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Get on Board
the Minnesota Centennial Showboat!

Opened as part of the State of Minnesota’s Centennial Celebration in 1958, this year marks the 51st 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.

Find out what reporter Joe Nathan had to say about this summer's production, Showboat Production is Stunning and Silly.

Help celebrate 51 years of Showboat productions by buying your tickets now for:

by Molière
adapted and directed by Kenneth Noel Mitchell

June 19 - August 29, 2009

Please note that "Is There a Doctor in the House?" will be on holiday during the Taste of Minnesota (through July 6th) and return to the stage Tuesday July 7th.

Join the U of M Showboat Players on board the Minnesota Centennial Showboat this summer for a healthy dose of ol’ fashion fun. "Is There a Doctor in the House?" is your cure for the summertime blues. Based on "The Imaginary Invalid" by Molière, the story centers on Argan, a hypochondriac whose obsession with his health and following his physician’s advice becomes more intolerable than actually being ill. A comedy of misdirection, mistaken identities, and misdiagnosis, the production will also fill your prescription for musical entertainment with our delightful olios (signature Vaudvillesque musical numbers). "Is There a Doctor in the House?" is sure to leave you in stitches, whether you need them or not!

Tickets available by phone at 651.227.1100 and online through Padelford Riverboats.

 

SUMMER 2009:
Is There a
Doctor in the House?
June 19 – August 29, 2009