A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
Angie Toomsen
Welcome to our 2025 – 2026 season! We’ re in the midst of an exciting transformation, and what you see today is just the start. Be sure to visit us throughout this season( and into the next!) to watch the full vision unfold. Just wait until you see the stunning new lobby and lounge for Guys and Dolls, complete with gorgeous new carpet and lighting fixtures!
As I begin my ninth year as Artistic Director, these renovations have me reflecting on just how much we’ ve evolved over the past decade.
As production aspirations grow, we’ ve consistently aimed higher and higher. The ultimate goal is to delight and transport you, giving you another culture-centric reason, among so many, to take pride in our community. I frequently revisit this touchstone for myself: the arts have the
power to elicit joy, elation, empathy, and to remind us of such attributes as kindness, bravery, and the resolution of conflict.
Which brings us to Arendelle! Amid increasingly fractious division in our world, Disney’ s Frozen delivers a poignant message about the power of genuine love and understanding.
Elsa’ s fear of her own strengths, and the resulting fear her differences inspire in others, is a universally relatable condition.
1800, Norway On display at the
Vesterheim Museum
Creator Bergljot Lunde On display at the Vesterheim Museum
Elsa’ s fear of her own strengths, and the resulting fear her differences inspire in others, is a universally relatable condition. The people of Arendelle do not seek to understand Elsa’ s abilities or her isolation. Instead, they quickly condemn what they do not know.
Anna, by contrast, embodies an unwavering optimism and relentless pursuit of connection, revealing that true love is not a romantic ideal but an act of selflessness. Her determination to bridge the gap of misunderstanding, despite
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