Almost, Maine Playbill

2017 SEASON

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Welcome to the "Players!”

Once again, it is my privilege on behalf of the Board of Directors and the entire Players’ company to welcome you to our 82nd season. Our directors, Greg and Brian, have arranged for another exciting season of live theater here in beautiful Door County. Selecting and obtaining rights to the productions, casting the plays with outstanding actors, assembling the behind the scenes professional staff, interviewing and selecting a new crop of interns all happens months before the curtain rises.

Readying the campus for you, our patrons, after a long winter’s rest is just another task that gives urgency to and raises the anticipation for another season of performances.

Over the past several years we have had many positives that encourage us to continue the heritage and legacy that the past 81 years have provided. Our increasing ticket sales is an indication that we are producing plays our audiences enjoy. The new director’s chairs provide a more enjoyable experience in the Beer Garden before the show and during intermission. Our building and grounds are looking their best, even though we know continuous improvements need to be addressed. And sunsets across Green Bay never go out of style.

We have been blessed to have the support of you, our patrons, and all the financial support we receive from donors, show sponsors, and Playbill advertisers. We are encouraged by the establishment of our endowment fund held and managed by the Door County Community Foundation. And many have heard the clarion call with the closing of the theater’s Capital Campaign Fund this past April, making final contributions and increasing our ability to further reduce our long term indebtedness to a more manageable level. Thank you!

A night at Peninsula Players is not just “more drama” but a blend of community, nature, art and entertainment. I encourage you to tell your friends and family to experience it for themselves. And with your continuing support, you play a role in keeping one of Door County’s artistic crown jewels shining for years to come.

Enjoy the show!

Dave Borghesi, Peninsula Players Board President

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Dave Borghesi, President Jill Herlache, Vice President Jerry Zaug, Treasurer Barbara Simpson Fuhrmann, Secretary

Directors Tom Birmingham Bill Calkins Julia B. Chomeau Jackie Danis Digger DeGroot Sara Glenn 3

Mary Greisen Ted Laitner Jim Maronek Jim Nelson Bill Parsons Bob Ziegler

Hi and welcome to our 82nd season!

I hope you’re enjoying your Players experience. If you got to see a sunset - great! But I think the view out over Green Bay is beautiful anytime - that wide open expanse of sky and water always does my heart good. As does the smell of these wonderful cedars. I hope you got to, or will, enjoy the bonfire in the Beer Garden or any of the trails you might have found, some of which are brand new this year!

Nature is an amazing lobby for our theater and hard to even attempt to compete with. But, we really try to make sure that the Players experience is just as rewarding on our end of things. You come first here. We do our best to make your experience as friendly and safe as possible. Good service is very important to both Brian and me - from that parking lot introduction on to your interactions with all of our company in the box office, canteen, bar and playhouse.

But, the show you are about to enjoy is the core of the Players experience. It is the main reason you’re here and the ultimate focus of our company. All our energies hone in on what will happen on that stage, and our goal - our passion - is to fill it with the best possible energy and talent we can. Months of planning, meeting, designing and preparation have gone into what you are about to see when the lights dim to start the show. Our goal is to make it all look effortless and magical, and to attain the highest level of artistry possible.

All together, that is the Players experience we hope you have - inside and outside. And, we hope you will be drawn to return - for the next show or our next season. And the wide variety of stories we’re presenting this year - the romantic comedy-drama of The Actuary, the magical hilarity of Peter and the Starcatcher, the musical romance of The Bridges Of Madison County, the delightful silliness of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, the heartwarming feeling of Almost, Maine - will continue on into future seasons of Players productions. Along with the natural beauty of our surroundings, that will always be the Players experience.

Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!

Greg Vinkler Artistic Director

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL René Auberjonois Ted Bird Charles Cinnamon Barbara Simpson Fuhrmann

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Eric Simonson John “JW” Walker Pamela Gaye Walker Francesca Zambello

Have you enjoyed performances at Peninsula Players Theatre and wondered how you can help ensure its unique environment is preserved for generations of theatergoers?

There are many ways you can support Peninsula Players Theatre!

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Attend performances Attend the Peninsula Players winter play reading series The Plays the Thing Share the Peninsula Players experience by giving a gift certificate Celebrate a special occasion, such as an anniversary by donating to the annual fund Honor a patron by making a donation in his/her memory Volunteer for the Broom Squad, the spring cleaning crew

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Become a playbill advertiser Sponsor a play Name a seat in the theater Join us for an afterglow on Saturday nights Attend a post-show discussion Attend a pre-show seminar Go on a backstage tour Inquire about naming opportunities Volunteer to usher Donate office supplies

We’ll put your name in lights.

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GREG VINKLER Artistic Director Actor – The Actuary Director – Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

Greg is delighted to have played a part in the Players’ wonderful history for 29 years. Besides putting the seasons together, as well as the winter play reading series, he has directed 29 productions (including Chicago, Lombardi and The Full Monty) and performed in 48 shows. For his work with the Players, he was honored with the inaugural Door County Artist of the Year Award. Greg has performed extensively in Chicago, appearing at Chicago Shakespeare (38 productions), Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Writers, Northlight, Marriott Lincolnshire and Victory Gardens theaters, and has received three Joseph Jefferson Awards (12 nominations), two Artisan Awards and an After Dark Award.

Regionally he has performed at Milwaukee Rep, Paper Mill, Fulton, Pittsburgh Public and BoarsHead theaters. Greg appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning revival of West Side Story and also at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, the Barbican Theatre in London, Vienna’s English Theatre and Singapore Rep.

Enjoy Your Visit to Peninsula Players Seating. The grounds, canteen and Beer Garden are open 90 minutes before curtain. Seating in the theater begins 30 minutes prior to each performance.

Late arrivals. To ensure the enjoyment of our patrons who arrive on time, and in respect to our performers, guests arriving late will not be seated until an appropriate break in the performance. Please note that you will be seated in the back of the house until intermission. At that point, you may move up to your assigned seats. This creates less of a distraction for other patrons.

Lost ticket. If you have lost your tickets, please visit the Box Office or call (920) 868-3287 before your performance date.

Re-entry during performance. If you must leave during the performance, please do so quietly through the rear house doors. Re-entry while the performance is in progress is at the discretion of the House Manager.

Restrooms. Restrooms are located north of the theater near the lower parking lot. As you exit the audience pavilion on the Beer Garden side, follow the foot path past the Canteen to the next building beyond. Follow the “star lights,” for your respite.

Exchanges. Tickets for exchange must be received by the Box Office no later than 24 hours before the performance. Single ticket exchanges are good only for the 2017 season while season ticket exchanges must stay within the same show. Tickets may be exchanged for tickets of comparable or greater value, provided the additional value is paid. A $1 per ticket exchange fee will be assessed (waived for season ticket holders). All exchanged tickets must be received by the Box Office before new tickets are issued. Exchanges are not available on group orders.

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BRIAN KELSEY Managing Director

Brian celebrates his 10th season as the Peninsula Players Managing Director. He comes to the Players with a broad range of “for profit” and “not for profit” business experience, gained both in the United States and Europe, in the fields of operations, finance, marketing and public relations.

Brian is engaged in the arts and tourism industries and serves on the board of the Peninsula Arts and Humanities Alliance (president), Theatre Wisconsin (president) and was appointed by the Governor to the Wisconsin Arts Board and the Wisconsin Governor’s Council on Tourism (vice chair).

A graduate of Marquette University with a degree in journalism, Brian is pleased to share his business experience in the community that raised him.

As a side note, he is even more pleased to be working for the organization that gave him his first performing arts experience as a child.

All sales are final; there are no refunds. Returned tickets may qualify as a tax-deductible donation if received by the Box Office at least 30 minutes prior to show time.

Children. At Peninsula Players we generally follow the school-age and up rule. One or two of our shows have adult themes that may be inappropriate for young children. In general, we suggest ages seven and over for attention span purposes. Everybody attending a performance must purchase a seat.

Babes in arms will not be allowed in the theater. For further information regarding age-appropriateness of any of our shows, contact the Box Office at (920) 868-3287 or visit the play pages at www.peninsulaplayers.com.

To purchase tickets for wheelchair or limited access seating, call the Box Office at (920) 868-3287. We are better able to handle special needs in person or over the phone. We require that you attest to your need for any seats set aside for ADA by agreeing to terms and conditions.

Assisted listening devices are available at the canteen for the hearing impaired. A driver’s license or credit card is requested as a security deposit for the use of these devices.

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JOE FOUST Actor – Peter and the Starcatcher; Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime;

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MATT HOLZFEIND Actor – The Actuary; Peter and the Starcatcher;

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ERICA ELAM Actor – The Actuary; Almost, Maine

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DARA CAMERON Actor – The Bridges of Madison County; Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

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JAMES RANK Actor – Peter and the Starcatcher; The Bridges of Madison County

James is delighted to return to Peninsula Players, where he has appeared in A Little Night Music (Fredrik) and Sunday in the Park with George (Jules).

