Cool Article on Heartland In DBQ 365
UWP Heartland Festival
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages ... it's time, once more, for one of the largest theatrical festivals in the entire Tri-State area. Heck, it might actually be the largest. It's the University of Wisconsin - Platteville's annual summer arts festival, the Heartland Festival. Through its now eight years of existence, the Heartland Festival has become one of the largest combined arts efforts in the area.
The Heartland Festival comprises a series of theatrical stage production, all of which explore different topics and avenues, including comedies, mysteries, musicals and kids-oriented productions. The Festival draws performers and stagehands from all across the region. Last year's installment featured such beloved shows as Seussical the Musical and The Sound of Music, and it was a smashing success, selling a record number of tickets and uniting nearly 200 people as performers and workers.
The festival, which technically begins as soon as this issue of 365ink is in your paws, opens with Wake Me When I'm Dead, an Irish wake murder mystery which, like all the Heartland shows, will be performed throughout the duration of the Festival -- which begins on Friday, June 12, and continues all the way into early August ... which means you have no excuse to miss out on some of these shows.
Wake Me When I'm Dead revolves around the O'Malley family, which has gathered for the wake of the recently passed Uncle Sean. With the family in shock due to the elder statesman's untimely demise, the O'Malleys decide that they're going to send him off with true Irish panache ... until family members begin hearing rumors that there may have been some foul play, that Sean's will has mysteriously changed, and that the old boy was making strange claims about the end of the rainbow. What happens after that ... well, it's the Irish and it's a murder mystery, what can you possibly expect?
"This will be a truly unique and interactive dinner theater experience," notes Heartland Festival Executive Director John Hassig.
The production of Wake Me When I'm Dead has another unique wrinkle to it -- all shows include dinner, served during the performance. The menu will include Irish cream of carrot soup, mixed greens salads, chicken breasts, potatoes (naturally) and more. A cash bar, featuring Guinness beer, will also be available for all evening performances. Slainte!
The next show up on the Heartland 2008 card is the musical I Love You, You're Perfect ...Now Change. This "celebration of the mating game" deconstructs modern-day relationships, as Act I takes a look at dating, courtship and eventual love and marriage, while the second act delves into in-laws, newborns, family road trips and ... gasp ... aging. Heartland notes that this particular show is rated PG-13.
The Heartland Festival's third production is one that will definitely have some appeal to the younger crowd -- A Year with Frog & Toad, based on the beloved children's books by Arnold Lobel. The iconic figures of cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad will go through four fun-filled seasons of adventures together.
"If you loved Seussical, you will love Frog & Toad," says Hassig.
Also coming up during the Heartland Festival's season is one of the most popular musicals of all time: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The musical parable takes us through the years with Joseph, a boy who has prophetic dreams and also has the label of being his father's favorite son. After his jealous brothers sell him into Egyptian slavery, Joseph finds himself in the service of a strangely Elvis-inspired Pharaoh. Eventually, Joseph and his brothers are reunited and the twelve sons of Israel are together once more. The show blends a number of musical styles, from traditional country to '50s rock and calypso, and all points in-between.
The Heartland Festival will have one more show, though it will be a limited two-evening engagement. The Missoula Children's Theatre will be presenting a production of The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based upon the classic novel by Daniel Defoe. The show looks at Robinson's island several years after his boat shipwrecked, and he's turned it into a ... tourist destination? Yep. Seriously. The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe will be shown on Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26.
Whew! That's quite a rundown! Tickets for the 2008 Heartland Festival are on sale now, and they can be purchased online at the UW-P online box office, by visiting the UW-P box office located in Ullsvik Hall on the university campus, or by calling 608-342-1298. Group discounts are available.
Oh, you'd like to know the schedule? I guess we can do that for you, too.
Wake Me When I'm Dead - June 13, 14, 22, 29, July 6, 19, 27 and August 2.
I Love You, You're Perfect...Now Change - June 20, 21, 28, 29, July 5, 6, 12, 16, 18, 26, 30, and August 1.
A Year With Frog & Toad - June 27, 28, July 5, 13, 15, 20, 23, 26, 29, and August 2.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - July 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, and August 3.
The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - July 25 & 26.
