2026-27 Performance Season
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Enjoy an extraordinary performance while supporting the next generation of professional performers at the beginning of their careers! Our ticketed performance season includes nine fully staged productions, one studio production, and four major ensemble concerts, including the highly anticipated annual Collage Concert in January.
These performances, on par with professional productions, showcase our exceptional students and renowned faculty. Best of all, the revenue generated by ticket sales directly supports future educational performance opportunities for all of our students.
Full 2026-27 Calendar of Events available beginning June 15, 2026
The majority of SMTD performances are free and open to the public. Join us for instrumental ensembles, choirs, dance showings, and more, with a broad range of repertoires and artistic influences. Mark your calendars to enjoy SMTD’s expertly-conducted performing groups and special events!
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Want to attend four or more different performances this year? With the SMTD Flex Series, you can get first access to the best seats, reduced ticket fees, and a 10% discount on your tickets (or $10 per ticket with the SMTD Student Flex Series). Simply add four or more qualifying performances* to your cart beginning June 2 (renewals begin on May 12).
Important Dates
- Early access for ticket package renewals begins May 12, 2026.
- Flex Series (and Student Flex Series) ticket packages go on sale June 2, 2026. Package sales will end January 23, 2027.
- Group sales (10 or more) begin July 21.
- Single ticket sales to the general public begin Thursday, July 30.
Groups
We love groups! Groups of 10 or more attending a single performance receive a discount: 20% off the ticket price (or, for groups of students, a price of $11 per ticket). We also waive our fees!
Our group sales are managed by UMS. To place your group order, contact our group sales desk at 734-763-3100 or [email protected] beginning July 21.
The Ticketed Performances
Ticket prices vary by production and venue. Please see the performance listing for more information. Some performances may have additional bulk purchase discounts; these will be listed under the performance information. For transparency, all prices listed include the box office ticket fee for purchasing online or over the phone; tickets purchased in person at the box office will have this fee waived. Tickets purchased as part of a Flex Series package have a single $8 flat fee for the entire order.
*Flex Series Exceptions: The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala, Men’s and Women’s Glee Club concerts, and the Musical Theatre Showcase are not eligible for the Flex Series discount. They can be purchased for full price in the same order where you purchase four qualifying performances.
*The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala
Presented by the Department of Voice & Opera
Matthew Thompson, director
Sunday | Sept. 27 at 4:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $11
*Not available for the Flex Series discount
The SeAH Korean Art Song Gala marks the first time that Korean song performance has been taught at U-M and is generously supported by the SeAH corporation and numerous campus entities: the Arts Initiative, the Jessye Norman Fund, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, the Nam Center for Korean Studies, and the Office of the President. Concert proceeds will be used to support future Korean Performing Arts Initiative events.
A Grand Night for Singing
University Choirs (with guests)
Eugene Rogers, director
Sunday | Oct. 4 at 4:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $11
Flex Series Price: $18 / $13.50 / $7.20
Join us for this annual celebration of singing! This popular concert showcases an array of choral and vocal music performed by the Chamber Choir, Orpheus Singers, University Choir, Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Glee Club, Department of Musical Theatre, and Department of Voice & Opera.
Student tickets are not available for this performance.
Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett
Written by Samuel Beckett
Presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Malcolm Tulip
Thursday | Oct. 1 & 8 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Oct. 2 & 3, 9 & 10 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Oct. 4 & 11 at 2:00 pm
Arthur Miller Theatre
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $35 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $27 / $10 Student Tickets
In this series of short plays, which were written in the mid-20th century, Samuel Beckett plays with language, settings, repetition, and relationships to find the ridiculous underpinnings of life, death, and everything else.
Come from Away
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Presented by the Department of Musical Theatre
Directed by Vincent J. Cardinal
Music Direction by Cynthia Kortman Westphal
Wednesday & Thursday | Oct. 8, 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Oct. 9, 10, 16 & 17 at 8:00 pm
Saturday | Oct. 10 at 2:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Sunday | Oct. 11 & 18 at 2:00 pm
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $40 / $34 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $31.50 / $26.10 / $10 Student Tickets
Come From Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music, an open bar, and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
Band-O-Rama
University Bands
Jason Fettig, director
Sunday | Oct. 25 at 4:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $11
Flex Series Price: $18 / $13.50 / $7.20
In this rousing, unforgettable event, the Concert, Symphony, and Marching Bands team up for an energetic celebration of band music live on the stage of Hill Auditorium.
Student tickets are not available for this performance.
Halloween Concert
University Orchestras
Kenneth Kiesler, artistic director
Saturday | Oct. 31 at 2:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $11
Flex Series Price: $18 / $13.50 / $7.20
This popular and family-friendly tradition brings together the University Symphony and University Philharmonia Orchestras for a musical celebration of the spooky season.
Student tickets are not available for this performance.
La Rondine (The Swallow)
Presented by the Department of Voice & Opera
With the University Symphony Orchestra
Thursday | Nov. 5 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Nov. 6 & 7 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Nov. 8 at 2:00 pm
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included) $35 / $29 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $27 / $21.60 / $10 Student Tickets
Sung in Italian with English supertitles
Music by Giacomo Puccini
Libretto by Giuseppe Adami
Conducted by Kirk Severtson
Directed by Stephanie Havey
La Rondine is a bittersweet comedy from one of the best-loved composers of Italian opera. The story follows the love life of courtesan Magda, who flies away from her wealthy, pampered life with the unromantic Rombaldo in favor of a passionate affair with the younger (and poorer) Ruggero – disguising her identity as she does so. When two visitors from her past appear, Magda must wrestle with the question of who she truly is and what she wants.
