Community Theater Productions

Summer is a time for community theater, and southern Minnesota is bursting with a wide range of opportunities to see your neighbors ply the boards on stages big and small. The more I look, the more productions I see. I know I'm not finding all of them, but I'll try and list what I can. If you know of an upcoming production, let me know the pertinent information by e-mailing Minnesota Theater at rjstuber@gmail.com, or post a comment below.

How to Talk Minnesotan

By Howard Mohr; Directed by Myron Schober, musical direction by Dianna Poppe
July 18, 19, 20 – 7:30 p.m.
July 21, 22 – 2:00 p.m.
Rushford High School
Rushford, Minnesota

Rushford Area Society for the Arts (RASA) presents its 28th annual summer theater production. The productions are always good and tickets go fast. (RASA notes that the theater is air conditioned.) For more information, visit RASA at SMPAN

Tickets available at About a Buck in Rushford or by calling 507-251- 9599 for reservations.

Old-time radio at the Jon Hassler Theatre

Rochester Radio Theatre Guild
July 20 – 21, 8 p.m.
Jon Hassler Theater
Plainview, Minnesota

The Rochester Radio Theatre Guild will present radio classics, including “Fibber McGee and Molly,” “The Mysterious Traveler” and a Stan Freberg sketch “Max's Delicatessen,” as well as commercials, jingles, and sound effects. The guild is celebrating its 20th anniversary season.

Tickets are $12 and can be reserved by phone at (507) 534-2900 or 1-866-548-7469.

How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser; book by Abe Burrows
Ye Olde Opera House
July 18 – 22; 8:30 p.m.
155 W. Main
Spring Grove, Minnesota

Call (507) 498-JULY for reserved tickets.

The Music Man

By Meredith Wilson
Phoenix Theatre production
July 19 – 21; 7:00 p.m.
July 21; 2:00 p.m.
July 26 – 29; 7:00 p.m.
July 29; 2:00 p.m.
Sheldon Theatre
443 West 3rd Street
Red Wing, Minnesota

Tickets at 800-899-5759

Thoroughly Modern Millie

Music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan. Directed by Judy Brone.
Fountain City River Players
July 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; 7:30 p.m.
July 29; 2 p.m
Fountain City Auditorium
Fountain City, Wisconsin

The Fountain City Players have built a reputation for putting on great summer musicals utilizing the area’s best young actors. Modern Millie is guaranteed to be a lot of fun.

Tickets available at Hardt’s Music, Midtown Foods (at the Winona Mall), Fountain City Kwick Trip and Waumandee State Bank, or by calling (608) 687-7174.