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WELCOME TO PENINSULA STATE PARK On behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Wisconsin State Park System, I would like to welcome you to Peninsula State Park. Every year, Peninsula welcomes visitors from all around the world. Our guests enjoy the many activities available at this popular state park property. Peninsula State Park is one of the park system’s most complete parks, providing users with a variety of experiences, including camping, hiking, biking, boating and kayaking. The park also has a championship 18-hole golf course, a new 6-hole par-3 short course, historic Eagle Bluff Lighthouse, and Nicolet Beach Concessions, which always provides exceptional service. This year, as Northern Sky Theater embarks on a new season, it will continue to be one of the park’s main attractions, creating family experiences under the stars. We encourage you to share this amazing experience with your friends and family by inviting them to a performance they will never forget. Share our traditions and make new memories at Peninsula State Park with our partner Northern Sky Theater. This year, campers and park visitors can look forward to bringing their friends and families to a new performance, Oklahoma in Wisconsin. Guests can also enjoy the familiar favorite of Lumberjacks in Love. I expect you will be amazed at the many natural wonders that are around every corner. As we raise the curtain on the 2017 season, remember to explore, enjoy and be a part of the Peninsula State Park traditions at Northern Sky Theater. Enjoy the show! Brian Markowski Superintendent Peninsula State Park
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WELCOME TO NORTHERN SKY THEATER Welcome to another season beneath the northern sky. Within this playbill you will find a trove of information. You’ll see that we have four shows running all summer long, one of which, Oklahoma in Wisconsin, is yet another world premiere. We are presenting Victory Farm for only the second time on our summer stage since its debut in 2012. Doctor! Doctor! is back after entertaining audiences last summer. And the ever-loveable Lumberjacks in Love will play one night a week to round out the summer season. You will also notice that we are premiering another new musical, Naked Radio, this fall at the Door Community Auditorium. We are now in our ninth year at the DCA, which has provided us with a comfortable fall theater, allowing us to extend our season and move indoors on Labor Day weekend. As if a season with two world premieres isn’t challenging enough, what you will also see is that we have been in the planning stages for a new creative campus to be built on 40 acres of land at the corner of County Roads A and F. The park will always be our summer home, but all other areas of our operation will be consolidated on this campus, finally giving us a home base where we’ll have our administrative offices, storage, scene and costumes shops, and a beautiful new theater that will be used for rehearsals, non-summer performances, special events and new programming opportunities. We will also be improving your park experience with new bathrooms, concession stands, and improved sound and lighting. The new creative campus will ensure that we can bring you exciting, original shows for years to come. Please take a moment to look over the material in the playbill. Ask questions, give us your feedback, and please consider making a donation to our Constellation Capital Campaign. (See page 37.) All in all, it’s an incredibly exciting time to be a part of Northern Sky. Thanks for coming and enjoy the show! Jeffrey Herbst Artistic Director
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Northern Sky Logo Scavenger Hunt?!? Hey Fans! We’ve hidden our logo in five different ads within this very playbill. Find all five logos and you could win a Northern Sky Theater gift certificate!
How to enter: You’ll need to mail us a postcard listing all five ADVERTISEMENTS and PAGES where you found our logo by October 31st. If you’ve identified them correctly, we’ll enter you in a drawing for a $50 Northern Sky gift certificate! Send your entry to: Northern Sky Theater PO Box 273, Fish Creek, WI 54212
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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD Welcome to the 2017 season of Northern Sky Theater. Over the 20 plus years that we have been performing, there have been many changes, but one aspect of Northern Sky never changes: our commitment to live our mission statement. We are extremely proud to have fans of all ages attend performances of outstanding artistic quality. I know that I am not the only person who began seeing shows with my children, and now regularly bring my children and grandchildren. The second part of our mission statement talks about ‘fostering a humanistic work environment’ and Northern Sky Theater is a topdrawer employer. Our staff operates as a team, we have flexible hours, we offer health care to full-time employees and, besides familyoriented programming, we are a family-oriented employer. Living our mission statement has definitely contributed to our success, and has formed the solid foundation on which we are going to build an exciting future. We invite you to join us. Thank you, Mary Seeberg
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mark Breseman
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Katie Dahl
Carla Peterson
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MISSION STATEMENT The mission of Northern Sky Theater is to create, develop, and present professional musical and dramatic productions which will further the knowledge and appreciation of the culture and heritage of the United States. Northern Sky is dedicated to maintaining standards of artistic excellence; celebrating and illuminating the human condition; reaching a large audience of all ages, including families; and fostering a humanistic work environment with adequate and appropriate emotional, financial and creative support for all those associated with us. NorthernSkyTheater.com
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JEFF HERBST Artistic Director / Performer / Director Jeff Herbst has been with Northern Sky since 1991 and became Artistic Director in 1993. He began his collaboration with the Heritage Ensemble, Northern Sky’s predecessor, in 1985 as part of the Governor Dodge State Park troupe and then migrated north to direct for the Peninsula State Park group in 1988 and 1989. He has worked on over fifty original productions with Northern Sky, including Guys on Ice, Lumberjacks in Love, Packer Fans from Outer Space, and Bone Dance. Jeff was instrumental in developing Northern Sky’s New Works Program and the Fred Alley New Musical Fund, nurturing writing teams in bringing an original work “from the page to the stage.” Jeff has an MFA in Acting from the Asolo Conservatory and has performed on and off Broadway, as well as at regional theaters throughout the United States. He and Fred Alley were honored this past year with the Distinguished Alumni Award from their alma mater, Mt. Horeb High School, for their work in creating original musical theater. What happens if it rains? Improv! See page 112 for real answers.
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DOC HEIDE Artistic Advisor / Co-Founder / Playwright Doc has performed on the Peninsula State Park stage for so long–44 seasons–that raccoons are now asking him for tips on where to dine. He is co-author of 20 shows, including Belgians in Heaven and Packer Fans from Outer Space (both with Lee Becker and James Kaplan), and Guys & Does (with Lee Becker and Paul Libman). This spring, Doc and Lee travelled to the Arkansas mountains to write the fourth draft of their forthcoming Belgians prequel, tentatively titled Hell’s Belgians. Doc has released three CDs and serves as professor at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. He also teaches at the Medical College of Wisconsin, is associate editor of PsycCRITIQUES (formerly Contemporary Psychology), and has published on meditation, charisma, and other topics in unintelligible professional journals. He’s been on sabbatical this year, writing up research and skiing black diamond slopes with his beloved wife Jody.
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NEEN ROCK Production Stage Manager / Designer Neen Rock has designed and constructed costumes, sets and props for numerous shows starting in the later years of the Heritage Ensemble and continuing through the AFT years. She has served as the company’s Production Stage Manager for their summer and fall seasons since that position was created. In Northern Sky’s off-season, Neen resides in Madison, where she works as the stage manager for Madison Ballet and a member of IATSE Local 251. Neen wishes to thank her family and Brian for their constant love and support. She dedicates this season to Joan and Bill, with love.
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PAM KRIGER Director / Choreographer Pam has been part of the Northern Sky/AFT team since 2000 and has thoroughly enjoyed her work with this wonderful company. Northern Sky / AFT directing credits include Loose Lips Sink Ships, Muskie Love, Bing!, Cheeseheads, See Jane Vote, Strings Attached, and No Bones About It. She has worked Off Broadway and at the Milwaukee Rep, Madison Rep, Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, Renaissance Theatreworks and University of Wisconsin-Madison Theatre. For the past 25 years, she has been on the theater faculty at Cardinal Stritch University and was a part of the Nicolet High School theater team. Recent work: Legally Blonde, the Musical; The Spitfire Grill; Little Shop of Horrors; and I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Her next gig is directing Zombies From the Beyond for Skylight. Thank you to Jeff Herbst for giving me the opportunity to work with the wonderful team of Castle and Levine on Oklahoma in Wisconsin!
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Jon Andrew Hegge Director Jon is happy to return to Northern Sky where audiences have seen him onstage in Lumberjacks in Love, Loose Lips Sink Ships, Packer Fans from Outer Space, See Jane Vote, Muskie Love, Bone Dance and others. Recent Twin Cities credits include: Mixed Blood Theater: An Octoroon, Old Log Theater: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Guthrie Theatre: 1776, and A Christmas Carol. Most recently he played Frandsen in the world premiere of Sweet Land, a musical based on the 2005 movie of the same title, at History Theatre (with book and lyrics by wife and Northern Sky alum Laurie Flanigan Hegge). Jon holds an MFA in acting from the University of Minnesota. He and Laurie live in Minneapolis with their twelve-year-old daughter, Celia.
COLIN WELFORD Arranger / Orchestrator Colin is a veteran of musicals on the Broadway stage and London’s West End. He served as worldwide Music Supervisor for multiple productions of The Lion King, Wicked, Billy Elliot, Rent, and The Who’s Tommy and is Music Director of the Chicago production of the musical sensation Hamilton. In an earlier life he was conductor of the English National Ballet, Orchestra Director at New World School of the Arts, Miami, and President of the Oxford University Opera. He also worked on Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, and Chicago in London’s West End. He has orchestrated the music for many AFT/Northern Sky Theater productions, and wrote the music and additional lyrics for Strings Attached, which played here for two summers. Anything to stay in Door County! CHR_program Mar 4_75x1_625 copy.pdf
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RICHARD CASTLE Playwright & Lyricist Richard is thrilled to premiere Oklahoma in Wisconsin at Northern Sky Theater. Other projects with composer Matthew Levine include The Angel of Painted Post, which was selected by Stephen Schwartz for his ASCAP/ DreamWorks Musical Theater Workshop. He wrote book & lyrics for the vampire musical Bloodline, and lyrics for the L.A. Latino Theater Company production of L.A. Carmen. Richard’s shows have been featured in the L.A. Stages New Musical Festival, and his songs have been performed at A Little New Music, a showcase of up-and-coming musical theater writers, as well as at Don’t Tell Mama in NYC. Richard holds a degree from the USC School of Theater, and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild. He would like to thank Jeff Herbst, New Musicals Inc., Mark Saltzman and John Anderson for their support. www.RichardCastle.com
MATTHEW LEVINE Composer Matthew has been a songwriter for decades, winning a batch of awards and publishing contracts. His music for The Angel of Painted Post was recently featured in Stephen Schwartz’s ASCAP/DreamWorks Workshop. His choral music has been performed on every continent, and his string quartet, The Prophet of Shiraz, won the Louisa Stude Serofim Award at the University of Houston, where he received his undergraduate degree. He has collaborated with Grammy and Tony award-winning writers, and recently created the sound design for Debra Ehrhardt’s one-woman show Shame on Me! He is beside himself that Oklahoma in Wisconsin (his second musical with partner in rhyme, Richard Castle) is debuting at Northern Sky. Matthew is a member of ASCAP, and lives in Los Angeles. MatthewLevineMusic.weebly.com
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EMILIE COULSON Playwright & Lyricist Emilie, who grew up in Fish Creek, attended shows and met fellow super-fan Katie Dahl at Northern Sky as a child. She volunteered and was a house manager at the theater before Katie, James, and she started working on Victory Farm. Emilie lives in Southern California, and her writing about education and food has appeared in The Atlantic, Lucky Peach, Finesse, and the Poetry Foundation/McSweeney’s publication Open the Door. She runs a cereal company called Daughter’s Granola, and her Door County Blend features Door County Montmorency cherries, of course! Emilie is grateful to her Victory Farm collaborators, and Northern Sky, for the chance to tell this story of finding common ground.
