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2012 Performance Schedule
ALL PERFORMANCES THE ARROWHEAD CENTER FOR THE ARTS unless otherwise noted. MAP
Auditions:
May
10 at 7 PM – The Kitchen Witches, 2W, 2 M
Sept.
10 at 3:30 PM – Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood
Performance
dates:
April
19 - 22 & 26– 29
Little
Women adapted
by Kristin Laurence based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. TICKETS
The
play begins that memorable Christmas when Marmee leaves to visit
her sick husband and Jo sells her beautiful hair to help finance
the trip. It ends just a year later when the happy family is again
preparing to celebrate not only Christmas but also the return
of Mr. March. In between these two events, we again live, laugh,
love and cry with Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth as they go through the
many trials and tribulations that have made this story a classic.
June
28 - July 1 & July 5 – July 8 –
Lethal Lecture
- by By Craig Sodaro
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater
***Performances
at the Harbor Light Supper Club The
Harbor Light Co. Supper Club and Bar - Restaurant, Bar - Grand
Marais, MN | Facebook *****
Every
time Polly Peabody's in charge of something, it's murder - literally!
In this hour-long play, she's program chairperson for Professor
Hazelton Crandall's presentation, "Journey Through the Pharaoh's
Tomb." Unfortunately, the poor professor needs his own tomb before
Act I ends, because he's murdered. Miss Peabody narrows the suspects
to four: the professor's estranged wife, who wants to sell the
artifacts; the professor's vivacious, if vacuous, girlfriend;
his longtime colleague and friend; and a reporter who'd do anything
to get a story and keep his job. The clues are right in front
of the audience, and Miss Peabody begs for help in solving the
crime. The suspects don't waste time trying to pin the murder
on each other by getting audience members to re-enact hilarious
scenes of passion and deceit on the recent journey through the
tomb.
*****Performances
at the Harbor Light Supper Club The
Harbor Light Co. Supper Club and Bar - Restaurant, Bar - Grand
Marais, MN | Facebook *****
July 21 at 7PM ** Special Event**
A Century of Jazz TICKETS
A concert presentation of the different jazz genres of the last century. This includes early jazz, swing jazz, jazz standards derived from musicals, Bebop. hard bop, Latin jazz, cool jazz, and jazz fusion.
Performed by the skyBLUEtrio and theORANGEgirl, with guest Al Anderson.
***This is a Fundraiser for the Grand Marais Playhouse. A silent auction will be held in the lobby prior to the show and during intermission. ***
July
26-29 & August 2-5
The
Beaux’ Stratagem – Adapted by Thornton Wilder
and Ken Ludwig TICKETS
from the play by George Farquhar.
The
play tells the story of two young bucks who, having spent all
their money by living too well, leave London and roam from town
to town in search of love and fortune. In order to find a wealthy
heiress for at least one of them, they pose as master and servant
– exchanging roles from one town to the next. In Lichfield, Aimwell
is the master and Archer the servant, and there they meet the
lovely, wealthy Dorinda and her equally desirable sister-in-law,
Mrs. Kate Sullen. They set their caps for these women, but problems
abound. Kate is married to a drunken sot who despises her; the
innkeeper’s saucy daughter, Cherry, has set her cap for Archer;
Dorinda’s mother, Lady Bountiful, mistakenly believes herself
to be a great healer of the sick, and she guards her daughter
like a dragoness; and a band of brigands plans to rob the house
of Lady Bountiful that very night, putting all schemes in jeopardy.
This is a play in the great tradition of Goldsmith’s She
Stoops to Conquer and
Sheridan’s The Rivals and The
School for Scandal . It is classic, formal, robust
and hilarious.
Aug.
23 – Sept. 2
The
Kitchen Witches by Caroline Smith. The cast
is 2 women and 2 men TICKETS
Isobel
Lomax and Dolly Biddle are two "mature" cable-access
cooking show hostesses who have hated each other for 30 years,
ever since Larry Biddle dated one and married the other. When
circumstances put them together on a TV show called The Kitchen
Witches, the insults are flung harder than the food! Dolly's long-suffering
TV-producer son Stephen tries to keep them on track, but as long
as Dolly's dressing room is one inch closer to the set than Isobel's,
it's a losing battle, and the show becomes a rating smash as Dolly
and Isobel top both Martha Stewart and Jerry Springer!
Winner
of the 2005 Samuel French Canadian Play Contest
September 22 at 7 PM ** Special Event**
Monroe Crossing TICKETS
Celebrating their 12th year together in 2012, Monroe Crossing dazzles audiences with an electrifying
blend of classic bluegrass, bluegrass gospel, and heartfelt originals. Their airtight harmonies, razor sharp
arrangements, and on-stage rapport make them audience favorites across the United States and Canada.
Opening act:
Bump and Barbara Jean
Nov.
3,4,10&11
Doo-Wop
Wed Widing Hood by Charlie Lovett and music
and lyrics by Bill Francoeur.
It
’s the 1950s, hula-hoops are in high
demand, and so is Little Red Riding Hood! Wise Prince Jason
(winner of the Math Olympics and the Nobel Prize), Strong Prince
Justin (who can bench press his own mother) and ordinary Loud
Prince Frank all want to woo Red Riding Hood. So the king
and queen hire the Fairy Godmother to set three tasks for the
princes. Only the prince who can find the missing girl,
defeat the dragon and awaken a castle visitor from her slumber
earns the right to woo Wed Widing Hood... that is, Red Riding
Hood! Alas, Little Red ’ s couch-potato
parents don ’ t want to lose their little
girl. How else will they get their cookies delivered to
Grandmother? So they hire the evil queen to thwart the Fairy
Godmother ’ s contest. Luckily,
Little Red Riding Hood's two sisters — Big Green Riding Hood and
Medium Purple Riding Hood — help balance out the situation.
Complete with the big bad wolf and a sock-hopping ‘
50s score, this adventure is guaranteed to end in happily-ever-after
laughter for audiences and performers of all ages!
 
Come
experience a theatrical weekend in Grand Marais
Enjoy
accommodations at our 2012 season sponsor
www.gmhotel.net
Grand
Marais Playhouse office
P.O.Box
996
Grand
Marais, MN 55604
(218)387-1284
ext.2
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