Purple Rose Theatre Company
Season Fall Winter Spring Summer Notes
1991-'92 Blush at Nothing by Lisa A . Wing Shoe Man by Jeff Daniels Kuru by Josh C. Manheimer First performance - February 7 , 1991
'92-'93 Ties that Bind by Kitty S. Dubin More Fun than Bowling by Steven Dietz The Tropical Pickle by Jeff Daniels No performances April 13-July 6
'92-'93 Possessed : The Dracula Musical by Robert Marasco , music by Jason Darrow & Carter Cathcart Necessities by Velina Hasu Houston National Anthems by Dennis McIntyre Nooner by Kim Carney
'93-'94 The Vast Difference by Jeff Daniels Two Sisters by T. E. Williams Keely & Du by Jane Martin Stanton 's Garage by Joan Ackermann
'94-'95 Thy Kingdom 's Coming by Jeff Daniels Only Me and You by Kim Carney Hang the Moon by Suzanne Burr Weekend Comedy by Jeanne and Sam Bobrick 5th Season
'95-'96 Escanaba in Da Moonlight* by Jeff Daniels Beast on the Moon by Richard Kalinoski Spring Comedy Festival : Life , Liberty , and the Pursuit of Lust A collection of short plays by Anthony Caselli , Jeff Daniels , Randall Godwin , Jeffry Herman , Dennis North , Rich Orloff , and Suzi Regan The Harmony Codes by Michael Grady *1st in Escanaba Trilogy
'96-'97 Apartment 3A by Jeff Daniels Labor Day by Kim Carney Hot l Baltimore by Lanford Wilson Off the Map by Joan Ackermann
'97-'98 Escanaba in Da Moonlight by Jeff Daniels Julie Johnson by Wendy Hammond Book of Days by Lanford Wilson Marcus is Walking by Joan Ackermann
'98-'99 Boom Town by Jeff Daniels The Hole by Wendy Hammond The Big Slam by Bill Corbett Criminal Genius by George F. Walker Renovations closed the theatre from Aug. 28 , 1999 - Jan. 10 , 2001
2001 Rain Dance by Lanford Wilson Orphan Train : An American Melodrama by Dennis E. North Completing Dahlia by Annie Martin 10th Season
'01-'02 Guys on Ice by Fred Alley ( Book and Lyrics ) & James Kaplan ( Music ) Months on End by Craig Pospisil Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin Let it Be by Dennis E. North
'02-'03 Across the Way by Jeff Daniels Stand by Toni Press-Coffman Hope for Corky by Randall Godwin Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward
'03-'04 The Good Doctor by Neil Simon Leaving Iowa by Tim Clue & Spike Manton The Underpants by Carl Sternheim Adapted by Steve Martin Duck Hunter Shoots Angel by Mitch Albom
'04-'05 The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam Norma and Wanda by Jeff Daniels Bus Stop by William Inge And the Winner Is ... by Mitch Albom
'05-'06 The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Guest Artist by Jeff Daniels The Late Great Henry Boyle by David MacGregor Honus and Me by Steven Dietz 15th Season
'06-'07 Escanaba in Love* by Jeff Daniels The Subject was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy When the Lights Come On by Brian Letscher Sea of Fools by Matt Letscher *2nd in Escanaba Trilogy
'07-'08 The Poetry of Pizza by Deborah Brevoort Vino Veritas by David MacGregor Growing Pretty by Carey Crim Panhandle Slim & The Oklahoma Kid A play with music by Jeff Daniels
'08-'09 Apartment 3A by Jeff Daniels A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Bleeding Red by Michael Brian Ogden Wake by Carey Crim
'09-'10 Escanaba* by Jeff Daniels Gravity by David MacGregor Our Town by Thornton Wilder Boeing-Boeing by Marc Camoletti , adapted by Beverley Cross & Francis Evans *3rd in Escanaba Trilogy
'10-'11 Best of Friends by Jeff Daniels Corktown by Michael Brian Ogden Some Couples May ... by Carey Crim Consider the Oyster by David MacGregor 20th Season
Productions
World premiere Midwest premiere Revival
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a Michigan not-for-profit theatre company founded in 1991 by Jeff Daniels in an old pizza parlor/garage in Chelsea. Its name comes from the Purple Rose of Cairo, a 1985 film Daniels starred in, earning him his first Golden Globe nomination.