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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Audition for “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play”
The Depot Performing Arts Center will celebrate its second Christmas with the production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra and Jo Swerling.
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Last Chance to See “Blue Collar Diaries”
This weekend is the last chance to see Blue Collar Diaries, a one-woman show written and performed by Michelle Meyers Berg, at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay.
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The Making of Third Avenue Playhouse
Lucky the town that has a theater. The rhythm of an ever-changing marquee (playing now, coming soon, playing now, coming soon) is like a steady, collective heartbeat, a 100 percent reliable indicator that “there’s life in that thar town.” A theater’s vibrancy spills over into surrounding restaurants and coffee shops. It adds dimension to the […]
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Door Shakespeare Announces 2015 Shows
Door Shakespeare recently announced its show selection for the 2015 summer season: Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest. Shows will run June 30 through Aug.
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Dozens of Characters in “Blue Collar Diaries”
Blue Collar Diaries, a one-woman show written and performed by Michelle Meyers Berg, is now onstage at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay through Nov.
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In December, Sturgeon Bay’s Rogue Theater will celebrate its one-year anniversary of bringing a variety of productions to the quaint Depot Performing Arts Center on Third Avenue.
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Three More Nights of “Wizard of Oz”
There truly is no place like home as The Wizard of Oz lands on the stage of Southern Door Community Auditorium. Audiences will be swept away by the Southern Door School District’s production that celebrates the 75th anniversary of the iconic 1939 MGM film.
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“Blue Collar Diaries” Begins Nov. 6
Coming soon from Stage Door Theatre Company is Blue Collar Diaries, running Nov. 6 – 23. This show is written and performed by Michelle Myers Berg. Berg portrays dozens of unforgettable characters that drifted through her working class neighborhood in the ‘60s and ‘70s in Blue Collar Diaries.
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For the second time this year, Rogue Theater will bring the 1944 existentialist play No Exit by French philosopher and playwright (and novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biography and literary critic) Jean-Paul Sartre to the stage of The Depot Performing Arts Center in Sturgeon Bay.
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Once again Rogue Theater presents Jean-Paul Sartre’s thought provoking No Exit. Directed by Bill Bauernfeind, featuring cast members Marcel Bruyere, Carrie Counihan, Pam Johnson and Renee Kujawski – this play could be your ultimate horror story.
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Coming soon from Stage Door Theatre Company is Blue Collar Diaries, running Nov. 6 – 23. This show is written and performed by Michelle Myers Berg. Berg portrays dozens of unforgettable characters that drifted through her working class neighborhood in the ‘60s and ‘70s in Blue Collar Diaries.
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Rogue Theater to Premiere “Policy”
Rogue Theater is honored to announce the English premiere of Policy, a Spanish play written by Antonio Muños De Mesa of Madrid, Spain. The play, La Vista, was translated to English by Phyllis Zatlin and is being brought to the stage of The Depot Performing Arts Center in Sturgeon Bay.
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“Blue Collar Diaries” Coming Soon
Third Avenue Playhouse is showing The Fantasticks through Oct. 19. The show runs Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, is the world’s longest running musical, running for more than 52 years in Manhattan and entrancing generations of audiences the world over.
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Since Sept. 3, Peninsula Players has been bringing the Ted Swindley musical, Always … Patsy Cline, to its stage to share one of the most endearing friendships the iconic country singer Patsy Cline had.
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Woodwalk Welcomes Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt (portrayed by Claudia Wilkens) will be presented at Woodwalk Gallery on Oct. 10-11 at 7:30 pm. Based on the novel Eleanor by Rhoda Lerman, the play Eleanor Roosevelt: Excursions was adapted by Lerman, Wilkens and Bain Boehlke, founder and director of the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis.
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“Blue Collar Diaries” Coming Soon to TAP
Third Avenue Playhouse is showing The Fantasticks through Oct. 19. The show runs Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. The Fantasticks, by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, is the world’s longest running musical, running for more than 52 years in Manhattan and entrancing generations of audiences the world over.
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Final Week for “Always…Patsy Cline”
The toe-tapping, heartfelt musical Always…Patsy Cline, created and originally directed by Ted Swindley, is in its final week on the Peninsula Players stage.
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Auditions Upcoming for StageKids Christmas Show
Auditions will be held for the Third Avenue Playhouse’s StageKids Christmas show, The Elves and The Shoemaker on Oct. 13 and Oct. 20, 4 – 7 pm. This timeless fairy tale tells the story of a shoemaker and his wife who are struggling to make a living with the help of a few friendly elves.
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Spend a Night with “The Bachelors”
Chad Luberger, Doug Mancheski and Corrie Beula-Kovacs starring in the American Folklore Theatre production of The Bachelors, by Fred Alley and James Kaplan.
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“The Fantasticks” Now Playing at TAP
Third Avenue Playhouse is now showing The Fantasticks through Oct. 19. The show runs Tuesday through Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. There will be a special evening performance on Oct.