Now on Sale: Peninsula Players Season Tickets

Join Peninsula Players Theatre, America's oldest professional resident summer theater, for its 82nd season. Season tickets are now available for the exciting line-up at the theatre-in-a-garden by phoning the Box Office. Topping the "must-see" list is a world premiere comedy/drama, a swashbuckling comedy, a lush and romantic musical, a murderous misadventure and a charming comedy.

Peninsula Players provides a truly unforgettable theatrical experience and patrons relish in the Broadway-quality performances by its renowned award-winning artistic company. Patrons arrive early to relax and savor the Players enchanting Door County shoreline location before settling into the theater for an evening of stellar live professional theater.

Peninsula Players opens its 82nd season June 13 with the world première of "The Actuary," a new comedy/drama, told in reverse by Steven Peterson running through July 2. The story opens with the shock of a "Baby Shower Bombshell," then moves backwards in time to show how they all got there. The Tony Award-winning "Peter and the Starcatcher," Peter Pan's adult prequel, takes audiences on a swashbuckling adventure July 5 - July 23. This hilarious play by Rick Elice is a wildly theatrical adaptation of the best-selling children's novel series "Peter and the Starcatchers" by David Barry and Ridley Pearson and features music by Wayne Barker.

"The Bridges of Madison County," a ravishingly beautiful musical with music by Jason Robert Brown and book by Marsha Norman, takes the stageJuly 26 through August 13. Based on the best-selling novel by Robert James Waller and the acclaimed 1995 film, this gorgeous musical version won the Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations. "The Bridges of Madison County" captures the lyrical expanse of America's heartland along with the yearning entangled in the eternal question "What if...?" "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" adapted by Constance Cox from Oscar Wilde's short story. This delightfully silly comedy is chock-full of muddled murder attempts will entertain audiences August 15 through September 3. Closing the season is "Almost, Maine" September 5 to October 15. Love is lost and found among residents of a mythicAl Small northern Maine town in John Cariani's charming off-beat comedy.

Subscription privileges include:

v 10% Discount - Receive a 10% discount on all tickets ordered by the season renewal deadline date, including any "extra" single tickets ordered with the set 5-show package. Deadline is February 24, 2017.

v Have Guests in Town? Subscribers receive a 10% discount on additional tickets purchased by phone through April 30, 2017.

v Free Ticket Exchange- Can't make the date you booked? Just phone our Box Office 24-hours before the show and we will move them to another date within the same show free of charge.

v Get Your Favorite Seats- Season seats are booked before any other tickets go on sale. Do you enjoy certain seats? Choose the series package and we can guarantee you the same seats for all five shows on those pre-set dates.

v Flexible Options - Don't want to commit to specific dates in advance? Our Flex Subscription may just suit your needs. With our Flex Subscription package you pick the dates to each of the five plays and we will seat you in the best seats available.

v Prices range: $173.70 to $200.70 single/$347.40 -$401.40 for a pair of tickets to all five shows. A one-time service fee of $7 applies to each season ticket order.

"It has always been my goal that every show in the season at Peninsula Players takes you away to a completely different world," said Artistic Director Greg Vinkler. "And this coming 82nd season again offers such a variety - from the romantic to the murderous, from swashbuckling hilarity to the tenderness of family love, from the frenzied to the gloriously lush. Each play is distinctive and memorable in its own way - and each completely entertaining. I love them all."

Live, laugh and love out loud this season at Peninsula Players. Set a date for yourself or with a friend for five great nights of live professional theater at its best, right in your backyard.

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 fall show on September 6, curtain times switch to Tuesday through Sunday at 7 p.m. This season's matinees are July 2, July 23, August 13, Sept. 3 at 4 p.m. and Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. Additional Sunday matinees for "Almost, Maine" will be announced in late May.

For more information or to reserve your season tickets, phone the Peninsula Players' Box Office at 920-868-3287 or visitwww.peninsulaplayers.com to download .pdf documents of the seating chart, series package dates and order form.

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