Current Season 2023-24

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Productions for the 2023-24 season are running for one-weekend only so get your tickets early. This season bursts with themes of dreams, believing in oneself, examining the past, and hoping for a better future. This season is filled with characters who strive “to sing, to laugh, to dream. To walk in [their] own way, free…” (Cyrano).


Sweet Charity

Sweet Charity

Book by Neil Simon, Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Based on an original screenplay by Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli and Ennio Flaiano.

Directed by Phil Simmons with Music Direction by R. MacKenzie Lewis

A Tony-Nominated Musical by legendary director/choreographer Bob Fosse featuring a hilarious script by the incomparable Neil Simon. Audiences are destined to fall in love with Charity Hope Valentine’s limitless spirit, as she lives life “hopefully ever after.” 

October 19-22, 2023
Drama Day, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023

Hare & Tortoise

Hare and Tortoise

By Brendan Murray

Directed by Emily Levickas

DTFY Tour Public Performance

A delightful adaptation of Aesop's fable about opposites, time and friendship for children aged 3+ and their families. This award-winning adaptation journeys through the seasons filled with music, movement, and color.

November 10 & 11, 2023

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

By Madeleine L’Engle, Adapted by Tracy Young

Directed by Jennifer Felts

One of literature's favorite young heroines, Meg Murry, teams up with Mrs. Whatsit, Charles Wallace, Calvin O'Keefe and more to battle the forces of evil so she can rescue her father, save humanity, and find herself. Suggested for ages 8+.

ASL is available for December 3rd and open captioning will be available for the following performances:

  • November 30, 2023 at 7 p.m.
  • December 1, 2023 at 7 p.m.
  • December 2, 2023 at 2 p.m.
  • December 2, 2023 at 7 p.m.
  • December 3, 2023 at 2 p.m.
November 30-Dec 3, 2023; School Matinee December 5 & 6, 2023 

Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea

Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea

By Nathan Alan Davis

Directed by Wallace Bridges

When 18-year-old Dontrell Jones decides to voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage, his family struggles with the thought of losing its prized son to the waters of a mysterious past. Blending wordplay, humor, and ritual, this rhythmic journey is a present-day hero’s quest to explore the depths we must go to rewrite history’s wrongs.  

February 15-18, 2024
 

EMU Tour

Multi-Sensory Show

Directed by Sam Carter

DTFY Tour Public Performance: This new work is an immersive, multi-sensory production for small groups of neurodivergent individuals. All are welcome.

March 2023

Cyrano

Cyrano de Bergerac

By Edmond Rostand, Freely adapted by Martin Crimp

Directed by John Seibert

In Martin Crimp’s radical new adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s masterwork, Cyrano seduces in raps and rhymes, using his linguistic brilliance to help another man win the heart of his one true love. 

April 11-14, 2024

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The Price of Saffron: A Staged Reading

By Gregory Jafari Van Acker 

The Price of Saffron is a fantastical adventure tale about guidance through stories, generational differences, and the heroic strength that comes from truly knowing yourself. Commissioned in partnership with Ann Arbor’s Spinning Dot Theatre, as part of the nation-wide BIPOC Superhero Project. 

May 17-19, 2024 

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