Black and Brown Theatre Hosts Season Launch Cookout To Kickoff Fourth Season
by A.A. Cristi - July 23, 2019 Black and Brown Theatre, a 501c3 non-profit theatre focused on creating opportunities for theatre artists of color, will host a cookout to celebrate the launch of their fourth season! ... 
Planet Ant Announce November Double Feature
by A.A. Cristi - October 09, 2018 Planet Ant Theatre continues their high-speed 25th season with a fourth installment of the new Black Box Double Feature Series. The November block features two all-original one-acts, showcasing the riotous combined forces of Detroit comedy legends and up-and-coming local talent:... 
Planet Ant Presents Halloween Burlesque Show
by Julie Musbach - October 08, 2018 On the heels of their sensational debut show, "Nipflix: a Burlesque Night at the Movies," Black Sheep Burlesque once again teams up with Planet Ant Theatre for a night of scintillating striptease - this time, with a spookier edge. Featuring Vivacious Miss Audacious, Hermione Stranger, Lushes Lamoan,... 
Theatre NOVA Presents The World Premiere Of MRS. FIFTY BAKES A PIE By Linda Ramsay-Detherage
by Julie Musbach - May 08, 2018 Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents the world premiere of "Mrs. Fifty Bakes a Pie" by Linda Ramsay-Detherage.... 
Planet Ant Celebrates 25 Years with Ant-iversary Show
by Julie Musbach - August 17, 2018 This fall marks Planet Ant Theatre's 25th year as a fixture within the community from their corner of Caniff.... 
Planet Ant to Present Staged Reading of the Original 'Zine STUPOR
by A.A. Cristi - September 20, 2018 For the second year in a row, Planet Ant Theatre is producing a live staged reading of local writer Steve Hughes' original 'zine "Stupor." The event will take place at the Planet Ant Hall in Hamtramck, MI on Saturday, October 6 at 8pm. The 2018 issue "All Dressed Up and Nowhere" features true storie... 
The Golden Gays NYC Present, HOT FLASHBACKS! Michigan Debut
by Stephi Wild - July 22, 2019 Picture it: Detroit, October 2019. Sophia Petrillo has gone missing! Your favorite pals and confidants Dorothy, Blanche, and Rose must travel down the road and back again across America to find her. Through a series of hilarious 'hot flashbacks', these hip old grannies take you on a musical journey ... 
Alexis Williams Joins The Playwrights Realm as Company's First-Ever Associate Artistic Director
by Julie Musbach - June 25, 2018 The Playwrights Realm (Katherine Kovner, Founding Artistic Director; Roberta Pereira, Producing Director) today announced that Alexis Williams, a former agent at Bret Adams Artists' Agency who has surefootedly assumed multiple roles within the theatre industry, will be joining the company's dynamic ... 
Planet Ant Announces 2020-21 Board Of Directors
by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2020 Planet Ant would like to welcome Daniel Jackson to his new role as president of the Planet Ant Board of Directors, and congratulate Dave Davies and Lauren Bickers on their return to their previously held positions as secretary and treasurer, respectively. Darren Shelton will remain our Executive Dir... 
Planet Ant Suspends Programming Until Further Notice
by Stephi Wild - March 14, 2020 Planet Ant has announced that it will suspend all programming until further notice.... 
Planet Ant Theatre to Present World Premiere of DANCING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 18, 2019 Can you really love someone if you never know their name? Does love last longer if you don't know each other's history? Planet Ant Theatre is proud to present the third World Premiere of its 2019/2020 Theatrical Season: Dancing, by local playwright and Wilde Award winner, Maxim Vinogradov (Night of ... 
BWW Interview: Donny Riedel of CLUE at The Ringwald Theatre says It's a Fast-Paced, Hilarious Show that Hits All the Senses!
by Katie Laban - October 15, 2018 Whodunit? The Ringwald. In the fall. With the candlestick. Clue, the 1985 cult classic comedy, is currently running through November 5th at the theatre in Ferndale. Jonathan Lynn, director and screenwriter of beloved comedy, personally created this stage adaption with additional material by Hunter F... 
