“In The Blood” at Virgil H. Carr Cultural Arts Center

by Suzan Lori-Parks,
Directed by Wyldchild L. Chemist,
January 8-10, 2-10
Amy Gutz as Amiga Gringa.
Photography by: Ryan Myers www.moveimagery.com
Written like final round slam poetry, In the Blood keeps it real in the “here and now.” Hester, a mother devoted to her 5 children struggles to find ways to feed them. Five actors play her 5 young [...]

Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company: “The Last Five Years”

[ January 1, 2010 8:00 am to January 23, 2010 8:00 am. ] January 1–23, 2010
the Furniture Factory

Anne Damman & Kevin Young photo by Charles NowakMagenta Giraffe Theatre Company of Detroit presents The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown, directed by Frannie Shepherd-Bates and with musical direction by Michael Fiedler, from January 1–23, 2010, at the Furniture Factory in midtown Detroit.

A gorgeous musical about [...]

The Hebrew Hammer Saves Hanukkah Extended Performances

[ January 1, 2010 8:00 pm to January 2, 2010 8:00 pm. ] The Hebrew Hammer
Extended to January 1 & 2, 2010 at 8pm
at Planet Ant
By Jonathan Kesselman
Adapted and Directed by Frannie Shepherd- Bates

Featuring: Jon Ager, Sarah Switanowski, Richard Payton, Daniel Burrell, Joshua Campos, Hugh Duneghy II, Lisa Maxine Melinn

No Actor Left Behind with Days of Our Lives Actor Steve Blackwood

Train with a Professional
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Prudential – HWWB (2nd Floor Conference Room)
No Actor Left Behind: The three A’s of the Art
How to Act
How to Audition and
How to Administrate for film and theatre”
One day seminar taught by award winning “Days of our Lives” actor Steve Blackwood
You will learn:
The basics of acting from [...]

Jingle Bells Rock the Bonstelle Theatre this Holiday Season!

[ December 4, 2009 4:00 am to December 13, 2009 4:00 am. ] A Christmas Carol
December 4 through December 13, 2009

Dave Cowan as Bob Crachit and Joe Plieth as Tiny TimThe Bonstelle Theatre decks the halls with the iconic holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson from the story by Charles Dickens, running December 4 through December 13. Follow Ebenezer Scrooge and [...]

“God is Not an American” A Free Multi Media Performance

[ December 1, 2009; 8:00 pm; ] Tuesday December 1st, 2009, 8:00pm
WSU General Lectures Bldg, Theater RM 150

jessica Care mooreWayne State University, Association for the Business of Artist and Entertainers (ABAE) presents the multi media performance of God is Not an American. jessica Care moore’s God is Not an American, first produced by The Apollo Theater in April and later [...]

“Happy Days” at Matrix Theatre Company

[ November 5, 2009 2:00 pm to November 15, 2009 2:00 pm. ] through Nov. 15th, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays 8 p.m., Sundays 4 p.m.

Stephanie Nichols as Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days.
Photo by David P. Anderson
It has been twenty years since Southeast Michigan has seen it produced, and with the status of Detroit, the United States and the world, it is the perfect time to [...]

“Causa Mortis” Supports Friends Of Belle Isle

Friends Of Belle Isle is selling tickets for “Causa Mortis”
November 8, 2009, Sunday Matinee 2:00 p.m.
at the
Detroit Repertory Theatre
Peter Malcolmson has a supply of tickets and will deliver !
The sly, outrageous humor of Mr. Appel will keep the mind percolating, the belly jiggling and the throat giggling. Causa Mortis is about an [...]

The Talented Tenth, by Richard Wesley at The Bonstelle

[ October 16, 2009 5:00 pm to October 25, 2009 5:00 pm. ] October 16, 2009, 8 p.m. through
Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 2 p.m.

Director Aku KadogoThe Talented Tenth chronicles the life of Howard University graduates as they grow into middle age and beyond. Now successful leaders in the corporate world of the 90s, this group reflects on the lives they left behind and the choices they [...]

Jeff Daniels Will Perform At A Gala Escanaba Benefit

[ October 4, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Sunday, October 4, 2009

Jeff Daniels Stage and screen actor Jeff Daniels will be guest of honor at a high-steppin’ gala benefit for his newest play, Escanaba, at The Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea.

The evening will begin at 6:00 p.m. with a reception at the PRTC featuring the live, foot stompin’ [...]