Detroit Rep Teams Up with Dream of Detroit, Muslim Center, HUDA Clinic and HUG Community Garden for Summer Street Fair

The Detroit Repertory Theatre is excited to announce a first ever neighborhood Arts & Culture Festival at its home in the geographical center of Detroit on Saturday, August 19, 2017 from 10:30 am to 8 pm. This outdoor festival will begin with children's theatre and interactive arts activities, and continue all day, with live music, scenes from the upcoming Detroit Repertory season, community initiatives that include bike repair demonstrations and giveaways for children, gardening demonstrations, a health clinic, a playwriting workshop, dance and yoga classes, a basketball tournament, and more.

This one day special event is produced in partnership with the Theatre's neighbors and community organizations, Dream of Detroit, the HUDA clinic, the Muslim Center and the HUG community garden.

Woodrow Wilson will be closed to traffic for two city blocks from Buena Vista to Tyler in front of the Theatre. There is plenty of parking on Woodrow Wilson and side streets. There will be activities in multiple areas, on the street, at the garden, and in each organization's parking lots. The Theatre lobby will be open for fairgoers to step in, purchase a beverage, meet Theatre staff and learn more about the iconic arts institution.

The entertainment lineup on the outdoor Detroit Rep stage under a festival tent is as follows: 11 am - OH Possum's Tale, original children's play written by Detroit Rep actor Casaundra Freeman for the Theatre's 60th anniversary; 2 pm - Gabriel Brass Band, Mardi Gras style live music; 3 pm - staged readings of scenes from the upcoming Detroit Repertory 2017/18 season; 4 pm - Planet D Nonet, Detroit's down and dirty swing band; 6 pm - Cee Cee Collins & Friends, Detroit's Princess of the Blues. Guests are encouraged to bring a lawn chair. Ongoing in the street and in the lots will be food and drink vendors, artists, and vendors selling a variety of wares.
More information may be found at www.detroitreptheatre.com. About the Rep
The oldest professional (Union) non-profit theatre in the State of Michigan, the Detroit Repertory Theatre's mission is guided by the belief that the sense of community is stronger than the forces that splinter and that efforts to preserve unity deserve the same attention and support as the justly cultivated efforts to retain diversity. The implicit goal in all the theatre's efforts is to produce the best possible professional theatre while fostering cultural democratization of the arts, and fighting by example, the disturbing level of racism that still exists.

Detroit Repertory Theatre is located in the geographical heart of the city at 13103 Woodrow Wilson, Detroit, MI 48238 Parking is Attended, Lighted, Fenced-In and Free. (313) 868-1347 www.detroitreptheatre.com.

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