Peter Quince

Thurs-Sat | Aug 12-14 | 7:30 p.m. | Capitol Civic Centre

Sun | Aug 15 | 3 p.m. | Capitol Civic Centre

The Pajama Game is a musical based on the novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell. It features a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story deals with labor troubles in a pajama factory, where worker demands for a seven-and-a-half cents raise are going unheeded. In the midst of this ordeal, love blossoms between Babe, the grievance committee head, and Sid, the new factory superintendent.

The original Broadway production opened on May 13, 1954, and ran for 1,063 performances. It was revived in 1973, and again in 2006 by The Roundabout Theatre Company. The original production won a Tony for Best Musical, and the 2006 Broadway revival won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

The Peter Quince Performing Company, Ltd., a not-for profit organization was founded on May 1, 1969, by Reed Humphrey and Emily Mueller to provide an opportunity for young people in the Manitowoc County area of Wisconsin to produce, on their own, a full scale theatrical production over the summer months. The Company is celebrating its 41st season.

The contagious spirit of theatre is the driving force behind the Peter Quince Performing Company. Founder Reed Humphrey stated that "the willingness to seek responsibility for what seems to be an impossible venture is the contagious spirit of Peter Quince and the real magic of theatre." The members of the company handle all aspects of the production including: acquiring rights and scripts for the show, finding rehearsal and performance space, auditioning cast, getting together a pit and technical crew, building the set, designing/running the sound and lighting, choreographing the dances, managing scene changes, directing the show, and much more! Quince has something to offer for everyone.

Peter Quince takes its name from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Peter Quince, a carpenter, organizes his friends as an acting troupe to entertain the royalty. He worked under adverse conditions, much like most of us today.