June 19, 2013
Theater, Dance, & Opera
The Ann Arbor area plays host to several community and semi-professional theater companies, with new shows going up every month. Ballet, modern, and traditional dance concerts abound, along with musical theater productions from Broadway to grand opera.
Tuesday
May 2012
Canceled: “The Tempest Project”: New Theatre Project.Canceled. May 8, 9, 11-13, 18-20, & 25-27. Keith Paul Medelis directs this local company in Jason Sebacher’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s visionary romance that turns attention away from Prospero to focus on the isolation and enslavement of some of the play’s lesser characters. Cast: Luna Alexander, Jane Bruce, Dan Tracy, Andrew Whipple.
8 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. May 8 & 9 previews are pay-what-you-can. Regular admission is $15 (students & seniors, $10) by reservation at tickets@thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. 645-9776. [map
Wednesday
May 2012
“White Buffalo”: Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Every Wed.-Sat. (except Easter), Mar. 29-June 2. Guy Sanville directs the world premiere of Don Zolidis’s award-winning drama about a white buffalo born on a small farm in southern Wisconsin. The owner thinks nothing of it until she learns that the birth is the fulfillment of an ancient Sioux prophecy of peace on earth, and her little farm is quickly overwhelmed with religious pilgrims, bringing her into contact with a culture and faith wholly unfamiliar to her. Cast: David Daoust, Matthew David, Rainbow Dickerson, Stacie Hadgikosti, Alex Leydenfrost, Nate Mitchell, Michelle Mountain, Michael Brian Ogden, Meghan Thompson.
8 p.m. (Wed.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed. & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Mar. 29-Apr. 5: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.), $25 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & 40 (Sat. eve.). After Apr. 5: Tickets $25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $35 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $40 (Sat. eves.) in advance at purplerosetheatre.org , and by phone. 433-7673. [map
Canceled: “The Tempest Project”: New Theatre Project.Canceled. May 8, 9, 11-13, 18-20, & 25-27. Keith Paul Medelis directs this local company in Jason Sebacher’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s visionary romance that turns attention away from Prospero to focus on the isolation and enslavement of some of the play’s lesser characters. Cast: Luna Alexander, Jane Bruce, Dan Tracy, Andrew Whipple.
8 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. May 8 & 9 previews are pay-what-you-can. Regular admission is $15 (students & seniors, $10) by reservation at tickets@thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. 645-9776. [map
Thursday
May 2012
12:10 p.m.
Gifts of Art: U-M Hospitals.
Every Thurs. Performances by area musicians and dancers. Choral Connection. Cellist Suzanne Smith. Modern Dance by People Dancing & Friends. June 7: High-energy blues by The Bluescasters. June 14: Western swing, classic country, boogie-woogie, and rock ’n’ roll by the Cadillac Cowboys. June 21: Calypso and other island music by the Gratitude Steel Band. June 28: Jazz by Dave Sharp & Friends. 12:10 p.m., U-M Hospital lobby, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr. (off Fuller). Free. 936–ARTS. [map
“Red”: Performance Network Professional Season.
Every Thurs.-Sun., Apr. 19-June 3. Carla Milarch directs the Michigan premiere of John Logan’s Tony-winning drama about the great American abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko. Over the course of 2 years working on his famous commission to provide a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant, Rothko is challenged by his apprentice in a way that causes him to question what he has become. “Red may be all talk and no action--but what talk!” says Variety reviewer Marilyn Stasio. “John Logan sends American abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ideas, and the artist's howls are pure music.” Stars Mark Rademacher and Kevin Young.
7:30 p.m. (Thurs.) 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) 2 p.m. (Sun.), & 3 p.m. (May 5 & 19), Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Apr. 19), $22 (Apr. 20, 22, & 26), and $30 (Apr. 21). Apr. 27 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Apr. 27: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discount for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discount in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696. [map
“White Buffalo”: Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Every Wed.-Sat. (except Easter), Mar. 29-June 2. Guy Sanville directs the world premiere of Don Zolidis’s award-winning drama about a white buffalo born on a small farm in southern Wisconsin. The owner thinks nothing of it until she learns that the birth is the fulfillment of an ancient Sioux prophecy of peace on earth, and her little farm is quickly overwhelmed with religious pilgrims, bringing her into contact with a culture and faith wholly unfamiliar to her. Cast: David Daoust, Matthew David, Rainbow Dickerson, Stacie Hadgikosti, Alex Leydenfrost, Nate Mitchell, Michelle Mountain, Michael Brian Ogden, Meghan Thompson.
