The GhostLight is thrilled be in the third year of their YA (Young Adult) theatre training program. The program will culminate in a mid-summer fully staged production. Students aged 13-19 interested in studying the theatrical arts including acting, stagecraft, set design, costuming, light and sound design, should apply. This is a FREE program with the goal being to develop the theater skills of participants throughout the summer of 2026. The GhostLight will offer different masterclasses in multiple areas, as well as offer development and apprenticeship possibilities. 

Directed by Lari Lawrence-Gist

A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatre goers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world.

The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down and out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II's out of this world origins and intent towards global domination!

One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows, Little Shop Of Horrors, the charmingly tongue-in-cheek comedy has been produced worldwide.

Gut Instinct is an improvisational comedy team in Southwest Michigan. Eschewing the safety of a script, Gut Instinct relies on audience suggestions to inspire scenes that are made up on the spot, with hilarious results!

Using games and structures familiar to anyone who has seen Whose Line Is It Anyway, every Gut Instinct show is a beautiful and unique snowflake – completely different!

Directed by Matt Hawkins

Starring Stacy Stoltz

Direct from Broadway, playwright Heidi Schreck's boundary-breaking play breathes new life into our Constitution and imagines how it will shape the next generation of Americans.

Fifteen year old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.

Schreck's timely and galvanizing play, directed by Oliver Butler, became a sensation off-Broadway before transferring to Broadway where it received two Tony Award nominations among countless other accolades. The New York Times hailed What the Constitution Means to Me as "not just the best play to open on Broadway so far this season, but also the most important."

Join us September 24 to October 4, 2026, when over 100,000 film lovers across the world will unite in over 500 cities on six continents for one reason...to view and vote on the Finalists' Films in the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

If creating short films is about getting your work out there...then nothing else quite compares to MANHATTAN SHORT.

Directed by Caroline Neff

Trust is tricky. You enter working relationships and it's unprofessional not to offer it. When you feel your trust challenged, you convince yourself that you're the problem. And some people take advantage of that. Fola is an MFA directing grad student stepping into a mid-year review with their advisor. What happens when you record a professional meeting and you don't tell the other? And what do you do when you record something really incriminating? This is a play about the degradation of trust

Gut Instinct is an improvisational comedy team in Southwest Michigan. Eschewing the safety of a script, Gut Instinct relies on audience suggestions to inspire scenes that are made up on the spot, with hilarious results!

Using games and structures familiar to anyone who has seen Whose Line Is It Anyway, every Gut Instinct show is a beautiful and unique snowflake – completely different!

Join us as we celebrate 2026 and announce our 2027 Season!

Directed by Paige Mulick

Winner of the Tony "Triple Crown" for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart.

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The laugh-out-loud musical tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton, who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that, although the residents seem nice, it's clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together, Princeton and his new-found friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

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Filled with gut-busting humor and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favorite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good, and life lessons are learned.