Professional companies / Flint Cultural Center
Flint Repertory Theatre
Flint's professional not-for-profit theatre in the Flint Cultural Center: world premieres, new musicals and fresh takes on classics, opening 2026-27 with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Next up: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: August Wilson's blues classic at Flint's Elgood Theatre · Fri, Sep 18
Flint Repertory Theatre · Photo from the venue’s official website
Quick facts
- Opened
- 2018
- Resident companies
- Flint Repertory Theatre · Flint Youth Theatre (Flint School of Performing Arts)
01 / Playbill
Now on stage
From the venue’s own calendar, updated automatically. Tap a title for details and tickets.
- Sep 18
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: August Wilson's blues classic at Flint's Elgood TheatreSep 18 – Oct 4 - Nov 27Rent: Jonathan Larson's rock musical from Flint Repertory Theatre at the Bower TheatreNov 27 – Dec 13
Announced lineup
What the venue announced on its own site when we last checked (2026-09-26). Click through for exact times and tickets.
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
Flint Repertory Theatre is Flint's professional not-for-profit theatre, a division of the Flint Institute of Music, performing in the Elgood Theatre building (Bower Theatre) on East Kearsley Street in the Flint Cultural Center. Established in 2018, it focuses on world-premiere plays and musicals and new takes on classics, and it received a 2018 National Theatre Grant from the American Theatre Wing. The 2026-27 season opens with August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (September 18-October 4, 2026), followed by Rent (November 27-December 13), Jen Silverman's Witch, a New Works Festival of staged readings and the musical Finn. The Ghost Light Cabaret Series fills the Elgood lobby, with an evening of Elton John on October 5, 2026. The Flint Youth Theatre, now part of FIM's Flint School of Performing Arts, also stages family shows such as A Christmas Carol.
- World premieres and fresh takes on classics
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: September 18-October 4, 2026
- Ghost Light cabarets in the Elgood lobby
Plan your visit
The theatre is at 1220 E Kearsley St. in the Flint Cultural Center. For tickets, check thefim.org/flintrep or call (810) 237-1530.
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