Stage One

Stageone serves the region's children, teachers and families by providing high quality, entertaining, and professional theater for young audiences and by fostering an appreciation of the arts that develops the whole child, supports the learning environment and builds strong family bonds. Both on Stage and in the classroom, stageone has, for decades, been a key partner with area school systems in providing tens of thousands of young people their first performing arts experience, many at no cost, supporting Children's and family Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. Approximately 38,900 classrooms and families attended in-person theatrical productions of our four mainstage shows for ages 7-18 and ten interactive storytellers performances for pre-school aged youth, and 2283 students attended virtual performances of our Theatre for everywhere productions.

Stageone provides in-class residencies that provide arts-integrated instruction to complete core curriculum and meet state educational standards. Each customized residency or performance support is customized for the needs of the school and the students. Over 2500 persons were served through educational workshops and classes in 2023. Stageone dramaworks provides theatrical instruction in acting, singing, dancing, movie-making and technical Theatre to 447 students, in the summer & afterschool providing additional enrichment opportunities and performance based camps.