Welcome to Tibbits Summer Theatre!
West Side Story, TST 2019. Photo by Laura Pentecost.
Each year, artistic director Charles Burr hires a variety of professional actors, designers, and technicians from throughout the country and brings them together at Tibbits. Some cast members are only here for a show or two; others are here the entire season.
Subscribe and save 20%! Season subscriptions, which include all four main stage shows, and group rates for 10 or more tickets will be available soon. Single tickets will go on sale in the spring. Please call Tirsha Odisher at (517) 278-6029 to make group or season ticket reservations.**
Once tickets go on sale, you can buy individual Tibbits Summer Theatre tickets HERE.
OUR 2020 SEASON…
- AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’: The Joint is Jumpin’ with this sassy, sultry musical celebration of the legendary jazz great, Fats Waller.
- ANNIE: The sun will come out tomorrow and little orphan Annie will steal your heart in this beloved musical.
- MAN OF LA MANCHA: Tony-winning hit musical of Don Quixote seeing the world as he wishes, leading him to fight windmills and dream the impossible dream.
- Ken Ludwig’s A COMEDY OF TENORS: One hotel suite, four tenors, two wives, three girlfriends, and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. What could possibly go wrong?
Plus…
- Special performances of Love Letters July 16-17
- The Best of The Eagles Tribute Band, back by popular demand on July 18!
- Cabaret shows at 3 local restaurants July 13-15
- Popcorn Theatre shows for the kids every Friday & Saturday morning!
Hansel & Gretel: June 19-20, 26-27Cartoon Cavalcade: July 3My Emperor’s New Clothes: July 10-11, 17-18Magic at Tibbits: July 24-25The Snow Queen: July 31, Aug. 1, Aug. 7-8
2019 Season
- Ken Ludwig’s Be My Baby (June 20-22, 26-29)
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (July 5-7, 10-13)
- West Side Story (July 25-27, 31, Aug 1-3)
- See How They Run (Aug 8-10, 14-17)
- Plus a special fall performance of Next to Normal (Sept 6-8, 12-14)
- ‘Be My Baby’ at Tibbits is Old-School Romance Encore MI Review (6/27/19)
- Tibbits’ “Dreamcoat” Shows Its Many Colors Encore MI Review (7/23/19)
- ‘West Side Story’ Continues Tonight at Tibbits Opera House Coldwater Daily Reporter (7/27/19)
- “Next to Normal” on Stage at Tibbits Coldwater Daily Reporter (9/7/19)
- “Next to Normal” Worth the Drive to Coldwater KPC Media (9/11/19)
- Tibbits’ Next to Normal Intense and Powerful Encore MI Review (9/23/19)
2018 Season
*Mixed Emotions (June 14-16, 20-23)
*Jesus Christ Superstar (June 28-July 1, July 5-7)
*A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (July 19-21, 25-28)
*Resident Alien (Aug 2-4, 8-11)
- ‘Mixed Emotions’ premiers today Coldwater Daily Reporter Review (June 14, 2018)
- ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ Rocks the Tibbits KPC Media Review (July 3, 2018)
- A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ is a must see performance at Tibbits Opera House Coldwater Daily Reporter Review (July 20, 2018)
- Tibbits’ ‘Gentleman’s Guide’ delicious and delightful Encore MI Review (July 21, 2018)
Jesus Christ Superstar, 2018 TST. Photo courtesy of Stan Clayton/Classic Portraits.
2017 Season
- The Cemetery Club – A touching story of starting life anew by Ivan Menchell.
- Damn Yankees – The musical with “Heart!” based on the novel “The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant.”
- Footloose – Rock-and-roll musical based on the hit 1984 film.
- Ken Ludwig’s The Fox on the Fairway – Ken Ludwig’s comical swing on the golf course with mistaken identities, a foxy fiance, and an unfortunate wager.
- Tibbits journeys to the cemetery with three spry widows. Encore MI Review (June 19, 2017)
- ‘The Cemetery Club,’ a must see Coldwater Daily Reporter Review (June 18, 2017)
- Tibbits’ ‘Damn Yankees’ has a lot of Heart Encore MI Review (July 8, 2017)
- Tibbits Lets Loose with ‘Footloose’ Encore MI Review (July 31, 2017)
- Tibbits hits an ace with ‘Fox on the Fairway’ Encore MI Review (August 11, 2017)
Footloose, 2017. Photo courtesy of Mike Gorecki/SPI Photo
2016 Season
- Driving Miss Daisy – Drama by Alfred Uhry
Oklahoma! – Much-loved classic musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein - Addams Family the Musical – Enter the macabre home of Gomez and Morticia Addams as they scrutinize Wednesday’s new love interest.
- Boeing-Boeing – Hilarious farce set in 1960s Paris, introduces swinging bachelor Bernard as he strings along three airline stewardesses.
- Addams Family Battle Creek Enquirer – (07-29-2016)
- Addams Family Encore Michigan – (07-29-2016)
- Driving Miss Daisy – The Sturgis Journal (06/
- Driving Miss Daisy Battle Creek Enquirer – (06-17-2016)
- Driving Miss Daisy Encore Michigan – (06-18-2016)
- Boeing Boeing – Encore Michigan (09-14-2016)
2015 Season
- The Odd Couple – Classic Neil Simon Comedy
- Peter Pan– Musical for the child in all of us who dream of soaring high & never growing up
- Pippin – The original captivating, mischievous, magical, humorous Broadway musical sensation
- Alone Together Again – Hilarious Broadway comedy about would be empty -nesters whose parents move in.
2014 Season
- The Look of Love – Featuring the timeless songs of Burt Bacharach
- A Chorus Line – One singular sensation of music and dance
- Guys and Dolls – The underworld overflows with music, comedy & classic characters
- Alone Together – Empty-nesters meet the boomerang generation