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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Rogue Theater Announces 2024 Season
Community theater troupe Rogue Theater will perform six shows from March to December 2024. The season starts with Rogue’s annual murder-mystery dinner show, which supports local restaurants during the off-season. This year’s show is Sam Club, Private Eye, in The Case of the Malted Falcon. The titular investigator is guarding a priceless chocolate sculpture when […]
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Midsummer’s Music’s Composer Receives Award
Midsummer’s Music’s composer-in-residence, Will Healy, received the 2023 Leonard Bernstein Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Foundation. The Bernstein family gives the award to one composer each year. Photo courtesy of Midsummer’s Music.
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The plays featured in Third Avenue PlayWorks’ (TAP) 2024 season will span genres from murder-mystery to comedy to drama to chamber musical. The season starts May 1-19 with Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B by Kate Hamill, a rollicking murder-mystery that’s filled with suspense and unexpected twists. Stones in His Pockets by Marie […]
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DCA Announces Winter 2024 Lineup
Door Community Auditorium’s (DCA) 2024 winter season will include the Door County Talks morning lecture series, three Coffeehouse Concerts by local musicians and several main-stage shows. Passport Program Main Stage Shows DCA’s first main-stage show of 2024 will be a Jan. 30 performance by interactive prehistoric puppetry troupe Dinosaur World Live at 6 pm. Next, […]
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Griffon String Quartet To Host Second Winter Strings Retreat
Midsummer’s Music’s resident ensemble the Griffon String Quartet (GSQ) will host a second annual winter retreat on Jan. 5 and 6, 2024, featuring Suzuki Strings of Madison (SSM). SSM provides Madison-area children with musical education based on the teachings of Shinichi Suzuki, a Japanese pedagogue. Suzuki believed that through encouragement, a rich musical environment, and […]
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Dance Classes For All Ages At Studio234
Professional dancer and dance educator Elena Santiago will teach beginning and intermediate/advanced ballet classes for adults and teens 13 and older during two 12-week sessions at Sturgeon Bay’s STUDIO234. The sessions take place on Mondays Jan. 8 through April 1, with no class on March 25. The intermediate/advanced session takes place 4:30-5:30 pm and costs […]
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The Year in Theater & Performance 2023
A New Twist on Broadway Classics Members of Northern Door Pride performed songs from Wicked, Heathers, Mean Girls and more during Broadway with a Twist: A Cabaret at the Kress Center this January. Actors Collaborative Door County Performs First Show A newly-formed classical theater company, Actors Collaborative Door County, performed its first show, Hello Out […]
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TAP Adds Matinee Showtime For It’s A Wonderful Life
In response to increased ticket demand, Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) added an additional matinee showtime for It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play on Dec. 30 at 2 pm. Visit thirdavenueplayworks.org or call 920.743.1760 to purchase tickets. TAP is located at 239 N. 3rd Ave. in Sturgeon Bay.
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Summer Music Preview We’ve got music in Door County. If anyone doubts this, they could spend a couple weeks in our office as we’re putting together the weekly paper and its variety of musical offerings. Week in, week out there’s plenty of music to catch, even during the “off-season” winter months. This year was no […]
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More Holiday Events for December
A Christmas Past At Big Creek Dec. 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 The Door County Historical Society hosts its inaugural event, A Glimpse of Christmas Past, at Heritage Village at Big Creek throughout the month of December. This holiday celebration invites the community to step back in time and experience the rich history and festive traditions of Door […]
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Inside “It’s A Wonderful Life”
A Q&A with director Jacob Janssen By THIRD AVENUE PLAYWORKS STAFF Q: Why should patrons see It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play? A: You may have seen It’s A Wonderful Life, but you’ve probably never seen it – or rather, heard it – as a radio play. The story and characters are the […]
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Fundraising For High School Trips
Gibraltar Music Boosters, the fundraising arm of the Gibraltar High School music program, is raising funds to enable students to participate in programs offered by the Disney Imagination Campus (DIC) in Orlando, Florida. Their upcoming Florida trip is scheduled for March 13-19, 2024. Band and choir students at Gibraltar can participate in innovative-learning workshops and […]
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Free TAP Tickets Through Door County Libraries
Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) is collaborating with Door County Libraries to help patrons “check out” TAP. Coupons are available at all eight of our Door County Library locations while supplies last. Coupons come out by show and each admits up to two theatergoers. Pick them up before they are gone. Contact TAP for show time […]
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Gibraltar Secondary Schools Concert At DCA
The choirs at Gibraltar Secondary Schools will present their fall concert on Dec. 12, 7 pm. Led by choir director Sara Bong and accompanied by pianist Janet Anderson, sixth grade, eighth grade and high school choirs will perform seasonal selections by composers like John Leavitt, Emily Crocker, Joseph Martin and John Rutter. Gibraltar staff and […]
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Peninsula Players Announces 2024 Season Lineup
Peninsula Players Theatre will perform five plays during its 89th season, which will take place from June 18 – Oct. 20, 2024. The season will start with I Ought to Be in Pictures, performed June 18 – July 7. Written by Neil Simon in 1980, the play is a poignant comedy about a burned-out Hollywood […]
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Help Fund Death’s Door Dance Festival
Death’s Door Dance Festival [DDDF] is requesting donations to ensure its free, yearly dance event can continue into 2024. The organization’s goal is to collect $20,000 by Jan. 5, 2024. If it reaches this goal, DDDF’s 2024 event will look much the same as previous years. If it only reaches $15,000, DDDF’s return will be […]
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Dorothy Scott Kicks Off Art Of Music Concert Series
On Dec. 8, Dorothy Scott and the Peacekeepers will kick off the Kress Pavilion’s Art of Music winter concert series with a blend of pop, folk and blues favorites. Scott complements her fierce, passionate vocals with acoustic guitar and keyboard, while Tony Besson’s electric guitar, Paul Sowinski’s bass and Adam Cain’s drums round out her […]
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Griffon String Quartet Awarded Project: Music Heals Us Grant
Plus, upcoming fundraiser and holiday concerts The Griffon String Quartet, Midsummer’s Music’s resident string ensemble, received a second grant from Project: Music Heals Us to support its work with marginalized Door County residents, especially those who can’t access live performances due to their home life, health care needs, economic needs or physical location. Drawing from […]
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Culture Club: Harmonizing the Holidays
The Unconventional Caroling Journeys of Griffon String Quartet by ALLYSON FLECK Executive Director, Midsummer’s Music The holiday season is upon us, and what better way to spread the festive cheer than with unexpected encounters of a string quartet caroling in the most unconventional places? Griffon String Quartet, the only year-round professional ensemble in Northeastern Wisconsin, […]
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Upcoming Holiday Theater Performances
Need help getting in the Christmas spirit? Three local performing-arts organizations have your back. At Third Avenue Playworks, tune in to a radio-show reimagining of It’s a Wonderful Life; at Southern Door Community Auditorium, play bingo and answer trivia during an interactive holiday comedy show; and at Northern Sky Theater, keep the festive feelings alive […]