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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Door Shakespeare is holding auditions for its 2012 summer season and beyond. On March 25, auditions will take place at Third Avenue Playhouse, 239 North Third Avenue, Sturgeon Bay.
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TAP Announces 2012 Summer and Fall Season
The Third Avenue Playhouse (TAP) in Sturgeon Bay announced their 2012 summer and fall season, which runs from June 21 to Oct. 14. The Stage Door Theatre, the new 99-seat black box theatre, will run four plays throughout the summer and early fall on Sunday and Friday nights and occasional afternoon performance.
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Third Avenue Playhouse Hosts Spring Theatre Classes
The Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay will host Spring Theatre Classes for students in grades 2nd – 12th from April 12 – May 19. Each class will meet once a week for six weeks.
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Peninsula Players Theatre Announces 77th Season
Peninsula Players Theatre announced its 77th season, running June 12 through Oct. 14, 2012. Peninsula Players will open with the Wisconsin premiere of Opus by Michael Hollinger.
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Choral & Piano Concerts in Algoma
Algoma United Methodist Church is hosting the Silver Lake College Choral for a concert on March 2 at 7 pm. The program is free and open to all. A reception will follow the concert.
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“All Over But the Shooting” Murder-Mystery Dinner Theatre Performed
All Over But the Shooting is a fun, campy play in true dinner theatre “whodunit” fashion and will be performed by a group of local actors March 16 – 18.
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Victory Farm Debuts During 2012 AFT Summer Season
The American Folklore Theatre (AFT) announced their 2012 season. The summer season will feature Victory Farm, in rotating repertory with AFT favorites Belgians In Heaven and Cheeseheads, The Musical.
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Kristine Thatcher’s “Niedecker” Performed
Peninsula Players will present a reading of Kristine Thatcher’s stage portrait of beloved Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker Monday, Feb. 27 at Scandia in Sister Bay at 7 pm.
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Victory Farm Headlines AFT’s 2012 Season
American Folklore Theatre’s (AFT) 2012 season features the debut of the first play written by the team of Emilie Coulson and Katie Dahl. Victory Farm is a story of “family, forgiveness, and the fruits of our labor” set in World War II Door County.
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Isadoora Theatre Presents Musical Production of “Striking 12”
Isadoora Theatre Company will bring back some holiday cheer with their production of Striking 12, their first musical production since 2009’s She Loves Me.
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Pen Players Seeks Play Titles for Baby Wants Candy Improv Troupe
Peninsula Players seeks creative and playful submissions of new musical titles to be improvised by the improv troupe Baby Wants Candy on Feb. 4 at 7:30 pm at the Door Community Auditorium.
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Pen Players Read “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” at Bjorklunden
Peninsula Players will present a reading of Rebecca Gilman’s stage adaptation of Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter on Jan. 30 at Björklunden at 7 pm.
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Isadoora Theatre Company Announces Cast for “Striking 12”
Isadoora Theatre Company announced the cast for its upcoming production of Striking 12, which features music by Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn, book by Rachel Sheinkin.
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Guys on Ice Sets Up a Shanty at Third Avenue Playhouse
Third Avenue Playhouse opened its doors on October 26, 2000 with one of American Folklore Theatre’s hit shows, Guys on Ice. Now, the two organizations are teaming up again to bring this celebrated show back to the Third Avenue Playhouse stage.
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Greg Vinkler Performs with Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Peninsula Players Theatre announced that Artistic Director Greg Vinkler will perform in Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s exploration of Shakespeare at Orchestra Hall in Chicago on Jan. 12, 13, 14 and 15.
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The Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay will present three performances of American Folklore Theatre’s Guys on Ice on Jan. 9, 10, and 11. Each performance will begin at 7:30 pm.
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Isadoora Seeks Community Members for Artistic Committee
The Isadoora Artistic Committee is welcoming the public to participate in choosing plays to be performed by Isadoora Theatre Company. The committee is a group of community members who are interested in reading and researching plays and musicals and deciding those works’ relationship to Isadoora’s mission.
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“The Play’s the Thing” Teaches Playwriting to Door County Students
In coordination with the Peninsula Players, The Play’s the Thing is providing playwriting instruction to high school students from Gibraltar and Sevastopol schools.
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Peninsula Players Announces Winter Performances
Partnering with the Door Community Auditorium and Third Avenue Playhouse, Peninsula Players will bring short-run professional entertainment featuring Players company members to Door County in the off-season.
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Gibraltar One-Act Garners State Awards
Gibraltar High School students travelled to Whitewater in November for the Wisconsin State High School Theatre Festival hoping to repeat their success at the highest level of competition and judging for one-act plays.