Matrix Theatre Company Announces 2013-14 Season

Matrix Theatre Company offers an exciting lineup of plays for its 2013-2014 main stage season which include themes on the plight of urban education and unlikely friendships, as well as a story asking probing ethical questions on creative freedom. The season also includes the popular Detroit Dreaming Film Festival which, in its second year, will add an extra day to its weekend programming.

Nilaja Sun's provocative play, No Child..., running September 20 through October 13, utilizes humor and heartbreak to portray a realistic - yet optimistic - look at the plight of urban education in a failing inner city high school. These stories are told through the eyes of 16 different characters, including teachers, students, parents, administrators, a janitor, and a security guard.

Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron will be performed November 1 through November 24 and is a provocative story of a young, gay man sentenced to six months of community service for almost hitting an elderly man with his car. His service assignment is to regularly visit that same man, an orthodox Jew, once a week. An unlikely friendship forms between the two men as they get to know each other and is immediately tried as each man's secrets unfold.

Collected Stories by Donald Margulies, running February 21 through March 16, 2014, explores the relationship between Ruth, a renowned writer and college professor, and Lisa, Ruth's student and protégé. As Lisa grows as a writer and eventually becomes Ruth's colleague, she publishes a novel that threatens their relationship and poses a major ethical question regarding creative freedom.

The highly successful Detroit Dreaming Film Festival is back this year with four days of films - all with a special connection to Detroit. The Festival runs January 30 through February 2, 2014.

Matrix Theatre Company is proud to once again present its Second Stage Series! This season's productions will include two original plays written and performed by the Matrix School of Theatre students, a musical cabaret performance by Kate Brennan, and a staged reading directed by Matrix Theatre's own Dr. Shaun Nethercott.

The ticket prices for the main stage productions range from $15 to $20. Pricing for the film festival is $7 per block. Group rates are available for most shows. For further information on Matrix Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season, go towww.matrixtheatre.org, or call 313 967 0599.

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