8 p.m. (Wed.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed. & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Mar. 29-Apr. 5: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.), $25 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & 40 (Sat. eve.). After Apr. 5: Tickets $25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $35 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $40 (Sat. eves.) in advance at purplerosetheatre.org , and by phone. 433-7673. [map
Friday
May 2012
“Just Desserts: One Acts, Shorts, & Skits”: Community High School Ensemble Theater.
May 11 & 12. Community High students present a series of 10-minute scenes, monologues, songs, and dances.
7 p.m., Community High School Craft Theater, 401 N. Division. (Parking available in the lot behind the school, N. Fifth Ave. at Detroit St.) Tickets $12 (students, $8) at showtix4u.com beginning Apr. 27 in advance and at the door. 994-2021. [map
“Macbeth”: St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program Campion Players.
May 11-13. Henry Russell directs a cast of area homeschooled teens in one of Shakespeare's best-known and most influential tragedies, the bloody tale of a Scottish lord and his ambitious wife.
7 p.m. (May 11 & 12) & 3 p.m. (May 13), Whitmore Lake High School, 8877 Whitmore Lake Rd. $5 (family, $20) in advance via email to campionplayers@gmail.com and at the door. 239-3476. [map
“Wuthering Heights”: Young Actors Guild.
May 11-13. Sue Roe directs young local actors in Robert Johanson’s theatrical adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Gothic romance.
7:30 p.m. (May 11-13) & 2 p.m. (May 12 & 13), Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 North University. Tickets $15 (kids through high school, $10) at the door only. 913-9800. [map
Canceled: “The Tempest Project”: New Theatre Project.Canceled. May 8, 9, 11-13, 18-20, & 25-27. Keith Paul Medelis directs this local company in Jason Sebacher’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s visionary romance that turns attention away from Prospero to focus on the isolation and enslavement of some of the play’s lesser characters. Cast: Luna Alexander, Jane Bruce, Dan Tracy, Andrew Whipple.
8 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. May 8 & 9 previews are pay-what-you-can. Regular admission is $15 (students & seniors, $10) by reservation at tickets@thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. 645-9776. [map
“Red”: Performance Network Professional Season.
Every Thurs.-Sun., Apr. 19-June 3. Carla Milarch directs the Michigan premiere of John Logan’s Tony-winning drama about the great American abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko. Over the course of 2 years working on his famous commission to provide a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant, Rothko is challenged by his apprentice in a way that causes him to question what he has become. “Red may be all talk and no action--but what talk!” says Variety reviewer Marilyn Stasio. “John Logan sends American abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ideas, and the artist's howls are pure music.” Stars Mark Rademacher and Kevin Young.
7:30 p.m. (Thurs.) 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) 2 p.m. (Sun.), & 3 p.m. (May 5 & 19), Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Apr. 19), $22 (Apr. 20, 22, & 26), and $30 (Apr. 21). Apr. 27 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Apr. 27: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discount for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discount in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696. [map
“White Buffalo”: Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Every Wed.-Sat. (except Easter), Mar. 29-June 2. Guy Sanville directs the world premiere of Don Zolidis’s award-winning drama about a white buffalo born on a small farm in southern Wisconsin. The owner thinks nothing of it until she learns that the birth is the fulfillment of an ancient Sioux prophecy of peace on earth, and her little farm is quickly overwhelmed with religious pilgrims, bringing her into contact with a culture and faith wholly unfamiliar to her. Cast: David Daoust, Matthew David, Rainbow Dickerson, Stacie Hadgikosti, Alex Leydenfrost, Nate Mitchell, Michelle Mountain, Michael Brian Ogden, Meghan Thompson.
