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Eleven months have passed since the doors of the Mainstage Theatre were open to the public. For a building that has been a hub of live dance and theater for half a century, the empty stage on the eastern edge UWM\u2019s campus has taken some getting used to.<\/p>\n

No longer. Wednesday, March 7, the theater springs back to life with a performance of the drama \u201c12 Ophelias.\u201d Not just restored, the theater brims with improvements such as new acoustics and seating, and a flexible floor plan that brings the venue nearly into compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act for the first time.<\/p>\n

The journey from the building\u2019s forced closure after an accidental fire on April 8, 2017, to its reopening this week is itself a dramatic story of how art, trust and collaboration triumphed over adversity.<\/p>\n

The ruins<\/h3>\n

A fixture in the Peck School of the Arts since 1980, LeRoy Stoner knows the theater building better than anyone, colleagues say, from its costume shops and orchestra pit to seven elevator lifts and the equipment-laden machine shop backstage.<\/p>\n

Last spring\u2019s fire started there, about 90 minutes after students left for the evening, following a busy day of rehearsals and tech work for a scheduled performance of \u201cArcadia.\u201d All safety procedures had been followed; the injury-free fire was ruled accidental. \u201cWe were in a 1967-era building with electrical tools from 1967,\u201d Peck School of the Arts Dean Scott Emmons said. \u201cUnfortunately, this is one of those things that can happen when you have that mix of old and new and sawdust and heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA theater is an intensely used building,\u201d added Stoner.<\/p>\n

The restoration<\/h3>\n

But the show did go on. Within two days, 180 classes in the Peck School\u2019s five departments had been rescheduled and 180 restoration specialists had combed through the theater to triage destroyed equipment and salvage damaged items.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s 1,600 students did their part, too. \u201cTheir passion and ability to take their emotions, set them aside and do what was needed to be successful was astounding,\u201d said Jessica Berlin Krivsky, part of a five-person team charged with rescheduling classes and performances in the damaged Arts, Music and Mainstage buildings.<\/p>\n

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UWM’s Mainstage Theatre, before and after the fire<\/div><\/div>\n

\u201cAs a professional experience, it was great to be able to reblock and flip an entire show into a different venue in less than two weeks,\u201d said Peck senior Brooke Olson, who helped oversee the transition of \u201cArcadia\u201d from the damaged Mainstage to the Milwaukee Repertory Theater last spring. \u201cI\u2019m good at problem-solving on the fly because I had to do it for the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

That flexibility and ingenuity, Stoner said, is a foundational professional skill for aspiring performers and technicians in the arts professions and in other fields where Peck School alumni find themselves after graduation day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt about a theater major finding work,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re developing skills in communication, working in small groups, identifying deadlines and projects that build toward major goals. The real benefit, I think, in being a theater major is that development of the overall person to be able to do a wider variety of things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Improved accessibility and technology<\/h3>\n

The renovations have literally cleared the way for more students to participate in sound engineering and stagecraft coursework in the program.<\/p>\n

First, there was the \u201cmoral imperative\u201d of dipping into the Peck School\u2019s budget to pay for above-and-beyond renovations that created flexible spaces for students who use wheelchairs and other adaptive equipment to get around the theater\u2019s tight corners and raised platforms.<\/p>\n

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A look inside UWM’s fire-damaged theater<\/div><\/div>\n

The sound booth is now a portable setup in the back of the house, allowing for improved acoustics and accessibility. Before the fire, it was an enclosed booth dozens of steps above the main body of the theater.<\/p>\n

As for the technical improvements, \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to replace a 1967 lighting system with a 1967 lighting system in 2018,\u201d said Emmons. The newly installed lighting system is energy efficient and compatible with what students will be using in part-time jobs and internships they take on as theater majors.<\/p>\n

The final price tag attached to fire damages and the restoration is just over $5 million, mostly covered by insurance.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did put the theater back in a better place than it was,\u201d said Berlin Krivsky. \u201cThe state of theater itself has grown and changed so much that it\u2019s nice that we\u2019ve caught up with it. I wish it wasn\u2019t under these circumstances, but the reopened theater is a huge benefit for the program and our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Epilogue<\/h3>\n

Nostalgia, excitement and sawdust are circulating in the building as final preparations are underway for the March 7-11 run of \u201c12 Ophelias\u201d in the Mainstage Theatre.<\/p>\n

Emmons said the team from Paul Davis Restoration and volunteers and supporters from Shorewood High School and the Milwaukee Rep are being invited back to enjoy a revived space and a refreshed program that they helped make possible.<\/p>\n

In May, Olson will get a second chance at a rite of passage for the program\u2019s senior stage management students: She\u2019ll stage-manage the spring musical \u201c9 to 5,\u201d under director Tony Horne.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel a lot closer to the people I went through the program with as we grieved the loss of a space we called home,\u201d she said. \u201cNow, we get to breathe new life into a new home. I learned that the theater community in this building and across Milwaukee is very strong.\u201d<\/p>\n

On opening night, Trumbull-Holper and Stoner will sit, side by side, in the theater\u2019s new seats and watch the show go on. \u201cThe challenge was always to put this space back together in a way that respects the history but gives something new for the future,\u201d said Trumbull-Holper. \u201cI think we accomplished that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tickets and more information<\/h3>\n

The reopening of the Mainstage Theatre coincides with the March 7 to 11 run of \u201c12 Ophelias.\u201d The next scheduled performance is the musical \u201c9 to 5,\u201d running May 2-6. For tickets to \u201c12 Ophelias\u201d or \u201c9 to 5,\u201d go to the Peck School of the Arts box office online<\/a> or call 414-229-4308. Later this spring, the Peck School will announce a grand-reopening Shakespeare production scheduled for fall 2018, and featuring guest performers and a guest director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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