This fall, our Senior Class Reader’s Theatre will present Let It Be: A Musical Celebration of the Beatles. Set at the height of the Vietnam War, Let It Be explores the political and social unrest that divided our country from the late 60s thru the mid-70s. The show features classic hits from the Fabulous Four.

Developed for the stage by Stageworks Productions and Annerin Productions
Originally conceived by Maggie Pitts
Let It Be was originally produced by Joe Cabral, and Walnut Hill Center for the Arts

Let It Be is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing Global. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)

Theme Night - Fab Four Night: Come in your favorite Fab Four Era attire & receive a treat on Saturday, October 5, 2024.

Marlin, Bruce, Dory and Nemo will take you on an epic adventure across the depths of the vast blue ocean. Based on the popular Pixar film, the Civic Youth Theatre is excited to present Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. on the Auditorium stage. With songs like, “Just Keep Swimming”, “Fish are Friends Not Food,” and “Go with the Flow”, Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. brings to life a heartfelt story about friendship, family, and facing your fears.

Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez,
Book Adapted by Lindsay Anderson
Music and Orchestrations Adapted and Arranged by Myrna Conn

Based on the 2003 Disney / Pixar film Finding Nemo written by Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and directed by Andrew Stanton

Disney’s Finding Nemo JR. is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Add On - Play Time With Nemo & Friends: On Saturday, October 26, 2024, spend some time after the show under the sea with Play Time with Nemo and Friends. Enjoy photos with all our sea friends, a craft, and light refreshments.

Theme Night - Big Blue World Night: Calling all families to come to Disney’s Finding Nemo Jr. where each child will receive a coloring book on Friday, November 4, 2024. You are invited to also come dressed as your favorite sea creature or in Halloween costume. 

The time is 1926. How could a miracle cure that shrinks tumors cause a terrifying rash of illnesses among young female dial painters? Inspired by the true story of Grace Fryer, Radium Girls is a gripping play that explores her fight for the establishment of workers’ safety regulations and of young women fighting injustices in the workplace.

By D.W. Gregory

Radium Girls Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

Talkback with Dr. Miriam Thomas

• Saturday, November 9, 2024
• Sunday, November 17, 2024

The Prince is Giving a Ball! Join us this holiday season for A Lovely Night of music and magic. It’s Possible! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella opens on the Auditorium stage November 29. This contemporary take on a classic tale features a rich score with favorites, including “In My Own Little Corner”, “Impossible”, and “Ten Minutes Ago”. Make this a holiday treat for the entire family! 

Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II

CINDERELLA is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers + Hammerstein Organization. www.concordtheatrical

Theme Night - Happily, Ever After Night: The prince is giving a ball & you are cordially invited. Come in your most fashionable ball attire & receive a treat on Friday, November 29, 2024

Add On - Royal Tea: Join Cinderella and friends on Sunday, December 1, 2024, at the Ladies Library at 12:00pm for light refreshments and tea.

What do you get when you mix a sick daughter, with a hypochondriac mother, and a community in need of healing? Set in Lansing, Michigan, Lisa Kron’s Well is an exploration of what it means to be sick versus what it means to be well. Through her mother’s social activism, we discover the true meaning of healing.  Lisa Kron is a Michigan native, best known for her Tony Award Winning Best Score for the musical Fun Home.

by Lisa Kron

“Well” Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois

The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre’s Penguin Project Production is Press Start!  A New Children’s Musical. Join us as our Penguins embark on a unique adventure as they are transported into the pixelated world of video games. Beloved video game characters, who face running out of lives, organize a musical fundraiser to collect the gold rings necessary to continue playing. Heroes, villains, and sidekicks unite in an unprecedented collaboration, showcasing teamwork like never before. This 8-bit musical promises to captivate audiences, delivering heartwarming moments and unexpected twists. 

by Denver Casado and Brian Dawson 

Produced with special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. www.playscripts.com

With fast and furious banter, a whirlwind of wit and physical comedy, California Suite looks at the relationships inside Suite 203-04 at The Beverly Hills Hotel.  Join visitors from New York, Philadelphia, London, and Chicago for an evening of comedy that only Neil Simon can deliver.

by Neil Simon

“California Suite” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Have you ever felt misunderstood by everyone around you? How do you overcome untruths in a legal system that seems to be set against proving your innocence? The Tony-award-winning musical, Parade, is set in 1913. Leo Frank is a Jewish Brooklyn native, now residing in rural Georgia. He finds himself on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a girl under his employ at a local pencil factory. With a soaring score by Jason Robert Brown and book by Alfred Uhry, Parade delivers a powerful message about religious intolerance, social injustice, and the resilience of love in the face of insurmountable odds.

Parade Book by Alfred Uhry Music & Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Co-Conceived and Directed on Broadway by HAROLD PRINCE

Parade is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

It’s harvest time in Ireland and the five Mundy sisters are struggling to adapt to their changing world. Dancing at Lughnasa is a memory play narrated by the illegitimate son of one of the sisters as he recalls the women who reared him: his mother and four maiden aunts.

by Brian Friel

Originally produced on the New York stage by Noel Pearson in association with Bill Kenwright and Joseph Harris.
Dancing at Lughnasa is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing Global. (www.broadwaylicensing.com)

The Civic Youth Theatre will present a fresh and comical adaptation of a Shakespearean classic: The Seussification of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Written by Peter Bloedel, with all the beloved characters of the classic included, this Seussified version will enchant you as you frolic through a forest filled with fairies, whoosh bush tush beasts, and bumballoon swords! Wacky and wild, release your inner child!

by Peter Bloedel

Produced with special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. www.playscripts.com

Robbie is a goofy New Jersey singer who failed as a rock star, then in love.  He now fronts the most in-demand wedding band until his own wedding plans go awry and he is left standing at the altar.  Join us as we root for Robbie to find love and to provide once again awesome 1980s music to weddings across New Jersey.

Music by MATTHEW SKLAR
Lyrics by CHAD BEGUELIN
Based upon the New Line Cinema film written by Tim Herlihy

The Wedding Singer is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com