Tickets Now on Sale for Peninsula Players Theatre's 81st Season

Tickets to Peninsula Players Theatre's 81st season are now on sale. America's oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County's theatrical icon has tickets available for a variety of engaging shows - including a gentle new comedy, a classic whodunit, a lively pop-musical, an engrossing new drama and a fast-paced comic thriller.

Peninsula Players opens its 81st season on June 14 with the Wisconsin première of "Chapatti," a gentle and funny late-in-life romance by Christian O'Reilly running through July 3. Agatha Christie's brilliant murder mystery "The Hollow" will keep audiences guessing July 6 - July 24. Taking the stage July 27 - August 14 is the lively, uplifting pop-rock musical - that takes it all off, "The Full Monty," with book by Terrence McNally and music and lyrics by David Yazbek. Up next from August 17 - September 4 is the Midwest première of "Alabama Story" by Kenneth Jones in which a children's book stirs passions in 1959 Montgomery. The rollicking and riotous spy thriller, "The 39 Steps" by Patrick Barlow will mesmerize and entertain audiences September 7 - October 16 when four actors portray all 150 characters of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 adventure film, "The 39 Steps."

Looking for a memorable experience for you and your date? Peninsula Players was recently featured by Only in Wisconsin in its list of "Ten Unique Date Ideas in Wisconsin." Nestled along Door County, Wisconsin's scenic shore, the award-winning artistic company has been enthralling generations of audiences in its 600-plus seat, all-weather pavilion since 1935, presenting hundreds of pre-Broadway tryouts, world premières, classic dramas, comedies and musicals. Patrons arrive early to relax and savor the Players picturesque location before settling into the theater for an evening of stellar live professional theater.

The Peninsula Players perform Tuesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. in the summer. With the opening of "The 39 Steps" on September 7, curtain times switch to Tuesday through Sundays at 7 p.m. The closing performance of each show will be a 4 p.m. matinee. This season's matinees are July 3, July 24, August 14, Sept. 4 and Oct. 16. Additional Sunday matinees for "The 39 Steps" will be announced in late May.

For more information or to reserve your tickets visit www.peninsulaplayers.com or phone the Peninsula Players' Box Office weekdays at 920-868-3287. Tickets will be mailed in May and extended Box Office hours begin in June.

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