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Planet Ant Theatre stages Qui Nguyen's She Kills Monsters on Sunday, December 6, at 3 p.m. at Ant Hall in Hamtramck. It's part comedy, part heartfelt drama, part adventure, with Dungeons & Dragons quests and 90s pop culture. Tickets are available online.
Planet Ant Theatre

Pontiac Theatre IV stages Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, on Sunday, December 6, at 3:30 p.m. at the Flagstar Strand Theatre in Pontiac. It's a dark, witty, Tony Award-winning story of love, murder and revenge. Tickets are available online.
Flagstar Strand Theatre

Marquee Arts hosts the Community Film Club's Holiday Nostalgia night on Sunday, December 6, at 6 p.m. at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor. Admission is free.
Michigan Theater

Christmas with Dickens, live on stage. A Christmas Carol plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester (207 Wilson Hall, Oakland University) on Sunday, December 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m.. The run has plenty of performances, so it's easy to find one that fits your holiday plans.
Meadow Brook Theatre

Four local improv troupes, including newcomers Secret Menu and the long-form house team The Clubhouse, take the stage at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale on Sunday, December 6, at 7 p.m. Tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Planet Ant's stand-up students take the stage on Sunday, December 6, at 7 p.m. at Planet Ant Theatre in Hamtramck, with fresh material and maybe a few seasoned comics too. Tickets are $8.
Planet Ant Theatre

Go Comedy! Improv Theater hosts its weekly short form improv jam on Sunday, December 6, at 9 p.m. in Ferndale. Anyone can jump onstage, and it's free with no ticket needed.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Christina Crawford wants to find her birth mother, and the trail points to Bette Davis, Judy Garland and Eartha Kitt, so the only logical move is to invite all three for Christmas. Blake Fountain's camp holiday comedy Mamma Dearest! Here We Joan Again plays The Ringwald Theatre in Ferndale (290 West Nine Mile Road) on Monday, December 7, 2026, at 7 p.m.. Tickets from $25.
The Ringwald Theatre @ Affirmations

Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage on Monday, December 7, at 7 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. After 8 weeks of improv training, they show what they've learned; tickets are sold online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

It's the longest-running improv show in Detroit. The legendary Planet Ant Home Team takes the Black Box stage at Planet Ant Theatre, 2357 Caniff Street in Hamtramck, on Monday, December 7, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., with openers from the Planet Ant Farm Team and a featured guest troupe. Tickets are $10, and The Ant Jam follows right after.
Planet Ant Theatre

Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage on Monday, December 7, at 8:30 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale for Class Show Bravo. After 8 weeks of improv training, they show what they've learned. Tickets are sold online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

After eight weeks of improv training, Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage on Tuesday, December 8, at 7 p.m. at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. Double-check you're buying tickets for the right show.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Go U! Improv Academy students take the stage Tuesday, December 8, at 8:30 p.m. for Class Show Delta at Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. After 8 weeks of improv training, they show what they've learned. Tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater

Christmas with Dickens, live on stage. A Christmas Carol plays Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester (207 Wilson Hall, Oakland University) on Wednesday, December 9, 2026, at 2 p.m.. The run has plenty of performances, so it's easy to find one that fits your holiday plans.
Meadow Brook Theatre

Wayne State University Theatre and Dance stages Leslie Bricusse’s Scrooge! on Wednesday, December 9, at 2 p.m., at the Hilberry Gateway in Detroit. It’s the musical take on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, with six songs not heard in the film. Tickets available online.
Hilberry Gateway

On Wednesday, December 9, 2026, at 3 p.m., the Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea (137 Park Street) stages Bastard, Devin Scillian's dramedy about two brothers who share nothing but a last name: an aging country rocker and a buttoned-down financial whiz. Their mother's death reopens old wounds, and a new one could tear the family apart. Heads-up: adult language and subject matter.
The Purple Rose Theatre

Birmingham Village Players presents School of Rock: Young Actors Edition on Wednesday, December 9, at 7 p.m. at its theater in Birmingham. Tickets are available online.
Birmingham Village Players

We Wear Pink brings an all women and non-binary improv show to Go Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale on Wednesday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online.
Go Comedy! Improv Theater
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