UnMuted at First Stage

ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S WE ARE IN A PLAY! Returns To First Stage This Month

February 11, 2024 First Stage has announced the return of ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S “WE ARE IN PLAY!”, a rollicking musical adventure written by Mo Willems (Book and Lyrics) and based on his award-winning Elephant & Piggie children's books. Learn more about the production here!

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Amplify BIPOC Play Series To Return To Milwaukee's First Stage For Fourth Season

June 15, 2023 First Stage will present the fourth season of their Amplify BIPOC Play Series beginningNovember 4, 2023.

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Two World Premieres & More Set for First Stage 2023/24 Season

May 01, 2023 First Stage will present nine exciting, entertaining and inspiring productions in two different performance spaces for its 2023/24 season.

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First Stage Kicks Off New Year With Hopeful Production Of CARMELA FULL OF WISHES

January 03, 2023 Milwaukee's First Stage, one of the nation's leading theaters for young people and families, begins the new year with CARMELA FULL OF WISHES, adapted by First Stage Resident Playwright Alvaro Saar Rios, (ON THE WINGS OF A MARIPOSA/ LUCHADORA!), from the popular book by award-winning children's author Matt de la Peña, with illustrations by Christian Robinson. In this beautiful adaptation, audiences will discover that it is Carmela's birthday, and her wish has already come true – she's finally old enough to join her big brother as he does the family errands!

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Milwaukee's First Stage to Kick Off New Year With CARMELA FULL OF WISHES

January 03, 2023  Milwaukee's First Stage, will begin the new year with CARMELA FULL OF WISHES, adapted by First Stage Resident Playwright Alvaro Saar Rios, from the popular book by award-winning children's author Matt de la Peña, with illustrations by Christian Robinson.

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First Stage Announces Third Season Of AMPLIFY BIPOC PLAY SERIES

June 15, 2022 First Stage, one of the nation's leading theaters for young people and families, is delighted to announce the third season of their Amplify BIPOC Play Series beginning August 13, 2022. 

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Milwaukee's First Stage Announces Third Season Of AMPLIFY BIPOC PLAY SERIES

June 15, 2022 First Stage has announced the third season of their Amplify BIPOC Play Series beginning August 13, 2022.

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AMPLIFY - First Stage's BIPOC Short Play Series - to Return This Fall

August 10, 2021 First Stage, one of the nation's leading theaters for young people and families, is delighted to announce the second season of their new Amplify - BIPOC Short Play Series beginning on September 1, 2021.

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Milwaukee's First Stage Reveals Year in Review

May 19, 2021 First Stage demonstrated resiliency and creativity during the 2020/21 season, the year everything changed and turned upside down. Like arts and cultural groups across the country, First Stage had to stop live in-person performances and look for new ways to engage audiences, students and families.

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UNMUTED Up Next as Part of AMPLIFY - First Stage's BIPOC Virtual Play Series

April 22, 2021 The second offering in First Stage's new Amplify - BIPOC Virtual Short Plays Series will be UNMUTED, a lively new musical by First Stage Playwright in Residence Alvaro Saar Rios, with Music and Lyrics by composer Deborah Wicks La Puma and directed by Anna Skidis Vargas, Producing Artistic Director for Theatre Nuevo in St. Louis.

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Milwaukee's First Stage Announces AMPLIFY - BIPOC Virtual Short Play Series For Spring 2021

March 10, 2021 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 this new series, three short plays will be created by BIPOC playwrights that center on the young person's point or view, amplifying the voices of these artists and young people.

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