Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and The 39 Steps? That’s just what happens in this lightning-fast, laugh-out-loud, 90-minute, gender-bending romp. When her sister Mina falls ill with a mysterious disease of the blood, Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, enlist the help of famed female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Their hunt for the dangerous and sexy Count Dracula abounds with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. Presented by Next Performing Arts. Reserve your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dracula-a-comedy-of-terrors-tickets-1992784427868?aff=oddtdtcreator
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Ever wondered what would happen if you took Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire tale and put it into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python, and The 39 Steps? That’s just what happens in this lightning-fast, laugh-out-loud, 90-minute, gender-bending romp. When her sister Mina falls ill with a mysterious disease of the blood, Lucy Westfeldt and her fiancé, Jonathan Harker, enlist the help of famed female vampire hunter Doctor Jean Van Helsing. Their hunt for the dangerous and sexy Count Dracula abounds with clever wordplay and quick-change antics. Presented by Next Performing Arts. Reserve your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dracula-a-comedy-of-terrors-tickets-1992784427868?aff=oddtdtcreator
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have spent their mundane lives caring for the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania, until their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister Masha sweeps in with a sexy young boyfriend Spike. This Tony Award-winning comedy by the great American playwright and master satirist, Christopher Durang, and inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov, is a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions and longing for relevance in a changing world. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/VSMS
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have spent their mundane lives caring for the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania, until their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister Masha sweeps in with a sexy young boyfriend Spike. This Tony Award-winning comedy by the great American playwright and master satirist, Christopher Durang, and inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov, is a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions and longing for relevance in a changing world. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/VSMS
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have spent their mundane lives caring for the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania, until their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister Masha sweeps in with a sexy young boyfriend Spike. This Tony Award-winning comedy by the great American playwright and master satirist, Christopher Durang, and inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov, is a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions and longing for relevance in a changing world. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/VSMS
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have spent their mundane lives caring for the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania, until their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister Masha sweeps in with a sexy young boyfriend Spike. This Tony Award-winning comedy by the great American playwright and master satirist, Christopher Durang, and inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov, is a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions and longing for relevance in a changing world. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/VSMS
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have spent their mundane lives caring for the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania, until their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister Masha sweeps in with a sexy young boyfriend Spike. This Tony Award-winning comedy by the great American playwright and master satirist, Christopher Durang, and inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov, is a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions and longing for relevance in a changing world. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/VSMS
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Middle-aged siblings Vanya and Sonia have spent their mundane lives caring for the family homestead in rural Pennsylvania, until their glamorous, world-traveling movie-star sister Masha sweeps in with a sexy young boyfriend Spike. This Tony Award-winning comedy by the great American playwright and master satirist, Christopher Durang, and inspired by the works of Anton Chekhov, is a hilarious and poignant exploration of family tensions and longing for relevance in a changing world. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/VSMS
Love In Reserve
Army wife Kate's world collapses when she learns of a deadly attack at the Iraqi base camp where her new husband, Ray, is deployed. Unable to learn whether Ray is dead or alive, Kate cries herself to sleep, dreading the worst — only to be visited by visions of Ray: a past, present, and possible future version of the man she loves. Through the longest night of her life, Kate revisits the memories of how she and Ray fell in love, all while confronting the black dress in her closet she hopes never to wear. This love story crescendos with sharp emotion, dramatic moments, and even some comedic levity, all draped in the constant uncertainty of whether Ray has survived the attack. Written by retired U.S. Army Officer and Iraq Veteran Eric Mansfield and inspired by the stories of real military couples, Love In Reserve delivers a new appreciation and admiration for the overwhelming challenges our military couples face every day. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/LIR
Love In Reserve
Army wife Kate's world collapses when she learns of a deadly attack at the Iraqi base camp where her new husband, Ray, is deployed. Unable to learn whether Ray is dead or alive, Kate cries herself to sleep, dreading the worst — only to be visited by visions of Ray: a past, present, and possible future version of the man she loves. Through the longest night of her life, Kate revisits the memories of how she and Ray fell in love, all while confronting the black dress in her closet she hopes never to wear. This love story crescendos with sharp emotion, dramatic moments, and even some comedic levity, all draped in the constant uncertainty of whether Ray has survived the attack. Written by retired U.S. Army Officer and Iraq Veteran Eric Mansfield and inspired by the stories of real military couples, Love In Reserve delivers a new appreciation and admiration for the overwhelming challenges our military couples face every day. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/LIR
Love In Reserve
Army wife Kate's world collapses when she learns of a deadly attack at the Iraqi base camp where her new husband, Ray, is deployed. Unable to learn whether Ray is dead or alive, Kate cries herself to sleep, dreading the worst — only to be visited by visions of Ray: a past, present, and possible future version of the man she loves. Through the longest night of her life, Kate revisits the memories of how she and Ray fell in love, all while confronting the black dress in her closet she hopes never to wear. This love story crescendos with sharp emotion, dramatic moments, and even some comedic levity, all draped in the constant uncertainty of whether Ray has survived the attack. Written by retired U.S. Army Officer and Iraq Veteran Eric Mansfield and inspired by the stories of real military couples, Love In Reserve delivers a new appreciation and admiration for the overwhelming challenges our military couples face every day. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/LIR
