(does not include auditions or special events – see This Week’s Events below or the calendar page for full listing)

Mantorville Opera House
Sun, October 25, 2026 12:00 PM
A happy housewife named Marsha, hopelessly addicted to reading murder mysteries, overhears her loving husband discussing her upcoming birthday surprise with an interior decorator. To her ears, though, it sounds like they are planning to murder her!A dinner theatre. Friday & Saturday – dinner @ 6:00 pm show @ 7:00 pm Sunday – dinner @ 12:00 pm show @ 1:00 pm
Wadena Youth Center
Sun, October 25, 2026 02:00 PM

Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is finally laid to rest in a striking and novel manner.

Performance dates:
October 22, 23 & 24 @ 7:00 pm
October 25 @ 2:00 pm

Theatre in the Round
Sun, October 25, 2026 02:00 PM

A Co-Production with FAIR School for Arts
(Competition version)

Edward Tulane is a beautiful china rabbit who cares only for himself—until an accident sends him overboard on an ocean voyage. Based on Kate DiCamillo’s beloved novel, this magical adaptation for young audiences and families tells a moving story about learning to open one’s heart.

Performance dates:
October 23, 24, & 30 @ 7:30
October 25 and November 1 @ 2:00

Roosevelt Hall
Sun, October 25, 2026 02:00 PM

At a large, tastefully-appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though it’s only a flesh wound, Charlie Brock’s self-inflicted injury sets off a series of events causing four couples to experience a severe attack of farce.

As their tenth wedding anniversary party commences, Charlie lies bleeding in another room, and his wife Myra is nowhere in sight. The first guests, lawyer Ken Gorman and his wife Chris, scramble to get “the story” straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and miscommunications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.

Performances:
October 22, 23 & 24 @ 7:00 pm
October 25 @ 2:00 pm

Northfield Arts Guild Theatre
Sun, October 25, 2026 02:00 PM

Gadzooks! Make way for this Shakespearean parody of the 1980 comedy classic, Caddyshack. Join Dardanius, Titus, Lavinia Bottom, and asst. greenskeeper Carliolanus as the putt-putt makes putzes out of them all. Gophers, Kenny Loggins, and a poolside Baby Ruth help motivate these dukes, duffers, and damsels as they hook and slice their way through the Shakespearean couplets. Fore!

Pipestone Performing Arts Center
Sun, October 25, 2026 02:00 PM

A musical comedy featuring four distinct characters and their relationships as they organize the food and solve the problems of a rural Minnesota church about to undergo changes in 1965. Funny and down-to-earth, audiences will recognize these ladies as they witness the church year unfold from below the house of God.

Performance dates:
October 16, 17, 23 & 24 @ 7:30 pm
October 18 & 25 @ 2:00 pm

Discovery Auditorium
Thu, October 29, 2026 07:00 PM

It’s 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

October 29 & 30 and November 6 & 7 @ 7:00 pm
November 1 & 8 @ 2:00 pm

Discovery Auditorium
Fri, October 30, 2026 07:00 PM

It’s 1985, and rock star wannabe, Robbie Hart, is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

October 29 & 30 and November 6 & 7 @ 7:00 pm
November 1 & 8 @ 2:00 pm

Theatre in the Round
Fri, October 30, 2026 07:30 PM

A Co-Production with FAIR School for Arts
(Competition version)

Edward Tulane is a beautiful china rabbit who cares only for himself—until an accident sends him overboard on an ocean voyage. Based on Kate DiCamillo’s beloved novel, this magical adaptation for young audiences and families tells a moving story about learning to open one’s heart.

Performance dates:
October 23, 24, & 30 @ 7:30
October 25 and November 1 @ 2:00

Northfield Arts Guild Theatre
Fri, October 30, 2026 07:30 PM

Gadzooks! Make way for this Shakespearean parody of the 1980 comedy classic, Caddyshack. Join Dardanius, Titus, Lavinia Bottom, and asst. greenskeeper Carliolanus as the putt-putt makes putzes out of them all. Gophers, Kenny Loggins, and a poolside Baby Ruth help motivate these dukes, duffers, and damsels as they hook and slice their way through the Shakespearean couplets. Fore!

Northfield Arts Guild Theatre
Sat, October 31, 2026 07:30 PM

Gadzooks! Make way for this Shakespearean parody of the 1980 comedy classic, Caddyshack. Join Dardanius, Titus, Lavinia Bottom, and asst. greenskeeper Carliolanus as the putt-putt makes putzes out of them all. Gophers, Kenny Loggins, and a poolside Baby Ruth help motivate these dukes, duffers, and damsels as they hook and slice their way through the Shakespearean couplets. Fore!

The Minnesota Association of Community Theatres (MACT) is a statewide, volunteer run organization. We hold meetings, workshops, festivals and other events throughout the state of Minnesota.

 MACT operates on a two year cycle.  In even numbered years we put on FAST*Fest, a non-adjudicated festival of 20-minute plays.  In odd numbered years we produce MACT*Fest, which is an adjudicated festival of 60-minute plays which is part of the AACTFest cycle.  Along with the performances at our festivals there are workshops and networking events.

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