SHARK TANK: The Musical Comes to Ant Hall This August
by A.A. Cristi - July 31, 2018 Renowned Chicago improv comedy institution, The Annoyance Theatre, brings their original production "Shark Tank: The Musical" to Hamtramck for a very limited run at the Ant Hall this August. A great cast of Annoyance regulars (including improv legend and company founder Mick Napier) play your favori... 
Eighth Annual Detroit Improv Festival Brings Big Names To Detroit
by A.A. Cristi - July 25, 2018 Metro Detroit will be the center of the comedy universe as top names in sketch and improvisational comedy arrive for the eighth annual Detroit Improv Festival August 8-12. Headlined by Paul F. Tompkins, this year's festival will take place over four venues in Ferndale with more than 60 improv troupe... 
BWW Interview: Kaitlyn Valor Bourque Calls Out Institutionalized Rape Culture in THE INTERFERENCE at Matrix Theatre Company
by Stefani Chudnow - March 21, 2019 Right now, we are living in a time where more and more people, especially women, are coming out about being sexually assaulted. As such, I can think of no better time to see a play such as The Interference at Matrix Theatre Company in downtown Detroit. Playing from March 22nd to April 14th, The Inte... 
Cast Announced For Theatre's NOVA's Next Zoom Play, 4 GENRES By Ron Riekki
by Stephi Wild - February 21, 2021 Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents a new play written specifically for the Zoom format each month (January through April) with their PLAY OF THE MONTH series. ... 
BoxFest Detroit Announces 18th Annual Festival
by Stephi Wild - June 22, 2020 The producers of BoxFest Detroit have announced performance dates for BoxFest Detroit 2020, an annual theater festival that showcases and creates opportunities for women directors.... 
THE DETROIT WOMEN OF COMEDY FESTIVAL Will Return in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 03, 2020 The Detroit Women of Comedy Festival (DWCF) will be returning for the third year to shine a light on female-identifying comedic performers and creators from Detroit and beyond. Partnering once again with Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, the four-day festival will feature over 150 performers across f...
The Third Annual Detroit Women of Comedy Festival Returns to Hamtramck
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2020 The Detroit Women of Comedy Festival (DWCF) will be returning for the third year to shine a light on female-identifying comedic performers and creators from Detroit and beyond. Partnering once again with Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, the four-day festival will feature over 150 performers across f...
THE JUDGE Comes To Planet Ant
by Stephi Wild - November 20, 2018 Planet Ant Theatre announces a very limited run of "The Judge" from Fratellanza Theater; written by and starring Paul and Joe Manganello. The Judge is a duet of biblical proportions where laughter and tragedy collide, and traditional storytelling unravels. Asking the question, "what if there's somet... 
Ninth Annual Detroit Improv Festival Brings Big Names To Detroit
by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2019 Top names in sketch and improvisational will converge on Ferndale August 7-10 in the ninth annual Detroit Improv Festival. Headlined by Paul F. Tompkins, The 313, Flying Chuck, and more, this year's festival will take place over four venues in Ferndale and Hamtramck. With more than 60 improv troupes... 
Planet Ant Set To Close Season With APPROPRIATE
by Stephi Wild - April 13, 2018 Planet Ant is set to close out its 2017-18 season with Appropriate by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins April 27 - May 19 at Planet Ant Black Box Theatre. Tickets ($10-$20) are on sale now at www.planetant.com or in person 30 minutes prior to show time at the theatre box office.... 
The Messthetics Share First Listen To S/T Available March 23
by Macon Prickett - March 15, 2018 The Messthetics are an instrumental trio featuring Brendan Canty (drums), Joe Lally (bass), and Anthony Pirog (guitar). Brendan Canty and Joe Lally were the rhythm section of the band Fugazi from its inception in 1987 to its period of hiatus in 2002. This is the first band they've had together since... 
Planet Ant Double Feature Opens This Weekend
by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2019 Planet Ant Theatre is thrilled to announce the double-premiere of two all-original one-act comedies from longtime-established writers and performers in the metro Detroit theatre community. A Summer Double Feature presents "Death by Chocolate" (written by and starring Joe Hingelberg and Travis Pelto;... |
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