Theatre schedule for the 2007-2008 season

(A little late with this page, but oh well.)

Web sites for plays, musicals, opera, and ballet :

• Toledo Repertoire Theatre
• The Village Players Theatre - (Toledo)
• Ms. Rose's Dinner Theater - (Perrysburg)
• Harvest Theatre - (Toledo)
• Oregon Community Theatre
• University of Toledo
• Bowling Green State University
• Owens Community College
• Stranahan Theater
• Toledo Opera
• Valentine Theatre - (Toledo)
• Croswell Opera House - (Adrian)
• River Raisin Centre for the Arts - (Monroe)
• Purple Rose Theatre - (Chelsea)
• Fisher Theatre - (Detroit)
• Blackbird Theatre - (Ann Arbor)
• Wildswan - (Ann Arbor)
• Monroe Community College
• Ann Arbor Civic Theatre
• Eastern Michigan
• Performance Network Theatre - (Ann Arbor)
• University of Michigan Basement Arts
• University of Michigan
• The Collingwood Arts Center - (Toledo)
• Toledo Ballet
• Ballet Theatre of Toledo
• Washtenaw Community College
• Riverside Arts Center - (Ypsilanti)

Etc. :

• doToledo.org
• Theatres in Ann Arbor Area
• Ann Arbor Area Convention and Visitors Bureau - Performing Arts
• Playbill
• Curtain Up
• American Theater

Toledo Repertoire Theatre

• The Complete History of America (abridged) - By Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, Sep 7 - 23, 2007

• The Exonerated By Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank - (EdgyRepReadings Around Town) - October 20, 2007 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1 Trinity Plaza

• To Kill a Mockingbird - Based on the novel by Harper Lee, Dramatized by Christopher Sergel, Nov 2 - 18, 2007

• A Christmas Carol - By Charles Dickens, Dec 14 - 16, 2007, at the Stranahan Theater

• Romance By David Mamet - (EdgyRepReadings Around Town) - January 5, 2008 at The Toledo Club, 235 14th Street

• Harvey - By Mary Chase, Jan 11 - 27, 2008

• Master Class - By Terrence McNally, Featuring current Artistic Director, Gloria Moulopoulos, Feb 9, 2008 - Special Benefit Performance, One Night Only!

• Necessary Targets By Eve Ensler - (EdgyRepReadings Around Town) - February 23, 2008 at Society Gallery, 425 Jefferson (Old Historic Secor Hotel) The performance will be on the first floor

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - By Edward Albee, Featuring former Rep Artistic Director, Paul Causman, Mar 14 - 30, 2008

• Cabaret - By John Kander and Fred Ebb, Jun 6-22, 2008

The Village Players Theatre

• Wrong For Each Other (comedy), Sep 7 - 22, 2007

• A Year With Frog and Toad (musical), Nov 2 - 17, 2007

• Tuesdays With Morrie (drama), Jan 11 - 26, 2008

• Let's Murder Marcia (comedy), Feb. 29 - Mar 15, 2008

• Don't Dress For Dinner (farce), May 2 - 17, 2008

Ms. Rose's Dinner Theater

• A Thousand Clowns - Comedy by Herb Gardner, Oct 5 - Dec 31

Harvest Theatre

• The Taming of The Shrew - by William Shakespeare, Sep 8 - 16, 2007 outdoors at Ottawa Park Amphitheatre

• Doubt, A Parable - by John Patrick Shanley, Oct 20 - Nov 2, 2007

• A Harvest Theatre Twisted Christmas #3, Dec 18 - 31, 2007, Two shows in rotating repertory,
  • Penny Penniwort - by Chris Weikel
  • The One Page International Play Festival - (Holiday Edition) by Various Authors

• True West - by Sam Shepard, Feb 14 - 24, 2008

• Orson's Shadow - by Austin Pendleton, Apr 10 - 20, 2008

• Tick, Tick. . .BOOM! - by Jonathan Larson, May 22 - Jun 1, 2008

Oregon Community Theatre

• Little Shop Of Horrors - Nov 2-11, 2007

• A Night Of One Acts - Three shows spanning birth to death and everything between, Feb 8-17, 2008
  • Deliver Us Not! (or Birth, Where is Thy Sting) - Comedy by Lee Howard and Greg Gamble
  • Soon to be In-Laws - Comedy by Courtney Imbery
  • When God Comes for Breakfast You Don't Burn the Toast - Comedy by Gary Apple

