The Milwaukee Theatre Standards

The Milwaukee Theatre Standards is a document generated in an effort to revolutionize and standardize expectations within the Milwaukee Theatre Community, in hopes to provide a safer and equitable environment for all. Members of the Milwaukee Theatre Alliance’s ‘Not in Our House Task Force’ met over the course of several months incorporating their unique thoughts and experiences, and implementing the wisdom from these documents and letters:

CHICAGO THEATER STANDARDS
created in December 2017

WE SEE YOU WHITE AMERICAN THEATER BIPOC DEMANDS FOR WHITE AMERICAN THEATER
Ignited June 8, 2020

COALITION OF BIPOC ARTISTS IN MILWAUKEE
Letter to the Milwaukee Theater Community
published in the Shepherd Express
August 5, 2020

The "Not in Our House Task Force" is:

Amanda J. Hull

Audwin Short

F. Marvin Hannah

Jaimelyn Gray

Jim Neuner

Katie Cummings

Kennita Hickman

Ro Spice-Kopischke

Zach Woods

Four public discussions and revision sessions were hosted by MTA over the months of April, May and June of 2021 via Zoom in order to gather feedback from the community it seeks to serve. We thank these additional artists for their input:

Posy Knight, Kirk Thomsen, Steve Decker, Adam Qutaishat, Joy Pouros, Christal Wagner, Alan Piotrowicz, Sarah Wilbur, Doreen Lopez, Tim McCalister, Leah Dueno, and Alex Scheurell

If you have any questions or further input about the MTA Milwaukee Theatre Standards, email info@mketa.org. The Standards will be reviewed yearly for needed changes in April/May/June of each year.