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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“A Walk in the Woods” Opens March 31 at TAP
Opening night for Third Avenue Playhouse’s latest production, A Walk in the Woods, is scheduled for March 31 at 7:30 pm. The opening night performance will benefit Crossroads at Big Creek. Set in a peaceful wooded area outside of Geneva, Switzerland, and based on actual events, A Walk in the Woods (nominated for both the […]
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Director Needed for Isadoora Theatre Company 2016 Production
Isadoora Theatre Company is looking for directors as it plans its first production for early summer 2016, Richard Greenberg’s Three Days of Rain. Three Days of Rain was commissioned and produced by Orange County California’s South Coast Repertory in 1997. The title comes from a line from W. S. Merwin’s poem, “For the Anniversary of […]
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Last Weekend to See TAP’s “The Amish Project”
The final performances of The Amish Project will be held this weekend, March 18 – 20, at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay. Conceived in the wake of the 2006 school shootings in the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, Jessica Dickey’s fictional exploration of a real-life tragedy allows us to glimpse into the […]
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Northern Sky Receives Wisconsin Arts Board Grant for Developing New Works
Northern Sky Theater announces it has received a matching grant of $11,500 from the Wisconsin Arts Board. This grant supports Northern Sky’s commitment to writing and developing new works of musical theater tailored for the company’s unique multi-generational audiences. State grants are awarded through a competitive process. This grant indicates that Northern Sky provides a […]
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Beer & Wine Tasting, Sheepshead & More Weekend Plans
You can feel it in the air…the first weekend of spring is nearly upon us! Celebrate the coming season with a traveling theater show, a taste of some regional brews or an afternoon of Sheepshead to support an upcoming tree planting project. Friday, March 18 Dinner & A Murder Mystery Join the actors of Rogue […]
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TAP Announces 2016 Summer/Fall Season
Third Avenue Playhouse has announced its 2016 summer/fall season. From June 30 – July 23, TAP brings Isaac’s Eye to the stage, directed by Robert Boles. This amazingly creative new work playfully presents the 17th Century world of Isaac Newton in a completely contemporary and wildly theatrical setting. A battle between two great intellects (with […]
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Drew Brhel Selected as TAP’s 2016 Artist-In-Residence
Third Avenue Playhouse has announced its 2016 artist-in-residence Drew Brhel. He proudly continues his relationship with Third Avenue Playhouse, appearing this summer in three productions – Isaac’s Eye, Madame Sherry, and The Gin Game. Other roles at TAP include Matt Friedman in Talley’s Folly, Bellomy in The Fantasticks (both summer of 2014) and Frank in […]
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Agatha Christie, “The Full Monty” Highlight Pen Players 2016 Season
Tickets to Peninsula Players Theatre’s 81st season are now on sale. America’s oldest professional resident summer theater has tickets available for a variety of engaging shows – including a gentle new comedy, a classic whodunit, a lively pop-musical, an engrossing new drama and a fast-paced comic thriller. Peninsula Players opens its 81st season on June […]
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‘The Amish Project’: Community, Tragedy, Forgiveness
Jessica Dickey’s script for her play The Amish Project not only reads like poetry, but looks poetic as well. The dialog is printed in free verse, appropriate for the playwright’s elevated purpose, as she is not only offering solace for a tragedy and paying homage to a culture, but is also acknowledging the beauty of […]
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Peninsula Players Present ‘The Love List’ Reading March 7
Peninsula Players Theatre will present a reading of The Love List by Norm Foster at Björklunden at 7 pm on Monday, March 7. The Love List is a careful-what-you-wish-for comedy by Norm Foster, often hailed as “Canada’s Neil Simon.” Join the Players reading of this firecracker comedy that examines men’s expectations of the perfect woman. […]
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Rogue Theater Announces March Mystery Dinner Show Dates
Get out your lucky hat, because Rogue Theater is about to unveil a mystery dinner show that spoofs the movie Casablanca and the American dream of winning the jackpot. Penned by Tony Schwartz and Marylou Ambrose, Dealt a Deadly Hand: Murder at the Pocono Royale Casino, takes place at Rick’s club, the first legal gambling […]
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TAP Announces Student Matinee Series
Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) is starting a series of student matinees designed for school groups to bring students to the theater at a very reduced rate. Each performance will be followed by a talk back with the director and cast. Pre-show classroom visits by TAP company members may also be arranged at no additional charge […]
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After a two-season hiatus, Isadoora Theatre Company is reentering the Door County theater scene. With its mission of celebrating the basic elements of theater and presenting intellectual, thought-provoking plays on current issues, Isadoora and its new board launched its newest season Jan. 31 with a staged reading of Disgraced: A Play by Door County Reads […]
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Rogue Theater Presents ‘And Then There Was Nun’
Rogue Theater brings the hilarious And Then There Was Nun to the stage for one weekend. Written by Bruce W. Gilray and Richard T. Witter, this comedy is a spin-off of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None as the Holy Order of the Sisters of San Andreas get together on a secluded island for […]
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Johnny Cash Birthday Fun, Wine Fest & More Weekend Plans
The final weekend of February 2016 will go out with a bang! Celebrate what would be Johnny Cash’s 84th birthday, help support the Bruemmer Park Zoo, or relax while listening to the beautiful mashup of poets and musicians at DCA’s Words on Fire. Friday, February 26 Johnny Cash Birthday Bash Algoma’s Farm Market Kitchen will […]
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Eric Simonson to Lead Björklunden Seminar in June 2016
From June 12 – 17, Lawrence University’s Björklunden is offering the seminar “The Grand Synthesis” with Eric Simonson, to be held in conjunction with the Door Kinetic Arts Festival. Since Aeschylus, artists have attempted the ideal of unifying all arts into one. Composer Richard Wagner articulated this concept in his early 19th-century essays, using the […]
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“The Amish Project” Begins TAP Run March 3
Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) will start the 2016 season with The Amish Project, to be performed March 3 – 20. Conceived in the wake of the 2006 school shootings in the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, Jessica Dickey’s fictional exploration of a real-life tragedy allows us to glimpse into the world of Amish culture […]
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Björklunden Introduces Inaugural Door Kinetic Arts Festival
Oscar-winning Lombardi playwright Eric Simonson is bringing some major creative talent to Björklunden for the inaugural Door Kinetic Arts Festival in June. The week-long festival will provide Door County residents and visitors a peek at the creative process through two staged readings, a dance presentation and the premiere of a commissioned film by Campbell Scott, […]
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Tickets On Sale for 2016 Peninsula Players Productions
With an exciting line-up, Peninsula Players has season tickets available for a variety of engaging shows – from a gentle new comedy, a classic whodunit, a lively pop-musical, an engrossing new drama and a fast-paced comic thriller. Peninsula Players opens its 81st season on June 14 with the Wisconsin première of Chapatti, a gentle and […]
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Southern Door Theatre Club to Perform “Almost, Maine”
The Southern Door Theatre Club invites community members to warm their hearts this frigid winter at their performance of the unconventional romantic comedy Almost, Maine. Performances will take place at 7:30 pm on Jan. 29 & 30, at the Third Avenue Playhouse, 239 Third Ave., Sturgeon Bay. The play follows the joys and tribulations of […]