Player’s Pen Blog

September brings a different pace to Peninsula Players. Our shop crew switches focus from building scenery to helping with maintenance and grounds projects. The entire company takes Monday off from

One feels like a member of a large extended family while working at Peninsula Players. If one is cast or working on all five shows of the season, the time

The page on the calendar has turned, and the fall season is upon us. Over the Labor Day weekend our tech crew and actors said goodbye to “The Game’s Afoot”

In relating the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Conan Arthur Doyle,  through his character Dr. Watson, Holmes quotes William Shakespeare in more than 10 adventures.  One of the most well

One day a few years ago, Greg Vinkler turned to all of us gathered around the table and said a few words I’ll never forget.  “So, how do we make

Last week at the Players was another jam-packed week of activity preparing for another show.  We closed the musical “Sunday in the Park with George” to a full house Sunday

The founders of Peninsula Players, brother and sister Richard and Caroline Fisher, dreamed of a professional company where apprentices/interns could learn by doing.  That dream is alive today as America’s oldest

The craft of theater helps one to think on their feet.  At any given moment something can go awry during a performance.  A costume could tear.  A heel of a

Things at Peninsula Players are humming along. Last week the box office staff was humming along to the songs and music our actors and singers were performing in the nearby

Best Decision Ever by: Noah Simon Around two years ago I found myself sitting in Joe Foust’s and Molly Glynn’s living room on Chicago’s north side surrounded by several actors,