BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:91953@annarborwithkids.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260206T190000 DTSTAMP:20260130T055032Z URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/events/light-up-the-sky-2026-02-06/ SUMMARY:Light Up the Sky DESCRIPTION:\nSkyline High School Theatre will be performing Light Up the S ky in their Black Box Theater. \n\n\n\nTickets are $15/adults &\; $10/s tudents. They can be purchased in advance.\n\n\n\nKwesi Kwakye\, center\, plays Peter Sloan a young playwright learning that the theatre isn't alway s the loving environment he thought it might be in Skyline Theatre's "Ligh t Up the Sky". Back row\, from left to right\, Lex Zain\, Finn Kennedy\, S ophie Campbell\, Dominic Marroni\, Dagen Miller\, Claire Hurley\, and Cass O'Connel. (photo by Carrie Bank)\n\n\n\nShowtimes\n\n\n\n[events_list tag ="skylinetheater" scope="2026-02-01\,2026-02-08"]🎭 #_{l\, F j} at #_EVE NTTIMES - #_EVENTLINK[/events_list]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more in their pre ss release:\n\n\n\n\nSkyline High School Theatre presents the classic come dy Light Up the Sky\n\n\n\nSkyline High School Theatre will brighten this winter with Light Up the Sky\, a hilarious comedy about the highs and lows of the stage.\n\n\n\nThe play will be performed Feb. 6-8 at Skyline High School\, 2552 N. Maple Rd.\, in Ann Arbor. Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.  \;\n\n\n\nTickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. They are available in advance at http://a2skylinetheatre .ludus.com or at the door starting 30 minutes prior to the show.\n\n\n\nLi ght Up the Sky\,written by Moss Hart in 1948\, follows the behind-the-scen es drama on opening night of a new production. The director\, cast and oth ers careen from jubilation to despair and back again as they discuss the a udience’s reaction and wait for critics’ reviews. The show features th e rapid-fire dialogue and big personalities that were staples of the post- war era.\n\n\n\n“I love the comedy style of the 1940s. It definitely&nbs p\;has its own style and pacing to it\,” said Brodie Brockie\, who is di recting Skyline’s production. “I think it's important especially \ ;in an educational setting that we keep pulling from different eras and st yles of theatre. We've done modern works\, Shakespeare\, Gilbert and Sulli van\, farce and now a snappy Moss Hart classic.”\n\n\n\nSkyline will sta ge the show in its experimental “black box” theater\, an intimate venu e with the audience seated on three sides. Skyline’s new artistic direct or Kristine Stephens suggested using the black box for a show\, Brockie sa id. And he is familiar with acting on a thrust stage through his work with the Ann Arbor Civic Theatre at the University of Michigan’s Arthur Mill er Theatre.\n\n\n\n“I thought that would be fun to do here and give our students the experience of a different kind of theatre\,” Brockie said. “I went looking \;for a show that would work well with that set up a nd that I would get excited about\, and I remembered this great Moss Hart comedy that I performed in way back in 2000.”\n\n\n\nBrockie said he lov es a good comedy\, but it’s important to him that a show has some heart to it or a deeper meaning. He likes the interplay between the characters i n Light Up the Sky\, some of whom are old friends and some who are new to the group.\n\n\n\n“It's interesting to see the different ways the advers ity they face affects those relationships\, and how some of the hurts they cause each other are easier to heal than others\,” Brockie said. “The characters can behave outlandishly at times\, but their relationships fee l very real. They love each other\, and they drive each other crazy.”\n\ n\n\nFor more information\, please contact Brodie Brockie at brockie@aaps. k12.mi.us.\n\n CATEGORIES:Advance Registration,Arbor Annie's Highlights,High Schoolers,Indoor Activities,Middle Schoolers,Optional Registration,Parents,Theater LOCATION:Skyline High School\, 2552 N. Maple\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48103 \, West Ann Arbor\, United States GEO:42.30482;-83.77894320000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=2552 N. Maple\, Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 48103\, West Ann Arbor\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=Skyline High School:geo:42.30482,-83.77894320000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR