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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Stage Door Theatre Company Presents “The Rainmaker”
The Stage Door Theatre Company continues its series of informal staged readings of classic and contemporary plays with The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash on April 7 at 2 pm.
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Stage Door Theatre Company Offers Adult and Young Adult Acting Classes
Beginning April 6, StageKids and Stage Door Theatre will offer a series of five acting classes for young adults and adults. Classes meet on five consecutive Saturdays, ending May 4.
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Peninsula Arts Association Looks to the Future
Door County’s oldest non-profit for local painters, potters, musicians, thespians, quilters, poets, and more – the Peninsula Arts Association (PAA) – is undergoing some changes, some good, some not so good.
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Stage Door Theatre Company Announces Summer/Fall Season
The final performances of Almost, Maine will be held at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay on March 15 and 16 at 7:30pm. Almost, Maine was the hit comedy of last fall’s inaugural season of the Stage Door Theatre Company with original cast members Amy Ensign, Chad Luberger, Anne St. Henry and Ryan Patrick Shaw.
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Pen Players Present “Red” Reading
Peninsula Players Theatre continued its winter series, The Play’s the Thing, with a public reading of the 2010 Tony Award-winning Red by John Logan at Björklunden on March 4.
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Production of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ Benefits HELP of Door County
In benefit of HELP of Door County, ten Door County women of all ages and backgrounds will stand before an audience and read from Eve Ensler’s episodic play, The Vagina Monologues.
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“I’m so, so, so excited,” says Lizbeth Thomas, director of Gibraltar’s spring musical, Once Upon a Mattress – an endearing comic fairytale featuring a controlling queen, cursed king, and an unlikely princess who must pass a ‘sensitivity test’ to marry a prince.
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Pen Players Present “Red” Play Reading
Peninsula Players Theatre continues its winter series, The Play’s the Thing, with a public reading of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Red by John Logan, screenwriter of The Aviator and Gladiator, at Björklunden on March 4 at 7 pm.
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“Almost, Maine” Returns with Original Cast
Almost, Maine, the hit comedy of last fall’s inaugural season of the Stage Door Theatre Company, will be performed March 7 – 17 with the original cast members at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay.
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Rogue Theater Makes Debut with “Eclipsed”
Theater has gone Rogue; Door County’s newest theater ensemble Rogue Theater will premiere Eclipsed at The Lodge at Leathem Smith on Feb. 15. Eclipsed, a murder mystery written by Lisa Patrick Wilkinson and directed by Stuart Champeau, invites audience members to be the celebrated guests of Lord and Lady Moon at the coveted Annual Moonlight Masquerade Charity Gala.
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“Love Letters” Onstage through Feb. 24 at TAP
To celebrate the Valentine’s season, Third Avenue Playhouse presents Love Letters, an imaginative and romantic play featuring Doug Mancheski and Amy Ensign.
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Pen Players Present Radio Dramas as part of Door County Reads
Peninsula Players Theatre presented a play reading of The Problem of Thor Bridge and A Scandal in Bohemia, accompanied by a reading from The Beekeeper’s Apprentice at Björklunden on Feb 4 to a full house of more than 125.
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Revealing a Love Through Letters
Opening Valentine’s Day at Third Avenue Playhouse, Love Letters showcases an unconventional romantic relationship (which relationship isn’t?) between Melissa Gardner, played by Amy Ensign, and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III, played by Doug Mancheski.
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Pen Players Reveal their Sherlock Holmes Connection
Peninsula Players Theatre will present a reading of The Problem of Thor Bridge and A Scandal in Bohemia, accompanied by a reading from The Beekeeper’s Apprentice at Björklunden near Baileys Harbor on Feb. 4, 7 pm.
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Stage Door Theatre Company Holds Open Auditions
Stage Door Theatre Company will hold general auditions on Feb. 3 (2 – 5 pm) and Feb. 4 (6 – 8 pm) for upcoming projects including a winter play reading series, Stage Door and StageKids productions.
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Isadoora Theatre Presents “As Bees in Honey Drown”
Isadoora Theatre Company will once again participate in Door County Reads 2013. Now in their fifth year of presenting play readings for the popular Door County Library event, Isadoora will offer a staged reading of Douglas Carter Beane’s tale of false identity and fraud, As Bees in Honey Drown, on Jan. 29.
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Sturgeon Bay High School is Alive with “The Sound of Music”
The world’s most beloved musical celebrates its 50th anniversary at Sturgeon Bay High School. Justin Ranek, Sturgeon Bay’s new choir director, and Renée Bauernfeind, volunteer director, will direct the Sturgeon Bay High School production of The Sound of Music.
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Stage Door Theatre Company Holds Open Auditions
Stage Door Theatre Company will hold general auditions on Feb. 3 (2 – 5 pm) and Feb. 4 (6 – 8 pm) for upcoming projects including a winter play reading series, Stage Door and StageKids productions.
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StageKids Offers Winter Classes
StageKids, the community children’s theatre company at the Third Avenue Playhouse, will hold a series of classes each Saturday in January and February, beginning Jan. 6.
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American Folklore Theatre Releases ‘Victory Farm’ Album
American Folklore Theatre (AFT) has announced the release of the 2012 Victory Farm album featuring the original cast recorded live in Peninsula State Park.