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Support Local Theatre!
PLANET ANT (Hamtramck): Planet Ant Theatre is an organization founded on the principle of artistic freedom and artistic experimentation leading to the growth of community, to artistic fulfillment, and to artistic success. This has been the main attraction to its artists since its conception and in turn has been the main attraction to its audience.
www.planetant.com
BREATHE ART THEATRE PROJECT (Detroit/Windsor): Committed to the principle of contemporary programming through the collaboration of Windsor/Detroit actors, directors and designers, Breathe Art Theatre Project's mission is to advance the spirit of contemporary social theatre in its community by nurturing and supporting artists, encouraging repeatable creative relationships, and offering a skilled environment for established and developing artists from the Windsor/Detroit community. Breathe Art is dedicated to perpetuating an ethic of mutual respect within our communities and across our borders. www.BreatheArtTheatre.com
WHO WANTS CAKE? (Ferndale): Who Wants Cake? is dedicated to providing a creative environment for local artists to produce works that challenge, confront, and entertain. Who Wants Cake? is known primarily for staging works that are of the indie/alternative bent.
www.whowantscaketheatre.com
THE ABREACT PERFORMANCE SPACE (Detroit): The Abreact is dedicated to creating an open forum/venue for Detroit’s actors, directors and designers who are willing to try their hand at cultural excellence.
www.theabreact.com
BOXFEST DETROIT (Detroit): BoxFest is a collaboration of women directors inspired by Detroit area theatre. Through embracing our roles as artists we join our community in creating opportunities for female voices in Michigan theatre. www.boxfestdetroit.com
PROJECT THEATRE (Detroit): Project Theatre Company is an ensemble of creative artists that write, direct, produce, and act in original multi-media works that play the emotional strings of the human heart. A group of young, talented and dedicated actors work to create an enriching, original theatrical experience for Individuals in all facets of life; Bringing the hunger and desire for live theatre to the streets of Metropolitan Detroit. Project Theater Company seeks to impact our community one production at a time.
www.projecttheatre.com
MICHIGAN YOUTH THEATRE (Holly): We believe that every young person possesses both the desire and the capability for excellence in their achievements, leading to self respect and respect for others. We believe that training in the theater arts is an invaluable advantage in today's world where communication is key, and where teamwork is what it takes to get the job done. Through the integrated arts discipline of theater performance, youth will develop personal expression skills, a sense of responsibility, integrity, problem solving skills, and time management skills. Theater provides a venue to articulate hopes and fears, share problems and develop plans to overcome them while working cooperatively with others. Through theater young people learn to act on their dreams. www.michiganyouththeatre.org
BLACKBIRD THEATRE
Ann Arbor's daredevil professional theatre. Also home of the Blackbird Theatre Academy, a free theatre arts program for youth.
http://www.blackbirdtheatre.org
THE NEW THEATRE PROJECT
The New Theatre Project’s mission is to create new plays, restore established plays for a new audience, explore newer and largely unexplored texts and present plays that created new theatrical revolutions. The New Theatre Project is committed to ensemble work that uses non-traditional, non-hierarchical ways of organization to produce theatre.
http://www.thenewtheatreproject.org/
{Cool Sites! }
The Rogue Critic: www.roguecritic.blogspot.com
Encore Michigan: www.encoremichigan.com
Detroit Area Theatre: www.detroitareatheatre.com
Theatre Communications Group: www.tcg.org
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.: www.dramatists.com
Samuel French, Inc.: www.samuelfrench.com
Paul Meier Dialect Services: www.paulmeier.com
Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium: http://greatlakesmichaelchekhovconsortium.com/