Welcome to Festival Theatre
St. Croix Falls, WI
SCFT's mission is to make performing arts welcoming to all people as an essential part of their well being and the vitality of the community.
St. Croix Falls, WI
SCFT's mission is to make performing arts welcoming to all people as an essential part of their well being and the vitality of the community.
Our 2024 season contains beloved classics, new works, heartwarming musicals, and some wonderful presented works from great artists from Minneapolis!
The 2024 season is titled "Homecoming" to celebrate our imminent return to The Historic Auditorium of St. Croix Falls, WI. It's been a long 8 year odyssey away from our original home and we can't wait to celebrate our return with our audiences this upcoming year!
What's Playing?
CommedAI
CommedAI combines the Renaissance improvised theatre form known as Commedia Dell’Arte and the large language model Artificial Intelligence program, Chat GPT. Capturing the excitement and spontaneity of an improv show performed by gut-bustingly funny masters of physical comedy, CommedAI promises to be a cutting edge new work with high entertainment value. The Audience are encouraged to come early and provide a suggestion during pre-show, during which time they’ll enjoy an excellent hospitality experience in our cafe, and have the opportunity to learn a little about the masks and forms of traditional Commedia. During this pre-show period, the ensemble will enter the audience's suggestions into ChatGPT, which will provide a canovaccio integrating those suggestions into the play. Then, at showtime, the company plays the script, integrating all the weird and wonderful suggestions the audience and AI bot have created. This show includes language and mature themes, which may not be suitable for all ages. March 15th-30th Next Stage Series |
A Red Herring Cahoot?! Physical Theatre, based in Minneapolis presents A Red Herring. This detective noir style shadow puppetry show takes place in the sprawling metropolis of Triton City, where private detective “Salty” Sloane McNulty encounters Dr. Finneas Plunc, But when lead scientist of the Triton City Aquarium and Research Center. Dr. Plunc’s urgent plea to help him track down a stolen experiment puts Detective McNulty on one last case. Taking place throughout Triton City with the help of shadow puppetry and an overhead projector, A Red Herring is performed in the style of a film noir brought to life off the screen. Explore the sewers, dance with sharks, follow the clues, and join the chase to discover what really happened in the case of the stolen Crimson Clupeidae. A Red Herring utilizes flashlights, shadow puppetry, and an old school overhead projector to transform the space into a variety of locations throughout Triton City. Audience: All Ages, Recommended age 11 & up April 12th-21st Youth and Family Series |