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Based on the popular book by Howard Mohr
Adapted for the stage by Howard Mohr
Music by Drew Jansen
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HOW TO TALK MINNESOTAN THE MUSICAL
A HECKUVA DEAL!
Perfect for your out-of-town guest, family, & friends.
"... full of endearing performances." Star Tribune
After five record-breaking years at the Plymouth Playhouse, followed by two successful regional tours of the summer version, Howard Mohr's stage adaptation of his popular book, "How To Talk Minnesotan", with music by Drew Jansen is available for private parties and convention entertainment.
How To Talk Minnesotan The Musical has become Minnesota's longest running and most successful homegrown musical comedy. Opening in January 1997 at Plymouth Playhouse with the Summer version, the Holiday/Winter version was added in November 1998 followed by the Best Of version in 2001. The show has performed to an estimated 1 million visitors throughout Minnesota and regionally.
 Your venue can become the home of the Lost Walleye Lodge, owned by the Humde family. The show gives you those beloved classics “Hotdish Hallelujah”, Northwoods Woman”, and “Brothers In Ice” along with new lessons and jingles like “Bigger Hammer Hardware” and “Bird Dog Brand Turkey Wieners.” Mohr says, “Don’t worry, you can still expect lots of laughs as you relax at the Lost Walleye Lodge and forget the world for a couple of hours. In other words, here’s your chance to go up to the lake without tying the bikes to the roof of the car.”
For booking information contact:
Troupe America, Inc. at 612-333-3302
Email: johnt@troupeamerica.com
Fax: 952-345-3309
Address:
Troupe America, Inc.
3313 Republic Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426
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A WHOLE LOT TO LOVE
It's 1945 and those large and lovely sisters of swing perform in their cabaret, the Krakatoa Lounge, within the majestic Amazon Hotel in beautiful downtown Cleveland. Premiering at the Plymouth Playhouse in 1988,“The Liebos” have since become a hit throughout the country! Once again, their performance will simply bowl you over with their non-stop antics and those fabulous 1940’s swing tunes, backed by their band, Bobby Argyle and His Sox!
Truly an audience participation event, Patti, Maxine & LaVonne introduced by their oily emcee, Yannis, belt out their favorite big band tunes and play every instrument imaginable in a show that is a hilarious celebration of big beautiful women gifted with big beautiful voices.
The lovely Liebowitz sisters were a huge hit in St. Louis, Columbus, Atlantic City, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and on tour with Phyllis Diller.
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For booking information contact:
Troupe America, Inc. at 612-333-3302
Email: johnt@troupeamerica.com
Fax: 952-345-3309
Address:
Troupe America, Inc.
3313 Republic Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426 |
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The Recipe for Laughter You've Been Waiting for!
Church Basement Ladies
Book by Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke
Music & Lyrics by Drew Jansen
A celebration of the church basement kitchen and the women who work there, CHURCH BASEMENT LADIES, is a new musical comedy featuring four distinct characters and their relationships as they organize the food and solve the problems of a rural Minnesota church about to undergo changes in 1965.
From the elderly matriarch of the kitchen to the young bride-to-be learning the proper order of things, we see them handle a record breaking Christmas dinner, the funeral of a dear friend, a Hawaiian Easter Fund Raiser, and, of course, a steaming hot July wedding. They stave off potential disasters, share and debate recipes, instruct the young, and keep the Pastor on due course while thoroughly enjoying, (and tolerating) each other as the true "steel magnolias" of the church. Funny and down to earth, audiences will recognize these ladies as they witness the church year unfold from below the house of God.
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For booking information contact:
Troupe America, Inc. at 612-333-3302
Email: johnt@troupeamerica.com
Fax: 952-345-3309
Address:
Troupe America, Inc.
3313 Republic Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426 |
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 Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL has enchanted audiences the world over with its simple message of selfless giving. Ebenezer Scrooge, a most unrepentant, miserly fellow, is made to see the light as he survives a merciless battery of revelations by the ghosts of his own Christmases: Past, Present and Future.
Superb sets have been specially designed by the celebrated scenic designer, Larry Kaushansky (formerly Lazar Michailovich Kaushansky), for many years Russia's reigning set and costume design genius. His work has appeared in cities throughout the world including, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, Budapest, Dallas, Minneapolis, and finally Detroit, where his spectacular set for A CHRISTMAS CAROL premiered in 1992. His design for this production was chosen by Theatre Craft Magazine in 1996 as one of the top set designs of the year. This same gorgeous set design is used for our all new touring musical production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL complete with special effects created by renowned magician, Franz Harary.
Filled with many of the most beloved traditional carols of the season, this enchanting new production transports the audience back to the cobblestone streets of Victorian London.
