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Photos: First Look at THE RIPPLE, THE WAVE THAT CARRIED ME HOME at Theatre NOVA


by Stephi Wild - March 22, 2024

Theatre NOVA will present the Michigan Premiere of “the ripple, the wave that carried me home” by Christina Anderson. Check out all new photos here!...

Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE Comes to Planet Ant


by Stephi Wild - February 07, 2024

Planet Ant will present the Michigan Premiere of LOVEBIRD JAMBOREE: Love Stories From The LGBTQ Community by local Sarah Elisabeth Brown. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!...

Theatre NOVA Kicks Off 2024 With FORTUNE By Deborah Zoe Laufer


by Stephi Wild - January 24, 2024

Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor's resident nonprofit professional theatre, has announced the Michigan Premiere of 'Fortune' by Deborah Zoe Laufer. ...

Last Chance to Vote for the BWW Michigan Awards; Voting Ends 12/31


by BWW Awards - December 26, 2023

It's the final week left to vote for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

2 Weeks to Vote for the BWW Michigan Awards; MARY POPPINS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, The Croswell Opera House & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 18, 2023

There's just two weeks left to vote and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 18th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards; MARY POPPINS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, The Croswell Opera House & More Lead!


by BWW Awards - December 11, 2023

It's the final 3 weeks and we have the latest standings as of Monday, December 11th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards December 5th Standings; MARY POPPINS Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 05, 2023

It's December, and the first standings of the month have been announced as of Tuesday, December 5th for the 2023 BroadwayWorld Michigan Awards! Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Theatre NOVA to Present THE YEAR WITHOUT A PANTO CLAUS By Carla Milarch And R. MacKenzie Lewis


by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 28, 2023

'Theatre NOVA presents 'The Year Without a Panto Claus' by Carla Milarch and R. MacKenzie Lewis. Join Jingle and Jangle as they search for Santa and bring back Christmas cheer....

Photos: First Look at Theatre NOVA's WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME


by Stephi Wild - October 20, 2023

Theatre NOVA presents the Michigan Premiere of “What the Constitution Means to Me” by Heidi Schreck.  Performances run October 20-November 12, 2023. Check out all new photos here!...

Michigan Playwrights Festival Submissions Now Open


by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2023

After the success of the inaugural Michigan Playwrights Festival seven years ago, Theatre NOVA continues its semi-annual tradition, announcing a call for submissions for this season’s festival. Learn more about how to submit here!...

Past Shows

Fortune
2/2 - 2/25/2024


Maude, a lonely, surly, storefront psychic has accepted that love is not in the cards for her. She can see the future and knows this ...

Sanctuary City
7/21 - 8/13/2023


In post-9/11 Newark, NJ, two teenagers who were brought to America as children become one another’s sanctuaries from harsh circumstances. When G becomes naturalized, she ...

Pass Over
3/25 - 4/17/2022

The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
9/17 - 10/10/2021


Jim Fingal had one job: to fact-check renowned essayist John DAgatas piece for the high-profile magazine where he interns. But the more Jim digs, the ...

A NEW BRAIN by William Finn and James Lapine


By the Tony Award-winning authors of "Falsettos," "A New Brain" is a life-affirming, heartfelt, often comical musical about a composer during a medical emergency. As ...

The Lifespan of a Fact
5/20 - 6/13/2021


Theatre Nova Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal...

THE W.I.T.C.H
4/28 - 5/31/2021


Theatre NOVA will present a new play written specifically for the Zoom format each month (JANUARY through APRIL) with their PLAY OF THE MONTH series. ...

relativity
3/26 - 4/18/2021


In 1902, Albert and Mileva Einstein had a baby daughter. After 1904, she was never heard from again. Years later in Princeton, when a young ...

Natural Shocks
1/29 - 2/20/2021


A darkly hilarious solo tour-de-force where an unnamed woman is forced into her basement when she finds herself in the path of a tornado. Trapped ...

I’M STREAMING OF AN ALRIGHT CHRISTMAS by Carla Milarch and R. MacKenzie Lewis


A Socially Distant Interactive Holiday Panto: December 19 - 27Showtimes are 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on Saturdays (Dec. 19 and 26); 5:00 pm on ...

Zoom Play Series Streaming Videos


Fifteen juried plays written specifically to be presented on Zoom were performed LIVE (on Zoom), October 7-11. Now you can see what you missed for ...

ARABIC TO ENGLISH by David Wells-World Premiere


ARABIC TO ENGLISH by David Wells-World PremiereMarch 20 - April 12, 2020Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.In a high-stakes immigration case, ...

