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Performance Network Theatre Hosting Kickoff Weekend

Performance Network Theatre
Performance Network Theatre

Less than three months after Ann Arbor's Performance Network Theatre closed its doors in the middle of a show, the re-launched company is set to hold a kick-off weekend.  

The abrupt closure of Performance NetworkTheatre in May left supporters fearing they were out money and an opportunity to see professional actors close to home. The Theatre's new management team hope they've address many of these concerns and the upcoming kick-off weekend can be a celebration of an exciting season to come.

Executive Director John Manfredisays they're working with the logistics to ensure everyone that purchased tickets before the theatre closed are happy, "Determined to make good on all those people who bought subscriptions for the 14-15 season going forward.  We are honoring these subscriptions.  The show titles are different of course because we're a new company."

The company has already raised more than half of a $62,000 fundraising goal.

The kick-off weekend will include a silent auction and music featuring NazEdwards on Friday; seven hours of entertainment during the first ever Network Palooza Saturday; and a pancake breakfast Sunday with the lead character in the children's story "If You Give a Pig a Pancake."

The theatre will also host the musical "The Big Bang" by theWilliamstonTheatre starting August 21st.

Like 89.1 WEMU on Facebook and follow us on Twitter— Andrew Cluley is the Ann Arbor beat reporter, and anchor for 89.1 WEMU News. Contact him at 734.487.3363 or email him acluley@emich.edu.   
 

Like many, I first came to this area when I started school at the University of Michigan, then fell in love with the community and haven’t left. After graduating from U of M in the mid 1990’s I interned at WDET for several years, while also working a variety of jobs in Ann Arbor. Then in 1999 I joined the WEMU news team.
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