Does anyone else feel that summer is flying by? Everyone on the Peninsula Players campus can hardly fathom that tonight, August 15, is opening night of the fourth show of our 83rd season. Over the past few weeks everyone has been hustling. It takes a small army, or artisan village, to produce fully staged theatrical works. …
The bubbly, funny and lively musical “The Drowsy Chaperone” opened last week and continues to have audiences of all ages roaring with laughter. The fun beings when the main character starts to play his rare double-album recording of his favorite musical. Greg Vinkler, as Man in Chair, narrates the story of the musical coming to …
I’ve been experiencing flashes to the past over the last few days. On Wednesday, July 25, Peninsula Players celebrated its 83rd birthday the best way possible – we opened the bubbly musical set in the Jazz Age, “The Drowsy Chaperone.” This lively musical pays homage to the Golden Age of musicals – the 1920s and 1930s. …
The Peninsula Players campus has been hopping the past few weeks. While the thrilling mystery, “Miss Holmes,” has been enthralling audiences at night, the rehearsal hall has been bouncing with the rhythmic sounds of tap shoes making a merry beat during the day. The arrival of 10 new company members has our cooks Deb Lambert …
By Chris Chan The Peninsula Players are producing “Miss Holmes,” by Christopher M. Walsh which is a reimagining of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary detectives featuring a gender swap for Holmes and Watson. This is not the only work to perform such a switch. There is an upcoming Japanese television series based on the same …
July is filled with murder, music and mayhem at Peninsula Players. The murder and mayhem are limited to the stage, except for a few Nerf wars among company members. The music, however, flows from the rehearsal hall in preparation for the lively comedy, “The Drowsy Chaperone.” The number of company members grew by 10 when …
Victorian London has been coming to life as our artisans have been crafting the world of Christopher M. Walsh’s “Miss Holmes.” Planning and creative conversations began months ago between the design team and director Elizabeth Margolius. Elizabeth directed last season’s lush musical, “The Bridges of Madison County,” and we are thrilled she is with us …
So much is happening around the theater that it is really hard to fathom that we are only into week three of the season! It was a pleasure to have playwright Sean Grennan on site during the rehearsal of his world première “Now and Then.” Not only was he here to collaborate with our company …
After months of waiting and watching snow come and go, our Grand Lady of Summer Theater is preparing to open its 83rd season. The Players first performed in Fish Creek in 1935, in the garden behind the Bonnie Brook Motel and moved to the former Wildwood Camp for Boys in 1937. Since its inception, Mother …
Working artists such as scenic painters, costumers, directors, designers, carpenters and performers are members of a workforce that is highly skilled, flexible and mobile. Working artists have intensive rehearsal/build schedules, atypical work hours and a majority are frequent travelers. As most working artists are contracted for the short-term, they continually seek their next project. Since …