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Annie Get Your Gun

November 4-5, 7:30 PM; November 6, 2:00 PM
(Martin Luther College Auditorium)

You won’t want to miss Peter Stone’s Tony-winning revival of the classic, Annie Get Your Gun. Annie Oakley is the best shot around, and she manages to support her little brother and sisters by selling the game she hunts. When she’s discovered by Colonel Buffalo Bill, he persuades this novel sharpshooter to join his Wild West Show. It only takes one glance for her to fall head over heels for dashing shooting ace Frank Butler, who headlines the show. She soon eclipses Butler as the main attraction which, while good for business, is bad for romance. Butler hightails it off to join a rival show, his bruised male ego leading the way, but is ultimately pitted against Annie in a final shoot-out. This rousing, sure-fire show is sure to hit the mark every time!

Tickets are ON SALE NOW!

Reserved seating ticket prices are $10 for adults and $8 for students (K-college)/seniors (65+) if ordered online (Eventbrite link here) ahead of time here at mlc-wels.edu/forum, or $12 for adults and $10 for students (K-college)/seniors (65+) if purchased at the door.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please call the Forum box office (507-233-9114). Hours are Sunday-Thursday, 7:45-10:00 PM.

Inside the Fourth Wall

December 9-10, 7:30 PM; December 11, 2:00 PM
(Martin Luther College Auditorium)

Join us for a pair of one-act plays where we not only break the fourth wall of theater, but you get to come inside!

First, Wade Bradford’s “Conflict” offers a very amusing explanation of how we crave stories in which the protagonist experiences all kinds of hardship. Why are writers so cruel to their characters? Because it’s fun! Second, Carol and Ashley are expecting a tale of woe as they take their seats to watch Hamlet, but the real tragedy is that they’re sitting next to the world’s noisiest weirdos. In Ian McWethy’s “Appropriate Audience Behavior,” the audience takes the spotlight as everyone from a cough-drop obsessive to a guy watching the play like a football game steals the show from the unseen Shakespearean masterpiece. This is an outrageously meta comedy that reminds us where the drama belongs–onstage.

Tickets ($5 for all attendees) will be sold at the door only, beginning 30 minutes before each show time. 

Radium Girls

February 17-18, 7:30 PM; February 19, 2:00 PM
(Martin Luther College Auditorium)

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage – until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. 

Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for students (K-college)/seniors (65+) and will be sold at the door only, beginning 30 minutes before each show time.