Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Williams Theatre
Description:
Kander and Ebb’s sexy, sophisticated, and sizzling musical about murder, corruption, greed, and showbiz brings all that jazz to the stage.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Jay Berkow will be held at 7pm Thursday, March 25th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Chicago on March 19, 20, 26, and 27.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Williams Theatre
Description:
Kander and Ebb’s sexy, sophisticated, and sizzling musical about murder, corruption, greed, and showbiz brings all that jazz to the stage.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Jay Berkow will be held at 7pm Thursday, March 25th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Chicago on March 19, 20, 26, and 27.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
7:30pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
7:30pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
2:00pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Universal in scope, this American classic is as relevant today as it was when it won the Tony Award in 1947. Joe and Kate Keller, a middle-class couple, have lost their younger son in the war, but Kate cannot give up believing that he is still alive. Chris, their surviving son, falls in love with his brother’s fiancée Ann and brings her home to tell his parents of their new relationship and plans to marry. In the confrontations that follow, cracks begin to appear in everyone’s stories, lies are exposed, and a secret is revealed that could destroy them all.
“...reminds us of who we are as a country and a people.”
— Variety
Time:
2:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
7:30pm
Venue:
Miller Auditorium
Description:
The charming, witty and always entertaining writer, humorist and speaker Garrison Keillor is probably best known for his widely popular radio show A Prairie Home Companion. The show attracts more than two million listeners on more than 450 NPR stations weekly. Keillor is also the host of the daily radio and online program, The Writer’s Almanac, and a best-selling author of many books, including Lake Wobegon Days, Love Me and Homegrown Democrat. True to his radio form, Garrison Keillor shares hilarious anecdotes about growing up in the American Midwest, the people of Lake Wobegon and “late-life fatherhood.” With a wonderful, dry sense of humor, he captivates audiences and delivers with class, charisma and wisdom and remains one of the most popular American storytellers of all time.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
8:00pm
Venue:
The Civic Auditorium
Description:
If you liked Steel Magnolias, you’re going to love The Dixie Swim Club. Five Southern women, whose friendships began years ago when they were members of their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to rekindle those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s business. As their lives unfold and the years pass, they increasingly rely on one another for the strength and support needed to get through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce and aging that come with life. This is the story of five unforgettable women; a very funny, yet touching play about trust, honesty,
and friendship that lasts forever.
“ (authors) …Jones, Hope and Wooten have another hit on their hands.”
— Wilson Daily Times
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
2:00pm
Venue:
Gilmore Theatre Complex, Shaw Theatre
Description:
Harlem Renaissance luminary Langston Hughes brings us this gospel play with music about a friendship put to the test when two women’s interests collide in a Harlem church.
THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR: A pre-show conversation with director Von Washington will be held at 7pm Thursday, April 15th in the atrium lobby.
THE STARS AND MOON CABARET: Enjoy performances by graduating seniors of our Music Theatre Performance program as they prepare for their New York showcase in the spring. Cabarets follow performances of Tambourines to Glory on April 9, 10, 16, and 17.
Time:
7:30pm
Venue:
Miller Auditorium
Description:
This show contains adult themes.
AVENUE Q is Broadway’s smash-hit 2004 Tony Award® winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called “one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see” by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it “SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!”
Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved in any manner by The Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content.
Time:
7:30pm
Venue:
Miller Auditorium
Description:
This show contains adult themes.
AVENUE Q is Broadway’s smash-hit 2004 Tony Award® winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called “one of the funniest shows you’re ever likely to see” by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it “SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!”
Avenue Q has not been authorized or approved in any manner by The Jim Henson Company or Sesame Workshop, which have no responsibility for its content.
Time:
7:00pm
Venue:
The Carver Studio
Description:
Twelve strangers are brought together by chance to decide the fate of a nineteen-year-old boy who has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts. As the various testimonies are re-examined, tensions mount with all jurors revealing their own prejudices and preconceptions. The murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become twelve angry people.
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
7:00pm
Venue:
The Carver Studio
Description:
Twelve strangers are brought together by chance to decide the fate of a nineteen-year-old boy who has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts. As the various testimonies are re-examined, tensions mount with all jurors revealing their own prejudices and preconceptions. The murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become twelve angry people.
Time:
8:30pm
Venue:
New Vic Theatre, 134 East Vine Street, Kalamazoo, MI
Description:
In the present climate of economic meltdown we need all the laughs we can get, so the return of Alan Ayckbourn's masterly trilogy to the New Vic Theatre stage for the first time in nearly 30 years could hardly be better timed.
In the course of these three interlinked plays – you can see and enjoy each one individually, though the experience is greatly enriched by seeing all three – a scruffy and incorrigibly libidinous librarian called Norman, played by Michael Martin, takes it upon himself to seduce his pining sister-in-law Annie, his brother-in-law's control freak wife Sarah, and finally his own semi-detached wife, Ruth. He claims he just wants to make everyone happy; in fact he is the most dangerous of egotists, spreading chaos, confusion and misery wherever he goes.
A warm and glowing Angela Melvin wrenches the heart as the youngest sibling, Annie, nursing a sick mother, and waiting in vain for the local Vet, the tongue-tied and awkward Tom played by Shawn Newton, to propose to her.
Nate Melvin is wonderfully ferrety as her older brother, Reg, a miserably married estate agent, who bangs on about road routes, tells terrible jokes and suddenly turns with ferocious savagery on his uptight, vulnerable wife, Sarah, beautifully played by Sarah Roddis. Norman’s myopic wife Ruth is played charmingly by Heidi Cernik.
Director James Furney has created an innovative “three-quarter round” staging bringing more of the audience into the dining room. Check your “table manners” at the door.
Table Manners is the first part of 'The Norman Conquests' trilogy. In this installment, Annie has arranged to spend an illicit weekend with Norman, her sister Ruth's husband, and for this reason, has asked her elder brother Reg and his wife Sarah to look after their widowed mother and the house.
Time:
2:00pm
Venue:
The Carver Studio
Description:
Twelve strangers are brought together by chance to decide the fate of a nineteen-year-old boy who has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts. As the various testimonies are re-examined, tensions mount with all jurors revealing their own prejudices and preconceptions. The murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become twelve angry people.
Time:
7:00pm
Venue:
The Parish Theatre
Description:
Home On The Mornin' Train is a Civic Youth Theatre Production.
Two historically turbulent times, separated by 100 years and thousands of miles, are beautifully interwoven in this inspirational story of hope and connection.
The year is 1939, Berlin, Germany. Rifka and her little brother Aaron are sent into hiding with the Westemeiers, a rural German family, in the hopes of escaping Nazi persecution. While waiting for a boat that will take them to the safety of Denmark, Rifka reads from a book sent by relatives in America. It is a first-person account of a runaway teenage slave named Brave Mary who escaped an Alabama plantation in the 1830’s. As Brave Mary’s escape unfolds before them and they are introduced to the history of slavery in the United States, the Jewish children realize that those who long for freedom travel the same road.
