#WImakeplays
See 2023 Highlights
Local Brew
This is a special batch: plays that premiered in our 2023 festival written by WI playwrights right in our backyard.
SHINING IN MISERY – A KING-SIZE PARODY — Music by Andrew Abrams, Lyrics by Mark-Eugene Garcia, Book by Colleen Duvall and Mark-Eugene Garcia
Capital City Theatre
La Follette High School’s Devised Theatre Production
La Follette High School Drama
JOE HILL: A SONG OF PROTEST by Anthony Wood
UW-Oshkosh /Fond du Lac Theatre
BITh (Bizarre Intrusive Thoughts) by John Van Slyke
Pink Umbrella Theater Company
ZURI’S CROWN by Sheri Williams Pannell, Cynthia Cobb, Parrish Collier, Don E. Pannell
Black Arts MKE
LINCOLN & LIBERTY TOO by Ralph Ehlinger and Mary Ehlinger
Play-by-Play Theatre Inc
THE KENOSHA VERBATIM PROJECT by Nora Carroll, Rayven Craft, Katherine Layendecker, Martin McClendon
Carthage College Theatre
A CAPPOCALYPSE! OR; Oconomowocapella’s A Cappella Practice Has Been Canceled! by Andrew Hobgood, Joe Lino, Jaimelyn Gray, and The Constructivists
The Constructivists
IMPOSSIBLE OPERAS by Jeffrey Mosser, Brian Rott, Jill Anna Ponasik, Anja Notanja
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
MICRO — Book, Music, and Lyrics by Adam Qutaishat and Heidi Joosten
Music Theatre of Madison
THE HIDDEN STRINGS created by Prism Youth Theater Company
Prism Youth Theater Company
OUT OF THE BLUE — Book and lyrics by Erin Hunsader, Music by Haesun Suh
The Weidner
TheaterMKErs of The Good Land
What’s the 411 on WPW in the 414? Learn about the new work that premiered in Milwaukee.
HOOP by Eliana Pipes with original music by B~Free from the HOOPS Project by Nicole Acosta
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
COSÌ FAN TUTTE: REMIX by Nicolas Lell Benavides and Kelley Rourke
Florentine Opera Company
BITh (Bizarre Intrusive Thoughts) by John Van Slyke
Pink Umbrella Theater Company
ZURI’S CROWN by Sheri Williams Pannell, Cynthia Cobb, Parrish Collier, Don E. Pannell
Black Arts MKE
A CAPPOCALYPSE! OR; Oconomowocapella’s A Cappella Practice Has Been Canceled! by Andrew Hobgood, Joe Lino, Jaimelyn Gray, and The Constructivists
The Constructivists
IMPOSSIBLE OPERAS by Jeffrey Mosser, Brian Rott, Jill Anna Ponasik, Anja Notanja
Milwaukee Opera Theatre
THE HIDDEN STRINGS created by Prism Youth Theater Company
Prism Youth Theater Company
MAD(ison) About Plays?
Check out what premiered in our capital city during the inagural festival.
SHINING IN MISERY – A KING-SIZE PARODY — Music by Andrew Abrams, Lyrics by Mark-Eugene Garcia, Book by Colleen Duvall and Mark-Eugene Garcia
Capital City Theatre
La Follette High School’s Devised Theatre Production
La Follette High School Drama
MICRO — Book, Music, and Lyrics by Adam Qutaishat and Heidi Joosten
Music Theatre of Madison
Knockin’ on our stage DOOR
When the days get longer and temperatures rise, these hot shows premiered in Door County as part of 2023 festival!
THE FISH WHISPERER — Book by Scott Guy, Music by Dan Wessels and Ron Barnett, Lyrics by Robin Share, additional lyrics by Scott Guy
Northern Sky Theater
...and everywhere in-between!
When we say “statewide” we mean it!
JOE HILL: A SONG OF PROTEST by Anthony Wood
UW-Oshkosh /Fond du Lac Theatre
LINCOLN & LIBERTY TOO by Ralph Ehlinger and Mary Ehlinger
Play-by-Play Theatre Inc
THE KENOSHA VERBATIM PROJECT by Nora Carroll, Rayven Craft, Katherine Layendecker, Martin McClendon
Carthage College Theatre
OUT OF THE BLUE — Book and lyrics by Erin Hunsader, Music by Haesun Suh
The Weidner
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
World Premiere Wisconsin has the privilege and responsibility to acknowledge the Indigenous people who have called this land home for generations, and that the state now known as Wisconsin is home to the largest number of Native American tribes east of the Mississippi River, encompassing 11 sovereign Tribal nations that abide by their own constitutions: Bad River Ojibwe, Forest County Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Menominee Nation, Mole Lake Sokaogan Chippewa, Oneida Nation, Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe, St. Croix Band of Ojibwe, and Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans. No matter where you are in the state, you are on the ancestral land of a Tribal nation. World Premiere Wisconsin reminds each of us to take the opportunity to learn about and appreciate the history of the land we are on and the great historical, present, and future contributions of Indigenous people. You can learn more at wisconsinfirstnations.org.