2023-2024

Working: A Musical

Sep 21, 2023
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Oct 8, 2023

About The Show

Behind every job, there is a person with a story to tell. 

from the book by Studs Terkel

adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso

localized format conceived by Daniel C. Levine for ACT of CT

This beloved musical celebrates the search for meaning, satisfaction, and the dignity of earning a living. With the addition of original stories by the people who live right here in our community, this production stitches together a quilt of voices that share what it means to be living and working in Kalamazoo. Combining the Broadway polish of the original show with the stories of our neighbors, this production is a wholly unique theatrical experience – and a love letter to our community in Kalamazoo.

Tickets on sale:
September 13, 2023

Addy & Uno

Oct 28, 2023
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Nov 5, 2023

About The Show

The musical that inspires kids of all abilities to dream and dream big!

CONCEPT AND BOOK

Dr. Nava R. Silton

MUSIC AND LYRICS

Bonnie Gleicher

ADDY & UNO was originally produced Off Broadway by

Tom and Michael D’Angora

As Uno, a child with autism, faces the challenge of competing in his school's math competition, his friends with varying disabilities - ADHD, visual, hearing, and physical impairment - rally in support. Through puppets and soaring music, Addy & Uno is a heartfelt and hilarious journey celebrating hope, big dreams, and the beauty of differences.

Tickets on sale:
September 22, 2023

Run Time

50 minutes, no intermission.

Every Brilliant Thing

Nov 30, 2023
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Dec 17, 2023

About The Show

This holiday season, celebrate the irrepressible resilience of the human spirit!

WRITTEN BY

Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe

This one-character tour-de-force theatrical experience is as joyful as it is funny – an unforgettable theatrical experience that enlists you, the audience, to help tell a heartfelt story that uncovers the lengths we’ll go for someone we love and the capacity to find delight in the everyday.

Tickets on sale:
September 22, 2023

Run Time

70 minutes, no intermission.

Native Gardens

Jan 25, 2024
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Feb 11, 2024

About The Show

You can’t choose your neighbors.

By Karen Zacarías

Sharpen those garden shears! In this brilliant new comedy, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies that spiral into an all-out border dispute, exposing two couples’ notions of race, class, privilege ... and taste.

Tickets on sale:
November 30, 2023

Run Time

90 minutes, no intermission.

Skeleton Crew

Mar 7, 2024
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Mar 17, 2024

About The Show

At work, it’s all about trust. And survival.

By Dominique Morisseau

In 2008 Detroit, a small automotive factory is on the brink of foreclosure, and a tight knit family of workers hangs in the balance. With uncertainty everywhere, the line between blue collar and white collar becomes blurred, and this working family must reckon with their personal loyalties, their instincts for survival, and their ultimate hopes for humanity.

Tickets on sale:
November 30, 2023

Sondheim on Sondheim

Apr 25, 2024
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May 19, 2024

About The Show

His music. His story. His legacy.

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Conceived and directed on Broadway by James Lapine

Directed by Kathy Mulay with Music Direction by Chris Gray

In an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own glorious words and music as well as through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences will get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of the Father of the Modern Musical, Stephen Sondheim.

Tickets on sale:
March 7, 2024

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Jun 12, 2024
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Jun 23, 2024

About The Show

Winning (and losing) isn’t everything.

Music & Lyrics by William Finn

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman

An eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime, while candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives. In this beloved musical, six spellers enter; one speller leaves a champion! (At least the losers get a goodbye song and a juice box.)

Tickets on sale:
April 22, 2024

Run Time

90 minutes with no intermission.

School of Rock

Jul 17, 2024
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Jul 28, 2024

About The Show

WE SHALL TEACH ROCK ‘N’ ROLL TO THE WORLD!

Based on the Paramount movie by Mike White

Book by Julian Fellowes

Lyrics by Glenn Slater

New Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Farmers Alley Theatre closes its season by raising the roof off Festival Playhouse!!

Based on the hit movie, down on his luck, failed rocker Dewey Finn turns a class of awkward straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band – sensationally performed live by the production’s young actors every night.

Tickets on sale:
April 22, 2024

Run Time

Two hours and thirty minutes with a fifteen minute intermission.