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Maybe We’ll Fly Gets a New Play Reading

I’m so psyched to have a reading of MAYBE WE’LL FLY be a part of Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s 2025-2026 season! Collaborating with Jill Anna is always a dream come true – as is continuing work with my great artistic colleagues, the amazing, international (and Milwaukee native) composer Josh Schmidt and the brilliant, Jeff-Award-winning director Elizabeth Margolius.

The reading will take place January 16 – 18, 2026 at the Wayne + Kristine Lueders Opera Center (926 E Burleigh St, Milwaukee WI 53212). Tickets will go on sale in December. For more information, click the link below.

  • "...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