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Theatre at Grand Valley 2019/2020 Season
Welcome to another wonderful season of Theatre at Grand Valley. Our season begins with the Mainstage performance for the 26th annual Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream in September and October. In November, What We’re Up Against opens in the Keller Black Box, exploring contemporary gender politics in the workplace. February brings us the 2012 update of Studs Terkel’s Working, and our Mainstage season concludes with John Millington Synge’s comedy, The Playboy of the Western World.
Our Performance Studio Series gives students the chance to realize full productions with the guidance of faculty. Our 2020 Performance Studio Series productions are Almost, Maine by John Cariani and Vanities by Jack Heifner.
Mainstage Season
A Midsummer Night's Dream
presented by the Grand Valley Shakespeare Festival
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Roger Ellis
September 27 - October 6, 2019
Louis Armstrong Theatre, Haas Center for Performing Arts
Performances:
September 27, 28, October 3, 4 & 5 @ 7:30pm
October 5 and October 6 @ 2:00pm
Prices: Adults - $16.00, GVSU faculty/staff and all seniors - $14.00, all students - $7.00 and groups of 10 or more - $10.00 Reserved seating.
What We're Up Against
presented by Theatre at Grand Valley
Written by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Karen Libman
November 15 - 24, 2019
What We’re Up Against explores the ways women are both quietly and loudly undermined in male-dominated professions, and how one young architect reacts to this seemingly impenetrable glass ceiling. The New York Times referred to What We’re Up Against as “cathartic and clarifying, a map of a minefield drawn in bold cartoon colors.”
Prices: Adults - $16.00, GVSU faculty/staff and all seniors - $14.00, all students - $7.00 and groups of 10 or more - $10.00 Reserved seating
Working
presented by Grand Valley Opera Theatre
Songs by Craig Carnelia, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Stephen Schwartz, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, Micki Grant and Susan Birkenhead
From the book by Studs Terkel
Direction and Choreography by Ericka Mac
Music Direction by Brendan Hollins
February 7 - 16, 2020
February 7, 8, 14 & 15 @ 7:30pm
February 9 & 16 @ 2:00pm
Louis Armstrong Theatre, Haas Center for Performing Arts
Prices: Adults - $17.00, GVSU faculty/staff and all seniors - $15.00, all students - $7.00 and groups of 10 or more - $10.00 Reserved seating.
(INDEFINITELY POSTPONED) The Playboy of the Western World
presented by Theatre at Grand Valley
Written by John Millington Synge
In Synge’s classic text, young farmer Christy Mahon learns that “there's a great gap between a gallous story and a dirty deed.” Set in an Irish pub in the wilds of West Ireland in the early 1900s, The Playboy of the Western World explores the curious dynamic between the truth and a good story. While the play originally opened to riots and boycotts, it now stands as Synge’s most produced work.
March 27 - April 5, 2020 (Indefinitely postponed due to COVID-19)
Prices: Adults - $16.00, GVSU faculty/staff and all seniors - $14.00, all students - $7.00 and groups of 10 or more - $10.00
2020 Performance Studio Series
Almost, Maine
by John Cariani
Directed by Marcus Chapman
February 20-23, 2020
Linn Maxwell Keller Black Box Theatre
Thursday at 7:30 PM
Saturday at 7:30 PM
Sunday at 2:00 PM
All tickets: $7
Vanities
by Jack Heifner
Directed by Allison Gilde
February 20-23, 2020
Linn Maxwell Keller Black Box Theatre
Friday at 7:30 PM
Saturday at 2:00 PM
Sunday at 7:30 PM
All tickets: $7
Tickets and Box Office Information
Tickets for Keller Black Box Shows
What We're Up Against
Almost, Maine
Vanities
The Playboy of the Western World
Patrons may purchase tickets by cash, check or credit/debit cards:
- In person at the Box Office in GVSU's Haas Center for Performing Arts, Allendale Campus, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays, no additional fee.
- Call 616-331-2300 to use a credit or debit card with a $1 or $2 additional fee
Tickets may be purchased with credit/debit cards over the phone or on-line for an additional fee:
- Louis Armstrong Theatre Box Office at 616-331-2300
- On-line at www.etix.com
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Please feel free to call our Box Office with questions regarding group rates, show content, running time, directions, parking, accessibility, 'sign interpreted' performances for the hearing-impaired, and other matters.
- All sales are final however exchanges will be permitted based on availability. Latecomers will be seated at the first available opportunity in the performance.
- Parking on weekdays after 6:30pm is free in all lots except in designated accessible spots
- Parking on weekends is free except in designated accessible spots
- Tickets purchased on the day of the performance will increase $1.00 per ticket. We encourage you to purchase tickets in advance.
- For performances, the box office will be open:
- week days from 10am to performance
- weekend, 2pm performances, at noon
- weekend, 7:30pm performances, at 5pm
The Imaginary Invalid, 2019
Flex Passes
You can purchase our 2019 - 2020 Flex Passes, either 4 or 6, that may be redeemed in August for any of our productions in our 2019 - 2020 season!
Our Flex Passes are:
4 Flex Passes - $40.00 for adults, $32.00 for faculty, seniors, and $20.00 for all students.
6 Flex Passes - $60.00 for adults, $48.00 for faculty, seniors, and $30.00 for all students.
All Production Photos are Jan Lewis Photography unless otherwise stated.