Category: Performance
Door County is home to a selection of performance venues and ensembles unmatched by any other small communities in America. Birch Creek brings jazz and classical music to a rustic barn, Midsummer’s Music Festival tours the peninsula for intimate concerts, and the Peninsula Music Festival awes visitors and locals alike at the Door Community Auditorium each august. Find schedules for these and many other venues here.
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Around the World in 80 Days Continues Through October 18
Phileas Fogg and his faithful servant Passepartout encounter various eccentric individuals along their travels in Marc Brown’s adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, on stage at Peninsula Players through October 18.
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Siegel-Schwall Band to Perform at Peg Egan PAC Fundraiser
The legendary Siegel-Schwall Band will perform at the first-annual Peg Egan Performing Arts Center fundraiser. The concert is scheduled for Saturday, October 17 at 1 pm at the Peg Egan PAC on Church Street in Egg Harbor.
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“Under the Earth Tones” Concert at Bjِrklunden
Lawrence University’s Björklunden will host a free concert entitled “Under The Earth Tones.” The concert will take place Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 1:30pm.
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Tickets on Sale for Birch Creek “Italian Night” Concert
Birch Creek Performance Center’s volunteer group, The Associates, is sponsoring Mangiare Italiano, an Italian dinner buffet and concert, on Sunday, October 25 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm in Birch Creek’s Juniper Hall.
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Auditorium Presents Big Top Chautauqua’s “Autumn Fancy”
A tribute to Wisconsin’s glorious fall colors, Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua’s “Autumn Fancy” is an entertaining eco-friendly romp through Mother Nature’s fallen leaves.
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TAP Announces Best Christmas Pageant Ever Auditions
Auditions for Third Avenue Playhouse’s December production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever will be held on Monday and Tuesday, October 12 and 13, at 6:30 pm
First written as a short story for McCall’s Magazine, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever has become a holiday classic. -
Opposites Collide in TAP’s The Odd Couple
Sturgeon Bay’s Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) continues its fall season with Neil Simon’s enduring comedy classic, The Odd Couple. Performances are scheduled over two weekends: October 8 – 11 and October 15 – 18.
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Door County Waitress Releases Single in Los Angeles
Many know her as the zany, pigtailed, blonde waitress at Julie’s Park Café in Fish Creek, but many may not know that Debra Hadraba is also a passionate and dedicated singer, songwriter, and performing artist.
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Peninsula Players Theatre in Fish Creek is offering a Family Night on Friday, October 2 at 8 pm. In celebration of their family-friendly comic adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, the Players is offering half-price tickets to children ages 4 – 18 for the Friday evening show when adults walk up to the box office that evening with their families.
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Peninsula Players Featured in “Free Night of Theater” Program
Peninsula Players in Fish Creek is one of the Wisconsin theaters participating in the Theatre Communications Group (TCG)’s annual “Free Night of Theater” program.
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Public Reading of I Never Sang for my Father at UUF
A public reading of I Never Sang for my Father, a moving family drama by Robert Anderson, is planned for Monday, October 12 at 7 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall in Ephraim.
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Singing Men at First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of Sister Bay will be hosting the Singing Men of Oak Brook in concert on Sunday, October 11 at 3 pm. The group is a non-denominational men’s chorus of about 35 members who represent many walks of life and church backgrounds who want to share their love of music and Christian ministry.
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Free Cello Concert at Bjorklunden
Lawrence University’s Björklunden will host a free concert Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 1:30 pm, with the beautiful sounds of cellists from Professor Janet Anthony’s studio.
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Celtic Guitar Workshop at Door Jam
A Celtic guitar workshop given by Chicago-based February Sky duo Susan Urban and Phil Cooper will be held on Saturday, September 19 at 2 pm at the Door Jam in Sister Bay.
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Moonglow, a talented trio comprised of singers Mary Launder, Julia Maish and Diane Compton, will perform at Third Avenue Playhouse on Saturday, October 3 at 7:30 pm.
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Bluegrass Festival at Prince of Peace Church
Prince of Peace Church is holding a Bluegrass Gospel Festival on Sunday, September 27 from 11:30 am – 2 pm. The event is featuring two bluegrass bands from Wisconsin – On Eagles Wings and The Burie Family.
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Chris Aaron Band at Cherry Lanes
On Friday, September 18 at 10 pm, the Chris Aaron Band featuring Bobby Bryan will take the stage at Sturgeon Bay’s Cherry Lanes.
Chris Aaron is a rock and blues guitarist who just “seems to be born with the blues,” and always puts on a great show for his loyal band of followers. -
Peninsula Players Fall Seminars Announced
Peninsula Players has set its fall schedule of topics for their Saturday Seminar Series, with the first seminar set for Saturday, September 19. All of the seminars are free and are presented in the Players Rehearsal Hall from 2:30 – 4 pm.
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Pen Players Company Members Receive Jefferson Award Nominations
Chicago Theater’s Joseph Jefferson Award nominations were recently announced, with several of Door County’s Peninsula Players company members receiving nods.
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Around the World in 80 Days at Pen Players
Mark Brown’s family-friendly adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days, is the fifth and final production of the Peninsula Players 2009 Season.