May 9th-10th & 16th-17th 2025 7:00 pm Doors open at 6:30 pm

May 11th & 18th, 2025 2:00 pm  Doors open at 1:30 pm

Community Building Complex of Boone County

111 W. First St Belvidere, IL 61008

Presented through special arrangement with  Dramatic Publishing 

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" Peter Pan!” Non musical version by J.M Barrie

J.M. Barrie's classic tells the story of Wendy, John and Michael Darling's adventures in

Neverland with the inimitable Peter Pan,  "the boy who would not grow up." In Neverland,

the Darlings are introduced to the Lost Boys, Peter's jealous fairy friend Tinker Bell,

the infamous pirate Captain Hook, and the crocodile who swallowed Hook's hand.

 The action escalates when the Darlings are captured by Hook and, with Peter's help,

escape, taking the Lost Boys home with them.

Audition Dates: 

Sun. Aug. 25th, 2024 at 5:00pm and Mon. Aug. 26th, 2024 at 7:00pm at Community Building Complex of Boone County

Performance Dates:

Nov 8th-9th & 15th-16th ,2024 at 7:00pm and Nov. 10th & 17th, 2024, at 2:00pm


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Nana's Naughty Knickers

Bridget and her grandmother are about to become roommates. However, what Bridget saw as a

unique opportunity to stay with her favorite  nana in New York for the summer quickly turns into an

experience she’ll never forget. It seems her sweet grandma is running an illegal boutique from her

apartment, selling handmade naughty knickers to every senior citizen in the five-borough area!

Will Bridget be able to handle all the excitement? Will her nana get arrested – or worse – evicted?

Audition Dates:

Sun Oct. 6th 2024 at 5:00pm & Mon Oct. 7th at 6:00pm  at the Boone County Museum of History

Performance Dates:

December 20th-21st, 2024 Friday at 7:00pm and Sunday December 22nd, 2024 at 2:00pm 

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Funny Money


Written by Ray Cooney

Presented through special arrangement with
Concord Theatricals

Never has this master of farce been frenetically funnier! Henry A. Perkins, a mild mannered C.P.A,

accidently picks up the wrong briefcase one full of money.  Henry assumes it is illicit cash and he

decides to keep it. Knowing that the former owner must have his briefcase, he rushes home to book

one way fares  to Barcelona. He tells his confused wife to leave everything behind; if she doesn't like

Barcelona, they can go to Bali. In fact, they can buy Bali! The doorbell rings as they wait for their taxi.

 The police detective at the door thinks Henry was soliciting in the men's room of the local pub actually,

he was sitting in the loo counting the cash. The bell rings again. Another detective arrives thinking

Henry is dead; a man with bullet holes in his head and Henry's briefcase were found in the Thames. 

Henry's inept attempts to extricate himself from this impossible situation lead to increasingly hysterical

situations.

Audition Dates: 

Mon. Nov. 18th 2024 at 6:00pm & Tues. Nov 19th 2024 at 6:00pm at Community Building Complex of Boone County

Performance Dates:

Feb 7th-8th &14th-15th ,2025 at 7:00pm and Feb. 9th & 16th, 2025, at 2:00pm

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An Evening of Carol Burnett

The Carol Burnett show was one of the most successful sketch shows on TV

and showcased not just Carol's talent, but many stars of the day, doing skits, such as the ever

popular “As The Stomach Turns“. MSP has been granted access to lots of her sketches. 

We will be putting together many of them to give today's public a taste of live audience TV comedy.

Audition Dates: 

Sun. March 2nd 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. & Mon. March 3rd 2025 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Community Building Complex of Boone County

Performance Dates:

May 9th-10th & 16th-17th ,2025 at 7:00pm and May. 11th & 18th, 2025, at 2:00pm

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The Boys Next Door

Written by Tom Griffin 

The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly “burned out” young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet pastries, takes great pride in the huge bundle of keys that dangles from his waist; Lucien P. Smith has the mind of a five-year-old but imagines that he is able to read and comprehend the weighty books he lugs about; Arnold, the ringleader of the group, is a hyperactive, compulsive chatterer, who suffers from deep-seated insecurities and a persecution complex; while Barry, a brilliant schizophrenic who is devastated by the unfeeling rejection of his brutal father, fantasizes that he is a golf pro. Mingled with scenes from the daily lives of these four, where “little things” sometimes become momentous (and often very funny), are moments of great poignancy when, with touching effectiveness, we are reminded that the handicapped, like the rest of us, want only to love and laugh and find some meaning and purpose in the brief time that they, like their more fortunate brothers, are allotted on this earth.

Audition Dates: 

 Mon April 21st & Tues April 22nd 6:00 pm at the Boone County Museum of History

Performance Dates:

June 20th & 21th ,2025 at 7:00pm and June 222nd 2025, at 2:00pm

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