Past Productions

Holiday Productions

 Let's Scrap Christmas (2009)
The most wonderful day of the year may be Christmas for many, but for the Johnson women who 'scrap', the weekend they spend at Aunt Carol's with photos, stamps, stickers and paper stock is sacred, and "could only be more fun if Robert Redford were hosting!" according to Aunt Carol.  As for Uncle Ted's thoughts about the 'scrapbooking weekend'?  "Ah...not so much."  After years of recreating family memories in beautiful books, this weekend will produce its own special collection.  Enjoy this funny yet poignant musical comedy for the 2009 Seasons Dinner Theater's holiday production.

Casting Christmas (2008)
Young Hannah Erickson, freshly graduated from college with a theater degree and a naïve sense of enthusiasm, returns to her small northern Minnesota hometown to start a community theater. Writing, auditioning, casting, set building, and costuming are just a few of the tasks on her plate. From writer’s cramp to scenery nightmares to the most hilarious auditions, experience a behind-the-scenes look at putting on a Christmas show like no other. This is the comedy behind the Christmas musical comedy!

Pastor Peterson's Last Noel (2007)
This is a humorous and touching story about a small town parish pastor who is replaced by a young rookie with more enthusiasm than a new puppy and some pretty unorthodox practices.The antics cause Pastor Peterson to question his retirement plans. Will this be Pastor Peterson’s last Christmas at Holy Emmanuel’s? Make reservations and find out!

The Christmas Pickle (2006)
Dorothy Swenson is the "pickle lady". Every Minnesota small town has one. Her advice, "No problem has ever been too big that couldn't be solved around a jar of pickles." Just ask her children. No problem, until this one. And, it's Dot Swenson herself who is in crises. Join her family as they try to determine what in the world is wrong with their mother. This may be one pickle Dot can't solve with a jar of...pickles. And, one Christmas that will change her family forever!

The Specially Blended Christmas (2005)
The Owner of The Brew Inn in Winoka, MN, Norm Athens, serves up a special blend of friendship to his customers and his employees, lovable or otherwise. But, in the name of progress, 2005 may be the last Christmas they'll see at the coffee shop.

Christmas By Da Lake (2004)
Joe Chapel's privacy is completely disrupted this Christmas when the opening on the lake in front of his cabin stirs up national and local attention as people debate it's shape, 'moose or angel', and reunites him with his family.

The Good Will of Mrs. Penelini (2003)
Not particularly well liked by her family or acquaintances, upon her death, this Italian matriarch has her will read to all concerned at her home on Christmas Eve which turns into a hunt for the fortune.

A Room At The Inn (2002)
Young honeymooners plan to spend a romantic Christmas Eve alone at Fezziwigs B&B when they learn a valuable lesson from some unexpected guests to this somewhat unusual place.

I'm listening This Christmas (2001)
The owner of a small town radio station, KMAS, seems to be facing bankruptcy when he receives a Christmas boost from a pretty stranger, his mother, some lovable on-air personalities, and an entire community.

Emily's Christmas Angels (2000)
Confined to her home since birth because of a severe genetic immune deficiency, young Emily spends Christmas entertaining and being entertained by hilarious visitors of an angelic sort.

The Christmas Mission (1999)
Ma McCourte hosts two Minnesota tree farmers at her urban Bethlehem Mission who were sentenced to selling and handing over the profits from their Christmas trees to the mission after they accidentally burned down the mission's kids camp the previous summer.

Pastor Peterson's Last Noel (1998)
A discouraged small town pastor learns how valuable he has been to the community when he is about to be replaced by a young overly enthusiastic interim pastor who is as lovable and irritating as a new puppy.

I'll Be In A Home For Christmas (1997)
Genevieve's grown children won't speak to each other and won't come home for Christmas, so she brings them home by admitting herself to a nursing home.

Grandma's Christmas Invitation (1996)
Gram and Gramps are supposed to be spending Christmas alone on the farm this year, but not after Gram sends out an invitation that brings several strange and wonderful visitors.

Toymaker's Christmas (1995)
A run-down toy shop in an old part of a city comes to life with some angelic intervention and some children who believe.

Father Christmas (1994)
A grief-stricken family, at the loss of their father, finds comfort and joy at retelling past Christmas tales about Dad at the family's cabin, while their father's spirit presides.

Three Wishes for Christmas (1993)
A spoiled little rich girl shares a birthday with Christmas, and with the help of a genie and several other colorful characters, discovers what happens when her wish that "there is no Christmas!" actually comes true.

Christmas Café (1992)
Back again in Pine Rock, a young couple struggles to keep a café running, a marriage working. They get some loving help from friends and family this Christmas.

Tickets to Christmas (1991)
An elderly woman, Mrs. Bean, retells her favorite tales about the many Christmas's she's spent visiting with travelers at the train depot in Pine Rock, MN.

The Presence of Christmas (1990)
A mature couple grieves the loss of a young daughter at Christmas from years earlier, but finds joy, hope, humor and peace in a young neighbor child who has just moved in.

A Seasons Christmas (1989)
A group of actors 'snowed-in' at the theatre after a show take turns retelling their favorite Christmas stories.

Home For the Holidays (1988)A family get-together at Grandma and Grandpa's depicts their family traditions.

Spring Productions

The Pie That Binds (2009)
It is the 40th anniversary of the Easter Brunch Pie-off at St. Marks in Calumet, MN.  Suz Adamson ('the pickle lady' from THE CHRISTMAS PICKLE 2006) plays Sallee Anderson, daughter of twelve-years running (1972-1984) Pie-off winner Marvel Osterholm.  She wants to win this year's pie-off so bad, you can taste it!  Especially because her cuter twin sister Sandee, played by Laura Lynne Tapper, has won the last 5 years, and Mom always liked her better!  It's a gut busting cast featuring local actor Chris McKenzie playing a pie-eating contest winner, Larry Slovnik, and Timm Holmly, playing the lovingly warm Pastor Lindstrom whose smooth notes will carry you over the 'Light of the Silvery Moon.'

So... It's Lent Then: The Sequel (2008)So...It’s Lent Then: The Sequel was even funnier. Come get your mid-winter 'kicks' and return to Bass Lake, Minnesota, where Pastor Olson is alive and well and back in the pastor’s seat. He’s doing his best to inspire love in the hearts of his congregation for the crankiest person in town. How do we say "love" in Minnesota? Well, with hot dish, of course. So... reinvent Lent, again, and join us for some seriously funny entertainment!

So... It's Lent Then (2007)
Minnesota winters don’t exactly evoke excitement, but add on 40 days of serious self examination and life for a good Minnesotan can be seriously boring. Yes, it’s Lent again, and for this small town Minnesota church whose beloved pastor is temporarily out of commission, it couldn’t come at a worse time, or perhaps, a better time! Lent is about to be reinvented. Forty days of watery soup suppers, greasy fish fries and midweek church services are about to be transformed.

Ricochet (2006)
A humorous takeoff on the melodramatic Western of the 1920s, the show pits good guy against bad guy through a not-so-typical version of how the West was won.