For more information visit Jackson School of the Arts.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
2014 Theater Opportunities for Young People
For more information visit Jackson School of the Arts.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
2014 Wilde Award Nominations
There are lots of nods to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, which just celebrated its 20th Season with outstanding performances of HAMLET, CYMBELINE, and THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST.
Now in the thirteenth year, the Wilde Awards honor the best productions, performances, and technical work done by professional theaters across the state based on reviews written by Encore Michigan's professional critics.
Theater professionals from across Michigan will gather together Sept. 22 when The 2014 Wilde Awards are presented at The Berman Center for the Performing Arts in the Detroit suburb of West Bloomfield.
Now
in its 12th year, The Wilde Awards honors the best productions,
performances and technical work produced or presented by professional
theaters across the state. Nominations are based on reviews written by
EncoreMichigan.com's team of professional critics.
- See more at:
http://encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=7487#sthash.2uQiAFZD.dpuf
Now
in its 12th year, The Wilde Awards honors the best productions,
performances and technical work produced or presented by professional
theaters across the state. Nominations are based on reviews written by
EncoreMichigan.com's team of professional critics.
- See more at:
http://encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=7487#sthash.2uQiAFZD.dpuf
Now
in its 12th year, The Wilde Awards honors the best productions,
performances and technical work produced or presented by professional
theaters across the state. Nominations are based on reviews written by
EncoreMichigan.com's team of professional critics.
- See more at:
http://encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=7487#sthash.2uQiAFZD.dpu
Now
in its 12th year, The Wilde Awards honors the best productions,
performances and technical work produced or presented by professional
theaters across the state. Nominations are based on reviews written by
EncoreMichigan.com's team of professional critics.
- See more at:
http://encoremichigan.com/article.html?article=7487#sthash.2uQiAFZD.dpu
Thursday, August 07, 2014
Volunteer and See Shakespeare for Free (2014)
There are just two weekends left in our critically acclaimed 20th anniversary season. And there are still a few open volunteer opportunities.
There have been a few cancellations and last minute reschedulings. So if you'd like to come help and see the shows, please double check our calendar and see if anything works for you.
See you at the theater!
To view the sign up, go to:
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0548AEAF2EA7FF2-20141/18535912
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Saturday, August 02, 2014
Free Shakespeare for Students Through August 17, 2014
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| Janet Haley as the Queen in CYMBELINE |
HAMLET, CYMBELINE, and the IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST (Oscar Wilde)
If you know someone under the age of 18 in Jackson County, they can attend any MSF performance over through August 17th for FREE! All they have to do is fill out a survey afterwards talking about their experience seeing live theatre.
Seating is limited! Only 20 free tickets per performance. To reserve now, call the box office at 517-796-8600 and use the code JSASTUDENT. Thank you MACI!
Friday, July 25, 2014
Peppermint Creek Theatre Announces Auditions
Auditions for the first production of the 2014-15 season, "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" are this weekend! Find all of the details here: http://www.peppermintcreek.org/audition.html
Thursday, July 24, 2014
An Early Look at Stratford's 2015 Season
"The Stratford Festival, formerly known as
the Stratford Shakespearean and then Shakespeare Festival, is an
internationally recognized annual celebration of theatre running from
April to October in the Canadian city of Stratford, Ontario." Source: Wikipedia
Monday, July 14, 2014
Jackson School for the Arts Offers Workshop for Teens and Adults
Theater for Teens and Adults
Encore Musical Theatre (Dexter, MI) Announces Auditions
SPAMALOT: Directed by Thalia V. Schramm, Musical Directed by R. Mackenzie Lewis, and Choreographed by Mathew Brennan.
Rehearsals begin August 19th, Performances run September 18th through October 12th.
AUDITIONS WILL BE MONDAY, JULY 21st, FROM 6pm-10pm. An invited callback audition will be held on Tuesday, July 22nd.
Please prepare two contrasting 32-bar cuts of music from a contemporary musical. Music from the show is acceptable.
