Filmmaker Craig Brewer directed Crosstown High School’s “12 Angry Jurors,” and, as the student who played Juror Number Nine put it, “Not a lot of people can say they’ve gotten this opportunity.”

Are you ready to get a little bit wacky? Then this weekend’s events are for you. 

Before Ira Sachs studied film and literature at Yale, he grew up in Memphis. And before he found a filmmaking groove in New York, he cut his teeth back home.

The revitalization project is the latest in the Orpheum Theatre Group’s work to modernize the Downtown campus.

Thursday is once again movie night in Memphis, this week with a particular Halloween flavor. 

Throughout the years, plenty of people have claimed to see a ghostly little girl roaming the historic theater. She even has a reserved seat. But is there a story behind the hauntings?

Also, opening this month: “The Notebook” at the Orpheum, a children’s musical at Circuit and a farce about how we view Thanksgiving.

Princeton Echols says his touring Soulful Murder Mystery Experience is like: “an escape room and dinner theater had a baby.” He’s also traveling to Italy next month for a screening of a film he directed.

This week, local theaters perform murder shows, Crosstown showcases Vietnamese culture and you can make pottery at Chucalissa.

Collage’s $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant was canceled earlier this year, but the Memphis dance company is forging ahead with a new season of shows that open this weekend.

“We have an embarrassment of riches of quality, excellent dance in Memphis,” Steven McMahon, of Ballet Memphis, said.

For the fourth year, the Tennessee Shakespeare Company will perform outside of the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, this time presenting “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Other plays feature “Frankenstein,” murdered Edwardian women telling their stories and a murder mystery.

Each September, Cazateatro Bilingual Theatre Group celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with family-friendly music, dance, food and cultural activities.

While the U of M’s production is “part Shakespeare, part block party, 100% heart,” Germantown Community Theatre is doing Shakespeare with an all-female cast. 

Hattiloo has created the Black Chef’s Table, pairing three-course meals with select performances.

Memphis-area theaters are opening four shows on the same night. 

Memphis is going bard-core on Shakespeare-inspired productions. 

The Halloran Centre’s mostly free arts programs have produced a Broadway performer, a singer and songwriter and a nationally touring star. Now, they’re back on the main stage. 

During the season, the Shout-Out Shakespeare Series will bring Tennessee Shakespeare Co. performances to locations around the Memphis area.

“Not everything that we have is a household name. And a lot of things we have are things that will be a household name one day,” the Buckman Arts Center director said about the new season. 

Ballet Memphis will now operate under a dual leadership model with the new executive director and the existing artistic director.

A tragic romance and a spooky drama are on Ballet Memphis' newest season schedule.

Since 1984, the Orpheum Theatre has brought Broadway shows to Memphis audiences. Now, Memphis audiences could help send a show to Broadway.

A new season of Opera Memphis starts at libraries, farmers markets and festivals.