Warroad Summer Theatre Shows

The Nerd

June 17 - 20 and 24 - 27

THE STORY: Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, a fellow ex-GI whom he has never met but who saved his life after he was seriously wounded in Vietnam. He has written to Rick to say that, as long as he is alive, "you will have somebody on Earth who will do anything for you"—so Willum is delighted when Rick shows up unexpectedly at his apartment on the night of his thirty-fourth birthday party. But his delight soon fades as it becomes apparent that Rick is a hopeless "nerd"—a bumbling oaf with no social sense, little intelligence and less tact. And Rick stays on and on, his continued presence among Willum and his friends leading to one uproarious incident after another, until the normally placid Willum finds himself contemplating violence—a dire development which, happily, is staved off by the surprising "twist" ending of the play.

The Diviners

July 8 - 11 and 15 - 18

THE STORY: Winner of the American College Theatre Festival, this marvelously theatrical play is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. When the boy was young he almost drowned. This trauma and the loss of his mother in the same accident has left him deathly afraid of water. The preacher, set on breaking away from a long line of Kentucky family preachers, is determined not to do what he does best. He works as a mechanic for the boy's father. The town doesn't have a preacher and the women try to persuade him to preach while he tries to persuade the child to wash. When the preacher finally gets the boy in the river and is washing him, the townspeople mistake the scene for a baptism. They descend on the event and, in the confusion, the boy drowns.

The Popcorn Players
Children's Theatre

Shakespeare Comes to Calamity Creek

July 27 - 31

THE STORY: Ah, Shakespeare in the... Old West?! Noble Hart, a conceited actor, arrives in the small mining town of Calamity Creek determined to bring culture to the local bumpkins. His troupe of actors is enough to make a playwright cry. The one exception is the lovely Sunny Day. She immediately falls for that Texas Ranger, Johnny Lasso. He's hot on the trail of a notorious crook masquerading under the name of Gentleman Dan, whose true identity is unknown. It's almost as if he was a master of disguise, like... an actor, perhaps? The troupe's arrival thrills the townspeople, except Abagail Pettigrew, the richest person in town. She's harboring a dark secret about her former occupation as Pogo, The Woman Who Can Walk Up and Down Stairs on Her Head. Cast some stranded dancers, a few would-be outlaws and striking gold miners, and you've just set the stage for a wild musical bonanza! Hear Ye, Now! Actors is the Worst It's a Cold Cruel World Big Time Calamity Creek Music Box Lullaby

Fiddler on the Roof

August 4-8 and 11-15

THE STORY: In the little village of Anatevka, Tevye, a poor dairyman, tries to instill in his five daughters the traditions of his tight-knit Jewish community in the face of changing social mores and the growing anti-Semitism of Czarist Russia.

Rich in historical and ethnic detail, "Fiddler On The Roof" has touched audiences around the world with its humor, warmth and honesty. It's universal theme of tradition cuts across barriers of race, class, nationality and religion, leaving audiences crying tears of laughter, joy and sadness.