Planet Ant to Close 2016-17 Season with FAILURE: A LOVE STORY

Planet Ant will close out its 2016-17 season with the musical play, Failure: A Love Story by Phillip Dawkins April 28 - May 20. Tickets ($10-$20) are available now online at www.planetant.com.

By the end of 1928, all three Fail sisters will be dead - expiring in reverse order, youngest to oldest. Tuneful songs and a whimsical chorus follow the story of Nelly, Jenny June and Gerty as they live out their lives above their family's clock repair shop near the Chicago River. Failure: A Love Story is a magical, musical fable where, in the end, the power of love is far greater than any individual's successes or failures.

Directed by Molly McMahon and Jill Dion, Failure: A Love Story features Alexis Barrera, Kryssy Becker, Jason Bowen, Jon Davidson, Kate Foster, Sarah Hawkins Moan, Taylor Morrow, and Sean Paraventi.

Performances are at 8:00 pm Friday and Saturday evenings with a 6:00pm performance on Sunday, May 7 and a 2:00pm performance on Sunday, May 14 at the original Planet Ant Black Box Theatre, 2357 Caniff, Hamtramck MI 48212.

Tickets for opening weekend are $10 and $20 for all other performances. Tickets are on sale now at www.planetant.com and in person at the Planet Ant Theatre box office 30 minutes prior to show time based on availability.

SPECIAL EVENTS:

Improv Mondays
The Planet Ant Improv Colony has generated over twenty original comedies and continues to perform every Monday night in Michigan's longest-running improv comedy show - Improv Mondays. At 8:00 pm the show kicks off with a guest improv troupe followed by a performance by Planet Ant's resident Home Team. The night closes with The Ant Jam, an opportunity for anyone to improvise on the Ant Hall stage. Tickets are $5.

Thursday Night Improv
Planet Ant is excited to announce Thursday night improv at Ant Hall. Thursday night improv launches with the debut of the Versus Improv Tournament. Each night of this six-week competition, four improv troupes will be vying for audience votes and a chance to move on to the finals on May 4. Many troupes will enter, but only one will be crowned VERSUS champions and go on to be the first troupe to receive a featured run as part of this new Thursday night line-up. Tickets are $5.

Saturday Night Improv
Each Saturday night, Planet Ant presents an improv show featuring an opening troupe and a headliner consisting of members of the Planet Ant Home Team. Tickets are $5.

Planet Ant Theatre is a non-profit professional theatre founded 23 years ago on the principle of artistic freedom and artistic experimentation leading to the growth of community, artistic fulfillment, and artistic success. The theatre has presented more than 80 high quality professional productions to southeastern Michigan with a commitment to providing the best in theatrical productions that has brought it critical acclaim and awards from across the region. More information on Planet Ant Theatre is available online at www.planetant.com.

Pictured: Planet Ant presents Failure: A Love Story April 28 - May 20. This magical, musical fairy tale features clockwise from top Alexis Barrea, Sarah Hawkins Moan, and Taylor Morrow with Kryssy Becker, Jason Bowen, Jon Davidson, Kate Foster, and Sean Parventi (not pictured). Photo by Michael Babbish.

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