Stage Left Theatre Company

10/28/2026

Don’t miss out on the FREE festivities for October 31st matinee ticket-holders! Not only do you get to enjoy the show, kids can also enjoy a costume contest and trick-or-treating with the cast AND Halloween treats at intermission for attendees! We can’t wait to see you this weekend! Get your tickets NOW! 🎟️ Available ONLY at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈🎶🧙‍♀️🐶💚👠🎃👻

10/23/2026

Ainsley has been a member of the Stage Left Theatre Company since a young age and has appeared in shows like Firebringer and Ken Ludwig's Twas the Night Before Christmas, and has also assisted us with choreography in the past and is a 2026 scholarship recipient! Catch Ainsley as the lead Jitterbug in one of these performances, beginning tonight!

Meet Ainsley! Ainsley can be seen as our lead Jitterbug in WSCC’s production of The Wizard of Oz, opening in just a few short hours! This is Ainsley’s second production with West Shore Community College. The first WSCC production she performed in was Beauty and the Beast. They are very involved with the art world with their main passion being dance. Ainsley is so excited to be a part of this show and for people to enjoy it! Tickets available ONLY at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈🐶🧙‍♀️💚🎶👠

10/23/2026

Keegan has been a Stage Left company member from a young age, acting in many of our shows and running sound in others! Don't miss him as the leader of the flying monkeys in West Shore's Wizard of Oz!

Meet Keegan! Keegan can be seen as Nikko, the leader of the Flying Monkeys, and various ensemble roles in WSCC’s production of The Wizard of Oz opening TONIGHT! Keegan is a Performing Arts Intern and Scholarship Student as well as an aspiring designer here at West Shore Community College. This is his second time acting in a West Shore production. For this production, Keegan has the privledge and the honor of acting alongside both his mother and sister for the first time! Tickets are available ONLY at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈🐶🧙‍♀️💚🎶👠

10/21/2026

Families at our Not-So-Spooky Stories event at the Ludington Library on Monday! Kids listened to silly, slightly scary stories read by Brandon Heaton, Nate Petersen, and Terra McIntosh then made some spooky crafts and took home goody bags!

10/20/2026

Our very own co-founder and former Artistic Director, Kara Rose, will be appearing as The Wicked Witch/Almira Gulch! Get your tickets before they sell out!

Meet Kara! Kara can be seen as the Wicked Witch of the West and Miss Almira Gulch in WSCC’s production of The Wizard of Oz opening Friday! Kara has performed professionally in theatre, television, and film for almost 30 years. A founder of Stage Left Theatre Company, she has directed and performed for them as well as WSCC and The Playhouse at White Lake with her favorites being Measure for Measure, Steel Magnolias, and The Odd Couple. Kara is super excited to be back onstage with her own two teenagers and so many of her former Ludington Area Center for the Arts acting students and she hopes you enjoy the show! Tickets available ONLY at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈🎶🦁💚🧙‍♀️🐶🚲

10/19/2026

Noah is one of the 2026 recipients of our annual scholarship program! Be sure to get tickets to see him as THE Wizard!

Meet Noah! Noah can be see as The Wizard and Professor Marvel in WSCC’s production of The Wizard of Oz opening this Friday! Noah is a Performing Arts Scholarship Student at WSCC. He is also a Performing Arts intern and helped paint set pieces for this production. Tickets are available ONLY at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈🦁💚🐶🎶👠

10/19/2026

Nicki is not only a Stage Left board member but has performed in and directed many of our shows! Don’t miss her as the Scarecrow in this great show!

Meet Nicki! Nicki is playing the role of the Scarecrow and Hunk in WSCC’s production of The Wizard of Oz opening October 23-November 8! Nicki is excited to return to the stage at WSCC, having last performed in Steel Magnolias as Annelle, and Beauty and the Beast as one of the Silly Girls. Recently, Nicki directed Stage Left’s Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), co-directed the Ludington Area Center for the Arts’ 10-Minute Play Festival, and was a co-stage manager for WSCC’s Into the Woods. She’d like to thank Michelle, Jaime, and Lindsay for this incredible opportunity, as well as her husband Travis, many friends/family members, and staff/customers of the Book Mark for their unending support. Tickets are available now at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈👠💚🦁🐶🧙‍♀️

10/19/2026

You’ve seen Katie in our production of Firebringer last summer! Get your tickets now to see her perform in The Wizard of Oz!

Meet Katie! Katie can be seen as our Glinda and Auntie Em in WSCC’s production of The Wizard of Oz, opening next weekend! Katie is thrilled to return to Center Stage Theater with years of experience directing, choreographing, and performing throughout Chicagoland and Manistee. She was last seen as the Witch in Into the Woods, and outside the theater, works as an Instructional Designer and LMS Specialist for West Shore Community College. She thanks her family and friends for their unwavering support, and her cast mates for all the fun throughout this show. Tickets are available now at www.WestShore.edu/PerformingArts 🌈👠💚🦁🐶🧙‍♀️

07/20/2026

07/15/2026

🎭 Shakespeare gets a hilarious makeover in The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]! This fast-paced comedy brings together the Bard’s tragedies, comedies, and histories in a clever, chaotic, and laugh-out-loud performance you won’t want to miss.

Stage Left Theatre Company brings this entertaining production to the Ludington Area Center for the Arts, July 16th–19th. In the meantime, meet our next Player of the Day who is not only acting in this show but also directing it, Nicki Danyluk!

Nicki has directed and co-directed several shows over the last few years, especially through the Stage Left Theater Company, and is excited to bring Shakespeare back to the stage (kind of). She hopes you enjoy the experience and leave the show thinking, "well... that was...something!" See Nicki as Bottom, A Witch, A Soothsayer, & Claudius.

Get tickets online at stageleftmi.org or at the door!