A Lesson in Progress: What would you do with technology today? These teens find out how to live without their cell phones, computers, iPods and much more.

Ambassador: The first play performed at the Matrix Theatre on 2730 Bagley Street deals with issues of the Ambassador Bridge.

Better Days: A heartwarming satire of the life and trails of mental health patients.

Beyond Violence: This play is recognized as an outstanding Humanities project, and has won the Silence and Violence Award by New Detroit. IT was featured on WTVS "City for Youth" Series.

Blue Warriors: A look at the growing gang problems in the neighborhood.

Bocon: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Boomtown 1925: Written during a 15 month process by the Collective Playwrights, this play about Detroit Jazz age, prohibition and acceptance is the story of Delray, and area of Detroit that was never segregated, even in the 1920's when Detroit was booming. Funding for this play was provided by

Celebration of the Holidays: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

City Creatures: An original puppet play with poetry and song about the creatures that live in the City of Detroit.

Disconnected.Love: This play tackles contemporary dilemmas of love communication and the Internet.

Dog Lady: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Earth-Span: A parody of reality television promoting environmental awareness. Written in the summer of 2004 by the teens of Matrix Theatre Company.

Fear and Faith: A giant puppet play, with all of the artwork created by the young people of Southwest Detroit. When Fear takes over the community, can Faith help a New Day be born?

For Keeps: Our first new play for teens, For Keeps, dealt with the AIDS epidemic.

Ghost of the Gar: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Guides to the New Millennium: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Harper's Ferry: Sitting together at a camp fire for the last time two friends, John Brown and Frederick Douglass discuss their differing viewpoints on how to abolish slavery.

Here Comes the Zizziwig: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Homelands: Michigan Central: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

House on Mango Street: A girl's life is full of turmoil, with the help of nun's she turns her life around.

In the Parking Lot: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Jesus in the Hood: Based on the gospel of Luke. "What if Jesus was born and raised in Southwest Detroit?" Matrix young people created a play that is both very funny and highly spiritual.

Jimmy's Getting Better: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Little Lost Dragon: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

MarshMagic: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Martha, Clive & Paul: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

MeadowMorphosis: Travel back to a time before cement parking lots and freeways, when otters, frogs & monarch butterflies reigned supreme.

MotherTongue: Two contemporary women invoke the spirits of Sojourner Truth and Mother Jones, great 19th century orators, to weave a story of strength, pain and resilience.

Once Was Paradise: A puppet play written about the eco system of Detroit. This play is not available for booking.

Para Siempre: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Party Girl: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Peace is Possible: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Play & Rockabye: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Product of my Environment: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Psychiatric Surgery: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Psychological Circus: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Puppet Scrooge: Matrix's version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", complete with puppets and an updated story!

Rainbow Riders: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Recuerdos de los Repatriados: The hidden history of thousands of local residents forcibly removed to Mexico during the Depression.

Southwest Story: An adaptation of Romeo & Juliet based in Southwest Detroit.

Street Stories: A play which told the stories of grief in young people's lives. It was a hit at the National Conference on Gang prevention in Flordia.

Talk Talk: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

The 25 Mixtec Cats: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

The Choice is Yours: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

The Cousin: This radio play is an eerie murder mystery that is styled after the radio's golden age.

The Missing Piece: Three friends, one mistake, can their friendship survive the divide? This one act play was written by the participants of the Teatro de la Vida program. Funding for this play was provided by The Skillman Foundation.

The Two Paths: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

There's No Place Like Home - Or Is There?: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Toxic City: Combining features of a Mexican Novella with the outlandishness of a superhero comic book, this is one of the first full-length teen plays.

Trial: The first original play produced at Matrix Theatre Company. IT was stage in a Greektown loft. It features three actors playing the role of K, and moves around the audience in a kaleidoscope of images.

Tuesdays at Four: Written by the Fisher Players, Tuesday's at Four is about a support group that meets on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. These seven characters deal with their mental illnesses during the play in group as well as with creative flashback devices. This play invites everyone to join the Fisher Players in rediscovering hope. This play was a collaboration between Matrix Theatre Company and Southwest Solutions, Fisher Clubhouse.

Udder Confusion: A blind man and his cat start that day like every other, but the blind man lands in space before he can get back home to the cat and his coffee.

Variations on a Mouse Match: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

What I Like About Me: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

What's Going On?: for information on this play, call (313) 967-0999

Where is the Love?: A play about teen dating violence, this play toured Metro Detroit for two years, complete with an educational packet.

Who's Knocking on Noel Night?: Will the trolls ruin the Holiday feast or can the Bear save the day? Find out in this children's puppet play adapted from the Norwegian folk tale.

Woman Who Outshone the Sun: Based on a Mexican folk tale, this giant puppet play tells the tale of Lucia and a village that learns to love and respect her and all she stands for.

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