FIRST STAGE

First Stage is a professional company employing members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers. Actors' Equity Association, founded in 1913, represents more than 48,000 actors and stage managers in the U.S. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society... First Stage is committed to new play development, finding innovative ways to tell beloved stories old and new, with nearly 70 world premieres. First Stage has collaborated with renowned artists including Harry Connick Jr. and Stephen Schwartz, and award-winning authors Lois Lowry and Cornelia Funke... First Stage Theater Academy, founded in 1992, is the largest theater training program for youth nationwide. Serving approximately 3,000 students annually from southeastern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and beyond, it goes beyond..

Primary location: Milwaukee United States