Audio Air Force will present its annual Halloween audio theater production on Oct. 27, 7pm at the Hannah Community Center in East Lansing. 

This year the featured production will be the classic radio version of "Dracula". We will be using the original script that was written for the network radio production. 

Also, we will be featuring a play that was recognized by the Community Theater Association of Michigan's scriptwriting competition this year. "A Voice in the Darkness" was written by AAF member Jon Ritz. There will be another original script produced that was written by an AAF member, Patti Spinner, called "The Villians”. 
Featuring
Tom Cantrell
Ben Guenther 
Lee Helder

James Houska
Michelle Jackson
Jeff Kennedy
Hollie Lane

Trina Rowell
Maureen Sawdon
Steve Ledyard

Show at East Lansing Hannah Center
Oct. 27, 7pm
$10 at the door

I REALLY hope can stream this film. ACTING LIKE NOTHING IS WRONG. It chronicles the troubled trajectory of Jim Hoffmaster’s life, starting in the foster care system, traveling through “local stardom” in Lansing area theatre (final role here, “Fagin” in Oliver! at Riverwalk 2001) before seeking his fortune in L.A. and eventually logging many years as Kermit the barfly on Shameless.

I think it is about an hour and a half. Some “dark” stuff, but okay for kids; our teenagers seemed to appreciate it when it played in East Lansing awhile back. It is very hard to describe, but Lansing area folks will recognize some people, places. It’s sad but uplifting — really hard to describe.

ANYway - hope you can stream it; here’s the info:

“Acting Like Nothing is Wrong" can be viewed online for four days only, Oct. 19-22, courtesy of La Femme Film Festival.
Pre-purchase your ticket at the link below.

Jim says, "Although I would prefer everyone see it on the big screen and with an audience, this is a great alternative.You’ll have a chance to vote for it as audience favorite, and I hope you do. So….pop some popcorn, have some tissues handy, and be ready to dance!”

https://watch.eventive.org/lafemme/play/650bde77f646ac005f614904?fbclid=IwAR1uke-SVbjSxB3dzm6IySB9w3BzdeX6cWmPU7khz0caqrAQalD2FVnyW3A
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Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter takes place this Friday and Saturday, October 13 & 14 at 8pm in Studio 60 at MSU and on Oct 16 at 7pm at Williamston Theatre. 

This one-woman musical show uses the indelible music and lyrics of Cole Porter to tell the story of Linda Lee Thomas whose marriage to the writer inspired some of the greatest songs of all time. 

With a book by Stevie Holland and Gary William Friedman (also arrangements) the musical examines the complex marriage between Cole Porter, who was gay, and their thirtyt-five year relationship. It includes some of Porter's best-known songs such as Wunderbar, So in Love, Let's Misbehave, and more.

Love, Linda: The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter performs at MSU in the Studio Theatre with  no tickets needed and free admission with donations to a local woman’s shelter. Enter the Auditorium through ground level entrance facing Auditorium Road, near the Fairchild Theatre, and follow the signs to the Studio 60 Theatre. 

The Williamston show on October 16 is also free and accepts donations to Williamston Theatre.

Emergency Director Needed at Starlight!

Sadly, Guy Sanville has had to bow out of directing It’s A Wonderful Life for Starlight Dinner Theatre due to an urgent medical issue. The show is set to start rehearsing, with cast and crew already lined up, rehearsing and performing at Delta Presbyterian Church 6100 West Michigan (between Elmwood and Creyts Roads) (There will be no food service for this show. Linda hopes to be back at Waverly Intermediate with food for future shows.)

Check out an excerpt from this streamlined/script, based on the movie — NOT a radio show, but full, staged production. 
https://www.dramaticpublishing.com/media/pdf/excerpts/exItsAWonderfulLifeIF1.pdf

Starlight also needs 2 young boys for Wonderful Life to play Young George and Young Harry. Young George also doubles as George’s son. approximate ages 12 to 14. The young lady they’re playing across from is 11. 

Rehearsals are planned to start Oct 9, performance Dec 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10,  in also at Delta Presbyterian.

For more info contact Starlight Executive Director Linda Granger mailto:starlightdinnertheatre@yahoo.com ‭(517) 243-6040

October 2023

9/14-10/22  - Thu-Fri-Sat 8pm; Wed-Sat-Sun 2pm - On the Market by Jason Odell Williams, Director Tony Caselli; Sat. matinees start 9/23; Wed. matinees 10/11 & 18 - WT

10/3-8 - 8pm Tue; 7:30pm Wed/Thu; 8pm Fri; 2pm & 8pm Sat; 1pm & 6:30pm Sun - To Kill a Mockingbird - Cobb Great Hall - WTN


10/6-15 - 8pm Fri/Sat, 2pm Sun, 7:30pm Wed-Thu - 2pm Sat. 10/14 only (NO matinee on Sat. 10/7) - Clue based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, written by Sandy Rustin, Director Ryan Welsh, Wharton Pasant stage - MSU


10/6-8, 13 –14, 8pm/2pm Sunday 10/8 - Isaac’s Eye by Lucas Hnath, Director Andy Callis- Black Box Theatre 1422 Gannon Bldg - LCC

10/10 & 10/12 - 6:30-8:30pm; 10/14 - 2:00-4:00pm - Auditions for The Grunch - audition packet with more information can be found at: https://bit.ly/FCT-Grunch-AuditionPacket - FCT


