Four Seasons began in Fall 2004 as a dream of creating a company dedicated to producing musical theatre shows and workshops. Those conversations led to the development of a business plan and went from idea to reality with our first show, RAGTIME, a co-production with Middleton Players Theatre in Summer 2005. In the past two decades we've produced 65 shows and offered hundreds of community outreach programs in libraries, retirements communities and schools. We've also mentored countless high school and college students through technical theatre internships and crew positions where they're able to learn from and work side-by-side with professional designers, directors, and stage managers.
Through it all we've maintained our commitment to Madison audiences and Madison artists. The people who make it all happen - backstage and onstage - are your friends, colleagues, and neighbors. Your investment in FST - as a ticket buyer, as a donor, as a sponsor - is an investment in your community and we're grateful for that support.
We start the 2025-2026 with a celebration of the lush melodies and beautiful music with Rodgers & Hammerstein: From Book to Broadway. We follow that with the return of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical and close out the season with readings of two new musical plays in our New Works: On Deck weekend. All performances will take place in The Playhouse at Overture Center in Madison, WI.
TICKETS on sale through the Overture Center Box Office at (608) 258-4141 or overture.org
October 24, 25 & 26, 2025 | Friday at 7:30 pm | Saturday & Sunday at 2 pm | The Playhouse at Overture
It’s easy to think of the Broadway songwriting team of Rodgers and Hammerstein as “classic” or “old-fashioned,” but when Rodgers and Hammerstein began to work together in 1943, they were radical. Together, they revolutionized what a Broadway musical could be. Four Seasons Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein: From Book to Broadway, a program that explores the development of the “book” musical and how Rodgers and Hammerstein adapted books into musical plays. This program features songs from such well-loved musicals as Carousel, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music.
Tickets on sale through the Overture Center Box Office in person, at (608) 258-4141, or at overture.org
December 11-22, 2025 | Thursday & Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays & Sundays at 2 pm | The Playhouse at Overture
Back by Popular Demand! From New York to Paris, from ragtime to jazz: The Hello Girls chronicles the story of America’s first women soldiers in this new musical inspired by history. These intrepid heroines served as bilingual telephone operators on the front lines, helping turn the tide of World War I. They then returned home to fight a decades-long battle for equality and recognition, paving the way for future generations. Commissioned and premiered by NYC’s Prospect Theater Company, The Hello Girls celebrated the centennial of these groundbreaking women in its Off Broadway debut in Fall 2018, and was nominated for both Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle Awards.
Tickets on sale through the Overture Center Box Office in person, at (608) 258-4141, or at overture.org
Steady She Goes
Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 2 pm | Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 2 pm | The Playhouse at Overture Center in Madison, WI
Welcome to the Golden Age of Sail! Join a crew below deck as they spin a yarn filled with sea shanties, danger, and ultimately triumph. Steady She Goes is the unbelievably true tale of gale force winds around Cape Horn, an ailing captain, a mutinous mate, and Mary Ann Brown Patten, the woman who made history trying to save them all. Four Seasons Theatre is partnering with Playwright Erica Berman and Music Director Scott McKenna Campbell to develop this new musical play and present a reading with a talented cast of local actors and musicians.
Tickets on sale through the Overture Center Box Office in person, at (608) 258-4141, or at overture.org
Dan Seavey: Confessions of a Great Lakes Pirate
Saturday, March 28 at 7:30 pm | The Playhouse at Overture Center in Madison, WI
Were there pirates on the Great Lakes? Join actor, musician, and tall ships captain Tom Kastle for a look at the life and times of “Roaring” Dan Seavey, the Great Lakes most famous, and infamous, pirate. Author Tom Kastle used materials from the National Museum of the Great Lakes to research Seavey (1865-1949), a seagoing legend, with a colorful past. Directed by Francisco Torres with Script Supervision by Kierstyn Torres.
Tickets on sale through the Overture Center Box Office in person, at (608) 258-4141, or at overture.org
Partial support for our 2025-2026 season is provided by the Great Performance Fund for Theater, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, which provides grants to help underwrite the venue costs associated with producing theatre at Overture Center for the Arts. Additional support provided by the Pleasant Rowland Foundation, Jerry Frautschi Foundation, Forest Foundation, and Friends of Four Seasons Theatre.