The Grand Marais Playhouse is very pleased to present the casts for our 2024 Summer Theater Festival in Grand Marias held weekends Thursday through Sunday, July 18 - August 11. Tickets will be available soon!

We have two plays to add delight to your summer adventures! A comedy that will bring lots of laughs and a thriller that will make you laugh as well as make you jump out of your seat!

Curtain up! By Peter Quilter

Curtain Up! Is a farcical comedy that tells the story of 5 women who inherit a dilapidated old theater. In their quest to save the place, all kinds of chaos and madness ensue. The play is light- hearted, fun entertainment that has kept audiences laughing across the globe for over 20 years!

The cast for Curtain Up! 

Theresa- Sandra Lucille Smith

Pam - Katie Paige

Betty- Beth Faraone

Sharon- Alexys Hillman 

Jackie- Angelina Elido

I’ll Be Back Before Midnight by Peter Colley

Peter Colley's roller-coaster play contains the kind of stomach-dropping twists that will make you hoot with laughter even as you clutch your theater companion's sleeve. There's something scratching at the window behind those dusty draperies, and finding out what horror lurks is all part of this entertaining production's fun."  Los Angeles Times (F. Kathleen Foley)

The Story: Jan has recently had a nervous breakdown, and her husband Greg, an archeologist, has rented an old farmhouse in the country where she can recover.  The old farmhouse is near an archeological dig where he can continue his studies.   When George, the hilarious farmer they rent the house from, tells stories about a terrible murder that once took place in the farmhouse and the ghost that reputedly stalks the night, Jan's imagination gets fired up.  The situation gets even worse when Laura, Greg's beautiful but manipulative sister arrives.  Soon Jan finds herself tormented by strange sounds in the night, and visions of the vengeful ghost.  Is she having another breakdown?  Is someone trying to drive her mad?  When she tries to defend herself from this apparition, events take an unexpected turn in a night of unimaginable suspense.

The Cast of I’ll Be Back Before Midnight!

Jan- Payton Quaife

Greg- Aiden Ritchey

George- Kevin Kager

Laura- Kylie Viren

If you would like to be a part of these productions we are looking stage managers for each show and help on the sets, special effects, props, sound effects, and painting. Scenic artist Jenny Knott will be here June 25- July 9 creating old dilapidated walls, wooden columns, and more. Come learn scenic painting! If Interested in joining the team of these amazing shows, please contact the Playhouse [email protected]