Captivating Theater in the 25/26 Season
UMS is proud to introduce audiences to an extraordinary 25/26 theater lineup, presenting three groundbreaking productions that challenge, inspire, and immerse patrons in unique performance experiences. Explore the artists and works coming to Ann Arbor in the new season…and prepare to be moved!
Nigamon/Tunai
Émilie Monnet and Waira Nina
October 2-8, 2025 // Power Center
Where the forest speaks and ancestral voices rise…
Canadian artist Émilie Monnet and Colombian artist Waira Nina collaborate to present Nigamon / Tunai, an immersive performance ritual that intertwines Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and the natural world. The title translates to “song” in Anishinaabemowin and Inga languages, reflecting the piece’s deep connection to cultural roots. Audiences are invited into a forest-like setting on the Power Center stage, where they will experience ritualized listening and feel the vibrations of water, stones, copper, and tree trunks. This intimate, poetic manifesto explores themes of friendship, resistance, and the protection of ancestral knowledge.
Dimanche
Chaliwaté and Focus Companies
January 7-11, 2026 // Power Center
A climate in crisis. A world on the brink. A story told with wit.
Belgian companies Chaliwaté and Focus bring Dimanche to life, a visually stunning performance that combines puppetry, video, mime, and clowning. Set against the backdrop of an ecological apocalypse, the narrative follows a family attempting to maintain normalcy amidst climatic chaos and three wildlife reporters documenting the brink of extinction. This dystopian parable offers a witty and tender portrayal of humanity’s absurdity in the face of uncontrollable natural forces.
GATZ
Elevator Repair Service
March 27-29, 2026 // Power Center
One office. One novel. Every word, electrified.
Elevator Repair Service presents GATZ, a theatrical tour-de-force that enacts F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby word for word. In a shabby office, an employee begins reading the novel aloud, blurring the lines between reality and fiction as the story unfolds. This 7-hour production, which includes intermissions and a dinner break, has been hailed as “the most remarkable achievement in theater not only of this year, but also of this decade” by The New York Times.
How to get tickets?
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Individual event tickets to all programs go on sale July 29, 2025.
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