Rehearsals begin August 19th, Performances run September 18th through October 12th.
AUDITIONS WILL BE MONDAY, JULY 21st, FROM 6pm-10pm. An invited callback audition will be held on Tuesday, July 22nd.
Please prepare two contrasting 32-bar cuts of music from a contemporary musical. Music from the show is acceptable.
***To audition, you must call the box office
during normal business hours and schedule a time***.
(734) 268-6200)
For more information visit the Encore website .
Sunday, July 13, 2014
The Croswell (Adrian, MI) Presents. . .
The
Croswell, in downtown Adrian, continues is 2014 Broadway season of shows with
the big-hearted, high-flying hit musical, Catch Me If You Can, July 18 – 27.
Based on the book and hit 2002 Dreamworks movie, this jazzy and spirited
musical follows the real-life story of Frank Abagnale, Jr., a world-class con
artist who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life. With nothing
more than his boyish charm, a big imagination and millions of dollars in forged
checks, Frank successfully poses as doctor, a lawyer and a jet pilot, even
winning the girl of his dreams – all before the age of 21! With straight-arrow FBI agent Carl Hanratty
on Frank’s tail, the show offers a jet-setting, cat-and-mouse chase all set to
a swinging ‘60’s score and a cast full of flashy show girls! Catch
Me If You Can runs Friday & Saturday, July 18 & 19 and 25 &
26 at 8:00pm, with 2:30pm performances on Saturday July 26 and Sundays July 20
& 27.
Tickets
for Catch
Me If You Can range in price from $15 - $35 for adults and are just $15
for students aged 15 and under. For information about tickets, call the
Croswell at 517-264-SHOW (7469), stop in to the box office at 129 E. Maumee,
Adrian, MI, Mon-Fri, 9-5 pm or visit www.croswell.org. If interested, you
may contact Jere Righter at 517-263-6868 or at jrighter@croswell.org to schedule an interview with a
member of the cast or artistic team. Media tickets are available for the first
weekend’s performances.
Williamston Theatre (Williamston, MI) Announces 2014-2015 Season
"Williamston Theater, mid-Michigan's award-winning professional theater company, celebrates its ninth season with a mix of comedies, dramas, murders, world premieres and Michigan premieres. The 2014-2015 season will include "The Gravedigger: A Frankenstein Story" by Joseph Zettelmaier, "Miracle on South Division Street" by Tom Dudzik, "The Best Brothers" by Daniel MacIvor, "Sirens" by Deborah Zoe Laufer, "Outside Mullingar" by John Patrick Shanley and "The Art of Murder" by Joe DiPietro."
You can find details on their website by clicking HERE.
Monday, July 07, 2014
WANT TO SEE A SHOW FOR FREE?
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival needs volunteer ushers! It's a great way
to see the show for free AND help out a non-profit organization at the
same time! They need 3 ushers for each performance, and they ask ushers to
arrive for training one hour prior to curtain.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Update on the Situation at Performance Network #3
The Performance Network closed suddenly, mid-production, the end of May. Now the board has chosen new leadership to attempt to resuscitate the financially ailing professional theater. You can read a little about how the organization plans to move forward.
Earlier articles are HERE #2 and HERE #1.
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Michigan Shakespeare Festival Opens 20th Anniversary Season July 17
Hamlet,
Cymbeline &
The
Importance of Being Earnest to
run July 17 - August 17, 2014
JACKSON,
Mich. - The Michigan Shakespeare Festival will open their 20th
Anniversary Season,
July 17, 2014. Hamlet,
Prince of Denmark, Oscar
Wilde’s The
Importance of Being Earnest,
and Shakespeare’s romantic adventure Cymbeline
will run in repertory for
five weeks, July 17 - August
17, 2014.
Six
discounted previews, sponsored by Jackson’s JTV and The Commercial
Exchange, will begin each run, followed by Press Opening Night on the
third performance of each production. Regular
performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. with
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. All performances
will be held at the Baughman Theatre, located in the Potter Center on
the campus of Jackson College, 2111 Emmons Road, Jackson MI 49201.
