{"id":12051,"date":"2022-11-02T11:15:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2022-11-04T00:05:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T04:05:26","slug":"theatre-company-presents-airness-from-oct-28-30-nov-4-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/11\/02\/theatre-company-presents-airness-from-oct-28-30-nov-4-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre Company presents &#8216;Airness&#8217; from Oct. 28-30, Nov. 4-6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/life\/theatre\/\">Detroit Mercy Theatre Company<\/a>&#8216;s first production of the 2022-23 school year features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/life\/theatre\/airness.php\"><em>Airness<\/em><\/a>, on <strong>Oct. 28-30<\/strong> and <strong>Nov. 4-6<\/strong> at the Marlene Boll Theatre in downtown Detroit. Performances are 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday, both weekends.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan premiere of this 2017 Humana Festival hit, <em>Airness<\/em> is a comedy about competition, completion, and finding the rock star in us all. When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she meets a group of charismatic nerds determined to become the next air guitar champion, she discovers more about the art form &#8230; and herself.<\/p>\n<p>Student and veteran tickets are just $10, while faculty\/staff tickets and senior citizen tickets are $18 and the price for adult admission is $25.<\/p>\n<p>The production is written by Chelsea Marcantel and directed by Mycah Artis.<\/p>\n<p><em>Special Events:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, Oct. 28 (7:30 p.m.)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Opening Night Performance &amp; Celebration of Dean Jocelyn Boryczka, sponsored by Thomas Page &#8217;71, &#8217;76<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, Oct. 29 (7:30 p.m.)<\/strong> \u2014 University District Night: Discounted tickets for University District residents by calling 313-993-3270.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday, Oct. 30 (3 p.m.)<\/strong> \u2014 Network Night: Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry and School of Law Night<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, Nov. 4 (7:30 p.m.)<\/strong> \u2014 Community Night: All tickets cost $10<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saturday, Nov. 5 (7:30 p.m.)<\/strong> \u2014 Detroit Theatre Discussion Project: Basic Air Guitar workshop with &#8220;The Rocktapus&#8221; Dave Ayling, a professional air guitar player, after the show!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sunday, Nov. 6 (3 p.m.)<\/strong> \u2014 Closing Performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/life\/theatre\/airness.php\">More on <em>Airness.<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12053\" style=\"width: 992px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12053\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2.jpg?resize=992%2C661&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Two people stand back-to-back and stare at the camera indoors with blue and red-colored lights reflecting in the background.\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1362&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?resize=827%2C550&amp;ssl=1 827w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2022\/10\/DMTC-Airness_2-scaled.jpg?w=1986&amp;ssl=1 1986w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olivia Swad as \u201cThe Nina\u201d and Mason Modzelewski as \u201cD Vicious\u201d in \u201cAirness.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy Theatre Company&#8217;s first production of the 2022-23 school year features Airness, on Oct. 28-30 and Nov. 4-6 from the Marlene Boll Theatre in downtown Detroit. 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