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The Tempest brings Shakespeare's enchanting tale to life as a cast of young performers navigates themes of love, forgiveness, and redemption. Set on a magical ...

First Stage opens its 2024-2025 season with a vibrant musical adaptation, featuring the jazzy antics of Pete the Cat. As Pete moves in with the ...

THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ...

When Elephant Gerald and Piggie the Pig get together, anything is possible. These two pals and their devotion to each other through ups and downs ...

First Stage has announced the creation of Amplify - First Stage's BIPOC Virtual Short Play Series, to be developed and produced throughout Spring 2021. In ...

Tune in to this seven-episode world premiere web series streaming exclusively for First Stage audiences. Directed by First Stage alum and Hollywood actor Jeremy Tardy ...

UNMUTEDBy Alvaro Saar RiosMusic and Lyrics by Deborah Wicks La PumaDirected by Anna Skidis Vargas...

Inspired by the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s, THE CRUCIBLE takes us back to a fictionalized account of the Salem, Massachusetts witch trials. A tale ...

Next up in First Stage's Through Our Lens 2021 Virtual Season of Plays will be Arthur Miller's powerful and timely drama THE CRUCIBLE. Winner of ...

First Stage will hold their 27th annual Make Believe Ball virtually on Saturday, MARCH 6, 2021 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. First Stage invites patrons, ...

Callaway Brown - an unlikely young hero - has been stranded on a desert island, and its up to YOU to decide what happens next! ...

Up next in First Stage's Virtual Season of Plays is ESCAPE FROM PELIGRO ISLAND - A CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE PLAY, written by award-winning, internationally ...

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, First Stage will be offering a free Virtual Storytelling event to the Milwaukee community on Monday, JANUARY 18. ...

First Stage was set to produce RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MUSICAL for the holidays this season and delight Milwaukee audiences once again with Rudolph's ...

First Stage has created a 30-minute virtual special featuring some of the iconic characters from RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER™: THE MUSICAL, the holiday production originally ...

Next up in First Stage's 2020/21 Virtual Season of Plays is THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, one of Shakespeare's earliest plays. This adventurous, romantic comedy ...

Possibly Shakespeare’s earliest romantic comedy, The Two Gentlemen of Verona centers on Valentine and Proteus, loyal friends who are transformed into enemies thanks to their ...

In this play, the singular actor shares the story of a group of friends who go on a wild adventure in the American Southwest after ...

All of your favorite peanut characters come to life in the this stage production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". When Charlie Brown complains about the ...

play by Allison Gregory Adapted from the books series by Barbara Park Meet the funniest girl in Room Nine – Junie B. Jones! A terrible ...

Join us for a new play reading of A Girl of Limberlost. From the novel by Gene Stratton-Porter Growing up at the edge of the ...

Adapted by Julie Jensen Based upon the book by Kathryn Erksine Winner of the National Book Award This play was commissioned by The John F. ...

Join us for a new play reading of ANTARCTICA, WISCONSIN Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 7 p.m. An Original Play by Finegan Kruckemeyer Young Lenny ...

A world premiere play by Joe Foust and John Maclay. A fresh look at the timeless tale of the legendary hero. When Robin, Little John ...

Ten-year-old Kevin Carter falls into his book and meets his fictional hero, tough hard-bitten Private Investigator, RockfistSlim – 220 pounds of solid muscle and now ...

A world premiere by Sheri Williams Pannell. 1957. The heart of Milwaukee’s Bronzeville pulses to the beat of jazz and doo-wop. Everyone expects Michael Jr. ...

This new play reading is an exclusive opportunitiy to get an inside look at a new play being considered for a future First Stage season, ...

Inspired by the work of Milwaukee author/illustrator Lois Ehlert, this collaboration with Danceworks returns to First Stage, bringing three of Ehlert’s most famous stories to ...

Brooke and Zeke have been cast as the leads in the school's new production of an old play about a...Phantom. Strange things start disrupting rehearsals ...

Join us as history's greatest teen detective makes her First Stage debut in this world premiere adventure! In the small town of River Heights, Nancy ...

The most famous love story ever told – presented as only First Stage can. Young people find true love in a culture of violence and ...

Crash Coogan seems to have it all – good grades, athleticism, popular friends. But what he can’t seem to get is the attention of his ...

When the noble French mouse Anatole learns that humans view mice as the villains of France, he embarks on a musical adventure to save a ...

Leave it to the Cat in the Hat! Everyone’s favorite feline in the red and white hat turns a rainy afternoon upside down with his ...

This moving historical drama with live music is inspired by the true story of a young slave's journey to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Whisperings ...

They’re baaack! And so is the totally “rad” nostalgia of the 80s when the rowdy Herdman kids are chosen to star in the annual Christmas ...

Just when you thought holiday shopping was a nightmare…Black Friday takes on a whole new meaning when zombies roam an abandoned shopping mall. Six strangers ...

“Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek…” And thus begins the fairy tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on ...

A masterful fusion of excitement and education, this adventure is as delightfully absurd and joyously playful as the wildly popular book series. Who ever thought ...

Charlie Bucket’s golden ticket is his passport into Willy Wonka’s whimsical world of wacky wonders. Join Charlie and his Grandpa Joe as they take a ...

She is an outcast at school. Her father is missing. The town thinks her brother is some sort of freak. Meg Murry is angry at ...

Buckle up for this highly interactive adventure that puts you in the driver’s seat. Everyone’s favorite pigeon wants to drive the bus, and it’s up ...

It’s Christmas season in Room One, and first-grader Junie B. is a mix of emotions. Visions of goodies from the school’s holiday gift shop frolic ...

This world premiere production paints the humorous yet inspirational portrait of the life of 9-year-old Tonia, seeking to contain her intelligence and creativity in order ...

Back by popular demand, this musical is as fun for children as it is nostalgic for parents and grandparents. The Cat in the Hat tells ...