BY MARGARET RAETHER
DIRECTED BY KAREN ESTRADA
JULY 17 – AUGUST 18, 2024
Wednesday, July 17: Pay-What-You-Will Preview
Thursday, July 18: Final Preview
Friday, July 19: Opening Night
Wednesday – Saturday evenings at 7:30pm
Friday matinee July 26th & August 9 at 2:00pm
Sunday matinees at 2:00pm
A fizzy, family-friendly fun-fest!
The lovably loopy Bertie Wooster finds himself suffering the slings and arrows of misfortune at the hands of his relatives, caught between the masterful machinations of his fierce Aunt Agatha and the plaintive pleadings of his cousin Egbert. This propels poor Bertie into yet another socially precarious predicament that cannot be overcome! Will the ever-faithful manservant Jeeves be able to rescue the bumbling Bertie from himself?
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Literacy Door County, Inc. was created in March of 2015 by a determined group of volunteers who believed that a literacy program would strengthen Door County through adult education.
Learn More.
Pay-What-You-Will Preview
July 17th at 7:30 PM
Post Show Conversation
July 26 following 2:00 PM matinee
Photos courtesy of Larry Mohr and the Peninsula Pulse.
Meet the Playwright
Margaret Raether
Margaret Raether first encountered P. G. Wodehouse in the form of a battered secondhand paperback of The Code of the Woosters when she was in college. This, as Bogart once famously observed, was “the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” A founding member of Artists’ Ensemble Theatre, most of Ms. Raether’s plays have debuted either at Artists’ Ensemble or at New American Theater, where she spent two seasons as Playwright in Residence. Her plays are pounded out late at night while peering around a cat that likes to sit in front of her monitor.
Ms. Raether’s trilogy of P. G. Wodehouse adaptations have been described as “bright and engaging as a garden party in May” (Chicago Tribune), “as dry as a well-made martini and equally potent” (Herald Tribune), and her writing “wonderfully captures the late British humorist’s renowned wit” (Seattle Times).
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Cast
Neil Brookshire
Lillian Brown
David Flores
Laura Gordon
Dan Klarer
Jonathan Smoots
Artistic Team
Director
Karen Estrada
Set Design
Alex Polzin
Costume Design
Kim Instenes
Lighting Design
Maaz Ahmed
Sound Design
Martilia Marechal
Production Stage Manager
Kelsey York*
Our Show Sponsors
Presenting Show Sponsors:
- Linda Berns
- Carlson Erickson Builders, Inc.
- Sandy Zingler
Show Sponsor:
- Natalie and George Gorchynsky
Opening Night sponsored by: Door County Eye Associates
To learn about becoming a sponsor please contact Amy Mueller at 920-743-1760 or [email protected]
Third Avenue PlayWorks employs members of: Actors Equity Association, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society