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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.

  • Power and Energy in the Air

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    “You can get a wide range in temperature between very hot and very cold,” Amy Ensign says.

  • Peninsula Players Present “Over the Tavern”

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    Over the Tavern, a delightful comedy by Tom Dudzick, is on stage at the Peninsula Players from July 7 – July 25.

  • TAP Seeks Two Male Actors for “Tuesdays With Morrie”

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    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.

  • Creative Kids Day and the Rhode Sisters

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    On Friday, July 16, kids will have a chance to look behind the scenes of a professional theater at American Folklore Theatre’s “Creative Kids Day” in Peninsula State Park.

  • Kids Summer Theatre Camp

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    A contingent of young actors from TAP’s 2010 For Kids By Kids Summer Theatre Camp performed excerpts from their production of Something’s Rotten in the State of Denmark at the recent Door County Renaissance Faire.

  • Culture Club – Peninsula Arts & Humanities Alliance

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    I always thought Old Will Shakespeare must have had a twist in his tights the day that he penned, “Life’s but a walking shadow…a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

  • Peninsula Players Open “Over the Tavern”

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    Peninsula Players Theatre presents Tom Dudzick’s comedy Over the Tavern from July 7 through July 25. Over the Tavern is a rollicking comedy filled with warm humor, nostalgia, and coming-of-age mischief.

  • Mark Twain Revisited

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    On July 9 and 10, the Bay View Opera House at Andres will present Mark Twain Revisited with Parker Drew. The performance is a rare opportunity to experience the unique humor and timeless wisdom of America’s greatest author and lecturer, brought to life by veteran television, radio, and theatrical performer Parker Drew.

  • What would you do on your day off in Door County?

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    I would buy tickets to the Peninsula Players, Theatre in a Garden.

  • Doorways at Bjorklunden

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    Door Shakespeare’s education program, “Doorways: Creating Theatre for Children,” announced the 2010 schedule of classes. The goal of Doorways is to explore the power of creativity through developing original theatre through traditional theatre games, improvisation, and acting exercises.

  • Culture Club – Peninsula Arts & Humanities Alliance

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    This past Monday, I embarked on the first week of my seventh season with Door Shakespeare.

  • Pen Players Offer Free Backstage Tours

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    Since 1935, Peninsula Players has been entertaining and delighting Door County audiences in Fish Creek. In conjunction with its celebratory 75th season, the Players will offer public tours of its stage house and all-weather audience pavilion.

  • Pen Player’s Offer Seminar

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    Peninsula Players actor Tim Monsion will kick off the theater’s popular public seminars series on Saturday, June 26. Monsion will discuss the research of the history of World War I and its veterans that influenced the player’s current production, Heroes, written by Tom Stoppard.

  • Peninsula Players Opens 75th Season with “Heroes”

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    Peninsula Players Theatre located in Fish Creek opened its 75th Anniversary Season June 15 with the premiere of Gérald Sibleyras’s Heroes, translated by Tom Stoppard.

  • Cheeseheads, Mark Twain and Ghosts Take the Stage at AFT

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    American Folklore Theatre’s season is officially underway in their outdoor Amphitheatre in Peninsula State Park. Embarking upon the 20th season of “theatre under the stars,” the stage will host Cheeseheads, the Musical, Life on the Mississippi and Bone Dance Life on the Mississippi will take audiences on a journey with young Samuel Clemens as he leaves his home in Hannibal, Missouri to be a cub pilot on a Mississippi steamboat in 1858.

  • Peninsula Players Announces 2010 Company Members

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    Peninsula Players Theatre announces cast and company members for its 75th anniversary season, including both new and familiar faces to the stage.

  • Door Shakespeare Announces Sparkling 2010 Season

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    Door Shakespeare continues the fine tradition of presenting professional classical theater under the stars in the beautiful garden at Bjorklunden. The troupe’s 2010 productions include Shakespeare’s romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing and Sheridan’s English satire The Rivals.

  • Woodwalk Theater Encourages Audience Participation

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    The second annual “Fractured Classics” event at Woodwalk Gallery/Theater is an adults only (language and bawdy behavior), just-for-the-fun-of-it combination of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Tony and Tina’s Wedding and the Greek 429 BC classics.

  • AFT Presents High School Students with Complimentary Tickets

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    In celebration of American Folklore Theatre’s 20th Anniversary Season, every elementary, middle and high school student in Door County will receive a complimentary ticket to attend the world premiere production Life on the Mississippi this summer at the AFT Amphitheatre in Peninsula State Park.

  • Art of the Wild Side

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    A collaboration between the Southern Door Community Auditorium and the “Art of Music” presents: “Art on the Wild Side,” a day camp for kids. Young artists between the ages of 5 and 12 will have the opportunity to use their creativity to develop a story they can tell through visual and performing arts.