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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Last Chance to Catch Door Shakespeare
Time is running out to catch Door Shakespeare’s two sidesplitting 2010 season offerings: William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals.
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Peninsula Players Presents “Comic Potential”
On stage at Peninsula Players Theatre through September 5 is Alan Ayckbourn’s futuristic comedy, Comic Potential.
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Isadoora Announces Open Auditions for Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Isadoora Theatre Company is excited to announce open auditions for their fall production, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Directed by Henry Timm, the show calls for four men and two to four women.
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Isadoora Theater Company Presents Pre-Audition Workship
Isadoora Theater Company will open its 2010-2011 season with a special Halloween production of Jeffery Thatcher’s adaptation of R. L. Stevenson’s classic horror novella, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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“A Little Night Music” On Stage at Pen Players
On stage at Peninsula Players through August 15 is Stephen Sondheim’s and Hugh Wheeler’s Tony Award-winning masterpiece, A Little Night Music, set at the turn of the last century in Sweden.
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Comedy, Horror, and Puppets in American Folklore’s Bone Dance
A man puts his fiancé’s ring on the finger of a corpse, unknowingly, as a part of a bachelor party prank – binding himself to a scraggly haired, skeleton-faced woman who never found love in life.
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Door Shakespeare: Classic Theater in a Garden
Audiences in the Globe Theater experienced Shakespeare’s plays under the open sky. Patrons of Door Shakespeare continue in that tradition, enjoying two comedies in rotation this season.
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Peninsula Players Presents “A Little Night Music”
Peninsula Players Theatre continues its 75th season by performing Stephen Sondheim’s and Hugh Wheeler’s lavish and sophisticated musical, A Little Night Music, July 28 through August 15.
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Strugeon Bay’s Third Avenue Playhouse Presents “On Golden Pond”
Third Avenue Playhouse is reviving their production of On Golden Pond as part of its 10th Anniversary season. The show will run for eight performances, August 12 – 15, 19 – 22.
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Peninsula Players Hosts Open Auditions
Peninsula Players Theatre will host open auditions for its future seasons Saturday, August 14 from 11:30 am – 1 pm and from 2 – 4 pm. Peninsula Players seeks all ages, union and non-union actors.
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Door County Children and Youth Community Drama Perform
The Door County Children and Youth Community Drama, along with the Illinois Leap of Faith Players, will perform Winnie-the Pooh July 30 and 31 at 7 pm.
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Isadoora Pre-Audition Workshop for Door County Theater Troup
Isadoora Theater Company will open its 2010-2011 season with a special Halloween production of Jeffery Thatcher’s adaptation of R. L. Stevenson’s classic horror novella, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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“Doorways: Creating Theatre for Children” Holds August Classes
Door Shakespeare’s education program, “Doorways: Creating Theatre for Children,” will hold classes August 4 – 7 at Bjِrklunden in Baileys Harbor. Grades 1 – 3 will meet from 10 am – 12:30 pm and grades 4 – 6 will meet from 1 – 3:30 pm.
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Date Change for AFT’s “Northwoods Nightcap”
American Folklore Theatre (AFT) has announced that its popular late-night variety show Northwoods Nightcap is being moved from Friday, August 13 to Thursday, August 12.
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Peninsula Players Announces Open Auditions
Peninsula Players Theatre will host open auditions for its future seasons Saturday, August 14 from 2 – 4 pm. Peninsula Players seeks all ages, union and non-union actors.
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In addition to the party event on July 24 prior to the 8 pm performance of Over the Tavern, past and current company members are gathering for a mass all-company photo shoot in the theater at 1:30 pm.
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Peninsula Players Recognize 2010 Interns
Interns at the Peninsula Players are exposed to all aspects of production.
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“You can get a wide range in temperature between very hot and very cold,” Amy Ensign says.
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Peninsula Players Present “Over the Tavern”
Over the Tavern, a delightful comedy by Tom Dudzick, is on stage at the Peninsula Players from July 7 – July 25.
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TAP Seeks Two Male Actors for “Tuesdays With Morrie”
Third Avenue Playhouse will be hold auditions for Tuesdays With Morrie on Monday and Tuesday, July 26 and 27 from 5 – 7 pm at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay.