MKE Black Theatre Festival
MBTF 2023 will feature Youth Night, full-theatrical productions, readings, masterclasses, & more!
06/19/2024
Black Arts MKE is proud to again present MKE Black Theatre Festival 2024, returning to community venues across the city from August 7-25. The three-week-long celebration of Black arts and culture features ticketed and free events including three full-productions, staged reading, audition masterclass, auditions (staged reading & Black Nativity), Poetry Set with The Jasmine Sims & more!
03/19/2024
OMG!!! AUDITION NOTICE: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Su***de When the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange Directed by Linetta Alexander Islam by MKE Black Theatre Festival Black Arts MKE, Inc. Send your headshot and resume to [email protected]
08/27/2023
THANK YOU to our team for stopping by the MBTF ‘23 Cast & Crew Party. Over 50 community artists, partners, supporters, and “X-Team members made this Festival possible. YOU, Community, made it a wonderful success! We’re on to the Poetry Set w Cedric & Jasmine (and special announcement!) Only one more MUD ROW performance Sunday (tomorrow) at 2pm, Helfaer Theatre at Marquette University (1304 W. Clybourn). Tickets available via Eventbrite link below or cash at the door $20pp. Get your tickets today!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-mke-black-theatre-festival-mud-row-tickets-652147870837
08/25/2023
08/20/2023
Malcolm X spars with Martin Luther King Jr. in absorbing play 'The Meeting' Part of MKE Black Theatre Festival, 'The Meeting' imagines a frank conversation between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
08/13/2023
Celebrating Black Culture: MKE Black Theatre Festival’s Three-Week Extravaganza Begins Today The curtain rises on a grand celebration of Black art and creativity as the largest-ever MKE Black Theatre Festival commences today. This year's festival, produced by Black Arts MKE, is set to be a thrilling three-week extravaganza, and it all starts with a free Youth & Family Night at the Indaba Co...
08/12/2023
In 'Mud Row,' sisters argue about the meaning, value and future of a house In 'Mud Row,' part of the MKE Black Theatre Festival, two generations of Black women spar over the meaning and value of their Pennsylvania house.
08/12/2023
08/11/2023
Milwaukee Black Theatre Festival kicked off this week and goes until August 27th!
We have the pleasure of hosting them on August 26th for a Poetry Set featuring
This set is a preview of the 2024 Poetry Event titled “Free Therapy”.
The event starts at 6pm and is FREE!
Follow for more about their upcoming events to support the arts.
08/11/2023
08/10/2023
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08/10/2023
2023 MKE Black Theatre Festival The MKE Black Theatre Festival is back in 2023 and bigger than ever. The largest festival yet, the three-week-long celebration designed to support Black creatives features a series of free events as well as two full-production plays: “Mud Row” and “The Meeting.”
08/10/2023
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