Other credits: The Merry Widow (Kromow) and Oklahoma! (Cord Elam) at Lyric Opera of Chicago; A Minister’s Wife (Morrell) and She Loves Me (Kodaly) at Writers Theatre of Glencoe; The American Dreams Songbook (Sam, Jeff Award) at Next Theater; Grand Hotel (Baron), Curtains (Aaron) and South Pacific (Cable) at Drury Lane Theatre; Carousel (Billy) and Phantom (Phantom) at the Candlelight Theater; Candide (Pangloss) and The Fantasticks (El Gallo) with Light Opera Works. Jim has also appeared with Santa Fe Opera, Chicago Opera Theater, Central City Opera, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Ravinia Festival and The Chicago Sinfonietta.

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KATHERINE DUFFY Actor – The Bridges of Madison County;

Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Katherine delights in returning to Door County after spending last season with Peninsula Players in The Hollow (Midge) and The Full Monty (Susan). Katherine was an Artist in Residence at Third Avenue Playhouse where her performance in the one woman show The Amish Project was named one of the best of 2016 by The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Other credits include Educating Rita, Sylvia, Steel Magnolias, Private Lives (Third Avenue Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep) and Hair (Skylight Music Theatre).

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Henry makes his Peninsula Players debut! He recently received two Jeff Award nominations for “Best Leading Actor in a Musical” for his work as Bobby Strong in Urinetown (Boho Theatre) and the title role in Bat Boy (Griffin Theatre). Other Chicago Credits include: Link Larkin in Hairspray (Paramount Theatre), Lucas Beineke in the Jeff Awardwinning The Addams Family (Mercury Theater Chicago), Sir Lionel in Camelot (Drury Lane Theatre), and Tommy Ross in Carrie: The Musical (Bailiwick Chicago). Regional theatre: Theatre at the Center, Timber Lake Playhouse and Interlakes Summer Theatre. Television: Chicago Fire (NBC). Henry received a BFA in Musical Theatre from the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University and is represented by Gray Talent Group. www.henry.mcginniss.com

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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Karl makes his debut at Peninsula Players. Most recently, he played Harry Bright in Marriott Lincolnshire Theatre’s Mamma Mia! Before that he was in the Off-Broadway hit Ride the Cyclone. His Chicago credits include Wonderful Town and Jungle Book (Goodman Theatre); The Christmas Schooner and The Addams Family (Mercury Theater); A Christmas Carol, 7 Brides, Mame and Charlotte’s Web (Drury Lane Theatre); Aladdin, For the Boys, The Full Monty and Shenandoah (Marriott Theatre). Regional credits include All the Way and Living on Love (Asolo Rep, Sarasota), Children of a Lesser God, Ragtime, Big Fish and Private Lives (Timberlake Playhouse, Mt. Carroll) and Mamma Mia! (Tropicana, Las Vegas) Karl remains a proud and outspoken 10-year member of Actors’ Equity Association.

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About the Playwright ...

JOHN CARIANI – is an actor and a playwright who lives in New York City.

He has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway, at regional theaters across the country, in several films and television shows. He’s been nominated for a Tony Award and has been in movies with Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Ed Asner. Cariani is most well-known for his role in “Law & Order,” where his character, Forensics Tech Beck, is alive and well in reruns. As a playwright, Cairani is best known for his first play, Almost, Maine, which premiered at Portland (Maine) Stage Company in 2004 and opened Off-Broadway in 2006. It has since become one of the most frequently produced plays in the United States and has been translated into nearly 20 languages. His other plays include Cul-De-Sac (Transport Group), Last Gas (Portland Stage Company, Geva Theater Center), and Love/Sick (Portland Stage Company, Hartford TheaterWorks). Both Almost, Maine and Last Gas are published by Dramatists Play Service. Originally from Presque Isle, Maine, John is a graduate of Amherst College. www.almostmaine.com

PATRICK NEW Director – Almost, Maine

Patrick returns to Peninsula Players where his acting credits include Proof, Escanaba in da Moonlight, Tom, Dick and Harry, Red Herring, The Uneasy Chair, Is He Dead? and Around the World in 80 Days. Directing credits include the world premiere of Fooling Buddha (First Folio Theatre), the American premiere of The December Man (Mary Arrchie Theatre), The Little Prince (Clarence Brown Theatre), Hellcab (Famous Door Theatre), As You Like It and Theatre of Film Noir (Folio Theatre Company). As an actor, he was featured in the national tour of Twelve Angry Men (Roundabout Theatre) and has worked in regional theaters across the United States.

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The Northern Lights The gorgeous display of the northern lights is not a common sight for many people in America. However, if you find yourself in Wisconsin or Maine, you might get a glimpse of this breathtaking sight which is featured in this production of Almost, Maine.

This colorful display of lights is produced by electrically charged particles that come from the sun and collide with the earth’s atmosphere. These lights are associated with both the northern and southern hemisphere. In the Photo Credit: Copyright: www.123rf.com/profile_ surangaw 123RF Stock Photo northern hemisphere, the lights are known as “aurora borealis” and in the southern hemisphere, “aurora australis.” These lights predominantly come in colors of green and pink, but there have been reports of colors such as blue, violet, orange and red.

The northern lights are tied to the magnetic poles of the hemispheres. There have been reports of the lights seen as far south as New Orleans in the northern hemisphere. However, the most ideal locations to watch these displays are in the Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories of Canada, Alaska, southern tip of Greenland and Iceland, the northern coast of Norway and over the coastal waters north of Siberia. In the southern hemisphere, these lights are not often seen as they are concentrated in a ring around Antarctica and the southern Indian Ocean.

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These lights create legends and beliefs throughout history in the many different areas they appear. The Menominee Indians of Wisconsin believed that the lights indicated the location of manabai’wok (giants) who were the spirits of great hunters and fishermen. The Inuit of Alaska believed that the lights were the spirits of the animals they hunted: the seals, salmon, deer and beluga whales, while aboriginal peoples believed that the lights were the spirits of their people.

An Evening at Peninsula Players is Like No Other America’s Oldest Professional Resident Summer Theatre will bring another exciting season to the bay in 2018, and we would like you to be a part of it! Sign up for the season and join us by the bay.

Free Ticket Exchange Can’t make the date you booked? Just phone our Box Office 24 hours before the show and we will move tickets to another date, free of charge.

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Do you recognize these faces?

They are the Players’ hard working interns.

Participating in the Peninsula Players’ internship program this season are students from theater programs across the country including, top row from left, Tia Williams, a recent graduate of Bethel University; Derek Foret, a recent graduate of Kenyon College; Mary Knight, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Brianna Cullen, a recent graduate of University of the Wisconsin-Whitewater; Alex Rettie, a senior at Utah Valley University; and Emily Ottinger, a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Bottom row: Kit Honkanen, a recent graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; Marie Welter, a recent graduate of Red Rocks Community College; Stefani Azores-Gococo, a senior at Loyola University; and Caelyn Harris, a junior at Ball State.

You may have been greeted by one of our hard-working interns in the parking lot, Box Office, Canteen, theater or will-call window. Not only do each of the interns work these nightly duties, but they also help to run the shows in such areas as lighting, properties, sound, costumes, house management, assistant stage management and concessions. During the day they also work in these areas for the next show. To read more about out internship program, please turn to page 63.

The Kathryn A. Doerr Apprentice Fund

Established in 2013 in memory of Kathryn A. Doerr (Katie), by her family, this fund provides critical support for the Peninsula Players apprentice program.

During her lifetime, Katie was an advocate and supporter of art education, notably to art education in the Door County community she loved. Her legacy will provide scholarships for two apprentices during the Players season.

This season’s interns supported by the Kathryn A. Doerr Apprentice Fund are Marie Welter and Mary Knight. Marie calls Boulder, Colorado home and is focusing her career goals on theatrical lighting design while Mary’s focus is in arts management and communication.

This season the Palmer Foundation is also providing support for the apprentice program.

The Palmer Foundation is supporting Tia Williams’ internship experience and career goal of becoming a professional stage manager.

If you are interested in supporting the Peninsula Players internship program, please contact Danielle Szmanda at danielle@peninsulaplayers.com or (920) 868-3287.

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Peninsula Players A Brief History of the Theatre in a Garden Take a rustic, woodsy site outfitted with a few little cabins that once served a boys camp along the bay. Add a dream, a barnlike proscenium stagehouse and a hundred or so seats open to the stars above and you have the early days of Peninsula Players.

Richard and Caroline Fisher, a young novice brother-and-sister team, started the troupe in 1935 when they produced Noel Coward’s Hay Fever at a site behind the former Bonnie Brook Cottage/Motel in Fish Creek, now the Fish Creek Town Park.

Peninsula Players, circa 1937

continued their careers in the arts, either on- or off-stage, and some have even gone onto stardom.

By 1937 the Fishers along with their parents (“Mama” who designed and made costumes and fed the company and “Papa,” the general handyman) realized the 1939 The Circle with Jacqueline ensemble had Wells (Julie Bishop) and Marden McBroom (David Bruce). outgrown the motel site so they purchased the 22-acre Wildwood Boys Camp, the present site of the theater.

Although Peninsula Players began under the stars, a canvas top was draped above the audience in 1946, and in 1957 Caroline’s dream of a permanent roof came true when the open-sided pavilion was built.

In 1960, after 25 years of involvement, the Fishers sold the theater at public auction to Kenneth Carroad, a New York City attorney.

Jim McKenzie was hired to oversee the Players’ operations as producer.

