Door County native and film producer Kurt Krauss joins Pete and Greg to talk about the play, Moonlight and Magnolia, a behind-the-scenes comedy centered around the chaotic making of Gone with the Wind. Kurt shares what drew him to the story, the connection to independent filmmaking, and how the production is partnering with Third Avenue PlayWorks to help support local film efforts.
Tickets are now on sale for the Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) Annual Gala to be held June 28, 2026, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Stone Harbor Resort in Sturgeon Bay. This event celebrates another year of sparking inspiration within the community, with creative partners, and on the TAP stage, and will feature entertainment by comedian and magician David Kovac during the event.
Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) will present its second show of the 2026 season – Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson – from June 3 through 21, featuring performances by Rudy Galvan, Paige Klopfenstein, John Taylor Phillips and Nick Vidal.
An area theater group has announced its production for June. Third Avenue PlayWorks in Sturgeon Bay is inviting the public to their second production of the year, Moonlight and Magnolias, by Ron Hutchinson.
Moonlight and Magnolias is a comedy, and more specifically a farce. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines farce as “a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot.” Playwright Ron Hutchinson recalled that, “The inspiration for ‘Moonlight’ came when I was visiting my father in England. I was reading Daily, Daily, the autobiography of Ben Hecht’s week rewriting Gone with the Wind, and literally from one footstep to another, it struck me, wow—this is classical farce.”
Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) is proud to announce the upcoming production of Moonlight and Magnolias, by Ron Hutchinson. The second show of the 2026 season at Third Avenue PlayWorks runs from June 3 through 21, 2026, featuring performances by Rudy Galvan, Paige Klopfenstein, John Taylor Phillips, and Nick Vidal.
Creativity and chaos, at times, go hand in-hand. There are times when impossible deadlines and oversized egos meet to produce something lasting. Moonlight and Magnolias begins with one of those moments.
You may recognize “Gone With the Wind,” but Sturgeon Bay’s Third Avenue Playworks is banking on you not knowing the rest of the story. Actors performing “Moonlight and Magnolias” begin rehearsals Wednesday for the play that gives audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the writing and frantic rewriting of the Academy Award-winning movie.
Audiences attending Third Avenue PlayWorks’ (TAP) pay-what-you-will preview of Moonlight and Magnolias will also have the opportunity to help fund a local film production.
Even though the curtain will fall for “Heroes” after its 2 p.m. matinee Sunday, it will not be long until the next TAP production takes the stage.
