You don't have to be Jewish to love Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids!
Jewish Theatre Grand Rapids has chosen wonderful productions
to share with you this season.
Though our productions may have Jewish content, they are always universal in appeal. Our goal is to enrich the Jewish experience in West Michigan,
while informing, educating, and engaging all our patrons. It's live theatre to learn, love and laugh with!
PERFORMANCES are mostly on Thursdays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 3 p.m. Some shows may also include a Wednesday 7:30 performance. We have a new online subscription and ticketing system. If the PURCHASE TICKETS button is enabled on the sidebar you may purchase tickets online for any of our productions at any time. Even Season Flex Pass holders may make show date and seat selections using our online ticketing portal.
Season Brochure Purchase a Season Pass
December 3, 5, 10, & 12 at 7:30 p.m
Dec 6 & 13 at 3:00
Written by by Alfred Uhry & Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Jason Marlett
Chronicles the wrongful conviction of Leo Frank for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan—and the heroic efforts by his wife Lucille to save her husband. Set in Georgia between 1913 and 1915, this Tony Award-winning musical features a large cast, spectacular music, and issues all too relevant a century later.
Feb 4, 6, 11 & 13 @7:30
Feb 7 & 14 @3:00
Written by by Arthur Miller
Directed by Bruce Tinker
Broken Glass is one of the best later plays by America’s most famous playwright, Auther Miller. Set in Brooklyn in 1938, the play follows Sylvia Gellburg, a Jewish housewife who suddenly finds herself paralyzed after obsessing over the grim news coming out of Europe
April 15, 17, 20, 27, 28, 29 & May 1 @7:30
April 18, 25 & May 2 @ 3:00
Written by Noa Lazer Keinan
Directed by TBD
Short Circuit, by Noa Lazar Keinan is an immersive presentation about the zany ways a husband and wife cope with having an autistic 5 year-old. Be prepared to take part in this funny and sensitive story at the Dog Story Theater, 340 State Street SE 49503.
June 10, 12, 17 & 19 @ 7:30 PM
June 13 & 20 @ 3:00 PM
Written by Matthew Libby
Directed by Pamela Steers
Pizza Bagels, by Matthew Libby follows two Jewish Italian families that are thrust together by a DNA matching website. It explores what happens when one’s self identity is turned upside down.