Four theater companies on the Peninsula hold fall shows in 2025 that include a world premiere and the return after 11 years of a hit original musical.

August 27, 2025
Christopher Clough, Green Bay Press-Gazette

The Labor Day weekend might mark the end of the traditional summer visitor season for Door County, but its theater companies have plenty more to stage in 2025.

Four of the five regularly active theater companies in Door County follow their busy summer seasons with fall seasons that run into October or November. For 2025, the fall season features Northern Sky Theater’s 25th anniversary production of one of its hit original musical comedies, a warm ensemble melodrama widely known for its hit movie adaptations at Peninsula Players Theatre, a world premiere at Third Avenue Playworks, and three plays including a dinner theater mystery at Rogue Theater.

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Third Avenue Playworks: ‘Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night’

The downtown Sturgeon Bay playhouse is the site for the world premiere of “Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night,” a new play by Alec Silberblatt that received a staged reading at TAP during its annual play reading event in February 2024. The play focuses on Marci and Richie, the best team at the regular trivia nights at Ryan’s Pub in Pittsburgh, and how their rivalry with another team takes an unexpected turn. The cast features Doug Mancheski, one of the most well-known actors in the Door County theater scene, and Kelli Strickland.

“Ryan’s Pub, Trivia Night” runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 12 in the 124-seat Kane Theatre at TAP, 239 N. Third Ave., Sturgeon Bay. The Sept. 24 show is an unticketed pay-what-you-will preview performance, followed Sept. 25 by a ticketed final preview before the official run of the show starts Sept. 26. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays, along with a 2 p.m. Friday matinee Oct. 3.

Tickets are $44 for adults, $25 college students, $15 ages 19 and younger; ages 65 and older and veterans receive a 10% discount. For tickets or more information, call 920-743-1760 or visit thirdavenueplayworks.org.