Detroit Repertory Theatre is the oldest alternative professional theater in Michigan and produces shows with diverse casting ...

Adapted from information at www.detroitreptheatre.com/aboutus.htm. The Detroit Repertory Theatre is one of the country's few remaining neighborhood-based professional ...

Detroit Repertory Theatre co-founder Barbara Busby died on Tuesday, Aug. 16, the company announced Monday. The Detroit Rep has been a staple in the city’s theatre community since Busby and a ...

Detroit Repertory Theatre continues its exploration of legendary playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle with “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” a work especially well known to many since 2020 ...

August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone follow the same formula. Things are kind of weird and most characters in the play are trying to pretend like everything is ...

“Confederates” is a thought-provoking and timely play that highlights the ongoing struggle for equality faced by Black women. The play follows two Black women, Sarah, an enslaved woman during ...

The Detroit Repertory Theatre is Michigan’s longest running non-profit professional theatre. The Rep is known for its pioneer efforts in race, ethnic and gender transcendent casting and has ...

In a rundown Chicago recording studio in 1927, tempers rise and simmering conflicts erupt when the “Mother of the Blues” and her band record a set of jazz and blues standards. Fiery and ...

There is much to love and learn in “Confederates,” Detroit native and Tony-nominated playwright Dominique Morisseau’s thoughtful deep dive into racism and gender bias in the dual American ...