Current Season University Theatre
Let us entertain you with a diverse selection of live productions. Each year, our theatre students participate in various productions to gain experience and improve stage presence. They are passionate about performing/entertaining and are eager to show off their creativity for audiences.
Performances take place in Bush Theatre, Townsend Kiva, and Theatre-on-the-Side, all located close to the Bush Theatre ticket windows on the Central Michigan University Campus. For information on our smaller-scale, free, Studio Theatre and other sponsored productions, follow us on social media or visit our Events and Activities webpage.
2024-25 University Theatre Season
Summer Theatre 2024
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
By Lauren Gunderson | Directed by Keeley Stanley-Bohn
With the help of her friend Simon, a stripper named Sweetheart, and the words of The Bard, Nan tapes her abusive ex-husband, Kyle, to a chair and forces him to watch as they re-enact scenes from their painful past.
June 21 @ 7:30 p.m. | Central Michigan University, Bush Theatre
June 28 @ 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Island Community Center
July 12 @ 7:30 p.m. | The Playhouse at White Lake, Whitehall, MI
September 5 & 7 @ 7:30 p.m. | Central Michigan University, Bush Theatre
Nothin' but a Good Time: An 80s Mix Tape
Directed by Elaine DiFalco Daugherty, Music Directed by Bruce Bonnell, & Choreographed by Heather Trommer-Beardslee
Get out the hairspray and leg warmers and join us for this nostalgia-fueled music and dance journey through the 1980s with songs like: “True Colors”, “Man in the Mirror” and “I Love Rock’n’Roll”! We promise you nothin’ but a GOOD TIME!
June 22 @ 7:30 p.m. | Central Michigan University, Bush Theatre
June 29 @ 7:30 p.m. | Beaver Island Community Center
July 5 @ 7:00 p.m. | Old Town Playhouse, Traverse City, MI
July 13 @ 7:30 p.m. | The Playhouse at White Lake, Whitehall, MI
September 6 @ 7:30 p.m. & September 8 @ 2:00 p.m. | Central Michigan University, Bush Theatre
Fall Theatre 2024
Tickets go on sale Thursday, August 1, 2024!
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
By Selina Fillinger | Director TBA
One 4-letter word is about to rock the White House. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most will risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the Commander in Chief out of trouble.
October 3-5 & 10-12 @ 7:30 p.m. | Theatre on the Side
October 6 & 13 @ 2:00 p.m. | Theatre on the Side
Young Frankenstein
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks, Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | Directed by Anne McAlexander
From the creators of the Broadway sensation, The Producers, comes this monster musical comedy. Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation.
November 13-16 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
November 17 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
Spring Theatre 2025
Six Years Old
By Daphne Silbiger | Directed by Elaine DiFalco Daugherty
Adalaide is six years old, and she does NOT like being treated like a girl. Adalaide’s family and peers discourage her, leaving her to seek out dangerous measures in order to transform into who she was born to be (her hero, Han Solo).
February 12-15 @ 7:30 p.m. | Townsend Kiva
February 16 @ 2:00 p.m. | Townsend Kiva
A Doll's House
By Amy Herzog, adapted from the play by Henrik Ibsen | Directed by Keeley Stanley-Bohn
Amy Herzog has reawakened this classic drama in a thrillingly provocative adaptation that explores the human spirit.
March 25 & 26, April 3-5 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
April 6 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
University Theatre Dance Company Concert
Artistic Direction by Heather Trommer-Beardslee
Includes faculty and student choreographed works including jazz, tap, contemporary ballet, and much more! Join the UTDC dancers as they tell stories through choreographed movement and rhythm on the Bush Theatre stage!
April 24-26 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
April 27 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
