The second play in First Stage’s fall 2021 Amplify –BIPOC Short Play Series will be STEP KIDS, a new one-act musical by Tyrone L. Robinson and Postell Pringle with orchestrations by Wilkie Ferguson and drums by Deonte Malique Ellis.
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Post from Community: First Stage announces a return to live performances in 2021/22 season
First Stage is delighted to announce its safe and triumphant return to live theater performances in the 2021/22 season.
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Post from Community: HOW TO ACTUALLY GRADUATE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD kicks off Amplify series this fall
The second season of Amplify – First Stage’s BIPOC Short Play Series begins today with the world premiere production of HOW TO ACTUALLY GRADUATE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD by award-winning playwright/actor Nikkole Salter and a collaboration with Milwaukee Black Theater Festival’s Youth Night.
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Post from Community: First annual Milwaukee Black Theater Festival Youth Night will be held on Wednesday, August 18
Milwaukee Black Theater Festival presents its first annual Youth Night in partnership with St. Ann Intergenerational Center for Care on Wednesday, August 18.
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Post from Community: In a year with challenges and uncertainty, First Stage shows resiliency and creativity
First Stage, one of the nation’s leading theaters for young people and families, 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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Post from Community: First Stage’s new Amplify – BIPOC virtual short play series continues with lively new musical “UNMUTED”
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.
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Post from Community: General registration is now open for First Stage Summer Theater Academy 2021
First Stage Theater Academy, the nation’s leading high-impact theater training program for young people, is offering its Summer Academy programs in-person this summer, with classes beginning Monday, June 14, 2021 at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. Summer Academy classes will follow First Stage’s curriculum of Acting, Musical Theater, Improvisation and more led by professional theater artists, fostering life skills through stage skills. Classes are available for students entering grades K3 – 12 this fall.
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Post from Community: First Stage announces new Amplify – BIPOC Virtual Short Play Series for Spring 2021
First Stage, one of the nation’s leading theaters for young people and families, is proud to announce the creation of Amplify – First Stage’s BIPOC Virtual Short Play Series, to be developed and produced throughout Spring 2021.
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Post from Community: First Stage will hold virtual Make Believe Ball on March 6, 2021
First Stage, one of the nation’s leading theaters for young people and families, will hold their 27th annual Make Believe Ball virtually on Saturday, March 6, 2021 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
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Post from Community: First Stage streams Escape from Peligro Island – A create your own adventure play, from Jan. 29 – Feb 28
Up next in First Stage’s Virtual Season of Plays is ESCAPE FROM PELIGRO ISLAND – A CREATE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE PLAY, written by award-winning, internationally renowned children’s playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer.