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TAP Announces 2022 Season of Performances

Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) has announced its 2022 season of performances – the first scheduled by TAP’s new artistic director, Jacob Janssen.

Door County theater fans will recognize many of the actors returning to the TAP stage, including Claire Morkin, Doug Mancheski, Alan Kopischke and Dan Klarer, and C. Michael Wright will be making his TAP debut. The theater company will also introduce other new actors to Door County throughout the season. Full casting will be announced later.

In addition, TAP will welcome guest directors Nicole Ricciardi, Mikael Burke and Bill Theisen for the season, along with TAP’s artistic director.

The season will start with Slow Food by Wendy MacLeod, May 8 – June 5. Peter and Irene are empty-nesters looking to celebrate their big anniversary with a nice night out, but Stephen, their server, has other ideas. This hilarious comedy asks what we want from life when what we need is something to eat. 

The Book Club Play by Karen Zacarias will be performed June 26 – July 24. When a world-famous documentarian makes a book club the subject of his next film, the wine starts to flow and it’s not just the books that get discussed. The conversation strays from the literary to the personal, and six young professionals learn that it’s best not to judge a book – or a person – by its cover. 

Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years will take the stage Aug. 7 – Sept. 11. From end to beginning and beginning to end, Cathy and Jamie fall in and out of love, but the musical features an unconventional structure: Jamie tells the story in forward chronological order; Cathy tells it in reverse; and they meet once as they pass by each other in the middle of the timeline.

Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench will be on stage Oct. 2-30. John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders. As they scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland looking for elusive birds, years go by. Relationships begin and end; children grow up; parents age. The show examines the relationship between a father and his daughter over the course of a decade as they struggle to understand the parts of one another that defy understanding.

TAP will celebrate the holiday season with A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry Dec. 11-31. You’ve never experienced Charles Dickens’ holiday classic quite like this as the five WFBR Radio Players bring to life scores of characters and use live sound effects and musical underscoring to create an authentic 1940s radio experience, all in front of a live studio audience.

Season subscriptions are now on sale. Purchase them online at thirdavenueplayworks.org or by phone at 920.743.1760. Individual tickets will be available starting April 1.

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