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CHASKA VALLEY FAMILY THEATRE

PO Box 641
Chaska, MN 55318



Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST at Lakeshore Players


by Jared Fessler - March 14, 2026

What did our critic think of THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST at Lakeshore Players?...

Review: MIDNIGHT SUN TOUR - ZARA LARSSON at The Fillmore Minneapolis


by Jared Fessler - March 14, 2026

What did our critic think of MIDNIGHT SUN TOUR - ZARA LARSSON at The Fillmore Minneapolis?...

Review: SLEUTH at Guthrie Theater


by Joe Sarafolean - March 13, 2026

A highlight of enjoying any mystery is trying to figure out the endgame before you reach it to see if your powers of perception are good enough to beat the detective to the punch. Well, take that plan and throw it in the nearest garbage because Sleuth, the Guthrie’s newest production, is a mystery...

Review: LITTLE MISS DRAMA TOUR - CARDI B at Target Center Minneapolis


by Jared Fessler - March 13, 2026

Cardi B’s Little Miss Drama Tour stop at the Target Center in Minneapolis was packed wall to wall. The show was completely sold out, and the crowd was already loud before anything even started. When the lights finally went down and the intro “Dead / Get Up 10” kicked in, smoke rolled across th...

Review: DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE at Children's Theatre Company


by Joe Sarafolean - March 08, 2026

What did our critic think of DINOSAUR WORLD LIVE at Children's Theatre Company?...

Review: STRANGE HEART: THE DREAM SONGS OF JOHN BERRYMAN at Open Eye Theatre and Skinny Dog Productions


by Jared Fessler - March 08, 2026

What did our critic think of STRANGE HEART: THE DREAM SONGS OF JOHN BERRYMAN at Open Eye Theatre And Skinny Dog Production?...

Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE at Lyric Arts


by Jared Fessler - March 07, 2026

Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None has been keeping readers and audiences guessing for decades, and Lyric Arts’ current production shows why the story still works so well. Running through March 22 in Anoka, the play delivers plenty of suspense, a steady build of tension, and a mystery th...

Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Des Moines Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - March 06, 2026

On February 27, 2026, I made the drive from Minneapolis down to the Des Moines Performing Arts Civic Center to catch the national tour of The Outsiders. I’d been hearing a lot of buzz about the show, and since it hasn’t made its way up to Minnesota yet, I figured it was worth the road trip to se...

Review: THE MUSIC MAN at NIACC Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - March 05, 2026

Seeing The Music Man in Mason City just feels right. When the new national tour came through the North Iowa Area Community Auditorium, it felt a little different than seeing a typical touring Broadway show. This is the town where the musical’s creator, Meredith Willson, was born and raised, so the...

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis


by Jared Fessler - March 04, 2026

Water for Elephants has officially set up shop at the Orpheum Theatre, and it honestly doesn’t take long to get swept up in it. From the start, it feels less like you’re sitting in a theatre seat and more like you’ve wandered backstage at a traveling circus that just happens to break into song...

Past Shows

Something Rotten
Something Rotten
Mar 28 – Apr 6, 2025

Something Rotten! is a hilarious musical where two brothers, desperate to outshine Shakespeare, create the world’s first musical—full of comedy, chaos, and show-stopping songs!

Elf The Musical
Elf The Musical
Dec 2 – Dec 11, 2022

Did you know that the best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear?Join CVFT this Holiday season to met Buddy,...

Shrek The Musical
Shrek The Musical
Jul 29 – Aug 7, 2022

Once upon a time at CVFT,An ogre, a donkey, and a dragon walked into a theater...CVFT is excited to bring that raucous & rambunctious fairytale...

Bright Star
Bright Star
Mar 10 – Mar 27, 2022

Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadways BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love...

Newsies
Newsies
Dec 3 – Dec 12, 2021

Based on the true story of the Newsboy Strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses, they set out...

Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
Mar 13 – Mar 22, 2020

What if you could live forever? Chaska Valley Family Theater presents Tuck Everlasting, the Broadway musical that explores what it means to choose an immortal...

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
Dec 6 – Dec 15, 2019

The stage production of a classic Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and...

Bye Bye Birdie
Bye Bye Birdie
Jul 25 – Aug 4, 2019

The year is 1958, and the much-adored rock-and-roll idol -- Conrad Birdie -- has been drafted into the US army. His songwriter and agent, Albert,...

The Wonders
"The Wonders"
Sep 14 – Sep 23, 2018

The Wonders is a play based on the 1996 hit film "That Thing You Do", written and directed by Tom Hanks featuring live, on-stage performances...

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