WE’RE EXCITED TO SHARE A SEASON INSPIRED BY FILM, TELEVISION, AND LITERATURE.

To celebrate 98 years of Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, we’re kicking off the season in a sparkly and spooky fashion on Friday the 13th of September with a cult classic more than 50 years old, and in June we’re wrapping up with the ground-breaking and history-making Sara Barielles musical making its Michigan community theatre premiere. In between you’ll find a special engagement for Young Audiences with an entirely “Pick Your Price” run, a beloved musical classic and a wild and witty mystery – both never before seen on the Civic stage, a teen story of rivalry and friendship, the West Michigan community theatre premiere of a powerful tale of personal awakening based on a beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, and the return of the Ten For All playwriting festival.

PRESENTING THE 2024/25 GRAND RAPIDS CIVIC THEATRE SEASON:

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW. THE FASTER YOU PURCHASE, THE MORE YOU SAVE.

Did you know you can save hundreds of dollars on your theatre tickets by purchasing Flex Passes for your friends and family? 

Flex Passes come in 4-ticket and 6-ticket packages, and are good for any seat at any mainstage show* in the 2024/25 Season. Save between $42 and $55 off regular FLEX prices when you take advantage of our 24 HOUR FLASH SALE through March 6, or save $20-$25 with our Early Bird sale!

Take a look at this comparison chart to see the cost of a Tier 1 Ticket based on how you purchase:

*Excludes A Year With Frog and Toad TYA, and Ten For All, which is a Civic Special Event; details and ticketing info to be announced at a later date. Note: Disney’s Camp Rock may be included at the Passholder’s discretion, but is only at an advantage in terms of value during the Flash Sale.

FLEX PASSHOLDER BENEFITS

• Education Discount
  • Passholders receive $10 off on classes 
• Exclusive Online Merch / Limited Time Merch Item
  • Passholders receive early access to our online only merch shop, including a limited time only design
• Concessions Discount
  • Passholders receive $1 off concession purchase totals with the presentation of their Passholder card
• Community Deals
  • Passholders receive surprise local GR discounts 
• Social Perks
  • Join us for special pop-up moments in our lobby or box office throughout the season 
• Priority Seating
  • Passholders can reserve their seats first, long before individual tickets go on sale

IT’S OUR GOAL TO MAKE THEATRE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.

CLICK HERE to learn about our programs and resources, and scroll through the show descriptions below to mark your calendar for special performances in the 2024/25 Season. Our accessible programming and resources are sponsored in part by Steelcase. 

WE SERVE BEER, WINE, AND SPECIALITY BEVERAGES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

Arrive at Grand Rapids Civic Theatre on select performance dates 60 minutes before curtain to purchase your beer, wine, and specialty beverages in the lower lobby. And yes – you can enjoy your drink inside the theatre while you watch the show and return to Stage Door Drinks + Libations during intermission (where applicable)! All beverages from Stage Door Drinks + Libations will come in a reusable souvenir cup! Return with your glass to other Stage Door Drinks + Libations nights throughout the season and get a discount when you re-use your cup. See the show descriptions below for dates, and mark your calendar to join us!

In this cult classic more than 50 years old, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.” Music, lyrics and book by Richard O‘Brien. This production of The Rocky Horror Show is a Grand Rapids Civic Theatre first!

Rated: R for adult language and sexually explicit content

Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals | concordtheatricals.com

Dates: September 13 – October 6, 2024 (Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm; Friday, September 27th at 11:30pm)

Sponsor: West Michigan Toyota Dealers

Accessible Programming: Audio Described and ASL Interpreted Performance with pre-show Touch Tour: Saturday, September 21; Relaxed Environment Performance: Wednesday, September 18; Pick Your Price Wednesday: all Wednesday performances.

Stage Door Drinks + Libations: Friday and Saturday, September 27 and 28

Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe… all charm.

Grand Rapids Civic Theatre is excited to invite Young Audiences to experience A Year With Frog and Toad: a tale of friendship that endures throughout the seasons.  An entire run of “Pick Your Price” performances allows the community to experience live theatre – maybe for the very first time –  with a manageable price point that YOU decide.

A Year With Frog and Toad is based on the books by Arnold Lobel, Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale, Music by Robert Reale.

Rated: G for the whole family

A Year with Frog and Toad TYA is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Dates: October 15 – 19, 2024 (School Matinees on October 15 and October 17 at 10:00am and 12:30pm, Public Performances on October 17 and October 18 at 7:00pm, October 19 at 2:00pm)

Sponsor: A Year With Frog and Toad is available for sponsorship. For information, contact Kimberly Vincent, Director of Development, at k.vincent@grct.org.

Accessible Programming: Pick Your Price for the entire run: The amount you pay is based on what you are able and willing to give the production, whether that is the cost of a small coffee or the bill for a large dinner. The important thing to us is that we are able to share live art with you, without the burden of a price point. 

One of the world’s best-known and meow-velous musicals! The Jellicle Cats come out to play on one special night of the year – the night of the Jellicle Ball. One by one they tell their stories for the amusement of Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, who must choose one of the Cats to ascend to The Heaviside Layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Based on Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot.

Rated: G for the whole family

Cats is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals | concordtheatricals.com

Dates:   November 15 – December 15, 2024 (Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Saturdays* Sundays at 2:00pm. *Saturday matinee performances begin November 23)

Sponsor: Smith Haughey Rice & Roegge

Accessible Programming: Audio Described and ASL Interpreted Performance with pre-show Touch Tour: Saturday, November 23; Relaxed Environment Performance: Wednesday, November 20; Pick Your Price Wednesday: all Wednesday performances.

