Ashwaubenon Performing Arts Center 2023/2024 Performing Arts Season Brochure

AT A GLANCE | 2023-2024 Performing Arts Season

OCTOBER 2023

16 AVB Community Band presents

“Of Dragons & Butterflies”

24 Ashwaubenon High School Choirs

NOVEMBER 2023

17-18 & Joseph and the Amazing

24-26 Technicolor Dreamcoat

MARCH 2024

1 Ashwaubenon Parks & Recreation

Annual Dance Recital

2 The MadHatters A Cappella

9 Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets - Call Us Old Fashioned: The Supper Club Tour

15 The Great DuBois: Masters of Variety

18 AVB Community Band presents

“One World United”

19 Ashwaubenon High School Band Classics Concert

DECEMBER 2023

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JANUARY

APRIL 2024

4 Ashwaubenon High School Choirs

Spring Concert for a Cause

5 Brass Differential & Copper Box

13 Alive Again: A Tribute to Chicago

15 AVB Community Band presents

“All Our Best”

18 Mads Tolling & The Mads Men

26 An Evening with John McGivern

28 Vibe Dance Spring Recitals

MAY 2024

4 Forever Dance Spring Performances

6 Parkview Middle School Bands

Spring Concert

7 Parkview Middle School Choirs

Spring Concert

11-12 Barb’s Dance & Ballet 360

39th Annual Celebration of Dance

18-19 NEW Fusion Dance & Performing Arts

23rd Annual Spring Showcase

20 AVB Community Band presents

John Kelley & The Fusion Xpress Orchestra (FXO)

December 15, 2023

7:30pm

Come celebrate a night of holiday favorites as John Kelley & the Fusion Xpress Orchestra (FXO) light up the stage and turn up the heat as only they can do. Enjoy an eclectic blend and intense fusion of Classical, Rock, Jazz, Musical Theatre and Holiday Favorites as FXO takes you on an unforgettable musical sleigh ride.

Sponsored by Dale & Vickie Quinn

Frank’s Christmas Tribute

December 17, 2023

7pm

Join us for a special holiday edition of our Frank’s Tribute show. We’ll feature the sounds and styles of artists such as Elvis, Reba, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Karen Carpenter, George Jones, Brenda Lee, and more — all with a Christmas flair.

Featured artists include Elvis Presley portrayed by Frank Hermans; Reba McEntire and Brenda Lee portrayed by Amy Riemer; Barbra Streisand portrayed by Lisa Borley; Karen Carpenter portrayed by Kasey Schumacher; Neil Diamond portrayed by Paul Evansen; George Jones portrayed by Mike Hermans; Rosemary Clooney portrayed by Sarah Galati. Our vocalists are backed by the best band in the land: Pat Hibbard on bass, John Singer on guitar, Andrew Klaus on drums, and Tony Pilz on keys. Kelly Klaus provides sound mixing, and lighting design is by Ross Loining.

This performance is sure to put you in the holiday spirit as you hum along to Christmas classics! Featured tunes include “Blue Christmas,” “Santa Looked a lot Like Daddy,” “Merry Christmas Darling,” “O Holy Night,” “Grown Up Christmas List,” “You Make it Feel Like Christmas,” “Jingle Bell Rock,” and many, many more! Plus, Frank’s Tribute may have a few surprises for you with this show!

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December 19, 2023 7pm

Christmas

with the Knights on Broadway: Hope at Christmas

You won’t find many events as satisfying as an evening with St. Norbert College’s Knights on Broadway. Whether they’re performing Broadway’s biggest hits or captivating you with holiday favorites, this highly talented, high-energy troupe of student singers delivers memorable performances.

Sponsored by Ken & Marge Bukowski

Frank’s Tribute & The All-Star Band

January 20, 2024

7:30pm

Frank’s Tribute is unlike any other tribute review. Combining songs from incredible vocalists and comedy bits like only Frank Hermans and crew could provide, it’s a night you won’t soon forget. We look at the humorous side of some of the top artists of decades past.

Featured artists include Elvis Presley portrayed by Frank Hermans; Reba McEntire portrayed by Amy Riemer; Barbra Streisand portrayed by Lisa Borley; Karen Carpenter portrayed by Kasey Schumacher; Adele portrayed by Sarah Galati, Neil Diamond portrayed by Paul Evansen; George Jones portrayed by Mike Hermans. Kelly Klaus provides sound mixing, and lighting design is by Ross Loining.

