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World Premiere Wisconsin is an inaugural statewide festival celebrating new plays and musicals.

MARCH 1-JUNE 30, 2023

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It’s all NEW, baby! Be the FIRST to see these productions:

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Mandalas and Mirrors

Sunstone Studioes

Jun 9 - Jun 30
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A Rock Sails By

Peninsula Players Theatre

Jun 13 - Jul 2
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The Fish Whisperer

Northern Sky Theater

Jun 14 - Aug 25
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Local Brew

This is a special batch: written by WI playwrights right in our backyard.

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Finder and the North Star

Children’s Theater of Madison

Feb 18 - Mar 5
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Shining in Misery – A King-Size Parody

Capital City Theatre

Feb 23 - Mar 5
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Bad in Bed (A Fairy Tale)

Madison Theatre Guild

Mar 3 - Mar 11
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A Perilous Game

Village Playhouse

Mar 12
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Maybe We’ll Fly, At the Witch House

MHK Productions

Mar 20
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A Crooked French Affair

Fond du Lac Community Theatre

Mar 23 - Mar 26
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You Don’t Deserve to Die

UW-Green Bay Theatre & Dance

Mar 25
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New Works Festival

Carroll University

Mar 31 - Apr 1
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Dear Theo: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Fermat’s Last Theater Co.

Apr 13
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It’s All Overboard

Broom Street Theater

Apr 14 - May 6
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La Follette High School’s Devised Theatre Production

La Follette High School Drama

Apr 15
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Joe Hill: A Song of Protest

UW-Oshkosh /Fond du Lac Theatre

Apr 20 - Apr 30
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Hush the Waves

Strollers Theatre

Apr 21 - May 6
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BITh (Bizarre Intrusive Thoughts)

Pink Umbrella Theater Company

Apr 22
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Zuri’s Crown

Black Arts MKE

Apr 27 - Apr 29
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The Gracious Sisters

First Stage

May 5 - May 21
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A Woman Is…

TNW Ensemble Theater

May 13 - May 14
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Hypotheticals

Rebecca Anne Nguyen

May 15
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The Tisch Mills Fringe Festival One Acts

The Forst Inn Arts Collective

May 19 - May 28
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Lincoln & Liberty Too

Play-by-Play Theatre Inc

May 19 - May 21
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There’s an App For That

Pile of Cats Theatre Company

May 19 - May 27
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The Kenosha Verbatim Project

Carthage College Theatre

May 20
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a cappocalypse! OR; Oconomowocapella’s A Cappella Practice Has Been Canceled!

The Constructivists

May 21
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Margaret

Illyria Productions

May 21
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Impossible Operas

Milwaukee Opera Theatre

May 25 - May 28
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The Last Hotel

Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts

May 26
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38th Annual Original One Act Festival

Village Playhouse

Jun 9 - Jun 18
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Micro [A Workshop Performance]

Music Theatre of Madison

Jun 9
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Greetings from Green Lake

Waukesha Civic Theatre

Jun 14 - Jun 15
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The Hidden Strings

Prism Youth Theater Company

Jun 15 - Jun 18
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CapitalQ Theatre Festival 2023

StageQ

Jun 23 - Jun 25
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Out of the Blue

The Weidner

Jun 25
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Mandalas and Mirrors

Sunstone Studioes

Jun 9 - Jun 30
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When the days get longer and temperatures rise, see these hot shows coming to Door County!

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A Rock Sails By

Peninsula Players Theatre

Jun 13 - Jul 2
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The Fish Whisperer

Northern Sky Theater

Jun 14 - Aug 25
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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.