Adaptations: Myths to Musicals
All cultures enjoy sharing a good story. Before television, film, novels, or stage plays, stories were passed to the next generation through oral tradition. Folktales, myths, and everything from Aesop’s …
Player’s Pen Blog
Players Pen – October 17, 2018
As the press deadline for this article approaches, the company and staff of Peninsula Players are preparing to button-up this grand lady’s buildings for the winter. By the time you …
Players Pen – October 10, 2018
Props Masters/Designers are called upon to perform magic at some point in a theatrical season, if not for each and every show. A prop may need to beep, bleed, move, …
Players Pen – October 3, 2018
This season the company members of Peninsula Players have been thrilled to have hosted three post-show discussions with playwrights and to have two playwrights in residence during the rehearsal process. …
Players Pen – September 26, 2018
Peninsula Players becomes a family for several months out of the year as company members work and play side-by-side crafting theater for the audiences of Door County. We live in …
Players Pen – September 19, 2018
Theatergoers around the country and company members at Peninsula Players mourned the death of one of America’s most prolific playwrights when Neil Simon died Sunday, August 26 of complications from …
Players Pen – September 12, 2018
As the calendar’s page turns to September, members of the Peninsula Players company finds themselves saying ‘happy school year’ to a few members of the internship program. Seven of the …
Players Pen – September 5, 2018
The past week at Peninsula Players has been flooded with tugs to company members’ heartstrings. As we approach the close of the summer season, we are saying ‘see you soon’ …
Players Pen – August 29, 2018
The cooler temperatures hint that fall is approaching, but the summer stage at Peninsula Players is still heating-up with love, mayhem and laughter!Patrons have been enjoying the cooler evenings by …
Players Pen – August 22, 2018
Rehearsals are in process for “Salvage,” the final show of our 83rd season. Last week, playwright Joseph Zettelmaier joined director Greg Vinkler and actors Matt Holzfeind and Melanie Keller for a …