 New music composed by Kevin Rotty, who created the original music for the national tours of "A Legend of St. Nicholas" and "Miracle On 34th Street", enhances this timeless tale as the audience follows the soul transforming journey of Ebenezer Scrooge.
The script for A CHRISTMAS CAROL has been adapted by Buffy Sedlachek, a prize-winning playwright of Minneapolis' famed Playwrights' Center. Sedlachek's numerous plays include RETRIBUTION RAG and SALVATION which were developed at Midwest Playlabs and subsequently seen at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Manhattan Class Company, Circle Repertory Company and the Denver Center Theatre, among others. Sedlachek has also adapted several children's plays including: SLEEPING BEAUTY, HEIDI, ROBIN HOOD and LITTLE WOMEN , which premiered at Child's Play Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Troupe America’s most beloved family production has returned for the Holiday Season! Victor Herbert’s classic operetta, BABES IN TOYLAND, not seen since 1996, will once again delight young and old on a new national tour.
Written by Alice Hammerstein Mathias and William Mount-Burke, this production of the time-honored holiday musical includes the famous “March of the Toy Soldiers” and “Toyland, Toyland” with additional songs from other Victor Herbert operettas.
This classic operetta, originally written in 1903, became the holiday staple of The Light Opera of Manhattan for 13 years, and toured for Troupe America for seven years. The new updated version will delight the whole family as fantasy and reality are interwoven in a land where toys walk, talk and sing. From the beautiful music to its ending Christmas Ball, BABES IN TOYLAND is the perfect beginning for the holiday season.
For booking information contact:
Troupe America, Inc. at 612-333-3302
Email: johnt@troupeamerica.com
Fax: 952-345-3309
Address:
Troupe America, Inc.
3313 Republic Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426
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The real fun happens when the fish aren't biting!
GUYS ON ICE
Books & Lyrics by FRED ALLEY
Music by JAMES KAPLAN
You can't have more fun at -40 degrees below zero when you check out the ice fishing musical GUYS ON ICE! Join long-time pals Marvin & Lloyd in their ice fishing shanty keeping warm with a mutual fondness for good bait, cold beer and Green Bay Packers. So grab your tip-up, warm the Flatheads and pop a "cold one". Simple, straightforward and surprisingly touching, GUYS ON ICE will charm your wool socks off with musical numbers like "De Fishing Hole", "Ode to a Snowmobile Suit", and "Fish is de Miracle Food". Perfect entertainment for the entire family.
Originally written as a joint production of The American Folklore Theater and The Milwaukee Repertory Theater, GUYS ON ICE, The Ice Fishing Musical made its debut at Ephraim Village Hall in Door County, Wisconsin, 1998. With book and lyrics by Fred Alley and music by James Kaplan, this hilarious musical comedy has played to sold-out houses from Madison and Milwaukee, Detroit, MI, Buffalo, New York to Ashland, Oregon. Co-produced by Troupe America, Inc. and St. Cloud's historic Paramount Theatre, the show made it's Minnesota premiere at the Paramount Theatre followed by a six month Twin Cities run at Plymouth Playhouse in Minneapolis.
GUYS ON ICE is currently scheduled for a regional Midwest tour when it leaves Mackinaw Stage Center Theater October 27, 2004. Plans are to travel to the Historic Fargo Theatre, November 11-14, Jon Hassler Theater, Plainview, MN November 19- December 19, Alexandria Area Arts Association Theatre December 28 - January 2, 2005. Other cities included in the tour are: St. Cloud, MN, Grand Rapids, MN, and Oshkosh, WI. |
For booking information contact:
Troupe America, Inc. at 612-333-3302
Email: johnt@troupeamerica.com
Fax: 952-345-3309
Address:
Troupe America, Inc.
3313 Republic Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426 |
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A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline
The musical concert tribute was the brainchild of Canadian Writer and Director, Dean Regan. Originally conceived in 1991, A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE is a loving tribute to the singer that traces her early struggles, breakthroughs, successes and challenges. A fictional disc jockey in Cline’s hometown of Winchester, Virginia, flashes through time from dusty roadhouse gigs to the Grand Ole Opry, to Las Vegas and on to fabled Carnegie Hall, changing with the venue from hillbilly to slick Las Vegas comic. A five-piece band backs up Patsy as she croons her hits and shares anecdotes from her life. She appears in a variety of costumes from fringe and boots to supper club satin.
For booking information contact:
Troupe America, Inc. at 612-333-3302
Email: johnt@troupeamerica.com
Fax: 952-345-3309
Address:
Troupe America, Inc.
3313 Republic Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55426
 "A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline" Press Release
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