Fish Creek, Wis. (February 19, 2024) – Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, is delighted to announce that individual tickets will go on sale beginning March 1 for its captivating 89th season. Performances begin on June 18 and run through October 20, 2024, promising a rich tapestry of theatrical experiences from […]
Meet the Cast of ‘4000 Days’ Peninsula Players Theatre Play Reading
Fish Creek, Wis. (February 16, 2024) – Peninsula Players Theatre is thrilled to announce the cast for “4000 Days” by Peter Quilter, its second offering of The Play’s The Thing, the theater’s winter play reading series. Actors La Shawn Banks and Patrick Michael Tierney make their Peninsula Players Theatre debuts in “4000 Days” and are joined by Karen Moeller, who returns for her second season […]
Meet the Cast of ‘The Nature Plays’
Peninsula Players Theatre Play Reading Monday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. Fish Creek, Wis. (January 19, 2024) – Peninsula Players Theatre is thrilled to announce the cast for its first offering of The Play’s the Thing, the theater’s winter play reading series presented to Door County audiences. “The Nature Plays” by Patrick Gabridge features actors Cassandra Bissell, Neil Brookshire, Christie […]
Peninsula Players Theatre Welcomes New Board Member
Fish Creek, Wis. (January 12, 2024) – Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, is thrilled to announce the appointment of retired banker and Door County resident Mike Fordney to its Board of Directors for a three-year term. Fordney grew up in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and first experienced a performance at Peninsula Players Theatre in 1974 when he attended […]
Peninsula Players Theatre Closes $4.3 Million Campaign for New Intern and Staff Housing
Fish Creek, Wisconsin – Peninsula Players Theatre is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its $4.3 million capital campaign for new intern and staff housing. With overwhelming support from its loyal patrons, donors, volunteers and community, this achievement marks a significant milestone in the theater’s rich history. Act II: Protecting the Past, Ensuring the Future was initiated to […]
Peninsula Players Theatre Announces 2024 Winter Play Reading Series
Fish Creek, Wis. (December 20, 2023) – Peninsula Players Theatre announces the 2024 season of The Play’s the Thing, a winter play reading series presented to Door County audiences. Readings of the plays will be performed at Björklunden at 7590 Boynton Lane, Baileys Harbor, on Mondays, February 5, March 4 and April 1 at 7:00 p.m. There is no […]
Peninsula Players Theatre Announces 89th Season
Fish Creek, Wis. (November 16, 2023) – Peninsula Players Theatre, Wisconsin’s oldest professional theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, is delighted to announce its 89th season, performing June 18 through October 20, 2024. “This line-up of shows is sure to provide audiences with big laughs, great music, a bit of mystery and perhaps even a tear as […]
Peninsula Players Theatre Awarded Grants from The Shubert Foundation and Wisconsin Arts Board
Creek, Wis. (September 8, 2023) – Peninsula Players Theatre is proud to announce that it was awarded grants from The Shubert Foundation and the Wisconsin Arts Board, the state’s arts agency. Funds from the grants will support the theater’s continued development and presentation of its community outreach programming and high-quality theatrical productions. This is the eighth year in a row that […]
Peninsula Players Pre-Show Seminar Features Scholar of Mysteries
Fish Creek, Wis. (September 7, 2023) – In conjunction with its production of “Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery,” Peninsula Players Theatre will host Agatha Christie scholar Dr. Christopher Chan on Friday, September 15, at 5:30 p.m. in the theater. Chan will discuss the author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his world-famous characters, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. […]
‘Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery’ Opens for Autumn Run at Peninsula Players Theatre
A fast-paced, comic mystery featuring Lunt-Fontanne Fellows Allen Gilmore and Steve Pickering as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson Fish Creek, Wis. (August 30, 2023) – Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, is proud to announce performances of “Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” beginning on September 6 for a six-week run at Door County’s premiere professional […]