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03.17.10
"Dog Sees God" Review
Encore Michigan Magazine

03.11.10
"Dog Sees God" Review
The Rogue Critic

03.11.10
"Dog Sees God" Review
New Monitor Magazine

03.01.10
"Dog Sees God" Author interviewed
Encore Michigan Magazine

01.07.10
"The Last Five Years" Review
Detroit Free Press

01.05.10
MGT Profile Interview with
Frannie Shepherd-Bates
Encore Michigan Magazine

01.04.10
"The Last Five Years" Review
The Rogue Critic

01.03.10
"The Last Five Years" Review
Encore Michigan Magazine

01.01.10
Critics Pick! "The Last Five Years"
Metrotimes Detroit

11.05.09
Dutchman review:
Detroit Free Press

10.26.09
First "Dutchman" review is in:
Encore Michigan Magazine

10.23.09 Dutchman Opening
8pm @ Furniture Factory, Detroit
For more info call: 313.408.7269

10.1.09 Dutchman in BLAC Magazine
*Look under the theater notices*
Read all about it here:

09.30.09 Dutchman announcement in Real Detroit Weekly. Totally Rad.
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08.11.09 MgT nominated for a Wilde Award for "Newcomer of the year" Read all about it here:

5.30.09 1st. Annual Staged Reading Festival. Gryphon Theatre @ The Park Bar, Detroit.

5.26.09 A Few minutes with Frannie Shepherd-Bates
Encore Michigan Magazine



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LoriGoe Nowak
Executive Director

LoriGoe holds a B.F.A. in Theatre (Acting) at Wayne State University and is currently pursuing an M.B.A. with a focus on nonprofit administration. She studied acting at the Moscow Art Theatre in Russia and longs to someday study Balinese mask work…in Bali. LoriGoe passionately believes that theatre has the ability to change lives and positively impact society.

Frannie Shepherd-Bates
Artistic Director

Frannie holds a B.F.A. in Theatre (Acting) at Wayne State University and is actively directing and acting in theatres in the area. She believes in art as a way of life, as a tool with which to heal society, and as the most satisfying work she has yet found. When she is not working on making the world a better place through theatre, Frannie enjoys the company of her amazing husband and two mischievous cats.


Lisa Maxine Melinn

Educational Director

Lisa has been blessed to work in theatre for over 18 years. She holds a degree in drama from the Professional Training School at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Lisa is the Program Director for Water Works Theatre Company’s KidsAct! Camp, an alumnus of The Second City/Detroit Touring and Mainstage companies, and has directed productions for Who Wants Cake? and Motor City Improv. Favorite roles include Tina in Tony N’ Tina’s Wedding, Helen in Night of the Living Dead: the Musical, and Dora in Equus