Hopefully you know what’s coming up, but if not…we are just shy of 50 days away from our Auditorium Theatre debut! Check out our website or any social media for the links to tickets. I’m so excited for our premiere and can’t wait to show everyone what we’ve been working so hard on! In efforts to keep most of our premiere somewhat of a “surprise” for everyone who is coming to watch, here are 10 ‘sneak peeks’ or tidbits of information on our upcoming Home Season show!

1. The show is titled “Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley”
2. It’s an evening length work, which means that the entire show is ONE giant piece! 75-minutes of dancing, which may sound like a lot, but it’s broken up into smaller group sections, solos, duets, and large group sections of over 20 people…everything will keep you on your toes!
3. The entire show is filled with Jazz music played LIVE by Isaiah Collier and his jazz band!
4. Colors play an important role in our show – stayed tuned for lots of fun costuming!
5. Speaking of costuming, our own Guest Artist, Trey Alexander, is designing the costumes for this show! We wear a lot of hats around here at SCDT.
6. Every single part of this show is choreographed by our own Executive Artistic Director, Kia S. Smith. If you didn’t think she was busy enough already, she’s been working on this full piece since November 2022 with us.
7. You may recognize some familiar guest artists that are joining the show that have previously worked with SCDT before…
8. Some faces you may not recognize are a few Western Michigan University students who have learned group choreography and will perform with us on June 10 in some sections. We are so happy to provide college students with an opportunity like this!
9. As mentioned before, we’ve been workshopping choreography and putting together this show since November of 2022, alongside many other of our endeavors such as residencies in Michigan, Black History Month school show performances, AND our recent performance with Giordano. It’s been a balancing act!
10. And if you didn’t know it before, now you do…but – IT’S OUR 6TH SEASON AND OUR AUDITORIUM THEATRE DEBUT. That’s huge and something amazing for us to experience. We are so proud!

There are just a few things you may like to know about our show. Any further questions? Feel free to ask away. Or better yet – come to our show on June 10 at the Auditorium Theatre. Tickets are on sale now!