‘Game, Set, Match’ is a Win at Tipping Point →

“Caitlin Cavannaugh plays Abby, the tennis pro, who, wink wink, is having a terrible time finding a “match.” Cavannaugh is marvelous at taking Spada’s very good dialogue writing and applying her talent for comedic timing we have seen from her time and time again. What Spada gets wonderfully right in her play is that she knows how to bake the humor into her writing, rather than going for sit-com jokes begging for a laugh-track like established hack writers who have somehow found financial success in today’s theatre world. Her writing gives the actors all the tools they need to shine.”

Oakland Press Reviews A Doll's House, Part 2 at Tipping Point

excerpt: “Directed by Kate Peckham, the 90-minute production (no intermission) is well-paced, with the characters’ movements delineating the scenes. The entire play takes place in the simple yet beautifully appointed sitting room of Nora’s former home, designed by Monica Essen. Period costumes are by Shelby Newport, with lighting by Neil Koivu and sound design by Sonja Marquis.

As for the social issues, while married women have more legal rights than they did in 1879, the question remains whether things have really changed on a more fundamental level. Experience has taught us that women cannot “have it all.” So, when something has to give, who typically does the giving? Are we softer on men who walk out on their marriages and children than we are on women who do the same thing?

“A Doll’s House, Part 2” raises these and other discussion-worthy questions, and this outstanding production provides the perfect opportunity to start the conversation.” Read the full review here: https://www.theoaklandpress.com/entertainment/th-century-feminist-protagonist-returns-in-a-doll-s-house/article_0e4ad264-eb7b-11e9-a60a-9bd52d30a83f.html

Ripcord is sold out for the whole run! Great reviews too!

John Monaghan's Detroit Free Press Review: https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/arts/2018/04/05/ripcord-review-tipping-point-theatre-northville/483492002/  "I am now happy to report that “Ripcord,” which continues through April 22, exceeds all expectations. Director James R. Kuhl assembles some of the best elements of the metro Detroit theater community to bring to life a clever script by David Lindsay-Abaire that bristles with humor, energy and genuine human compassion. I haven’t  laughed and cried this much at the same play in years"

 

Roy Sexton's Encore Michigan review: https://www.encoremichigan.com/2018/03/attention-must-be-paid-to-tipping-points-ripcord/ "they wear some kicky resort clothes (think Golden Girls with better tailoring and fewer shoulder pads … fun costume design by Shelby Newport" 

New York Times covers Public Enemy: Flint

"The actors came to Flint from theater companies around the country in collaboration with Flint community organizers. They rehearsed together in Flint for only the past two weeks. And when the showings began Thursday night, no one knew who would come — if anyone at all. There were no tickets. Admission was free. A mix of people wandered in over the three-night run: retired auto industry workers, former Flint schoolteachers, retired medical workers, college students."

Michole Briana White, right, of Los Angeles, who plays a doctor who finds that a city’s water is contaminated, opposite Madelyn Porter of Detroit during “Public Enemy: Flint,” an adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play “An Enemy of the People.”BRITTANY …

Michole Briana White, right, of Los Angeles, who plays a doctor who finds that a city’s water is contaminated, opposite Madelyn Porter of Detroit during “Public Enemy: Flint,” an adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play “An Enemy of the People.”

BRITTANY GREESON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

UMF Dancers off to ACDA Festival in Ohio

A new piece choreographed titled "The Lottery" by Emma Davis featuring students Ashlynn Feige, Ashnique Wesaw, Brooke Olney and Nate Morales will compete this weekend at the American College Dance Association. Costumes by Shelby Newport, the work contrasts hip hop and classical ballet.