It’s been an exciting 12 months at Tecumseh Center for the Arts. In addition to record breaking ticket sales last season, we’ve also been making important upgrades at the theater to keep it in tip top shape for many years to come. Some of the upgrades include:

• New auditorium and lobby roofs (Replacing the original ones from 1981).
• A new ticketing program (A new single system cloud platform).
• Wi-Fi and cabling upgrade (Helping us keep up with the technological needs of our performers).
• Installing Koala Care changing stations in both men and women’s bathrooms.
• Booking an entire new season with even more shows!
  
  

To say exciting things are happening at the TCA would be an understatement. The TCA staff and volunteers have been hard at work over the last 12 months to make these things a reality. However, we cannot accomplish the updates and upgrades without the financial support of local businesses and individual donors.

To keep the theater thriving and moving forward, we have set a couple of hefty goals this year and we’re looking for support from local businesses to help us reach our business sponsorship goal of $20,000.

The money raised from Business Sponsorships help us book amazing talent at Tecumseh Center for the Arts through our National Touring Season. It also helps fund our homegrown events like The TCA Nutcracker Ballet, WTCA Radio Show, Princess Day, Cabin Fever Film Fest and Junk to Funk that keeps money right here in our community. 

Business Sponsors help us reach our annual goals and in turn we gladly promote them to the thousands of people that visit the theater each year. Business Sponsors are promoted in our playbills, in our lobby, through our website and social media channels. Business Sponsors who support us at the highest levels are also promoted through our radio and television commercials throughout the year as well.

Throughout August and September, TCA Director Kelly Jo Gilmore will be out promoting the theater and looking for local businesses to partner with us this year. If you're interested in sponsoring the theater as a business, please call 517-423-6617 or email kgilmore@thetca.org. 

To review our sponsorship packages this year, please click here. 

An Intensive Workshop is all new this year at the TCA. Tecumseh Center for the Arts (TCA) and Tecumseh Youth Theatre (TYT) wanted to offer a more challenging and rewarding format to our older youth. The Workshop will incorporate classes on audition techniques, casting, character development, choreography and theater production. ​Rudy Gauna-Belleau will be instructing the high school and college aged Intensive Workshop for TCA and TYT this summer.
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Rudy returns to the TCA after having the opportunity to work in a wide range of venues across the United States. He is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy of New York and a former student of the Goodman Theater of Chicago. Rudy’s training and education has afforded him the opportunity to tour with national production companies like Troika, American Family Theater Company, The Road Company in shows such as The Will Rogers Follies, West Side Story, Starlight Express, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Grease, Fosse and Aladdin. He has been featured in national and regional commercials ranging from Frito Lays, Head and Shoulders and a Guess commercial with the late Anna Nicole Smith. Rudy has a background in theater education and has taught across the state of Michigan. He is a resident company member of the What A Do Theatre in Springfield, Michigan where his has appeared in multiple productions from Sweeney Todd to The Laramie Project. There he served as the director of volunteers and education.

Attendees will leave the workshop with a certificate of completion for their professional resume plus updated biography, new acquired skills and a more comprehensive understanding of live theater.

The Workshop begins Sunday, July 23 at 4 pm with a live audition at the TCA. Anyone currently enrolled in high school or a college who registers for the workshop and auditions is automatically enrolled in the Workshop. The audition will provide the instructor with the opportunity to see each participant and cast them accordingly before Monday morning. Participants should prepare 16 measures of two songs including one up tempo song choice and one ballad. An accompanist will be on hand for all auditions.

This year’s workshop is themed “Don’t Stop Believin’!” and will incorporate songs from Journey, Jon Bon Jovi, Survivor, Police, Queen, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Madonna and so much more! The storyline will take place in an inner city setting with characters overcoming obstacles and relationship struggles while finding their individual strength and courage all while rocking out to some upbeat rock-n-roll music.

The cost for the workshop is $120 per person. ($100 for each additional student in the same immediate family.) Workshop attendees should wear comfortable clothes and bring dance shoes each day along with lunch.

The intensive Workshop will take place Monday, July 24 – Friday, July 28 from 9 am – 4 pm with a final performance on Friday, July 28 at 7 pm. The final performance is free and open to the public.
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For more information, contact Tecumseh Center for the Arts or visit their website at www.theTCA.org to download the registration form.

Tecumseh Center for the Arts and Tecumseh Youth Theatre are getting excited about their second week of Drama Camp featuring middle school students. 

Middle School Drama Camp is geared for students entering 5th - 8th grades in the fall. The camp will take place July 17-21 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday. Middle School youth will learn all about live theater during the week while they prepare for the final performance on Friday evening.

This year's camp is Superhero themed with campers learning songs, skits, dances, and student-created original work incorporating Broadway tunes like "Defying Gravity," Suberboy & The Invisible Girl," "Be the Hero," and more! They'll also be incorporating current pop songs such as "The Climb," "Don't Stop Believin'," etc. The theme will incorporate strength, overcoming obstacles,and encouraging youth to perform at their fullest potential. Look out Marvel; Drama Kids are taking over the universe. 

The cost is $120 per student and $100 for each additional student in the same family. Youth attending camp will receive their own drama shirt and should bring their sack lunch each day.

Space is limited, so register as soon as possible! Registration forms can be printed from the website or picked up at the TCA Box Office, Tuesday-Friday from 12-5:00 pm. All camp materials will be provided by TCA/TYT.

​For more information, visit TCA’s website at www.thetca.org. #TheTCA #tecumsehmi#comeseetecumseh

Tecumseh Center for the Arts and Tecumseh Youth Theatre are joining together once again to offer Summer Drama Camps and Intensive Workshops.

Elementary Camp is geared for students entering 2nd - 4th grades in the fall. The camp will take place July 10-14 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm, Monday-Friday. The youngest of our performers will learn about live theater from on stage performances to behind the scenes with a final performance on Friday evening.

This year's camp is Kids on Broadway themed with youth learning songs, skits, dances, and creative stage work inspired by musicals like Annie, Peter Pan, Newsies, and Oliver. The theme will celebrate strength, courage and overcoming adversity through well-known Broadway songs and performances. The goal of  Elementary Drama Camp is to celebrate each child's individuality, creativity and diverse background in a safe and secure environment while encouraging campers to realize their own gifts and talents through theater. 

Get ready to see their sewing skills when they stitch together costumes and have fun singing some of Broadway's best kid songs like "Food, Glorious Food,"  "It's a Hard Knock Life" and many more!

The cost is $120 per student and $100 for each additional student in the same family. Youth attending camp will receive their own drama shirt and should bring their sack lunch each day.

Space is limited, so register as soon as possible! Registration forms can be printed from the website or picked up at the TCA Box Office, Tuesday-Friday from 12-5:00 pm. All camp materials will be provided by TCA/TYT.

​For more information, visit TCA’s website at www.thetca.org. #TheTCA #tecumsehmi#comeseetecumseh