Productions
As part of our 86th season we will be offering 14 incredible productions between June 2014 and May 2015. Whether you enjoy splashy musicals presented in the Auditorium or intimate dramas staged in the round, we have a show for you. Browse this season's productions below! To view production details simply click on the show logo.
June 13 - June 22
Theatre icon Jim Carver returns to the Civic stage to star opposite Art Nemitz and Ben Zylman in one of Neil Simon's most popular comedies...
September 26 - October 12
We are thrilled to be opening our 86th season with one of the most exquisite musicals ever written. Professor Henry Higgins loves language. Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle yearns to speak like a lady....
October 17 - October 25
Just as the hit musical Wicked introduced us to a new perspective on a time-honored tale, so does the fun-filled play I was a Rat. Excitement abounds when a furry little rodent is magically transformed into a little boy....
November 14 - November 22
"How-w-w-DEE-E-E-E!" Welcome to our tribute to the Grand Ole Opry and the incredible artists who have called it "home". Featuring country, bluegrass, gospel and some good old-fashioned comedy, this original musical revue will celebrate...
November 28 - December 14
Part romance and part fractured fairy tale, this ogre-sized family musical is coming to Kalamazoo just in time for the holidays! We hope you'll join our unlikely hero and his loyal steed Donkey as they embark on their quest...
January 9 - January 24
It's 1934 and the Cleveland Grand Opera Company is preparing to welcome world-famous tenor Tito Morelli for a sold-out, one night only performance of Otello. But when the star arrives desperately late with his ego and his jealous wife in tow, things don't go exactly according to plan....
January 23 - February 7
Based on the iconic 1969 rock concept album, Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff's tale of a young boy's journey from pain to triumph is the most electrifying rock and roll musical experience to play in a theatre....
February 20 - February 27
Between the Dawn of the Faeries and the Dominion of Men lives a conservative, although content hobbit named Bilbo Baggins. Like most Shirefolk, his main concerns are his four breakfasts and nine separate suppers....
March 6 - March 22
Set in the heat of the Mississippi Delta, Tennessee Williams' explosive Pulitzer Prize winner sends shockwaves through the theatre as the Pollitt family gathers to celebrate Big Daddy's 65th birthday....
March 20 - April 4
This good-natured comedy chronicles the lives of a group of women (and one man) attending a weekly tap-dance class in a dingy church hall. Each of the eight students, ranging from hopeless to barely competent, strives to master the basics of tap and as the weeks pass, the class' dancing actually improves....
April 10 - April 25
Richard, Duke of Gloucester is determined that he should wear the crown of England. He has already dispatched one king and that king's son; now all that stands in his way are two credulous brothers and two helpless nephews - the Princes in the Tower....
April 24 - May 3
This powerful play follows six women as they relive their memories of serving in Vietnam during the 1960s. These unsung heroes were among several thousand American women who volunteered during the Vietnam War...
May 1 - May 16
As this fun-filled all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza unfolds, stage-struck banker Bobby Child is sent to Deadrock, Nevada to close down the local theatre. But when he falls head over heels for the theatre owner's daughter, he finds himself putting on a top-notch production to save the theatre....
May 15 - May 23
For over a century, readers have been captivated by Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale of a feisty red-haired orphan who finds happiness in Avonlea....
