Hunzinger Construction Company was the selected Construction Manager/General Contractor for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s $80 million Renovation Project. This 133,000 SF project located at 108 E Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee, is an extensive renovation that included building a new theater and renovating its 1988 Powerhouse Theater complex, built in and around the 1900 Oneida Street Power Station. The new Associated Bank Theater Center has become the theater’s main performance space and features a flexible configuration, the addition of a fly loft, improved seating and sightlines, improved accessibility, and up-to-date production technology. A new flexible black box studio theater will have more seats, more easily transformable performance space and a new lobby with expanded restrooms, a bar and gathering spaces. The center, constructed in the space along Wells Street between The Pabst Theater and the former power station, also includes a grand, open and cascading lobby that connects all of the spaces. Additionally, there is also be food and beverage areas, a gift shop, a donor’s lounge, and an events space as well as the addition of an education and engagement center.
IN THE MEDIA…
APRIL 2026: Business Journal Names 2026 Real Estate Project of the Year:
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2026/04/23/milwaukee-rep-center-stage-project-year-2026.html
FEBRUARY 2026: First Look at The Herro-Franke Studio Theater:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/arts/2026/02/11/milwaukee-repertory-theater-gives-first-look-of-newly-opened-studio-theater/88626935007
OCTOBER 2025: Milwaukee Rep unveils renovated complex with celebration:
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2025/10/13/photos-milwaukee-rep-gala-2025.html
JANUARY 2025: CONSTRUCTION UPDATE…
https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/arts/2025/01/22/construction-transforming-milwaukee-repertory-theater/77678578007/
