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name: "Next Act Theatre"
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# Next Act Theatre

Theaters in Harbor View, Milwaukee.

Status: Open. City license in force, checked November 2, 2026.

## At a glance

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Address | 255 S Water ST, Milwaukee, WI 53204 [Places near](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/places_near?lat=43.0287556655652&lng=-87.9081891232972) | Canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Hours | Monday to Sunday: noon to 5:00 pm | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1-414-278-0765 | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | [nextact.org](https://nextact.org/) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1990 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | Next Act Theatre, Inc. | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Current license term from | Public Entertainment Premises License: September 1, 2026; Class B Tavern License: September 1, 2026 | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Licenses in force | [Public Entertainment Premises License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/public-entertainment-premises-license), [Class B Tavern License](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/by-license/class-b-tavern-license) | City license | 2026-11-02 |
| Size | About 4 employees in 2020 | SBA loan data | 2026-11-02 |
| Identifiers | [OpenStreetMap way/381129069](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/381129069) | OpenStreetMap | 2026-11-02 |

## Why it belongs

Next Act Theatre holds a City of Milwaukee Class B Tavern License at 255 S Water ST [mke-liquor-licenses-351041-160622]. Next Act Theatre staged a production of Kill Move Paradise described as an emotional rollercoaster [milwaukee-independent-635656932952].

## Photos

- [Milwaukee August 2024 008 \(Pittsburgh Plate Glass Enamel Plant--PKWare\)](https://nrejfynxmjvaqlbnumhf.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/images/p/31e56aa152692ee5c9899274b9622053-45dc6d00-9ac0-4708-834b-c8f6911e617c-mw11ok6o-1600.webp). Photo: [Michael Barera](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milwaukee_August_2024_008_%28Pittsburgh_Plate_Glass_Enamel_Plant--PKWare%29.jpg), CC BY-SA 4.0

## The building

Use this to decide whether the building is worth a look for its history: when it went up, what the City records it as, and which historic registers list it.

Built 1990, theater, 1 story.

| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Year built | 1990 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Use | Theater | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Floor area | 15,735 square feet | City property file | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value, 2026 | $1,033,600 \(land $344,100, building $689,500\) | City property file | 2026-11-02 |

## Getting there

Use this to choose a bus, a bike share dock, or a place to park or charge before you go.

Bus:

- Routes 15, 18 and GreenLine at S 1st & Pittsburgh, a 3-minute walk (228 m)
- Routes 15, 18 and GreenLine at S 1st & Virginia, a 4-minute walk (352 m)
- Route 20 at Virginia & S 1st, a 5-minute walk (378 m)

Bike share:

- Bublr dock Radio Milwaukee (230 East Pittsburgh Avenue), a 1-minute walk (110 m)
- Bublr dock Seeboth & Water (10 East Seeboth Street), a 4-minute walk (289 m)
- Bublr dock Erie & Menomonee (252 E. Menomonee St.), a 4-minute walk (303 m)

Parking:

- Metered parking on E Erie St (zone 10010), 225 m away: $2.00 an hour, 2 hours at most, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 6 pm

Live Bublr bike and dock counts: [getting_there](https://littlemilwaukee.com/api/v1/getting_there?lat=43.0287556655652&lng=-87.9081891232972).

Source: [Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) GTFS feed](https://www.ridemcts.com/policies/developer-terms), checked November 3, 2026. Schedule data updated July 21, 2026, valid through December 5, 2026. Little Milwaukee is not sponsored or operated by MTS or MCTS.
Source: [Bublr Bikes (BCycle GBFS feed)](https://gbfs.bcycle.com/bcycle_bublr/gbfs.json), checked November 3, 2026.
Source: [City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, Department of Public Works](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/dpw-parking), checked November 3, 2026.

## What you can do here

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## Sources and record

1. [City of Milwaukee liquor licenses, on the record page](https://littlemilwaukee.com/records/next-act-theatre-8f47ab)
2. [Milwaukee Independent](https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/reggie-jackson/kill-move-paradise-next-acts-performance-james-ijames-play-shares-anguish-afterlife-blacks/)

Datasets:

- [Little Milwaukee canon](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- [City of Milwaukee business licenses](https://milwaukeemaps.milwaukee.gov/arcgis/rest/services/regulation/license/MapServer): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [City of Milwaukee liquor licenses](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/liquorlicenses): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Open Data Portal, City Clerk License Division
- [City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\)](https://data.milwaukee.gov/dataset/mprop): Public domain \(City of Milwaukee Open Data Policy, Council resolution of July 14, 2016\). Credit: City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\), City Assessor
- [Places lane classifier answers](https://littlemilwaukee.com/about/editorial-policy): model answers about public facts
- [SBA Paycheck Protection Program \(PPP\) FOIA loan data](https://data.sba.gov/dataset/ppp-foia): U.S. Government Works \(public domain\), as stated on the dataset page. Credit: U.S. Small Business Administration, Paycheck Protection Program FOIA data
- [OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright): Open Data Commons Open Database License \(ODbL\) 1.0. Credit: [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
- [Photos from a business's own website](https://littlemilwaukee.com/data): facts stated by the business \(hours, phone, founding year, zip\); no text copied