10/13-15 - 6:30pm Fri/6pm Sat; callbacks Sun 2pm - Auditions for Chicago the musical - Minimum Audition Age is 17- Director: Helen Hart; Music Director: Kait Wilson; First Christian Church1001 Chester Rd., Lansing, MI 48912 - EVO


10/14 - 1:30 & 4pm - Cat Kid Comic Club: the Musical - Act One Family, ages 6-11 - Cobb Great Hall - WTN


10/19-20 - 7:30 pm - Dixie’s Tupperware Party - Pasant Stage - WTN


10/19-21 & 26-28 - 7pm Thu / 8pm & midnight both Fri & Sat / no shows Sun - The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien, Director Shannon Bowen & Erin Hoffman -  main stage - RWT

10/27 - 7pm -  Halloween Audio Theater Special featuring Dracula - Hannah Center - AAF


10/28 - 29 - 7:30 pm Sat; 2pm Sun. - The Acting Company: Odyssey - Pasant Stage - WTN



Greater Lansing Ubiquitous Theatres


AAF - Audio Air Force - “radio shows” at E.L. Hannah Center - www.audioairforce.com - Dave Downing - 517-881-9746 

EVO - Evolve Theatrics - First Christian Church 1001 Chester Rd., Lansing, MI 48912 - evolvetheatrics.com, evolvetheatrics@gmail.com, 517-490-4567 

FCT - Fowlerville Community Theatre - mailto:FowlervilleTheatre@gmail.com - http://fowlervilletheatre.com & Facebook 

LCC - Lansing Community College Arts - Shows at LCC Black Box Stage 1422 Gannon Bldg (April 2024 show at renovated Dart Auditorium) www.lcc.edu/showinfo
517-483-1122 

MSU - Michigan State University Department of Theatre - show locations see website: www.theatre.msu.edu
517-432-2000

PCTC - Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. - Stage One, 2200 Lake Lansing Rd., Lansing, MI  48912 (September, The Minutes only at Sycamore Creek Church 1919 S. Pennsylvania) - www.peppermintcreek.org - 517-927-3016

RWT - Community Circle Players at Riverwalk Theatre, www.RiverwalkTheatre.com, 228 Museum Drive, 517-482-5700

WT - Williamston Theatre - 122 S. Putnam St. Williamston 48895 - 517-655-SHOW (7469) www.williamstontheatre.org 

WTN - Wharton Center for Performing Arts at MSU - 517-432-2000 or 1-800-Wharton or www.whartoncenter.com
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Michigan Opera Outreach and Lansing Matinee Musicale present
PARTY PIECES
A Benefit Gala featuring Michigan Opera Outreach Teaching Artists and Friends

Formal Attire Optional
Saturday, September 23. 7 pm
Turner-Dodge House, 100 E. North St., Lansing

​Free admission
Donations collected to benefit Michigan Opera outreach in their mission to bring music education and literacy to Lansing Area Schools.
This concert is sponsored by the City of Lansing and the Arts Council of Lansing.

One-person original show at MSU: “I Will Never Be Okay” - two performances Sunday, September 24.

MSU Department of Theatre student Amana Dec used the power of playwriting to help them make sense of their experience and possible healing after the shootings on the MSU Campus. 


Their very personal response to the tragedy forms the basis of the new original play, "I Will Never Be Okay" which premieres Sunday, September 24th in the Studio 60 Theatre in the Auditorium Building at 1:00 and 5:00. The thirty-minute performance will be followed by a student talkback with the audience. 

Admission is free, but donations will be accepted for End Gun Violence Michigan (EGVM). 

Parking is free in the lot across the street from the MSU Auditorium building. Enter through the entrance off Farm Lane and head downstairs on the south side of the building, past the Arena Theatre, down the hall to the Studio 60 Theatre.  
This event is part of PeaceQuest an international movement for peace that takes place across the globe in September.  Here are other Lansing events for PeaceQuest. https://peacequestgreaterlansing.org/
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​New Peppermint Creek post-show discussion: 
"Afterthoughts: A Look Inside the Play from the Perspective of...You"


Any of you who have seen the thought-provoking "The Minutes" at Peppermint Creek Theatre — and any of you who WILL see it this coming, final weekend (Tickets at http://www.peppermintcreek.org) you are invited to meet this coming Monday September 18 from 6-8pm at Sycamore Creek Church, 1919 S Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing 48910. Attendance is FREE, but please send facilitator Doak Bloss a quick email to let us know you’re coming in order to plan refreshments. mailto:doakbliss@gmail.com
 
 “Afterthoughts” is meant to provide a space for audience members to talk about a play after it has closed.  It is not a talkback, in that there may be no one involved in the show attending, and if some do, the focus will not be on them but rather on the audience.  Through a sequence of questions from our facilitator, people who saw the show will be guided in talking through what it meant to them and how that might translate into changed thinking or action in our community. Central to our mission at Peppermint Creek is to produce theatre that addresses current issues and creates dialogue. And as all of PCTC’s plays this year in some way deal with difference, it is very likely that we will also get into the tricky business of having courageous conversations with others about race, class, gender, and other characteristics that tend to divide us in ways both healthy and unhealthy.

“Afterthoughts” may pose questions such as: 
·         What you saw and heard
·         What feelings and experiences it evoked
·         How you’ve processed the play since seeing it:  what it means, why it matters
·         What you’re taking away from the play:  changes in thinking, calls to action, strategies for talking with others about the issues raised.
 
Peppermint plans to continue this post-show “Afterthoughts” discussion for future shows as well; plan now to attend future shows and share the thoughts they provoked.