Albion College

At the 2022 annual meeting of its governing body, CIM elected oboist Titus Underwood (BM ’08, Mack) as an ex-officio Trustee, along with four other distinguished members of the community, including another alumnus and a current student. 

Step Afrika!, the world's first professional dance company dedicated to the art of stepping, continues its 25th season with a newly commissioned work, international and national touring and performances throughout their hometown of Washington, D.C. 

If the Smothers Brothers and the Golden Girls had a baby, this would be it! Emery Entertainment brings the antics of Pelican Roost to the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza stage this summer with the comedy ASSISTED LIVING: THE MUSICAL August 1-11. Tickets are $55 and on sale now. Tickets may be purchased through MetroTix at www.metrotix.com or by calling 314534-1111. Additionally, tickets will be available at the Playhouse @ Westport Plaza box office one hour prior to show time. Groups of ten or more should call 314402-2430 for special rates.

Otherworld Theatre Company's board of directors announced today that it has named Katie Ruppert as the company's new Managing Director. Ruppert will assume her new position at Otherworld in addition to being the Sketch and Improv Curator, on May 6, 2019, replacing founding Managing Director, Mary-Kate Arnold. Arnold will move to a new dual-role within the company as Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director. Otherworld is committed to developing productions and acts which match their mission to bring a live experience to the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres. Otherworld is the world's first and only live performance venue dedicated to the production of Science Fiction and Fantasy works.

The Michigan Shakespeare Festival, the Official Shakespeare Festival of the State of Michigan, has announced their casts for the 2018 MSF Season consisting of Shakespeare's The Tempest and Measure for Measure and Aphra Behn's Restoration Comedy The Rover.

Following a nationwide search, the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts (Wilson Center) has named Anna M. Thompson as its Executive Director. Thompson comes to the Wilson Center from the Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), where she served for two-and-a-half years as the Associate Vice President and Executive Director, overseeing a $4.8 million budget and producing and presenting more than 700 performances, residencies, and events annually.