DBQ 365
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages ... it's time, once more, for one of the largest theatrical festivals in the entire Tri-State area. Heck, it might actually be the largest. It's the University of Wisconsin - Platteville's annual summer arts festival, the Heartland Festival. Through its now eight years of existence, the Heartland Festival has become one of the largest combined arts efforts in the area.
The Heartland Festival comprises a series of theatrical stage production, all of which explore different topics and avenues, including comedies, mysteries, musicals and kids-oriented productions. The Festival draws performers and stagehands from all across the region. Last year's installment featured such beloved shows as Seussical the Musical and The Sound of Music, and it was a smashing success, selling a record number of tickets and uniting nearly 200 people as performers and workers.
The festival, which technically begins as soon as this issue of 365ink is in your paws, opens with Wake Me When I'm Dead, an Irish wake murder mystery which, like all the Heartland shows, will be performed throughout the duration of the Festival -- which begins on Friday, June 12, and continues all the way into early August ... which means you have no excuse to miss out on some of these shows.
Wake Me When I'm Dead revolves around the O'Malley family, which has gathered for the wake of the recently passed Uncle Sean. With the family in shock due to the elder statesman's untimely demise, the O'Malleys decide that they're going to send him off with true Irish panache ... until family members begin hearing rumors that there may have been some foul play, that Sean's will has mysteriously changed, and that the old boy was making strange claims about the end of the rainbow. What happens after that ... well, it's the Irish and it's a murder mystery, what can you possibly expect?
"This will be a truly unique and interactive dinner theater experience," notes Heartland Festival Executive Director John Hassig.
The production of Wake Me When I'm Dead has another unique wrinkle to it -- all shows include dinner, served during the performance. The menu will include Irish cream of carrot soup, mixed greens salads, chicken breasts, potatoes (naturally) and more. A cash bar, featuring Guinness beer, will also be available for all evening performances. Slainte!
The next show up on the Heartland 2008 card is the musical I Love You, You're Perfect ...Now Change. This "celebration of the mating game" deconstructs modern-day relationships, as Act I takes a look at dating, courtship and eventual love and marriage, while the second act delves into in-laws, newborns, family road trips and ... gasp ... aging. Heartland notes that this particular show is rated PG-13.
The Heartland Festival's third production is one that will definitely have some appeal to the younger crowd -- A Year with Frog & Toad, based on the beloved children's books by Arnold Lobel. The iconic figures of cheerful Frog and grumpy Toad will go through four fun-filled seasons of adventures together.
"If you loved Seussical, you will love Frog & Toad," says Hassig.
Also coming up during the Heartland Festival's season is one of the most popular musicals of all time: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The musical parable takes us through the years with Joseph, a boy who has prophetic dreams and also has the label of being his father's favorite son. After his jealous brothers sell him into Egyptian slavery, Joseph finds himself in the service of a strangely Elvis-inspired Pharaoh. Eventually, Joseph and his brothers are reunited and the twelve sons of Israel are together once more. The show blends a number of musical styles, from traditional country to '50s rock and calypso, and all points in-between.
The Heartland Festival will have one more show, though it will be a limited two-evening engagement. The Missoula Children's Theatre will be presenting a production of The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, loosely based upon the classic novel by Daniel Defoe. The show looks at Robinson's island several years after his boat shipwrecked, and he's turned it into a ... tourist destination? Yep. Seriously. The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe will be shown on Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26.
Whew! That's quite a rundown! Tickets for the 2008 Heartland Festival are on sale now, and they can be purchased online at the UW-P online box office, by visiting the UW-P box office located in Ullsvik Hall on the university campus, or by calling 608-342-1298. Group discounts are available.
Oh, you'd like to know the schedule? I guess we can do that for you, too.
Wake Me When I'm Dead - June 13, 14, 22, 29, July 6, 19, 27 and August 2.
I Love You, You're Perfect...Now Change - June 20, 21, 28, 29, July 5, 6, 12, 16, 18, 26, 30, and August 1.
A Year With Frog & Toad - June 27, 28, July 5, 13, 15, 20, 23, 26, 29, and August 2.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - July 11, 12, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 27, 31, and August 3.
The Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe - July 25 & 26.
DBQ 365
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