This performance will also feature the band that won “Best of the Bay” for multiple years in a row, the Frank’s Tribute All-Star Band. The musicians include Andrew Klaus on drums, Pat Hibbard on bass, Tony Pilz on keys, and John Singer on guitar. This performance is sure to have you laughing in the aisles and wowing at the uncanny likeness! Plus, Frank’s Tribute may have a few surprises for you with this show!

Sponsored by

Garrison Keillor Tonight is an evening of stand-up, storytelling, audience song, and poetry. One man, one microphone. There are sung sonnets, limericks and musical jokes, and the thread that runs through it is the beauty of growing old. Despite the inconvenience, old age brings the contentment of LESS IS MORE. Your mistakes and big ambitions are behind you, nothing left to prove, and small things give you great pleasure because that’s what’s left. (“I was unhappy in college because it was a requirement for an intellectual, but then I went into show business and discovered that people won’t pay to be made unhappy, their kids will do it for free.”) There is the News from Lake Wobegon, a town booming with new entrepreneurs, makers of artisanal firewood and gourmet meatloaf, breeders of composting worms, and dogs trained to do childcare. But some things endure, such as the formation of the Living Flag on Main Street, citizens in tight formation wearing red, white or blue caps, and Mr. Keillor among them, standing close to old neighbors, Myrtle Krebsbach (“Truckstop”) and Julie Christensen (“Bruno, The Fishing Dog”) and Clint Bunsen. And an a cappella sing-along with the audience singing from memory an odd medley of patriotic songs, pop standards, hymns, and ending with the national anthem.

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January

The Drifters

February 10, 2024

7:30pm

Up on the Roof. Under the Boardwalk. This Magic Moment. There Goes My Baby. Dance with Me. Spanish Harlem. Stand by Me. The list of hits goes on and on.

THE DRIFTERS…one of Rock & Roll’s founding vocal groups is once again touring the U.S. under the auspices of their original management team.

From their inception in the early 1950’s and up until recently, THE DRIFTERS has a symbiotic relationship with Rock & Roll legend George Treadwell, who has discovered and managed such famous artists as Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn and Nina Simone. The Treadwell Family was there when the original DRIFTERS formed and was responsible for guiding their career through 20 years of uninterrupted hits that has made them the second most successful recording artist of all time, according to Billboard Magazine.

Once again the Treadwell family has put THE DRIFTERS back on tour in the United States – a monumental reunion celebrating their 50-year catalog of memorable hits.

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March 2, 2024 1pm

The MadHatters A Cappella

Founded 1997 in Madison, the MadHatters are the oldest a cappella group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Easily identified by their trademark red jackets, the ‘Hatters entertain audiences all across the Midwest with their goofy antics and musical talent. These boys have reached incredible heights, with previous iterations of the group singing in venues such as the White House (twice!) and Lambeau Field!

Sponsored by

Four Guyz In Dinner Jackets –

Call Us Old Fashioned: The Supper Club Tour

March 9, 2024

7:30pm

The Four Guyz in Dinner Jackets® take you on an “Old-Fashioned” road trip with a double shot of nostalgia in their brand-new show! In this energized entrée, the fabulous foursome serve round after round of classic doo-wop and tasty musical side dishes you are sure to relish! We know you will drink up every drop of fun right down to the orange slice and maraschino cherry! Join the Four Guyz in a toast — your reservation is waiting!

Sponsored

by

Dawn Hohenstein

The Great DuBois –Masters of Variety

March 15, 2024 7:30pm

The World’s Most Unique 2-Person Circus Show!

A fast-paced, high-energy circus show for all ages…showcasing incredible feats of juggling, hula hoops, unicycle, aerial, circus stunts, contortion, magic and audience interaction all wrapped up in a blanket of comedy. Simply put… the most unique 2-person circus show you will ever see!

Featured in Hugh Jackman’s hit movie, “The Greatest Showman,” The Great DuBois have amassed an impressive list of credits, including appearances in the Tony Award winning “Pippin” on Broadway, “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Late Night with David Letterman,” Britney Spears World Circus Tour, and the movie “Burlesque” to highlight just a few.