*Men's Glee Club
Conducted by Matthew Abernathy
Friday | Nov. 6 at 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $8
*Not available for the Flex Series discount
Be a part of this storied tradition! The Men’s Glee Club – the oldest student organization on campus – entertains audiences of all ages with its annual concerts in the fall and spring.
*Women's Glee Club
Conducted by Julie Skadsem
Saturday | Nov. 14 at 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included) $25 / $20 / $8
*Not available for the Flex Series discount
Join us for joyous celebrations of choral music as this beloved student organization continues years of tradition with their annual concerts in the fall and spring.
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Written by Moisés Kaufman
Presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Halena Kays
Thursday | Nov. 19 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Nov. 20 & 21 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Nov. 22 at 2:00 pm
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $35 / $29 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $27 / $21.60 / $10 Student Tickets
Playwright Moisés Kaufman, the Tony- and Emmy-nominated playwright behind The Laramie Project, uses trial transcripts, personal correspondence, interviews, and other source materials to tell the story of the downfall of Oscar Wilde, whose artistic genius has long been overshadowed by the scandal surrounding his imprisonment.
Collage Concert
Saturday | Jan. 23 at 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $40 / $34 / $23 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $31.50 / $26.10 / $16.20 / $10 Student Tickets
Don’t miss this extraordinary one-night-only event! The Collage Concert highlights the incredible range of SMTD ensembles and programs, with students performing one riveting work after another without pause.
University of Michigan Dance Company 2027
Presented by the Department of Dance
Artistic Direction by Jillian Hopper
Thursday | Feb. 11 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Feb. 12 & 13 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Feb. 14 at 2:00 pm
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $20 / $13
Flex Series Price: $13.50 / $9
The University of Michigan Dance Company presents a broad spectrum of contemporary dance practices performed by students in the Department of Dance. Featuring the work of four choreographers: Professor Shannon Gillen, Professor Amy West, and guest artists Kim Jones and Kia Smith.
McNeal
Written by Ayad Akhtar
Presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama
Directed by Geoff Packard
Thursday | Feb. 25 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Feb. 26 & 27 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Feb. 28 at 2:00 pm
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $35 / $29 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $27 / $21.60 / $10 Student Tickets
Author Jacob McNeal has finally achieved his dream: The Nobel Prize for Literature, and all the trappings that come with it. But McNeal himself threatens to spiral into disaster as he delves deeper into his use of AI to tell stories that might not be his to tell.
Much Ado About Nothing
Written by William Shakespeare
Department of Musical Theatre Studio Production
Directed by Jess Bogart
Thursday | Feb. 25 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Feb. 26 & 27 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Feb. 28 at 2:00 pm
Arthur Miller Theatre
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $18 / $10 Student Tickets
Department of Musical Theatre students perform a non-musical studio production of Much Ado About Nothing, one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved and oft-performed comedies.
Opera (Title TBD)
Presented by the Department of Voice & Opera
Thursday | Apr. 1 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Apr. 2 & 3 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Apr. 4 at 2:00 pm
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included) $35 / $29 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $27 / $21.60 / $10 Student Tickets
The Department of Voice & Opera’s spring selection, a fully produced opera, will be announced later in the season.
Murakami by the Sea
an original work inspired by the work of Haruki Murakami
Presented by the Department of Theatre & Drama
Devised & Directed by Tzveta Kassabova with the cast
Thursday | Apr. 8 & 15 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Apr. 9 & 10, 16 & 17 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Apr. 11 & 18 at 2:00 pm
Arthur Miller Theatre
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $35 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $27 / $10 Student Tickets
Murakami by the Sea is a full-length devised work inspired by novels and short stories by Haruki Murakami (the award-winning Japanese writer of Kafka on the Shore, among many others). The production bridges the gap between the genres of visual art, music, theatre, and movement.
*Women's Glee Club
Conducted by Julie Skadsem
Saturday | Apr. 10 at 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $8
*Not available for the Flex Series discount
*Men's Glee Club
Conducted by Matthew Abernathy
Saturday | Apr. 17 at 8:00 pm
Hill Auditorium
General Admission by Floor
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $25 / $20 / $8
*Not available for the Flex Series discount
An American in Paris
Book by Craig Lucas
Music & Lyrics by George & Ira Gershwin
Presented by the Department of Musical Theatre
Thursday | Apr. 22 at 7:30 pm
Friday & Saturday | Apr. 23 & 24 at 8:00 pm
Sunday | Apr. 25 at 2:00 pm
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $40 / $34 / $16 Student Tickets
Flex Series Price: $31.50 / $26.10 / $10 Student Tickets
Inspired by the Academy Award-winning 1951 film, this new stage musical features a ravishing score by George and Ira Gershwin and a fresh, sophisticated book by Craig Lucas. The show’s timeless musical numbers include “I Got Rhythm,” “’S Wonderful,” “But Not for Me,” “The Man I Love,” “Shall We Dance?,” and “I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise.”
*Musical Theatre Senior Showcase
Department of Musical Theatre
Sunday | May 9 at 4:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating
Single Ticket Price (fees included): $37
*Not available for the Flex Series discount
The annual Musical Theatre Senior Showcase is an unforgettable revue of performances by the graduating class of the Department of Musical Theatre.
Student tickets are not available for this performance.
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SMTD Flex Series Packages
SMTD Flex Series Packages will be on sale from June 2, 2026 until January 23, 2027.
Single ticket sales begin Thursday, July 30.