The 20th Anniversary
Season is sponsored by the Weatherwax Foundation, the James A. &
Faith Knight Foundation,
the Michigan Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs, MACI Youth
Fund, Experience Jackson,Consumers
Energy, Comerica Bank, Jackson Community Foundation, Anethesia
Business Consultants,
Jackson College, Samuel Higby Camp Foundation, Louis Glick Memorial
Trust, Jackson
Art & Literary Association, and the Hurst Foundation.
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Update on the Situation at Performance Network
The Performance Network closed suddenly, mid-production, the end of May. Now the board has chosen new leadership to attempt to resuscitate the financially ailing professional theater. You can read about it HERE.
You can read an earlier article for more background HERE.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Farmers Alley Theatre (Kalamazoo, MI) Announces 2014 - 2015 Season
Farmers Alley Theatre in Kalamazoo is also doing a production of Pasek & Paul's DOGFIGHT during their 2014 - 2015 Season. Guess I'l be seeing it twice this coming season! Here's the rest of their very interesting line-up.
THE SECRET GARDEN – September/October 2014Based on the beloved novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, this whimsical and haunting tale tells the story of young Mary Lennox, orphaned and sent to live with her unknown relatives on the ghastly moors in England. Once there, Mary tries to bring hope, life and spring back to the estate and her new family. Book by Marsha Norman, Music and Lyrics by Lucy Simon & Marsha Norman.
AND THE WORLD GOES ‘ROUND – December 2014Our Cabaret Series features the songs of one of the greatest songwriting teams in musical theatre history, the works of John Kander & Fred Ebb. Composers of Cabaret, Chicago, New York, New York and many more, this evening is perfect for our intimate cabaret setup that has become our most popular time of the year.
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE – February 2015The Tony Award Winner for Best Play in 2013, this hilarious comedy tells the story of a movie star sibling who comes home to her family with a brand new and much younger boyfriend. From the twisted mind of comedic genius Christopher Durang, this riotous new work is a smart and savvy send up of the entertainment business while also a biting black comedy about family.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE – April 2015Farmers Alley Theatre’s first real foray into one of the classics of American Theatre is presented in season 7 with Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. Now more popular than ever after its successful Broadway revival, come join us as we bring these unforgettable characters – Amanda, Tom, Laura, and the gentleman caller, Jim - to life this spring.
DOGFIGHT – June 2015A new musical from University of Michigan graduates Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dogfight’s recent off-Broadway run was nominated for nearly every award available. On the eve of JFK’s assassination in 1963, three young soldiers are about to ship off to Vietnam. One of the boys meets Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress who rewrites the book of love and an unexpected love affair takes place. Romantic and heartbreaking, this is a perfect show for audiences who love to be inspired and captivated.
THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK CHRISTMAS MUSICAL – July/August 2015Head back to Armadillo Acres as your favorite rednecks celebrate Christmas in July! One of our most popular shows in Farmers Alley history is back – with a holiday twist! Betty, Lin and Pickles are on hand to treat audiences to an all-new sequel where the Trailer Park’s resident Scrooge needs to learn a lesson about neighborly love. Featuring all the beer-swilling, lawn-chair throwing antics that made the original such a hit!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Center Stage Jackson's Production of JOSEPH Opens
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| Introducing Michael Cicirelli as Joseph! |
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. June 20, 21, 22, 27, 28
& 29 at Jackson College's Baughman Theater (in the Potter Center).
Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students (with ID) and $10 for
groups of 10 or more. Purchase tickets online at www.centerstagejackson.org or reserve over the phone at 517-796-2602!
Encore Musical Theatre (Dexter, MI) Announces 2014 - 2015 Season
Spamalot! -The hilarious musical written by Monty Python alum Eric Idle - Opening September 18th, 2014!
