The UW Madhatters can’t wait to perform for Wabeno! Tickets are still available for next week’s Febuary 15th performance. Whether you need a last minute Valentines date idea or you just love music, join us for an evening of entertainment with this incredibly talented bunch.
Wabeno Area Players Announce New Season!
The Wabeno Area Players are proud to reveal the line-up of performances for their 2025 season. The shows for this year are an amazing variety of productions which are sure to be audience pleasers!
The Players’ first event of 2025 is a concert by The UWMadhatters A Cappella Group on February 15 at 7:00pm in the Nancy Volk Auditorium at Wabeno High School. The MadHatters, are easily recognized by their trademark red jackets, and are known for their goofy antics, outrageous harmonies, dashing looks, and impressive musical talent. Tickets are already on sale. FIND THEM BY CLICKING HERE
Rehearsals are already underway for the Players’ first play of the season. Following their tradition of uproariously funny comedies, the Players will stage, “Drinking Habits,” by Tom Smith. Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this laugh-out-loud farce. The performances will be on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at 7:00pm and Sunday, April 13 at 2:00pm at the Nancy Volk Auditorium.
The Sixth Annual Huisman Honors Recital is on Saturday, May 17 at 7:00pm in the Nancy Volk Auditorium in Wabeno. Audiences are sure to enjoy the exceptional talents of high school students from throughout the state of Wisconsin. The students will be performing their Class A vocal and instrumental solos in hopes of winning substantial scholarships offered by the Wabeno Area Players and the Huisman family. In 2025, the Wabeno Area Players are excited to offer a summer show! In July, they will present a somewhat twisted take on the secret world of ice fisherman in the show” Guys on Ice – an Ice Fishing Musical Comedy”, by Fred Alley, with music by James Kaplan. Production dates for this hilarious comedy are Friday, July 25 at 7:00pm, Saturday, July 26 at both 2:00pm AND 7:00pm and on Sunday, July 27 at 2:00pm in the Nancy Volk Auditorium.
The Players will close out their 2025 season with the play, “Wild Women of Winedale”,by Wooten, Jones and Hope on Friday, September 26 and Saturday, September 27 at 7:00pm and Sunday, September 28 at 2:00pm in the Nancy Volk Auditorium. This joyful and exuberant, yet ultimately touching, comedy focuses on three women at crossroads in their lives—the Wild sisters of Winedale, Virginia. This comedy is guaranteed to drive audiences WILD with laughter.
Keep an eye on the Wabeno Area Players’ Facebook page and their website for information concerning other readers’ theaters throughout the year. Also, see more information on shows or to purchase tickets at, www.wabenoareaplayers.org. Anyone wanting to get involved with shows as a cast or crew member should contact the organization at 715-473-5466 or 715-889-0306. WAP season brochures can be requested by calling those same phone numbers. The Wabeno Area Players hope to see you at all the shows in the Nancy Volk Auditorium this year!
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
Due to severe weather, the Players will be canceling our launch party planned for this Sunday, January 19th. We will instead launch our season through traditional mail and through our online presence.
Thank you to everyone who was planning to attend and we encourage you to stay safe and warm this weekend! Remember to mark your calendars for Feb 15th and the UW Madhatters- and check back here soon for exciting updates on our 2025 season!
Auditions this week!
Come audition and see how you can be a part of community theater! Download the document below to look at casting needs for the show and for audition materials. We hope to see you there!
- Sunday Jan 12th-4pm to 6pm
- Tuesday Jan 14th-6pm to 8pm
- Wabeno Town Hall
Drinking Habits Performances April 11th-13th, 2024
Auditions for Drinking Habits
- Sunday Jan 12th-4pm to 6pm
- Tuesday Jan 14th-6pm to 8pm
- Wabeno Town Hall
Auditions will consist of cold readings and random character assignments. Please be prepared to bring your calendar to list dates you may not be available for rehearsals.
Actors needed for:
- 1-male 20 to 30’s
- 1-male 30 to 40’s
- 1-male 50+
- 2-women 20 to 30’s
- 1-women 50+
- 2-women 20+
Drinking Habits Performances April 11th-13th, 2024
A little about the show: Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancées, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.