Performance Network - Ann Arbor

The Performance Network Theatre, founded in 1981, was a nonprofit professional Actors' Equity theatre company, featuring Off-Broadway quality productions in a 139 seat theatre located at 120 E. Huron Street in downtown Ann Arbor.

Entrance to Performance Network Theatre at 120 E. Huron.

In December 2015, the management announced that it was closing its doors at the end of the year, following several years of financial and administrative upheaval.

Sources

Website: http://performancenetwork.org

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_Network_Theatre

In the news

Local artists and cultural leaders respond to Performance Network's closure announcement – MLive, Dec. 19, 2015
Ann Arbor's Performance Network closing after this weekend – Detroit Free Press, Dec. 18, 2015
After 34 years, Performance Network Theatre will close its doors – MLive, Dec. 18, 2015
Performance Network must raise $50k in 45 days to stay open – MLive, Oct. 14, 2015
After one year, Performance Network's new management team is 'cautiously optimistic' – MLive, Sept. 8, 2015
Performance Network's board of directors' open letter, one year after 'suspending operations' – MLive, May 22, 2015
Performance Network Theatre, under new management, announces new 2014-15 season – MLive, July 23, 2014
Performance Network Theatre's Board of Directors vote unanimously to install new management team – MLive, July 19, 2014
Ann Arbor's Performance Network Theatre says it's back in business – Detroit Free Press, July 16, 2014
Ex-Performance Network artists hold town hall meeting – MLive, May 29, 2014
Performance Network Theatre's Board of Directors, and artists, seek solutions after Thursday's sudden closing – MLive, May 24, 2014
Ann Arbor's Performance Network Theatre suspends operations – Detroit Free Press, May 23, 2014
Performance Network Theatre's Board of Directors suspends operations – MLive, May 22, 2014
Performance Network Theatre Shuts Doors – The Ann Arbor Chronicle, May 22, 2014
Community invests in Performance Network Theatre – Michigan Daily, Oct. 17, 2013
Erin Sabo joins Performance Network Theatre as new managing director – Heritage Newspapers, June 8, 2012
Performance Network's 'Mars' is one spacey odyssey – Detroit News, March 2010

A bright, energetic ensemble directed by Tony Caselli captures all the zany charm of Michigan-born Zettelmaier's tale about a group of radio actors taken in by the faux-terror of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama "The War of the Worlds."

Gay Marriage Is Rocked by Sweet Revelations in Geoffrey & Jeffrey Beginning Nov. 6 – Playbill News, November 2008

Kim Carney's new warm comedy, Geoffrey & Jeffrey, inspired by the longtime partnership of a beloved and much-missed local artist, gets its world premiere Nov. 6 at Performance Network in Ann Arbor, MI.