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⭐️ GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE! Special Performances!

🐾 Tech Talk 
🗓️ Sunday, October 11 following 1PM performance
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center

🐶 Sensory Friendly Performance 
🗓️ Saturday, October 17 | 11:00AM
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center

🐾 ASL Interpreted Performance
🗓️ Sunday, November 1 | 1:00PM
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center by @first.stage
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💃 GO DOG GO! / VE PERRO ¡VE! Girl Scout Day! ✏️

Join First Stage teaching artists for a themed workshop with structured curriculum designed for Daisies & Brownies to achieve their Mechanical Engineering badge! Play drama games, act out the story, and celebrate beloved adventures while making new friends.

*Mechanical Engineering Badge Workshop for Daisies & Brownies Only*
Register today on our website!!

🗓️ Sunday, October 18 at 1:00PM
📍 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center
Post-Performance Badge Workshop (2:00PM - 4:00PM) by @first.stage
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INTRODUCING OUR 2026-2027 SEASON!!! 

🌟 GO DOG GO! / VE PERRO ¡VE! 
🗓️ October 3 – November 1, 2026 
📌 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center 

🌟 DR. SEUSS’S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! 
🗓️ November 21 – December 27, 2026 
📌 Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center 

🌟 EVERYBODY (YOUNG COMPANY) 
🗓️ December 4 – 13, 2026 
📌 Goodman Maintsage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center 

🌟 WINNIE-THE-POOH: FOREVER FRIENDS (WORLD PREMIERE) 
🗓️ January 29 – February 28, 2027 
📌 Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center 

🌟 THE SNOW (ACADEMY PRODUCTION LAB) 
🗓️ February 12 – 21, 2027 
📌 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center 

🌟 TWELFTH NIGHT (YOUNG COMPANY) 
🗓️ March 12 – 21, 2027 
📌 Goodman Maintsage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center 

🌟 THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE 
🗓️ April 2 – May 2, 2027 
📌 Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center (NEW)

🌟 MTI'S BROADWAY JUNIOR REVUE: PURE IMAGINATION (THEATER ACADEMY)
🗓️ May 14 – 23, 2027 
📌 Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center (NEW)

Become a First Stage family today — only Family Package families can secure tickets before May 1. Get exclusive access to seats and save up to 50%! Single tickets go on sale May 1. by @first.stage
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⭐️ Meet NINO! Our GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE! Social Media Ambassadog! 🐾

He just so happens to be the furry friend of our Director for GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE! Michelle LoRicco!

Learn these phrases and MORE when you come see GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE!
🗓️ October 3 - November 1, 2026
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center by @first.stage
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Calling all KIC families and their people!🗣️

What happens when a favorite story leaps off the page and onto the stage? You’re about to find out!🎭

📚Join us Saturday, October 24th for a FREE book party with First Stage, inspired by Go Dog Go! / Ve Perro ¡Ve! Teaching artists will lead our families through an interactive theater workshop where kids move, play, and get silly with their imaginations.
📍 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center @myac.community
🕛 Noon to 12:45 p.m.
🎟️ Free, but we have limited spots!
📚 Bring a new or dignity-conditioned book to donate

🎉Want to make it a whole family day? The party sits right between First Stage’s 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. shows. KIC volunteers can also save with our code (on our website), to stay and enjoy the show!

➡️Can’t make the party? You can still join the Go Books Go! Book Drive through Nov.1st. Every book helps kids in our community build a library of their own through @nextdoormilwaukee and @berniesbookbank

Register for your spot on our website, and tell us...what’s one book your kiddo is ready to pass along?⤵️

#KidsImpactCommunity #Nonprofitsofmilwaukee #volunteeringwithkids Calling all KIC families and their people!🗣️

What happens when a favorite story leaps off the page and onto the stage? You’re about to find out!🎭

📚Join us Saturday, October 24th for a FREE book party with First Stage, inspired by Go Dog Go! / Ve Perro ¡Ve! Teaching artists will lead our families through an interactive theater workshop where kids move, play, and get silly with their imaginations.
📍 Milwaukee Youth Arts Center @myac.community
🕛 Noon to 12:45 p.m.
🎟️ Free, but we have limited spots!
📚 Bring a new or dignity-conditioned book to donate

🎉Want to make it a whole family day? The party sits right between First Stage’s 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. shows. KIC volunteers can also save with our code (on our website), to stay and enjoy the show!

➡️Can’t make the party? You can still join the Go Books Go! Book Drive through Nov.1st. Every book helps kids in our community build a library of their own through @nextdoormilwaukee and @berniesbookbank

Grab your spot on our website, and tell us...what’s one book your kiddo is ready to pass along?⤵️

#KidsImpactCommunity #Nonprofitsofmilwaukee #volunteeringwithkids taken in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by @first.stage
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HAPPY 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF WINNIE-THE-POOH!
In honor of Winnie-The-Pooh's anniversary we thought we'd announce some of the cast a little early! Meet the adult performers of WINNE-THE-POOH: FOREVER FRIENDS

⭐️ Winnie-The-Pooh, JT Backes*
⭐️ Grandpa Christopher Robin, David Flores
⭐️ Mom / Owl, Karen Estrada*
⭐️ Rabbit, Aundre Reid
⭐️ Eeyore, James Carrington*

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood in this heartwarming world premiere musical filled with friendship, imagination, and a little bit of honey. When Christopher Robin returns with his grandchild Alex, Winnie-the-Pooh and friends remind us that the simplest moments together can mean the very most.

⭐️ WORLD PREMIER 🐻
⭐️ WINNE-THE-POOH: FOREVER FRIENDS 🍯

🗓️ January 29 - February 28, 2027
📍 Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center

* Appearing through an Agreement between First Stage and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States by @first.stage
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Young Company for the 26-27 year has finally commenced! Students performed monologues--both classical and contemporary--for students and YC teachers! Get excited for this upcoming year of YC! by @first.stage
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The dogs go to sleep...featuring our giant light switch! 😴

🐶 Scenic Designer & Technical Director, Pat LoRicco
🐶 Properties Director, Nicki Kulas
🐶 Props Artisan, Simone Tegge

⭐️ GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE! 🐾
🗓️ October 3 - November 1, 2026
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center by @first.stage
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⭐️ GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE! 🐾
🗓️ October 3 - November 1, 2026
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center by @first.stage
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The Grinch is coming sooner than you think…check out how the set is coming along!

🐶 Scenic Charge Artist, Juli Gessner

⭐️ DR. SEUSS'S HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! 🎁
🗓️ November 21 - December 27, 2026
📍 Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center by @first.stage
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Does your young person love seeing First Stage shows? Are they dreaming of being on the stage?
 
Our Academy Production Lab is the perfect introduction to being in a show at First Stage!
 
This one-of-a-kind program is designed for students in grades 5-9 to immerse themselves in both performance and production. This exciting new initiative allows students to gain hands-on experience as actors, designers, assistant directors, or stage managers, working together to bring a show to life!
 
AUDITIONS: October 17 & 24
Sign up at the link in our bio! by @first.stage
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Meet Cassie Gherardini our Costume Crafts Artisan and check out how she built Hattie's hat from GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE!

🐶 Cassie Gherardini, Costume Crafts Artisan

⭐️ GO DOG GO! VE PERRO ¡VE! 🐾
🗓️ October 3 - November 1, 2026
📍 Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center by @first.stage
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