
Sensory Friendly Performances
PRESENTED BY FIRST STAGE THEATER
Enjoy a performance where families with children who need sensory accommodations can share the experience of seeing family-friendly theater in a welcoming environment.
Sensory Friendly performance accommodations include:
- Smaller audience size
- Reduction of loud or jarring sounds
- Reductions in flashing or strobe lights
- Modification of the house lights during the performance
- Accommodated house rules: audience members are free to talk or move during the show
- An opportunity to see the actors in costume prior to the performance
- Quiet areas available, staffed by educators experienced with the care of students with Autism or with other developmental disabilities
- Patrons are welcome to use sensory items such as noise-cancelling headphones or fidgets in the theater during the performance
- TV monitors available in the Todd Wehr Theater lobby from which to view the performance, should an audience member need to leave the theater during the performance
- Money back guarantee: If you realize before the performance that a trip to the theater will not be ideal for your family on that day, we will offer a ticket exchange to another performance of your choice or a refund of your ticket purchase.
Tickets
Tickets for the 2026/2027 Season’s Sensory Friendly Performances are on sale!
$20 with code: AUW27
Order by phone at (414) 267-2961, weekdays 9 AM – 4 PM,
or online by clicking the link to the performance of your choice.

Saturday, October 17th, 2026
Sensory-Friendly Performance: 11:00 AM
Goodman Mainstage Hall at the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center

Saturday, December 5, 2026
11:00 AM
Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center

Saturday, February 13, 2027
1 PM
Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center

Saturday, April 17, 2027
1:00 PM
Todd Wehr Theater at the Marcus Performing Arts Center
