'24-'25 Season
From Autumn 2024 to Summer 2025, DPL will be presenting our second full season of live-action entertainment for your perusal and pleasure. Kicking off with The From Above/From Below Ball on October 27th & 28th, the year will continue with a full lineup of theatrical entertainment before ending in August 2025 with Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra.
The 2nd Annual From Above/From Below Bâ’¶ll
On Thursday, October 24th 2024 we gathered at the Dormouse Theatre for the 2nd Annual From Above, From Below Ball to kick off our second season and to celebrate the release of our second Halloween anthology, Spectacular, Spectacular: An Anthology of Circensian Horror.
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The party featured musical entertainment from Grand Rapids-based folk punk mastermind Batshit Bill and a reading by Kathryn Healy of her story "The Lake Michigan Mermaid, & Other Freaks of Nature" from the collection, as well as tarot readings, a costume contest, drinks from the theatre's bar, and a special appearance by the Dormouse's resident canine critter, Finnegan! ​
Politically Incorrect: An Election Night Stand-Up Show
On Tuesday, November 5th, as the 2024 battle for the Oval Office reached its climax, we got together at Taco Bob's on the Kalamazoo Mall for Politically Incorrect: An Election Night Stand-Up Show to blow off some steam with a little bit of good old-fashioned jester's privilege.
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Guest-hosted by local comic Dominique Martinez, comedians Matt Hybels, Larry Zemlick, Josh Buddha and the Beaveman competed for the audience's vote to win a $50 prize and the title of Kalamazoo's Secretary of Silliness—a battle which culminated in Beaveman being sworn in under solemn oath to use comedy to spread as much joy as he can muster in the stressful years ahead.
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March '25
April '25
