Pontiac Theatre IV is an independent community theatre group presenting live theatre to Pontiac and Oakland County since 1969. Theatre IV presents four or five shows per season including a musical, a straight show, a children’s show and a musical review. The 2021-22 Season shows include one of the all-time classics of the dramatic stage, William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. the drama The Outsiders, the Comedy Clue-On Stage, and a Musical Review performed by our teenage members. Pending venue approval our children’s show Shrek, Jr may appear during the summer of 2022. Watch the site and Facebook for more information!
Pontiac Theatre IV is pleased to announce our upcoming auditions for Shrek, Jr. This adaptation based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the books by William Steig; Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, and Music by Jeanine Tesori. The show was originally produced on Broadway by DreamWorks Theatricals and Neal Street Productions; Original production directed by Jason Moore and Rob. “I’m a Believer” is by Neil Diamond. Shrek, Jr is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (www.mtishows.com). The production will be directed by Laura Johns, produced by Christina McDevitt, with music direction by Tim Wheeling, Daina Schippers is the Assistant Director.
All children ages five to 18 are welcome to audition! Please prepare a song and wear clothing that will allow you to dance and move. You will also be asked to cold read from the script.
The auditions will be held at:
All Saints Episcopal Church
171 Pike St
Pontiac, MI
The audition dates will be:
Tuesday, August 2 from 6:00 until 9:00 pm
Friday, August 4 from 6:00 until 9:00 pm
The show will be presented on November 11, 12, 13, 18, 29, 20, 2022.
For more information email Laura at redskyatnight35@aol.com, call or text her at 269-217-3178.
The Board of Directors of Pontiac Theatre IV is pleased to announce our 2022-23 Season. We will lead off with our Children’s production Shrek, the Musical, Jr. Directed by Laura Johns the show will be produced at All Saints Episcopal Church
Pontiac Theatre IV is pleased to present the third show of our 2021-22 season. Clue-On Stage is based on the Hasbro board game and the 1985 movie by Jonathan Lynn. The stage adaptation was written by Sandy Rustin with additional materials
Pontiac Theatre IV is pleased to present our second show of the 2021-22 Season, the YA classic The Outsiders. From the book by S. E. Hinton, adapted by by Christopher Sergel The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life
The first show of 2021-22 Season will be six performances of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Directed and Produced by Steven M. Cunningham and Co-Produced by Gary Essenmacher Macbeth returns Theatre IV to the bard’s work for the first time since “Shake at