ANNUAL REPORT
Each year, Theatre NOVA serves approximately 6,000 audience members with professionally produced productions, new play readings, youth programs, and community engagement events. We develop new plays and invest in the professional growth of Michigan-based artists, strengthening Southeast Michigan as a center for innovative theatre.
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Our approach is both visionary and grounded. We listen to our community—engaging directly with patrons, artists, and neighbors to shape programming that is timely and relevant. Past productions have tackled mental health, climate change, racial justice, LGBTQ+ identity, aging, and addiction—inviting dialogue and fostering empathy.
For information about our organization, please explore the following links:
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Theatre NOVA's Financial statements:
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Access our form 990 for past years below:
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Access our Cultural Data Project funder reports below:
Theatre NOVA’s 2021 Cultural Data Project Funder Report
Theatre NOVA’s 2020 Cultural Data Project Funder Report
Theatre NOVA’s 2019 Cultural Data Project Funder Report
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Theatre NOVA is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
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(LtoR): Mo Murray, Mike Sandusky, and Alaina Kerr in "DJ Whittington's Kool Kat: A Hip-Hop Panto" by Carla Milarch and R. MacKenzie Lewis, directed by Mike Sandusky at Theatre NOVA. Photography by Sean Carter Photography.
(Left to Right): CJ Williams, Breón LaDawn, and Princess Beyoncé Jones in the world premiere of "Eclipsed: The Sun, The Moon, and Gladys Atkinson Sweet" by D.L. Patrick
Nick Smathers in the world premiere of "Dry Summer" by Robert Axelrod
at Theatre NOVA.
(Left to Right): Emily Wilson-Tobin and Skye Soléa in "What the Constitution Means
to Me" by Heidi Schreck, directed by Briana O'Neal at Theatre NOVA.
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(Left to Right): Artun Kircali and Shelby Bradley in the world premiere of
"Doctor Moloch" by Carla Milarch.
(L to R): Kristin Clark, Elizabeth Jaffe, K Edmonds, John DeMerrell, and Justin Scott Bays from “Sing Happy!” music by John Kander and Fred Ebb with musical arrangements by R. MacKenzie Lewis, directed by Diane Hill at Theatre NOVA. Photography by Sean Carter Photography.
(LtoR): Dan Johnson and Justin Montgomery in "Pass Over" by Antoinette Nwandu, directed by Casaundra Freeman at Theatre NOVA. Photography by Sean Carter Photography.
(Left to Right): Jalen Wilson-Nelem and Sarah Stevens from the Michigan premiere of "Death of a Driver" by Will Snider, directed by Shelby R. Seeley at Theatre NOVA. Photography by Sean Carter Photography.
(Left to Right): Phil Powers and Jeannine Coughlin in the world premiere of
"Radical Empathy" by David Wells at Theatre NOVA.
Mike Sandusky in the Michigan Premiere of "Mlima's Tale" by Lynn Nottage, directed by Lynch Travis at Theatre NOVA
(Left to Right): Phil Powers and Anne Damman from the Michigan premiere of "Relativity" by Mark St. Germain, directed by Carla Milarch at Theatre NOVA. Photography by Sean Carter Photography.