I create to connect with others – to express delight, reveal shadows, search for answers and share common ground.

Maybe We’ll Fly Gets New Play Reading

Milwaukee Opera Theatre will present a developmental reading of my new play MAYBE WE’LL FLY, with music by Josh Schmidt and direction by Elizabeth Margolius. Inspired by the life and work of Wisconsin outsider artist Mary Nohl (1914-2001), MAYBE WE’LL FLY explores what drives this artist’s aspiration to create, to delight and provoke her community… and to make her mark.

The reading will take place January 16 – 18, 2026 at the Wayne + Kristine Lueders Opera Center.

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  • "...full of stories … It is a time capsule. It is an appreciation of the environment."

    WeAreGreenBay.com, July 2019, A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

  • "...solidly conceived theater. Kohler's writing is as full of well-developed recurring themes as a finely-tuned symphony."

    Shepherd Express, May 1995, COUNTING DAYS

  • "… the work of a sure-handed and deft writer who succeeds where many better-known dramatists have stumbled..."

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 2000, MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS

  • "…teeming with symbolism... [it] has many layers... a compelling mystery that Kohler builds quite skillfully..."

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 2009, THE DIG

  • “A fresh wind has swept in from the Midwest, by way of the 2019 Edinburgh Festival … With characters so witty, sparkling dialogue is all but guaranteed…"

    New York Stage Review, November 2022, BOSWELL

  • "The story is poignant and hopeful without being hokey. Its passionately pro-environmental message makes it very timely."

    The Capital Times, October 1993, A GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST

  • "Marie Kohler has written a delicately funny play with a serious foundation and an upbeat ending."

    City Edition (Milwaukee), May 1995, COUNTING DAYS

  • "Kohler's work brims with intelligence, solid development, good language and colorful characters."

    Shepherd Express Metro, February 2000, MIDNIGHT AND MOLL FLANDERS

  • "...a must-see show that deserves to have a long life after this first production."

    Total Theater, January 2009, THE DIG

  • “Triumphant … historical eras artistically collide … The level of acting here is exceptionally high.”

    Shepherd Express, November 2022, BOSWELL