2025/26 Season
Center Stage Theatre Events
Pippin
APR 24–25 & APR 30–MAY 2, 2026 / 7:30 PM
APR 26 & MAY 3, 2026 / 2 PM
Best Availability Second Weekend
With an unforgettable score by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell), Pippin is a bold, high-energy musical about a young prince determined to find a life that feels bigger than ordinary. Led by a dazzling troupe and their charismatic Leading Player, Pippin dives into adventure, romance, and ambition, all in search of something extraordinary. Featuring musical theatre classics like “Corner of the Sky” and “Magic to Do,” this Broadway hit is packed with show-stoppers, sharp humor, and spectacular storytelling.
Pippin contains adult themes and mature language.
Director / Joshua Abram Lloyd
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz / Book by Roger O. Hirson
PIPPIN replaces 1776 in our season. If you had tickets to 1776, they are valid for the same time/performance of PIPPIN.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
JUN 4 & 12, 2026 / 7:30 PM
JUN 6 & 14, 2026 / 2 PM
Shakespeare’s most enchanting comedy! On the shortest night of the year, runaway lovers, a troupe of amateur actors, and mischievous fairies collide in a magical forest where nothing is quite what it seems. As the rules of logic unravel, four young lovers are swept away in a tangled web of charms, feuds, and moonlit mischief. Whimsical and witty, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a joyful celebration of transformation and the strange spell of love.
Directed and adapted by Kaeleigh Casavant
By William Shakespeare
Presented in collaboration with The Friction Theatre, this production is in rep with THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. Tickets sold separately.
Sponsored by 
The Friction Theatre / The Drowsy Chaperone
JUN 5 & 11 & 13, & 14, 2026 / 7:30 PM
JUN 7, 2026 / 2 PM
Winner of five Tony Awards, The Drowsy Chaperone is a hilarious love letter to the golden age of musicals. A lonely theatre fan drops the needle on his favorite cast album, and suddenly the show bursts to life in his living room, complete with jazz-age romance, tap-dancing gangsters, a tipsy chaperone, and nonstop showbiz antics. Overflowing with charm, wit, and show-stopping numbers, this “musical within a comedy” is pure escapist joy.
Presented in collaboration with Center Stage Theatre, this production is in rep with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Tickets sold separately.
2026/27 Season Tickets
Center Stage Theatre
9 to 5
SEP 18–19 & 25–26, 2026 / 7:30 PM
SEP 20 & 27, 2026 / 2 PM
Featuring a showstopping score from Dolly Parton and based on the beloved film, 9 TO 5 follows three office workers who are done putting up with their egotistical boss. What starts as frustration turns into a wild plan and a brand new way of running their workplace. It is bright, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt, with a big theme of sisterhood and a simple idea at the core: work feels different when the people around you have your back.
Directed by Chad William Baker
Come From Away
NOV 13–14 & 20–21, 2026 / 7:30 PM
NOV 15 & 22, 2026 / 2 PM
Discover life as an islander with the story of the 38 planes that were diverted to Gander on September 11, 2001. In a small town on the edge of Newfoundland, thousands of unexpected guests arrive all at once when planes are forced to land and stay put. Built from real interviews, COME FROM AWAY moves quickly, with driving music, overlapping stories, and a huge amount of heart. It is about kindness in the middle of uncertainty, the courage to welcome someone new, and the way a town can become a place to belong almost overnight.
Directed by Bill Anderson Jr.
Misery
JAN 22 & 29–30, 2027 / 7:30 PM
JAN 23–24 & 31, 2027 / 2 PM
By William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King
MISERY is a tense thriller adapted from the best-selling Stephen King novel. A car crash strands a famous novelist far from town, where he wakes up in the cabin of a woman who insists she is his biggest fan. At first, she seems like his rescuer. Then the rules, and her cheery disposition, start to change. In a season focused on belonging, this one asks a sharper question: what happens when care becomes control, and you are no longer free to leave?
Directed by Adam Gardner-Northrop
CONTENT ADVISORY: MISERY contains strong language and violence.
Barbecue
FEB 26–27 & MAR 5–6, 2027 / 7:30 PM
FEB 28 & MAR 7, 2027 / 2 PM
By Robert O'Hara
The O’Mallery family heads to the park for a barbecue, but the cookout is really a cover for an intervention. They are staging one last attempt to get their sister to face her addiction, and it does not go the way anyone plans. As the afternoon unravels, stories get entangled between two parallel O’Mallery families, one Black and one White. The play flips what we think we know about the so-called “typical” American family. BARBECUE is sharp, loud, and very funny, poking at race, class, and the messy ways we decide who belongs at the table.
Directed by Joshua Abram Lloyd
CONTENT ADVISORY: BARBECUE contains strong language and adult content.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
MAY 14–15 & 21–22, 2027 / 7:30 PM
MAY 16 & 23, 2027 / 2 PM
Above the crowded streets of Paris, Quasimodo rings the bells of Notre Dame and dreams of spending a day among the people below. When he finally steps outside, he meets kindness, cruelty, and a group of outsiders who see him clearly for the first time. With a rich score inspired by the Disney film and the Victor Hugo novel, THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME is both sweeping and intimate. It is a story about power, courage, compassion, and the simple gift of being welcomed into the circle.
Directed by Megan Krause
CONTENT ADVISORY: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME contains adult themes and situations that may not be suitable for young children.
Upcoming Choir Concerts
Youth Choirs Spring Concert
WED, APR 29, 2026 / 7 PM
Located at Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1310 Ashman St, Midland
Join us for our Youth Honors Choir Spring Concert! Both Vocalise and Ovation will perform a selection of songs.
Directed by Anna Doering and Claire Ingersol
Camerata / Sounds of Spain
SUN, JUN 21, 2026 / 7 PM
Located at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 405 N Saginaw Rd, Midland, MI 48640
Directed by Dr. Letícia Grützmann
Featuring acclaimed Brazilian classical guitarist Dr. Felipe Vargas Magdaleno, the Camerata Singers will perform Romancero Gitano by Spanish composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, an evocative work inspired by the poetry of Federico García Lorca. These early 20th-century poems, translated as Gypsy Ballads, reflect the beauty, struggle, and spirit of life in Andalusia. With bold rhythms and passionate harmonies, the music captures the soul of people living on the edges of society. Conducted by Dr. Letícia Grützmann, the performance also features the Midland Center Chorale.





