Our mission
The mission of the Gooseberry Park Players is to provide young people with a unique educational and multi-generational summer theatre experience. The focus of Gooseberry Park Players is on productions created specifically for a youth theatre company ages 11 to 18. Our productions are based on classic and contemporary dramatic literature designed to intrigue, inform, educate, entertain a family audience. We believe in providing a theatre opportunity for every child. We are a fee free program - meaning there is no activity fee to participate.
Our History
The Gooseberry Park Players has been positively affecting kids’ lives for 30 years. We began in 1982 and had our first show in 1983 in Moorhead’s Gooseberry Mound Park. The company was eventually moved to the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where it resides today.
Our Purpose
- Provide an opportunity for youth to participate in the entire scope of theatrical productions.
- Provide young people with opportunities to develop creative outlets through the experience of drama.
- Assist young people in developping self-confidence, self-esteem, and an understanding of the meaning of commitment and self-discipline.
- Guide and assist young people to gain appreciate of the arts
Our Artistic Staff for 2013 Season
Managing Artistic Director, Debbie Griffith
Associate Director, Christopher Damlo
Vocal/Music Director, Rachel Horan
Choreographer, Solveig Swanson
Technical Director, Ian Lahlum
Scenic Design Consultant, Faith Farrell
Costume Designer, Michalene Baines
Lighting Designer, Kerry Horst
Assistant Vocal Director, Angie Schulz
Associate Choreographer, Nicole Gilbertson
Assistant Technical Director, Chris Notch
Production Consultant, Jim Cermak
Our Productions
1988 Aesops’Falables
1989 The Pale Pink Dragon
1990 The Magical Pied Piper
1991 Haggar the Horrible
1992 Jack and the Giant
1993 Androcles and the Lion
1994 The Wizard of Wobbling Rock
1995 The Hobbit
1996 The Phantom Tollbooth
1997 Follow that Rabbit
1998 The Princess Plays
1999 Wind in the Willows
2000 Babes in Toyland
2001 The Magic Flute
2002 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2003 Peter Pan
2004 Tale of the Snow Bear
2005 The Wizard of Oz
2006 The Magic of Aladdin
2007 HOOD: The Musical
2008 The Wiz
2009 The Pinafore Pirates
2010 A Dszungel Konyve (The Jungle Book)
2011 Cinderella4– The World’s Favorite Fairytale
2012 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Our Location
All events, performances and rehearsals take place at Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.
The mission of the Gooseberry Park Players is to provide young people with a unique educational and multi-generational summer theatre experience. The focus of Gooseberry Park Players is on productions created specifically for a youth theatre company ages 11 to 18. Our productions are based on classic and contemporary dramatic literature designed to intrigue, inform, educate, entertain a family audience. We believe in providing a theatre opportunity for every child. We are a fee free program - meaning there is no activity fee to participate.
Our History
The Gooseberry Park Players has been positively affecting kids’ lives for 30 years. We began in 1982 and had our first show in 1983 in Moorhead’s Gooseberry Mound Park. The company was eventually moved to the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, where it resides today.
Our Purpose
- Provide an opportunity for youth to participate in the entire scope of theatrical productions.
- Provide young people with opportunities to develop creative outlets through the experience of drama.
- Assist young people in developping self-confidence, self-esteem, and an understanding of the meaning of commitment and self-discipline.
- Guide and assist young people to gain appreciate of the arts
Our Artistic Staff for 2013 Season
Managing Artistic Director, Debbie Griffith
Associate Director, Christopher Damlo
Vocal/Music Director, Rachel Horan
Choreographer, Solveig Swanson
Technical Director, Ian Lahlum
Scenic Design Consultant, Faith Farrell
Costume Designer, Michalene Baines
Lighting Designer, Kerry Horst
Assistant Vocal Director, Angie Schulz
Associate Choreographer, Nicole Gilbertson
Assistant Technical Director, Chris Notch
Production Consultant, Jim Cermak
Our Productions
1988 Aesops’Falables
1989 The Pale Pink Dragon
1990 The Magical Pied Piper
1991 Haggar the Horrible
1992 Jack and the Giant
1993 Androcles and the Lion
1994 The Wizard of Wobbling Rock
1995 The Hobbit
1996 The Phantom Tollbooth
1997 Follow that Rabbit
1998 The Princess Plays
1999 Wind in the Willows
2000 Babes in Toyland
2001 The Magic Flute
2002 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
2003 Peter Pan
2004 Tale of the Snow Bear
2005 The Wizard of Oz
2006 The Magic of Aladdin
2007 HOOD: The Musical
2008 The Wiz
2009 The Pinafore Pirates
2010 A Dszungel Konyve (The Jungle Book)
2011 Cinderella4– The World’s Favorite Fairytale
2012 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Our Location
All events, performances and rehearsals take place at Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre on the campus of Concordia College in Moorhead, MN.