Thrasher Opera House

506 Mill Street
Green Lake, WI 54914
Tel: (920) 294-4279

Thrasher Opera House Website

Live Music Schedule:

2/16 Solas
2/18 Willy Porter

3/24 DePaul University Jazz Ensemble

4/14 Michael Kaeshammer
4/20 Peter Yarrow & Mustard’s Retreat

5/12 Ruthie Foster
5/18-19 Poco

7/21 The Second City

Description:

n 1910, Thrasher Opera House was built on Mill Street in downtown Green Lake by Charlie Thrasher. It first hosted vaudeville and traveling theatrical companies, but is best remembered for the movies that Charlie showed as soon as electricity became available, around 1912.

Thrasher Opera House today emulates everything that it once stood for and remains a symbol of the history that has already passed through Green Lake, and serves as a ready participant in the history that has yet to come.

Local recollections, a restoration architect, and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin were invaluable in the restoration effort. With their guidance, the main features of the building were restored or re-created with colors that are accurate to that time period.

Directions:

FROM MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL:
94 East to Mauston. Exit at 82 East. Continue on 82 East. As you pass Hwy 51, Hwy 82 East becomes Highway 23 East. Take 23 East to Green Lake. Turn right onto Business 23. Follow along the lake into the city. At the stop sign, turn left onto Mill Street. The opera house is visible from that stop sign and is located in the middle of the block on the right-hand side of the street.

FROM MADISON:
151 North to 73 North to 23 East to Green Lake. Turn right onto Business 23. Follow along the lake, into the city. At the stop sign, turn left onto Mill Street. The opera house is visible from that stop sign and is located in the middle of the block on the right-hand side of the street.

FROM MILWAUKEE:
41 North to the Johnson Street/Highway 23 West exit in Fond du Lac. Turn left and follow Highway 23 West. Pass through Rosendale and Ripon. Continue on Highway 23 West to Green Lake. Turn left on Business 23. At the first stop sign, turn left on Mill Street to downtown Green Lake. The opera house is approximately four blocks ahead. It is located next to a corner BP gas station on the left-hand side of the street.

FROM CHICAGO:
I-94 North to Milwaukee. On the South side of Milwaukee, take the 894 bypass around Milwaukee to Highway 45 North, which turns into Highway 41. Take the Johnson Street/Highway 23 West exit in Fond du Lac. Turn left and follow Highway 23 West. Pass through Rosendale and Ripon. Approximately seven miles from Ripon, turn left on Business 23. At the first stop sign, turn left onto Mill Street toward downtown Green Lake. The opera house is approximately four blocks ahead. It is located next to a corner BP gas station on the left-hand side of the street.

FROM THE FOX VALLEY:
41 South to Highway 44 at Oshkosh. Follow Highway 44 West to Ripon, then Highway 23 West to Green Lake. Approximately seven miles from Ripon, turn left on Business 23. At the first stop sign, turn left onto Mill Street toward downtown Green Lake. The opera house is approximately four blocks ahead. It is located next to a corner BP gas station on the left-hand side of the street.