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Theatre NOVA Kicks Off 2024 With FORTUNE By Deborah Zoe Laufer

Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's resident nonprofit professional theatre, has announced the Michigan Premiere of 'Fortune' by Deborah Zoe Laufer. 

Secondhand Rose Players' Newest Theatrical Feat Lifts Off With EYES TO THE STARS By Erin Osgood

Secondhand Rose Players has announces its first live-streamed production and 2022 fundraiser: the world premiere of 'Eyes to the Stars' by Metro Detroit-area writer Erin Osgood (Brighton).

The Brass Tacks Ensemble Announces Season 2 of 'Our Regularly Scheduled Program'

The Brass Tacks Ensemble Theater announces the premiere of Season 2 of Our Regularly Scheduled Program, an original, theatrical, web series from the minds of James Ingagiola and Isaac Ellis. Season 2 will premiere June 3, 2021.

The Brass Tacks Ensemble Announces Season 1 of 'Our Regularly Scheduled Program'

The Brass Tacks Ensemble Theater announces the premiere of Season 1 of Our Regularly Scheduled Program, an original, theatrical, web series from the minds of James Ingagiola and Isaac Ellis.

Roustabout's BIG DADDY SHAKESPEARE Comes to Ypsilanti

We all know Shakespeare as a playwright, but how much do we know about the man behind the quill?

The Brass Tacks Announces Casting for BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is excited to announce the cast for Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, directed by Aaron C. Wade.

The Brass Tacks Announces Casting for BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is excited to announce the cast for Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, directed by Aaron C. Wade.

The Brass Tacks Ensemble presents MEASURE FOR MEASURE

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is excited to present the third and final Shakespeare production of their 2017 season, Measure for Measure, running November 3 19 at the CCC.

Brass Tacks Ensemble presents Limited Engagement of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is excited to present the second Shakespeare production of their 2017 season, a limited engagement of The Merchant of Venice, running August 3 - 5 at the Kerrytown Concert House.

The Brass Tacks Ensemble Announces Shakespeare Plays for 2017 Season

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is pleased to announce the 2017 season will feature three of William Shakespeare's best plays--Much Ado About Nothing, The Merchant of Venice, and Measure for Measure--comedies that all take a serious, nearly tragic, turn before the lights go down.  

The Brass Tacks Ensemble Announces Acting and Directing Troupe for 2017 Season

The Brass Tacks Ensemble (Artistic Director James Ingagiola and Executive Director Isaac Ellis) is pleased to announce they have cast the Troupe of actors and assistant directors for the 2017 season, and will be entering the new year as a professional, membership-based, non-Equity theater company. 

Full Cast Announced for New Rock Musical IRRATIONAL at Theatre Nova

Theatre Nova, an Ann Arbor company that focuses exclusively on new and recent plays, will premiere an original rock musical by Ann Arbor playwright and Ann Arbor composer David Wells and R. MacKenzie Lewis this April.

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theater Returns with ELEKTRA Tonight

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre Company is set to begin rehearsals for its fourth summer residency at the West Park Band Shell. This year the group will present Sophocles' Elektra, translated by former University of Michigan professor Anne Carson and directed by Penny Seats co-founder Russ Schwartz. The Penny Seats encourage patrons to make an evening of coming to the show, which will perform Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings in July, starting today, July 10th.

The Penny Seats Presents ELEKTRA, 7/10-26

These words rang in my ears the other week when I crashed a rehearsal of The Penny Seats' summer production Elektra (as adapted by Ann Arbor's own Anne Carson) for a sneak peek of the glorious mayhem that is sure to delight audiences at the West Park Band Shell July 10 - 26.

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theater to Return with ELEKTRA, Beg. 7/10

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre Company is set to begin rehearsals for its fourth summer residency at the West Park Band Shell. This year the group will present Sophocles' Elektra, translated by former University of Michigan professor Anne Carson and directed by Penny Seats co-founder Russ Schwartz.

The Penny Seats Theatre Company Announces 2014 Annual Appeal

It's been another incredible year for the Penny Seats Theatre Company.

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre Stages THORSTEIN THE STAFF-STRUCK Reading Tonight

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats theatre company will present Thorstein the Staff-Struck, an original work by local playwright, tonight, March 2.

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats Theatre to Stage THORSTEIN THE STAFF-STRUCK Reading, 3/2

Ann Arbor's Penny Seats theatre company will present Thorstein the Staff-Struck, an original work by local playwright, March 2.

THORSTEIN THE STAFF-STRUCK, LITTLE ME and More Set for Penny Seats Theatre's 2013 Season

Fresh on the heels of a successful annual fundraising campaign that exceeded expectations, Ann Arbor's The Penny Seats theatre company announces its 2013 season.

The Penny Seats Theatre Company Launches Year-End Fund Drive!

A fixture in the Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan theatre community now for three years, The Penny Seats Theatre Company recently announced the launch of their annual fund raising campaign with a new youtube video directed by Russ Schwartz and written by Schwartz and fellow Penny Seat board member and board secretary Jacqui Robbins.