Posted: June 23, 2023 12:04 pm
New Minowa Players is excited to announce our coming season.
New Minowa Players’ season begins in August with our Young People’s Production, featuring actors in junior high, high school, and college. Carrie: The Musical is the 2023 show. It will be performed Aug 10-13, with 7:00 performances Thursday and Friday, both 1:00 and 7:00 performances on Saturday, and a 1:00 matinee only on Sunday.
Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it. Carrie: The Musical is based on the Steven King novel. Please be advised that this musical portrays subject matter including bullying, domestic abuse, and murder.
October brings our children’s show, featuring actors in first through eighth grade. Two Stories About the Gold Buckskin Whincher is a short musical written by Rick and Sheryl Scheffert, based on two Carl Sandburg stories from his collection The Rootabaga Stories. Performances will be October 19-21 at 7:00 and October 22 at 2:00.
The Gold Buckskin Whincher has a power, and it’s working. Blixie Bimber finds love. Jason Squiff has a popcorn hat, popcorn mittens, and popcorn shoes.
November brings the organization’s 200th performance! It will be a cabaret celebration. Stay tuned for details. Dates are November 3 and 4.
Disney’s Descendants: The Musical will be the 2024 January show to be performed January 18-21 and January 26-27
Based on the popular Disney Channel Original Movies, Disney’s Descendants: The Musical is a brand-new musical jam-packed with comedy, adventure, Disney characters, and hit songs from the films!
Imprisoned on the Isle of the Lost – home of the most infamous villains who ever lived – the teenaged children of Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, and Cruella De Vil have never ventured off the island… until now. When the four troublemakers are sent to attend prep school alongside the children of beloved Disney heroes, they have a difficult choice to make: should they follow in their parents’ wicked footsteps or learn to be good?
The musical Fun Home will be the spring show. When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires. Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, wholly original musical about seeing your parents through grown-up eyes.
And, the summer musical for 2024 will be Bright Star. It will be performed on the Decorah High School stage June 27-30.
Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway’s Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past—and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives. With beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters, the story unfolds as a rich tapestry of deep emotion. An uplifting theatrical journey that holds you tightly in its grasp, Bright Star is as refreshingly genuine as it is daringly hopeful.