{"id":2117,"date":"2025-11-12T08:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T13:33:15","slug":"sold-out-success-dmtcs-twelfth-night-opens-new-detroit-mercy-black-box-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/2025\/11\/12\/sold-out-success-dmtcs-twelfth-night-opens-new-detroit-mercy-black-box-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Sold-Out Success: DMTC\u2019s Twelfth Night Opens New Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) launched its inaugural production in the brand-new, state-of-the-art Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre with Twelfth Night, a sharp and lively adaptation by Marc Palmieri of Shakespeare\u2019s comedy about disguise, love, and identity. This show kicks off the Company\u2019s 55th Season and marks an exciting milestone for the campus arts community. All shows sold out, reflecting the excitement around this new space on the McNichols campus.<\/p>\n

Leading up to opening weekend, the new Black Box Theatre and Twelfth Night garnered strong media attention with cast members, Prof. Andrew Papa and CHASS student Gracie Sheets, appearing on Local WDIV Channel 4\u2019s \u201cLive in the D\u201d and WXYZ Channel 7. Dean Jocelyn Boryczka joined Tia Graham on WDET\u2019s \u201cThe Metro\u201d and alum Marie Osborne on WJR, along with cast member and CHASS student Gavin Rapuzzi. <\/p>\n

DMTC on LIVE in THE D<\/a><\/p>\n

DMTC on WXYZ 7<\/a><\/p>\n

The Metro: New Black Box theatre takes center stage at University of Detroit Mercy<\/a><\/p>\n

The Friends & Family, Grand Opening, and CHASS events rounded out this celebratory opening that brings the first permanent theater to UDM in its nearly 150 year history!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detroit Mercy Theatre Company (DMTC) launched its inaugural production in the brand-new, state-of-the-art Detroit Mercy Black Box Theatre with Twelfth Night, a sharp and lively adaptation by Marc Palmieri of Shakespeare\u2019s comedy about disguise, love, and identity. This show kicks off the Company\u2019s 55th Season and marks an exciting milestone …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":682,"featured_media":2118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[17,39,13,20],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/530\/2025\/11\/20251108_MarCom_Moreland179-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1705&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/682"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2119,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/magis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}