Directions to Theater Academy

School year classes are located in the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut Street, Milwaukee; the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 19805 West Capitol Drive, Brookfield; and the Oconomowoc Arts Center, 641 E. Forest Street, Oconomowoc.

Summer classes are located in the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center, 325 West Walnut Street, Milwaukee; Oconomowoc Arts Center, 641 E. Forest Street, Oconomowoc; and the Broadway Theatre Center, 158 N. Broadway, Milwaukee.

To Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
From the North: Take I-43 South to McKinley Avenue. Go east on McKinley to 4th Street and turn left. At the top of the hill (Walnut St.), turn right.

From the South: Take I-43 North to the Kilbourn Ave. tunnel. Continue to 4th Street and turn left. At the top of the hill (Walnut St.), turn right.

From the West: Take I-94 East to I-43 North and exit at the Kilbourn Ave. tunnel. Continue to 4th Street and turn left. At the top of the hill (Walnut St.), turn right.

Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to MYAC. Spaces are limited. If you are using the area as a drop-off / pick up point, please try not to block the flow of traffic, and move as soon as possible to a parking space. Street parking available within a close walk of the offices. The Schlitz Park ramp is available after 5 pm.

To Sharon Lynne Wilson Center
From the West: 
* Take 94 East to exit number 297 (18/JJ Bluemound Road West).
* Follow the sign that says 18 East/JJ West /Bluemound Road (the road curves to the right).
* At the top of the curve, follow the sign for 18 East.
* Get into the left lane and turn left at the stoplight onto 18 East.
* After this turn, turn left (north) at the next stoplight onto Highway Y/Barker Road.
* Follow Barker Road north, past North Avenue (stop sign) until reaching railroad tracks.
* Immediately after the railroad tracks, turn right onto River Road.
* 1/4 mile down on River Road, turn left onto Mitchell Park Drive.
The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is in the middle of the park on the right, past the City of Brookfield's Park Pavilion.
OR
* Take Hwy 16 east to Capitol Drive (Hwy 190).
* Continue east past Barker Road.
* 1/4 mile after Barker Road is a park entrance to the south.  Turn right at this entrance onto Mitchell Park Drive.
* This road takes you through Mitchell Park.  Proceed past the Elmbrook Little League Diamond and beyond the grove of trees to the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts. FROM THE EAST:
* Take I-94 East to Barker Road/Bluemound Road, exit number 297.
* Take the Highway Y/Barker Road exit.
* Follow Barker Road north, past North Avenue (stop sign) until reaching railroad tracks.
* Immediately after the railroad tracks, turn right onto River Road.
* 1/4 mile down on River Road, turn left onto Mitchell Park Drive. The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is in the middle of the park on the right, past the City of Brookfield's Park Pavilion.

To Oconomowoc Arts Center
The Oconomowoc Arts Center is located approximately 30 miles west of Milwaukee. The exact address is 641 E. Forest Street, Oconomowoc, WI 53066 part of the Oconomowoc Senior High School campus. It is located in the south central part of Oconomowoc immediately west of Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital, one block west of Summit Avenue (Hwy 67) which is the main north/south artery into the city. Download detailed directions here.

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Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to MYAC. Spaces are limited. If you are using the area as a drop-off / pick up point, please try not to block the flow of traffic, and move as soon as possible to a parking space. Street parking available within a close walk of the offices. The Schlitz Park ramp is available after 5 pm.

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The Wilson Center has a full parking lot that is available at all times for Academy families.

Map to Oconomowoc Arts Center