ESCANABA — Players de Noc is having a virtual performance of a local play written by JJ Spaulding. It is called “Bare Cabin.” Jamie Peterson says it will be performed from the actor’s homes at a time we are isolated.
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Players de Noc opens musical ‘Gypsy’ at Bonifas Theater
ESCANABA — The large cast of 36 actors for Players de Noc’s musical Gypsy includes nine elementary school students as it follows the life of Gypsy Rose Lee from childhood to burlesque performer. It’s a musical that director Lynn Soderberg has long wanted to do.
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Country music’s Carly Pearce to headline U.P. State Fair
ESCANABA — CARLY PEARCE, the new voice of country, takes the stage at the U.P. State Fair on Monday, August 12. Carly Pearce is a 27 year old who grew up in a small town in Kentucky. At the young age of 11, Pearce fronted a Bluegrass band to perfect harmonies.
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Players de Noc debuts new season with ‘An Evening of One Acts’
ESCANABA — Players de Noc is opening with a double feature Friday, October 12, with two plays collectively called “An Evening of One Acts.” In the play, “I don’t Mind That You’re Ugly” Jesse Taub plays the ugly boyfriend.
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Players de Noc musical ‘9 to 5’ opens Friday at Bonifas Theater
ESCANABA — The Bonifas stage has been transformed into an office setting, even equipped with an elevator, for the Players de Noc musical “9 to 5”. The cast includes Erica Mead, Samantha White and Karin Beveridge who take on their chauvinistic boss played by Jim Powell.
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Mead takes on role played by icon singer Dolly Parton in ‘9 to 5’
ESCANABA — Erica Mead dons a wig to look more like Dolly Parton in the Players de Noc musical “9 to 5”. It is based on the 1979 movie that Parton starred in. Mead said it can be difficult to play a part or person that people know.
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Pepin likes the Americana folk music of the Dead Pigeons
The Dead Pigeons are playing Friday night at the Bonifas Arts Center. It’s group from the Duluth, Minnesota, area that Wendy Pepin with Blues for Cause says plays Americana folk music. She first heard the lead singer in Marquette
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Players de Noc opens new season
ESCANABA – Players de Noc’s first production of the season opens Friday night at the Bonifas Arts Center theater. “Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean” takes place 20 years after the death of the 1950s actor James Dean.
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Players de Noc performs musical ‘The Marvelous Wonderettes’
ESCANABA – The musical “The Marvelous Wonderettes” opens Friday at the Bonifas Fine Arts Center. Director Lynn Soderberg said the cast of four women follow life’s changes from their high school prom in 1958 to their class reunion 10 years later.
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Players de Noc production of Monty Python’s Spamalot opens Feb. 28
ESCANABA – The Players de Noc production Monty Python’s Spamalot opens Friday, Feb. 28, at the Bonifas Fine Arts Theater in Escanaba. Director Jeff Woerpel says he picked the play because of the humor.
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