Upcoming
2024-2025 Season
Auditions for our 5th-9th grade production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will take place March 17, 18, and 19th and the play will run May 15-18. Check back for more info!
About
Since 2004, The Franke Center Youth Theater has been providing extraordinary theater experiences for young people! The Youth Theater stages plays, offers performance workshops, and performs educational outreach throughout Calhoun County. Director Allison Ebner and Producing Director Jennifer Conley Darling, along with their many devoted volunteers, are committed to promoting education, creativity, imagination through the performing arts.
Our staff and performers recently won 13 National Youth Arts awards! Click here to learn more.
Get involved!
We announce our upcoming auditions, plays, and workshops in the newspaper, on social media, and on our email list. To stay up to date with upcoming opportunities:
- Follow us on Facebook
- Scroll to the bottom of this page and enter your email address to get on our email list
Youth Theater Supporters
- Battle Creek Community Foundation
- Marshall Community Foundation
- Binda Foundation
- United Way
- Young Michigan Dances
Past Shows
The Franke Center Youth Theater is a place where magical memories are made! Take a tour of some of our past shows.
