
First Stage
Since 1987, First Stage has grown to become one of the nation’s most acclaimed children’s theaters and the second largest theater company in Milwaukee.
First Stage touches hearts and transforms lives through professional theater productions that engage, enlighten and entertain. Committed to new play development, First Stage has presented nearly 50 world premieres in its history and has collaborated with renowned artists including Harry Connick Jr. and Stephen Schwartz, and award-winning authors Lois Lowry and Cornelia Funke. Its Theater Academy, teaching life skills through stage skills, is the largest theater training program of its kind in the nation. As Wisconsin’s leader in arts-in-education programming, First Stage’s dynamic Theater in Education programs promote active learning in our schools and our community, serving over 20,000 children each year.
Past Productions
- The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 - January 21 - February 13, 2022
- The Tale of La Llorona as told by Consuelo Chavez - October 23 - December 5, 2021
- Adventures With The Three Little Pigs - April 30 - May 30, 2021
- Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt - May 1 - June 3, 2018
- Antarctica, WI - April 6-22, 2018
- The Wiz - February 23 - March 25, 2018
- Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat - January 21 - February 25, 2018
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - January 12 - February 11, 2018
- A Charlie Brown Christmas - November 24 - December 31, 2017
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - October 6 - November 5, 2017
- Spookley the Square Pumpkin - October 1-29, 2017