MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee theater company is celebrating its eighth season with dark comedy productions that aim to help audiences process difficult emotions through laughter.

The Constructivists , based at the Broadway Theater Center in the Historic Third Ward, specialize in what founder Jaimelyn Gray calls "dark art catharsis" — using dark comedy, dramedy and drama to help people work through challenging feelings.

The Constructivists started in 2017 with their first production in the basement of the Grand Avenue mall downtown. Their inaugural show was "Gruesome Playground Injuries" at the Underground Collaborative. The company has grown steadily since then, surviving the pandemic and now completing three seasons at the Broadway Theater Center.

Gray's husband builds the sets while one

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