Productions | 2005-2006 : The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre

2005-2006 Season

Take a look back at the productions from our 77th season. There were 15 total productions offered between September 2005 and May 2006. To view production details simply click on the show logo.


2005 - 2006 Production

September 30 - October 15

For one brief, shining moment, there was a place known as Camelot. Glittering with wit and glowing with melody, one of the most enduring love stories of all time plays out against a backdrop of pageantry, splendor and romance.




2005 - 2006 Production

October 7 - October 22

Written over 2,500 years ago by the Greek playwright Euripides, this brutal tale of betrayal and revenge is as fresh and startling as tomorrow's headlines. Vanity and the promise of fame and fortune




2005 - 2006 Production

November 4 - November 6

The Senior Class Reader's Theatre will present An Evening with Irving Berlin, a lovingly constructed musical review, which serves as a tribute to one of America's greatest composers. His work, which includes I Love a Piano, Always, Blue Skies, White Christmas, Easter Parade, and There's No Business Like Sho Business have become modern day standards.




2005 - 2006 Production

November 11 - November 19

Robin, with the help of a Merry Man wannabe simply known as the Town's Guy, turns this once-simple legend into a hysterical trip through Sherwood Forest with surprises at every turn.




2005 - 2006 Production

November 18 - December 11

The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with the Rodgers & Hammerstein hallmarks of originality, charm and elegance. Beautiful young Cinderella finds her life of drudgery at the hands of her stepmother




2005 - 2006 Production

January 6 - January 21

With a heart as big as its belly-laughs, Over the Tavern is the Catholic equivalent of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs. Tender, touching and often outrageously funny, this award-winning play




2005 - 2006 Production

January 20 - February 4

We're going to zap you back to the Eisenhower era for an electrifying good time at Enrico Fermi High School. The new kid in school, a thug named Jonny shows up in a leather jacket with no "h" in his name because that's how much of a rebel he is!




2005 - 2006 Production

February 3 - February 11

Welcome to Agrabah, City of Enchantment, where every beggar has a story and every camel has a tail! All of your favorite characters are here in this stage adaptation of the Disney hit,




2005 - 2006 Production

February 17 - February 18

In a rare and wonderful collaboration with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, we will present a very special production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Blending Shakespeare's text with the music of Mendelssohn,




2005 - 2006 Production

March 3 - March 19

This feline phenomenon is the longest running musical in the history of Broadway. Once a year, Jellicle cats from around the city come together in celebration of the Jellicle Ball. As evening turns to daybreak, their leader,




2005 - 2006 Production

March 10 - April 1

"I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde." So said Mae West, as only Mae West could. Two fascinating storylines interweave in this romantic comedy with music. One focuses on the dull lives and unlikely courtship of two avid fans




2005 - 2006 Production

April 7 - April 22

You'll laugh out loud at this farcical tale of a lovable but socially inept Brit who escapes his stressful life by booking a holiday in backwoods USA. He desperately tries to avoid the local yokels by posing as a foreigner




2005 - 2006 Production

May 5 - May 13

In this stylized Chinese play, a scheming aunt and her chancellor keep the lovely Princess Jade Pure prisoner in her own castle in order to steal the throne. Road Wanderer, a minstrel, passing through the country with his pet dragon,




2005 - 2006 Production

May 5 - May 7

Following the success of Ladies of the Corridor and An Evening with Irving Berlin, we are happy to be presenting another Senior Class Reader's Theatre production. Paul Osborns' loving tribute to small town life,




2005 - 2006 Productions

May 19 - June 10

Pack your bags for hilarity as we set sail on one of the most tuneful, fun-filled transatlantic voyages imaginable. This gloriously funny screwball musical comedy takes place in the 1930's