Kalamazoo Civic Theatre Ushers In Virtual Series of Plays The show must go on. Kalamazoo Civic Theatre will stage a series of productions that will be performed live and streamed to your living room. You know your favorite bartender or server has missed you, and musicians are craving an audience to play for, but don't forget the thespians. Actors live for the moment and live theatre. Yes, countless hours of rehearsal and preparation go into a production, but each performance is unique. To quote Hamlet, "the play's the thing." You need three things in the theatre — the play, the actors and the audience, and each must give something.