Category: Theater
Door County is renowned nationwide for it’s array of local, independent theater in settings unlike any other. There’s the historic Peninsula Players on the water, Northern Sky Theatre in the woods of Peninsula State Park, and Door Shakespeare in the gardens of Bjorklunden. Plus great performances to be found in venues large and small up and down the Peninsula. Find them all here.
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“Stella and Lou” Opening Night Benefits Neighbor to Neighbor
Stella and Lou opens May 10 at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay. All lobby donations received on opening night will go to Neighbor to Neighbor Volunteer Caregivers of Door County. In Stella and Lou, two kindred spirits at Lou’s South Philadelphia bar seek solace as they navigate changing times and past relationships. It’s […]
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Rogue Theater Announces Contest Winners at April 22 Show
In January, Rogue Theater announced a murder mystery playwriters contest to community writers, encouraging all its patrons to practice their writing skills and submit their stories. The winner would get their own murder mystery produced and brought to the stage. Rogue Theater was thrilled with the play submissions they received. Each play offered mystery, humor […]
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St. John Bosco Brings “Mary Poppins Jr.” to Life Starting April 26
Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins JR. is playing at St. John Bosco School April 26 at 3:30 pm, April 27 at 7 pm, April 28 at 2 pm in the St. John Bosco Gym. The “practically perfect” 70-minute musical, designed for middle school-aged performers, is based on the classic P.L. Travers stories and the […]
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TAP Reschedules Shows Due to Blizzard
A couple performances of Third Avenue Playhouse’s Gray’s Anatomy have been rescheduled due to the recent blizzard. The final performances will be held April 19-22, at 7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday, at 2 pm Saturday and Sunday, and 6:30 pm Sunday. This show, featuring Doug Mancheski, contains mature subject matter and is not recommended […]
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Northern Sky Gives Door County Students Complimentary Tickets
Northern Sky Theater once again invites all Door County students to a complimentary evening of entertainment under the stars. Northern Sky will distribute nearly 4,000 free tickets, nearly a $100,000 investment, to every elementary, middle and high school student at all five Door County schools as well as area homeschooling students. “A core piece of […]
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A New Improv Theatre Opens in Door County
Death’s Door Knockers is a start-up improvisational theatre company for Door County. The company will rehearse and play in a longform of improvisation called “Harold.” The company is looking for people who are 50 years old and older, and who are interested in challenging their brain in new and fun ways. Those interested should stop […]
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TAP Starts the 2018 Season on April 5 with “Gray’s Anatomy”
Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) presents its first show of the season, Gray’s Anatomy by Spalding Gray, April 5-22. The play features Doug Mancheski and is directed by Robert Boles. In middle age, Spalding Gray (played by Mancheski) has entered “the Bermuda Triangle of health,” that place where the body begins to break down in alarming […]
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Door Shakespeare Offering Early Bird Special for 2018 Summer Tickets
From now through May 15, Door Shakespeare is offering an early bird discount on all single tickets to its upcoming 2018 summer season of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Joseph Hanreddy, and The Comedy of Errors, directed by Leda Hoffmann. “Door Shakespeare wants to share these beloved comedies with as many people […]
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Peninsula Players Presents ‘A Fine Bright Day Today’ Reading
Peninsula Players Theatre presents a reading of A Fine Bright Day Today, a new play by Philip Goulding, April 2, 7 pm at Björklunden in Baileys Harbor. A Fine Bright Day Today, a warm and gently funny play about love, loss and second chances, is the final play reading of the series The Play’s the […]