Player’s Pen Blog

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at an event sponsored by the Door County Historical Society on one of my favorite topics, the history of Peninsula Players.  In […]

Last week Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow” made its debut on the Peninsula Players stage and the cast of “The Full Monty” began rehearsals.  The campus is now at full capacity

What comes to mind when you hear Agatha Christie? Traveler? Wife? Mother? Playwright? Writer? She is the best-selling novelist in history, outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Christie authored

The coffee pots have been working overtime as company members prepare for the first change-over of the season, July 3 through July 6. Perhaps you have a steaming cup by

“Where the sun sets, the curtain rises and the stars shine.” I coined this phrase many seasons ago while I was a house manager at Peninsula Players. I would stand

With as much activity that there has been at the theater the past few days, it feels more like a month has passed. From the excitement of “Chapatti’s’” opening night

As I put fingers to the keyboard to type this column, Peninsula Players company members are bustling as they prepare for opening night of the 81st season, Tuesday June 14.  Many

It seems just like yesterday that volunteers were on property helping us to prepare for the arrival of company members in late May.  As I reflect on the season, memories

Before performances of “Nunsense” I have seen patrons enjoy the ambiance of the pre-show bonfire and the melodic tunes played over the garden speakers.  The standard American classics harken to

My senses awaken as I walk along the Players shoreline and fallen leaves crunch under my feet.  I witness the changing landscape, where there were dark green leaves I now