On February 20th and 21st you are invited to Ole and Lena Win a Cruise at the Scandia Community Center.  This hilarious duo returns with laughs to warm your heart through the rest of the winter.

Mike and Julie Bateson have been acting together for many years.  They have created the Ole and Lena characters from audience comments based on other characters they have created. “Everyone knows an Ole and Lena joke and we enjoy bringing them to life for audiences large and small.” 

Every year Lena listens to her friends at the Curler and Chat talk about their vacations; but year after year, she is disappointed. Ole’s idea of a vacation is going to the Muskrat Lodge’s Annual Convention, usually a camping event held in Potsdam, at a park only 2 miles from their farm! This year, Lena has decided that she and Ole are going on a romantic vacation, even if it kills him.  Meanwhile, Ole won the grand prize raffle at the Muskrat Lodge, and rumor has it that the grand prize might be a cruise to exotic ports in the Caribbean; something Ole wants no part of.

Will Ole talk Lena into going camping instead of bobbing around on a cruise ship “like a fishing boat in a walleye chop on opening day”? Or will Lena finally get the romantic vacation she has dreamed about. Join in the side splitting fun for the whole family of “Ole and Lena Win a Cruise.”
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There are only two shows, Saturday, February 20th at 7:30 pm and Sunday, February 21st at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $21 in advance/$26 at the door and can be purchased online at festivaltheatre.org, or by phone at 715-483-3387 during box office hours Tuesday throughFriday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm, or at the door the day of the show.
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This show is being presented by Festival Theatre at the Scandia Community and Senior Center
14727 209th St. N. Scandia, MN  55073.

St. Croix Festival Theatre will begin its Theatre Series earlier than ever this year with Fully Committed, opening on February 5th and running through February 21st, at the Franklin Square Black Box.  Fully Committed is the “hilarious and touching” (Time Out New York) comedy that takes a sharp skewer to the backside of the restaurant biz.
Taking place in the busy reservation office of New York City’s hottest restaurant, Sam, an out-of-work actor, mans the line at Manhattan’s number one restaurant while struggling to jump start her career and fulfill impending family obligations. Stopping at nothing to land a reservation, Sam deals with callers who resort to coercion, threats, bribes, and histrionics.

 “This play is like the feeling you experience right after a roller coaster makes its first big drop. Non-stop speed, excitement, and laughter until you reach the end,” says director, Andrew Bradford Benson, “and the challenge of maintaining this ride rests on one actor’s shoulders as the performer plays not only Sam, but all of the other 39 characters in this show.”

Returning to Festival Theatre to tackle this role is Chloe Armao who was last seen on Festival’s stage in 2013’s productions of Crazy for You and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Most recently she could be seen performing in Minneapolis at the Guthrie Theater as Abigail in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible. “Having Chloe come back to do this show is a dream,” says Benson. “She is someone with such incredible talent and passion which means her schedule is always busy with work and we feel so fortunate that she will be sharing her talents with our community again this season.”
Fully Committed will be performed in the Franklin Square Black Box, in the old Ben Franklin Building on Main St. St. Croix Falls, WI.  The city of St. Croix Falls will be renovating the 1917 Civic Auditorium during Festival’s 2016 Season. 

Tickets are $26 for adults and this show is flex pass eligible.  Tickets can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 715-483-3387 or visiting www.festivaltheatre.org.  ‘Like’ Festival Theatre on facebook or sign up to receive Festival's weekly emails for up-to-the-minute announcements and promotions. Tickets are now on sale for Festival's 2016 season.