Love In Reserve
Army wife Kate's world collapses when she learns of a deadly attack at the Iraqi base camp where her new husband, Ray, is deployed. Unable to learn whether Ray is dead or alive, Kate cries herself to sleep, dreading the worst — only to be visited by visions of Ray: a past, present, and possible future version of the man she loves. Through the longest night of her life, Kate revisits the memories of how she and Ray fell in love, all while confronting the black dress in her closet she hopes never to wear. This love story crescendos with sharp emotion, dramatic moments, and even some comedic levity, all draped in the constant uncertainty of whether Ray has survived the attack. Written by retired U.S. Army Officer and Iraq Veteran Eric Mansfield and inspired by the stories of real military couples, Love In Reserve delivers a new appreciation and admiration for the overwhelming challenges our military couples face every day. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/LIR
Love In Reserve
Army wife Kate's world collapses when she learns of a deadly attack at the Iraqi base camp where her new husband, Ray, is deployed. Unable to learn whether Ray is dead or alive, Kate cries herself to sleep, dreading the worst — only to be visited by visions of Ray: a past, present, and possible future version of the man she loves. Through the longest night of her life, Kate revisits the memories of how she and Ray fell in love, all while confronting the black dress in her closet she hopes never to wear. This love story crescendos with sharp emotion, dramatic moments, and even some comedic levity, all draped in the constant uncertainty of whether Ray has survived the attack. Written by retired U.S. Army Officer and Iraq Veteran Eric Mansfield and inspired by the stories of real military couples, Love In Reserve delivers a new appreciation and admiration for the overwhelming challenges our military couples face every day. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/LIR
Love In Reserve
Army wife Kate's world collapses when she learns of a deadly attack at the Iraqi base camp where her new husband, Ray, is deployed. Unable to learn whether Ray is dead or alive, Kate cries herself to sleep, dreading the worst — only to be visited by visions of Ray: a past, present, and possible future version of the man she loves. Through the longest night of her life, Kate revisits the memories of how she and Ray fell in love, all while confronting the black dress in her closet she hopes never to wear. This love story crescendos with sharp emotion, dramatic moments, and even some comedic levity, all draped in the constant uncertainty of whether Ray has survived the attack. Written by retired U.S. Army Officer and Iraq Veteran Eric Mansfield and inspired by the stories of real military couples, Love In Reserve delivers a new appreciation and admiration for the overwhelming challenges our military couples face every day. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/LIR
Point of No Return Improv
Get ready for a hilarious, entertaining spontaneous evening! Tickets $8.00, reserve them here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/PNRJuly
Point of No Return Improv provides an interactive comedy experience. They spontaneously create scenes based on audience suggestions. Brave volunteers may even find themselves on stage being serenaded or used as props by the cast. PNR Improv is part theatre, part comedy, and wholly fun.
Point of No Return has been featured at Big-Little Comedy Fest, First Night Akron, and Oberlin College Improv Conference. 2017 Best Live Comedy Finalist on Akron-Canton Hotlist.
The Order of Fifinella Reading
An exciting new play “The Order of Fifinella” by Alaina Tennant will be presented at Makeshift as a reading. During World War Two, a group of young women risked their lives as flying aircraft for the United States Military. Thirty years later, the same women -- now in their 50s and 60s -- found that their service had been entirely overlooked, beginning a long debate about what it means to be officially recognized as US Veterans.
"The Order of Fifinella" follows a small group of headstrong and ambitious women, first during the war when they served as pilots, and then in the 1970s after decades of change and disillusionment.
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life Fundraiser
Through music and comedy, Keith Alessi shares his unconventional yet inspiring true story of overcoming extraordinary obstacles — including cancer — while pursuing his passions and sharing the healing power of music. This is joint fundraiser between Makeshift Theater and Stewart's Caring Place: Cancer Wellness Centers. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/Tomatoes
Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life Fundraiser
Through music and comedy, Keith Alessi shares his unconventional yet inspiring true story of overcoming extraordinary obstacles — including cancer — while pursuing his passions and sharing the healing power of music. This is joint fundraiser between Makeshift Theater and Stewart's Caring Place: Cancer Wellness Centers. Reserve your tickets here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/Tomatoes
My Man Godfrey (Makeshift Radio Theater)
Makeshift Radio Theater proudly presents "My Man Godfrey" with live sound effects directed by Linda Graske. Synopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a forgotten man to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Get tickets: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/MMG
Point of No Return Improv
Get ready for a hilarious, entertaining spontaneous evening! Tickets $8.00, reserve them here: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/PNRJune
Point of No Return Improv provides an interactive comedy experience. They spontaneously create scenes based on audience suggestions. Brave volunteers may even find themselves on stage being serenaded or used as props by the cast. PNR Improv is part theatre, part comedy, and wholly fun.
Point of No Return has been featured at Big-Little Comedy Fest, First Night Akron, and Oberlin College Improv Conference. 2017 Best Live Comedy Finalist on Akron-Canton Hotlist.
My Man Godfrey (Makeshift Radio Theater)
Makeshift Radio Theater proudly presents "My Man Godfrey" with live sound effects directed by Linda Graske. Synopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a forgotten man to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Get tickets: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/MMG
My Man Godfrey (Makeshift Radio Theater)
Makeshift Radio Theater proudly presents "My Man Godfrey" with live sound effects directed by Linda Graske. Synopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a forgotten man to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Get tickets: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/MMG
My Man Godfrey (Makeshift Radio Theater)
Makeshift Radio Theater proudly presents "My Man Godfrey" with live sound effects directed by Linda Graske. Synopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a forgotten man to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Get tickets: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/MMG
My Man Godfrey (Makeshift Radio Theater)
Makeshift Radio Theater proudly presents "My Man Godfrey" with live sound effects directed by Linda Graske. Synopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a forgotten man to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description more than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Get tickets: https://makeshift.booktix.com/dept/main/e/MMG
Become A Volunteer
We are actively booking shows at Coach House Theater 732 West Exchange St. Akron 44302 and would love to have popcorn poppers, ticket scanners, tech and sound help, and warm smiling faces to assist our audiences.
Email makeshiftakron@gmail.com for more information.