Who or What is the Comic Opera Guild, and who can bring in a touring show or concert?
The Comic Opera Guild (COG), a Professional/Semi-Professional theater company, was the brain child of Thomas Petiet. Celebrating 30 years of performing and tours, it brings quality productions with some of the finest singers and actors the region has to offer. COG is available year round to bring in full shows, orchestra and all, to regional venues. If you are a local Arts Council, a college or university, or education /recreation department, the Comic Opera Guild may have a show for you. COG has smaller shows, concerts, and children's shows, that can be tailored to your needs, and performed in a variety of venues.
For Corporate events, COG has Broadway theme concerts, Opera/operetta nights, and private parties can also be accommodated.
The Comic Opera Guild is a member of the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs touring catalog, which allows qualifying organizations to apply for funds (grants) to cover all or part of the expenses of bringing in a COG tour. This makes a Comic Opera Guild show your best entertainment value for a presenter.
Would local orchestras want to bring in a Comic Opera Guild Tour?
The Comic Opera Guild frequently enjoys the pleasure of appearing as the guest of symphony orchestras. These appearances are available in a remarkable variety of configurations: costumes or no costumes, full set, chorus or principals only, and occasionally incorporating celebrities or local choral ensembles. This format offers remarkable flexibility. The possibilities are truly endless!
How can you bring a Comic Opera Guild tour to your community?
Simply fill out the information request form and send it to us. We will get in touch with you to answer any questions that you may have. If you decide to sponsor a tour, we will send you a contract agreement.
Once an agreement is signed, we will send a team to meet with you at your theatre to discuss details. Your publicity materials will be sent as soon as possible. On the morning of the performance day, our crew will arrive with the set, followed in the afternoon by the cast. After the performance, we will clear the theatre within an hour and a half.
Are all our tours always that efficient ?
They have to be. We have devoted a great deal of planning and energy to ensure that our tours are properly managed. In asking a sponsor to commit themselves to us, we can do no less that what they expect.
Please feel free to contact us at the address found on the "Contact" page
Information Request form (PDF)
