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Who is the Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre?

The BOULEVARD ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE, a Milwaukee arts organization, is celebrating its Twenty-Forth season of critically acclaimed theatre in its intimate 50-seat black box studio theatre.

The Boulevard is an affordable, culturally diverse theatre that enlarges the performance experience for audience and artist alike by presenting modern, classical, and neglected scripts. Our space's intense physical proximity provides both emotional directness... (read more)
Mission:OUR MISSION

The Boulevard Theatre is dedicated to our mission to provide and create opportunities for new, emerging and returning local artist from all backgrounds and disciplines, produce the works of modern, classical and neglected playwrights. The Boulevard Theatre exists to serve our community; to provide a cultural outlet for our diverse neighborhood, to create opportunities for actors and artists in Milwaukee, and act as economic catalyst to the growing business community.

OUR GOALS

The Boulevard Theatre’s primary goal is to serve its mission of producing a diverse season of plays of high artistic quality, with resonance and relevance to our community utilizing the talents and skills of new, emerging and returning talents from all disciplines and all backgrounds. Through this activity, we create economic stimulus for our community.

HISTORY OF THE BOULEVARD THEATRE:

Artistic Director, Mark Bucher, founded the Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre (The Boulevard) in 1986. We staged our first performance of one play, Edward Albee's COUNTING THE WAYS at the St. Michael's Waiting Room Cafe. This season, David and Amy Sedaris' comedy THE BOOK OF LIZ was our One Hundredth Production. The Boulevard is an established, professional theatre company that stages an eclectic range of theatrical literature.

In 1989 we moved to our current location in the heart of the Bay View neighborhood, only minutes from downtown Milwaukee and the freeway. In 2003, the Boulevard Ensemble Studio Theatre purchased our building. We are here to stay in our community. By being an intimate, 50-seat theatre, we foster a dynamic relationship between the audience and the artist.