Community Calendar

The musical, Paint Your Wagon, opens this weekend, April 17-19, at the Allure of Pinecrest Grove Theatre in Mt. Morris, IL. Performed by the Mt. Morris Performing Arts Guild (PAG), Paint Your Wagon is a Broadway musical that blends the rugged spirit of the American frontier with humor, romance, and memorable music. Premiering in 1951, the musical was written by the celebrated songwriting team of Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) and Frederick Loewe (music). The surprisingly different screen version of Paint Your Wagon premiered in 1969, featuring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood. A revival of the musical that remained truer to the original script occurred in 2015. The PAG production you will see this weekend is based on the revival of 2015.

Paint Your Wagon is directed by Mt. Morris native, Beth Nelson Chase, and features local actors from Mt. Morris, Oregon, Forreston and more. Reserved tickets are now available for purchase through the PAG website, www.performingartsguild.com or by calling 815-734-2103. Adult tickets are $20 each; student price is $18 each. Tickets may also be purchased at the door, which opens 30 minutes before each performance. The Friday and Saturday shows begin at 7:00 PM; the Sunday matinee starts at 2:00 PM.

Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine.

Their delightful summer routine–fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementos, listening to the loons call–is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements.

When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy.

The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.

Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine.

Their delightful summer routine–fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementos, listening to the loons call–is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements.

When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy.

The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.

Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine.

Their delightful summer routine–fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementos, listening to the loons call–is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements.

When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy.

The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.

Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine.

Their delightful summer routine–fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementos, listening to the loons call–is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements.

When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy.

The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.

Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer are spending their 48th summer at their vacation home on Golden Pond, in the woods of Maine.

Their delightful summer routine–fishing, picking strawberries, enjoying old mementos, listening to the loons call–is given a bitterly comedic edge by Norman’s unreliable memory and cantankerously morbid statements.

When their daughter Chelsea visits for Norman’s 80th birthday, bringing her boyfriend Bill and Bill’s teenage son, Billy Jr., the whole family must come to grips with Norman and Chelsea’s mutual bitterness, while Norman blossoms with his chance to mentor young Billy.

The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties of a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that effortlessly illustrates the hilarious, heartbreaking, human moments of which life is made.

The Vicar of St. Mary Meade (a sleepy English village where nothing ever happens) is understandably horrified to discover a dead body in his study. Everyone in the village is scandalized and (to be truthful) thrilled. The gossip spreads like wildfire and everyone is playing detective!

Have no fear. The Vicar’s inquisitive neighbor, Miss Marple, is on the case! Don’t miss this world premiere adaptation by playwright Margaret Raether of Agatha Christie’s very first Miss Marple novel.

On Saturday, May 16 and Saturday, May 24 there will be performances at both 4 and 7:30 p.m.

The Vicar of St. Mary Meade (a sleepy English village where nothing ever happens) is understandably horrified to discover a dead body in his study. Everyone in the village is scandalized and (to be truthful) thrilled. The gossip spreads like wildfire and everyone is playing detective!

Have no fear. The Vicar’s inquisitive neighbor, Miss Marple, is on the case! Don’t miss this world premiere adaptation by playwright Margaret Raether of Agatha Christie’s very first Miss Marple novel.

On Saturday, May 16 and Saturday, May 24 there will be performances at both 4 and 7:30 p.m.

The Vicar of St. Mary Meade (a sleepy English village where nothing ever happens) is understandably horrified to discover a dead body in his study. Everyone in the village is scandalized and (to be truthful) thrilled. The gossip spreads like wildfire and everyone is playing detective!

Have no fear. The Vicar’s inquisitive neighbor, Miss Marple, is on the case! Don’t miss this world premiere adaptation by playwright Margaret Raether of Agatha Christie’s very first Miss Marple novel.

On Saturday, May 16 and Saturday, May 24 there will be performances at both 4 and 7:30 p.m.

The Vicar of St. Mary Meade (a sleepy English village where nothing ever happens) is understandably horrified to discover a dead body in his study. Everyone in the village is scandalized and (to be truthful) thrilled. The gossip spreads like wildfire and everyone is playing detective!

Have no fear. The Vicar’s inquisitive neighbor, Miss Marple, is on the case! Don’t miss this world premiere adaptation by playwright Margaret Raether of Agatha Christie’s very first Miss Marple novel.

On Saturday, May 16 and Saturday, May 24 there will be performances at both 4 and 7:30 p.m.