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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 21, 2023) – In conjunction with its production of Joanna McClelland Glass’s “Trying,” Judge D. Todd Ehlers will host a special pre-show seminar at Peninsula Players Theatre on Tuesday, August 22, at 6:30 p.m., in the theater before the 8:00 p.m. performance. “Trying” is based on the time Glass spent as secretary to Judge Francis […]

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 14, 2023) – Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, is proud to announce the cast of “Trying” by Joanna McClelland Glass and the return of actor Lee E. Ernst to Wisconsin.  “Trying” runs for three weeks, August 16 through September 3, and is generously sponsored by Main Street Market. […]

Fish Creek, Wis. (August 11, 2023) –  The Board of Directors of Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater, recently honored Wendy Halloran, Ted Laitner and Bill Parsons for their service as members of the theater’s board of directors. At August’s board meeting, Board President Jill Herlache presented Laitner and Parsons with a plaque for their […]