Hunzinger Construction Company, the selected Construction Manager/General Contractor for the Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s $75 million Renovation Project. This 133,000 SF project located at 108 E Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee, in an extensive renovation that includes 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 will become the theater’s main performance space with 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, which will be constructed in the space along Wells Street between The Pabst Theater and the former power station, will also include a grand, open and cascading lobby that will connect all of the spaces. There will also be food and beverage, a gift shop, a donor’s lounge, and an events space. The project also includes the addition of an education and engagement center. The MKE Rep project broke ground in June of 2024 and has a targeted grand opening of the new Associated Bank Theater Center in the Fall of 2025.
