Category Archives: 2016-2017 Season

National Player’s The Grapes of Wrath

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7:00 p.m.
Seating: Open Seating
Ticket prices: $10 Adults $5 Students
Tickets on sale: April 20, 2017

A story of perseverance against the odds, Steinbeck’s Great American Novel is the perfect story for National Players’ intimate yet powerful style.

Sponsor: Thrivent Financial – James Heinrich, Helen Haverberg

The Giver & Hamlet

Monday & Tuesday, April 24, 25, 2017

The Giver: In a “Utopian” future of sameness, young Jonas inherits an unusual career: to receive and keep the memories of his community’s past.

Hamlet: The prince of Denmark returns home from school to find his family life in ruins — his father dead, his mother remarried, and his uncle (now step-father) ruling the country. Hamlet struggles to redefine his life and find his way forward.

Event Sponsor: Minnwest Bank Dawson

A limited number of seats are available for each performance for the public. Contact the box office for details.

The Student Theater Series is funded by a grant from the Dawson Community Foundation, a component fund of the Southwest Initiative Foundation.

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Student Theater Series

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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

A Siamese cat (who thinks he’s a Chihuahua!) gets tangled up in a twisted version of the classic fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Event Sponsors: Dawson Community Foundation, Dawson Fire Department, Dawson Lions Club
A limited number of seats are available for each performance for the public. Contact the box office for details.

 


Lights!Camera!Math!Lights! Camera! Math!

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

“Math-a-Magicians” demonstrate the magic of math in this fun, interactive show, as they perform extraordinary feats of mind-reading, misdirection and illusion.

Event Sponsors:     Dawson Community Foundation, Madison Dental Clinic – Brandon Ulstad DDS
A limited number of seats are available for each performance for the public. Contact the box office for details.

 

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TBA: Winter, 2017

This powerful play follows Thurgood Marshall’s life from childhood in the back alleys of Baltimore to the position of Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States.
A limited number of seats are available for each performance for the public. Contact the box office for details.

The Student Theater Series is funded by a grant from the Dawson Community Foundation, a component fund of the Southwest Initiative Foundation.