Door Community Auditorium 2023 Main Stage Season Brochure

Door Community Auditorium (DCA) has hosted exciting performances and events on its main stage for 32 years, benefitting the community, students of Gibraltar schools, and visitors to Door County. The physical auditorium is owned by Gibraltar Schools, but we – DCA – operate as a separate non-profit organization, leasing the space from the school, presenting big-name concerts, supporting student performances, and providing a home for eclectic community events. All of these programs are DCA’s identity, our “song, story, and verse.” And as with all powerful performances, it’s time for an encore.

DCA’s ENCORE Campaign supports the creation of a new, supplemental venue and facility. With donations received thus far, we acquired the property directly across the street from the Auditorium (where the Fish Creek Grill once stood). We are now raising funds now for the construction of a facility that will expand our offerings, deliver greater value to our audiences, and provide:

• Smaller scale indoor and outdoor performance areas to expand opportunities to showcase student, local, and regional talent

• Music practice rooms for student use and instrumental instruction not offered in the school

• A full catering kitchen for improved artist hospitality and special events

• Space for hosting pre- and post-event receptions

Offices and collaboration space for DCA administrative staff and potentially other nonprofit organizations – we have outgrown the office space housed within the auditorium’s box office

• Expanded accessible parking usable for events on the main stage auditorium. The completion of sidewalks, lighting, and an ADA compliant crosswalk, with flashing lights and median, has greatly improved safe passage between the two properties

Join us for DCA’s Encore by making a donation to our capital campaign. We welcome the opportunity to meet with you to discuss the project and explore naming possibilities. Please visit https://dcauditorium. org/expansion/ for more info and to view the exciting architectural plans.

Sunday, June 11, 9:30 a.m.

Friday, June 23, 8 p.m.

$25 / 30 / 35 plus sales tax & facility fees

“Impassioned…powerhouse vocals.” – Hollywood Reporter

Pride Anthems celebrates Pride Month with a vibrant musical journey through 50 years of pride anthems. From Donna Summer and Queen to George Michael, Erasure, Madonna, Lady Gaga and much more, these essential songs take audiences from disco to the present day. Pride Anthems celebrates, inspires, and commemorates the legacy of the Stonewall Riots, bringing together performers from Broadway, cabaret, and beyond to evoke the struggles, heartache, and joy of queer lives then and now. Pride Anthems will also feature Door County’s own renaissance man, the filmmaker, photographer, actor, and comic Owen Alabado.

Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters

The Turtles, Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Vogues, The Classics IV, The Cowsills

Tuesday, August 29, 7 p.m.

$79.50 / 89.50 / 99.50 plus sales tax & facility fees

“Took the audience back to the era of flower power and the ‘summer of love.’” – Holy City Sinner

The touring sensation that has crisscrossed the nation delighting audiences for over a decade returns this summer with a show full of chart-topping hits from the ’60s and ’70s. The Tour is once again led by The Turtles, who also act as musical hosts for the evening. Joining the Turtles will be Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Vogues, The Classics IV, and The Cowsills. All told, the participating bands have created an incredible 61 Billboard Top 40 hits. The Happy Together Tour is an unforgettable evening—nostalgia made entirely fresh.

Sunday, October 15, 7 p.m.

$25 / 29 / 39 plus sales tax & facility fees

“Blistering piping . . . driving tones of drums from around the world, and a guitar played unlike any you’ve ever heard…this Celtic group goes beyond the ordinary.” – Folk N’ Rock

Tartan Terrors are their own Celtic Invasion, mixing the energy of a rock concert with traditional folklore, dance and humor. With an arsenal featuring classic bagpipes and fiddle, driving drum tones and signature guitar styles, the Terrors use their sonic blitz to underscore award-winning step and Highland dancers and world-class humorists. With a distinctive sound and a proud tradition of making Celtic music fun and accessible to any audience, Tartan Terrors have performed on four different continents, including at some of the most prestigious festivals, Highland games, and theaters in North America.

Sunday, October 22, 7p.m.

$29 / 49 / 59 plus sales tax & facility fees

“Magical melodies.” – The AV Club

An unforgettable evening celebrating 100 years of Disney through the lens of jazz. From Snow White to Lady and the Tramp, Mary Poppins and Toy Story to The Jungle Book, popular songs from Disney films have been interpreted and recorded by admirers including Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Dianne Reeves and many more. “Someday My Prince Will Come,” “He’s a Tramp,” “Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat,” and “The Bare Necessities” are just a few of the iconic songs this program will spotlight, performed by two singer/storytellers and the five-piece house band of The National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

& Spiritual Helpline Gospel Revue with Phil Cook

Sunday, November 5, 7 p.m.

All Sections $30 plus sales tax & facility fees

“Inspiring in the ways of both shaking the rafters and invoking peace in the valley.” – New York Times

A tent revival disguised as a movie matinee. “Stay Prayed Up” is a fast-paced, foot-thumping documentary that follows Lena Mae “Mother” Perry and The Branchettes as they prepare to record their first fully live album (a hallmark in the canon of Black gospel groups) with producer Phil Cook, a white Wisconsin-born gospel enthusiast and musical polyglot half of Perry’s age. Through shared prayer, laughter, hardships and praise, this “church gospel noisy crew” demonstrates that music, like faith, ain’t nothing without some fire inside. After the free screening of “Stay Prayed Up,” Phil Cook and others will bring the film’s gospel music to life on the DCA stage with the Phil Cook Spiritual Helpline Gospel Revue.