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.
2025-26 University Theatre Season
Summer Theatre 2025
Plotters
By Brian Parks| Directed by Keeley Stanley-Bohn
It’s a Grave Business. Infamy, riches, and the darkest secrets of the city collide in this fast-paced comedy by two-time Fringe First winner Brian Parks. A clandestine cabal of misfits attempt their ultimate heist. Will these agents of the night seize the coveted prize – or bury themselves?
June 20, September 4 & 6 @ 7:30 p.m. |Central Michigan University | Bush Theatre
June 27 @ 7:30 p.m. - Beaver Island Community Center
July 5 @ 7:30 p.m. - The Playhouse at White Lake
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz |Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner
Additional Dialogue by Michael Mayer | Additional Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed & Choreographed by Anne McAlexander | Music Directed by Mina Son
Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life’s great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes and celebrate the joy of friendship.
June 21, September 5 @ 7:30 p.m. & September 7 @ 2:00 p.m. | Central Michigan University, Bush Theatre
June 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Beaver Island Community Center
July 6 @ 7:30 p.m. The Playhouse at White Lake
Fall Theatre 2025
Tickets on sale August 1, 2025!
All My Sons
By Arthur Miller | Directed by Carson Cerney
Amidst the tragedies of WWII, a faulty machine shop leads to the downfall of one owner, but the fortune of another. All My Sons shares stories of justice, power, and family dysfunction in this period drama.
October 2-4 & 9-11 @ 7:30 p.m. | Theatre on the Side
October 5 & 12 @ 2:00 p.m. | Theatre on the Side
The Drowsy Chaperone
Music & Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison | Book by Bob Martin, and Don McKeller
Directed & Choreographed by Anne McAlexander | Music Directed by Bruce Bonnell
When a die hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious Tony Award-winning musical farce.
November 12-15 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
November 16 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
Spring Theatre 2025
Witch
By Jen Silverman | Directed by Elaine DiFalco Daugherty
An inventive retelling of a Jacobean drama, Jen Silverman’s sharp, subversive fable debates how much our souls are worth when hope is hard to come by.
February 11-14 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
February 15 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
Cymbeline
By William Shakespeare | Directed by Keeley Stanley-Bohn
Cymbeline is the king of ancient Britain. His daughter Imogen marries Posthumus against her father’s will. In exile, Posthumus places a bet on the chastity of his wife, a wager he will come to regret.
March 25-28 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
March 29 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
University Theatre Dance Company Concert
Artistic Direction by James Wallace
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 23-25 @ 7:30 p.m. | Bush Theatre
April 26 @ 2:00 p.m. | Bush Theatre