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KATIE DAHL Playwright & Lyricist Katie is a professional singer-songwriter who lives yearround in Baileys Harbor. Her great-great-grandfather was one of the first farmers to grow cherries in Door County. Her association with Northern Sky theater began in 1991 and has included fandom, volunteering, performing, assistant stage management, house management, and board membership. In August, Katie (in collaboration with David Alley, Eric Lewis, and her husband Rich Higdon) will release an album of Fred Alley songs. Katie and Rich are doing their best to cultivate the next generation of Northern Sky fans: their son Guthrie was born in 2016. www.KatieDahlMusic.com Home for the Holidays 2011 Katie with James Valcq
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JAMES VALCQ Composer James is best known as the composer of the Off-Broadway musical The Spitfire Grill (Playwrights Horizons, 2001) which won the Richard Rodgers Production Award administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters (Stephen Sondheim, chair) and received Best Musical nominations from the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League as well as two Drama Desk nominations. Written with collaborator Fred Alley, Spitfire has been produced over 600 times across the United States, in Germany, South Korea, Japan, Australia, and London. Also Off-Broadway, James was the composer/author of Zombies from the Beyond, which opened to critical acclaim in 1995. Broadway credits as conductor and/ or musician include Chicago and Flower Drum Song. James is the co-Artistic Director of Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay where his creations/ adaptations have included Maid to Marry, I Love a Piano, Madame Sherry, and Velvet Gentleman. Music from Victory Farm
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The lights come up on Jim, who is sitting on a bus, bou he rides.
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Jim: THE WHEELS ON THE BUS ARE SPINNING, SPINNING Playwright / Composer / Lyricist AND A NEW ENDEAVOR IS BEGINNING I CAN SEE THE CITY FADING, FADING Matt is thrilled to see Doctor! Doctor! AND MY DESTINATION IS AWAITING
again this summer on his favorite stage in the world! Matt spent THEY the TOLD“off ME season” I WAS CRAZY LEAVING BEHIND preparing the EVERYTHING Original Cast Album of TO TAKE A JOB LIKE THIS, I’D HAVE TO BE OUT OF MY MIND the show (for sale at the concession stand!) Born and GOING TO A LITTLE TOWN THREE HUNDRED MILES AWAY raised in Milwaukee, Matt and his family have been THEY ALL SAID I’D BE LUCKY IF I EVEN LAST A DAY attending AFT/Northern Sky shows since 1995. In BUT THE TIME TO STRIKE IS WHEN THE IRON’S HOT 2009, Matt wrote music for and performed in Sunsets and S’mores for AFT. AND NOW’S MY CHANCE TO SHOW THEM WHAT I’VE GOT He has directed and/or performed with several Milwaukee area companies AND SOTheater, THIS CITY HEADING COUNTRY (including In Tandem NextBOY ActIS Theater andTOtheTHE Sunset Playhouse), NOT KNOWING WHAT ADVENTURES ARE IN STORE and currently serves as Theater Director at St. Thomas More High School in YES SIR, THIS CITY BOY IS HEADING TO THE COUNTRY Milwaukee. MattOPPORTUNITY is busy at work on a number of writing projects (including IS KNOCKING AT MY DOOR! two for Northern Sky), and recently bought a house in Milwaukee with his I CAME UP HERE TO VISIT BACK WHEN I WAS JUST A KID wife Lori, who continues to be an endless source of inspiration and support. AND GOT TO SEE UP CLOSE THE KIND OF WORK MY UNCLE DID
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JAMES KAPLAN Composer James is the co-author, with Fred Alley, of Fishing for the Moon, Northern Lights, Lumberjacks in Love, The Bachelors, and Guys on Ice, all directed by Jeff Herbst. James collaborated with Jacinda Duffin and Laurie Flanigan-Hegge to create Loose Lips Sink Ships. James conceived, and created musical arrangements for, the Northern Sky revues Beneath the Northern Sky, Goodnight Irene, Harvest Moon, Old Friends, Fish and Whistle, and Sweet Baby James. His music also appeared in See Jane Vote, Belgians in Heaven, Packer Fans elightful from Outer Space, Ya Ya You Betcha, Fool Me Once and the original, 1995 etails Bone Dance. This spring, James Our charming B&B and directed the music for Mr. Burns, a post-electric play, directed by Leda family-friendly suites offer Hoffmann for Milwaukee’s Luminous amenities that show our Theatre. www.guysonice.com love for hospitality. Nedd and Natalie Neddersen
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FRED ALLEY Co-Founder / Playwright Fred Alley collaborated on over 20 original shows at AFT. He wrote the book and lyrics for Lumberjacks in Love and Fishing for the Moon, and was a contributor to Bone Dance. Fred also wrote perennial favorites Guys on Ice and The Bachelors with composer James Kaplan. Fred’s work has been celebrated throughout the country and in particular at both Madison and Milwaukee Repertory Theatres. The Spitfire Grill, which he wrote with composer James Valcq, earned them the Richard Rodgers Award and has been produced over 600 times from Off-Broadway to Europe and East Asia. Fred was also an accomplished performer and created many memorable characters, including Moonlight in Lumberjacks in Love, Lloyd in Guys on Ice, and Leo in Belgians in Heaven. Fred’s ability to help us laugh at ourselves, through his characters, makes his shows both entertaining and timeless. Music & Lyrics from Guys on Ice
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KAREN BROWN-LARIMORE Costume Designer Karen is a resident of Madison and is thrilled to be designing shows at Northern Sky. Her costumes have graced the stages of Madison Opera, Madison Ballet, Madison Savoyards, Opera for the Young, UW Opera, UW Theatre, Madison Rep and Children’s Theatre of Madison. Her recent designs include the world premiere of Dracula for Madison Ballet as well as Little Women for Madison Opera. She is a proud member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees in Madison (IATSE 251). Her design work may be found in your own home as she is the designer of the original dresses for the American Girl Dolls - Samantha, Molly and Kirsten. Doctor! Doctor! 2016 Costume Design for Mavis
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LISA SCHLENKER Scenic Designer Lisa is delighted to return to Northern Sky Theater, working with such a talented and generous bunch of collaborators again this summer! Most often found splitting time between the Properties shop at Skylight Music Theatre, and the Wisconsin Humane Society wildlife department bat rehabilitation center, she is an Augustana College alumna in music and theatre, and a 1988 graduate of the MFA program in Theatre Technology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Lisa is also proudly affiliated with SPAM: not the meat, but rather the national prop professional organization The Society for Prop Artists & Managers. Lisa’s design work has been seen on the stages of Theatre X, African American Children’s Theater, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, Milwaukee Chamber Theater, Milwaukee Rep’s Stackner Cabaret, The Florentine Opera, First Stage, and Skylight Music Theatre. Thank you for supporting live local theatre!
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DAVID ALLEY Technical Director / Lighting Designer David is happy to be back for another great season of theater under the stars. David is excited to be part of Northern Sky’s third season, continuing to oversee technical operations as he did for 25 years with AFT. He has been the theater’s resident lighting designer since 1990. Outside of Northern Sky, David works as a live sound and recording engineer in addition to doing lighting and sound design work for other local theatres. Enjoy the show! No Bones About It 2016
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RHONDA RAE BUSCH Performer
Hailing from Milwaukee, Rhonda Rae is back for her fifth summer at Northern Sky. Previous shows include Strings Attached, Packer Fans from Outer Space, Windjammers and No Bones About It. This past year she has enjoyed performing in Skylight Music Theatre’s production of La Cage Aux Folles and Fireside Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast. Other favorite roles include Les Miserables (Madame Thernardier), Mary Poppins (Mrs. Brill), Cinderella (Stepmother), White Christmas (Martha), Music Man (Widow Paroo), and Into the Woods (Jack’s Mother). She is the proud wife of Bill and mother of Emily and Adam. Strings Attached 2014
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A Note from the Authors of Oklahoma in Wisconsin Book & Lyrics by Richard Castle Music by Matthew Levine In 1954, Hollywood was ready to film a glorious widescreen movie version of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical Oklahoma! In order to best capture the Technicolor splendor of the bright golden haze on the meadow, the corn as high as an elephant’s eye, and the waving wheat as the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain, the studio wanted to film Oklahoma! on location. But there was one problem: the state of Oklahoma had so many oil wells dotting the landscape, it was impossible to shoot the idyllic landscapes the story required. Hollywood would need to find a stand-in for Oklahoma. Location scouts quickly fanned out across the country searching for a brand new state to treat them great; where the farmer and the cowman could be friends; and where honey lambs could sit and talk, and watch a hawk makin’ lazy circles in the sky. Oklahoma in Wisconsin imagines that one of those location scouts made his way from Hollywood up to Door County, Wisconsin, and fell in love. An homage to the musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein, Oklahoma in Wisconsin is a valentine to musical theater itself, celebrating the wonder and magic of musicals that can happen anywhere: in Hollywood, Wisconsin, or even in your own backyard. As the characters in Oklahoma in Wisconsin will soon discover, putting on a show requires plenty of collaboration. Oklahoma in Wisconsin would not exist without the help of the superbly talented and supportive folks at New Musicals Inc. and Northern Sky Theater. It would also not exist without an audience, and Matthew Levine and I are so very grateful for the opportunity to share our labor of love with you tonight. Part of the fun of seeing Oklahoma in Wisconsin is catching the references to Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King & I and even The Sound of Music. But most of all, I hope you will enjoy the show while sitting beneath the stars, as the magic of musical theater fills the night with song. – Richard Castle
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ALEX CAMPEA Performer Alex is thrilled to return to Northern Sky Theater after appearing in No Bones About It, When Butter Churns to Gold, and Strings Attached. This year he appears in Oklahoma in Wisconsin, reminding him fondly of his very first musical performance in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! 10 years ago. Alex has appeared as Nelson Muntz in Mr. Burns, a postelectric play, Jesus in Godspell, and as a puppeteer in Skylight Music Theatre’s Beauty and the Beast (Zemire Et Azor). Special thanks to my loving parents, the Door County community, and the wonderful Howard Keel. Enjoy!
