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Peninsula Players Theatre Closes 90th Season with STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Emmy Rice - Sep 13, 2025

Peninsula Players Theatre will open the fifth and final show of their 90th season with Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias. This beloved and moving comedy runs from September 3 through October 19.

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Opens Autumn Season at Peninsula Players Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2025

 Peninsula Players Theatre will open the fifth and final show of its 90th season with Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias,” a hilarious celebration of friendship, heartaches, and hairdos!

Review: MURDER FOR TWO at Portland Stage
by Steve Feeney - Aug 4, 2025

The scenes may seem a little frenzied in the 2025 late-summer show at Maine’s Portland Stage.  But that’s only if you don’t surrender your imagination to a pair of high-energy performers taking on thirteen roles in the madcap mystery/musical/comedy Murder for Two.

HELLO, DOLLY! And More Set for Cortland Repertory Theatre 54th Summer Season
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2025

Cortland Repertory Theatre has unveiled its 54th annual summer season, running June 4 – August 15 at the Little York Pavilion in Preble, NY. The lineup features five productions, four of which are CRT premiers.

Peninsula Players Theatre Announces 89th Seasonn Artistic Company
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 6, 2024

Peninsula Players Theatre, America's oldest professional resident summer theater, has announced its artistic company and creative teams for its 89th season, performing June 18 through October 20, 2024. 

Cast Set For TRYING at Peninsula Players Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Aug 15, 2023

Peninsula Players Theatre, America’s oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County’s theatrical icon, is proud to announce the cast of “Trying” by Joanna McClelland Glass and the return of actor Lee E. Ernst to Wisconsin.  “Trying” runs for three weeks, August 16 through September 3, and is generously sponsored by Main Street Market.

Photo: Meet the Company of First Folio Theatre's LITTLE WOMEN
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2022

Meet the Marches in first look photos! First Folio Theatre continues its final season with Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN, a World Premiere adaptation by Artistic Associate Heather Chrisler.

Review: LITTLE WOMEN at First Folio Theatre, Oak Brook IL
by Tina St. Angelo Wetzel - Dec 19, 2022

What did our critic think of LITTLE WOMEN at First Folio Theatre, Oak Brook IL? The current production at First Folio Theatre in Oak Brook is an adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic coming of age story during the Civil War of the four March sisters - Little Women. Most of us of a certain age read this book more than once. There are at least 4 film versions including the original (and in my opinion - the best) from 1933 starring Katharine Hepburn as Jo.

First Folio Presents World Premiere Adaption Of LITTLE WOMEN
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 19, 2022

First Folio Theatre continues its final season with Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN, a World Premiere adaptation by Artistic Associate Heather Chrisler.

Peninsula Players Theatre Closes 87th Season With MURDER FOR TWO
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2022

Peninsula Players Theatre, America's oldest professional resident summer theater and Door County's theatrical icon, closes its 87th season with the madcap musical whodunit 'Murder for Two' with book and lyrics by Kellen Blair and book and music by Joe Kinosian.

LITTLE WOMEN, TWELFTH NIGHT & More Announced for First Folio Theatre 2022-2023 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 28, 2022

As theater continues to recover from the pandemic interruption, First Folio Theatre has announced its 2022-2023 season. The final season begins with a classic farce: JEEVES INTERVENES by Margaret Raether based on the works of P.G. Wodehouse, which runs November 5 through December 4, 2022.

The First Folio Theatre Stages THE SECRET COUNCIL
by Marissa Tomeo - Jan 5, 2022

First Folio Theatre will present the World Premiere of Agatha Christie’s The Secret Council, adapted by David Rice. The show will preview January 26th - 28th, open January 29th, and run through February 27th, 2022.

First Folio Theatre Announces it Will Cease Operations
by Stephi Wild - Nov 10, 2021

First Folio Theatre’s Board of Directors has announced that Founding Executive Director David Rice will be stepping down in the spring of 2024. In conjunction with that decision, the Board has also determined that First Folio will cease operations at the end of the 2023-2024 season.

First Folio Theatre Suspends Upcoming Performances of LITTLE WOMEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 15, 2020

First Folio Theatre has released the following statement regarding upcoming performances: 

First Folio Theatre Presents THE GUYS In Remembrance Of 9/11
by Julie Musbach - Aug 26, 2019

As a special bonus in advance of its 24th season, First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83.) presents Anne Nelson's THE GUYS, Monday, September 9 a?" Wednesday, September 11, 2019.

Shakespeare Project Of Chicago Presents Free Performances Of THE ROARING GIRL
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2019

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago wraps up its 24th Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of Thomas Dekker and Thomas Middleton's Jacobean city comedy THE ROARING GIRL, running May 10-16, 2019, at eight Chicago-area venues, including two new venues for this season in La Grange and Elmhurst.

Shakespeare Project Of Chicago Presents Free Performances Of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by BWW News Desk - Feb 21, 2019

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago continues its 24th Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of Shakespeare's comedy of lovers, fairies and amateur actors, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, running Feb. 15-21, 2019, at eight Chicago-area venues, including two new venues for this season in La Grange and Elmhurst.

Shakespeare Project Of Chicago Presents Free Performances Of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Stephi Wild - Feb 15, 2019

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago continues its 24th Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of Shakespeare's comedy of lovers, fairies and amateur actors, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, running Feb. 15-21, 2019, at eight Chicago-area venues, including two new venues for this season in La Grange and Elmhurst.

Photo Flash: ALL CHILDISH THINGS Opening Night at First Folio Theatre
by Julie Musbach - Jan 28, 2019

For its first performance in 2019, First Folio Theatre presents Joseph Zettelmaier's contemporary comedy heist ALL CHILDISH THINGS running through February 24, 2019. 

Shakespeare Project Of Chicago Presents Free Performances Of Bloody Revenge Tragedy TITUS ANDRONICUS
by BWW News Desk - Jan 17, 2019

The Shakespeare Project of Chicago continues its 24th Theatrical Reading Season with free performances of Shakespeare's gory tragedy TITUS ANDRONICUS, running Jan. 11-17, 2019, at eight Chicago-area venues, including two new venues for this season in La Grange and Elmhurst.