Avondale Theatre Company Says Goodbye to Longtime Teacher, Mentor, and Theater Director The Avondale Theatre Company, Avondale High School’s award-winning drama troupe, is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the retirement of its longtime teacher and director Edmond Guay by bringing hundreds of past, present, and future onstage and backstage thespians together for one huge night of musical theatre magic this Saturday, June 24 with a special presentation of Children of Eden at the Avondale … [Read more...]
Avondale High School Theatre Company Presents The Fantasticks
The Avondale Theatre Company, Avondale High School’s award-winning drama troupe, is set to open its 2016-2017 theater season with a unique and updated staging of one of the greatest American musicals of all time, The Fantasticks for three performances, November 3, 4, and 5 at 7:35 p.m. at the Avondale Performing Arts Centre in Auburn Hills. Written by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, The Fantasticks, spins a musical trip into wonder and tells the tale of a boy, a girl, two sets of parents and a … [Read more...]
Sweet Nothing in My Ear at Avondale High
Avondale High School theatre troupe presents Sweet Nothing in My Ear The Avondale Theatre Company (ATC), Avondale High School’s award-winning drama troupe, continues its highly challenging season focusing on the clash of cultures and the unity of family by staging Stephen Sachs’ powerful and poignant play Sweet Nothing in My Ear for the annual Michigan Interscholastic Forensics Association Theatre Festival and the ATC/Boosters Dessert Theatre on February 5. Sweet Nothing in My Ear serves … [Read more...]
Avondale Brings “Hairspray” to the Stage and Celebrates Music, Dance, Big Hair and Racial Tolerance All at the, Same Time
The Avondale Theatre Company, Avondale High School's award-winning drama troupe, continues its bold and experimental season by going to extremes once again and taking on one of the most successful Tony-winning shows in recent history, the musical "Hairspray," for four performances, Fridays and Saturdays, April 29, 30, and May 6, 7. Performances will be at 7:35 p.m. at the Avondale Performing Arts Centre in Auburn Hills. With book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics … [Read more...]