The company was founded by former touring actor Kevin Johnson and is mainly known for producing unusual, thought-provoking and often controversial musicals.
The Musical, and one for William Finn and James Lapine's A New Brain), two nominations for Best Actress and one for Best Actor.
In 2006, Arizona Onstage Productions collaborated with the BASIS Charter School (where Johnson teaches theatre arts) to produce the first original work for the company, the children's opera Brundibar: Hear My Voice, a new version of Hans Krasa's classic children's opera Brundibar.
This new version kept Krasa's original text and music, but added new material (written by one of Johnson's students) which tells the story of the piece's production in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Brundibar: Hear My Voice played April first and second at the Temple of Music and Art in Tucson.