2025-2026 Season
March 12-222026 - The Plymouth Playhouse
ALL SHOOK UP
This crowd-pleasing musical is inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley®. It’s 1955and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets in this hip-swivelinglip-curling musical fantasy that’ll have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”
Inspired by and featuring the hit songs of Elvis Presley
Book by Joe DiPietro
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NATALIE: Maddie Froehle
CHAD: Cameron Roy Hall
JIM: Michael Jarrard
SYLVIA: Katy Sherman
LORRAINE: Kate Piering
DENNIS: Kyle Yetzer
MISS SANDRA: Barbara Young
MAYOR MATILDA HYDE: Tari Karbula
DEAN HYDE: Joey Brueske
SHERIFF EARL: Chad Giefer
HENRIETTA: Maddie Dinndorf
ENSEMBLE:
Kendyl Green
Angela Schoenbauer
Penny Dale
Tim Gravely
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Director: Greta Grosch
Vocal & Pit Director: Tori Sweeney
Choreographer: Claire Benway
Stage Manager: Lynn Seeling
Costume Design: Bronson Talcott
Props Master: Christine Keller
Set Construction/Design: Dan Sherman
Lighting Design: Seth Bercich
Sound Design: Em Rae
Producer: Kerstin Deters-Engel
Intimacy Director: Pogi Sumangil
May 2026 - Orono High School Auditorium
MADAGASCAR - A MUSICAL ADVENTURE JR.
Join Alex the LionMarty the ZebraMelman the GiraffeGloria the hip hip Hippo andof coursethose hilariousplotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime. Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion pictureMadagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.
Book by Kevin Del Aguila
Music and Lyrics by George Noriega and Joel Someillan
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Check back in 2026!
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Director: Katy Sherman
Vocal Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Stage Manager: TBD
Costumer: TBD
Props Master: TBD
Set Construction/Design: TBD
Lighting Design: TBD
Sound Design: TBD
Producer: TBD
2026-2027 Season
October 22 - November 1 - The Plymouth Playhouse
Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novelthis hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-showas the Music Hall Royale - a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company - presents Dickens’ brooding mystery. Musical numbers include “Perfect Strangers,” “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead,” “Off To The Races” and “Moonfall.”
BookMusic and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes. Based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel.
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
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Coming Summer of 2026.
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December 2026 - The Plymouth Playhouse
MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS LAKE
Gorgeous soap opera star Colin Avery returns to his Minnesota roots and takes over Christmas Lake Community Theater after his father dies. Colin's new wife Tess – a city girl with zero tolerance for mosquitoes – comes along for the ride only to find the theater on the verge of bankruptcy. After losing the rights to It’s a Wonderful Life and his entire cast due to a freak snow stormColin races to come up with another play. With piano tuner and Little House on the Prairie fanaticNeil Gundersonand lizard-loving massage therapistMartha Knutsonas the only cast membershilarity ensues as this unlikely bunch scramble to save the theater.
When his attempt at creating an original play fails miserablyColin decides to stage an episode of his soap opera As Time Ticks By to appeal to the theater's chief benefactorMrs. Burlingtona big fan of Colin and the show. Not to be swayedMrs. Burlington convinces Colin to cast her in the show and runs off to find the perfect dress. MeanwhileMartha's pet lizard goes missing and she comforts herself by eat too much Tater Tot HotishNeil prepares for the iconic role of Victor of Icon of Icon Enterprises by shoving a piece of onion in his nose and painting on a mustache with permanent marker. Tess is forced to endure a sexy maid outfit and cannot nail down her Colombian accentand Mrs. Burlington arrives in a gaudy dress flaunting a giant hairy mole the size of Canada.
The "curtain" rises on the fictional soap opera town of Sunrise Valley and more chaos ensues includingbut not limited to: sperm switchinginfidelitya lost contactforgotten linesevil twins (one of whom is buried alive)a free-running lizardlights going outa bloody nose and Neil ripping off his shirt to reveal a less-than-trim physique. The show falls apart and Tess attempts to save it by grabbing her guitar and singing an acoustic version of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by candlelight.
There’s true love and off-key Christmas carolslutefisk and naked pot belliesand best of allunexpected miracles happen. A holiday comedy guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of lutefisk-eating Minnesotans everywhere!
A Minnesota comedy by Jessica Lind Peterson
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Check back in 2026!
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Director: Katy Sherman
Vocal Director: TBD
Choreographer: TBD
Stage Manager: TBD
Costumer: TBD
Props Master: TBD
Set Construction/Design: TBD
Lighting Design: TBD
Sound Design: TBD
Producer: TBD
March 2027 - The Plymouth Playhouse
By TBD (It’s a comedy!)
Announcing in March 2026
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Coming Fall 2026.
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