Dead Man’s Shoes

January 26 – February 26, 2012

A new American Western from playwright Joseph Zettelmaier (And The Creek Don’t Rise).

“The world-premiere production with direction by David Wolber, marries component skill and tight cohesion into a masterpiece of workmanship with entertainment value to match.” – Carolyn Hayes, The Rogue Critic

“Executed by a top-notch cast under precise direction, Dead Man’s Shoes stabs you in the sweet spot.”
- Paul Wozniak, Lansing City Pulse

Oedipus

2010-2011 Season

“The Williamston Theatre people know that they have entered a brave new world with this show.”
Lansing City Pulse

Wilde Award – Best Drama
Wilde Award – Best Actor (John Manfredi)

The Usual: A Musical Love Story

March 22 – April 22, 2012

The World Premiere of a new musical! Two modern-day, star-crossed lovers struggle to find the perfect love.

While We Were Bowling

2010-2011 Season

“A solid hit… a polished production that smoothly glides from tragic lows to comic highs with a slight spin sure to knock down every demographic pin.”
Lansing City Pulse

Pulsar Award – Best Play
Pulsar Award – Best Director (John Lepard)
Pulsar Award – Best Actress (Suzi Regan)
Pulsar Award – Best Supporting Actor (Edward O’Ryan)

The Understudy

May 17 – June 17, 2012

A backstage comedy!

Eleemosynary

2010-2011 Season

“Director Lynn Lammers excavates the myth within the story so that the play isn’t about these three women so much as it is about all mothers and what women pass on to the next generation, all with the most passionately idealistic of intentions…This is a play for any woman who has been a mother or a daughter and for any man whose life has been touched by a mother or a daughter.”
EncoreMichigan.com

Red, White and Tuna

July 12 – August 19, 2012

It’s Independence Day in Tuna, Texas and we get to celebrate it with all our favorite characters created by actors Aral Gribble and Wayne David Parker.

And The Creek Don’t Rise

2010-2011 Season

“4 Stars! If any water rose during the opening night performance, it was in the eyes of audience members during the show’s final scene. It was received by handkerchiefs dabbing at eyes and then a standing ovation, the first in a dog’s age that I joined enthusiastically.”
Detroit Free Press

The Dead Guy

September 29-October 30

A wicked satire about fame and reality television. Heard from the first audiences…

“…made me think about how it’s never
too late to change your life.”
“The multimedia stuff was amazing!”
“Thought provoking.”
“Loved the characters AND the story.”

Tickets now on sale!
Call (517) 655-SHOW (7469)

The Dead Guy

September 29 – October 30, 2011

“Beyond the clever twists of Cobie’s script, you’ll marvel at this production, perhaps Williamston’s most elaborate ever.” – Kate O’Neill, Lansing State Journal

“The Dead Guy is not a play one soon forgets, as it charges you for every laugh and makes sure your tab at the final curtain is expensive.” – Bridgette M. Redman, EncoreMichigan.com

Featuring Michelle Serje and Chris Korte.
Photo credit: Danna Segrest

Blue Door

2010-2011 Season

“At Williamston Theatre, the cast and crew of Blue Door capture the late-night clarity of an insomniac’s struggle in their incisive and haunting production of Tanya Barfield’s play.”
EncoreMichigan.com

Lansing State Journal Thespie Award – Best Play
Lansing State Journal Thespie Award – Best Actor (Rico Bruce Wade)

This Wonderful Life

November 25 – December 23, 2011

The return of a holiday classic!
Starring John Lepard in his award-winning role.

“Three stars, one small theatre: Williamston scores again!”
- Michael H. Margolin, EncoreMichigan.com

“performed in the finest tradition of live theater…a wonderful piece of theatrics…Lepard is brilliant…”
- Daniel Skora, New Monitor

Greater Tuna

2010-2011 Season

“…there is a freshness and spontaneity to the Williamston Theatre production that opened Friday night. It was almost as if the script were waiting for actors Wayne David Parker and Aral Gribble to team up to play the dozens of characters inhabiting Tuna, Texas.”
EncoreMichigan.com