### Facts

| Field | Value | Source | Dataset | Checked |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Name | Next Act Theatre | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 255 S Water ST, Milwaukee, WI 53204 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02876, -87.90819 | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Category | theaters | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Kind | place | Canon | Little Milwaukee canon | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 255 S Water ST | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Address | 255 S Water ST | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Assessed value | $1,033,600 \(2026\) | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building area | 15,735 square feet | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Building use | Theater, land use code 7922 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Capacity | 417 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Capacity | 417 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Chain | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Classified category | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Employees in 2020 | 4 | SBA loan data | SBA Paycheck Protection Program \(PPP\) FOIA loan data | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02876, -87.90819 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Map point | 43.02876, -87.90819 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | Next Act Theatre, Inc. | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Legal name | Next Act Theatre, Inc. | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-09-19 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Expires | 2027-09-19 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Issued | 2026-09-01 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351106 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License number | 351041 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License status | Active | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Public Entertainment Premises License \(PEP\) | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| License type | Class B Tavern License \(BTAVN\) | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Listing evidence | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Locally owned | Withheld under the dataset's terms | Other source | Places lane classifier answers | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Next Act Theatre | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Name | Next Act Theatre | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Opening hours | Monday to Sunday: noon to 5:00 pm | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm category | amenity=theatre | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Osm id | way/381129069 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4281122000 | City license | City of Milwaukee business licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Parcel number | 4281122000 | City license | City of Milwaukee liquor licenses | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | +1-414-278-0765 | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Phone | \(414\) 278-0765 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |
| Paycheck Protection Program loan year | 2020 | SBA loan data | SBA Paycheck Protection Program \(PPP\) FOIA loan data | 2026-11-02 |
| Stories | 1 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Website | https://nextact.org/ | OpenStreetMap | OpenStreetMap through the Overpass API | 2026-11-02 |
| Year built | 1990 | City property file | City of Milwaukee Master Property File \(MPROP\) | 2026-11-02 |
| Zip | 53204 | Business website | Photos from a business's own website | 2026-11-02 |

Facts as of 2026-11-03. Page rendered 2026-11-03.

Record id: 8f47ab74-c1de-4569-af63-104c747a380d

Forms: [HTML](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/theaters/next-act-theatre), [markdown](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/theaters/next-act-theatre.md), [JSON](https://littlemilwaukee.com/places/theaters/next-act-theatre.json).

## For agents

Next Act Theatre \(theaters in Harbor View, Milwaukee\) is at 255 S Water ST, Milwaukee, WI 53204. It is a listed place, and its status is open \(City license in force, checked November 2, 2026\).

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Tools that return this entity: get_entity {"slug":"next-act-theatre"}; get_place {"slug":"next-act-theatre"}; get_record {"id":"8f47ab74-c1de-4569-af63-104c747a380d"}; getting_there {"lat":"43.0287556655652","lng":"-87.9081891232972"}.

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## Game days nearby

Plan a visit here around these dates: a game or big event within half a mile fills the nearby streets and parking.

- Event day Saturday, May 15, 2027: expect crowds and parking limits. Queens of the Stone Age at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar)
- Event day Thursday, May 27, 2027: expect crowds and parking limits. Papa Roach at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar)
- Event day Thursday, June 24, 2027: expect crowds and parking limits. Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar)
- Event day Friday, June 25, 2027: expect crowds and parking limits. Death Cab for Cutie at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar). Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar). Zac Brown Band at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar)
- Event day Saturday, June 26, 2027: expect crowds and parking limits. Lake Street Dive at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar). Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar)
- Event day Thursday, July 1, 2027: expect crowds and parking limits. My Morning Jacket at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar). Summerfest® at Henry Maier Festival Park, 0.4 miles away; listed by [Milwaukee World Festival, Inc.](https://www.milwaukeeworldfestival.com/find-events/calendar)

## Answers about this

- [Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most theaters?](https://littlemilwaukee.com/answers/most-theaters): The Historic Third Ward has the most theaters of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 16 theaters.
- [Which Milwaukee neighborhood has the most vintage and thrift shops?](https://littlemilwaukee.com/answers/most-vintage-and-thrift): Harbor View has the most vintage and thrift shops of any City of Milwaukee neighborhood, with 2 vintage and thrift shops.