Tell the World Why the Arts Matter to You

Dayna Del Val, executive director of The Arts Partnership, reflects on why the arts matter to her in her monthly column for the InForum’s Variety section. She cites many instances where the arts helped transform her into who she is, including her time acting in Straw Hat Players productions while in college. 

Straw Hat Players Opens Summer Season with Nostalgic Humor

Gooseberry Park Players continues collaboration with MSUM Minnesota State University Moorhead’s Straw Hat Players Summer Theatre opens its 53rd season with Church Basement Ladies. Inspired by Growing Up Lutheran, a book by Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, Church Basement Ladies is a humorous “scrapbook of memories” of growing up Lutheran in the 1950’s Midwest. The musical runs May 31 […]

Straw Hat Players enters 52nd season with four shows

Gooseberry Park Players take place of 5th show Some Enchanted Evening ~ June 2-5 MSUM’s Straw Hat Players Summer Theatre opens its 52ndseason with the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical revue Some Enchanted Evening, a PG-rated show with hits like “Climb Every Mountain,” “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” and many more. The show runs from June 2 to 5 […]