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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.

  • New Role for Amy Ensign at Door Shakespeare

    Door Shakespeare announces the appointment of Amy Ensign as its new managing director. Ensign has more than 30 years of experience in theatre, instructional design, retail sales, training and marketing. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BA in drama. After meeting and living on the west coast for a number of years, […]

  • “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 […]

  • Northern Sky Announces 2018 Fall Season

    Northern Sky Theater announces ticket sales and casting for the 2018 fall season. The musical comedy Muskie Love will play Aug. 31 to Oct. 20 at Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek. Premiering in 2004, Muskie Love was the first collaboration by Dave Hudson and Paul Libman, now Northern Sky’s most prolific writing team. Muskie […]

  • Sturgeon Bay High School Presents “Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical”

    The Sturgeon Bay High School (SBHS) theater arts class presents Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical April 27-28. This show promises to entertain and amuse audiences of all ages. The Broadway production of Mary Poppins has all the wonderful songs from the Disney movie as well as several new tunes and lively dances. As part of […]

  • LEAP Performance Rescheduled for April 29

    This year’s “LEAP: The Human Kindness Project” frames the high-stakes, cut-throat world of Broadway auditions as a microcosmic metaphor for life’s struggle to keep hold of one’s dreams while navigating the constant barrage of negativity that comes from others and from within. Sponsored by Door County Medical Center, “LEAP: The Human Kindness Project” is a […]

  • Gibraltar Students Perform ‘Big Fish’ This Weekend

    Last spring, when Lizbeth Thomas chose The Addams Family as the 29th musical she’d direct at Gibraltar High School, she said, “After the tragic losses the high school and the community have faced in recent years, I thought a comedy was appropriate.” This year, she chose Big Fish The Musical, and the inspiration, she said, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Play’s the Thing Finished for 2018 and Scheduled for 2019

    Peninsula Players Theatre presented a reading of A Fine Bright Day Today, a new play by British playwright Philip Goulding, on April 2 at Björklunden. A Fine Bright Day Today was produced as the final installment of The Play’s the Thing, a winter series of play readings organized by Peninsula Players Theatre. A Fine Bright […]

  • 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 […]

  • Door Shakespeare Summer Theatre Program Opens for Reservations

    Door Shakespeare is currently taking reservations for the 2018 summer theatre program, Camp Will. Three sessions are available:  July 16-20, July 30 – Aug. 3, and Aug. 13-17. The week-long theater camp takes place Monday through Friday, from 10 am to 12:30 pm on the Door Shakespeare stage in the Garden of Björklunden, 1.5 miles […]

  • ‘Mary Poppins’ Kicks Off New Sturgeon Bay Theater Arts Program

    Sturgeon Bay High School is putting creative power in the hands of its students. When Mary Poppins The Broadway Musical opens on April 25, Door County residents will get the opportunity to see a show that was completely executed, from technical design to costumes, by its student base. The Theater Arts program, as it’s called, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Join Rogue Theater for their Latest Murder/Mystery Dinner Show

    Buy tickets soon, because they’re selling fast for Rogue Theater’s latest mystery dinner show, Eat, Drink, and Be Murdered. Directed by Stuart Champeau and written by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose, Eat, Drink, and Be Murdered, takes place at an 80th birthday party, where the McFaddens and the O’Rileys have congregated to honor the family […]

  • 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 […]

  • Disease, Mortality Highlighted in TAP’s ‘Gray’s Anatomy’

    It isn’t often an actor is cast as a character whose most traumatic experiences mirror their own. In Doug Mancheski’s case, it was almost as rare as the medical condition he lived with and which establishes the plot of Gray’s Anatomy, opening this weekend at Third Avenue Playhouse. An autobiographical monologue by the late American […]

  • Northern Sky Announces 2018 Summer Season

    Northern Sky Theater announces ticket sales and casting for the 2018 summer season. The season includes three musical comedies playing in repertory from June 13 to Aug. 25 at the outdoor amphitheater in Peninsula State Park. Northern Sky will premiere two new musicals this summer and offer a new twist on one of its all-time […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]