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2024-25 Season Performances

Here’s what our Theatre & Dance faculty and students have produced during previous seasons.

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A bright, illustrated poster features a large, menacing bear standing in a dark forest while a seated woman in silhouette looks toward it. The text highlights the play Exit, Pursued by a Bear with performance dates in November and ticket details at the bottom.

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

By Lauren Gunderson
Directed by William Irwin

  • Nov. 8, 9, 10
  • Nov. 15, 16, 17 

Nan has decided to teach her abusive husband, Kyle, a lesson.

With the help of her friend Simon (acting as her emotional — and actual — cheerleader) and a stripper named Sweetheart, she tapes Kyle to a chair and forces him to watch as they reenact scenes from their painful past.

For the grand finale, they plan to cover the room in meat and honey so Kyle will be mauled by a bear.

Through this night of emotional trials and ridiculous theatrics, Nan and Kyle are both freed from their past in this smart, dark revenge comedy about marriage, friendship, love, betrayal, taking a stand, and revenge that’s surprisingly uplifting, with a touch of delightfully overplanned, overthought and overdramatic vengeance.

Read a Review of UM-Flint’s Production of Exit, Pursued by a Bear
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A Year with Frog and Toad

Book and lyrics by Willie Reale
Music by Robert Reale
Based on books by Arnold Lobel
Directed by Stephanie Dean

  • March 21, 22, 23
  • March 28, 29, 30

Based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books, this whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons.

Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.

Part vaudeville, part make believe… all charm, A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons. The jazzy, upbeat score of A Year with Frog and Toad bubbles with melody and wit, making it an inventive, exuberant and enchanting musical, perfect for introducing theatre to youngsters while keeping adults entertained, as well.

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A dramatic poster shows a dark, open field with a long barbed wire fence in the foreground, set under a deep blue starry sky. The text at the top reads The Laramie Project, followed by credits to Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project, directed by Janet Haley. At the bottom, the performance dates of April 17, 18, and 19 are displayed, along with details about performances for high schools in March and April. The poster also provides ticket information and highlights the University of Michigan-Flint Theatre as the venue.

The Laramie Project

By Moisés Kaufman and Members of the Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by Janet Haley

  • April 17, 18, 19
  • Show available for booking at High Schools

In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay.

Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half, in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. The Laramie Project is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

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