Dexter Community Players

08/18/2026

Dexter Community Players is looking for a volunteer graphic designer to produce all of our social media content and printed material. If you are interested in taking on this role please reach out to our board at [email protected]

04/19/2026

“Step right up and get your tickets to the Middle Ages!”

Today is your last chance to witness this timely and beautifully performed production of Inherit the Wind with Dexter Community Players. Our closing performance starts today at 2 pm and tickets are available at DCP.yapsody.com or at the door.

04/18/2026

You still haven’t seen Inherit the Wind with Dexter Community Players! What are you waiting for? You have two more chances to see this amazing show. Tonight at 7 or tomorrow at 2. Tickets are available at DCP.yapsody.com or at the door.

04/17/2026

🎭 What a moving opening night! 🎭
Last night, Inherit the Wind opened to a deeply felt, powerful response—audiences were moved, challenged, and inspired by the story unfolding on our stage. The performances struck a chord, the courtroom drama crackled with energy, and the ideas lingered long after the final curtain.

As Col. Drummond reminds us, “An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.” That spirit is at the heart of this production—bold, human, and strikingly relevant.

✨ Don’t miss your chance to experience it for yourself.
Tonight and Saturday night at 7pm or Sunday, 2pm matinee
🎟️ Tickets DCP.yapsody.com or at the door

Join us and be part of the conversation.

Photo credit A.J. Saulsberry

04/16/2026

Inherit the Wind opens tonight at 7pm at Columbus Hall in Dexter Mi.

Get your tickets at DCP.yapsody.com or at the door

04/15/2026

Inherit the Wind opens tomorrow Thursday April 16th at 7 pm at Columbus Hall in Dexter Michigan. This timely and poignant play about the essential need for freedom of thought and intellectual expression is more important today than ever.

Get your tickets at dcp.yapsody.com or at the door.

04/14/2026

Who decides what truth we are allowed to learn?

In 1925, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” put a schoolteacher on trial for teaching evolution—and placed the very freedom of thought on the witness stand.

Now, on the 100th anniversary of that historic courtroom battle, Inherit the Wind returns to challenge audiences once again.
This powerful drama isn’t just about the past. It’s about now.
As communities across the country continue to wrestle with what belongs in public school classrooms—how science is taught, questioned, or constrained—Inherit the Wind reminds us that debates over education are never just academic. They are about curiosity versus conformity, inquiry versus fear, and the responsibility of a society to encourage critical thinking rather than silence it.

Through sharp dialogue, unforgettable characters, and moments of humor and humanity, Inherit the Wind asks timeless questions:

What happens when authority decides knowledge has limits?
How do we protect the right to question, to learn, and to teach?
And what is lost when science becomes a battleground rather than a pursuit of understanding?

Dexter Community Players invites you to experience this landmark play not as history, but as a mirror.
Join us for a thought‑provoking night of theatre that celebrates intellectual freedom, scientific curiosity, and the courage to think for oneself.

Inherit the Wind
📍 Dexter Community Players
📅 April 16-19
🎟 DCP.yapsody.com
Because the fight for knowledge didn’t end in 1925—and the verdict is still being written.

Based on a real-life case in 1925; two great lawyers argue the case for, and against, a Tennessee science teacher accused of the crime of teaching Darwin's t...

04/13/2026

🗣️ A century-old debate. A modern conversation.
Dexter Community Players presents INHERIT THE WIND, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial—a courtroom clash that still echoes in today’s discussions about education, science, and freedom of thought.

📅 April 16–18 at 7 PM
📅 April 19 at 2 PM
📍 Columbus Hall and Banquet Center

This powerful drama asks timely questions about who shapes what we learn—and why questioning matters.
🎭 Join us for theatre that challenges, provokes, and inspires.