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The Payne Hotel stagecoach stop, constructed in 1848. Saukville was the site of a Native American village at the crossroads of the Milwaukee River and two trails, one of which became the north–south Green Bay Road and the other the east–west Dekora Road. [6]
The theater's 40-foot (12 m) proscenium separates a 5,000-square-foot (460 m 2) stage (Wisconsin's second largest) from the 2,100-seat theater of which no seat is further than 108 feet (33 m) from the stage. The theater walls are finished in a red Veneciano plastering technique, which complements the red seats and brass accents.
Saukville has limited public transit compared with larger cities. Ozaukee County and the Milwaukee County Transit System run the Route 143 commuter bus, also known as the "Ozaukee County Express," to Milwaukee via Interstate 43. The bus stops in the Saukville Walmart parking lot, near I-43 Exit 96. The stop is the route's northern terminus.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, is a charter member of the League of Historic American Theatres and a designated Wisconsin Historical Marker Site. [3] Today, the Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts—a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization—owns and operates the building.
American Players Theatre was founded in 1977 by Randall Duk Kim, Anne Occhiogrosso, and Charles J. Bright.The group moved to Spring Green, Wisconsin in 1979 and held its first performance in 1980. [4]
The Pabst is a traditional proscenium stage theater with two balconies, [6] for a total capacity of 1,300 people. [5] It hosts approximately 100 events per year, including music, comedy, dance, opera, and theater events. [4] The theater also has a hydraulic orchestra pit, adding to its suitability for virtually any performing arts event.
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Established in a former church building, the Belfry was the first summer stock theater in Wisconsin. [1] The theater operated as a stock company from 1935 until 1969, providing early professional experience to thespians like Paul Newman, Del Close, Gary Burghoff and Harrison Ford. The venue continued operating for local productions for many ...