Improv 101
WEDNESDAY’S 6:30-8pm - MAY 13th, 20th, 27th, & JUne 3rd
Have you ever wanted to try Improvisation? To speak to and in front of people without worrying about learning lines or memorizing a script? Then say "Yes, and!" to this class.
Andrew Alburger has been teaching acting & improv to students of all ages for over 30 years. In this 4 week workshop you will learn the basics of improvisation thru fun games and scenes that will have you laugh while you learn.
You will learn how to create and play new characters, transform objects, and re-discover the easy way you played as a kid.
THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
JULY 1 - 12
Wood River Rep launches its inaugural season with The Marvelous Wonderettes, the jukebox musical packed with the hits from the 50’s and 60’s that defined a generation. It's 1958 at Springfield High's senior prom, and Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy have been tapped to headline the evening after the boys' glee club got suspended. In matching crinoline and hair bows, the four friends sing their way through their crushes, rivalries, and secrets as they spill out between songs.
Ten years later, they're back for the reunion, and life has had its way with all of them. It's a feel-good tribute to the songs, the friendships, and the people who grew up singing them.
TO BE REVEALED
SEPT 23 - OCT 4
Stay tuned for the announcement of our fall play!
THE WITCHING TABLE
OCT 30 & 31
This Halloween. Two nights only. For the very first time. Wood River Rep presents an immersive murder mystery experience.
The Witching Table.
Staged inside one of the most haunted locations in the Valley, this is theatre you step inside. A small group of guests. A night that twists and turns.
Tickets are extremely limited. And once they're gone, they're gone.
A WOOD RIVER REP HOLIDAY BENEFIT
Dec 14
An original show full of holiday cheer, woven seamlessly into our big benefit event! Every ticket, every dollar raised goes directly into the work we do on stage and within our community.
SILENT SKY
FEB 17 - 28
A woman's discovery changes how we see the universe.
Lauren Gunderson's Silent Sky tells the beautiful and true story of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt. At the turn of the 20th century, Henrietta leaves her sister and small Wisconsin town for a job at the Harvard Observatory.
A luminous play about the courage it takes to see further than anyone thought possible.
THEATRE FEST
APRIL 4
Comedy, drama, music, mayhem, and all of it made with and by this community. Join us for one wild night. All original stories. Endless possibilities.
This spring, Wood River Rep reimagines our 24 Hour Theatre Festival into something you don't want to miss.
POPCORN FALLS
APRIL 21-May2
The sleepy town of Popcorn Falls is on the brink of bankruptcy, about to be turned into a sewage treatment plant. And only one desperate idea to try and save it all.
With two actors playing more than twenty roles, Popcorn Falls is a love letter to small towns, unlikely heroes, and the stubborn, ridiculous, miraculous power of art to save the world. James Hindman's Popcorn Falls is one of the most joyful farces of the modern stage. A wild comedy to close out Wood River Rep’s inaugural first season.