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