About Vertigo Theatrics

Vertigo Theatrics began as a brainstorm of ideas between our Executive Artistic Director, Ted Valley, and a small group of confidants and friends. The plan was to offer entertainment services in the form of Mystery Dinner Theatre. The venture was successful and blossomed into the dream of finding a permanent home to host Dinner Theatre. After several years of negotiations with The Masonic Temple Association of Flint, the dream became a reality. Vertigo Productions opened the doors to Flint’s new theatrical venue in September 1997 with the Flint premiere of ‘Laughter On The 23rd Floor’. We have not stood still since that day!

 We began with two shows a year and have grown to offer a “full season” of theatrical entertainment. For seven years, we offered non-musical performances, in the main auditorium at The Masonic Temple. In 2004, we performed our first musical, ‘A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline’. We followed that with ‘I Do, I Do’ and in February, 2007, hosted ‘The Who’s Tommy‘. Beginning with our tenth season, we now present two musicals, each season. In Season 10 it was ‘Swinging On A Star‘ in September, 2007, and ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’‘ in February, 2008. In September 2008 we were very excited to perform the Flint amateur premiere of  “Chicago” and in February 2009 the Michigan premiere of “Judy Garland-The World’s Greatest Entertainer”. We followed those spectacular shows with “Cabaret” in September 2009 and another area premiere with “Forbidden Broadway” in March 2010.

In 2004, we proudly opened a new venue at our home facility. Through further negotiations with The Masonic Temple Association, we were granted permission to use a second auditorium in the building. We opened our ‘Studio On the Third Floor’ series with two one act plays, ‘The Gift of the Magi’ and ‘When God Comes For Breakfast, You Don’t Burn The Toast’. These are non dinner shows (dessert is served at intermission) that allow us to stretch our creativity and talented actors with more “avante guarde” performances. These are shows that speak more to the “human condition”.

Also during our 2004 “off season”, we stepped outside of our home facility to offer Flint’s first Shakespeare In The Park festival, featuring performances at Flint’s beautiful Kearsley Park. And just for fun, we added a small Renaissance Faire dubbed Gilkeyshire.

In 2007, Jacque Valley left her 27 year position with The Flint Journal and joined Ted at Vertigo full time. As we continued to expand our entertainment options at Vertigo, it became apparent it would be easier to manage the day to day operations with this husband and wife team working closely together and we love it!

In 2008 we added a new event to our agenda hosting the 1st Annual Vampire Ball. The ball is designed to bring people together in a Gothic party atmosphere and is a benefit for the Flint Farmers Market. There is live entertainment provided by the national artist Voltaire among others, and includes munchies and a cash bar.

We continue to expand our services with our new venture offering Young Adult Acting Classes, taught by Martin Jennings and Ted Valley. Soon, we will offer adult acting & film workshops focusing on screen acting. Stay tuned for more information on dates and times.

Vertigo’s Mission Statement

Our mission at Vertigo Theatrics is:

  • to offer quality entertainment, at an affordable price.
  • to introduce our audiences to new authors.
  • to utilize the wealth of local talent we have in our community.
  • to partner with other local arts organizations and mediums, creating new growth and awareness for all partners, including offering our entertainment options as fundraisers to local non-profit groups.

    • We have proudly provided entertainment as fundraisers for non-profit organizations. Our beneficiaries have included:

  • Hurley Hospital’s Children’s Miracle Network
  • The Genesee County Courthouse and Genesee County Bar Association on two separate occasions
  • The Arab American Heritage Council
  • The Shelter of Flint
  • YWCA Women & Children’s Center
  • The Kearsley Park Project
  • The Johnny Burke Children’s Foundation
  • The Flint Farmers Market
  • The Old Newsboys

    • Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about our performance fundrasiers.

    We have produced more than 70 shows in the Flint area and look forward to many more “encore” seasons of bringing quality entertainment to our patrons!