Lake Superior Theatre - 270 N Lakeshore Blvd. Marquette, MI 49855
Lake Superior Theatre 2014
Theatre Mission
The mission of Lake Superior Theater Inc. is to provide our community in Upper Peninsula and Marquette the opportunity to experience live performances. Our current emphasis is historical musical dramas.
Facts about Lake Superior Theatre:
• Formed in 1998 as a non-profit, 501 (c)3 status theater company, presenting historical dramas that present and preserve our past. • Volunteer Board of Directors raises money, writes grants and promotes the theatre. • More than 100 cast and support crew members. • First season in 1999 produced the musical Beacon on the Rock, written and directed by Shelley Russell. • Theatre productions are held at the Frazier Boat House located at 270 Lakeshore Blvd. in Marquette’s beautiful Lower Harbor.
Every summer Lake Superior Yacht Yard transforms into Lake Superior theater.
Monty Python’s Spamalotis a musical comedy adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways.
In the American West, a pioneer woman, Sarah, and six women, who are called her daughters, face frontier life. Rather than a straightforward storyline, the musical is presented as a series of short tales and tableaux matched with musical numbers;
Once On This Island Junior is a Caribbean adaptation of the popular Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Little Mermaid” featuring a poignant story and catchy, Caribbean flavored score.
Orlando, the youngest son of the now deceased Sir Roland de Boys, complains to Adam, the old family retainer, that his eldest brother, Oliver, has kept his Inheritance from him — that is, Oliver has neglected training Orlando to be a proper gentleman. Oliver arrives on the scene, and a bitter quarrel takes place
A glimpse of the 2014 Summer Season…Stay Tuned for 2015!