Get on Board
the Minnesota Centennial Showboat!
Opened as part of the State of Minnesota’s Centennial Celebration in 1958, this year marks the 50th year of the U of M Showboat Players’ summertime productions. They feature an interactive style of theatre based upon old-time vaudeville traditions and offer great music, wit, charm, and lots of laughter to thousands of patrons per year.
Learn more about the Showboat by viewing WCCO-TV's "Finding Minnesota" segment.
Read Graydon Royce's "Showboat Theater is Back" Star Tribune feature.
Read Quinton Skinner's City Pages review.
Help celebrate 50 years of Showboat productions by buying your tickets now for:
by Charles Fechter/Alexandre Dumas, pére
adapted by Robert Moulton
directed by Peter Moore, with olio direction by Vern Sutton
June 13 - August 23, 2008
Don’t miss the epic drama, sweet revenge, and swashbuckling fun of "The Count of Monte Cristo," presented by the U of M Showboat Players on board the Minnesota Centennial Showboat. From the writer of "The Three Musketeers," this imaginative story follows the adventures of a dashing sailor who is wrongly sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison by those jealous of his good fortune. Matched with the “best of the best” olios from the Showboat’s first 50 years, "The Count of Monte Cristo" is great for a family outing or as a group event for your entire crew.
Tickets available by phone at 651.227.1100 and online through Padelford Riverboats.
Please note that "The Count" will be on holiday during the Taste of Minnesota (through July 7th) and return to the stage Tuesday July 8th.
