Winter 2023










A special thanks to all the participants in this year’s Summer Camps. What a delight to create theatre in the beautiful outdoors.
A bunch of folks came out to enjoy the summer day and dance their hearts out with us. Thank you to those who came, and thanks to our dance leaders!
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?
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!
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!
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.