APPLE SEASON by E. M. Lewis-Michigan Premiere


APPLE SEASON by E. M. Lewis-Michigan Premiere When her father dies, Lissie returns to her family's apple orchard after escaping from there with her brother ...

DJ WHITTINGTON’S KOOL KAT: A HIP-HOP PANTO by Carla Milarch and R. Mackenzie Lewis - World Premiere


Nov. 29 - Dec. 29, 2019Fri. at 7:30 pm, Sat. at 3pm & 7:30pm, and Sun. at 2:00 pmAll the holiday hilarity and happiness youve ...

FOLLIES CONCERT VERSION
FOLLIES CONCERT VERSION
11/7 - 11/17/2019


A true theatrical event, this legendary masterpiece is considered by many to be the greatest musical ever created. Surreal, sophisticated, compelling, heart wrenching and epic ...

FOLLIES IN CONCERT by Stephen Sondheim & James Goldman


Sondheim's Broadway smash hit musical concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies" that played in that ...

The Michigan Playwrights Festival


The Michigan Playwrights FestivalFour new plays by Michigan playwrights will be given readings Oct 24-27, 2019 at Theatre NOVA, 410 W. Huron in Ann Arbor. ...

Admissions
Admissions
9/20 - 10/13/2019


Bill and Sherri are white, progressive and proud. Respectively the headmaster and dean of admissions of a New Hampshire boarding school, theyve dedicated their 15-year ...

The Birthday Party
8/15 - 8/25/2019


The Birthday Party was the first full-length offering from British playwright Harold Pinter, who is now widely regarded as the theatre’s master of enigma and ...

Stargazers
Stargazers
7/11 - 8/4/2019


Rupert Knox is looking for love in all the wrong planets. Hes an astrophysicist who wants two things in life: to make the astronomical discovery ...

KILL MOVE PARADISE by James Ijames Michigan Premiere


Kill Move Paradise by James Ijames tells the story of Isa, Daz, Grif, and Tiny, four black men who find themselves stuck in a cosmic ...

MAZEL TOV, JOHN LENNON by David Wells World Premiere


January 1972: Vietnam war protests are at their peak, and newly ex-Beatled John Lennon walks into the office of Leon Wildes, an eminent immigration lawyer. ...

THE HOW AND THE WHY by Sarah Treem Michigan Premiere


Two brilliant female evolutionary biologists share a bold, contrarian approach to their male-dominated field, but the younger scholar challenges the older womans work with a ...

THE ELVES AND THE SCHUMACHERS by Carla Milarch and R. MacKenzie Lewis World Premiere


Theatre NOVA’s holiday tradition continues with another fun-filled night from the team that brought you The Year Without a Panto Claus and Sugar Plum Panto. ...

THE STONE WITCH by Shem Bitterman Michigan Premiere


“Extraordinary art must be tamed," says reclusive genius Simon Grindberg, the world’s most illustrious children’s book writer. But, holed up in a remote cabin with ...

The Totalitarians
The Totalitarians
9/7 - 9/30/2018


Politician Penelope Easter is a disaster of a candidate: impulsive and crass, with a closet full of skeletons. When she enlists the help of Francine, ...

The Devil's Music
The Devil's Music
3/30 - 4/29/2018


Theatre NOVA presents the Michigan premiere of this hit Off-Broadway musical celebration of the legendary Bessie Smith, whose life was as large and outrageous as ...

The Devil's Music The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith


Theatre NOVA presents the Michigan premiere of this hit Off-Broadway musical celebration of the legendary Bessie Smith, whose life was as large and outrageous as ...

Constellations by Nick Payne
Constellations by Nick Payne
1/26 - 2/18/2018


This spellbinding, romantic journey begins with a simple encounter between a man and a woman. But what happens next defies the boundaries of the world ...

The Year Without a Panto Claus
The Year Without a Panto Claus
12/1 - 12/31/2017


Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents the world premiere of “The Year Without a Panto ...

Resisting by David Wells
Resisting by David Wells
10/27 - 11/19/2017


Resisting by David Wells From the playwright of the smash-hit IRRATIONAL comes this hard-hitting and topical play about systemic racism in the American legal system. ...

The Revolutionists
The Revolutionists
8/25 - 9/17/2017


Theatre NOVA, Ann Arbor’s professional theatre with an exclusive focus on new plays and playwrights, presents the Michigan premiere of “The Revolutionists” by Lauren Gunderson. ...

The Legend of Georgia McBride


The smashing success from The Ringwald Theatre – He’s young, he’s broke, his landlord’s knocking at the door, and he’s just found out his wife ...

Clutter
Clutter
3/24 - 4/16/2017


How do you tell the story of your life? And what if the characters in the story tell it differently than you remember? In this ...

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