Viking Theatre Company- Previous Shows
2018-2019: Radium Girls by D.W. Gregory (Friday, February 22-23, 2019)
In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girls traces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. Called a "powerful" and "engrossing" drama by critics, Radium Girls offers a wry, unflinching look at the peculiarly American obsessions with health, wealth, and the commercialization of science.
2019-2020: La Tempestad. The Tempest. By William Shakespeare, adapted by Rebecca Bean. (March 13-14, 2020)
Williams Shakespeare’s comedy about betrayal, the magic arts, and revenge is transferred to the Caribbean in an original adaptation with a bilingual script, being performed at Amundsen for the first time! Over a decade ago, Próspero was Duke of San Juan. Being of a bookish disposition, he withdrew more and more into his studies, leaving the management of his state to his brother. Eventually, Próspero and his baby daughter Miranda were put to sea in a rotten boat and landed on a distant island once ruled by the witch Sycorax but now inhabited only by her son, Calibán, and Ariel, a spirit.
2021-2022: All Together Now! from MTI (November 12-13, 2021)
MTI announced the total revenue collectively raised by theatres across the globe from MTI's All Together Now! - A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre. MTI, the world's leading theatrical licensing agency, provided schools and theatre organizations with an exclusive musical revue featuring songs from MTI's beloved shows…all free-of-charge, thanks to the generosity of the authors who created the incredible hit songs in the revue. Over 2,000 theatres in all 50 states and over 31 countries performed this exclusive musical revue designed as a fundraiser during the weekend of November 12 -15, 2021.
2021-2022: Around the World in 80 Days by Mark Brown (April 1-2, 2022)
Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Unabashedly slapstick! Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race! Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as they race to beat the clock! Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk. With his resourceful servant Passepartout, Fogg sets out to circle the globe in an unheard-of 80 days. But his every step is dogged by a detective who thinks he's a robber on the run. Danger, romance, and comic surprises abound in this whirlwind of a show as characters traverse seven continents in Mark Brown's adaptation of one of the great adventures of all time.
2022-2023: 12 Angry Jurors adapted by Sherman L. Sergel. Based on the Emmy award-winning television movie by Reginald Rose (November 11-12, 2022)
A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. "This is a remarkable thing about democracy," says the foreign-born juror, "that we are notified by mail to come down to this place—and decide on the guilt or innocence of a person; of a man or woman we have not known before. We have nothing to gain or lose by our verdict. We should not make it a personal thing." But personal it is, with each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men.
2022-2023: Chicago: Teen Edition by Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, John Kander, Maurine Dallas Watkins (April 26-27, 2023)
In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband, Amos, to take the rap... until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie and another "Merry Murderess," Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal.
2023-2024: Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig (November 3-4, 2023)
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.
2023-2024: Burn Your Fears: Senior Show by Aliyah Joshua, Alexandra Eddings, and Lani Joe-Recinto (December 14, 2023)
Four campers, Elaine, Gregory, Darra, and Samantha, are sitting around a bonfire at camp telling scary stories. Halfway in, Darra becomes disturbed by the fact that many of the scary stories being told are realistic experiences that her fellow campers have gone through in their personal lives. The play ends with Jamie explaining that sometimes our most scary stories come from the fears and traumatic experiences we may face in life.
2023-2024: Mamma Mia! by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (April 11-20, 2024)
ABBA's hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
2024-2025: Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl (October 17-19, 2024)
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. With contemporary characters, ingenious plot twists, and breathtaking visual effects, the play is a fresh look at a timeless love story.
