Matrix Theatre Company News

Marygrove College is pleased to announce Dr. Shaun S. Nethercott as executive director of the college's Institute for Detroit Studies (IDS). This appointment was made ahead of IDS's Defining Detroit spring series, which begins February 11 and will bring award-winning authors and artists to the college for lectures, readings, exhibits, and performances.

Matrix Theatre Company presents the Michigan premiere of Reap the Grove by Caity-Shea Violette February 1 - 24, 2019. Performances take place on Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM at Matrix Theatre Company, located at 2730 Bagley Avenue in the heart of Mexicantown.

Matrix Theatre Company presents the Michigan premiere of Well-Intentioned White People by Rachel Lynett November 9 through December 2, 2018. Performances take place on Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM at Matrix Theatre Company, located at 2730 Bagley Avenue in the heart of Mexicantown. Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for students, seniors, veterans, and active military personnel, and may be purchased in advance or, if available, at the door. Group rates are also available. For further information or to purchase tickets, visit www.matrixtheatre.org or call (313) 967-0599.

Female-identifying playwrights and directors are at the forefront of Matrix Theatre Company's 2018-2019 Mainstage Season. This exciting selection of carefully-chosen plays spans a broad range of topics designed to encourage audiences to examine their own beliefs and their reaction to information presented to them in their daily lives. Individual ticket sales will go on sale Monday, September 17. Ticket prices start at $17. Mainstage Flex Passes may be purchased at a reduced rate. Group rates are available for most shows. For further information on the 2018-2019 season, or to order tickets, go to www.matrixtheatre.org, or call 313 967 0599.

BoxFest Detroit, an annual theatre festival that showcases and creates opportunities for female-identifying directors, has announced the schedule for its 2018 festival. BoxFest Detroit 2018 runs Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons and evenings, August 17 - 25, at Planet Ant Theatre.

Michigan Opera Theatre (MOT) has added two directors to its leadership team. MOT appointed Andrea Scobie to Director of Education and Arthur White to Director of External Affairs. Both newly-created positions aim to enhance MOT's community presence and offerings.

Matrix Theatre Company has a very special evening planned for its third annual spring fundraiser. The "Bagley Street Stroll" will feature a strolling dinner beginning at Fist of Curry, 2547 Bagley, for appetizers and drinks. Following the first course, attendees will move to Repair the World at 2701 Bagley for delicious Mexican fare provided by southwest Detroit's popular establishments.

Matrix Theatre Company closes its 2017 - 2018 Mainstage Season with the political drama, Church & State, opening June 8 and running through July 1. The production runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM. All performances are presented at Matrix Theatre Company, located at 2730 Bagley Avenue in the heart of Mexicantown. Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for students, seniors, veterans, and active military personnel, and may be purchased in advance or, if available, at the door. Group rates are also available. For further information or to purchase tickets, visit www.matrixtheatre.org or call (313) 967-0599.

Ahead of Eating Disorder Day on 2 June, an ambitious fundraising initiative has now been launched to help raise money for a 4-week season at the acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe Festival of EAT ME, a brand-new play written by Surrey-born writer Suzanna Walters which aims to take on the eating disorder Anorexia.

This year's Matrix Summer Creativity Camp participants will learn skills related to the theatre and visual arts, as they spend a week exploring their vision for Detroit's future. They will have the opportunity to work with professional teaching artists to create and share original works based on their vision.  The cost for the camps is $125 (Use code: 'earlybird' for a $25 discount through May 31st). Financial assistance is available. To register go to www.matrixtheatre.org. For further information, call Colleen Cartwright at 313 967 0999, ext. 3.

With the images from Stoneman Douglas High School fresh in our nation's collective mind, and millions of voices rising in unison to demand sensible legislation on gun control now, two local professional theatres are joining the cause by taking part in the National Campaign Of Theater Activism Against Gun Violence, taking place across the country April 19-23, 2018.

Internationally acclaimed playwright Katori Hall, currently artistic director of the Hattiloo Theatre in Memhis, TN, will remount L.A.'s Matrix Theatre production of her play, The Mountaintop, at Memphis's Orpheum Theatre in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Obie award-winner Roger Guenveur Smith, who directed the Matrix production, will again be at the helm, with Larry Bates and Danielle Mone Truitt reprising their Matrix roles. Award-winning Matrix set designer John Iacovelli will design the set.

Matrix Theatre Company continues its 2017 - 2018 Mainstage Season with the environmental drama, Kayak, opening April 6 and running through April 29. The production runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM. All performances are presented at Matrix Theatre Company, located at 2730 Bagley Avenue in the heart of Mexicantown. Tickets are $22 for adults and $17 for students, seniors, veterans, and active military personnel, and may be purchased in advance or, if available, at the door. Group rates are also available. For further information or to purchase tickets, visit www.matrixtheatre.org or call (313) 967-0599.

Matrix Theatre Company continues its 2017 2018 Mainstage Season with the world premiere of Michael Perrie Jr.'s comedy, Big Red Button, opening February 2 and running through February 25. The production runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 3PM.

Matrix School of Theatre is offering a Holiday discount for all students registering for winter classes. Regularly priced at $125 per semester, a 30% Holiday discount is being offered for only $88 through December 31, 2017! Register online at www.matrixtheatre.org and use the coupon code: gift. Matrix School of Theatre Open House is Tuesday, January 30, 4:30 6:30pm, and Matrix Teen Company's Open House and audition workshop is Monday, January 22, 5:30 7:30 pm. Contact Director of Education, Colleen Cartwright with questions or for more information at 313.967.0999, ext. 3, or email her at ccartwright@matrixtheatre.org. All classes meet at Matrix Theatre located at 2730 Bagley, in the heart of Detroit's Mexicantown.

Due to overwhelming audience response, Matrix Theatre Company will extend its current production of Who Will Sing for Lena? through Sunday, December 17. The added shows are Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16 at 8 pm. A Sunday performance is scheduled for 3 pm. All shows are performed at Matrix Theatre located at 2730 Bagley in the heart of southwest Detroit's Mexicantown. Ticket prices start at $17. Group rates are available for most shows. For further information or to order tickets, go to www.matrixtheatre.org or call 313 967 0599.

Rogue Machine will present the World Premiere of 'bled for the household truth' by Ruth Fowler, directed by Cameron Watson.

Go. Following sold-out crowds during its October run, UnTheatre Co. kicks off its second run of Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, an attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes, opening January 5 and running through January 20, 2018.

Rogue Machine will present the World Premiere of 'bled for the household truth' by Ruth Fowler, directed by Cameron Watson.

THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director are thrilled to announce that the first show of its 2017-2018 season, the smash-hit, critically acclaimed world premiere of STUPID KID, written by acclaimed playwright Sharr White (The Other Place) and directed by Cameron Watson (Cat on A Hot Tin Roof). STUPID KID is EXTENDING through SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3 at the Road Theatre on Magnolia, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood. After 14 years in prison for a crime he swears he didn't commit, Chick returns home to find his flat-broke family under the thumb of his dangerous Unclemike. A rollicking Gothic Western tale of a family isolated by shame, STUPID KID explores power, guilt and the limits of maternal love.