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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Can you imagine the hilarity that might have filled an NFL locker room if Doug Mancheski had pursued one of his youthful passions? And the problems that could have ensued? (Players doubled over with laughter would not have been too effective on the field.)
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Jeff Awards Honor Pen Players Company Members
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile is playing at Peninsula Players Theatre through Sept. 2. The Queen of Crime’s whodunit is an old-fashioned mystery.
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“Shirley Valentine” Performance Benefits Women’s Fund
On Sept. 14, Third Avenue Playhouse will host a Women’s Fund of Door County night at the Stage Door Theatre Company’s production of Shirley Valentine.
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Door Shakespeare Announces Fall Fundraiser
Door Shakespeare announces a fall fundraising event, “Door Shakespeare In Concert.” This concert will feature an evening of concert readings from Shakespearean plays Door Shakespeare has yet to produce.
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Stage Door Theatre Offers Special “Shirley Valentine” Performances
The third season production of the Stage Door Theatre Company is the one-woman comedy, Shirley Valentine, directed by Arthur Hopper. This play features Amy Ensign as Shirley, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams.
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“Murder on the Nile” Opens at Pen Players
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile is set to sail at Peninsula Players Theatre for three weeks, Aug. 15 through Sept. 2. Cruising under the Egyptian sun, a river steamer makes its way up the Nile in 1947, carrying stylish honeymooners who find themselves immersed in blackmail, bullets and dead bodies.
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“Shirley Valentine” at Stage Door Theatre
The third season production of the Stage Door Theatre Company is the one-woman comedy, Shirley Valentine, directed by Arthur Hopper. This play features Amy Ensign as Shirley, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams.
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“Side Effects May Include” Performed at Woodwalk Gallery
At the Woodwalk Gallery on Aug. 12, 15 and 16 at 7:30 pm, Wendy Kaplan, president of MadKap Productions, will present Side Effects May Include written by former Seinfeld writer Marc Jaffe and playwright Eric Coble.
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“Souvenir” Ends, and “Shirley Valentine” Begins
Celebrate Stage Door Theatre Company’s production of Souvenir by attending a special cast party and performance on Aug. 10. The party begins at 7 pm with live music in the theater lobby by singer/songwriter Caleb Navarro.
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“Chicago” Continues through August 12
The Tony Award-winning, razzle-dazzle hit musical Chicago is currently on stage at Peninsula Players Theatre until Aug. 12. This electrifying musical with book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb is based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins, who based her play on actual events in 1920s Chicago.
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It is hard to believe that only eight weeks ago I got rid of my apartment in Chicago, left my job, bought a car, and moved back to Door County to start working as the Managing Director of Door Shakespeare.
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Behind the of Scenes of “Chicago”
Scott Boyle, the technical director, takes the drawings for the set from the set designer and uses a CAD (Computer-aided design) program on his computer to turn them into blueprints for the carpenters and interns.
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In just its first three plays, the Peninsula Players has moved from drama (Opus) to comedy (The Nerd) and on July 25, a musical (Chicago). “It’s a lot of fun,” says Sean Fortunato, who is transforming himself from a socially clueless nerd to a slick and manipulative lawyer in Chicago.
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Stage Door Theatre Company Presents “Souvenir”
The second production of the Stage Door Theatre Company, Souvenir, is currently underway at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP). Souvenir is a musical play written by Stephen Temperley.
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Spaces Available for Door Shakespeare’s Doorways
Three scholarships and spaces are still available for Door Shakespeare’s educational children’s theatre program, Doorways. The workshop runs July 31 – Aug.
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Island Players Sponsors Forensics Team at Washington Island School
In keeping with its mission – “to bring quality theater experiences to the Washington Island community through performances and programs for adults and schoolchildren alike” – Island Players, in cooperation with the Washington Island School, is sponsoring Forensics, a program of interpretive and dramatic events for middle and senior high school students.
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Theatre Workshops Continue at TAP
Third Avenue Playhouse’s (TAP) series of theatre workshops for all ages continues July 21 with workshops led by Amy Ensign (currently appearing in Door Shakespeare’s As You Like It) and Heidi Swedberg (“Susan” from Seinfeld).
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Stage Theatre Company Opens “Souvenir”
The second production of the Stage Door Theatre Company, Souvenir, opened on July 19 at Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP). Souvenir is a musical play written by Stephen Temperley.
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As Much a Love Letter as a Farce
Like a lot of potential theatregoers, my time is pretty crunched. I work all day; I have meetings most nights, and my weekends are never long enough to get everything in.
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Pen Players Hold Free Saturday Seminars
Peninsula Players Theatre will present a free public seminar on physical comedy on July 14 from 2:30 – 4 pm. Players actors Lee E. Ernst and Erin Noel Grennan will discuss and demonstrate techniques of physical comedy.