Our History
In the early 1970’s, a group of local friends recognized the need for families to participate in, and experience live theatre in their area. A place that would nurture talent, teach a variety of skills, entertain and excite audiences. Center Stage Theatre (Comstock Community Theatre) was born. A place for everyone to discover the love of theatre!
Within the first three years of operation, many people from the Greater Kalamazoo area began to participate and attend Center Stage productions. Center Stage Theatre remains focused on community, and encourages cast and crew to get their whole families involved with each show.
Center Stage is the only community theatre in the Kalamazoo area that invites everyone who auditions, and is willing to make the time commitment, into its large summer shows. It is common for each summers’ musical to have more than 100 cast and crew.
In addition to the large summer musicals, Center Stage produces smaller shows in the spring and fall of each year. Currently, the fall production is a children’s show performed by young people, while the spring performance is often by adults for adults. Center Stage has also had the privilege of partnering with Second Star from the Right Productions to produce musicals with local high school students whose schools do not have their own theatre programs.
Center Stage Theatre has been fortunate to have over 4,000 dedicated volunteers on the stage and behind the scenes. To this day, Center Stage Theatre is an all-volunteer organization that attracts some of the areas most talented volunteers. Without these dedicated volunteers, Center Stage could not have produced 40 seasons of wonderful memories!
THANK YOU!
| 8/74 | Aladdin Musical |
| 4/75 | Second Time Around |
| 8/75 | Oliver Musical |
| 10/75 | Cactus Flower |
| 2/76 | Ten Little Indians |
| 7/76 | Sound of Music |
| 10/76 | Man Who Came To Dinner |
| 2/77 | Barefoot in the Park |
| 7/77 | The Music Man |
| 10/77 | Dirty Works at the Crossroads |
| 2/78 | Meet My Ghost |
| 7/78 | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 10/78 | Butterflies Are Free |
| 2/79 | Godspell Musical |
| 7/79 | Hello Dolly |
| 11/79 | Ride, Ride Musical |
| 2/80 | Arsenic & Old Lace |
| 7/80 | Oklahoma |
| 10/80 | Dracula |
| 2/81 | Curious Savage |
| 7/81 | Wizard of Oz |
| 11/81 | Harvey |
| 2/82 | Miracle Worker |
| 7/82 | Li’L Abner |
| 11/82 | Star Spangled Girl |
| 7/83 | Oliver |
| 11/83 | Cheaper by the Dozen |
| 2/84 | Second Time Around |
| 7/84 | Peter Pan |
| 7/85 | Bye Bye Birdie |
| 11/85 | Death Trap |
| 2/86 | They’re Playing Our Song |
| 7/86 | Annie |
| 11/86 | Diary of Anne Frank |
| 2/87 | Evening with Gershwin |
| 7/87 | Sugar |
| 2/88 | Evening with Irving Berlin |
| 7/88 | The King and I |
| 11/88 | Dirty Works at the Crossroads |
| 3/89 | Evening with Rodgers & Hammerstein |
| 7/89 | Once Upon a Mattress |
| 11/89 | Cinderella |
| 3/90 | Arsenic & Old Lace |
| 7/90 | Grease |
| 11/90 | Snow White Musical |
| 3/91 | On Golden Pond |
| 7/91 | The Wiz |
| 11/91 | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp |
| 2/92 | Barefoot in the Park |
| 7/92 | Sound of Music (Last show at NEMS) |
| 11/92 | Auditorium Grand Opening Showcase |
| 12/92 | Winnie-the-Pooh (1st CCT show in new auditorium) |
| 2/93 | 1940’s Radio Hour |
| 7/93 | The Music Man |
| 10/93 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| 2/94 | Run For Your Wife |
| 7/94 | Annie Get Your Gun |
| 10/94 | The Hobbit |
| 2/95 | Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre |
| 7/95 | Kiss Me Kate |
| 10/95 | Rehearsal for Murder |
| 2/96 | The Fantastiks |
| 7/96 | Li’l Abner |
| 9/96 | Cinderella |
| 2/97 | Mid-Evel Mahem Dinner Theatre |
| 7/97 | Oklahoma |
| 10/97 | Harvey |
| 2/98 | Nunsense |
| 7/98 | Anything Goes |
| 10/98 | Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland |
| 2/99 | A Grand Night for Singing |
| 7/99 | Annie |
| 10/99 | Charlie Brown |
| 1/00 | Quiet On The Set Dinner Theatre |
| 7/00 | Oliver |
| 10/00 | Steel Magnolia’s |
| 07/01 | Babes in Arms |
| 01/02 | Goldilocks & The Three Bears(Plays-n-PJs) |
| 07/02 | Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| 01/03 | Little Red Riding Hood (Plays-n-PJs) |
| 07/03 | Peter Pan |
| 11/03 | Fairy Tale Courtroom (Plays-n-PJs) |
| 07/04 | Seussical the Musical |
| 02/05 | School House Rock |
| 07/05 | Wizard of Oz |
| 11/05 | Winnie-the-Pooh (Plays-n-PJs) |
| 07/06 | Grease |
| 11/06 | James and the Giant Peach (Plays-n-PJs) |
| 07/07 | Music Man |
| 10/07 | Aesop’s Falables |
| 07/08 | Footloose |
| 10/08 | Jungle Book |
| 02/09 | 35th Anniversary Celebration Showcase |
| 07/09 | Beauty and the Beast |
| 10/09 | Cinderella |
| 2/10 | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| 7/10 | Peter Pan |
| 10/10 | Alice in Wonderland |
| 3/11 | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 7/11 | Hairspray |
| 11/11 | Treasure Island |
| 2/12 | Once Upon a Time – a Storybook Musical Review |
| 7/12 | The Wedding Singer |
| 11/12 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| 7/13 | Seussical |
| 11/13 | OZ the Musical |
| 3/14 | 40th Anniversary Celebration |
| 7/14 | Shrek The Musical |
| 11/14 | There’s A Monster In My Closet |
| 7/15 | Mary Poppins |
| 11/15 | Aladdin Jr! |
| 07/16 | Addams Family, The Musical |
| 10/16 | Mulan, Jr. |
| 07/17 | Annie |
| 10/17 | Legend of Sleepy Hallow |
| 7/18 | Willy Wonka |
| 10/18 | Honk, Jr. |
| 7/19 | Wizard of Oz |
| Upcoming Productions | |
| 10/19 | Into the Woods, Jr. |