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FORWARD THEATER COMPANY

Overture Center for the Arts, 201 State Street
Madison, WI 53703

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About the Theatre

Forward Theater Company is a not-for-profit professional theater company founded to provide exceptional theater experiences for area audiences and give professional actors, designers, and directors an artistic home.
Wisconsin Directors Lab
1/4 - 1/5/2025


The Wisconsin Directors Lab, taking place on January 4th and 5th, 2025, at Madison College, aims to nurture early- to mid-career theater directors in Wisconsin. ...


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Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Madison Awards


by BWW Awards - December 09, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Madison Awards


by BWW Awards - December 02, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Madison Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Registration for Inaugural Wisconsin Directors Lab Now Open


by A.A. Cristi - September 05, 2024

Forward Theater Company has announced the opening of registration for the inaugural Wisconsin Directors Lab, set for January 4-5, 2025....

Forward Theater Company Launches $2 Million Future Forward Endowment Campaign


by A.A. Cristi - July 10, 2024

Forward Theater Company launches a $2 million endowment campaign with a matching gift challenge to secure its future and support ongoing productions and community engagement....

WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Comes to Forward Theater Next Month


by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2024

For their final production of the 2023-24 season, Forward Theater Company will present What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck. Directed by Jen Uphoff Gray. Performances are in the Playhouse at Overture Center for the Arts, April 4-21. ...

Forward Theater Will Launch Directors Lab


by Stephi Wild - January 10, 2024

Forward Theater Company is announcing the establishment of the Wisconsin Directors Lab (“The Lab”), which will support education, artistic exploration, career development, and networking for early- and mid-career theater directors in our state....

THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK Comes to Forward Theater This Month


by Stephi Wild - January 05, 2024

For their third production of the 2023-24 season, Forward Theater Company will present the Wisconsin premiere of The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk by Daniel Jamieson....

Forward Theater Presents Broadway Hit CLYDE'S This November


by A.A. Cristi - October 16, 2023

Forward Theater presents the Broadway hit 'Clyde's' from 11/2-11/19. Discover the gripping story of a reentry program and the challenges faced by its participants....

Overture Center For The Arts and True Tickets Join Forces To Elevate Patron Experience and Ticketing Security


by Stephi Wild - October 16, 2023

Overture Center for the Arts has announced a partnership with True Tickets, a leader in secure digital ticket delivery. This monumental collaboration marks True Tickets' expansion into the vibrant arts scene of Madison, Wis., and poses Overture Center to revolutionize its ticketing landscape. ...

Overture Galleries To Host Fall Exhibitions Reception; New Exhibit 'Wisconsin Hispanic Leaders' Now On Display


by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2023

Enjoy a reception and artists' talks celebrating the Fall 2023 Overture Galleries on Friday, Oct. 6 from 5-8 p.m. at Rotunda Stage on Overture's lower level. ...

Past Shows

Clyde's
1/25


Clyde's, written by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, is a powerful dramedy that takes a comedic yet poignant look at redemption and second ...


Danny’s a white, blue-collar, New York City sanitation worker. Marlowe’s the Black, Ivy-educated newbie who just joined his route. Thrown together in the cab of ...

THE MYTILENIAN DEBATE
2/24 - 3/13/2022

THE AMATEURS
11/4 - 11/21/2021


It can mean something different for everyone. For some it is a place, or people, or simply memories made over time. But “home” defines us ...


As part of a rolling world premiere, Forward Theater Company will present its final production in the 2020-21 season, 46 Plays for America's First Ladies, ...


Rolling world premiere | Directed by Jennifer Uphoff Gray Forty-six plays. Forty-six First Ladies. This 100-minute journey through American history utilizes comedy, drama, music, dance ...

The Niceties
1/22 - 2/7/2021


Forward Theater Company continues their 12th season in digital fashion, presenting The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess. The play will be streaming online via overture.org beginning ...

The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess


In The Niceties, Zoe, a Black student at a liberal arts college, is called into her white professors office to discuss her paper about slaverys ...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
1/23 - 2/9/2020


A one-actor play featuring David Daniel. Directed by Tyler Marchant.Presented in-the-round in The Playhouse at Overture CenterAn immersive storytelling experience blends comedy, improv, and audience ...


Sarah Ruhl; dir: Jennifer Uphoff Gray....

Mary Jane
9/12 - 9/29/2019


During a rain-drenched summer in New York City, an indefatigable single mother navigates the mundane, shattering and sublime aspects of caring for a chronically sick ...


The Playhouse:...

Life Sucks
3/28 - 4/14/2019


The Playhouse: Aaron Posner; dir: Jennifer Uphoff Gray....

Heisenberg
1/17 - 2/3/2019


Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric ...

Fun Home
11/1 - 11/25/2018


Fun Home is a Tony Award-winning musical based on Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. The musical features music by Jeanine Tesori ...

Marjorie Prime
Marjorie Prime
4/5 - 4/22/2018


It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie — a jumble of disparate, fading memories — has a handsome new companion who’s programmed to ...

Exit Strategy
Exit Strategy
1/18 - 2/4/2018


The no-holds-barred story of a Chicago public high school slated for closure at the end of the year. The impending shut-down causes tensions in the ...

I And You
I And You
11/2 - 11/19/2017


Anthony arrives at Caroline’s door bearing waffle fries, a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, and an urgent assignment from their high school ...

Wisconsin Wrights New Play Festival


Forward Theater Company’s biennial Wisconsin Wrights New Play Festival is an investment in new works that awards Wisconsin playwrights the rare opportunity to develop their ...

Good People
4/4 - 4/21/2013


Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s ...

Love Stories
Love Stories
4/12 - 4/29/2012


Forward Theater presents an evening dedicated to love and relationships – stories of courtship, marriage, and the inevitable evolution of relationships over time. Follow one ...

A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words
1/19 - 2/5/2012


The art world is ecstatic when a box of stunning black and white photos from the ’30s is discovered amongst some long-lost possessions of Ernest ...

The Farnsworth Invention
The Farnsworth Invention
11/3 - 11/20/2011


In collaboration with the UW Madison Department of Theatre and Drama/University Theatre Philo T. Farnsworth is a visionary. A farm boy from Idaho, he can ...

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