He and his wife, actress J e a n n e Bolan, both associated with the Players since 1947, took on 1995 You Can’t Take It with You with Howard Platt, Sharon Carlson and Guy Barile. the Fisher legacy.

Now in its 82nd season it is no longer a dream, we are America’s o l d e s t professional resident 1950 Present Laughter with Caroline Fisher, s u m m e r Leo Lucker and Helen Casey Bragdon. theater.

In the 82 years Peninsula Players has performed in the Theatre in a Garden, more than 1,000 actors have crossed our boards. Some had their first professional experiences at the Players.

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formed in 1962, to operate the theater, and in 1978 Carroad sold out. McKenzie became owner of the property in 1978 and continued as the Company’s producer.

2010 A Little Night Music with James Rank and Jessie Mueller

The passion that Richard and Caroline shared to stretch the imaginations, provide reason for laughter and tears and furnish cutting edge theater experiences is still the hallmark at Peninsula Players.

Safeguarding that dream and this lovely Theatre in a Garden is paramount to the Players Board of Directors which is committed to –

1994 production of Pygmalion with Greg Vinkler, Robert Thompson and Kristine Thatcher

Anticipating significant renovation and repair to the theater pavilion and surrounding support buildings as well as the need for new production and housing facilities, McKenzie decided to sell the place to the Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation, Inc. in 1993. As a member of the Players Board of Directors, McKenzie continued to help preserve and improve the theater’s facilities and environment until his death in 2002.

• Preserve America’s oldest professional resident summer theatre; • Support the most exciting theatre company possible; • Provide freedom, tools, and facilities so artists may entertain, uplift and inform audiences; and

More than a decade ago many improvements were made, including actor housing and public restroom facilities, expanded and upgraded rehearsal and storage areas and a computerized box office. The close of the 2005 season brought the beginning of the Players’ largest improvement – a new stage house and audience pavilion.

• Foster future generations of theater professionals through internships. hope We you enjoy your visit as you explore the theater where the sun sets, the curtain rises and the stars shine.

Through the generous support of many donors, benefactors and volunteers all intent on continuing the magic of live theater for future generations, the Players built a new facility in the exact same foot-print of the first theater. In June 2006, the 621-seat audience pavilion opened. Included are up-to-date wiring, more space for actors and scenery and a redesigned space to provide better sightlines for the audience, not to mention new comfy seats.

2014 And Then There Were None with Sean Fortunato, Erica Elam and Matt Holzfeind

Welcome to our theater in the woods.

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BroadwayWorld.com Voters Honor Peninsula Players Theatre The Full Monty and Alabama Story

Awarded Best Play, Best Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical and Best Actor in a Play.

Peninsula Players Theatre is delighted to announce that theater fans of BroadwayWorld.com (Appleton professional region) voted Peninsula Players’ 2016 productions of Alabama Story as Best Play and The Full Monty as Best Musical as well as awarding members of the acting company.

The Midwest première of Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones was directed by Brendon Fox and was also awarded Best Actor in a Play for Harter Clingman’s portrayal of Thomas Franklin, the steadfast assistant of head librarian Emily Wheelock Reed who becomes the target of a segregationist senator.

The Full Monty was directed by Artistic

The Peninsula Players’ 2016 production of The Full Monty was voted Best Musical by fans of BroadwayWorld.com. Pictured are Adrian Aguilar, Peggy Roeder, Byron Glenn Willis, Matthew Scott Campbell, Steve Koehler and Jackson Peter Evans.

Photo by Len Villano.

Alabama Story was voted Best Play by voters of BroadwayWorld.com. Pictured from left are Harter Clingman and Carmen Roman.

Photo by Len Villano.

Director Greg Vinkler and actors Peggy Roeder and Harter Clingman were voted as Best Actress in a Musical and Best Actor in a Musical. Roeder’s portrayal of the saucy, showbiz-wise Jeannette who helps the men prepare for their stage debut left a pleasing and lasting impression upon audiences as did Clingman’s portrayal of the sweet unemployed mill worker, Malcom, who still lives with and cares for his mother. Several other Peninsula Players company members were also nominated for their work in the 2016 season.

Clingman will perform at Players again this summer in Peter and the Starcatcher and Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime.

“The honors that were bestowed on us for a dramatic new play and a contemporary pop-rock musical affirm what I have known for a long time,” said Vinkler, “which is that patrons, devotees and supporters of Peninsula Players deeply cherish and value both the artistic craftsmanship our company displays in the telling of stories and the great variety of theatrical works the theater has produced for 82 years. We are very grateful to have been nominated and humbled to be showered with such warm accolades.

“All of us at Peninsula Players would like to say thank you not just to those who applauded our work but to all those who took the time to vote for all of these wonderful venues around the area because they believe in and recognize the value of theater and the arts in their lives.”

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HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017 SEASON

DO YOU REMEMBER?

Harter Clingman, Henry McGinnis, Sean Fortunato, Nick Vidal and Dan Klarer in Peter and the Starcatcher.

Erica Elam and Kyle Hatley in the world première of Steven Peterson’s The Actuary.

Photos by Len Villano

Rengin Altay, Cory Goodrich and Steve Koehler in The Bridges of Madison County.

Karen Janes Woditsch, Rengin Altay, Penny Slusher, Karl Halimton, Joe Foust, Matt Holzfeind and Emma Rosenthal in Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime.

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SEPTEMBER 6 – OCTOBER 15, 2017 • BEHIND THE SCENES

COLOR RENDERINGS

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Scenic and costume designers use color renderings to convey their artistic concepts to other members of the creative team.

Scenic designer J Branson creates a white scale model to show other members of the creative team what the vision of the set will be.

Designers work is copyrighted artistic property; management respectfully requests no photographs be taken.

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ALDEN VASQUEZ Stage Manager – Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime; Almost, Maine

Alden returns to Peninsula Players Theatre after stage managing last season’s production of The 39 Steps. Previous productions for Peninsula Players are Nunsense, Always...Patsy Cline, Miracle on South Division Street, Lombardi and God of Carnage. He is also a residental production stage manager at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago where he just completed his 25th season including the world premiere production of War Paint, Bounce and the American premiere of Glengarry Glen Ross. His resident theater credits include 14 productions with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, including the Broadway productions of The Song of Jacob Zulu (also in Perth, Australia) and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Other residental theater credits include productions with American Theater Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Northlight Theatre, Remains Theatre, Royal George Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company and the Weston Playhouse. He teaches Stage Management at DePaul University and is a 33-year member of Actors’ Equity Association. He is also a United States Air Force veteran.

MEGAN B. HENNINGER Sound Designer – The Bridges of Madison County; Almost, Maine

Based in Milwaukee, Megan has served as designer and assistant designer on shows large and small.

Designs include: Sweeney Todd (Skylight Music Theatre), Man of La Mancha (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre), The Full Monty (Peninsula Players), Bad Dates (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Hands on a Hardbody (Williams Street Rep), Rrred (NYMF), 42nd Street (TOTS tour) and The Martian Chronicles (Fordham University). Assistant Designs include: You’re Welcome America, Ghetto Klown, Sticky Fly, Blithe Spirit (Broadway) and Company (Lincoln Center).

PAULINE OLEKSY Properties Designer – Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime; Almost, Maine

Pauline is excited to return to Peninsula Players for her second season. Pauline is a Chicago-based scenic and properties designer who received her MFA in scenic design from Northern Illinois University. She is involved in many facets of corporate and theatrical design including exhibit design, 3D pre-visualization, scenic painting and properties design.

The Box Office Visit us in person at the Box Office this fall! The Box Office will be staffed Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 7:00 p.m.; except matinee Sundays when it will close at 3:30 p.m. The Box Office will be closed Mondays. Will call opens at the canteen 90 minutes before a show.

Did you know that the Box Office staff e-mails curtain time reminders 24-hours before each show? These reminders include vital information such as the running time of the performance or a request to arrive earlier as we are approaching full-seating capacity. If you did not receive a reminder, contact the Box Office at (920) 868-3287 or e-mail tickets@ peninsulaplayers.com to verify we have your email address.

The Winter Box Office is open weekdays by phone! If you are interested in season tickets, securing a display ad in the playbill, reserving group tickets or purchasing a gift certificate, Business Manager Audra Baakari Boyle can help you. Call the Box Office weekdays at (920) 868-3287 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. or email tickets@peninsulaplayers.com.

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Our 82nd Year September 6 – October 15, 2017

Peninsula Players Theatre

GREG VINKLER

BRIAN KELSEY

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MANAGING DIRECTOR

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ALMOST, MAINE By John Cariani

Costume Designer Kyle Pingel

Lighting Designer Michael R. Trudeau

Scenic Designer J Branson

Properties Designer Pauline Oleksy

Sound Designer Megan Henninger

Scenic Artist April Beiswenger

Stage Manager Alden Vasquez*

Production Manager Cody Westgaard

Directed by Patrick New Generously Sponsored by Door County Medical Center, Ken Raupach and John & Dyan Smith This play is supported in part by the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin.

Peninsula Players Theatre is a non-profit theater and a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for non-profit professional theater, and Theatre Wisconsin, the statewide association of non-profit theatres.

