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GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL is Coming to Forward Theater in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 22, 2025

For just the second time in their history, Forward Theater Company will present a musical as part of their season. This time, it's in the form of the popular Broadway hit, Gutenberg! The Musical!. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

PRIMARY TRUST to be Presented at Forward Theater in September


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 20, 2025

​To kick off the 2025-26 season, Forward Theater Company will present Primary Trust by Eboni Booth. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets!...

A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD Comes to Forward Theater


by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2025

For their final production in the 2024-25 season, Forward Theater Company will present A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter. Learn more here!...

Forward Theater Presents Wisconsin Premiere Of SUMMER, 1976


by A.A. Cristi - January 10, 2025

For their third production in the 2024-25 season, Forward Theater Company will present Summer, 1976 by David Auburn, running in the Playhouse at Overture Center for the Arts, January 30 – February 16. ...

Past Shows

Gutenberg! The Musical!
Gutenberg! The Musical!
11/6 - 11/30/2025


Bud and Doug have poured their hearts (and not much research) into their brand-new, Broadway-bound musical about Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press. With ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Videos


Papineau on Parade in Madison Papineau on Parade
Encore Studio for the Perfroming Arts (2/6 - 2/22)
Real Life in Madison Real Life
Encore Studio for the Performing Arts (5/15 - 5/31)
Papineau on Parade in Madison Papineau on Parade
Encore Studio for the Perfroming Arts (2/6 - 2/22)
Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’® in Madison Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’®
Pablo Center at the Confluence (3/7 - 3/7)
HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis - Live in Black River Falls, WI in Madison HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis - Live in Black River Falls, WI
Ho-Chunk Gaming - Black River Falls (2/14 - 2/14)
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