Review: I AM MY OWN WIFE at Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
by Cathy Jakicic - February 01, 2026
Milwaukee Chamber Theaters production of “I Am My Own Wife” is a constant revelation....
Review: LOVABYE DRAGON is a Lovable Adventure for Littles at FIRST STAGE
by Kelsey Lawler - January 30, 2026
Once there was a girl, an all-alone girl, who didn’t have a dragon for a friend. But all of that is about to change in First Stage’s Lovabye Dragon, an enchanting musical adventure on stage through February 15th at Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. ...
Review: AMADEUS at Skylight Music Theatre
by Cathy Jakicic - January 29, 2026
In Peter Shaffer’s play, “Amadeus,” unfulfilled composer Antonio Salieri calls himself “the patron saint of mediocrity.” This is the last word you’d associate with Skylight Musical Theatre’s impressive production....
Review: THE LEHMAN TRILOGY is an Epic, Exceptional Experience at MILWAUKEE REP
by Kelsey Lawler - January 20, 2026
A head, an arm, and a potato walk into America circa 1850. Theirs is a century-spanning story of the rise and collapse of a business empire. It’s The Lehman Trilogy, winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play. It’s three acts, three actors, three epic hours of theater now on stage at the Mi...
Review: THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTERS at Milwaukee Rep
by Cathy Jakicic - January 15, 2026
THE FISHERMAN'S DAUGHTERS at Milwaukee Rep is an engaging love song to sisterhood, Door County - and fishing....
Review: CARDBOARD PIANO at Renaissance Theaterworks
by Cathy Jakicic - January 12, 2026
CARDBOARD PIANO at Renaissance Theaterworks creates a palpable, powerful bond with the audience....
Past Shows
Elephant and Piggie "We're in a Play!"
24 Feb – 17 Mar 2024
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...
The Quest for Solomon's Treasure
8 Nov – 31 May 2021
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...
UnMuted
30 Apr – 30 May 2021
UNMUTEDBy Alvaro Saar RiosMusic and Lyrics by Deborah Wicks La PumaDirected by Anna Skidis Vargas...
The Crucible
19 Feb – 7 Mar 2021
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...
Escape from Peligro Island
29 Jan – 28 Feb 2021
Callaway Brown - an unlikely young hero - has been stranded on a desert island, and its up to YOU to decide what happens next!...
THE QUEST FOR SOLOMON’S TREASURE
4 Oct – 15 Nov 2020
Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook
28 Apr – 4 Jun 2017
play by Allison Gregory Adapted from the books series by Barbara Park Meet the funniest girl in Room Nine – Junie B. Jones! A terrible...
New play reading: A Girl of Limberlost
16 May
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...
Mockingbird
24 Mar – 9 Apr 2017
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....
New play reading: Antarctica, Wisconsin
14 Mar
Join us for a new play reading of ANTARCTICA, WISCONSINTuesday, March 14, 2017 at 7 p.m.An Original Play by Finegan Kruckemeyer Young Lenny sees things...
Robin Hood
17 Feb – 12 Mar 2017
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...
The Boy Who Fell into a Book
21 Feb
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...
Welcome to Bronzeville
13 Jan – 5 Feb 2017
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....
The New Play Reading: The Sisters Eight
13 Dec
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,...
Mole Hill Stories
5 Nov – 20 Nov 2016
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...
Goosebumps: The Musical
14 Oct – 13 Nov 2016
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...
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