• Pump Boys and Dinettes - Musical by John Foley, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk, Cass Morgan, John Schimmel and Jim Wann, Show Dates To Be Determined

University of Toledo

• Top Girls – Caryll Churchill, Nov 9-18, 2007 (Special High School Matinee performance 11/13-14 at 9:30 a.m. Call 419.530.2452)

• Ubu Rex (Ubu Roi) – Alfred Jarry, Feb 15-24

• Bat Boy: The Musical– Book: Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming, Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe, Apr 11-20

Bowling Green State University

• La virtù de' strali d'Amore, music by Francesco Cavalli, libretto by Giovanni Faustini
  • Nov. 1 & 3 at 7 p.m. - Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center
  • Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. - Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

• 1940s Radio Hour by Walton Jones, Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m., Dec. 1 & 2 at 2 p.m.

• Our Town by Thornton Wilder, February 14, 15, 16 at 8 p.m. and February 16 & 17 at 2 p.m.

• Fat Pig by Neil LaBute, March 27, 28, 29 at 8 p.m. and March 29 & 30 at 2 p.m.

• Company, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by George Furth, April 10, 11, 12 at 8 p.m. and April 12 & 13 at 2 p.m.

Owens Community College

• Tamburitzans of Duquesne University - Nov 11

• The Tartan Terrors, Dressed to Kilt - Mar 14

• Michael Cooper's Masked Marvels and Other Wondertales - Jan 27

• The Many Adventures of Snow White - Feb 3

• James and the Giant Peach - Cleveland Sign Stage - Deaf Theater Adaptation by William Morgan, based on the book by Ronald Dahl - Mar 30

• Master Class - A Play by Terrence McNally - Feb 8

Stranahan Theater

• Menopause: The Musical - Oct 13-14

• Spamalot - November 27, 28, 29, 30, Dec 1, 2, 8, 9

• A Christmas Carol - December 14, 15, 16

• Disney's The Lion King - Feb 21 - Mar 30

• Evita - April 24-27

Toledo Opera

• Carmen - Valentine Theatre, November 3, 9, 11

• The Last Great Romantic - Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle Theater, February 9

