Beauty and the Beast
February 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 2008

Disney's musical about a beautiful young girl who goes to a castle to save her father from an ugly and ill-tempered beast.  Eventually she helps to transform the beast and break the spell that has been cast on a prince and all his household.  Beautiful music, colorful costumes, and a beloved story made this a show that will appeal to the whole family.

Director Margaret Beach
Musical Director: Virgil French
Stage Manager: John Hales
Accompanist: Karen Matthies

Cast

Belle: Brette Covington
Beast: Dan O'Neill
Lumiere: Glenn VanVelson
Cogsworth: Jim Shreck
Gaston: Mike Crom
Lefou: Butch Lehkuhler
Maurice: Bill Drost
Mrs. Potts: Anne Schmit
Chip: Chase Trego
Babbette: Lou Cox-Fornander
Madame De Le Grande Bouche (wardrobe) : Vicky VanVelson
Monsieur D' Arque: Rick Nelson

3 silly girls: Robyn Lopez, Jennifer Hinrichs, Allison Klimek

Chorus Members:
Jennifer Kearney, Rick Nelson, Jim Conley, Samuel Fisher, Michael Beisner, Shane Williams, John Rector, Sherry Roehrs, Nikki McVay, Edy Worick, Rajeana Saatoff, Lindis Russell, Kristina Pierce, Desiree Russell, Starla Arensdorf, Susan Conrad

Dancer/Wolfs:  Kyra Holloway, Ellie Perkins, Keilyn Wargo, Katelyn Groseth, Kate Licking

 
On Golden Pond
March 28, 29, 30, April 5, 6, 2008
 
The love story of Ethel and Norman who are returning to their summer cabin on the lake for the forty-fourth year.  When their divorced daughter and her fiance go to Europe, leaving her teenage son with Ethel and Norman, they grow closer to their grandson and finally to their daughter.  A warm and poignant comedy about love and family relationships.
Director Peggy Fox and Assistant Director Willa Brinkmeyer.

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Matinee performances begin at 2:00 p.m
Evening performances begin at 8:00 p.m

The first week of each play there will be performances on Friday and Saturday evenings and a matinee on Sunday.

The second week of each play there will be a performance on Saturday evening and a matinee on Sunday.

Note that there will be no Friday performance on the second week of a production.

All performance dates and times are also on the calendar.

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Performances ended:

State Fair
September 28, 29, 30, October 6, 7, 2007
A Midwestern tradition provides a backdrop for a farmer and his family who go to the Iowa State Fair.  Pop has high hopes of winning a Blue ribbon with his prize hog and Mom has aspirations of winning a prize with her pickles, while their son and daughter find both romance and heartbreak.  Musical numbers by Rodgers and Hammerstein include "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing".
Directed by Jennifer Winder,  assistant director Willa Brinkmeyer

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A Christmas Story
Michael Davis, director
"A Christmas Story," which is usually shown on television during the Christmas season, is Philip Grecian's adaptation of Jean Shepherd's memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s. The play follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store, but everyone tells him "You'll shoot your eye out."