First Stage

First Stage Hatches Mo Willems’ Brand-New Holiday Musical, The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza!

Milwaukee audiences will be among the first in the nation to experience the musical from the #1 New York Times best-selling children’s book author/illustrator

UPAF Raises $9.1 Million during its 2025 Campaign to Support Southeastern Wisconsin’s Performing Arts

Funding Day celebration spotlights Milwaukee’s national leadership in performing arts funding

Young Company Brings James Devita’s Timely the Rose of Treason Beyond the Stage

In partnership with Violins of Hope – Wisconsin, presented by the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra

United Performing Arts Fund Names Nicole Angresano as Development Director – Corporate Partnerships

UPAF adds nationally recognized community leader to development team

A Live Radio Play

R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps- Phantom of the Auditorium Opens First Stage 2025-2026 Season

Vanguard Milwaukee Presents LUNGS

Vanguard presents a Story of Love and Loss in the age of Climate Change.

First Stage Launches Young Actors Studio

The program is an expansion of the Theater Academy, now open for fall enrollment

Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra Launches Violins of Hope Wisconsin Residency

All Rise for the Florentine Opera

Scalia/Ginsburg: A Supreme Musical Comedy at Marquette Law School

Summerfest’s Lil Gig Offers Big Fun for its Younger Fans and their Families

First Stage Invites Audiences On A Theatrical Roller Coaster Ride With Ride The Cyclone (high School Edition)

A roller coaster accident, a fortune teller, and a second chance at life—this acclaimed musical explores fate, storytelling, and self-discovery.