• Il Trovatore - Valentine Theatre, March 1, 7, 9

• Cavalleria Rusticana - Valentine Theatre, May 2-4

Valentine Theatre

• Peter Pan - Nov 13

• The Night Before Christmas - The Whole Story - Nov 29, 30, Dec 1, 2

• St. Pertersburg Ballet - Carmen - Jan 9

• The Male Intellect - An Oxymoron? - Feb 8

• Little Women - Feb 9

• The Piano Men - Apr 4

• Seussical - Apr 5

• Pat Hazell's The Wonder Bread Years - Apr 18

• Annie Get Your Gun - Jun 19-22

Croswell Opera House

• Urinetown the Musical - Sep 14-16 and 21-23

• Dracula - Oct 19-21 & 26-28

• Peter Pan - Nov 30, Dec 2, and Dec 7-9

• Life with Father - Jan 18-20 and 25-27

• Two by Two - Mar 14-16 and 21-22

• Beehive - Apr 18-20 and 25-27

River Raisin Centre for the Arts

• Chicago - Nov 9-11, 15-17

• The Nutcracker Ballet - Dec. 1-2

• Gypsy - Apr 17-20

Purple Rose Theatre

• The Poetry of Pizza - A World Premiere by Deborah Brevoort, Oct 4 - Dec 22

• Vino Veritas - A World Premiere by David MacGregor, Jan 17 - Mar 8

• Growing Pretty - A World Premiere by Carey Crim, Mar 27 - May 31

Fisher Theatre

• Twelve Angry Men, starring Richard Thomas - Oct 30 - Nov 18

• Andrew Lloyd Webber's Whistle Down the Wind - Jan 8 - 27

• Mamma Mia! - Feb 12 - 24

Blackbird Theatre

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams - Oct 5 - 20

• The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris - Dec 7 - 9

• Lost in Yonkers - A Comedy by Neil Simon - Apr 11-26

• The Blue Room by David Hare - Jun 13 - 28

Wild Swan

• American Short & Tall Tales - For Grades K - 5, Oct 18-20

• Coming to America - Grades 2 - 8, Nov 7-10

• Charlotte's Web - Grades K - 5, Dec 12-17

• Strega Nona and the Magic Pasta Pot - Grades PreK - 2, Jan 24-26

• Drum Me a Story - Grades PreK - 3, Feb 7-9

• Along the Tracks - Grades 3 - 12, Feb 13-16

• Peter Rabbit - Grades PreK - 2, Mar 6-8

• Treasure Island - Grades K - 7, Apr 30 - May 4

Monroe CCC

• Waiting for Godot - by Samuel Beckett, Oct. 5-7

• Dr. Dolittle - a musical for children, Feb 15

Ann Arbor Civic Theatre

• The Music Man - September 7-9 and 13-16

• Waiting for the Parade - October 19-27

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream - November 15-18

• Schoolhouse Rock Live! Junior - Junior Theatre - Nov 29-Dec 2

• Bat Boy: The Musical - January 10-13

• Before It Hits Home - February 8-16,

• Moon Over Buffalo - March 6-9

• Jungle Book: The Musical - Junior Theatre - Apr 10-13

• I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change - April 18-26

• A Few Good Men - May 1-4

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - June 5-8

• Playing Around '08: Readings from New Works - July 4-12

• The Adventures of Nate the Great - Junior Theatre - Aug 21-24, 2008

Eastern Michigan University

• Diamonds in the D! - Conceived and directed by Ken Stevens with original music, lyrics and additional arrangements by R. MacKenzie Lewis and original lyrics and book by Jeff Duncan with several traditional favorites. - September 6, 7, 8

• Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice - Oct 19-21, 25-28

• Fool for Love by Sam Shepard - lab theatre - Oct 29-31

• Snow Angels - staged reading - Nov 16-17

• A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas - By Laurie Brooks - Dec 1-2, 7-8

• All Night Strut! - Conceived and originally directed and choreographed by Fran Charnas - Feb 8-10, 14-16

• The Exonerated - by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank - Mar 12-16

• Brecht on Brecht - selections of the work of Bertolt Brecht as edited by George Tabori - Mar 28-30

Performance Network Theatre

• The Clean House - by Sarah Ruhl - September 6 - October 21

• The Baker's Wife - by Joseph Stein and Stephen Schwartz - November 1 through December 23

• Souvenir - by Stephen Temperley - Jan. 10 - Feb 10

• Doubt - by John Patrick Shanley - February 21 - April 6

• Lear - by William Shakespeare adaptation by Gillian Eaton - April 24 - June 1

• The Little Dog Laughed - by Douglas Carter Beane - June 19 - July 27, 2008

• The Day Everything Went Wrong - By Malcolm Tulip - August 7 - September 7, 2008

U of M Basement Arts

• 24 Hour Theater - Four plays written, directed, and performed in 24 hours - Sep 28-29

• Adventures in Mating - By Joseph Scrimshaw - Oct. 25-27

• The Visit - By Friedrich Durrenmatt - Nov. 8th-10

• Shakin the Mess Outta Misery - By Shay Youngblood - Produced in conjucntion with So You Say - Nov. 15th-17

• Sunday Morning - A Devised Piece based on the poem by Wallace Stevens - Nov. 29th-Dec.1

• Red Light Winter - By Adam Rapp - Dec. 6-8

U of M

• Our Lady of 121st Street Oct. 4-7 & Oct. 11-14

• Big River - musical - Oct. 11-14

• La Bohème - opera - Nov. 8-11,

• Two by Fassbinder: Katzelmacher & Pre-Paradise Sorry Now - Nov. 15-18,

• J.B. - Dec. 6-9

• As You Like It - Feb. 14-17

• You Never Can Tell - Mar. 27-30 & Apr. 3-6

• Carousel - musical - Apr. 10-13