Upcoming
2026-2027 Season
Trolls the Musical Jr. | October 22-25
Disney’s Mary Poppins | February 18-21
How to Train Your Dragon the Musical Jr. | May 13-16
About
The Franke Center’s award-winning Youth Theater program has been providing extraordinary theater experiences for young people since 2004! The Youth Theater stages plays, offers performance workshops, and performs educational outreach throughout Calhoun County. Director Allison Ebner and Assistant Director Jen Popovits, along with many devoted artistic staff members and volunteers, are committed to promoting education, creativity, imagination through the performing arts.
Full and partial scholarships to all Youth Theater programming are available upon request.
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 Grant Supporters
- Battle Creek Community Foundation
- Marshall Community Foundation
- Binda Foundation
- Michigan Arts and Culture Council
- Marshall Rotary Club
- The Miner Barber Fund
Past Shows
The Franke Center Youth Theater is a place where magical memories are made! Take a tour of some of our past shows.
