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State Rep. Kathy Schmaltz is advocating for a $30,000 grant through the state budget process to support youth-access programs at the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea. If approved, the funding would support two initiatives designed to make live theater … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Caitlin Cavannaugh for the information in this story.) The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) recently announced the spring production of its 35th season, “Murder on the Links” a Michigan-premiere murder mystery comedy by Steven … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Caitlin Cavannaugh for the information in this story and Purple Rose Theatre for the graphic.) Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre has partnered with Serendipity Books for “Murder at the Bookstore,” Sunday, March 22, from … Read more
By Crystal Hayduk “The Classic King,” a comedy now playing at the Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC), is about the owner of a used car dealership and his two salesmen who are trying to earn a living doing what they … Read more
The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) announces the winter production of their 35th season, “The Classic King” a world-premiere comedy by Richard Johnson. Tickets are on sale now. In paying tribute to timeless automobiles, “The Classic King” paints a comic … Read more
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By Crystal Hayduk In “Norma and Wanda,” two sisters stumble into a scandalous mess involving a former high school boyfriend, while simply trying to support each other as only family can. Preparing for a holiday church social, gathering supplies to … Read more
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The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) announces the first production of its 35th season, “Norma & Wanda” a 20th Anniversary production of the comedy by Jeff Daniels, which originally premiered at The Purple Rose in 2005. Tickets are on sale … Read more
By Crystal Hayduk Are freedom and prison defined merely by which side of a threshold one resides on? Freedom isn’t free, but what price is too high? Does independence mean answering to nobody? As difficult as these topics are for … Read more
Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea has partnered with Cascades Humane Society of Jackson, Michigan for six Adoption Nights, in which the public can adopt animals at the theatre. The idea was inspired by The Purple Rose’s upcoming … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Caitlin Cavannaugh for the information in this story.) The Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) announces the final production of their 34th season, “Bert & Trixie Visit the Vet” a World Premiere comedy written … Read more
By Crystal Hayduk “Family” can mean a hundred things at once. Playwright Paul Stroili has written a story with quite a few of those different meanings for family in “My Mother and the Michigan/Ohio War.” The Michigan/Ohio War, you ask? … Read more
(Chelsea Update would like to thank Lorna Tackwell for the information in this story.)
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