Mostly Medieval Theatre Festival
Founded in 2017, the Mostly Medieval Theatre Festival (MMTF) is a performance festival showcasing and invigorating the global heritage of drama, music, dance and performance styles from late antiquity through the Renaissance. Festival productions often include shows created and performed by WMU theatre students, as well as shows brought to Kalamazoo by national and international artists, such as acclaimed TV and film actress Suzanne Savoy (Je, Christine); well-known artists of early drama and music, such as Poculi Ludique Societas and the Pneuma Ensemble; and ensembles from University of Minnesota-Duluth and Radford University, to name only a few. Please view the archive for information on past Festivals.
The 2025 Festival features a co-production of the WMU School of Theatre and Dance and the Medieval Institute, The Book of Silence. In a new contemporary adaptation, WMU theatre professor Lofty Durham embeds the medieval adventure story of the knight who becomes a man in order to inherit his lands and title, within a modern frame story of a trans teen searching for their place in the world. The entwined quests for identity and agency give us a new appreciation for our shared humanity and its awe-inspiring diversity both today and in our medieval past.
Tickets will go on sale exclusively through Congress registration for the first two performances, Friday May 9 and Saturday May 10.
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