Hillsdale College alumni, staff, faculty members, and their families were among those who took the stage earlier this month in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music,” performed at the Sauk Theatre in Jonesville. Sauk Executive Director Trinity Bird has directed the musical for the Sauk three times now alongside musical director Kristi Gautsche. He...
Local actors performed in The Sauk’s short plays this past week. Courtesy | Trinity Bird An evening of ten 10-minute plays, the Sauk Shorts showcases local acting talent and the work of four playwrights from across the state as well as five additional shows chosen from hundreds of national submissions. Spurned lovers crashed a wedding...
The Sauk theater opened their 2022 season with a classic for the whole family, “Cheaper By The Dozen.” “It felt like the right story, themes, and cast composition for this moment in the world,” Executive Director Trinity Bird said. The themes of friction between children growing up and the importance of well-spent time seemed especially...
In the fall of 1998, a small rural American town was changed forever as the community faced the reality of a once-distant hatred hitting too close to their home of Laramie, Wyoming. The people of Hillsdale County were introduced to the community of rural Wyoming as the “The Laramie Project,” a three-act play, visited Jonesville’s...
Channeling the Upper Peninsula stereotype centered on beer, guns, and lots of flannel, the Sauk Theatre’s most recent production “Escanaba in Da Moonlight” features Hillsdale College’s own admissions counselor, Matt Sauer ’16. “I had heard of the play before being a part of the production, when I had accidentally rented the movie during middle...