2023-24 Performance Season

The House Is Open.

The ticketed performance season includes nine fully staged productions and four major ensemble concerts, including the highly anticipated annual Collage Concert in January. These performances, on par with professional productions, showcase our extraordinary students and exceptional faculty. All ticket revenue supports future educational performance opportunities.

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!

Ticket Packages

SMTD Flex Series Packages will be on sale from July 10 until October 15.

Single-Ticket Sales begin August 15.

Please note: Tickets will also be available for the Men’s & Women’s Glee Club concerts and the annual Musical Theatre Senior Showcase; these performances are not eligible for purchase as part of the Flex Series package.

Ticketed Performances

A Grand Night for Singing

September 24 at 2:00 pm

University Choirs

Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating $20 (main floor) / $15 (main floor/mezz) / $8 (mezz/balcony)

An event highlighting all facets of singing at SMTD, including performances by the Department of Musical Theatre, University Opera Theatre, soloists, Chamber Choir, University Choir, Orpheus Singers, Women’s Glee Club, and Men’s Glee Club.

Intimate Apparel

September 28 & October 5 at 7:30 pm

September 29, 30, October 6 & 7 at 8:00 pm

October 1 & 8 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Theatre & Drama

Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Judith Moreland

Arthur Miller Theatre
General Admission by Floor $30
Students with ID $13

Guys and Dolls

October 5 & 12 at 7:30 pm

October 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 8:00 pm

October 8 & 15 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Musical Theatre

Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Book by Abe Burrows & Jo Swerling
Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon

Directed by Vincent J. Cardinal
Music Direction by Jason DeBord

Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating $35/$29
Students with ID $13

Band-O-Rama

October 22 at 4:00 pm

University Bands

Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating $20 (main floor) / $15 (main floor/mezz) / $8 (mezz/balcony)

An exciting evening featuring the U-M Concert Band, Symphony Band, and Michigan Marching Band.

Halloween Concert

October 29 at 4:00 pm

University Orchestras

Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating $20 (main floor) / $15 (main floor/mezz) / $8 (mezz/balcony)

An orchestra dressed in Halloween costumes, with a T-Rex as conductor

Orpheus in the Underworld (Orphée aux enfers)

November 2 at 7:30 pm

November 3 & 4 at 8:00 pm

November 5 at 2:00 pm

Department of Voice and University Symphony Orchestra

Operetta composed by Jacques Offenbach
Libretto by Hector Crémieux & Ludovic Halévy
Sung in French with dialogue in English
Directed by Mo Zhou
Conductor TBD

Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating $30/$24
Students w/ ID $13

Imogen Says Nothing

November 30 at 7:30 pm

December 1 & 2 at 8:00 pm

December 3 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Theatre & Drama

Written by Aditi Kapil
Directed by Malcolm Tulip

Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating $30/$24
Students w/ ID $13

Collage Concert

January 20 at 8:00 PM

SMTD

Hill Auditorium
Reserved Seating $35/$29/$18 (balcony only)
Students w/ ID $13

Features the incredible range of SMTD ensembles and departments performing one riveting work after another without pause. It’s a non-stop evening of virtuosic performances you won’t want to miss.

A violist wearing white and a dancer wearing black perform together on stage

Annual Dance Concert

February 1 at 7:30 pm

February 2 & 3 at 8:00 pm

February 4 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Dance

Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating $30/$24
Students w/ ID $13

Arbor Falls

February 15 at 7:30 pm

February 16 & 17 at 8:00 pm

February 18 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Theatre & Drama

Written by Caridad Svich
Directed by Tiffany Trent

Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating $30/$24
Students w/ ID $13

Elizabeth Cree

March 21 at 7:30 pm

March 22 & 23 at 8:00 pm

March 24 at 2:00 pm

Department of Voice and University Philharmonia Orchestra

Composed by Kevin Puts
Libretto by Mark Campbell
Sung in English
Conducted by Kirk Severtson
Directed by Gregory Keller

Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Reserved Seating $30/$24
Students w/ ID $13

The Cherry Orchard

April 4 & 11 at 7:30 pm

April 5, 6, 12 & 13 at 8:00 pm

April 7 & 14 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Theatre & Drama

Written by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Daniel Cantor

Arthur Miller Theatre
General Admission by Floor $30
Students with ID $13

Illustration in dark blue tones of a moonlit tree with a guitar sitting beneath it

A Little Night Music

April 18 at 7:30 pm

April 19 & 20 at 8:00 pm

April 21 at 2:00 pm

The Department of Musical Theatre

Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler

Director TBD
Music Direction by Catherine A. Walker

Power Center for the Performing Arts
Reserved Seating $35/$29
Students with ID $13

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SMTD Flex Series Packages

SMTD Flex Series Packages will be on sale from July 10 until October 15.

Single-Ticket Sales begin August 15.