Four of the six shows playing at Northern Sky Theater next year are world premieres, but you will not be lost entirely when you take your seat.

The performing arts company announced its 2024 season earlier this week with three shows slated to play at the outdoor amphitheater in Peninsula State Park and inside the Gould Theater at the Northern Sky Theater’s creative campus in Fish Creek.

Outside, audiences will get a second look at The Fisherman’s Daughters, which played in 2021 but did not get the full Northern Sky Theater experience because of the pandemic. Belgians in Heaven will return to the amphitheater stage for its 30th anniversary, but you will also get to see the musical’s prequel as a world premiere, Hell’s Belgians.

The Gould Theater will see the world premieres of Reality Trip and Girls on Sand. While Girls on Sand is considered a love letter to the title of the popular production Guys on Ice, Reality Trip is a contemporary musical about how technology helps and hinders us. The indoor season also includes And if Elected, the semi-annual ode to the election season.

Artistic Director Jeff Herbst says the 2024 season is a blend of throwing it back to the classics while looking ahead to the future.

The three summer shows at the Park will run in repertory six nights a week, including two double show nights on Mondays and Thursdays. The double show nights will allow you to see Hell's Belgians and Belgians in Heaven on the same evening. The summer show in the Gould will also run six nights a week. The fall indoor shows will run six nights a week in September and October. A ticket sale date will be announced in early 2024.

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