Almost, Maine is presented by special arrangement with the Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency, Inc. Developed in part with Chicago Dramatists, Meghan Beals, Artistic Director Almost, Maine was developed by The Cape Cod Theatre Project. Professional Premiere Production: Portland Stage Company, Anita Stewart, Artistic Director, Tami Ramaker, Managing Director. Originally produced in New York by Jack Thomas/Bulldog Theatrical and Bruce Payne

Assisted listening devices are available at the Canteen.

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CAST (in order of appearance) PETE, JIMMY, LENDALL, DANIEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT HOLZFEIND* EAST, STEVE, PHIL, DAVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOE FOUST*† GINETTE, GLORY, WAITRESS, GAYLE, SHELLY, HOPE. . . . ERICA ELAM* SANDRINE, MARVAYN, DEENA, MARCI, SUZETTE, RHONDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KAREN JANES WODITSCH*

ACT I PROLOGUE Scene 1: HER HEART Scene 2: SAD AND GLAD Scene 3: THIS HURTS Scene 4: GETTING IT BACK There will be one 15-minute intermission.

ACT II INTERLOGUE Scene 5: THEY FELL Scene 6: WHERE IT WENT Scene 7: STORY OF HOPE Scene 8: SEEING THE THING EPILOGUE PENINSULA PLAYERS THEATRE IS A PROFESSIONAL THEATER EMPLOYING MEMBERS OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, THE UNION OF PROFESSIONAL ACTORS AND STAGE MANAGERS IN THE UNITED STATES. *Indicates members of Actors’ Equity Association †Indicates Fight Captain The sound designer is a member of the United Scenic Artists union.

Please Note!

No food or beverages, except water, are allowed in the theater.

The use of recording devices and cameras is strictly forbidden.

Please turn off all cellular and electronic devices prior to the performance.

The holidays are just around the corner Peninsula Players Gift Certificates make great gifts for family and friends!

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The Peninsula Players Capital Campaign

Our Capital Campaign, Encore!: Protecting the Past, Insuring the Future, is officially closed! We extend a heartfelt thanks to the 1,500+ contributors who helped make our dream of a new theater, scene shop and canteen a reality. We are forever indebted to their generosity and are certain that these facilities will be appreciated and adored by theatregoers for generations to come!

GOLD FOUNDER ($1,000,000 and above) Carla & Ellsworth Peterson Foundation FOUNDER ($250,000-$999,999) Ruth & Hartley Barker The Boldt Company/ O.C. & Pat Boldt MMG Foundation, Inc. Nicholas Family Foundation PRODUCER ($100,000-$249,999) Anonymous Bill & Poo Calkins Fortress Fence, a division of Century Fence Barbara & Spencer Gould Mary & Bill Hartman Betty & Bill Parsons PARTNER ($50,000-$99,999) Anonymous (2) Dave & Nancy Borghesi Bob & Carmen Gallagher Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Hamming Anthony & Judith Licata Fred & Natalie Marcon Kris & Ranny Nelson Nicolet National Bank Ken Raupach Wayne & Cleta Semmerling - Security Fence Bob & Margaret Thompson William Wood Skinner Foundation BUILDER ($25,000-$49,999) In honor of Ted Bird, AEA Dave & Vonnie Callsen Martha Cherry Fund, a fund of the Door County Community Foundation Steve & Julia Chomeau Dwight & Linda Davis Don & Marianne Diekman The Mark & Cheryl Falb Family The Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty Foundation The Edward R. & Jeannine W. James Families George Kress Foundation Mrs. Charles S. Larsen Ted & Nancy Laitner Maggy Magerstadt James E. & Mary K. Nelson Eugene V. & Patricia Ann Remy Loren M. Schantz in memory of Mary L. Naniot Julia & David Uihlein David & Brenda Wenberg Jerry & Joan Zaug, Country House Resort

MAJOR PLAYER ($10,000 - $24,999) Leonard & Claire Apfelbach Anthony & Priscilla Beadell, in Honor of Marcia & Charles Larson Charles W. Beasley & Fred H. Mann Ted Bird & Alison Risso-Gill Dodd Homer Bliss Tom & Linda Birmingham in Memory of Tom Birmingham Homer Bliss Linda & John Blossom Jr. Orren & Marilyn Bradley David R. Charles, Sr. Family Foundation The Cordon Family Foundation Ron & Candy Dammon, in Memory of Hedwig Enger Welcker – 1935 Bonnie Brook Hostess T. Danis Charitable Trust Scott & Barb Davis James & JoDee DeGroot Robert A. & Lynn I. Doneff Door County Medical Center Paul & Sandra Fernstrum Emil & Gail Fischer Nancy & Jim Forbes Ken & Rhonda Frank Family Foundation Don & Barbara Fuhrmann Bill & Mardi Glenn Thomas & Gloria Kaye Ralph & Barbara Keller Jack & Ginny Kopischke Fred & Greta Kubsch Dona & Dick Litzsinger Dale & Kay Lyndahl Main Street Market Elaine Marshall John M. & Mary Ann Meyer Greg & Carolyn Mox The Musikantow Foundation Doug & Janey Mac Neil John & Linette Parrish Fred J. Peterson Foundation,Inc. John & Clare Plachetka Robert & Joan Schaupp Todd Schmidt & Greg Vinkler Mr. & Mrs. Joseph F. Schoendorf Jr. George & Kay Schueppert John C. Schuldt & Mary J. Moore John & Dyan Smith Tim & Sue Stone Jim & Clare Webb White Gull Inn - Andy & Jan Coulson Barbara Jo Weko Witzke Sandy & Mike Woleben Francesca Zambello 37a

The Peninsula Players Annual Fund

The following have shown their commitment to the Players by making an investment in our Annual Fund between May 1, 2016 and August 24, 2017. These contributions are invested back into our community and theatre in several ways: 1) Top Quality Entertainment- we hire the best available talent; 2) Training Youthour interns get unparalleled experience working with these professionals; 3) Historic Beauty- we preserve and enhance our beautiful and tranquil wooded shoreline for you to enjoy; 4) Community- Seminars, play readings, school programs and more enrich Door County life year-round. Our sincerest thanks to:

SILVER ($10,000-$24,999) John G. Searle Family Trust The Shubert Foundation Kenneth R. Williams BRONZE ($5,000-$9,999) Nancy & Dave Borghesi T. Danis Charitable Trust Robert & Rita Krauss Foundation, Inc. Anthony & Judith Licata Nicholas Family Foundation Nicolet National Bank Casey & Dolores Sylla BENEFACTOR ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Marilyn Backer Prilla & Tony Beadell Jim & Trish Black Dwight & Linda Davis Jean Kapolnek MMG Foundation, Inc. Greg & Carolyn Mox Ron & Chris Puszynski Emmy & Steve Stanley Sheila Turner David & Brenda Wenberg SPONSOR ($1,000-$2,499) Nancy Andriacchi Bay Engineering, Inc. Marilyn & Orren Bradley Anthony W. & Andrea Bryant John Calawerts & Anne Baeten Bill & Poo Calkins Vonnie & Dave Callsen David R. Charles, Sr. Family Foundation Steve & Julia Chomeau Kit & Dick Conner Peter & Myra Cristall Russell & Sandra Dagon Don & Marianne Diekman Kathy Egan Robert M. & Susan L. Engelke Family Foundation Jim & Karin Erickson Mark & Cheryl Falb Paul & Sandra Fernstrum Ann & Michael Flegel Nancy & Jim Forbes Don & Barbara Fuhrmann Roy & Betsy Gill Mary & Bill Hartman Jill & Tom Herlache William & Dorian Jordan Jack & Karen Kellner Ginny Kopischke Julie-Anne Kress Elaine Marshall Mike & Marge McCoy

Wanda & Kevin McDonald Jim & Mary Nelson Bill & Betty Parsons Eugene V. & Patricia Ann Remy Dave & Louise Rogers Bibi & Greg Rosner Gordon and Naomi Rowley Pasquesi Sheppard L.L.C. Security Fence & Supply - Wayne & Cleta Semmerling Tim & Sue Stone Nicholas J. Torrillo Dean & Louise Trafelet Julia & David Uihlein William & Sunshine Walker Ronald Dammon & Candace Welcker White Gull Inn - Andy & Jan Coulson Sarah Wright Carl & Sandy Zapffe PATRON ($500-$999) Anonymous Dr. G. Leonard Apfelbach Martha Bagley Elizabeth Bedwell & Greg Capper Tom & Linda Birmingham Tom & Meg Claggett Laurey & Phil Clampitt Karen & Andrew Cook Cynthia & Larry Crock Becky Delisle Annie & Dick Egan Dennis & Mary Fales Charles & Penny Fedorchak Jessie Fiedler Julie & George Fiedler Drs. Martin & Viviane Finck Mike Fordney & Beth Healy Fred & Barb Frey Susie Gebhardt Chuck & Faye Germain Tony & Magda Golobic Marla J. Gousseff Ron & Mary Greisen Brian Kelsey & Philip Berndt Margaret C. Kelsey & Michael J. Teich Mrs. Diane Kippenhan-Vollmer Wayne & Mary Jo Koch Santosh Krishnan M.D. Nancy & Ted Laitner Jerry Lecy Tom & Bev Lisle Dona & Dick Litzsinger Douglas Mac Neil Florence D. McMillan Carol C. Muckerman Helen & Earl Neville Steve & Kaaren Northrop Dan & Mary Petersen Daniel & Joan Pfister

