Community theaters / Heartside / Heritage Hill edge, downtown Grand Rapids
Dog Story Theater
A small black-box stage on State Street SE in Grand Rapids that local companies, comedians and performers rent for their own shows. The new Dog Star Series adds three bigger productions a year.
Dog Story Theater · Photo from the venue’s official website
Quick facts
- Resident companies
- Dog Star Series (with SSEAV and DAAC)
01 / Playbill
Now on stage
Nothing on our calendar from this venue right now. Its full, current lineup is on its own site.
Full lineup on the venue’s site ↗02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
Dog Story Theater isn't a company, it's a little black box that local troupes, comedians and performers rent for their own shows, so the lineup is whatever the people on stage bring. The new Dog Star Series, produced with SSEAV in association with the Division Avenue Arts Collective, adds three bigger productions a year. Expect touring “Dog Story Unleashed” shows, the drag spectacular “Dog Story SuperDrag” and an “Ovation” revival picked by audience vote. The first Unleashed production, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, plays at the Four Star Theater on Division Avenue.
- A rentable black box for local artists
- Dog Story SuperDrag: a drag spectacular
- The audience votes on the Ovation revival
Plan your visit
The theatre is at 340 State St SE, on the edge of Heartside and Heritage Hill downtown. The box office works by text only, and current shows are listed at dogstorytheater.com.
Box office
Text only: (616) 389-9561, Wednesday-Sunday 3-8 p.m.; email dstboxoffice@gmail.com.
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