page_title: Broom Street Theater
section_title: Permanent Home
hierarchical_section_title: Broom Street Theater / History / Permanent Home
caption_attribution_description: English: Exterior of Broom Street Theater, Madison, Wisconsin
context_page_description: Broom Street Theater is an experimental black box theater located in the heart of Madison's isthmus. As one of the oldest and most prolific experimental theater companies in the United States, it has produced over 350 original works. Productions are most frequently written and directed by local playwrights and artists, who are able to realize their vision without censorship of content or presentation. Broom Street Theater is a 501 member-run non-profit which currently produces nine to ten plays per year.
context_section_description: After leaving St. Frances House, the theater focused for two years on purchasing its own building, culminating in the acquisition of an old radiator repair shop at 1119 Williamson Street. The theater's main energies were and continue to be devoted to producing original theater in this space.  The number of plays produced expanded to 7 shows per year with 6 week runs.  BST has gone on to produce over 250 original productions since taking ownership of the building.  During this period, dozens of new playwright/directors premiered their works at BST.
caption: Broom Street Theater exterior
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