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Peter & Deb Mancuso Jim & Carole Maronek Lucy Martin Randy & Karen Mathewson Mary McDermid Ed Meyer Jr. Mary J. Moore & John C. Schuldt Braxton Patterson Karen J. Pfeffer Stephen & Caroline Polster Lolly & Dave Ratajczak Joe & Dawn Rogers Madeleine Sargent Pat Schneider Paul & Juliene Seifert Manooch & Maryann Sharifi Don & Gigi Smith Katie & Phil Smith Lois S. Stanley Michael & Judy Surges Jean M. Switala Chuck & Lana Tencate Margaret Thompson John & Judy Turner Roy & Sandra Uelner Greg Vinkler Kaye Wagner Frank & Carole Pyle-Weaver Roy & Alice White Kathi Whiteside Dennis & Karen Wojahn Bonnie Wolfe Mr. & Mrs. David Wood Leslie A. Woolley Sylvia Youell Jay Zahn Ron & Susie Zellmer

PATRON ($500-$999) continued Mary Hartman Rosai & Carlos Rosai Marian & Rod Schlise Jeff & Mary Lou Schwab Shomos Family Foundation Mary Theisen Helen & Bob Trudeau David & Nancy Wahlert Pam & JW Walker Jan-ann & Richard White Sandy Wiederholt Glen & Kristine Wiesman Jerry & Joan Zaug ASSOCIATE ($250-$499) Anonymous Greg & Mary Anderson Diane & Gerald Aschenbrenner John & Lori Barnstorff Tom & Penny Beerntsen Fr. James & Lin Biegler Bev & Bruce Blietz OC & Pat Boldt Sue & Jim Buck Bonnie Cady Casperson Funeral Home Julie & Greg Cayce Peter J. & Mary Alice Costello DC Printing- John & Pam Heyrman Digger & JoDee DeGroot Peter & Gina Deschler John & JoAnn DiBuono James & Nancy Dickson Daniel R. Dineen Gail & Chris Dockry Patrick & Patti Doughman Steve & Angie Dungar John & Judy Eckert Michael Elkow William & Arlene Engler Bud Fenner Mike & Carolyn Friedel Terry & Kris Fulwiler Mary Garrity & John Bocchino Katherine S. Georgeson Sara Glenn Going Garbage & Recycling Inc. William & Colette Goldammer Barbara & Larry Goldberg George & Natalie Gorchynsky John Guenther Andrew & Gretchen Hall Mr. & Mrs. Ed Heinecke Donald & Cozatta Helm John & Nell Herlache Kandy & William Higley Larrie Howell Kenneth Issel Mary & John Jelinek Dee Ann Keip Karen E. Kloida Herbert H. Kohl Charities Inc Judy & Bob Koptik Mary Lacy Mr. & Mrs. William Lammers Elfriede & Lawrence Leporte Dan & Patty Luessenhop

FRIEND ($100-$249) Anonymous Betty Aik Bruce & Joanne Aldrich Betty Alexander Helen Allen Wendy & Howard Allenberg Tom & Sue Alt Bill & Mary Amoruso James H. & Sara Ellen Anderson Eric & Paula Apfelbach Bruce & Jane Arduser Cindy & Paul Bammel John & Jennie Barnes Jean Barrett Dorothy Bauer Mildred Behnke John & Alice Belmont The Berg Family Gerry & Jane Berg Roger Bergen & Sharon Grutzmacher Jim & Jean Berkenstock David & Lynnda Berryhill Jody & Bill Bertram Sherry Billet & Joel Kitchens Margaret C. Boehm Darwin & Barbara Bork Peter & Linda Bourguignon Anne & Darrel Brodke

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James & Barbara Hansen Sara Davis & Christopher Haun Fred & Kathy Heiss Ron Hilton Theresa & Jerry Hinck David & Pamela Hirn Mark and Michaela Holey Gregory & Mary Holub Bob & Mary Huber Elizabeth Raymond & Paul Hybel Kate Hyland Maynard & Verni Ihlenfeld Julie A. Ische Island Orchard Cider Chuck & Barbara Jackson Mary Lou Jacobi Dr. Julie Jagemann Benjamin & Kathleen Johnson Mary & Bruce Johnson Nancy & Tom Johnson Don & Sue Johnston Dan Jones Hans L Jonsson Dennis & Jane Joyce Ray & Susan Kaercher Werner & Dorothy Kaese David & Cathy Kapinus Tim & Sue Kase Edward Kelly Dennis & Barb Kessler William & Marion Kettering Stan & Faye Kiefer Peter & Pat King Robert A. Kinmonth Joseph Klapatch Tom Knowles Shelley J. Korshak M.D. & Laurence A. Sode Michael & Linda Kozanecki Rosemary Krause David & Marjorie Kroll Joan & George Kuchar John & Nancy Kujawa Ed & Carol LaMere Richard & Barbara LaPlant Dean & Debra LaRose Marty & Judy Larson Estella & Charles Lauter Jill & John Levi Kenneth W. Lindberg Paul & Candace Luedtke Bruce & Diane MacEwen Virginia & Tom Maher Lois Malawsky Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Malzahn Gretchen Maring Lee Marquardt Steve & Jackie Mau Jacqueline & Jeff McCullough Michael & Windsor McCutcheon Jim & Heather McDonald John & Alice Meiners Peg & Jim Meyer Bill & Diane Miller Mr. & Mrs. Robert Millett Grant & Linda Mitchell Frank & Cheryle Mitvalsky Wayne & Barbara Mohr

FRIEND ($100-$249) continued Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Lois Brown The Buckingham Family Archie and Kathe Budzak Robert Buntz John Campbell Frank & Rochelle Candioto Frank & Jane Capozzi Mr. & Mrs. William S. Carpenter William & Frances Cecil Timothy Cegelski & Joe Kiriazes Deb & Don Chapman Peter & Donna Christensen Richard A. Christensen Jerry & Elaine Ciszewski Peggy Clapp Jeff & Sue Clark Peter & Carol Clikeman Attorney David Clowers Dick & Patty Cosentino Karen Cowan Trissa Crowley H. Richard Dannhausen Bill & Mary Jo Dean Hariet Dehlinger Dennis & Susan Dewsnap Gib & Gail Docken DoorCountyNavigator.com Megan & Nate Doud Steve & Deb Dullard John & Yvonne Dwonch Eagle Harbor Inn Tom & Linda Ealyt D. Todd & Cynthia Ehlers Judy Endle Ephraim Shores, Inc. Thomas & Barbara Finger Lisa and Dave Fink Doug & Fay Fleming Rosa M. Fleming Nadine A. Flemming Jean & Jim Flurry Diane & Pat Ford Lisa Fralish Michael & Nancie Freeborn Iris & Jim Friedlieb Nancy & Bill Fry Jack & Rogene Funderburg Bob & Carmen Gallagher W. Kent & Julie Ganske Les & Katrina Garner Michael F. Garrity Marc & Carol Ann Gellerman Rozanna Gerdman Marvin & Lois Getty Mary & Roger Girard Brian &Sharon Godfrey Barbara & Spencer Gould Paul & Jane Graf Harley & Katherine Grantham John & Denise Grogan James Gross Gerard & Linda Grzyb Elaine Gunnell Rich & Sue Hagel Martha Hall Harald (Hal) Halvorsen

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David & Mary Van Dyke Mr. Joshua G Vincent Anna Vinkler Wess & Pat Vogt Robert & Sharon Volk Andrea Wagoner & Roger Ruggeri Nickolas & Alison Walker David & Rose Warner James & Regina Webb Karen & Richard Weiland Ron & Barb Weir Thomas & Linda Weisensel Lynn & Marilyn Weissburg Margie & Dale West Ron & Colleen Weyers Bill White Dr. & Mrs. Kevin Wienkers William & Sharon Wildman Clyde & Marsha Williams Robin Wilson & Peter Foote Wisconsin Tech Sales, Inc. David & Jean Wolski Joe &Trudy Wycech Bruce L. McKeefry & Geoffrey C. Yeomans Dr. Jade Yu Karen & Samuel Zacharias Don Zakowski Francesca & Larry Zambello Sharon & Byron Zeisler