Post Show After Glow Sponsored by the cordon family foundation Join us for intimate gatherings around our fire ring and get up-close with our company members. Actress Kelly Doherty will share her many talents with the help of Molly Rhode, Doc Heide & Chase Stoeger. Tues, Wed, Fri & between shows Thurs No additional charge • 30 to 45 minutes
Oklahoma in Wisconsin – Musical Numbers Prologue ............................................................................... Fiedler, Mr. Green Oklahoma in Wisconsin ........................Archie, Fiedler, Charlotte, Ginny, Billy Goldnick’s Rap....................................................................... Goldnick, Fiedler Whatever It Takes................................................................................... Fiedler Parlor Show................................................................................Charlotte, Billy Rockin’ Inn.............................................. Billy, Ginny, Charlotte, Fiedler, Archie Howard Keel................................................................................ Ginny, Fiedler Practical Girl........................................................................................Charlotte Fish Boil.................................................................. Archie, Fiedler, Billy, Ginny Squared Away....................................................................................Company By the Time the Song Is Over ..............................................Fiedler, Charlotte Oklahoma in Wisconsin (Reprise)........................................Charlotte, Fiedler Whatever It Takes (Reprise).................................................................. Fiedler Doin’ a Doo-Wop.................................... Billy, Ginny, Fiedler, Charlotte, Archie Tonight.................................................... Billy, Charlotte, Ginny, Archie, Fiedler Finale...................................................................................................Company
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Book & Lyrics by
Richard Castle Music by
Matthew Levine In association with New Musicals, Inc. Orchestrations by Ron Barnett Director & Choreographer Pam Kriger Music Director Tim Lenihan Stage Manager Neen Rock* Scenic Designer Lisa Schlenker Assistant Scenic Artist Adam Stoner
Lighting Designer David Alley Sound Designer Nic Trapani Costume Designer Karen Brown-Larimore Props Designer Kathleen Rock
The Rocking Chair Inn, Fish Creek, WI – April 1954
Cast of Characters
Hugh Fiedler, a Hollywood location scout............................Alex Campea Charlotte Bradley, the smartest girl in her family................... Eva Nimmer Billy Bradley, a rock & roll teenager..............................John Brotherhood Archie Bradley, a lovable innkeeper..................................... Bill Theisen* Ginny Bradley, Archie’s star-struck wife..................... Rhonda Rae Busch Mr. Green, a cocky, successful local realtor................... Doug Mancheski* Mr. Goldnick, Fiedler’s Hollywood boss........................ Doug Mancheski* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Conductor/Keyboard: Tim Lenihan Bass & Guitar: Jay Kummer Percussion: Colin O’Day
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KELLY DOHERTY Performer / Assistant Director Kelly is happy to be returning for another summer at Northern Sky Theater. Since graduating with a BFA from UW-Whitewater, Kelly has become a familiar face to Milwaukee audiences. Favorite roles include Bodey (A Lovely Sunday for Creve Couer, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), Odysseus (The Penelopiad, Luminous Theatre), and to her knowledge has never been an ingenue. Most recently she appeared in Milwaukee Opera Theatre’s production of The Mikado as Pish Tush and as Maria and Homer in Luminous Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of Mr. Burns; a post-electric play. When not onstage, Kelly enjoys watching made-for-TV romantic comedies, drinking fine whiskey while not wearing pants, and singing to her cat.
DOUG MANCHESKI Performer Doug is a veteran of many years at Northern Sky Theater. His favorite shows with the company include When Butter Churns to Gold, Windjammers, The Bachelors, Guys on Ice, Fool Me Once, Fishing for the Moon and Muskie Love. He has performed with most major theaters in Wisconsin and just recently wrapped up a run of True West at Third Avenue Playhouse. He is perhaps best known for Marvin in Guys on Ice, a show regularly seen on Wisconsin Public Television and to be performed live this December at the Barrymore Theatre in Madison. He is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Keep the faith.
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EVA NIMMER Performer Eva is very grateful to return for her fifth summer among so many friends! Previous credits include Windjammers, Victory Farm, Packer Fans from Outer Space, Strings Attached, Lumberjacks in Love, No Bones About It and Doctor! Doctor!. Eva has worked throughout Wisconsin, acting with companies like Children’s Theater of Madison, Forward Theater Company, Luminous Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, and Theatre LILA. She also works as a musician and dialect coach. Eva thanks her family and friends for their support, as well as the amazing Northern Sky company members, volunteers, and fans that make this experience so special!
CHASE STOEGER Performer Chase is celebrating his 11th season with Northern Sky! Last fall he was the Choreographer and Movement Director of The American Girl Revue for Children’s Theater of Madison. This past winter Chase was in First Stage Children’s Theatre world premiere of Lovabye Dragon as the Troubadour. Some Northern Sky favorite roles include Samuel Clemens in Life on the Mississippi, Rufus in Fishing for the Moon, Will Hannah in Main-Travelled Roads, Eddie Hilstrom in Loose Lips Sinks Ships, Nathaniel in Windjammers, and 39 in Packer Fans from Outer Space. Love to his wife Molly, and his casting director Silvia! Chase crocheted all winter. Stay warm out there. Buy a hat! Visit the merchandise booth or realmencrochet.com.
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A Note from the Author of Doctor! Doctor! Music, Book & Lyrics by
Matt Zembrowski
I had been checking the weather on my phone every ten minutes or so that whole day. “No!! It says there’s a 60% chance now!” ... “Oh, now it’s only 40%.” ... “Now it’s 70%!” ... And so on. We got to the park about 45 minutes before show time, and despite the annoying drizzle, the Northern Sky faithful were filing in to see the first performance of this new show about a Doctor. It was ten minutes to show time and there was just enough green on the radar to cause concern. So this lifelong AFT fan looked up at the sky and said: “Fred, if you have any say up there, would you please tell them to hold off for an hour and a half?!” Management decided to delay the start of the show for a few minutes as we dried off the stage. Jeff did a little softshoe to entertain the crowd. We used every towel we could find. By the time we were done, the drizzle had stopped. I took my (wet) seat next between my soon-to-be wife Lori, and the indefatigable Molly Rhode, and waited. And waited. We were five minutes into the show, and nobody was laughing. How could this be? We all thought it was funny! We were sunk, I could feel it. A Dream Come True reduced to a soggy nightmare. Then Doug said something that made them laugh. Then they laughed some more, and they clapped, and they cried. The cast took their bows and retreated to the dressing rooms. The crew sprinted out to take down the scenery, and a minute later it poured its brains out. But the rain had held off for an hour and a half, and we got the show in. (Thanks, Fred!) There’s no way to prepare yourself for the emotional roller coaster that is the opening night of your first show. Twenty years of anticipation, two years of work, four weeks of rehearsal, and then there it is. To quote Mel Brooks: “Will it flop, or will it go?” And then to see it go, and go, and go, and then come back for another season... There are no words. (The paragraphs above not withstanding.) Thanks to everyone at Northern Sky for making this all possible, and to Lori for holding my hand through it all. It’s been a true joy, and I can’t wait for the next one. (In the meantime, you should go to the concession stand and buy a copy of our Original Cast Album!)
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BILL THEISEN Performer Bill returns to Northern Sky Theater after having directed the Door County premiere of The Spitfire Grill in 2002, as well as playing the role of Harvey in Packer Fans from Outer Space in 2014 and originating the roles of Larry Friar in No Bones About It as well as Mayor Bob in Doctor! Doctor!. Favorite roles include Oliver Hardy in Laurel and Hardy (Milwaukee Rep), Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Utah Opera), Edna in Hairspray (Derby Playhouse), and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing (Door Shakespeare). From 2004 to 2013 Bill served as Artistic Director of Skylight Music Theatre and is currently the Director of Opera at the University of Iowa. Doctor! Doctor! 2016
Doctor! Doctor! – Musical Numbers Doc Is Taking an Overture ............................................................... Orchestra Doc Is Taking a Vacation ..................................................................Company The Wheels on the Bus ...............................................................................Jim A Small Town .....................................................................................Company The Wheels on the Bus – Reprise.............................................................Doc I’m Very Glad You Called ...............................................................Julie & Doc Patients .......................................................................Mavis, Hank, Bob & Jim I Don’t Trust Him ................................................................Mavis, Hank & Bob What Is It Like in The Big City? (Part 1) ......................................Annie & Jim What Is It Like in The Big City? (Part 2)........................................Julie & Doc Doc Postcard #1 (Chicago) .......................................................................Doc It’s Hard to Be Lonely ..............................................................Kathleen & Jim Doc Postcard #2 (Cleveland) ....................................................................Doc Something in the Air..........................................................................Company Everything I Know ................................................................ Kathleen & Annie Your Chicken Soup ........................................................................Doc & Julie Town Council Vote ...........................................Bob, Doc, Julie, Hank & Mavis A Small Town – Finale .......................................................................Company
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Director & Choreographer Molly Rhode Music Director Tim Lenihan Stage Manager Neen Rock* Scenic Designer Lisa Schlenker Assistant Scenic Artist Adam Stoner Costume Designer Karen Brown-Larimore Lighting Designer David Alley Props Designer Kathleen Rock Sound Designer Nic Trapani
Music, Book & Lyrics by
Matt Zembrowski Orchestrations by Ron Barnett
Sister Harbor, Wisconsin, Summer 1938
Cast of Characters
Bob Thorp, mayor of Sister Harbor........................................ Bill Theisen* Mavis Gorski, general store operator....................................Kelly Doherty Kathleen Norberg, town schoolteacher.................................. Eva Nimmer Hank Bumpkin............................................................ Doug Mancheski* Annie Norberg, little sister to Kathleen........................... Laura Paruzynski Doc Olsen.................................................................... Fred ‘Doc’ Heide Julie Hagen.............................................................. Rhonda Rae Busch Jim Olsen........................................................................ Chase Stoeger *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Conductor/Keyboard: Tim Lenihan Bass & Guitar: Jay Kummer Percussion: Colin O’Day
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“Room enough to grow beneath the northern sky…”
From Northern Lights, lyrics by Fred Alley
Northern Sky Theater had its
beginnings in 1970, when a small troupe of talented college students, the Heritage Ensemble, began performing folk revues for an audience of mostly campers in Peninsula State Park. Over the decades, a dedicated group of artists with Wisconsin roots transformed the company into a regionally acclaimed, professional theater, remarkable for its commitment to developing and performing its own material. Today, our ongoing mission of creating original shows has given us a unique identity with a history of over 50 world premieres. Over 40,000 people attend the theater annually, giving us a remarkably loyal following.
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We are now ready to take a bold new step, building a creative campus to ensure that our mission will be sustainable well into the future. We invite you to take that step with us.
For each new show we
create, a lot needs to happen indoors, away from the park. Currently, that’s happening at multiple rented facilities all over the county: We have our administrative offices in Ephraim; we build sets and store costumes in a barn near Baileys Harbor; we store sets and props in Fish Creek; and we rehearse at Birch Creek in Egg Harbor. Birch Creek is the latest of ten different rented rehearsal spaces in the past 25 years. We need to focus on creating new material, but we have no consistently available, appropriate place to meet with a large group to do the necessary work. When we’d like to do a reading or a workshop of a new show and invite you to be a part of it, we sometimes simply cannot find a place to do it. In fact, some of our most critical rental options are disappearing faster than we can replace them, making it difficult to map out long-term plans for developing the new works that are vital to our future.
Rental facilities scattered about the county: • Offices in Ephraim • Shop & costume space in Baileys Harbor • Rehearsal space in Egg Harbor • Storage space in Fish Creek • Fall performance space at Door Community Auditorium and various town halls We spend roughly $80,000 every year in various rental expenses alone.
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The good news is, ‌we found just the place.
We have acquired 40 acres of The Northern Sky campus will centralize all of our support operations and include Northern Door County’s only professionally equipped, intimate performance space.
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land for our creative campus on the corner of highways A and F, with a well-developed site plan already in place. There will be two buildings as part of the campus providing everything we need, in one place, before we make the annual move to the park.
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Northern Sky campus will be a professionally equipped, intimate 244-seat theater that will serve as an ideal home for our fall and winter shows. In addition, it will be used for rehearsals, readings, workshops and benefits, making your Northern Sky experience a more integrated one. When you visit our creative campus, you’ll walk into an open lobby with a view of the surrounding woods, where you’ll be able to purchase your tickets, buy a gift item, say hello to the friendly folks in the office, catch a glimpse of rehearsals, and greet the artists as they prepare for upcoming performances.
Our new creative campus will: • Centralize all of our support operations • Increase our efficiency, thus increasing our creative capacity • Enable opportunities to share our creative process • Augment our outreach and program offerings • Facilitate developing new works year-round • Rededicate funds for current rental expenses • Ensure the future and stability of Northern Sky.
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This new creative campus will make everything we offer at the park come together more efficiently. All our scattered pre-production resources will be consolidated and completely focused on bringing you more great theater. Most importantly, the park and the new campus will support, sustain, and strengthen each other, our mission, and the future of the theater that you love.
