On Stage: Fall Community Theatre (2014)

Pic 3 At the Bistro Garden Two Muses Theatre

At the Bistro Garden Two Muses Theatre

Falling leaves and cooling temperatures. Autumn is in the air. For many, this time of year brings thoughts of apple cider and Big 10 football.  But it also brings in the
Big Three in community theatre – Dramas, Comedies and Musicals!

Community theatre is great entertainment at affordable prices.

Here are a few of the current and upcoming productions:

Two Muses Theatre (West Bloomfield)
At the Bistro Garden
October 10-12, 17-19

The Farmington Players (Farmington)
Arsenic & Old Lace
October 4-5, 10-12, 16-18

Clarkston Village Players (Clarkston)
Mrs. Mannerly
October 9-11

Ridgedale Players (Troy)
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
November 7-9 , 15-17, 21-23 28-30)

JET Theatre (West Bloomfield)
Enter Laughing
October 22-23, 25-26 and 30,
November 1-2, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-16

Heart of the Hills Players
Cole
November 6-7 (at Troy Community Center)
November 19-22 (at Warren Community Center)

St. Dustan’s Guild at Cranbrook (Bloomfield)
Dial M for Murder
October 10-11, 17-19, 24-25

Stagecrafters (Royal Oak)
Main Stage: Tribes
October 10-12,16-19
Second Stage: Other Desert Cities
October 31, November 2, 6-9,13-16

Meadow Brook Theatre (Auburn Hills)
Around the World in 80 Days
October 1-5, 8-12, 15-19. 22-26

The Village Players (Birmingham)
Songs for a New World
October 24, 25, 26, 31, November 1, 2, 7, 8, 9

Varner Studio Theatre @ Oakland University (Auburn Hills)
The Life
October 9-12, 15-19
The Liar
November 13-16, 20-23

Most performances are on weekends. You will need to check the theatres site for actual performance dates and times.

William Shakespeare in a Royal Oak Park

SITPRO14 Royal Oak’s Starr Jaycee Park is a 28-acre park with play structures, a disk golf course, mini-train tracks, ball diamonds and for a short time each summer, the wit and prose of William Shakespeare. Now in it’s 14th year in Royal Oak, Shakespeare in the Park is Michigan’s largest professional outdoor theatre event. This year, there are two productions: Hamlet and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged & Revised). Continue reading