Special Events

EMU Theatre is proud to present Snow Angels by Joseph Zettelmaier as our kickoff production to our new "Sponberg Staged Reading" Series! The series was developed to foster the creation of new works by Michigan Playwrights. Come join in on the excitement of being a part of the development of a new work!

Admission is PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN at the door (Cash or Check only, please)

About the Playwright:

Author Joseph Zettelmaier is a playwright and Michigan native. His plays Dr. Seward’s Dracula and All Childish Things were recently produced at the Planet Ant Theatre.  All Childish Things went on to be nominated for the American Theatre Critics Association Award. Other plays include Language Lessons, The Stillness Between Breaths (Best New Play 2005-The Oakland Press), and Point of Origin (Best Locally Created Script 2002, Ann Arbor News), all at the Performance Network. The Stillness Between Breaths also went on to be performed at the National New Play Network’s Festival of New Plays in 2005. He also wrote Night Blooming
(Nominee-Best New Script 2006, Ann Arbor News), which premiered at the Blackbird Theatre, and Fever Dreams, performed at the Performance Network Treetown Festival. Joseph is also an Adjunct Faculty Member at Eastern Michigan University, where he teaches Dramatic Composition, the Playwriting Mentor for Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, and an Associate Artist at the Performance Network.

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