A Christmas Caroled! A new Christmas Musical (conceived and written by Daniel C. Cooney and Dayle Ann Hunt), making it's World Premier on November 21st, 2014!
Guys On Ice: The Ice Fishing Musical Comedy (one for your favorite ice fishing guy or gal) - Opening January 29th, 2015!
On Golden Pond - The Tony Award Winning Drama comes to our stage! - Opening April 2nd, 2015.
South Pacific - A Classic of Musical Theatre! Opening July 23rd, 2015!
Auditions will be announced soon, so keep looking here for more information!
Friday, June 13, 2014
Breaking News from the Michigan Shakespeare Festival
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| Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 production of Twelfth Night, photo by Jeromy Hopgood |
“I am thrilled beyond belief that the Michigan Shakespeare Festival will be expanding to the Canton Village Theater next year,” said Canton Arts Coordinator Jennifer Tobin. “The Festival will give our residents the opportunity to see professional Equity actors performing classic theatre in repertory - not an easy thing to find short of driving an hour or more. This will also be the opportunity of a lifetime for our resident arts groups to witness classical theatre being professionally produced - as they rub elbows with the best of the best in Michigan.”
The Michigan Shakespeare Festival’s official 2015 Season will be announced on opening night of the MFS's 20th Anniversary Season: June 19th, 2014. The Festival will begin the 2015 Season by rehearsing, previewing and opening performances at the Potter Center in Jackson, then moving the productions to The Village Theater at Cherry Hill.
“Our hope is that we develop a long term relationship with the Michigan Shakespeare Festival that serves to educate and enlighten our community,” said Canton Supervisor Phil LaJoy. “Ultimately, we would like to put Canton on the map as a Shakespeare lover’s destination and add this to our growing lineup of popular annual cultural offerings.”
“As the Michigan Shakespeare Festival, I think we have the responsibility to share these works with as many people as possible--and with the expansion of the 2015 Season to The Village Theater, we will be able to bring our amazing company closer to audiences in Southeast Michigan. We couldn’t be happier about our partnership with Canton and The Village Theater at Cherry Hill,” said Michigan Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director, Janice L. Blixt.
Founded in 1995, The Michigan Shakespeare Festival has produced for twenty years in Jackson, Michigan. Starting as an outdoor festival in Ella Sharp Park, the company moved indoors to their current home at the Potter Center on the campus of Jackson College in 2003, thus allowing for higher levels of technical and professional performances, as well as audience comfort. That same year they received the designation as The Official Shakespeare Festival of Michigan by the State Legislature. The expanded season relies on a strong partnership with The Village Theater and connection to the Canton Township and outlying communities. The Michigan Shakespeare Festival looks forward to partnering with local businesses to weave itself into the fabric of Canton, while maintaining it’s longstanding loyalty to the Jackson Community that has been its home.
Ticket sales for the Canton performances of the 2015 Season, including season Flex Passes, will be announced this autumn and available through The Village Theater at Cherry Hill box office . A Flex Pass will include one ticket to each production, and show dates and times can be chosen at the time of purchase, or at a later date.
Founded in 1995, the Michigan Shakespeare Festival is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit professional theatre company operating under a League of Regional Theatres Letter of Agreement with the Actors’ Equity Association. The MSF is dedicated to entertaining and educating a broad-based audience through professional performances of Shakespeare’s works and other classic plays.
The Village Theater, located at 50400 Cherry Hill Road, Canton, MI 48187, is a regional center for the arts that offers the magic of live theatre, soul-stirring music, the thrill of the dance, and the enjoyment of fine arts exhibitions and events, in addition to providing a home for serveral cultural organizations and community groups.
Peppermint Creek 2014 - 2015 Season Announced
What a challenging and original season! I am especially looking forward to Pasek & Paul's Dogfight. Other productions are Rajiv Joseph's Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Jason Robert Brown's Parade, and David Ives' Venus in Fur.
You can read details of the season HERE.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Center Stage presents. . .
Center Stage Jackson presents Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, June 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 2014 Jackson College.
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