Escanaba in Love                     

            June 18-28                            

                                        Zany Comedy....written by Jeff Daniels                                                                                                                   

                                        Terry L. Wiesner, Director

Visit the Soady deer camp in the midst of World War II (40 years prior to Escanaba in da Moonlight).  Meet the love of young Albert Soady Jr.’s life and a whole cast of madcap Yoopers.  Albert wins Big Betty Balloo in a barroom kissing contest, weds her on the spot, and brings her to deer camp for their honeymoon—the first woman ever to set foot in the Soady deer camp!  Are her britches large enough to square off with the entire clan of Soadys? 

 

Set in the 1940’s, 18 year old Albert Soady, Jr. played by Tim Accola of Weyerhauser joins his father Albert Soady, Sr. played by Boyd Stearns of Rice Lake, and his grandfather Alphonse Soady played by Bill Koslofsky of Chetek for their annual trip to deer camp.  This year the men meet their biggest challenge to date, their first female visitor, Big Betty Ballou played by Heather Paulson of Cumberland .  Needless to say this creates a lot of folly, hilarious dialogue and events.