling Program
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