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School Play Season Arrives with Productions in Spencer, Okoboji, and Estherville

School Play Season Arrives with Productions in Spencer, Okoboji, and Estherville

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(northwestiowanow.com) — Wedged between the fall and winter sports seasons, It’s School Play season in Iowa.

Spencer and Okoboji Community schools are both producing musicals this weekend.

Spencer High School is presenting “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” It was a 1961 stage show that was made into a movie in 1967 and was written by the same team that did “Guys and Dolls.” Showtimes are 7pm Friday and Saturday and 2pm Sunday at the Larry Untiet Auditorium.

Okoboji High School is presenting “Mama Mia” at 7 o’clock Friday and Saturday evenings and 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Mama Mia was also a stage play first but really caught on when it became a hit movie in 2008. It is called a “jukebox” musical as the play was written around the hits of Swedish pop group ABBA instead of the story and songs being written together.

And the Estherville Lincoln Central drama department kicked off three nights of the comedy “Snow White: The Melodrama” last night with repeat performances at 7 tonight and tomorrow.

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