Current Season 2023-24
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
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
October 19-22, 2023
Hare and Tortoise
By Brendan Murray
Directed by Emily Levickas
DTFY Tour Public Performance
November 10 & 11, 2023
A Wrinkle in Time
By Madeleine L’Engle, Adapted by Tracy Young
Directed by Jennifer Felts
November 30-Dec 3, 2023; School Matinee December 5 & 6
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. Suggested for mature audiences.
This production sponsored by Dawn Secrist Smith.
February 15-18, 2024
Ronnie and Scales' Magnificent Tale
Devised and Directed by Sam Carter,
with music by R. MacKenzie Lewis, Lyrics by Sam Carter
DTFY Tour Public Performance: Ronnie is inviting you over to their house to go swimming with Scales, the family’s pet fish! But, upon arrival we learn that the leaves are changing and it’s much too cold to swim. Join us as we pivot activities and use our imaginations to travel to unknown lands and meet new friends. This new work is an immersive, multi-sensory theatre adventure designed for small groups of neurodivergent individuals. All are welcome.
March 15 & 16, 2024
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. For mature audiences only.
April 11-14, 2024
National BIPOC Superhero Project: A Staged Reading
More information coming soon
Commissioned in partnership with Ann Arbor’s Spinning Dot Theatre, as part of the nation-wide BIPOC Superhero Project.