St. Croix Festival Theatre

This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or imperfect) match in life. The outspoken Lizzy Bennet is determined to never marry, despite mounting pressure from society. But can she resist love, especially when that vaguely handsome, mildly amusing, and impossibly aggravating Mr. Darcy keeps popping up at every turn?! Literature’s greatest tale of latent love has never felt so theatrical, or so full of life than it does in this effervescent adaptation. Because what turns us into greater fools…than the high-stakes game of love?

Claudia Schmidt brings her exuberant music and love of humanity back to St. Croix Falls. With her multi-octave voice, 12 string guitar and mountain dulcimer, she weaves together song, story and spoken word in a one-of-a-kind presentation that will fill your heart and refresh your soul. After more than 50 years of writing and performing, she is as strong as ever, sharing her wonder and amazement at the world and all the creatures, including us, who inhabit it. Come and get energized, humorized and harmonized! claudiaschmidt.com

In our American culture It's a Wonderful Life has become almost as familiar as Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The story is a natural for a stage adaptation: the saga of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty, whose guardian angel has to descend on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him—by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born—that his has been, after all, a wonderful life. This faithful adaptation has all your favorite characters: George and Mary Hatch, Clarence, Uncle Billy, Violet, and, of course, the Scrooge-like villain, Mr. Potter. This fine dramatization not only celebrates the faith of the season, it also celebrates the American philosophy of life: hard work, fair play and the love and support of one's family and community will be rewarded.

A world premiere play from prolific playwright Mark Rosenwinkel comes Never Enough. An elderly couple tries to influence their younger, idealistic selves as they explore the elusive nature of romantic love, the inevitable challenges of ordinary life, and their shared passion for the theatre. Written and performed by Festival Theatre veterans Mark Rosenwinkel and Elizabeth Streiff, the play is playfully drawn in part from their personal history. In 1979, through circumstances that no one could predict, two young people met while undergoing intensive study at the Asolo Conservatory for Professional Actor Training in Sarasota, FL. At the time, Mark Rosenwinkel and Elizabeth Streiff had no inkling of what the future held for them; they were just a couple of crazy kids who desperately needed to be together. Was it love, attraction, or sheer insanity? A combination of all three? Now, nearly fifty years later, Never Enough is a fictional tale is drawn in part from their personal history, in a story that is both familiar and utterly unique.

Action! Comedy! Romance! Alexandre Dumas’ swashbuckling classic remains timeless in this delightful adaptation that has been called “two hours of pure awesomeness.” You won’t want to miss this tale of heroism, treachery and close calls as d’Artagnan joins forces with the Musketeers to defend the honor of the Queen of France. Little does the young Frenchman know he’ll soon find himself face to face with Cardinal Richelieu – the most dangerous man in Europe! All for one and one for all!

Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, former queen (and fan of ribbons) Marie Antoinette, and Haitian rebel Marianne Angelle hang out, murder Marat, and try to beat back the extremist insanity in 1793 Paris. This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Or a play about a play. Or a raucous resurrection…that ends in a song and a scaffold.

is open to all ages 8+ on February 15 and 16, 2026. More information coming soon!

Sales and signing will take place immediately giving everyone a chance to mingle before heading into the theater to listen to selected stories from the book. We will finish up following one last chance to purchase a book and get it signed by Robin.