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Join Us: Eat, Play, Read!

When: August 9-13, 9:30-11:30am

Where: Roseville park (location announced soon!)

Who: Kids 7-9

What: Reading & Theater games!

Cost: Free!

Eat, Play, Read is a theater program that helps develop confidence while strengthening literacy skills! During Eat, Play, Read participants will be able to:

  • Act out scenes from stories
  • Play movement games
  • Create your own versions of stories
  • Read books with expression
  • Participate in music and rhythm games
  • Meet new friends
  • Eat snacks and play together

Eat, Play, Read is a program that aims to engage underserved and underrepresented youth in playful theatre experiences while enhancing literacy skills and social-emotional development. Our goal for the program is to reach out to children ages 7-9 who may have never had experiences in theatre before. Our primary emphasis is reaching out to Somali and Karen communities, but all students are welcome in the program.

We ask that participants register in advance to make sure we can meet the needs of all young people! Questions? Reach out to info@rosetownplayhouse.org.

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Join Us: DANCING IN THE PARKING LOT!

Missing dancing with your Rosetown friends this summer? 

Come dance with us!

What?    Intergenerational Dance Camps

When?   Tues, Wed, Thur,  August 3, 4, 5, and 10, 11, 12 from 6:30pm-8:00pm

Where?  Parking lot at Falcon Heights Church UCC (1795 Holton St., Falcon Heights)

Why?   Because it’s fun to dance with other people!
Cost?   It’s free!  But we do need folks to register in advance

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18th Annual Smorgasbord

It’s time for the 18th Annual Heavenly Smorgasbord, one of the greatest parties in all of Lauderdale, MN! It’s so great, in fact, that this year it’s been crashed by the Intertime Enterprise’s Corporate Retreat, a time-traveling party. The Smorgasbord has been chosen to host their annual party which has been dropped into all kinds of amazing places before: an ancient Greek frat house, Kubla Kahn’s pleasure dome, Jimmy Carter’s peanut farm, you name it! Intertime Enterprise’s CEO is preparing to step down and is looking for their successor. Two people vie for the future of the company in a series of absurd and maybe-not-so-fair challenges. Who will become the next CEO? Who will give the keynote speech? Do the Interns have names? And most importantly, what’s for dessert?

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Thomasina Sawyer

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Newsies

This summer Rosetown is thrilled to be doing Disney’s Newsies! This empowering musical tells the story of a group of “newsies” who stand up to unjust publishing giants as they strike against unfair working conditions. Like all Rosetown shows, this production will have exciting roles for all ages with fun dancing, singing, and acting for folks of all experience and abilities!

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17th Annual Smorgasbord

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Madagascar

Take a journey out of the zoo and onto the stage with your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends from the blockbuster DreamWorks film.

Join Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the hip hip Hippo and, of course, those hilarious, plotting penguins as they bound onto your stage in the musical adventure of a lifetime.  Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR. follows all of your favorite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.

Filled with outlandish characters, adventure galore and an upbeat score, Madagascar JR. will leave audiences with no choice but to “Move It, Move It!

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State Fair

No, not the Great MN Get-Together, but  Rodgers & Hammerstein’s STATE FAIR, the only musical that was written first for the screen and then adapted to the stage.   Set against the colorful backdrop of the mid 20th century American heartland tradition, STATE FAIR travels with the Frake family as they leave behind the routine of the farm for three days of adventure at the annual State Fair. Hearts are set on winning blue ribbons, or finding romance on the midway.

Set to the magical strains of an Academy Award-winning score and other titles from the Rodgers and Hammerstein songbook, STATE FAIR is warm-hearted, witty family entertainment!

Full of fun and engaging characters of all ages and a variety of great songs for singing and dancing, Rosetown’s “State Fair” is  a great warm-up for the OTHER State Fair at the end of August just a few miles away.

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Chateau La Roach

Come to the beautiful Chateau La Roach for a weekend get-away, where you’ll be greeted by a friendly host of… cockroaches!! Crawling with slapstick humor and circus-like stage action, this award-winning comic farce will take you through a weekend in the lives of François and Mimi Laroche, the French proprietors of the château on the shores of a peaceful American lake. The owners are horrified to discover the enormity of their cockroach problem as they prepare for a big weekend of visitors!

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Smorgasbord

Join Rosetown Playhouse for an original, hilarious show–that includes dinner! Written and directed by none other than Rosetown’s own Tyler Olsen, you won’t want to miss being a part of this show, or coming to see it!

Claiborn Heavenly has invited everyone for a big announcement – the Heavenly Winter Smorgasbord & Revue is closing due to financial problems, exacerbated by the fact that their star performer, trained dog Mister Snuffles, has passed away. All of Mr. Snuffles’ fans, past performers, and the rest of the town has showed up to say farewell. However, as they raise their empty water glasses for the final toast, an insurance agent shows up. He represents the Mr. Snuffles’ Estate, and is here to deliver Mr. Snuffles’ insurance check to the Smorgasbord, for the amount of one million dollars. The only catch: they must present the biographical musical revue of Mister Snuffles they have been working on in his honor. Claiborn and the rest of the smorgasbord staff were, of course, completely unaware of any of this, but with financial salvation in sight, they embark on a mad dash to throw together the most ridiculous performance ever to grace the Smorgasbord Stage.

Chock full of over-the-top characters, hilarious historical inaccuracy, absurd dancing, and new takes on old favorites, THE 16TH ANNUAL HEAVENLY WINTER SMORGASBORD AND REVUE will be a knee slapping good time for the whole family!