OUR 2024-2025 SEASON
Fridays at 8:00 PM
Saturdays at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Sundays at 2:00 PM
IN SEARCH OF THE MOTHMAN by Amber Palmer
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Two young sisters navigate life, family, and sisterhood after an unexpected tragedy strikes their hometown. Emily is just trying to make it through her senior year and get into music school, while Jordan moves across the country to West Virginia to “search for The Mothman.” Through honesty and humor, the sisters grapple with their trauma and what lives they want to lead in the aftermath. Directed by Shelby R. Seeley.
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October 11 - November 10 (Single tickets: $30)
​THE ELVES AND THE SCHUMACHERS TWO: CHANUKAH BOOGALO by Carla Milarch & R. MacKenzie Lewis - World Premiere
The holiday tradition continues!
Join us for another memorable holiday adventure from the team that brought you The Year Without a Panto Claus and Sugar Plum Panto! Bring the whole family to laugh, boo, hiss, and sing in this over-the-top evening of heroes and villains, funny songs, and extreme merriment - a mixed-up mash-up of musical comedy slapstick, vaudeville, and fun. December 6 - January 5, Fri.@7:30pm, Sat.@3pm & 7:30pm, & Sun.@2:00 pm (Single tickets: $32 for adults, $12 for kids 16 years and under)
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Dec. 6, 2024 - Jan. 5, 2025, Fri.@7:30pm, Sat.@3pm & 7:30pm, & Sun.@2:00 pm
(Single tickets: $32 for adults, $12 for kids 16 years and under)
KAIROS by Lisa Sanaye Dring - an NNPN Rolling World Premiere
Two characters meet-cute… and then the whole world changes.
Gina and David’s budding relationship is tested by the advent of a groundbreaking medical procedure that extends lives indefinitely, granting immortality to a chosen few. As they navigate the initial rush of falling in love, they grapple with the question: what happens to love, commitment, and care when mortality is removed from the equation?
February 14 - March 16 (Single tickets: $30)
ECLIPSED: THE SUN, THE MOON AND GLADYS ATKINSON SWEET by D.L. Patrick - World Premiere
Prayer, hope, and Clarence Darrow. Was it enough?
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On the night of September 9, 1925, Gladys Atkinson Sweet was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, along with her husband, Dr. Ossian Sweet, his two brothers, and seven other African Americans following the attack on her home. They were well-educated, well-respected, talented people who would have been assets to any community. Although much has been written about Dr. Sweet and the two Sweet trials, litigated by Clarence Darrow, this play imagines the perspective of Gladys Sweet and the women who populated her life. It is about what women do, and have always done, in the shadows.
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April 10 - May 11 (Tickets: General $30 / 65 & Over $25 / Students $15)
JORGE LUIS BORGES GIVES A LECTURE ON ANATOMY by Carla Milarch
Musical score by Michael Riccinto - World Premiere
I was a young man when I fell into the dream…
In a magical reality, inside a labyrinth, the famed Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges gives a lecture. At first, it seems to be about anatomy, but that notion quickly gives way as he navigates multiple timelines and universes, in search of the loves of his life. Inspired by Borges’ short stories, and featuring his poetry set to music, this dreamlike play takes us into the fantastical world of one of literature’s most outrageous imaginations.
June 6 – June 29 (Tickets: General $30 / 65 & Over $25 / Students $15)
RADICAL EMPATHY by David Wells
World Premiere
Radical empathy is not about you. ​
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When an American college professor’s TED Talk on empathy goes viral, he meets an Iraqi man who becomes a fixture in his virtual classroom. But when the brutality of the U.S.-led invasion hits the Iraqi man directly, the professor is forced to explore “the kindred connection from a place of deep knowing that opens your spirit to the pain of another as they perceive it.” (Isabel Wilkerson) A true story.
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August 1-24, 2025 (Tickets: General $30 / 65 & Over $25 / Students $15)
MICHIGAN PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
This dynamic event showcases five curated, original, full-length plays by Michigan-based playwrights, each presented as a staged reading followed by optional talkbacks and audience feedback sessions. ​The festival is a cornerstone of Theatre NOVA’s mission to champion new voices and develop fresh works for the stage. Plays that were products of Michigan Playwrights Festivals that have received their world premieres at Theatre NOVA include ECLIPSED: The Sun, the Moon, and Gladys Atkinson Sweet by D. L. Patrick, Mazel Tov, John Lennon by David Wells (Wilde Award for Best New Script), Resisting by David Wells (Wilde Award for Best Original Production), Mrs. Fifty Bakes a Pie by Linda Ramsay Detherage, Clutter by Brian Cox (Wilde Award for Best New Script), Irrational by R. MacKenzie Lewis and David Wells (Wilde Award for Best New Script), Katherine by Kim Carney (Wilde Award Nomination for Best New Script), Spin (aka Swimming While Drowning) by Emilio Rodriguez, and Bird by Kristin Hanratty.
September 10 - 14, 2025 (Individual tickets: $10, Festival passes $30)
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