8 p.m. (Wed.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed. & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Mar. 29-Apr. 5: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.), $25 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & 40 (Sat. eve.). After Apr. 5: Tickets $25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $35 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $40 (Sat. eves.) in advance at purplerosetheatre.org , and by phone. 433-7673. [map
Saturday
May 2012
“Wuthering Heights”: Young Actors Guild.
May 11-13. Sue Roe directs young local actors in Robert Johanson’s theatrical adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Gothic romance.
7:30 p.m. (May 11-13) & 2 p.m. (May 12 & 13), Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 North University. Tickets $15 (kids through high school, $10) at the door only. 913-9800. [map
“White Buffalo”: Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Every Wed.-Sat. (except Easter), Mar. 29-June 2. Guy Sanville directs the world premiere of Don Zolidis’s award-winning drama about a white buffalo born on a small farm in southern Wisconsin. The owner thinks nothing of it until she learns that the birth is the fulfillment of an ancient Sioux prophecy of peace on earth, and her little farm is quickly overwhelmed with religious pilgrims, bringing her into contact with a culture and faith wholly unfamiliar to her. Cast: David Daoust, Matthew David, Rainbow Dickerson, Stacie Hadgikosti, Alex Leydenfrost, Nate Mitchell, Michelle Mountain, Michael Brian Ogden, Meghan Thompson.
8 p.m. (Wed.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed. & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Mar. 29-Apr. 5: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.), $25 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & 40 (Sat. eve.). After Apr. 5: Tickets $25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $35 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $40 (Sat. eves.) in advance at purplerosetheatre.org , and by phone. 433-7673. [map
3:30 p.m.
Cultural Show: Children’s Russian Club of Ann Arbor.
Local Russian children present (in Russian) their original dramatizations of some of Anton Chekhov’s short stories. English synopses provided.
3:30 p.m., WCC Liberal Arts and Sciences Bldg. Auditorium, 4800 E. Huron River Dr. Free. 353-0088. [map
“Just Desserts: One Acts, Shorts, & Skits”: Community High School Ensemble Theater.
May 11 & 12. Community High students present a series of 10-minute scenes, monologues, songs, and dances.
7 p.m., Community High School Craft Theater, 401 N. Division. (Parking available in the lot behind the school, N. Fifth Ave. at Detroit St.) Tickets $12 (students, $8) at showtix4u.com beginning Apr. 27 in advance and at the door. 994-2021. [map
“Macbeth”: St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program Campion Players.
May 11-13. Henry Russell directs a cast of area homeschooled teens in one of Shakespeare's best-known and most influential tragedies, the bloody tale of a Scottish lord and his ambitious wife.
7 p.m. (May 11 & 12) & 3 p.m. (May 13), Whitmore Lake High School, 8877 Whitmore Lake Rd. $5 (family, $20) in advance via email to campionplayers@gmail.com and at the door. 239-3476. [map
Canceled: “The Tempest Project”: New Theatre Project.Canceled. May 8, 9, 11-13, 18-20, & 25-27. Keith Paul Medelis directs this local company in Jason Sebacher’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s visionary romance that turns attention away from Prospero to focus on the isolation and enslavement of some of the play’s lesser characters. Cast: Luna Alexander, Jane Bruce, Dan Tracy, Andrew Whipple.
8 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. May 8 & 9 previews are pay-what-you-can. Regular admission is $15 (students & seniors, $10) by reservation at tickets@thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. 645-9776. [map
“Red”: Performance Network Professional Season.
Every Thurs.-Sun., Apr. 19-June 3. Carla Milarch directs the Michigan premiere of John Logan’s Tony-winning drama about the great American abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko. Over the course of 2 years working on his famous commission to provide a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant, Rothko is challenged by his apprentice in a way that causes him to question what he has become. “Red may be all talk and no action--but what talk!” says Variety reviewer Marilyn Stasio. “John Logan sends American abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ideas, and the artist's howls are pure music.” Stars Mark Rademacher and Kevin Young.
7:30 p.m. (Thurs.) 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) 2 p.m. (Sun.), & 3 p.m. (May 5 & 19), Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Apr. 19), $22 (Apr. 20, 22, & 26), and $30 (Apr. 21). Apr. 27 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Apr. 27: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discount for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discount in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696. [map
Sunday
May 2012
“Red”: Performance Network Professional Season.
