Lake Superior Theatre Summer Past Plays
Beacon On The Rock
Written and directed by Shelley Russell. A musical celebration of our diverse heritage, and the human spirit. Summer 99-2002, & ’04, ’08 | National Award Winning Haywire
The journey begins in the year 1880 when seventeen year old Danny Myron runs away from an Ohio coal mining town to join a logging crew in the “Great Northern Forest”. Summer 2000-2002 | Points North
A swashbuckling, musical romp into an earlier time! Summer 2001 & 2002 |
Escanaba in da Moonlight by | Superior Heroes
This fast-paced 90 minute journey spans four hundred years of U.P. history. Summer 2003 | Holdin our own wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
This dramatic work was written to commemorate the 25th anniversary of loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald and her crew, and to honor the men and women who work in the maritime and great lakes’ freighting industries. Summer 2003 |
Life on the Fly
I fish because I love to because the environs where trout are found which invariably beautiful and hate the environs where crowds of people are found which are invariably ugly; Traver(John D. Voelker summer 2004 | Charlie Brown
Synopsis: A program note says that the time of the action is “an average day in the life of Charlie Brown.” It really is just that, a day made up of little moments picked from all the days of Charlie Brown, summer 2004 | Dear Edwina Jr..
Dear Edwina Junior is the perfect girl-power musical offering many great roles for female performers. Follow Edwina Spoonapple and her troupe of performers as they present their “advice-a-palooza festival” and learn along the way that taking your own advice may be the best advice of all! summer 2004 |
Songs by the Shore
Songs along with history made for an enjoyable evening along the shore for both young and old… Summer 2004 | 1776
The seminal event in American history blazes to vivid life in this most unconventional of Broadway hits. It’s the summer of 1776…… Summer 2005 | Honk Jr
“Honk!” is the story of Ugly, whose odd, gawky looks instantly incite prejudice from his family and neighbors. Separated from the farm and pursued by a hungry Cat, Summer 2005 and 2013 |
A Gala Day At The CoOP
A Finish Musical about CoOPs in da UP….. Summer 2005 | A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum.
Based on the comedies of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus, it tells the story of a slave named Pseudolus….. summer 2006 | Into the Woods Jr
Cockeyed fairy tale with all of your favorite fairy tale characters…… Summer 2006 |
The Christmas Schooner
A truly original holiday musical thats a powerful, moving story and exquisite score…. Summer 2006 | Proof
Proof’s deft dialog, its careful structure, and the humanity of the central characters are themselves proof of a major new talent in the American theater…. Summer 2006 | Anything Goes
Age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue intrigue every audience, Summer 2007 |
Guys and Dolls
the story of a group of small-time gamblers and the ladies in their lives. Nathan Detroit bets his pal, Sky Masterson, that he can’t make the next lady he sees fall in love with him, and when the next ‘doll’ | Keepers of the Light
Courage and duty. Doing what must be done simply because no one else will do it | Escanaba in Love
Prequel to Escanaba in the Moonlight….Escanaba in Love by Jeff Daniels. |
Treasure Island a Pirates Tale
Daring escapades, dramatic struggles, and surprises | A Midsummer Nights Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare! One of the Bard’s most enduring comedies, watch as lovers are shuffled around due to the machinations of a mischievous fairy | Guys On Ice
charming comedic musical tells the story of two ice fishingbuddies from Northern Wisconsin who talk and sing about life, |
