Our upcoming production of The Call List by Brian James Polak is going to be a world premiere, but what exactly does that entail? Writing the play is just the beginning and this particular script has been through several workshops prior to our full, professional production complete with all the sets, costumes, and lighting you would expect from any production at Third Avenue PlayWorks. As an audience member, you’ll be among the first ever to see the new work brought to life on our stage.
Registration is now open for the Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) fall theatre workshops for adults led by Dan Klarer, Community Engagement and Education Coordinator at TAP.
It is 70 miles from Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s hometown of Grand Chute to Sturgeon Bay, and we are decades removed from his reckless allegations of communism which drove America’s Red Scare.
Get to know Third Avenue PlayWorks sponsor, Luba, award-winning non-alcoholic beverages, crafted with love in Door County, Wisconsin.
Here in Sturgeon Bay, we make things. It is part of who we are. Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) sits directly adjacent to the largest shipyard on the Great Lakes, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, a visible reminder of collective work making big things. Recently, at TAP’s annual gala, we announced that our winter series of staged readings will, in 2027, become the WinterWorks New Play Festival.
After a recent showing of Moonlight and Magnolias at Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP), audience members participated in an exclusive talkback with the show’s cast and two Midwest filmmakers.
Get to know Third Avenue PlayWorks sponsor, Door County Medical Center, with locations throughout Door and Kewaunee Counties in Wisconsin.
Get to know Third Avenue PlayWorks playbill advertiser, Plum Bottom Gallery, in Egg Harbor, Fish Creek, or Sturgeon Bay in Door County WI.
Get to know Third Avenue PlayWorks playbill advertiser, Peninsula Pulse, in Baileys Harbor in Door County WI.
A red herring is an idiom that is a “piece of information, clue, or subject that is deliberately or accidentally used to mislead, distract, or divert attention away from the central, most important issue.” This idiom derives from the practice of using a pungent, salted, and smoked fish (herring) to draw hunting hounds off a scent. The playwright uses a literary “red herring” to mislead the audience into believing one thing, when another may be true. How many red herrings can you find in the play? The nonpungent, idiomatic kind, of course.
