Detroit Repertory Theatre
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Detroit Repertory Theatre is a regional theatre
located at 13103 Woodrow Wilson in Detroit, Michigan
with a seating capacity of 194. The theatre began as a touring company in 1957 and performed throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvnania, before it established itself on Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Detroit in 1963. It survived the race riots of 1967 and was, for a time during the 1970s, the only fully professional non-profit theatre in Detroit. The theatre averages about 60,000 admissions each year.
Among the world premieres to open at Detroit Rep is Jacob M. Appel
's Arborophilia
in 2006 and Causa Mortis
in 2009. William Roetzheim
selected Appel's Causa Mortis for inclusion in Regional Best 2011
as one of the nine top plays to premiere at regional theaters during the 2009-10 season.
Regional theatre in the United States
Regional theaters, or resident theaters, in the United States are professional or semi-professional, theater companies that produce their own seasons. The term regional theatre most often refers to professional theatres outside of New York City...
located at 13103 Woodrow Wilson in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
with a seating capacity of 194. The theatre began as a touring company in 1957 and performed throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvnania, before it established itself on Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Detroit in 1963. It survived the race riots of 1967 and was, for a time during the 1970s, the only fully professional non-profit theatre in Detroit. The theatre averages about 60,000 admissions each year.
Among the world premieres to open at Detroit Rep is Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel is an American author, bioethicist and social critic. He is best known for his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and euthanasia....
's Arborophilia
Arborophilia
Arborophilia is a play by Jacob M. Appel, about a woman whose daughters have both vexed her in love: one is dating a Republican and the other has fallen in love with a poplar tree....
in 2006 and Causa Mortis
Causa Mortis
Causa Mortis is a satiric play by Jacob M. Appel that lampoons the modern medical establishment. The plot focuses on a woman, Eleanor, whose brain surgeon has accidentally left his watch in her skull. Her daughters urge her to have the timepiece extracted before it harms her, but every surgeon...
in 2009. William Roetzheim
William Roetzheim
William Roetzheim is an American poet, publisher and playwright. He is the editor of the Regional Best series anthology of American plays.Roetzheim has published 17 books, including the poetry collection, Thoughts I Left Behind, and more than one hundred scholarly articles. His dramatic works...
selected Appel's Causa Mortis for inclusion in Regional Best 2011
Regional Best 2011
Regional Best 2011 is a volume in the Regional Best anthology series, edited by William Roetzheim, that honors the best plays to premiere at major regional and LORT theaters in the United States each year.-Plays included:...
as one of the nine top plays to premiere at regional theaters during the 2009-10 season.