Detroit Repertory Theatre

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Detroit Repertory Theatre is a regional theatre located at 13103 Woodrow Wilson in Detroit, Michigan with a seating capacity of 194. The theatre began as a touring company in 1957 and performed throughout Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvnania, before it established itself on Woodrow Wilson Avenue in Detroit in 1963. It survived the race riots of 1967 and was, for a time during the 1970s, the only fully professional non-profit theatre in Detroit. The theatre averages about 60,000 admissions each year.

Among the world premieres to open at Detroit Rep are Dave Christner's This Blood's for You in 2000, Jacob M. Appel's Arborophilia in 2006, and Peter Campbell's Moonshine Alley in 2008.

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