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We also plan to make improvements at the park,
enhancing your entire visit when you see a show there. We know that your Northern Sky summer memories are special not only because of the shows that we perform, but also because of the beautiful place where we are privileged to perform them.
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The two combined are the heart and soul of Northern Sky Theater. We’ve had a remarkable 47-year partnership with the Wisconsin State Park system and that’s going to continue. In 2016, Northern Sky and the Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources renewed this partnership for fifteen years, effectively securing our home in the park for the next generation of theatergoers.
Northern Sky Amphitheater Enhancements • Technical booth rebuild with new center lighting grid
• Additional backstage storage units
• Dressing room renovation & expansion • Sound system improvements
• New public restrooms • Improved seating comfort
• Renovated patron staircase entry area • Parking lot improvements
• New merchandise & concessions facilities • Two new patron shelter areas
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Improving our summer home and building the supportive campus are integral components of the long-range vision of the company. Since building our new stage and adding
dressing rooms and path lighting in 2001, we’ve done everything we can to make further needed improvements. We’ve added small enhancements, like our exit road and fire ring. But many of our interim solutions to various problems have surpassed their life expectancy. With a few strategic tweaks and renovations, we can make some dramatic improvements to the overall Northern Sky experience that will impact the quality of your visit without changing what you love most about our theater under the stars.
Enhancing the Northern Sky Experience • New public restrooms • Improved seating comfort • New merchandise & concessions facilities, including two new patron shelter areas • Technical booth rebuild with new center lighting grid • Sound system upgrade • Dressing room renovation & expansion • Additional backstage storage units • Renovated patron staircase entry area • Parking lot improvements NorthernSkyTheater.com
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That’s what this project is about – ensuring our future. Northern Sky’s
Constellation Campaign is key at this pivotal moment in our development. Our history is compelling, our ongoing mission brimming with vitality, and our future more promising than ever. In making your gift to our campaign, we ask that you consider the contribution Northern Sky Theater has made to the Door County community, to the art form of creating original musicals, and to your family’s vacation over the years. Let’s keep the stars shining at Northern Sky for generations to come.
“What’s fun is bringing my granddaughter and my daughter. We’ve had generations of family members that have joined us.” Sandra Rowley & family
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Together, we can make this happen.
“It’s wonderful to see groups of families, out in the park, under the stars… it’s magical.” The Sue & Tim Stone family
Please make your gift or pledge today.
We need your help to reach our goal of $6.7 million so that we are ready to break ground on our new campus in 2018.
Please see the enclosed donor tear out with envelope, or visit NorthernSkyTheater.com to make a gift.
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We thank the following donors for their leadership in generously supporting our Constellation Campaign. Alexander Charitable Foundation, Inc. Tom & Sue Alt Helen & Bruce Ambuel Sue & Louie Andrew Marilyn Backer E.H. Barker Priscilla & Anthony Beadell Susan & Jim Birger Pam Blanchard O. C. & Pat Boldt John & Nancy Brock Claire CaJacob & Debra Dumont Jim & Susan Caldwell Vonnie & Dave Callsen Carlson & Erickson Builders James Cauley & Brenda Andrews Bob Childers & Jean Russell Laurey & Phil Clampitt The Cordon Family Foundation Andy & Jan Coulson John & Dyan Smith and the CRST International Donor-Advised Fund of the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation Jack & Betty-Jo Dahlman Robert & Nancy Davis Greg & Julie Diltz Dick & Pat Dornaus Doug & Judy Drew Shanna & Wendell Ellsworth Coleen & Keri Ernster Becky Fewell Iris & Jim Friedlieb Bruce & Grace Frudden Bill & Mardi Glenn Natalie & George Gorchynsky Barbara & Spencer Gould Joseph & Gwenn Graboyes Darrell & Dina Herbst Jill & Tom Herlache Jim & Nancy Huebner Jim & Andrea Jauquet Dave & Mel Johnson Brian & Kristin Johnson Susan Jones
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Joann & Wally Kilgus Ed Kottmeier Jim & Judy Kottmeier Werner W. & Susan M. Krause Family Martin & Alice Krebs Pam Kriger Donor Advised Fund of The Jewish Community Foundation Fred & Greta Kubsch John & Kathy Leach Ron & Kelly Leuzinger Anthony & Judith Licata Charli & Tom Lundstedt Dennis & Eileen Mayborne Mike & Marge McCoy Gerard & Alice McKenna Chuck & Barb Merry Fund within the Commuinty Foundaton for the Fox Valley Region Howard & Sara Miller MMG Foundation, Inc. Tom & Kathie Moore Helen & Earl Neville Nicolet National Bank Joe & Judy Novicki Bill & Betty Parsons Dee & Eric Paulsen Ellsworth & Carla Peterson Foundation Steve & Janet Rhode Robert Robinson Susan Crawford & Jeffrey Rosemann Lloyd & Sandra Rowley John & Susan Schaper Pete & Carol Schuster - Lfp Design! Mary Seeberg Jim & Diane Sheehan Family Ann Sheridan Skinner Family Fund SPX Foundation Emmy & Steve Stanley Tim & Sue Stone Karen & David Studebaker Maury & Ann Sullivan Roy & Sandra Uelner Don & Jane Vaughan Ron & Barb Weir Northern Sky Theater Jeff & Dawn Welter
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TEAM Mark Breseman Susan Caldwell Katie Dahl Holly Feldman Doc Heide Jeff Herbst Judy Kottmeier Molly Rhode Mary Seeberg Dawn Welter BUILDING COMMITTEE Gwenn Graboyes Jeff Herbst Jim Jauquet Dave Maier Carla Peterson Molly Rhode John Sawyer Mary Seeberg Tim Stone Paula Wright-Keller PARK COMMITTEE David Alley Joe Graboyes George Gorchynsky Charli Lundstedt Dave Maier Thomas A. Moore Molly Rhode Neen Rock Nic Trapani
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JOHN BROTHERHOOD Production Intern / Performer John is thrilled to be making his Northern Sky debut this summer! John spent his last two summers with Door Shakespeare in Romeo & Juliet, Julius Caesar, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Favorite credits include: The Foreigner, The History of Invulnerability, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee Rep); Jackie & Me, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, Gossamer (First Stage); among many others. John was a directing intern at the Sunset Playhouse for both Gypsy and Stage Door. This fall, John will be attending Fordham University in New York, majoring in theatre. He gives love and thanks to the whole Northern Sky cast and crew, Diane, Mom and Dad, his brothers, and above all, God for all His countless blessings.
LAURA PARUZYNSKI Production Intern / Performer Laura is thrilled to be spending the summer performing with Northern Sky. As an Illinois native, she has grown up camping around the peninsula with her family and is happy to call Door County one of her favorite places in the world. Laura just finished her freshman year at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point where she is getting her BFA in Musical Theatre. She was featured in UWSP’s production of Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris last semester and was the winner of the 2016 NATS National Musical Theatre competition. Big thanks to her incredible family, friends, and her heavenly Father.
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A Note from the Authors of Victory Farm Book & Lyrics by Emilie Coulson & Katie Dahl Music by James Valcq In the 1940s, Door County residents built their lives around the close ties of their small communities, the bountiful fish in Lake Michigan, and the cherry trees they planted in the peninsula’s rocky soil. When World War II began to rage in Europe, the county’s economic balance was threatened. Between the large number of Americans fighting overseas and nationwide rations on rubber and gasoline (which prevented migrant farm workers from traveling north), Door County faced a labor shortage, especially in harvesting the peninsula’s annual cherry crop. As a result, many Door County cherry growers made an unlikely choice: they signed up for a government program that assigned German prisoners of war to work on farms throughout the United States. All told, about 370,000 German POWs came to the US between 1943 and 1946, including about 2,000 who came to Door County. The U.S. military used a vetting process to ensure that the Germans assigned to American farms were not hard-line Nazis; separate high-security camps were reserved for them. Many of the men who ended up on American farms had been caught up in the war against their will. At most of the farms where they worked, the POWs literally saved the cherry harvest. Even more remarkable, however, were the connections some of these POWs forged with the Americans they met here. Especially in Wisconsin, where German ancestry was prevalent, local farmers often ate the same foods, knew the same songs, or even spoke the same language as the POWs. As an improbable result, many POWs and American farm families found common ground and kinship with one another. More than 70 years later, the United States once again faces a time of fear and division. Many of us find it hard to trust those who look, speak, or vote differently than we do. Perhaps the questions that Door County residents and German POWs asked themselves in the 1940s could be instructive to us now. Who are the strangers among us? Can we find a way to welcome them? And how can we seek to understand them better?
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ISAIAH SPETZ Production Intern / Performer Isaiah, a recent graduate of Sevastopol High School, is thrilled to join Northern Sky this summer. He is a poet, gardener, writer, runner, dancer, and songwriter. He would like to thank his teachers, role models, friends, and family for supporting him in the arts and life. Isaiah has performed in Third Avenue Playhouse’s The House of Blue Leaves (Ronnie), Yuletide Tales (himself), and columbinus (Freak/Eric Harris); St. Norbert Music Theatre’s A Chorus Line (Paul); and in Peninsula Players’ Over the Tavern (Georgie). This fall he will be attending New York University, pursuing a BFA in theatre.
Friday, July 14th 9:30am - 12:00pm or 1:00pm - 3:30pm Creative Kids theater workshops take place on the stage in Peninsula State Park and are led by Northern Sky company members. For children ages 6-16. Register early! Limited enrollment. Fee is $25 per child.
