Touring Companies

2024-25 Theatre for the Young Touring Show

A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fall Tour)

By William Shakespeare, Directed by Brian Sage

  • School/Community Performances: Fridays, October 25-November 22, 2024
  • Public Performance (in EMU's Sponberg Theatre): December 6-8, 2024

Join us for this 60-Minute, full energy production. Performed in the round, with a cast of twelve, this cutting of Midsummer is true to Shakespeare's text with contemporary costume design.

Recommended for high school audiences, estimated run time is 60 minutes plus talkback.

The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus (Winter Tour)

By Eric Coble, Directed by Olivia Allen 

  • School Performances: Fridays, March 7-April 4, 2025
  • Public Performances (in EMU's Sponberg Theatre): April 11-12, 2025

Winner of the 2022 American Alliance for Theatre & Education's Distinguished Play Award, The Girl Who Swallowed a Cactus is a magical storytelling adventure. 

Recommended for K-5 audiences, estimated run time is 55 minutes plus talkback.

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Six Figures Playback Theatre Company

Playback Theatre is an improvisational form of performance that invites audience members to share stories from their everyday lives and then re-performs them with artistry and respect. We honor stories: we honor lives. Founded almost a decade ago, Six Figures Playback Theatre Company performs and conducts workshops for diverse audiences and events.

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ENCORE

EMU's Musical Theatre Troupe, was formed in the Fall of 1996. ENCORE has provided educational entertainment to the campus, community and area schools. Composed of EMU student performers under the direction of R. MacKenzie Lewis, ENCORE has performed for a wide range of audiences - from campus special events to tours to senior centers and community galas.

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