Christian Perspective. Quality Performance. Nurturing Community.
The 2024 Master Arts Theatre Auction is Now Live!
Bidding Will Close
8:00 PM (EST) on October 12, 2024
We have some incredible items for this year’s auction!
- Bowling passes
- Lots of “Dinner & A Show” Packages (with a choice of over ten local restaurants!)
- 50 inch 4K Roku TVs
- Tickets to Frederick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
- Golf Rounds
- Massages
- Hand-carved wooden theater masks
- And MANY other fantastic treasures!
Upcoming Productions
These Shining Lives
October 17, 18, 19, 2024
Produced by special arrangement by Dramatists Play Service.
“These Shining Lives” chronicles the true story of women working at the Radium Dial Company in the 1920s. Lured by good wages, these women painted watch dials with luminous unaware of…
Irving Berlin’s
White Christmas
November 22nd – December 14th, 2024
Sponsored by DeHaan Tile & Floor Covering Inc. Based On the Paramount Pictures Film
Written For the Screen by Norman Krasna, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank
Shadowlands
January 16th-25th, 2025
Shadowlands delves into the profound and transformative love story between C.S. Lewis, the renowned British writer and academic, and Joy Davidman, an American poet.
Written by William Nicholson
Education
Master Arts offers a wide range of educational programs for people of all ages from youth to adult classes. From music lessons to acting classes Master Arts offers something for everyone.
Season Tickets
Get Involved
Love theatre and want to get involved? Master Arts needs your help to make our shows a reality. From acting to helping with costumes, props, sets, lights, sounds, crew, stage managing, and more we need your help!
Our Story
The idea for a Christ-Centered community theater in Grand Rapids began when Pris McDonald was working at a local Christian university in 1984. She and others realized that there were few options for students to continue practicing their dramatic arts after graduation. They decided to start with a simple touring Christmas show called “Emmanuel.” It was a hit, and the following year, in 1985, Master Arts Theatre was officially established . . .