Victory Farm – Musical Numbers Till We’re Free ............................................................. Josef, Wolfgang, Karl Will I Fly................................................................................................. Dottie Victory Farm...............................................................................Dottie, Edna Cherries in the Bowl.................... Edna, Dottie, Jack, Josef, Karl, Wolfgang When I Look at You......................................................................Dottie, Karl Bees Sting, Birds Sing.........................................................Josef, Wolfgang Hand Over Hand........................... Jack, Josef, Wolfgang, Dottie, Karl, Edna What Is the Color.............................................. Dottie, Josef, Karl, Wolfgang Sweaty Pies................................................................. Wolfgang, Josef, Karl When I Look at You (reprise).......................................................Karl, Dottie Victory Farm (reprise).................. Dottie, Edna, Jack, Josef, Karl, Wolfgang The Work of Our Hands............... Josef, Karl, Wolfgang, Edna, Dottie, Jack People Come, People Go.............. Edna, Dottie, Karl, Jack, Wolfgang, Karl
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Book & Lyrics by
Emilie Coulson & Katie Dahl
Music & Orchestrations by
James Valcq
Director & Choreographer Jon Hegge Music Director Tim Lenihan Assistant Director Kelly Doherty Stage Manager Neen Rock* Scenic Designer Andrea Heilman Costume Designer Angelina Herin Lighting Designer David Alley Props Designer Kathleen Rock Dialect Coach Eva Nimmer
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Cast of Characters
Karl ................................................................................... Isaiah Spetz Josef............................................................................. Chase Stoeger Wolfgang ........................................................................... Jeff Herbst* Jack........................................................................... Doug Mancheski* Edna.................................................................................Molly Rhode* Dottie ................................................................................ Eva Nimmer *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Keyboards: Tim Lenihan and Alissa Rhode Bass & Guitar: Jay Kummer Percussion: Colin O’Day
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RAE ELIZABETH PARÉ Production Intern / Understudy Rae is a graduate of Carthage College with a BA in musical theatre and theatre performance. She is excited to join the Northern Sky family which has been a goal since age fifteen. Since graduation, Rae has made a home in the Milwaukee community. Recent roles include Lilly in Pride and Pancakes (Milwaukee Chamber Theatre), Clair Bowen in Death Is a Cabaret (Memories Ballroom), Mary Reade in Bonny Anne Bonny (Theatre Red), Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (Sunset Playhouse), Boeing Boeing (Gabriella) Sunset Playhouse), and Dame Olga Unds in Ella Enchanted (First Stage). Many thanks for all the support and encouragement. Loose Lips Sink Ships 2002
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A Note from the Author of Lumberjacks in Love Book & Lyrics by Fred Alley Music by James Kaplan Story by Fred Alley & James Kaplan Lumberjacks in Love is a must-see for any Northern Sky/AFT fan. Four burly lumberjacks live in a state of manly bliss at the Haywire lumber camp in Northern Wisconsin – until an encounter with a plucky mail order bride upends life as they know it. The result is big belly laughs and memorable music. Lumberjacks is one of Northern Sky’s all-time box office hits and celebrates a world where bath time is once a month and the blast of a dinner bell brings the boys running. It was 21 years ago that the burly boys from Haywire lumber camp first stomped and romped on the old AFT stage. Since then, the boys have returned to “camp” in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2015, and 2016 and still we receive more requests for Lumberjacks in Love than for any other Northern Sky show. – James Kaplan
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Musical Numbers Lumberjacks in Love............................................. Bob, Slim, Muskrat & Moon Shanty Boys........................................................... Slim, Moon, Muskrat & Bob Winds of Morning..........................................................................................Kid Buncha Naked Lumberjacks.............................................. Slim and the Fellas I Think I’m in Love with the Kid................................................................Moon Little Black Rain Cloud........................................................Muskrat, Slim, Bob I Only Have a Little Time...............................................................................Kid Someday I Will Be Clean......................................................Bob and the Fellas Bachelor’s Prayer .......................................................................................Slim I Only Have a Little Time (Reprise)..............................................................Kid It Would Be Enough for Me ........................................................... Moon & Kid Winds of Morning (Reprise).........................................................................Kid Little Dress ...................................................................................................Bob Stupid Stupid Love.............................................................................Rosemary Shanty in the Pines .............................................................. Slim, Bob & Moon Happy Lumberjack.........................................................Muskrat and the Fellas It Would Be Enough for Me (Reprise) ........................................... Moon & Kid Lumberjacks in Love (Finale).............................................................Company
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Book & Lyrics by
Fred Alley Music by
James Kaplan Story by
Fred Alley & James Kaplan Director Jeff Herbst Co-Choreographers Pam Kriger and Jeff Herbst Musical Arrangements Colin Welford Stage Manager Neen Rock*
Music Director Alissa Rhode Scenic & Props Designer Kathleen Rock Lighting Designer David Alley Costume Designer Dawna Gregory
Time: Turn of the Century Place: Haywire Lumber Camp in Northern Wisconsin
Cast of Characters
Dirty Bob .................................................................................Doug Mancheski* Slim................................................................................................... Jeff Herbst* Muskrat ..................................................................................... Fred ‘Doc’ Heide Moonlight......................................................................................Chase Stoeger The Kid............................................................................................. Eva Nimmer Rosemary Rogers...........................................................................Molly Rhode* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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TIM LENIHAN Music Director / Keyboard Tim is excited to be back at Northern Sky for his sixth season. An alumnus of DePaul University, Tim is an active pianist and conductor in the Chicago area working with several theaters, including the Paramount Theatre (The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, West Side Story, Miss Saigon, Annie), Drury Lane Theatre (West Side Story, Camelot, Sunset Boulevard, Hairspray, Mame), and Oriental Theatre (Newsies, Wicked, Billy Elliot). This past year, Tim served as a rehearsal pianist for the Newsies movie musical and for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of My Fair Lady.
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ALISSA RHODE Music Director / Arranger / Music Supervisor Alissa is delighted to return to Northern Sky! Previous productions include Lumberjacks in Love, Home for the Holidays, When Butter Churns to Gold, No Bones About It, Life on the Mississippi, Bone Dance, and Cheeseheads. Other Wisconsin credits include Door Shakespeare, Stage Door, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage, Children’s Theater of Madison, Skylight, Theatre Gigante, and Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua. Alissa holds a degree in music composition and is the composer of Victory for Victoria, a suffragist musical recently premiered by Milwaukee Opera Theatre. She is currently composing the score for Dairy Heirs, a family farming musical, with book by Joel Kopischke and Eva Nimmer. “Hand Over Hand” Score Sample from Victory Farm
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JAY KUMMER Bass / Acoustic Bass / Guitars Jay’s excited to be back for his second season with the talented, good-humored, and hard-working Northern Sky family. He has been a musician for eons, serving in varying roles, though his love is playing. He recently played productions of American Idiot, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Wedding Singer, Superstar, and Secret Garden (under the capable baton of Matt Zembrowski, author/composer of Doctor! Doctor!). He also enjoys being granddaddy daycare for his granddbabies. Over the last few years he recorded solo acoustic guitar & ukulele favorites to help his mom on her journey through breast cancer. Search him on SoundCloud.com to listen.
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LISA CHANEY MION Rehearsal Stage Manager Lisa has wide-ranging experience in dance, opera and theatre, having worked with such notable artists as Murray Louis, Alonzo King, Tazewell Thompson, and Joseph Rescigno. Currently, Lisa is the Production Manager for Opera Lafayette, an East Coast-based opera company and the Production Stage Manager for Dakshina Dance, with whom she has recently returned from a one-month tour of Europe and India. Recent theatrical and opera credits include Guys on Ice, Strings Attached, Lumberjacks in Love (Northern Sky); A Young Lady of Property (Rep Stage); La Boheme, Faust, and La Traviata (Lyric Opera Baltimore), and Hamlet (Baltimore Shakespeare Festival). Lisa, a proud member of both AEA & AGMA, is happy to be back at Northern Sky Theater! Guys on Ice 2014
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SHAWN GALLIGAN Assistant Stage Manager Shawn has acted, directed, and stage managed throughout the Midwest. As well as a company member here at Northern Sky, Shawn is also lucky enough to be a company member with Interrrobang Theatre Project and the side project in Chicago. He also served a few years as the company stage manager for Chicago Tap Theater. When not at the theater, you’ll often find him playing a board game or riding a bicycle. DOCTOR! DOCTOR! Script Notes
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Peter and the Starcatcher
A play by Rick Elice. Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Music by Wayne Barker. A hilarious, swashbuckling and magical adult prequel to Peter Pan.
JULY 26 to AUGUST 13
The Bridges of Madison County
Music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown. Book by Marcia Norman. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller. A ravishingly beautiful musical about a “What if…?” romance.
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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
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JEFF CHESEBRO Audio Technician Jeff is a recent graduate from Univ. of WI - Green Bay with a BA in technical theatre design. His most recent production is Importance of Being Earnest as lighting designer, and his most interesting work in the past year is projection designer for I Never Saw Another Butterfly. Jeff is from Trempealeau, Wisconsin, along the Mississippi, next to Perrot State Park. Jeff is excited to be returning to Northern Sky Theater another year and wants to give special thanks to his mom, Gayle Dolle, and his step dad, Joe Dolle. When Butter Churns to Gold 2016
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NIC TRAPANI Audio Director Nic is happy to be returning for his fourth season with Northern Sky Theater. He has his BA from Marquette University. His most recent work was Doctor! Doctor!, No Bones About It and When Butter Churns to Gold. Outside of Northern Sky, Nic works at Mainstage Theatrical Supply in Milwaukee in their technical sales department. When he isn’t designing shows or installing lighting equipment, Nic enjoys golfing, boating and brewing beer. He hopes you enjoy your time at Northern Sky Theater.
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STEWART DAWSON Head Carpenter (Bench Warmer) Stewart simply cannot believe that Northern Sky Theater has asked him back again for another season of musical mayhem. He is busy publishing a new book, I’d Rather Live in a Museum than in Lubbock. Look for it in an airport bookstore near you soon! There is an old saying but he can’t remember it. Thanks for coming to the show tonight! Hope it isn’t raining. Have a great summer! The Bachelors 2014
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BRYCE FOSTER Lighting Technician Returning for his second season at Northern Sky Theater, Bryce is excited to work once again with such an out-going and driven team. He is currently in graduate school at University of Missouri, Kansas City, studying Lighting and Scenic Design. He has won awards from the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts for his lighting design of Sunday in the Park with George and Pride and Prejudice.
ADAM STONER Assistant Scenic Artist A North Carolina native turned northerner, Adam is happy to join Northern Sky Theater for the best weeks of the summer! A Milwaukee-based painter and scenic designer, he and his pooch spend most of their time in the studio painting the day away. Past shows in Milwaukee include Skylight Music Theatre’s Hair, Les Miserables, and In the Heights; Renaissance Theaterworks’ Train Driver; and Milwaukee Chamber Harbor Fish Market & Grille D i s t i n c t i v e Wa t e r f r o n t D i n i n g Theatre’s The Good Father.
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Fred Alley New Musical Fund 2017 Donors
In 2006 Northern Sky Theater established the Fred Alley New Musical Fund to honor the memory of Fred Alley, co-founder of the company and playwright of many of our most popular productions, including Guys on Ice and Lumberjacks in Love. Contributions to this fund are used exclusively for the creation and development of family-friendly musical theatre. Recent productions benefiting from the Fund include Doctor! Doctor!, No Bones About It, When Butter Churns to Gold, Strings Attached; Windjammers; Victory Farm; Guys & Does; and Cheeseheads, the Musical. 2016-2017 Contributors were: Ann Abbott Mike & Pat Ahern Thomas R. Albrecht Tom & Sue Alt Helen & Bruce Ambuel James H. & Sara Ellen Anderson Jim & Jane Anderson Nancy Andriacchi Anonymous Sylvia Bartz Pete & Sandy Benson Greg & Meridith Berry Judy & Al Beyer Pam Blanchard Mark Brinkman Family Sue & Jim Buck Barbara Ann Buckingham Bill & Rhonda Rae Busch Sue & Jerry Cataldo Tom & Sheryl Cerniglia David Clowers, Attorney Linda Colson, Sarah & Lisa Perlstein Trissa Crowley Jack & Betty-Jo Dahlman Rebecca Delisle Loretta Delvaux Jan & Richard Denney Greg & Julie Diltz Bob & Lois Dittus Gib & Gail Docken
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Fred Alley New Musical Fund Donors (continued) Peggy Lott Bob & Lori Machacek Jim & Carole Maronek Lee Marquardt Stas & Mary Therese Maslanka Patrick & Leslie McCarty Mike & Marge McCoy Maureen McGrath David & Kathy Michaelis Marie A. Moe Sara Moe Doug & Pamela Moore Mary Lou & Ron Moore Betty & John Morrison Family Brad & Kelly Mullins Helen & Earl Neville Judith Nixon Paul & Beverly Ozburn Dave & Mary Pader John & Harriet Paral Darnell & Donna Pettengill Joe & Gretchen Porten John & Patricia Pospisil David & Janet Primus Tom & Sue Rapa Richard & Jan Rau Luzern & Joann Richter Guy & Dottie Rodgers Sharon & Jim Rohn
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ANN BIRNSCHIEN Marketing Director / Volunteer Coordinator
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Ann enjoys her work with Northern Sky year round. This native of Door County has been involved in theatre since age 8 and has enjoyed shows in the park for years with the Heritage Ensemble / AFT. Ann holds a BA in theater and graphic arts. In her spare time, she sings with the Peninsula Singers and church choir, plays trumpet with the Peninsula Symphonic Band, and is working on biking a full 100-mile century ride in September. Favorite acting credits include The Christmas Schooner, Side by Side by Sondheim, The King and I as Anna, Working, Striking 12, and directing Cover of LIFE. Ann enjoys reading and outdoor adventures. She thanks loved ones for supporting her journey in this passion-filled life.