FRIEND ($100-$249) continued Ed & Marcia Moore Pat & Gail Mullaney John Rankin & Mary Murphy Bob & Chris Newcomb Ardis & Ardell Nicolaus John & Barb Nordstrom Marvin & Ceil Oakes Patrick O’Hearn & Anita Zipperer Brian & Debbie O’Mara Tracy Park, MD Robert & Catherine Parks Jeff & Heather Paulis Barb & Bill Perloff Jon & Marilyn Peterson Gabriela F. Pfeiffer Kathleen & Bill Pickering Vic & Gwyn Piekarski Marc, Beth, Kristina & Diana Pietrzak George & Jean Pokorny Rodion & Isabel Rathbone Herman & Betty Reckelberg Jim & Dana Rheinschmidt Paul & Judy Rockne Mason & Julie Ross Billie Ryan Nora Rowley & Robert Ulicny Mark & Robin Sahagian Jo & Al Salzstein Bob & Carolyn Sawicki Bill & Mary Jo Schaars Schertz-Allain Family John & Deborah Schilling Alan & Roberta Schimek Todd Schmidt Michael & Jeanne Schmitz Scott, Kate, Christine, Maureen and John Schulte Craig & Sandy Schultz Jim & Ginny Schultz Pete & Carol Schuster - L.F.P. Design! L.L.C. Jan & Linda Scott Rick Scott & Dale Vandenhouten Karen Sheridan ShipShape Power Washing David Sikora & James Matzelle David & Samara Silvester Dan & Leah Beth Simon Larry & Frances Skaff Steve & Susan Soderlund Mike & Jean Steele Jim & Laurie Steffen Bob & Nancy Steinberger Deborah L. Stephens Thomas & Linda Strupp Maury & Ann Sullivan John & Sherry Swearngin Danielle, Jason & Lou Szmanda Mark & Susan Tesch Mary & Roy Thilly Steven & Denise Thomas Cheryl Thomson Susie Titus Christine Tock & Timothy King Dale & Laurie Tremain Powell Trotti Jim & Dixie Tubbs Margaret Vande Hei

MEMBER ($50-$99) Anonymous Jonathan Abarbanel Thomas Aerts Michael Aikins Jill & Bruce Anderson Matt & Rita Andis Tony Angellotti William & Nancy Antink Roy & Terri Back James & Nancy Barton Fran & Paul Beno Ron & Judy Berg Leslie & John Berigan Peggy Besaw Susan Biggs Gene & Pat Bitterberg Dennis & Joyce Black Dan & Gaye Boland The Boutross Family William & Deborah Boyd Betty & Buzz Braden Judy & Phil Brehm Don & Loraine Brink Peter & Linda Brooks Steven J & Donna M Bultman Al & Peg Bunta Warren & Nancy Burlend David Busker Mr. Clark Caflisch Paul & Sandi Cain Frank Calabresa & Shirley Kope Carl Carlson John Carrier George & Dorothea Carson Colin & Mary Jane Carter Charlotte Cathey

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Patricia M. Jorgensen Gary & Michelle Keeton Jan Kemble Lorry Kemble Darryl & Wendy Kenagy Claire & Raymond Kern Jerry & Elaine Ketola David Kiefer Michael Kingery Allan & Tanya Klasser Jack & Marsha Klein Chuck & Jan Knowles Dr. Richard J. Koch Door County Panorama Guest House James & Karen Kohler Matt & Karen Kowalczyk Karen Kozlow M. Susan Kraft Terry Krieser Ruth Ann Kromholz Margie & Mark Krueger Jim & Connie Kunde Kevin & Wendy Lantry Molly Larkin B.J. Larsen Gregg & Carolyn Lemein Bud & Brenda Lenahan Ken Winger, Gary Buttikofer & Len Lennie John & Ronda Liebmann Terry & Evelyn Logue Peggy Lott Dennis & Cindy Ludden Mark & Kathleen J. Lundberg William L Lundquist Steve Lundy Marlene Matousek Bill & Jan Matthews Ron & Lois Mauermann Terry & Nancy McGrew Diane Meiborg & Roger Zacek Mary & David Mellem Gail Meredith Carol Miles Linda & Ted Moskonas Betty Anne Mourning Joe & Barbara Movizzo Julie Murray Dan & Diane Neal Jerry & Margie Needelman Tuffy Nell David Nellemann Patricia Neudecker Rick & Sandy Nuernberg Chris D. Null Lou & Sylvia Nyberg Gary Nygaard Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Ogren Mary Fran O’Keefe Don & Carol Olson Yvonne & William Orton John & Harriet Paral Rick & Cynthia Patterson John & Lindsey Pauly Joan Pearson John Pearson & David Dodd David & Kathie Pelow Elaine Penpek

MEMBER ($50-$99) continued Ruth A. Cekal Carl, Pat, Chris & Diana Chan Wayne & Nancy Chapman Margaret & Lauren Charous Betty & Dave Chomeau Mo & Audry Chowdhury Robert Clemens & Donna McGreal Marshall & Arlene Colburn Roy & Jo Cole Cecil & MaryPat Corbett Bill Cowan Cheryl & Tom Culver Bri Daetz Steve & Karen Davidock Scott & Barb Davis Gene & Becky Ditch Door County Bakery Ms. Anne L. Dropp Mrs. Peggy Dwyer Robert & Carol Dylla Alan & Virginia Eades Jim & Bonnie Eastman Mark & Janet Eastman June Ehrbar Chuck & Dolly Emerson Miriam Erickson Joe & Elaine Ferris Sandra & Marshall Finner Bonnie Flaeschel Jim & Barbara Flint The Foor Family Martin & Hilary Ford Julie Foxhoven Gayle & Charles Frame Jeff Franz & Ruth Engs Jan & John Frederiksen Nancy Freitag Dennis & Susan Garrity Jerry & Lois Garrity Mrs. Sheril Gilberstadt Ellen Glaisner Bill & Mardi Glenn Paul Gordon Joann & Dick Gove John Gustat Barbara Handl-Krueger Betsy Hansen Gretchen & Bob Hanson James & Malisa Harper John & Jackie Healy Barbara & Doug Henderson Margie Hendriksen Laura A. Henke John Heyer Barbara Holm Mrs. Mary A Holtman Nancy Homburg Michael & Sally Honeck Bruce & Marla Horwitz Barbara & Brian Hutson Debra & Dennis Jepsen Terry Johanson Leroy & Karen Johnson BJ & Linda Johnston Dick & Carolyn Jones Edward Jones & Rhonda Jurgel

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Jim & Carol Sokolowski Stephen & Suzanne Standerford Leon & Brenda Statz Pamm & Phil Steffen Chuck & Harriet Stoll Lynn F. Stueber Peter & Judy Sytsma Monica Thiry Erik & Marilee Thoresen Bruce A Timmons Peter & Judy Townsend Charles & Sandra Trainor Julie Rosquist Tribbey Marjorie Turner Jan Smith & Scott Valitchka Rod Vanden Noven Ben & Deborah Van Zoest Alden Vasquez Mr. Johnny Verbeten Ray & Lee Vlaming Susan L. Voigt Lynn & Roger Van Vreede Gary Waldhart Merrilee Waldron The Walking Group Gary & Linda Wallace John & Linda Wallrich Duane & Missy Ware Joe & Wilma Wark Norman & Mabel Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Allen Watson Mrs. Donna M. Wellhausen Pam & Bill Welter Bob & Peg Wepner Eleanor F. Werra Karen Whitaker Richard & Patricia White George Whyte Doris & Jim Wilson Carol & Gordon Wilson Joe & Joyce Wilson Mrs. Ellen M. Wing Gene & Pat Wojciechowski Mike Wojcik Ward Wolff William & Sharon Zagorski Barbara & Bob Ziegler Jan Ziemann Don & Shirley Zork Steve & Ardis Zwicky William Zwicky

MEMBER ($50-$99) continued Lynn R. Peters Terry C. Petersen Brad Phelps Michelle Philippsen Judy B. Phillips Mr. Michael Joseph Phillips Wendy & Dave Pike Bob & Kathy Pilzak J.A. Polkinghorne Joe & Gretchen Porten The Porter Family Dr. & Mrs. Jeff & Therese Postles Mary Powell Sylvia K. Pratt Diane Prendergast Dan & Liz Pufunt Joe & Marie Rakoczy Linda & John Redick Mr. & Mrs. William R. Reed John & Mary Reinke Denis Reoh Judith A. Rhodes Joan Riffner Dan L Ripp Ellen Rivers George & Kristi Roenning James Romenesko John & Mary Rooks Susan Rorison Karin Rosenfeldt Julie Rosner Don & Edie Rouse Jim, Kathy & Dan Ruedisueli Bob Childers & Jean Russell Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Margaret Ryan Tom & Jeanette Sadler Mark & Jane Savides Ben & Marianne Schenker Lorna Schmidt Randy Schmirler & Marilee Gardner Ron & Nancy Schneider Hollis & Lawrence Schuetz Mary A. Schweitzer Paul Schwemin Sheldon & Dale Silverman Richard & Mary Skelley Robert & Janet Skoglund Karen Sladden Dave & Sharon Smith Robert & Chris Snyder

Memorials & Honorariums

Memorial gifts are a unique way to keep your loved one’s memory and legacy alive.

Honorarium gifts celebrate a special person or event (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) in your life.

Remember a life well lived or honor someone you love by making a donation to Peninsula Players.

In Memory of Urania (Ranie) Athanases Rochelle Anderson & David Smeltzer The Bender Family Evelyn Breider Alison & Bob Greaves Antoinette John Marilyn Liebe Renee Maggos & Katherine Hoffman Betty J. Wolf In Memory of Karen DeLorey Patrick DeLorey

In Memory of James Kitzerow Mary Jane Kitzerow In Memory of Sherry Kronberg Kurt Kronberg In Memory of Ed Semmerling Lainie & Bob Kufrin In Memory of Bonnie Willkom Lawrence Willkom In Honor of Audra Baakari Boyle Peter & Gina Deschler In Honor of the Ephraim Historical Foundation, Inc.

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In-Kind Donations

The following individuals and businesses have provided in-kind support in the form of goods and services.

