Children's Theatre Company

Architect Michael Graves designed the expansion for the theater in 2003, nearly doubling the production shops and adding the Cargill stage and lobby space.

[4] Many productions are original adaptations commissioned by the theater from children's literature, including Pippi Longstocking, The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Cinderella, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, A Year with Frog and Toad, Diary of a Wimpy Kid,[5] and Alice in Wonderland, some of which have been in the company's repertoire for decades.

Recent plays and musicals produced are written by leading playwrights that include wholly original stories and adaptations of books by popular authors such as Matt De La Peña, Jeff Kinney, J.R.R.

On December 1, 2015, two former students from the 1970s and early 80s filed civil lawsuits against the theater claiming abuse by Donohue and Jason McLean, a former actor.

The theater commissioned and developed the production Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the Musical together with Broadway producer Kevin McCollum and Buena Vista Theatrical and Jeff Kinney, author of the book series.

[7] The program will commission and develop 16 new plays by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American Pacific Islander writers for multigenerational audiences.

The output of Generation Now promises to “radically expand the inclusiveness of each theatre, expand the canon of work produced for multigenerational audiences, and create a model of transformative partnership for the theatre field.” The theater will be premiering a brand new musical version of An American Tail the Musical in 2023, based on the Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment animated film from 1986, with Universal Theatrical Group.