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HOLLY FELDMAN Director of Development & Public Relations If you are reading this while sitting on a bench in Peninsula State Park under a canopy of red pine and stars, then it shouldn’t come as a surprise that this is the place that holds Holly’s favorite memories. As Director of Development, she considers it nothing short of an honor to thank Northern Sky’s generous donors for ensuring that this special place, which she now shares with her own children, will be here for generations to come. In addition to her behind-the-scene contributions, Holly has been seen singing on stage with Katie Dahl, Doc Heide, Jeffrey Herbst, Jimmy Kaplan, Eric Lewis, and Karen Mal. The Passage 1994
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James Valcq composed the score of the Off-Broadway musical The Spitfire Grill (Playwrights Horizons, 2001), which won the Richard Rodgers Production Award and received Best Musical nominations HALE from the Outer Critics Circle andCAREY Drama League as well as two Drama Desk nominations. The show, written with collaborator Fred Alley, has been produced over 300 times across the United States, Business Manager Germany, South Korea, the UK, Japan, and Australia. Also Off-Broadway, James was the composer/ author of Zombies from the Beyond, which opened to critical acclaim in 1995 (and featured Suzanne This and/or is themusician start of Carey’s fourth as aCabaret, full-time Graff). Broadway credits as conductor include Chicago, Flower year Drum Song, and Scarlet Pimpernel. Other conducting credits: Maurice Sendak’s production of Really Rosie worked Northern Sky crew member after having (national tour), Candide, Lady in the OperaaTheatre), and and in Dark, the South yachtPacific,The repair Producers business(Skylight for over decade She Loves Me (Indiana Rep). James has composed scores for Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Door working part-time for Northern Sky since 2009. She Shakespeare, Idaho Youth Theatre, and American Folklore Theatre. As an actor, James has played is originally from Freeport, Illinois, and has been the role of Cosme McMoon in Souvenir at Boise Contemporary Theatre and American Stage in living at Milwaukee Rep, Solanio in Door Shakespeare’s Merchant of from Florida. Also: Ernie in Guys on Icein Door County since 2001 after moving here in the premiere of How a Pirate at First Stage. This in Venice, and created the role of Pierre Minnesota, where sheI Became graduated with a Bachelor’s fall, James will direct the 10th anniversary production of The Spitfire Grill at AFT. He is also creating a from Winona State University. In herinoff time, new musical entitled Cherryland, Science USA with Katie Dahl and Emilie Coulson which will premiere AFT’s she helps her parents complete their 2012 summer season.
new Door County home and creates costumes for the late 1700’s/early 1800’s historical reenactments that Pride & she Prejudice Mr. Wickham and her~family have participated in since she was 8 years Twelfth Night ~ Sebastian old. Carey also loves to sing, spend time outdoors, and Scot West is recently relocated to Minneapolis, where he has so far appeared in plays and readings Theatre, theand Playwrights’ relax with withPenumbra her family, pets friends.
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Center, the Unit Collective, and the Guthrie. Other credits include Boom (Jules) and All My Sons (Chris) at Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre, Doubt (Father Cape Cod’s Monomoy Theatre and Flynn) and Dracula (Count See Dracula) Jane Votefor2006 two summers at the Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival. He received his MFA in Acting from Ohio University. This is his Door Shakespeare debut.
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SUE PIPER Senior House Manager / Box Office Sue is excited to be back with Northern Sky for another season in the woods! She has been a part of Northern Sky since 2007. In the off-season, Sue teaches middle school in Sturgeon Bay. She enjoys playing fiddle and mandolin with various people around the county. With her spare time, Sue loves hiking, swimming, camping, and anything outdoors. www.doorcellular.com • Cellular Phones • 2-way Radios for Business and Public Safety www.doorcellular.com • Cellular Phones • 2-way Radios for Business and Public Safety
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HADLEY REETZ House Manager / Box Office Hadley recently graduated from Gibraltar School and will be pursuing a BFA in graphic design with a minor in acting at DePaul University next fall. This is her fourth year working at Northern Sky. She is very glad to be a part of it each summer, as she loves being immersed in the theatre atmosphere. Aside from acting, Hadley is very interested in singing, piano, ukulele, and, on the other end of the spectrum, sailing, extreme downhill skiing, hiking, and classic literature. She is excited to begin the next chapter of her life after high school, and thanks Northern Sky for being a large influence on her already. Spitfire Grill 2011
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ANNE HERRING Box Office Staff / Fall House Manager Anne is excited be returning to Northern Sky this summer. She has previously worked in the fall Northern Sky season at Door Community Auditorium and house managing for Door Shakespeare. Third Avenue Playhouse appearances include The House of Blue Leaves; Almost, Maine; It Had to be You (Theada Blau); On Golden Pond (Chelsea Thayer); Barefoot in the Park (Corrie Bratter); and The Good Doctor. Isadoora Theater Company credits include Circle, Mirror, Transformation (Therese); Striking 12; She Loves Me; and Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Suzzane). Anne was also in the 2011 cast of Door Shakespeare’s Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte Lucas).
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ELIZABETH HENRY Box Office Staff Elizabeth recently graduated from Gibraltar High School where she enjoyed singing in choir and participating in One Act, Forensics, and the spring musical. She was last seen on stage as Morticia Addams in Gibraltar’s The Addams Family. She will be attending Carthage College for musical theatre next fall. She likes to spend her free time with friends and listen to Broadway musicals endlessly. Belgians in Heaven 2012
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Soon-to-be senior at Gibraltar High School, Kathleen is overjoyed to be returning to Northern Sky for her second season. She has lived in Door County her whole life. She has been attending Northern Sky shows since she was a child and loves the atmosphere of the team. Her passion is art, and this past year she received two awards, the Rotary Fine Art Award of Excellence and an award from the Miller Art Museum. She is excited for this year at Northern Sky and for what the future holds.
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JENNIFER MERKEL Box Office Staff Jen is a Door County native, having lived in Door County nearly her entire life. Though not artistic herself, she has great admiration and appreciation for the arts. Attending shows in the park has been a summer staple since returning home in 1997. She works full-time for the Fish Creek Sanitary District, and is a retired volunteer firefighter. She enjoys running, cycling and kayaking throughout this beautiful area. Jen thoroughly enjoys the uniqueness of Northern Sky and looks forward to her second season with the company. Sometimes A Song 2008
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EVA JADE WEBBER Box Office Staff 20-year-old Eva Jade Webber was born and raised in beautiful Door County. Eva has always had a passion for music and songwriting. In 2014, she released her first album of original songs titled Eva Jade–Head and Heart. After studying music business and songwriting in Nashville, TN, Eva now continues her education at University of Wisconsin-Superior. She plans to graduate in the spring of 2019 with a degree in psychology and minor in music.
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JAN KEMBLE Box Office Staff Jan is excited to return for her second year as a Northern Sky staff member. Her passion for theatre led her to volunteer at a vast number of theatres in Illinois and Wisconsin for more than 30 years. Family trips, since she was very young, left a lasting impression of beautiful, scenic Door County. Jan purchased a home in Sister Bay in 2003. She retired and moved from her hometown of Lombard, IL, soon after. Aside from her passion for theatre and the arts, Jan loves photography, music, movies, cooking and being near the water. Enjoy the show and making a theatre memory!
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EILEEN MAYBORNE Box Office Staff Eileen is a part Illinois and part Indiana native who fell in love with Door County on numerous visits as a child. She brought her now husband of 32 years, Dennis, up for a visit. He fell in love with the county and she fell in love with him. They have both been volunteering at Northern Sky for the past nine years and Eileen has been in the box office for the past six years. These still avid Chicago Bear fans reside in Fish Creek with their family, Oliver the Westy. Eileen says, “The winters in DC are okay, except they’re too long between performances.” Bone Dance 2010
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FALL SEASON September 1 - October 21 Two DJs. One Blizzard. No Records. When a snowstorm knocks the power out and the local radio station loses its tie to the pre-programmed feed, the guys have to punt, and a rejuvenated station brings back spontaneity and joy to the community.
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DAVID HUDSON Playwright / Lyricist Dave Hudson is a lyricist and bookwriter who was born and raised in the West, but now lives in Chicago. In partnership with the Actors Garden, he has written seven musicals for the youth market ranging from Ancient Egypt (Tut, Tut), to the Middle Ages (Good Knight), to a modern sequel to Peter Pan. He is proud and a little bit amazed that Naked Radio marks his eighth musical for Northern Sky (his seventh with Paul Libman). He and Paul are two time winners of the Richard Rodgers Award and the ASCAP Award. Dave is the proud father of three amazingly creative kids, Connor, Garen, and Paige. He specifically dedicates Naked Radio to his amazing wife, Gigi, who has shown him such amazing support and belief through his own ‘silver box’ moments.
PAUL LIBMAN Composer Musical theatre is Paul Libman’s destination on a journey that began with playing jazz piano, composing for television and radio commercials and producing records. After winning the Richard Rodgers Award twice for two different musicals with collaborator Dave Hudson, Paul relocated to New York, where he currently is a member of the Lehman Engel BMI Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop. He is also the creator, arranger and producer of the hit comedy CD, Oy to the World! A Klezmer Christmas. Now, having had eight successfully produced musicals, he continues to write with Dave Hudson and others. This year, Paul is especially excited about his and Dave’s new Northern Sky musical, Naked Radio.
