OUR 2024-2025 SEASON

Peter Pan November 8-10 & 15-17, 2024	J.M. Barrie's classic tells the story of Wendy, John and Michael Darling's adventures in Neverland with the inimitable Peter Pan, "the boy who would not grow up." In Neverland, the Darlings are introduced to the Lost Boys, Peter's jealous fairy friend Tinker Bell, the infamous pirate Captain Hook, and the crocodile who swallowed Hook's hand. The action escalates when the Darlings are captured by Hook and, with Peter's help, escape, taking the Lost Boys home with them. Directed by: Ronn Gordon
Funny Money February 7th-9th & 14th-16th, 2025 Presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals.	Never has this master of farce been frenetically funnier! Henry A. Perkins, a mild mannered C.P.A, accidently picks up the wrong briefcase one full of money. Henry assumes it is illicit cash and he decides to keep it. Knowing that the former owner must have his briefcase, he rushes home to book one way fares to Barcelona. He tells his confused wife to leave everything behind; if she doesn't like Barcelona, they can go to Bali. In fact, they can buy Bali! The doorbell rings as they wait for their taxi. The police detective at the door thinks Henry was soliciting in the men's room of the local pub actually, he was sitting in the loo counting the cash. The bell rings again. Another detective arrives thinking Henry is dead; a man with bullet holes in his head and Henry's briefcase were found in the Thames. Henry's inept attempts to extricate himself from this impossible situation lead to increasingly hysterical situations. Directed by: Kim Hughart
An Evening of Carol Burnett May 9th-11th & 16th-18th, 2025   Presented through special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing.	The Carol Burnett show was one of the most successful sketch shows on TV and showcased not just Carol's talent, but many stars of the day, doing skits, such as the ever popular “As The Stomach Turns“. MSP has been granted access to lots of her sketches. We will be putting together many of them to give today's public a taste of live audience TV comedy. Directed by: Ronn Gordon

All performances are held at the Community Building Complex of Boone County, unless otherwise noted.
111 West First Street | Belvidere IL, 61008

MSP at the Museum

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Sept 21st-22nd, 2024



Murder in the House of Horrors
Welcome to the museum’s lecture on ’Monsters, Murderers and Madmen.’ You have no doubt enjoyed the Chamber of Horrors display in the lobby and are listening attentively to Professor Dirk Carlton, a renowned Egyptologist, tell of his discovery of the Pharaoh Menkaura’s tomb. Suddenly, while watching a slide of the ruler’s sarcophagus, the projector goes off, plunging the auditorium into darkness. When the lights come on, the professor is dead and the priceless jewel he was holding has vanished! Your audience is now drawn into this mystery, both as witnesses and suspects. When Lt. Dan Morrow arrives, he narrows the suspects to seven. Was it the jealous wife? Or the exotic Egyptian who cursed the expedition? The lieutenant enlists the audience’s aid in solving the crime, allowing them to question and accuse the suspects. Your audience will be caught up in this ’virtual’ thriller, uncovering the clues that reveal the killer in the electrifying climax.

 

These performances will be at the Boone County Museum of History

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December 20th-21st, 2024 Friday & Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday December 22nd, 2024 at 2:00pm                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

Nana's Naughty Knickers



Bridget and her grandmother are about to become roommates. However, what Bridget saw as a unique opportunity to stay with her favorite nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an experience she’ll never forget. It seems her sweet grandma is running an illegal boutique from her apartment, selling handmade naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area! Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement? Will her nana get arrested – or worse – evicted?
Directed by: Vince Melillo

These performances will be at the Boone County Museum of History

June 20th-21st, 2025 Friday & Saturday at 7:00pm and Sunday June 22nd, 2025 at 2:00pm



The Boys Next Door

The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly “burned out” young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where “little things” sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.

Directed by: John B. Van Nest

These performances will be at the Boone County Museum of History