Stage One
323 West Broadway, Suite 601
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Phone: (502) 589-5946
Fax: (502) 588-5910
Website: www.stageone.org

"Stage One is proud to be one of the founding members of the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts. Over the decades, the Fund for the Arts has consistently and substantially supported Stage One, Louisville's nationally acclaimed professional theatre for young audiences.
Not only does the Fund provide financial support, they help spread the word to many arts patrons and donors about Stage One's place in Louisville's remarkable arts community. Stage One has won awards, performed on Broadway, toured to Russia, and is considered to be one of the top children's theaters in the nation.

Both Stage One and the Fund wish to improve the lives of children in our community through the arts. Stage One is able to continue producing quality programming for young people in part because the support the Fund gives is unrestricted, thus allowing Stage One to cover expenses that many grants and sponsorships will not.

100% of Stage One's employees have given to the Fund for the Arts during the last three campaigns. In the spirit of mutual cooperation we hope you will join with the Greater Louisville Fund for the Arts and Stage One with a contribution today."

Stage One, A Professional Theatre for Young Audiences is dedicated to the entertainment and development of young audiences. The oldest theatre in Louisville, STAGE ONE was founded in 1946 as the Louisville Children’s Theatre and three years later became a founding member of the Fund for the Arts. The organization’s name was changed in 1978 to STAGE ONE: The Louisville Children’s Theatre, referring both to the place where plays are performed and to the entry level of the audience.

A leader in arts education, the theatre’s educational services consist of in-service training for teachers, classroom workshops and residencies and an improved play guide connecting drama/arts to educational curriculum. STAGE ONE became the first theatre in the field of young audiences to produce a regular forum for the development and promotion of new plays with the creation of the Critic’s Circle in 1987. STAGE ONE founded the national consortium, The New Generation Play Project. This consortium commissions plays for young audiences from award-winning playwrights, such as Michael Weller, which resulted in the world premiere of his play DOGBRAIN in 1996. Each year over 100,000 young people, their families and educators enjoy productions presented by STAGE ONE, recognized as one of the nation’s leading professional theaters for young audiences. BBC is presently filming several of its productions for international distribution.