When Forward Theater Company’s Jen Uphoff Gray first thought about creating a festival featuring new plays, she was hoping to make Wisconsin a place that celebrates and welcomes playwriters and performers. She joins A Public Affair to talk about the inaugural statewide festival and all the new plays and musicals that are a part of it.

World Premiere Wisconsin kicked off on March 1st and shows continue through June. A full schedule can be found here.

Jen Uphoff Gray is the artistic director of Forward Theater Company. Regionally, she has directed for Madison Rep, Milwaukee Shakespeare, and Four Seasons Theatre. She directed the National Tour of Copenhagen, and was Associate Director on Broadway of Copenhagen, Cabaret, The Blue Room and The Life.

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