Joseph Zettelmaier News

Comic timing, ditz, efficiency to a fault and the threat of Martians taking over the world rock a 1930's radio show in some of the most hilarious ways in the St. Dunstan's opening play, It Came From Mars. The audience will giggle and guffaw as the six zany characters, led by an equally zany director, surprise and delight the audience with split-second comic timing in a show written by Ann Arborite Joseph Zettelmaier. St. Dunstan's production of It Came From Mars will only be the 4th production of the show. It debuted professionally in 2010, by the Performance Network of Ann Arbor, MI. It was then performed at the Williamston Theatre (MI), and once at a theatre in Ireland called The Breakaway Project. St. Dunstan's will be the first community theatre to have the rights to the show.

Comic timing, ditz, efficiency to a fault and the threat of Martians taking over the world rock a 1930's radio show in some of the most hilarious ways in the St. Dunstan's opening play, It Came From Mars. The audience will giggle and guffaw as the six zany characters, led by an equally zany director, surprise and delight the audience with split-second comic timing in a show written by Ann Arborite Joseph Zettelmaier. St. Dunstan's production of It Came From Mars will only be the 4th production of the show. It debuted professionally in 2010, by the Performance Network of Ann Arbor, MI. It was then performed at the Williamston Theatre (MI), and once at a theatre in Ireland called The Breakaway Project. St. Dunstan's will be the first community theatre to have the rights to the show.

The Williamston Theatre will present an evening of music featuring many of its most popular performers tonight, July 29, 2012 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and may be reserved by calling the Theatre at (517) 655-SHOW (7469).

The Williamston Theatre will present an evening of music featuring many of its most popular performers on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and may be reserved by calling the Theatre at (517) 655-SHOW (7469) starting on July 3.

While many theatres close for the summer months, Performance Network is full steam ahead, offering audiences an array of entertainment options, including the upcoming Fireside Festival of New Works. As part of the theatre's continued dedication to support and provide a voice for playwrights, the series will be held today, June 24 through June 27, 2012. This festival of staged readings will feature new works by four playwrights, including Network regulars Joseph Zettelmaier and Kim Carney.

The Williamston Theater, mid-Michigan's award winning professional theatre company located at 122 S. Putnam in downtown Williamston, kicks off its 2012-2013 Season in September. This season will have two World Premieres along with some familiar faces in familiar roles. The season will include: boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, the World Premiere Ebenezer by Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier, End Days by Deborah Zoe Laufer, Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, the World Premiere of 10:53 by Michigan playwright Annie Martin and Tuna Does Vegas by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard.

While many theatres close for the summer months, Performance Network is full steam ahead, offering audiences an array of entertainment options, including the upcoming Fireside Festival of New Works. As part of the theatre's continued dedication to support and provide a voice for playwrights, the series will be held June 24 - 27, 2012. This festival of staged readings will feature new works by four playwrights, including Network regulars Joseph Zettelmaier and Kim Carney.

As part of Performance Network's mission to promote new plays and the works of local playwrights, the theatre will premiere Joseph Zettelmaier's "Dead Man's Shoes," a darkly comedic Western tale of friendship and vengeance. This co-production, which is currently running at the Williamston Theatre in mid-Michigan, comes to Ann Arbor through April 8, 2012. It is directed by Performance Network Artistic Director, David Wolber and features Aral Gribble ("Man of La Mancha," "The Home Team"), Paul Hopper ("Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol"), Maggie Meyer and Drew Parker ("Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh").

Mid-Michigan's award winning professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, presents the World Premiere of The Usual: A Musical Love Story, Book and Lyrics by Alan Gordon and Music by Mark Sutton-Smith. Tickets for this modern day musical love story are now on sale.

As part of Performance Network's mission to promote new plays and the works of local playwrights, the theatre will premiere Joseph Zettelmaier's "Dead Man's Shoes," a darkly comedic Western tale of friendship and vengeance. This co-production, which is currently running at the Williamston Theatre in mid-Michigan, comes to Ann Arbor on March 8 and runs through April 8, 2012. It is directed by Performance Network Artistic Director, David Wolber and features Aral Gribble ("Man of La Mancha," "The Home Team"), Paul Hopper ("Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol"), Maggie Meyer and Drew Parker ("Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh").

Mid-Michigan's award winning professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, presents the World Premiere of The Usual: A Musical Love Story, Book and Lyrics by Alan Gordon and Music by Mark Sutton-Smith. Tickets for this modern day musical love story are now on sale.

The Williamston Theatre has been awarded a grant of $6,000 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of 233 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2012 funding.

As part of Performance Network's mission to promote new plays and the works of local playwrights, the theatre will premiere Joseph Zettelmaier's "Dead Man's Shoes," a darkly comedic Western tale of friendship and vengeance. This co-production, which is currently running at the Williamston Theatre in mid-Michigan, comes to Ann Arbor on March 8 and runs through April 8, 2012. It is directed by Performance Network Artistic Director, David Wolber and features Aral Gribble ("Man of La Mancha," "The Home Team"), Paul Hopper ("Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol"), Maggie Meyer and Drew Parker ("Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh").

Mid-Michigan's professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, located at 122 S. Putnam Street in downtown Williamston, brings the World Premiere of Dead Man's Shoes by Joseph Zettelmaier to its stage this winter.

Mid-Michigan's professional theatre company, Williamston Theatre, located at 122 S. Putnam Street in downtown Williamston, brings the World Premiere of Dead Man's Shoes by Joseph Zettelmaier to its stage this winter.

These days, economic survival is top of mind for many non-profit arts organization. But in the midst of announced theater closures, and lay-offs nationwide, Ann Arbor's professional theater has some good news to report.

The Williamston Theater, mid-Michigan's award winning professional theatre company located at 122 S. Putnam in downtown Williamston, kicks off its 2011-2012 Season in September. This season will have two World Premieres along with some familiar faces in familiar roles. The season will include: The Dead Guy by Eric Coble, This Wonderful Life by Steve Murray, the World Premiere of Dead Man's Shoes by Michigan playwright Joseph Zettelmaier, the World Premiere of The Usual: A Musical Love Story by Alan Gordon and Mark Sutton-Smith, The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck and Red, White and Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard.

Ann Arbor's professional theatre turns 30 next year, and as the award-winning troupe wraps up its 29th season with record-breaking attendance, PNT announces its long-awaited 30th anniversary season.

The Williamston Theatre announces that its 2012 World Premiere of the new play Dead Man's Shoes, by Joseph Zettelmaier, has just received an Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award. The play is slated to be the third production of the Williamston Theatre's 2011-2012 Season and is a co-production with the Performance Network Theatre in Ann Arbor.

Adding to the ever-growing list of awards and acclaim received by Joseph Zettelmaier's 'It Came from Mars' comes the announcement that the comedy has been nominated for the American Theatre Critics Association's annual ATCA/Steinberg New Play Award.