Parallel 45 Theatre returns to the Glen Arbor Arts Center (GAAC) with a dose of magical realism. A performance of “Smokefall” takes place on Wednesday, March 22, at 6 pm in the GAAC main gallery. Tickets are $10. Seating is by reservation and limited.
Beatrix Hills, a 13-year-old actor from Suttons Bay, won’t just get to perform in the play “Ugly, A New Pop Musical”—which is based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Ugly Duckling”—she and other youth actors get to write, direct and choreograph the show.
The nonprofit Parallel 45 Theatre Festival, celebrating its 11th year, has announced record early demand for tickets as northern Michigan audiences signal a strong desire to reconnect with live performances. Since launching just weeks ago, over 20 percent of available seating has already been sold, with four months left before Opening Night.
Parallel 45 Theatre performs a staged reading of The Thanksgiving Play, a contemporary, comedic satire about the beloved national holiday, on Feb. 13, at 7:30 pm at the Glen Arbor Arts Center, 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor.
Parallel 45, a new professional theatre company, performing at a state-of-the-art, outdoor stage on the grounds of the rejuvenated Traverse City Civic Center, has strong roots in Leelanau County.