Alexander’s of Door County Alpine Resort Richard & Donna Anderson Ralph & Kathy Blankenburg David & Suzy Boerke Casey’s BBQ & Smokehouse Charlie’s Smokehouse The Cookery Restaurant & Wine Bar Cornerstone Pub Peter & Gina Deschler Michael Elkow The English Inn Fish Creek Market Ken & Rhonda Frank Brian Kelsey & Philip Berndt

Greens ‘N’ Grains Harbor Fish Market & Grille Julie’s Park Café Landmark Resort Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Winery & Market MacReady Artisan Bread Company Mojo Rosa’s Dennis & Carolyn O’Donnell The Orchards at Egg Harbor Pelletier’s Restaurant & Fish Boil Pick ‘n Save Piggly Wiggly Pink Bakery Scaturo’s Baking Company & Café

Settlement Courtyard Inn Sister Bay Bowl Debbie Smocke Sweetie Pies Tadych’s Econo Foods Louise Trafelet Sheila Turner Village Café Villagios Whistling Swan White Gull Inn Wild Tomato Wood Orchard Market Barbara & Bob Ziegler

Corporate Matches

The following organizations have matched employees’ charitable contributions. Matching gifts are an easy way to double your contribution to the Players. Find out if your employer has a matching gift program today!

Alliant Energy Foundation ExxonMobil Foundation IBM International Foundation

McKnight Foundation Mead Witter Foundation, Inc. Pfizer Foundation

We Energies Foundation Wrigley Company Foundation

For more information on corporate matches, in-kind, memorial or honorarium gifts, please contact Development and Events Manager, Danielle Szmanda at (920) 868-3287 or danielle@peninsulaplayers.com.

An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) unit is in the back of audience pavilion for use in a health crises and 13 members of the Peninsula Players staff are CPR and AED certified. In case of an emergency, please remain calm and follow staff instructions.

Join the Post-Show Discussions at Peninsula Players

Peninsula Players will host post-show discussions after select performances in 2017.

Audiences are invited to stay after the shows and chat with the actors, designers and directors.

Post-show discussions are set for: Almost, Maine – Saturday, September 9

You can ensure the future of Peninsula Players by including a charitable gift in your will or other estate plans. Please contact Danielle Szmanda at (920) 868-3287 or danielle@peninsulaplayers.com to learn more about the wide variety of planning tools that can help you forever celebrate exceptional theatre experience in Door County.

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Thank You to Our Generous 2017 Show Sponsors!

The Actuary Bill Hartman & Jim Nelson – Two Real-Life Actuaries Peter and the Starcatcher A Friend of the Peninsula Players and True Essence Healing Arts – Margaret & Dale West The Bridges of Madison County Alibi Marina, Harbor Guest House and The Cordon Family Foundation Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Main Street Market Almost, Maine Door County Medical Center, Ken Raupach and John & Dyan Smith To learn more about becoming a show sponsor for our 83rd season, please contact Development and Events Manager, Danielle Szmanda, at (920) 868-3287 or danielle@peninsulaplayers.com.

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Peninsula Players Mission Statement …

Peninsula Players Theatre is committed to preserving America’s Oldest Professional Resident Summer Theatre in its unique setting on sixteen forested acres along the shores of Green Bay. The theater’s mission is to support, without reservation, the most exciting theater company possible; to preserve the Theatre in a Garden’s natural beauty; to provide artists the freedom, tools, and facilities they require to entertain, uplift, and inform our audiences; to foster future generations of theater professionals through the internship program; and to maintain fiscal policies that insure the future security of the theater.

For the past 82 years Peninsula Players has relied on the goodwill and generosity of our patrons to help advance our mission and continue to provide exceptional theatrical experiences. If you have come to value these outstanding performances and the remarkable beauty of the theater and grounds, please consider making a tax-deductible gift to our Annual Fund. Thank you.

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Please mail the above form along with your donation to: Peninsula Players Theatre, 4351 Peninsula Players Rd, Fish Creek, WI 54212 45

DANIELLE SZMANDA Development and Events Manager

Danielle is thrilled to be celebrating her seventh season with Peninsula Players. She is a native of Chicago, and a proud alumna of St. Nobert College earning a BA in business administration and theatre studies.

Danielle has an array of theater experience both on and off stage, as well as behind the scenes. She has had the privilege of working in various theater positions with a variety of theater professionals and audiences.

Danielle resides in the Milwaukee area with her husband Jason and her son, Lou. She is excited for another year of raising funds for this theater she loves so dearly.

AUDRA BAAKARI BOYLE Business Manager

Audi celebrates her 23rd season as a Peninsula Player. She has served as the Box Office Manager and Public Relations Director prior to her appointment as Business Manager. She has worked thoughout the Midwest at various theaters serving as Assistant Sales Manager at The New Theatre Restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri and as Business Manager for the University of Fayetteville, Arkansas. She earned a BFA degree in technical theater, an MA in theater history and public relations and certificates in human resources and non-profit administration from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She is excited for another season by the bay with her and the Players family.

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CODY WESTGAARD Production Manager

Cody is thrilled to join Peninsula Players for his first season. He recently served as assistant stage manager for Mamma Mia! at Paramount Theater, White Christmas, Saturday Night Fever and Hazel at Drury Lane Theatre, and The Joseph Jefferson Awards (2006 – 2016). His other credits include Assistant Production Manager (APM) at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Department of Drama (2011 - 2015), APM at Williamstown Theatre Festival (2009 – 2011), PM at Noble Fool Theatricals (2007 – 2008). Cody also works for MACE (Movement and Combat Education) as the Operations Manager and co-created the Stage Management Intensive. Cody earned a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre at Loyola University Chicago and Master of Fine Arts in Production Technology and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

ADINA LEE WEINIG Technical Director

Adina is excited to be back at Peninsula Players where she was the Master Carpenter from 2007-2011. She was married at the Players to Matt Vaessen in 2013 after a performance of Saloon. Adina was the Assistant Technical Director at Court Theatre for five seasons where she worked on shows like The Good Book, Native Son and An Illiad before becoming a MFA candidate in Scenic Technology at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC). Recent technical direction credits include The Light in the Piazza, The Minotaur and Long Lost (dir. Daniel Sullivan) at UIUC, In the Next Room, The Profane and Taming of the Shrew at Chautauqua Theater Company.

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PETER BRIAN KELLY Box Office Manager

Peter is delighted to return to Peninsula Players for his fourth season where he first worked as an Administrative Intern and then as Assistant Box Office Manager. You may have seen him on the Peninsula Players’ stage in Butler, Dial M for Murder or in last season’s The Full Monty. Peter is a Chicago-based actor and House Manager for The Theatre School at DePaul University. He is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in General Management and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance.

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MICHAEL TRUDEAU Lighting Designer – Almost, Maine Master Electrician/Bartender

Michael is thrilled to return for his seventh season at Peninsula Players where he participated in the internship program. This is his sixth season as the Peninsula Players’ Master Electrician and fourth season managing the Luna Bar. When not at Peninsula Players, he lives and works in Chicago. Recent Chicago credits include Master Electrician for American Blues Theater (Artistic Affiliate), Shattered Globe Theatre (Artistic Associate) and the University of Illinois at Chicago as well as spot operator for Goodman Theatre and Paramount Theatre. He has also served as Technical Director for American Blues Theater, Strawdog Theater and Route 66 Theater. He hopes you enjoy the show and your visit with the Players.

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KYLE PINGEL Costume Designer – Almost, Maine Costume Shop Manager

Kyle is thrilled to be returning to his home by the bay for his fifth season as Costume Shop Manager and sixth season as a Peninsula Player where he participated in the internship program. He is thrilled to design costumes again at Peninsula Players were his previous design included Nunsense. When not at the Peninsula Players, Kyle works in Chicago as a freelance wardrobe technician and wig artist. His most recent wig design credits include: She Loves Me and Madagascar (Marriott Theatre); Gypsy (JPACtheatre); Silent Sky (First Folio Theatre); Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi (DePaul Opera). His most recent costume design credit’s include Jake’s Women (University of WisconsinFox Valley). Kyle will be returning to Chicago to build and maintain the wigs of A Christmas Carol at the Goodman Theatre for his third year.

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WENDY A. HUBER Properties Designer – The Actuary Property Shop Manager Wendy is delighted to return to Peninsula Players for her second season since completing her internship! Wendy is a proud graduate of UW-Green Bay with a BA in technical theatre and design. Currently a freelancing props designer, Wendy’s favorite credits include Frog & Toad and Seussical the Musical (Children’s Theatre of Madison). Scenic Design work includes Crimes of the Heart, Unnecessary Farce (UW-Green Bay) and Narnia (First Act Children’s Theatre). Stage management credits include Les Miserábles (St. Norbert College), Cabaret (UWGB) and the annual Nutcracker Ballet (NEWDO). Wendy’s other passions include gardening, photography and folk music. www.awendydesign.com

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“Top Five Things to Do in Door County” 5/5 PS323 (Dallas, TX) – July/16 I cannot imagine Door County without Peninsula Players Theater in A Garden. Of course Door County is unique in all of America, and Peninsula Players is one of the experiences that contributes to Door County’s fabulous reputation for scenic beauty, great supper clubs, and an overwhelming array of art/music/ performance opportunities. Many years of never being disappointed with an evening at PP. Visit TripAdvisor.com and share your Peninsula Players experience!