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A Note from the Authors of Naked Radio Book & Lyrics by Dave Hudson Music by Paul Libman Who do you know in this show? As the bookwriter of Naked Radio, I have to confess that this show has surprised me. It started with an idea: Two guys on the radio joking around and saying they were naked. Because… you know, it’s the radio, and nobody can see them. Funny, right? From there, we built a story around it: get the two guys stuck in a blizzard. Then, Jeff Herbst had marching orders. He wanted this show to be performed by three people, the two DJ characters and a woman playing the third character. Well, there are two parts to a radio station, the station and the community who is listening. We soon realized that the woman in the cast would be playing the entire community. Luckily, we had the very versatile and talented Molly Rhode in place to help us develop this ‘track’ of characters. Now, here’s a secret. I’ve known, or am acquainted with every character in this show. A couple of examples: I worked on the county road crew in college and we did have a guy named Rusty (and he could curse). I worked in a bookstore in college and we had a regular customer who always came in wearing a full Star Trek uniform (not Dr Who, but still). The list goes on, but the point is that I feel like I’ve written people that we all know, and Molly has done a stunning job at bringing them to life. By the same token, even though Chase Stoeger and Scott Wakefield are only playing one character, they have made those characters wonderfully real (while also playing their fingers off). Finally, closer to home, recently I was personally part of a very dehumanizing corporate downsizing where, like Bart, they decided that the actual individuals who had been doing the job no longer mattered. The surprise for me came from the deeply personal things this story brought out of me. Silly, wacky, corny; yes, this is all of that. But this musical has also been a wonderfully personal, heartfelt journey of remembering characters from my past. It has also made me laugh a lot, and has occasionally brought a few tears to my eyes. So, who do you know in this show? I hope that you know at least a few of these characters. Beyond that, I hope that by the end of the show, you are glad that you’ve gotten to know some new folks as well. – Dave Hudson
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SCOTT WAKEFIELD Performer Scott happily returns to Door County where many moons ago he performed in Guys on Ice; Lumberjacks in Love; Old Friends; The One That Got Away; Fish and Whistle; and Sometimes a Song. When not at Northern Sky, Scott subsisted on Broadway in It Ain’t Nothin’ but the Blues; Ring of Fire; and Hands on a Hardbody. Off Broadway he performed in Texas in Paris, which then travelled to Paris, France, last December. When not performing at The Old Globe, The Milwaukee Repertory, Seattle Repertory, or The Cincinnati Playhouse (to name a few), Scott runs a cattle ranch in Texas, plays Martin guitars, visits Civil War battlefields, and listens to the radio naked. An avid songwriter, Scott has two CDs of original songs: Older Than Dirt and Vegetarian Nightmare. ScottWakefield.com
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Additional Jinglefication by Paul Libman Director & Choreographer Jeff Herbst Music Director Alissa Rhode Arrangements / Music Supervisor Alissa Rhode Stage Manager Neen Rock* Scenic Designer Lisa Schlenker Assistant Scenic Artist Adam Stoner
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Mike Young, newest radio disc jockey.............................. Chase Stoeger Bart Dunwood, radio disc jockey...................................Scott Wakefield* Maggie Wheeling, et al....................................................Molly Rhode* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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The World of Anglo-Saxon England Jane Schulenburg ’65 Witnessing the Occupation Over Six Decades of French Film, Eilene Hoft-March & Judith Sarnecki The Beatles: A History and Deconstruction, Carl Rath ’75
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BONE DANCER Jeannette Marlow Jim & Nancy Marsho Stas & Mary Therese Maslanka Randy & Karen Mathewson Jim & Heather McDonald Quentin & Nancy Meracle Peg & Jim Meyer Tom & Vicki Mielke Robert Minahan Tom & Claire Minahan Jack Mitchell Family Edwin & Marcia Moore Mary Lou & Ron Moore Lee & Suellen Mueller Pat & Gail Mullaney Jim & Joanie Musiel Bill Neddersen Doug & Judy Nelson Don & Donna Nelson Brian & Debbie O’Mara Randy & Kathy Odem Don & Carol Olson Scott T. Origer Patrick Palmer Drs. Bela & Karen Steinmetz-Pater Eric Perlman & Janelle Peotter John & Lisa Balistreri Roger & Coralie Pierson Marc, Beth Anne, Kristina & Diana Pietrzak
Nancy Piper-Jankovich & Bill Jankovich Dr. & Mrs. Jeff & Therese Postles Bob & Barb Pragalz Bruce & Lyn Ranta George & Mary Rather Jeanny Ray Bob & Jane Reinke Luzern & Joann Richter Pamela Rolfs & Timothy Burns Judy & Bernie Rosenstein Savannah & Mark Rounds Kathy Rowe Jim & Ladona Rowings Linda Rusche Charles & Janice Sable Mark & Robin Sahagian Barbara Sajna Dr. Paul & Rae Sanders Bob & Gloria Santilli Schenning Family Nancy Schmitz Lawrence & Hollis Schuetz Jan & Linda Scott Carol Scott Neil & Barbara Smith Keith & Debbie Spritz Mike & Jean Steele Dave & Louise Stephenson John & Deanna Swanson Thrivent Financial Door County Chapter
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CHEESEHEAD $1 - $74 Anonymous Shirley Adams Jim & Linda Adams Judith & Verlyn Adamson Kathy & Tom Adrians Thomas L. Aerts Eric Albrecht Howard & Wendy Allenberg Buzz & Barb Althoen AmazonSmile Garry & Sandy Andersen Claire & Owen Anderson Joshua Anhalt Diane Arnkoff Kathryn Arnold-Stauffer Denise Arzberger Jamison Ashby Dave & Ruth Assmus Robert Ater Roy & Terri Back Debbie Bader Jill Baranczyk
Bonnie Barber Cheryn Barnett John Barney Vickie Bates David & Jean Baumann Dan & Diane Bay Bayside Home Medical Rich & Eileen Beaver Bruce & Victoria Behnke Greg & Sybil Bell Gerry & Jane Berg Leif Berg Adam Bezemek Stacie & John Birschbach Gene & Patricia Bitterberg Edward & Amy Blumenthal Dan & Gaye Boland Austin & Judith Boncher Charitable Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region
Danny Bonnin James Boyd Julia M. Bresnahan Jim & Brigid Brooks Ed & Sharon Brud Neal & MarJean Buck Dave & Jean Burgess Jillaine Burton Seefedlt & Andrew Seefeldt Ken Naujock & Chris Bushey Brian & Lynda Buss CJ Erika Caraos Jeni & Joe Carey Doug & Janie Carlson William Carmichael Marilyn Carolan The Carvell Family Dave & Kathy Cecil Carl, Pat, Chris & Diana Chan Shelly Chmielewski Betty & David Chomeau Doug & Mary Chomeau
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CHEESEHEAD $1 - $74 Audrey Chowdhury David & Tinya Christensen Mike Ciske Glenn & Mary Ruth Clayton Peter & Carol Clikeman Roy & Jo Cole Marlene Corey Douglas & Laura Coster Joe & Amy Crider Tom & Cheryl Culver Christy Curry & Kevin Hoyland Patricia Dahl Renee & Dan Dallich Michael & Priscilla Daniels Daniel & Donna Danielson Jean Davison Marc De Kruijf Barbara & Allen Denninger John DeVries Bob & Liz Dickson Tim Diedrich James A. Ditsworth Timothy Dockter Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dodson, Sr. Kit Donahue Suzanne Donnelly Christine & Liam Donovan Anne Dropp Stan & Jo Dziewa Steven Dzikowich Patty Dzurick & Family Mark & Janet Eastman Chuck & Dolly Emerson Suzanne & Rob Esposito Sima & Keith Esses Kathy & Bill Feller
LuAnn Ferron Shelby Fetting Tom & Monika Fiedler Megan Fischer George Fitzsimmons Bonnie Flaeschel William Flemming Julie Foxhoven Stephen Frazier Blake Fredrickson Glenn & Gayle Fritsch D. Fryd Mike & Tarra Gallagher Marilee Gardner & Randolf Schmirler Jerry & Lois Garrity Kevin & Lisa Gavre Lisa Gdaniec John Gesme Robert & Sharon Glaser Scott & Sarah Godfrey Gary & Mary Kay Gordon Paul Gordon Dr. Jendra Gosai Julie Gray Joyce Green Ann Guhman Ken Gutheridge Helen & Jim Haase Jim & Paula Habschmidt Charles & Linda Hall Bob Hamilton Ronald Hansche Betsy Hansen Jodi Hanson Lenoard Harrison Lynn & Paul Hass
Dick & Beckie Hawker Debbie Hawkinson Mr. Robert E Hayes Bob & Lisa Heider Paul & Ruth Heinecke Fred & Kathy Heiss Juergen & Chris Helm Marianne & Gary Hinder Barbara Holm Dawn Holsen Jim Holub Joy & Jim Hooyman Dale Hoppe Harold Hothan John & Diane Hotynski Wayne & Marcy Janssen Abby & Anna Jarosh David Jasinski Jane E. Jay Barbara Jenkin Phil & Sandy Jensen James & Wanda John Larry & Deb Johnson Richard & Sue Ellen Johnson Libby & Emily Johnson Donna Johnson Abe & Linda Kahan Darko Kalan Nancy Kazmierczak Rick Kegel Bob & Nancy Kelley Richard Kenitzer Greg & Jeanette Kirchner Denise Kish Jeff Kita Robert & Ruth Kitzman Dennis Kloepping
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CHEESEHEAD $1 - $74 Kaye Knutson Pam & Jon Koch Greg & Kathy Kolacinski Lenore Konkel Brenda & John Koprowski Bob Koptik Marilynne Kowalski Mary Krahn Matt & Jamie Kranich Jerry & Nan Krause Jane & Bob Kuhn Mark & Kathy Kunstman William Laflamme John Lajka The Lambert Family Pam Lang BJ Larsen Anne Larsen Kristin & Timothy Larsen Bob & Lynda Laudonio Glenn & Linden Laurent Don & Sheri Lebombard Sue & Larry LeMay Joe & Jan Lescher Don & JoAnn Lewis Donald & Maureen Liebenson Steven & Bonnie Lind Barbara & Glen Link Donald & Virgene Lockas Deborah Logerquist Dennis & Mary Lokken James Lucas Doris Lukas Charlotte Lukes David & Alicia Lundal Family Tom & Karen MacDonald Terrance Maguire Kenzie Molls Gary & Mary Marrs Pat Martin Susan Martin Deanna Martin Don & Judeann Maslinski David & Marjorie Mau Ron & Lois Mauermann Fred & Katherine Mayer Noreen M. McCann Mr. & Mrs. David & Colette McDonough Richard & Jean Mehring Diane Meiborg & Roger Zacek
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Tom & Sue Rapa David & Ginger Ready Ann & Jim Reeve Ms. Laura Reger Margaret Reisenauer Jim & Chris Rescheske Martin & Robin Reynolds Ann & David Rindt David & Ann Risgaard Family Guy & Dottie Rodgers Thomas Roeder George & Kristi Roenning Mr & Mrs Franklin Rogers Maureen Rohlfing Diane Rohlfs Bill & Ruth Rohlfs Bob & Barbara Roob Jennifer Rowe Julie Rowley Greg & Karen Royer Marjorie Rucks Jim, Kathy & Dan Ruedisueli Sandra Ryan Christine Salmon & Hadley Reetz Jim & Rachel Sauder Alice Sautebin Mark & Jane Savides Bob & Dawn Schanen Lee & Judy Scherkenbach Christine Schlichting Jake Schmidt Liz & Brent Schultz Jerry & Judy Schumacher Betty Scott Norbert Scribner Robin Sedivy Kathy Severson Ryan Shaw Patti & Don Sherman Grayson Long Laurie, Andy, Hillary & Eric Simon Janice & Bruce Sing Gary Sisler Rick & Mary Skelley Carla & Edward Sloan Shanna Smidt Arlene Sopata Connie Sopel Cindy Sporleder Richard Sprague Mark Spreitzer
CHEESEHEAD $1 - $74 Ron & Carolyn Staszewski Jerilynn Steele Donald Steffen Mary Ann Steinke Mark & Lori Stolaski Carol & Glenn Stricklin Pamela Stujrgis Bob & Rita Sullivan James & Mary Taylor Tracy & Tim Taylor William & Louise Temte Mary Thompson Chris Thompson Jim L & Karen L Thomson Erik & Marilee Thoresen Joan & Patrick Toohey Scott Tucker Christy & Todd Tupper David Turim Deborah Turman
Dan & Ursula Twombly Julia & Tom Ulen Jacqueline Vandevoort Eberhard & Catherine Veit Catherine Velasco-Cappozzo Robert & Sharon Volk Vosen Family Dan & Michelle Wagnitz Diane Wais Bob & Pat Walbrun Mike & Betty Walden David & Sara Walker Carol & James Walsh Margie Walstad Catherine & Derrick Warner Margaret Washa Jack & Linda Watts Daniel Weber Jerry & Jill Weber Jane Weis
Edward Werner Hannah Marie Wetzel Eugene & Darlene Weyker Sally & Jay Whitfield Nancy Wilde Mary E. Wilson Rubin/Winer Family Shyla Wollman James Woodcock Paul & Maureen Wycisk Rita Yaeger Beth Yeko Yvonne Young Don & Barb Youngberg Gloria D. Zimmerman Mary A. Zinda Dave & Carol Zoerb Donna Zwicke
Corporate Matches or Restricted Gifts Alliant Energy Foundation, Inc. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Chevron Matching Gift Program FM Global Foundation GE Foundation Grainger Matching Charitable Gifts Program IBM Matching Grants Program ITW Foundation 3-For-1 Matching Gift Program Mead Witter Foundation, Inc. Prudential Financial, Inc. Raibrook Foundation SAP Matching Gift Program Schneider Electric North American Foundation SPX Foundation Texas Instruments Foundation Thrivent Financial For Lutherans Foundation U.S. Bank Foundation Employee Matching Gift Program WE Energies Foundation William C. & Marjorie W. Glenn Endowment Fund and the Arts Fund of the Door County Community Foundation, Inc. Wisconsin Arts Board Wisconsin Public Service Foundation Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Foundation
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Endowment Fund Gifts Michael Aikins Tom & Sue Alt Jim & Jane Anderson James H. & Sara Ellen Anderson Anonymous Jeff Benson Greg & Meridith Berry Carl & Diane Braaten Sue & Jim Buck Sue & Jerry Cataldo Harley & Jean Chapman Trudy & Tony Chelmecki Trissa Crowley Bob & Lois Dittus Kurt & Marlene Dramm
Mike & Marcia Eischen Karen & Jerry Franz Kurt Goetzka Barb & Jim Hansen Chuck & Jan Harmon D. Hartsock Irene Daniell Kress Revocable Trust Bob & Lori Machacek William C. Neumann Jerry & Diana Ogren Joe & Gretchen Porten Tom & Sue Rapa Susan Crawford & Jeffrey Rosemann Kathy Rowe
Lloyd & Sandra Rowley Howard & Shirley Schmill Margaret Schnackenberg Bonnie & Charlie Schuknecht Gigi Fourré Schumacher Jim & Judy Schwengel Jeff & Chris Siefker Dr’s Charles & Barbara Sloan Scott & Karen Steinke Clyde & Marsha Williams Dennis & Karen Wojahn Wulf Brothers Donna Zwicke
In-Kind Donations Tom & Sue Alt Bay Ridge Golf Course Birch Creek Music Performance Center Susan & Jim Birger Ann & Bryan Birnschein Blue Horse Beach Cafe Bridenhagen Tree & Landscaping Cornucopia Kitchen Shop Susan & James Caldwell Door County Maritime Museum Door County YMCA Door Peninsula Winery Door Shakespeare Draeb Jewelers Inc Ephraim Shores Motel Fun Stuff Judie Gauger George Burr Gallery Good Eggs Natalie & George Gorchynsky Joseph & Gwenn Graboyes Green Bay Packers Margaret Hayes Heid Music Co.
