Category: 2025 Season

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Door County Holiday Giveaway

This season we're giving away a weekend getaway in Door County at the unique Holiday Music Motel and four tickets to see A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play at Third Avenue PlayWorks in Sturgeon Bay, WI. The winner will receive a two-night stay and four tickets to the show, plus unwrap a festive experience and hand-pour 2 soy holiday candles at Door County Candle. One winner will be drawn the week of Thanksgiving, so register online today or in person at our Indoor Winter Market November 15th at TAP!

A Christmas Carol Community Partner: Third Avenue PlayWorks Education Program
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About Our Community Partner for A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play

The Community Partner for A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play at Third Avenue PlayWorks in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, is our very own Education Program. A portion of the proceeds from the Pay-What-You-Will performance on December 3rd will go towards our Community Partner. There will be a donation box in the lobby during the run of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, December 3rd through the 28th, 2025. Those interested in attending the preview to support this organization, may arrive as early as 6:30 p.m. on the evening of the performance for general admission seating. Space is available on a first come, first served basis. Donations may be made in cash or with checks made out to Third Avenue PlayWorks. Half of the proceeds will benefit this show’s Community Partner.

Generosity of Spirit, A Christmas Carol Blog
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Generosity of Spirit

A Christmas Carol has become a time-honored holiday tradition for many families marking the passage of another year while reminding us to celebrate what truly matters in our lives. First published December 19, 1843 as a novella, the first edition sold out by Christmas Eve. By the end of 1844, thirteen editions had been released. Charles Dickens, himself revisited A Christmas Carol beginning in 1853 when he began holding public readings of the story, which continued through 1870, the year of his passing.

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“Ryan’s Pub: Trivia Night” World Premiere! @ Third Avenue Playworks (Sturgeon Bay, WI) | Sound Design Notes

For years now, Jacob has been wanting to get his long time friend and fantastic Milwaukee based percussionist Nick Lang to be involved on a project with Third Avenue Playworks. When envisioning the music world and genre of this play, I knew it wanted to live in a rock territory. We’ve got a dive bar jukebox slinging hits from the 80’s, 90’s & today. Heck, just being set in a midwest dive bar made me think of my local dive, which always had metal playing. Plus, the story involves a deal with the devil, I mean come on – it’s gotta be rock’n roll baby. I knew that drums would really come in clutch as a centerpiece to the music sound that transitioned us between scenes. Jacob wanted short, snappy transitions infused with energy, and drums are perfect for that. So we reached out to Nick and he was down! I went over to his home studio in Milwaukee for a day and we had so much fun jamming out together on drums and bass. I really love playing this style of music, getting filthy mc nasty on the jazz bass is such a blast. Really made me want to play this music we created live!

Ryan's Pub, Trivia Night, Starring Doug Mancheski
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Starring Doug Mancheski

Door County audiences may already be familiar with one of our stars in Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night from over two decades of performance history with Northern Sky Theater in Fish Creek where he was best known for playing Marvin in Guys on Ice (a role he performed over 2,000 times!). Although Doug has played many enjoyable roles throughout his long career, he says that he most identified with the role of Marvin. He also loved hearing the audience’s laughter as they recognized Marvin’s traits in their own family and friends. 

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Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night debuts Wednesday

You can attend a trivia night in Sturgeon Bay beginning on Wednesday without worrying about answering a single question. “Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night” has its world premiere on Wednesday at Third Avenue PlayWorks, with Kelli Strickland playing the role of Marci and Doug Mancheski posing as Richie. The play by playwright Alec Silberblatt is about a Pittsburgh-area trivia team dealing with a pair of cheaters and their own personal demons. Artistic Director Jacob Janssen says the production speaks to those who have participated in trivia nights and believe it could draw a following similar to when area book clubs came to Third Avenue PlayWorks during a play’s run on that culture.

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Audience Guide: Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night

Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night gives the audience a look into the pub trivia phenomenon that was popularized in the United Kingdom. The Guinness Book of Records claims that the first pub quiz happened in Yorkshire in 1946. While more instances of early pub quizzes can be found, the events were unorganized until a couple, Sharon Burns and Tom Porter, started taking their quizzes around to other pubs throughout the country in the 1970s. Pubs saw trivia as a successful marketing ploy for the quiet nights and soon trivia became the reason to visit the pub!

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