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Matt is excited for his first summer working at Peninsula Players Theatre. He also works as an event coordinator for the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and worked on such productions as Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Rene Marie and the Experimental Truth, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and many more. Matt also worked as Front of House Manager for Chautauqua Opera Company and Chautauqua Theater Company at Chautauqua Institute’s Bratton Theater and Norton Hall.

Matt’s eclectic background also includes work in media as a coordinator and manager. Matt is thrilled to be spending the summer with his wife and fellow company member Adina Weinig.

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The Play’s the Thing …

The Peninsula Players Winter Play Reading Series

Join the Peninsula Players in the winter months for its seventh season of free public play readings. The Play’s the Thing is part of the Players’ winter outreach programming, presenting professional play readings for the public.

In 2017 the Peninsula Players presented Population 485 by Michael Perry in conjunction with Door County Reads and its exploration of are McKinley Carter, Cassandra Bissell and the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Empire Falls” Pictured Maggie Kettering as they perform in a reading of Miss

by Richard Russo. Population 485 is newly Holmes by Christopher M. Walsh before a capacity crowd at adapted by Perry from his book “Population: Björklunden in April of 2017.

485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time.”

Also presented was Salvage by Joseph Zettelmaier, a romantic-comedy-mystery-drama set in a collectible shop in contemporary Detroit and Miss Holmes by Christopher M. Walsh, which offers audiences a twist on the Holmesian legend as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are female.

The 2017 Play’s the Thing was funded in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, as well as generous grants from the Door County Community Foundation, Door County Medical Center and Friends of Door County Libraries and operating funds from Peninsula Players Theatre.

The play reading series provides an opportunity to introduce patrons to new works or to present works which do not quite fit into a season due to challenging production requirements. The readings also provide an opportunity for audience feedback. The overwhelmingly positive response to the readings of Chapatti by Christian O’Reilly and Butler by Richard Strand encouraged Artistic Director Greg Vinkler to produce them as full-stage productions.

To learn more about the forthcoming 2018 winter play readings, sign-up for E-news on www.peninsulaplayers.com then log into your online ticket account and register for an email notification under “Yes! I am interested in Winter Play Readings.” You can also keep an eye on the Community Programing section of the Peninsula Players website for forthcoming information on the readings February 5, March 5 and April 2, 2018.

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ROBIN FELTMAN Costume Shop Assistant

Robin is delighted to be back for her third season with the Players, her second as Costume Shop Assistant after completing the internship program in 2015. A recent graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside with a BA in Theatre Arts, Robin is now a Chicago-based actor and costumer. During her time away from Door County, Robin works at Northlight Theatre in Skokie, Illinois as their Costume/Wardrobe Supervisor.

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Peninsula Players Internship Program Theater is one of the few professions where apprentices can learn from those who practice their art. The internship program at Peninsula Players Theatre is part of a tradition which runs as deep as the roots of the theater itself. Since the Peninsula Players launched its first season in 1935, interns, then called apprentices, have been given the opportunity to work sideby-side with professionals, learning the craft by observing and participating in it.

Working in theater necessitates honing very well-rounded skills. Gaining experience in a professional setting, such as the Peninsula Players, develops communication skills, provides hands-on training and builds networking opportunities with working professionals. Participants in the internship program work with the theater’s professional actors, managers and technicians for 14 to 20 weeks in all facets of theater, from backstage to front office, making the Peninsula Players internship program unique among theater programs.

The program provides participants a chance to explore many aspects of theater production. As each show opens, the intern’s daytime and evening assignments rotate, thus creating a constant path of growth throughout the season.

The program’s diversity and atmosphere attracts applicants from across the country.

Mixing work and responsibilities, interns are offered opportunities to enhance their résumés, try different areas in theater production and make contacts with working actors, designers and managers.

Interns participating in our 2017 season come from a variety of academic programs in Colorado, Tennessee, Ohio, Illinois, Utah and Wisconsin. For information about our internship program, phone the Box Office at (920) 868-3287 or visit our website www.peninsulaplayers.com for an application for the 2018 season.

Join the Post-Show Discussions at Peninsula Players The Players will host pre-show seminars and post-show discussions after certain performances in 2017. Audiences are invited to arrive early for special seminars on topics related to the shows or to stay after the shows and chat with the actors, designers and directors.

Please watch the Players website for pre-show seminar dates.

Post show discussions are set for: Friday, June 16 for The Actuary Tuesday, July 11 for Peter and the Starcatcher Thursday, Aug. 3 for The Bridges of Madison County Wednesday, Aug. 23 for Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Saturday, Sept. 9 for Almost, Maine For tickets to these performances visit www.peninsulaplayers.com or phone the box office at (920) 868-3287 63

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Season Underwriter

KEIRA JACOBS Carpenter Keira is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned a BA in theater and drama. This is her fourth season at Peninsula Players where she was an intern in 2014 and Production Assistant in 2015. When not working on furthering her carpentry skills, Keira enjoys reading, decorating, making jewelry, drinking endless cups of coffee and dancing like a fool. She is excited for another fun-filled season of world-class theater by the bay!

Flagstone Staircase – A Historical Magical Gateway

You may have descended this historic flagstone staircase or by the new footpath in the far garden south of the theater this evening to join the Players.

We hope you arrived early to enjoy the beautiful gardens and grounds.

Since 1937 the flagstone staircase has been a gateway for generations of theatergoers. At first, patrons descended into an open grassy knoll and they sat on garden chairs to be enchanted by Flagstone staircase 1937. performances under the stars.

The staircase was the original entrance to Camp Wildwood for Boys, which occupied the property prior to 1937 when the Players moved in. In the 1920s, Door County boomed with summer camps for girls and boys including Camp Wildwood.

Boys from all over the country graced the Juddville/Fish Creek area and would descend the flagstone staircase anticipating their summer adventures. Girls from Wildwood’s sister camp, Camp Meenahga in Peninsula State Park, would visit the boys camp and use the grand staircase.

Many memories were made on the Camp Wildwood/Peninsula Players properties and continue to evoke memories in patrons today.

The stairs, canopied by cedar trees and stained-glass star lights, were an iconic, nostalgic and functional element of the Peninsula Players experience. Some ventured down those stairs for the first time tonight while others recall their first descent.

Many were heartbroken when the stairs were unexpectedly lost during the demolition, excavation and construction of the new theater in 2006. The upper portion survived but remained roped off, unable to be safely used by patrons until the 2015 season.

Peninsula Players, with support from the Raibrook Foundation, was able to rebuild a portion of the Players past. We are thrilled, once again, to greet patrons “under the stars” The flagstone staircase today. via this magical entryway to the theater-in-agarden for generations to come.

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Go Behind the Footlights at Peninsula Players Since 1935, Peninsula Players has entertained and delighted Door County audiences. Patrons are curious about how productions are produced at Peninsula Players and a backstage tour provides a peak into the behind-the-scenes work as well as a review of the Players’ history. In this walking tour, patrons see for themselves the work environment, from production to a bird’s eye view of the stage from the tech gallery.

Those interested in a backstage tour should phone the Box Office to reserve a spot. Tours will be given at 2 p.m., Sundays June 18 and 25, July 9 and 30, August 6, 20 and 27.

A set number of spots are available per tour, so one should call ahead and secure admission. For more information, to purchase tickets or to reserve a spot on a backstage tour, phone the Box Office at 920-868-3287.

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OUR 2017 SEASON

June 13 – July 2 THE ACTUARY

A world première romantic comedy-drama, in reverse, by Steven Peterson. A sealed envelope – the “Baby Shower Bombshell” - announces whether Ed’s daughter will have a boy or a girl. The surprising news within shakes everyone up, and Ed takes us back in time to show us how they all got to that point and how he resolves it.

July 5 – July 23

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER A play by Rick Elice. Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Music by Wayne Barker. This Tony Award-winning play bursts with magical playfulness as it tells the story of friendship, duty, love and the depths of greediness and despair on the high seas. A swashbuckling adult prequel to Peter Pan, filled with live music, marauding pirates, shipwrecks and spectacular mermaids!

July 26 – Aug 13 THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY A ravishingly beautiful and lush Tony Award-winning musical. Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Book by Marsha Norman. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. While Francesca’s family is at the 1965 Indiana State Fair, ruggedly handsome National Geographic photographer Robert pulls into her driveway seeking directions. A ravishingly beautiful musical about a “What if…?” romance.

Aug. 16 – Sept 3

LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME A delightfully silly comedy by Constance Cox. Based on the story by Oscar Wilde. Lord Arthur’s future mother-in-law has a renowned palm reader see if he will be a suitable match. Surprisingly, that gentleman informs him that he will commit a murder! If it is inevitable, Lord Arthur and his ever-faithful butler decide this must get done before the wedding. So, the two of them plot to bump off one family member after another, but much to their chagrin, each unwittingly and blissfully stays alive!

Sept 6 – Oct 15

ALMOST, MAINE

By John Cariani. While the northern lights dance overhead, the residents of this mythical town in wintery Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. A sweet and utterly endearing play.

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