[5] The young theater's first season (1987–1988) showed only 3 plays, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Macbeth and The Sleeping Beauty.
Classes include Musical Theater, Shakespeare, Improv, Acting Theory, Voice, Movement, and Speech.
The First Stage Theater Academy is also home to the award-winning Young Company, founded by actor, acting instructor, and playwright John Maclay.
[9][10] The Young Company meets in the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center every week for a two hour and forty-five minute intensive class period.
The classes are taught by lead teachers Elyse Edelman, Marcella Kearns, and the current company director, Matt Daniels.