2024 Season | Northern Sky Theater

2024 Season

We know 2024 is going to be just fantastic, and there’s no one we’d rather enjoy it with than you!

Northern Sky will present three shows outdoors in Peninsula State Park during the summer: Belgians in Heaven (the 30th anniversary production of Northern Sky’s iconic musical comedy), Hell’s Belgians (a world premiere prequel to Belgians in Heaven), and The Fisherman’s Daughters (back from its preview production in 2021).

Indoors for the summer at the Gould Theater, the company will premiere Girls on Sand (think Guys on Ice, but with gals on a beach). Indoors at the Gould for the fall will be the premiere of Reality Trip (a contemporary musical about how technology helps and hinders us). The season will close out at the Gould with And If Elected (Northern Sky’s fan favorite election year tradition). 

The three summer shows at the Park will run in repertory six nights a week, including two double show nights on Mondays and Thursdays. The summer show in the Gould will also run six nights a week. The fall indoor shows will run six nights a week in September and October.


OUTDOOR SEASON



World Premiere
Book, Music & Lyrics by Katie Dahl

Peninsula State Park Amphitheater – Summer 2024
The Fisherman’s Daughters tells the story of two sisters in 1908 Fish Creek who must reckon with their differences when Wisconsin’s governor decides to turn their homestead into part of Peninsula State Park. Northern Sky did a limited preview production in 2021 and now look forward to giving this gorgeous show a proper full premiere.

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World Premiere

Book & lyrics by Frederick Heide, Lee Becker
Story by Frederick Heide
Music by Frederick Heide & James Kaplan
Peninsula State Park Amphitheater – Summer 2024
Hell’s Belgians is the long-awaited prequel to Belgians in Heaven by the same writers. Featuring characters from Belgians in Heaven, the prequel focuses on Angelique (the guardian angel in the original show) as she contends with dark forces to earn her wings.

Hell’s Belgians has been designed to be completely understandable for those who haven’t seen Belgians in Heaven, while also revealing delightful insights for those who love the original show. The outdoor season show schedule will allow audience members to see both shows on the same night in either order.

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Book & lyrics by Frederick Heide, Lee Becker
Story by Frederick Heide
Music by Frederick Heide & James Kaplan
Peninsula State Park Amphitheater – Summer 2024
Since its premiere in 1994, Belgians in Heaven has been one of the most popular shows in Northern Sky history. This hilarious musical has earned 11 productions and a passionate return audience, with a third of the audience seeing it more than once. The show explores how two bickering Belgian-American brothers from a Southern Door County farm learn to love each other with a little help from above.

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INDOOR SEASON



World Premiere
Book & Lyrics by Lachrisa Grandberry and Molly Rhode
Music by Alissa Rhode

Gould Theater – Summer 2024

Girls on Sand takes place on a July day spent with Grace and Zoey as they try to follow their one beach rule: No Negativity. Can the sun melt their troubles away? These life-long besties hysterically work to keep each other in check, ‘cause life can be a son of a beach! Brought to you by the creators of Sunflowered and inspired by the Alley/Kaplan mega-hit Guys on Ice.

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World Premiere
Book & Lyrics by Richard Castle
Music by Ron Barnett
Gould Theater – Fall 2024

Reality Trip follows three college friends vacationing in Door County who want to get off the grid and reconnect. But a charming (and infinitely helpful) A.I. home-assistant installed at their rental cottage changes up the plans. What does it take for us to truly unplug nowadays? This musical comedy is about the importance of real human connection in a distraction-filled, digital world.

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Created by Dave Peterson
Additional material by Fred Alley and Jeff Herbst
Gould Theater – October 2024


And If Elected, is a returning tradition at Northern Sky. Performed almost every election year since 1992, it features facts, jokes, and songs from presidential elections dating back to 1787.

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See you soon!

Jeff Herbst, Artistic Director
Molly Rhode, Associate Artistic Director