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by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 21, 2022

Get a first look at The Children by Lucy Kirkwood, running now through Dec. 11th at Open Book Theatre in Trenton, MI. ...

by Stephi Wild - November 14, 2022

Something is clearly lurking below the surface when Rose pays an unexpected visit to her old friends and colleagues.  The Children, playing through December 11 at Open Book Theatre in Trenton, slowly peels back the layers of its complicated characters, revealing decades of history and some startling...

by Blair Ingenthron - August 29, 2022

Open Book Theatre Company in Trenton opens their ninth season with Lauren Gunderson’s raucous, all-female, political power-play, running September 9 through October 9....

by A.A. Cristi - May 02, 2022

In Too Heavy for Your Pocket, opening May 13 at Open Book Theatre in Trenton, audiences are introduced to two black couples outside of Nashville in 1961.  ...

by Marissa Tomeo - March 19, 2022

After 18 months, Open Book Theatre is excited to open its doors to audiences once again. “We kept producing theatre in other ways, but there’s nothing like the energy of being in the room where it happens,” said Artistic Director Krista Schafer Ewbank. “The lights, the sound, the set….it all creates...

by BWW Staff - December 27, 2021

This is the last chance to vote for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021....

by BWW Staff - December 20, 2021

Time is running out to vote for for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Detroit Awards! The 2021 Regional Awards honor productions which had their first performance between October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021....

by A.A. Cristi - October 26, 2021

This holiday season enjoy the heartwarming comedy The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Nov 19 – Dec 19, 2021) at Open Book Theatre. ...

by A.A. Cristi - August 24, 2021

Open Book will open their season with This Random World: The Myth of Serendipity running Sept 10 – Oct 10, 2021....

by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2021

Bell’s been able to ignore the only white kid in the neighborhood – until Des shows up in her driveway wielding a toy sword. Through the banter and play of childhood they consider how they might be friends despite their differences.  The show features Bréon Canady and Joe Gaskill and is directed by...