Stage Door Drinks + Libations: Saturday, December 7

Mix an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel by John Buchan, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit adapted by Patrick Barlow. This entertaining play features a riotous blend of nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!

Rated: PG for some mild adult themes and violence

The 39 Steps is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals | concordtheatricals.com

Dates: January 17 – February 2, 2025  (Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm)

Sponsor: The 39 Steps is available for sponsorship. For information, contact Kimberly Vincent, Director of Development, at k.vincent@grct.org.

Accessible Programming: Audio Described and ASL Interpreted Performance with pre-show Touch Tour: Saturday, January 25; Relaxed Environment Performance: Wednesday, January 22; Pick Your Price Wednesday: all Wednesday performances.

Stage Door Drinks + Libations: Friday and Saturday, January 31 and February 1

A classic story of rivalry and power, Disney’s Camp Rock The Musical opens with Mitchie and her friends arriving at Camp Rock, ready to spend another summer jamming out and having the time of their lives. But the new, flashy Camp Star across the lake now threatens Camp Rock’s very existence. To keep the doors open, Mitchie steps up, rallies her fellow Camp Rockers and gets them into top shape for the ultimate showdown! Book by Faye Greenberg, Robert L. Freedman. Songs by Adam Watts, Andy Dodd, Kara DioGuardi, Mitch Allen, Matthew Gerrard, Robbie Nevil, Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman, Dapo Torimiro, Lyrica Anderson, Antonina Armato, Tim James, Thomas Sturges,Toby Gad, Kovasciar Myvette, Aaron Dudley, Steve Rushton, Jamie Houston, Adam Anders, Nikki Hassman, Peer Astrom, Greg Wells. Music Adapted, Arranged, Orchestrated and Produced by David Lawrence. Based on the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam written by Dan Berendsen, Karin Gist & Regina Hicks and on characters created by Karin Gist & Regina Hicks and Julie Brown & Paul Browne.

Rated: G for the whole family

Disney’s Camp Rock The Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI

Dates: February 28 – March 16 (Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm; Matinee only on  March 1 and 15)

Sponsor: Disney’s Camp Rock is available for sponsorship. For information, contact Kimberly Vincent, Director of Development, at k.vincent@grct.org.

Accessible Programming: Audio Described and ASL Interpreted Performance with pre-show Touch Tour: Saturday, March 8; Relaxed Environment Performance: Wednesday, March 5; Pick Your Price Wednesday: all Wednesday performances.

Stage Door Drinks + Libations: Saturday, March 15

The Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of a woman who, through love, finds the strength to triumph over adversity and discover her unique voice in the world. This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, The Color Purple is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love and a celebration of life. With a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s production of The Color Purple is a West Michigan community theatre premiere.

RATED: PG-13 due to some violence including domestic abuse, adult language, use of alcohol, and sexual situations.

The Color Purple is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide  (TRW). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by TRW. 

Dates: April 18 – May 4, 2025, Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm, Saturday May 3 at 2:00pm. No Matinee on Easter Sunday, April 20.

Sponsor: Warner Norcross + Judd

Accessible Programming: Audio Described and ASL Interpreted Performance with pre-show Touch Tour: Saturday, April 26; Relaxed Environment Performance: Wednesday, April 23; Pick Your Price Wednesday: all Wednesday performances.

Stage Door Drinks + Libations: Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3

Back for its 5th year, the Ten For All festival will once again present original world premiere 10-minute plays written by West Michigan playwrights. Plays are anonymously read and scored and the top Semi-Finalist scripts in each category are read live on stage. Those Semi-Finalists are then adjudicated by local theatre experts and media and business leaders and then one finalist in each category is named. The finalists’ plays are then fully produced, staged, and performed during the premiere event, and audience members vote to give one playwright the coveted “Audience Choice” Award.

*Note: Ten For All is a Civic Special Event; dates, pricing, and ticketing details to be released at a later date.

Rating pending based on submitted content.

Brought to life on Broadway by a groundbreaking all-female creative team, Waitress features original music and lyrics by six-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, and a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson. Waitress is inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s beloved film and offers a special recipe for finding happiness in unexpected places. Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. Faced with an unexpected pregnancy, Jenna fears she may have to abandon the dream of opening her own pie shop… until a baking contest in a nearby county and the town’s handsome new doctor offer her a tempting recipe for happiness. Supported by her quirky crew of fellow waitresses and loyal customers, Jenna summons the secret ingredient she’s been missing all along — courage. Grand Rapids Civic Theatre’s production of Waitress is a Michigan community theatre premiere.

RATED: PG-13 due to some violence including domestic abuse, adult language, use of alcohol, and sexual situations.

Waitress is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Dates: June 6 – 29, 2025, Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm

Sponsor: Hungerford 

Accessible Programming: Audio Described and ASL Interpreted Performance with pre-show Touch Tour: Saturday, June 14; Relaxed Environment Performance: Wednesday, June 11; Pick Your Price Wednesday: all Wednesday performances.

Stage Door Drinks + Libations: Friday and Saturday, June 20 and 21

Early Access Flex Sale Pricing: 3/5/24 – 6/30/24

Regular Flex Pricing: 7/1/24 – 11/30/24

Single Tickets On Sale: 7/09/24

Last Day to Purchase Flex Passes: 11/30/24

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