SOMETHING ROTTEN

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October 3 - October 18, 2025

Fridays at 7:00 PM
Saturdays at 7:00 PM
Sundays at 2:00 PM

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Welcome to the Renaissance and the outrageous, crowd-pleasing musical farce, SOMETHING ROTTEN. Created by Grammy Award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick, and successful screenwriters Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, SOMETHING ROTTEN was lauded by audience members and critics alike, receiving several Best Musical nominations and hailed by Time Out New York as "the funniest musical comedy in at least 400 years".

Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as "The Bard." When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz. (MTI)

CAST LIST

Nick Bottom - Daniel Wilke

Nigel Bottom - Jacob Schilling

Shakespeare - Michael Krauter

Nostradamus - Parrish Williams

Bea Bottom - Addison Koehler

Brother Jeremiah - David Maxwell

Portia - Ellen Vander Missen

Minstrel - Austin Stodghill

Lord Clapham - Josh Vander Missen

Shylock - Daniel Draves

Master of Justice - Josh Vander Missen

Ensemble

Julia Ammons
Amanda Boldt
David Brock
Cam Hicks
Braxton Hiser
Karen Hurt
Emily Lantz
Melissa Ritchie
Nicole Sherlock
Louis Soria
Caitlin Stacy
Austin Stodghill
Landon Storm
Matthew Sumpter
Blake Valentine
Eric VanVeelen

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