Marcella Kearns

Renaissance Theaterworks partners with First Stage Young Company to produce THE WOLVES, a coming-of-age drama about a high school girls soccer team and the challenges of adolescence. Directed by Elyse Edelman, a Milwaukee native and Young Company Alum.

First Stage’s Young Company, the Theater Academy’s award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will present its first production of the 2023/24 season, Shakespeare’s riveting play HENRY IV, PART 1. See photos from the show. 

First Stage's Young Company, the Theater Academy's award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will present its first production of the 2023/24 season, Shakespeare's riveting play HENRY IV, PART 1.

First Stage's Young Company presents Shakespeare's HENRY IV, PART 1, directed by Marcella Kearns. Witness the epic tale of power, honor, and rebellion in this riveting historical play.

First Stage, one of the nation's leading theaters for young people and families, has announced the Artistic and Creative Teams for the upcoming 2023/24 season. The season will kick off on October 6, 2023 at the Marcus Center's Todd Wehr Theater with the inspiring world premiere DREAM, QUICKIE! DREAM!, based on the books by Green Bay Packer legend Donald Driver, written by Gloria Bond Clunie and directed by popular Milwaukee actor/director Dimonte Henning. 

First Stage, a renowned theater for young people and families, has revealed the Artistic and Creative Teams for their highly anticipated 2023/24 season. Discover the talented individuals behind the productions and get ready for an exciting lineup of shows. Read more on Broadway World.

Single tickets for First Stage's thrilling 2023/24 season will go on sale Tuesday, August 1 at 9:00 a.m..

Single tickets for First Stage's thrilling 2023/24 season will go on sale on August 1st. Don't miss out on a variety of shows for all ages, including world premieres, musicals, and an exciting create your own adventure play. Get your tickets now and experience the exceptional theater First Stage produces.

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

Write On is pleased to partner with Door Shakespeare for a sonnet writing contest in anticipation of Door Shakespeare's production of 'As You Like It,' running June 29 through August 26, in the Garden of Björklunden, Baileys Harbor. In the play, the character Orlando pins verses on the trees in the Arden Forest, declaring his love for Rosalind. Sonnets submitted to the contest will be incorporated into the set design of 'As You Like It.' Who doesn't want to see their poetry on stage?!

The latest standings as of Monday, December 19th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 12th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The latest standings as of Monday, December 5th, have been released for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

The first live standings have been announced for the 2022 BroadwayWorld Milwaukee, WI Awards! Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites.

Door Shakespeare has announced the opening of their 2022 season (running June 22 through August 27) in the garden of Björklunden, 7590 Boynton Ln, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202.

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Associate Artistic Director, Marcella Kearns, has announced that she will step down following the 2021-2022 Season after 10 years of service. Kearns will transition this summer to her, in her own words, “other favorite Wisconsin theatre company,” Forward Theater Company in Madison, where she will assume the part-time role of Artistic Associate.  

Next up for First Stage’s Young Company, the Theater Academy’s award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will be MACBETH, Shakespeare!s darkest tragedy, infamously known as the cursed Scottish play. The play will be performed in the newly renovated, theater-in-the round Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center. Directed by First Stage Young Company faculty member Marcella Kearns, with fight and intimacy direction by Christopher Elst, MACBETH is filled with ferocious battles, supernatural horrors, famously gorgeous poetry and some of the Bard's most vivid characters.

Next up for First Stage's Young Company, the Theater Academy's award-winning training program for advanced high school actors, will be MACBETH, Shakespeare's darkest tragedy, infamously known as the cursed Scottish play.

Door Shakespeare announces its summer 2022 lineup of The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, and The Three Musketeers: An Adventure, with Music, a play by Joe Pine, based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas, with music and lyrics by Scott McKenna Campbell. The season runs June 22 through August 27, 2022 on Door Shakespeare's outdoor stage on the grounds of Björklunden in Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.

First Stage is announce its safe and triumphant return to live theater performances in the 2021/22 season.