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Dick & Carol Heil Husby’s Food & Spirits In Tandem Theatre Carol Jonen Carla Lang John & Kathy Leach Fred & Sue Lewis Dennis & Eileen Mayborne Midsummer’s Music Festival Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Doug & Pamela Moore Mary Lou & Ron Moore Tom & Kathie Moore Newport Resort Next Act Theatre Off The Wheel Pottery On Deck Clothing Company Parkwood Lodge Peninsula Music Festival Peninsula State Park Golf Course Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf Mike, Mel, Sara & Emma Ploor Michelle Reinhard
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Renaissance Theatreworks Luzern & Joann Richter Lloyd & Sandra Rowley Christine Salmon & Hadley Reetz Scrimshanders Mary Seeberg Rudy & Shirley Senarighi Soil Specialists, LTD South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center Cynthia Stiehl Shelly Stoeger Tim & Sue Stone Stoughton Opera House Sunset Playhouse Bill & Cheryl Surbaugh T R Pottery Third Avenue Playhouse University of Wisconsin Madison Chris & Bill Wehrs Jeff & Dawn Welter Clyde & Marsha Williams Howard & Patty Williamson Wilson’s Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor
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Honor of Jay & Joyce Champelli The Champelli Family Honor of Bea and Dave Erickson Todd Erickson Honor of Jimmy Kaplan & Kay Stiefel John Stiefel Honor of KatherIne Mayer SterlIng & Judith McMillian Honor of Tom & Vicki Mielke Cathy & Art Wille Honor of Dave Pagel Al & Cynthia Lanzetta Honor of Cynthia Stiehl Lolly & Dave Ratajczak Honor of AngelIne T WeIner Dean WeIner Honor of Ron & Dorothy Wilson Ron, Beth, Katie, & Rebecca Zitzow Honor of Matt Zembrowski Rod & Kathy Davis Honor of Fred, Jeff & Lee – former students – Michael J. Wollin Memory of Fred Alley Mary & Phil Weinfurt Memory of Betty Barbolini Mary Seeberg Memory of Betty Bartolini Larry Galuszka & Vickie Bartolini Memory of Don Blanchard Pam Blanchard Becky Fewell Judy & Bruce Johnson Memory of Mitchell Pearce Bley The Bleys Debra & Steven Craig
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Summer Season
JUNE 14 - AUGUST 26
EPHRAIM BOX OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Sunday
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Advance tickets for all summer shows are available at the main office. Reserve seating tickets are available for an additional $7 per ticket.
AMPHITHEATER BOX OFFICE HOURS: 1 hour before performance time and starting June 26, weekdays 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. • • • • •
Seating begins approximately a half hour before show time. No cameras, audio or video recorders are allowed in the amphitheater. All noise-making devices must be turned off. Smoking is not allowed in or around the vicinity of the amphitheater. Sound enhancement devices are available at the Merchandise Stand to assist hearing impaired individuals. They can be checked out by leaving your driver’s license with staff.
Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. ActorsEquity.org
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Volunteers of Northern Sky Theater Do you love theatre? Do you love the outdoors? Do you enjoy sharing that experience with others? If your answers are “yes!” then we have the perfect opportunity for you! Northern Sky offers many different ways to get involved with the theatre experience – ushering, selling concessions, guiding parking and assisting our disabled guests, as well as assisting with special events. Volunteers can choose what job they would like to do and their hours – no matter what you enjoy doing and when you enjoy doing it, there is a task for everyone. If this sounds interesting, we’d love to hear from you. No experience is necessary – just a willingness to help and a desire to be part of something original in Door County. Please call Ann Birnschein, Volunteer Coordinator, at (920) 854-6117 ext. 104 or e-mail volunteer@northernskytheater.com. We proudly present our 2016 volunteers... Tom & Sue Alt Ron, Lisa & Ean Armstrong Jeanne Barnard John, Jennifer, Ashley & Emily Barnes Margelyn Berndt Verena Bertagnolli Diane Birchard Bryan & Ray Birnschein Ken & Liz Birnschein* Peter, Laura & John Bjorlin Pam Blanchard* Joyce & Tony Bouche Greg & Connie Brandt Mark Breseman* Peter & Ruth Budic Tom Buske Susan Caldwell Ellen Cassani Carrie, Tim & Cate Cavanaugh Tony & Trudy Chelmecki Mary Cram Susan Crawford & Jeffrey Rosemann* Jim Crawford* Al Curtis & Jan Livingston* Russ & Chris Czarnota Katie Dahl* Ethan & Micah Daubner Carol Degutis Mia Diedrich Sylvan Djala Sharon Doersching Mark Dudasik Susan & Pat Dudasik Yvonne & John Dwonch* Lynn Edwards Jim & Pat Eggers
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Mike & Marcia Eischen* Claire & Parker Erickson Hank & Mary Fasciotti Jason, Elliott, Georgia & Scout Feldman Sally Ferguson Becky Fewell Bragi Fey Robert Fickes Jackie Frank Iris & Jim Friedlieb Sarah & Maggie Godfrey Natalie & George Gorchynsky* Barbara Gould Joseph & Gwenn Graboyes Missy Greene Tad & Deb Greene Nancy Grube Julie Haen, Anna & Ashley Schultz Eric & Denise Hage Dennis & Bonnie Hale Dick & Carol Heil Mary Heinrichs Bob & Judy Henseler Carolina Herbst Darrell & Dina Herbst Bruce & Marla Horwitz Jim & Nancy Huebner Cheryl Hunt Marian Irmen Judy & Bob Jaeschke Sue & Lon James Joe & Sue Jarosh* Jim & Andrea Jauquet* Jody Jessup Donna Johnson Carol Jonen
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Lloyd & Sandra Rowley* Cathy Royce Jean Russell & Bob Childers Christine Salmon Bia Sambonovich John & Jackie Sawyer* John & Susan Schaper Karen Schlise Rosalind Schulze Pete & Carol Schuster Mary Seeberg* Diana & Dan Seidel Becca Sheehan Ann Sheridan Dan Siebert Glenn & Judy Siebert Laura Siebert Chad, Bailey & Logan Simon Laurie, Andy, Eric & Hillary Simon Ann Smejkal Forrest & Barbara Smith* Madison, Susan & Taylor Smith Dale & Barbara Stafslien Mark & Mary Stephenson Cyndy Stiehl* Jane Stiker Ed Stone Tim & Sue Stone* Dave & Karen Studebaker* Christy Sully Bill & Cheryl Surbaugh* Will Surbaugh Scott Thies Dallas & Stephanie Thomas Patricia Treinen Ron & Patty Trellue David & Barbara Tuch Noah Underhill Art & Peg Vercoe Pepper Walker Diana Wallace Deborah Webber Chris & Bill Wehrs* Ron Weir Dawn Welter Nena & Bliss White Jane & Stan Whiteman Charles Williams Clyde & Marsha Williams Dan & Joyce Williams* Patty & Howard Williamson* Linda Wilson Bill & Kathy Wolff* Karen & Lloyd Wolter Paula Wright-Keller* Emri Yavas
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Our Summer & Fall Sponsors If you enjoyed tonight’s performance, please join us in thanking our generous sponsors! Northern Sky’s show sponsors help to offset production expenses, allowing us to create new musicals year after year while keeping our ticket prices affordable. Northern Sky Theater serves as a centerpiece of tourism and entertainment in Door County. Sponsorship opportunities offer a variety of benefits including prestigious association with one of the most beloved theatre companies in our state! Our sponsors ensure that our brand of heartwarming and original musicals will continue to entertain folks of all ages for years to come. Thank you!
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Designated Funds The Fred Alley New Musical Fund is the creative engine behind all of Northern Sky's new play development. ❍ Please accept my gift of $ __________ for the Fred Alley New Musical Fund. The Northern Sky Endowment Fund, managed by the Door County Community Foundation, helps to ensure Northern Sky’s long-term financial stability. ❍ Please accept my gift of $ __________ for Northern Sky’s Endowment Fund.
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Open Daily 7am located on Hwy 42 in Ephraim, south of the beach Open Daily just 7am
located on Hwy 42 920-854-6621 in Ephraim, just south of the beach
www.goodeggsdoorcounty.com 920-854-6621 www.goodeggsdoorcounty.com
W ilson’s r e s ta u r a n t a n d i c e c r e a m pa r l o r
~ Great Food ~ ~ Ice Cream Specialties ~ ~ Home Brewed Draft Root Beer ~ OPEN MAY THROUGH OCTOBER
• OUTDOOR SEATING • WATERVIEW • • FAMILY ATMOSPHERE •
Just north of the park in Ephraim 920-854-2041 www.wilsonsicecream.com We have been preparing for your visit since 1906