The award-winning combination of Michael DuBois and Viktoria Grimmy have five generations of circus performing between them, and have wowed crowds at countless shows at theatres, universities, cruise ships, fairs and festivals all over the world.

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Brass Differential & Copper Box

A special double bill!

April 5, 2024 7:30pm

Brass Differential’s sound is steeped in the New Orleans tradition and features a spicy gumbo of musical styles, including jazz, blues, funk, R&B, and soul, among others. What sets Brass Differential apart, however, is its unique horn-centered sound, anchored in the low end by the sousaphone. The group’s live experience promises to please with blistering solos, prolific attitude, and diverse setlists presented in a high energy style sure to be enjoyed by the most casual or sophisticated music fan.

Copper Box, 2023 WAMI Americana Artist of the Year, creates music with a respectful nod to traditional styles infused with their own splash of Americana, folk, polka, rock, blues & jazz. Fronted by award-winning, multiinstrumentalists, Michelle LL & Danny Jerabek (husband-wife duo), this unique quartet will grab your heart & soul and help to make your day better!

Brass Differential and Copper Box, each amazing on their own, will also perform some songs together in a union of music fun and a blend of genres. You won’t want to miss this special collaboration!

Sponsored by

Brass Differential

Michelle LL & Danny Jerabek of Copper Box

Copper Box

Alive Again is made up of the finest musicians from the midwest who share one common passion: keeping the music of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band Chicago ALIVE! In doing so, Alive Again has made the commitment to keeping the instrumentation, presentation, sound, and the spirit of Chicago alive! From the classic piano riffs to their evolution from gritty grooves to power ballads, from the passionate vocals to thrashing guitar solos, it is all here! And a tight threepiece horn section to top it all off! Alive Again will take you on a memorable trip down memory lane and have you singing every song along all the way!

Sponsored by Ken & Marge Bukowski

April 13, 2024 7:30pm

Alive Again –A Tribute to Chicago

Mads Tolling & The Mads Men –Playing the 60s

Internationally renowned violinist, composer and two-time Grammy Awardwinner Mads Tolling is a former member of the Turtle Island Quartet and The Stanley Clarke Band. As a current member of Bob Weir & Wolf Bros/ Wolfpack, Mads has appeared on three record releases and performed at over a hundred concerts. Mads leads his own group Mads Tolling & The Mads Men, celebrating the 1960s with his own distinctive style and innovative flair.

April 18, 2024

7:30pm

Mads Tolling & The Mads Men bring a fun and exciting program that is as nostalgic as it is contemporary, with re-imagined classic songs from 1960s television, film and radio. Mads takes us back to the 60s serving up funfilled nostalgia, exciting arrangements of familiar tunes and fresh takes on jazz standards and the not-so-standard – pushing the boundaries of where a violin can go. The Mads Men will perform tunes from their critically acclaimed release, Playing the 60s, ranging from “A Taste of Honey” and “Meet the Flintstones” to “Good Vibrations” and “Georgia on my Mind.”

Joining Mads on this journey are his Mads Men—world-class musicians Colin Hogan on piano, Gary Brown on bass and Eric Garland on drums.

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Photo by Karolina Zapolska

April 26, 2024

7:30pm

Spend an evening with John McGivern— best known for his six-time Emmy Award-winning work on PBS—as he shares personal and funny stories of growing up the third of six kids in a working-class Irish Catholic Family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His stories are personal, funny, touching, and familiar. His themes are based in family and remind us that as specific as we might believe our experiences are, we all share a universal human experience.

The evening is guaranteed to generate loads of laughs and a warm sense of familiarity.

John spent nine seasons on PBS with his weekly series, AROUND THE CORNER with John McGivern. His new show, JOHN McGIVERN’S MAIN STREETS, can be found on PBS stations in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, and Iowa.

John also spent two years writing a monthly for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and two years writing for Milwaukee Magazine about his travels around the state of Wisconsin. John is proud to have been part of WE’RE FUNNY THAT WAY on HBO and OUT THERE II on Comedy Central. He was seen sitting next to Sally Field on POLITICALLY INCORRECT and knighted by Julie Andrews in the hit film THE PRINCESS DIARIES.

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An Evening with John

McGivern