Every Thurs.-Sun., Apr. 19-June 3. Carla Milarch directs the Michigan premiere of John Logan’s Tony-winning drama about the great American abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko. Over the course of 2 years working on his famous commission to provide a series of murals for the Four Seasons restaurant, Rothko is challenged by his apprentice in a way that causes him to question what he has become. “Red may be all talk and no action--but what talk!” says Variety reviewer Marilyn Stasio. “John Logan sends American abstract impressionist painter Mark Rothko into battle with his demons in this electrifying play of ideas, and the artist's howls are pure music.” Stars Mark Rademacher and Kevin Young.
7:30 p.m. (Thurs.) 8 p.m. (Fri. & Sat.) 2 p.m. (Sun.), & 3 p.m. (May 5 & 19), Performance Network, 120 E. Huron. Preview tickets: whatever you can afford to pay (Apr. 19), $22 (Apr. 20, 22, & 26), and $30 (Apr. 21). Apr. 27 opening night tickets: $39 & $41 includes reception. After Apr. 27: $27 & $29 (Thurs.), $32 & $34 (Fri. & Sun.), $25 & $27 (Sat. matinee), $39 & $41 (Sat. eve.). $3 discount for seniors age 60 & over. Tickets available in advance at performancenetwork.org & by phone, and at the door. $10 student discount in advance, half-price student tickets at the door only. For reservations, call 663-0681; to charge by phone, call 663-0696. [map
“White Buffalo”: Purple Rose Theatre Company.
Every Wed.-Sat. (except Easter), Mar. 29-June 2. Guy Sanville directs the world premiere of Don Zolidis’s award-winning drama about a white buffalo born on a small farm in southern Wisconsin. The owner thinks nothing of it until she learns that the birth is the fulfillment of an ancient Sioux prophecy of peace on earth, and her little farm is quickly overwhelmed with religious pilgrims, bringing her into contact with a culture and faith wholly unfamiliar to her. Cast: David Daoust, Matthew David, Rainbow Dickerson, Stacie Hadgikosti, Alex Leydenfrost, Nate Mitchell, Michelle Mountain, Michael Brian Ogden, Meghan Thompson.
8 p.m. (Wed.-Sat.), 3 p.m. (Wed. & Sat.), & 2 p.m. (Sun.), Purple Rose Theatre, 137 Park St., Chelsea. Mar. 29-Apr. 5: $20 (Wed. & Thurs.), $25 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & 40 (Sat. eve.). After Apr. 5: Tickets $25 (Wed. & Thurs.), $35 (Fri. eves. & weekend matinees), & $40 (Sat. eves.) in advance at purplerosetheatre.org , and by phone. 433-7673. [map
“Wuthering Heights”: Young Actors Guild.
May 11-13. Sue Roe directs young local actors in Robert Johanson’s theatrical adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Gothic romance.
7:30 p.m. (May 11-13) & 2 p.m. (May 12 & 13), Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 911 North University. Tickets $15 (kids through high school, $10) at the door only. 913-9800. [map
“Macbeth”: St. Augustine’s Homeschool Enrichment Program Campion Players.
May 11-13. Henry Russell directs a cast of area homeschooled teens in one of Shakespeare's best-known and most influential tragedies, the bloody tale of a Scottish lord and his ambitious wife.
7 p.m. (May 11 & 12) & 3 p.m. (May 13), Whitmore Lake High School, 8877 Whitmore Lake Rd. $5 (family, $20) in advance via email to campionplayers@gmail.com and at the door. 239-3476. [map
Canceled: “The Tempest Project”: New Theatre Project.Canceled. May 8, 9, 11-13, 18-20, & 25-27. Keith Paul Medelis directs this local company in Jason Sebacher’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s visionary romance that turns attention away from Prospero to focus on the isolation and enslavement of some of the play’s lesser characters. Cast: Luna Alexander, Jane Bruce, Dan Tracy, Andrew Whipple.
8 p.m., Mix Performance Space, 130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti. May 8 & 9 previews are pay-what-you-can. Regular admission is $15 (students & seniors, $10) by reservation at tickets@thenewtheatreproject.org and at the door. 645-9776. [map
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