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Couth Venues

About once per month, I will invite all my AP students and their guests to a night on the town for plays, concerts, or other artistic entertainment, usually at venues they may not know about or to shows they would not normally choose.  It's a way for us all to become more "couth," to expand our literary suavity! 
 
 Our Couth Season
 
All Shows: 2011-2012
 

Venues I Consider:

 

If you know of a venue we should consider (that's couth, not merely popular!), let me know!  I've avoided community college theaters because they have proven poor evenings. 

 

Venue

What It Is

Website

Directions

Abreact Performance Space
The only donation-only theater in Detroit. Locals who love drama perform experimental works you won't see anywhere else.
 
 
Ann Arbor Performance Network Small theater, high quality, unexpected works! http://www.performancenetwork.org/
Baldwin Theater/Stagecrafters
Our local group puts on a few great performances!
Bonstelle Theater
College players with a fine reputation!

BoxFest Detroit

        

        

Women directors in Detroit put on powerful programs in August! Check them out! http://www.boxfestdetroit.com/
Breathe Art Theater Small theater cross-border artists (Detroit-Windsor) http://www.breathearttheatre.com/
Detroit Chamber Society
Usually sells out in summer, a pretty elite bunch!
Detroit Dance Collective (DDC)
A local amateur association of fine dancers!
http://www.detroitdancecollective.org
Detroit Film Theater
The DIA's theater of special films. I've never seen a bad one here.
Detroit Repertory Theater
Small theater of simply excellent little-known programs
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Of course.
Dreamland Theater If I said "artistic puppetry," would you believe me? http://www.dreamlandtheater.com/
Fisher Theater
Pretty popular stuff with high price tags
Fox Theater
Difficult to find shows at a theater which won't publish its season.
Gem Theater
Unusual odds and ends which appear from time to time in theater, music, and film
Hilberry Theater
With the Bonstelle, an excellent college program
Jewish Ensemble Theater
Small ethnic theater and excellent reputation; better deals in its preview weeks, a bit pricey for what you get.
Macomb Center for Performing Arts
Often overpriced and generically popular, a few gems

Magenta Giraffe Theater --

        

A small theater of great ambition!

http://www.magentagiraffe.org

Masonic Theater
A Fisher clone

Matrix Theater Company --

        

A small experimental theater with high energy! http://www.matrixtheatre.org/
Meadowbrook Theater
Under new management styles, the verdict is out.
Michigan Opera Theater The place for the finest dance and opera in Detroit! http://www.motopera.org
Orchestra Hall
The place for high class events, even if not always the DSO!
PlanetAnt
A favorite 40-seat theater of local experimentalists led by local artists

Plowshares Theater Company

African-American playwrights and artists http://www.plowshares.org/09-10_Season/Welcome_to_Plowshares.html

Project Theater Detroit --

        

Original local Detroit theater productions http://www.projecttheatre.com/
Purple Rose Theater
Out in Chelsea, a bit highbrow, but good performances
Redford Theater
Films and organ recitals in this old classic place; History of Redford Theater
Stagecrafters
Royal Oak's own under-valued repertory group!
The Tipping Point Theater Northville's small theater is elegant and classic. http://www.tippingpointtheatre.com/
University of Michigan Musical Society (UMS)
What an excellent yearly program.  Get on their mailing lists!
http://www.ums.org/
Wayne State University Dance Companies
They post their performances without warning, so watch!
http://www.dance.wayne.edu 

Who Wants Cake Theater --

        

Ferndale's alternative and experimental theater