Dinner theaters offered

SINSINAWA -- The musical, The Christmas Schooner, will be performed on Nov. 20 and 29 at Sinsinawa Mound. A home-cooked meal will be served at 6:30 p.m., followed by the show at 8 p.m. Tickets for the play are $10 for adults and $5 for students, with $13 extra for the meal. Performances without dinner can be attended Nov. 20, 22, 28, and 29 at 8 p.m., with matinees Nov. 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. Call 608-748-4411, ext. 882, for tickets and dinner reservations.

MADISON -- Wisconsin Public Television (WPT) and the Madison Repertory Theatre are teaming up for a dinner and a play and will present a special performance of Heartland on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Cocktails will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m. at the Fluno Center, 601 University Ave. in Madison. A dessert reception follows at 7 p.m. in the WPT studios in Vilas Communications Hall, 821 University Ave. The musical starts at 8 p.m. in Mitchell Theatre, also in Vilas Hall. The cost is $55 per person for dinner, dessert, and the performance; $30 per person for dessert and the performance. A group of eight for dinner, dessert, and the performance costs $375. For reservations or further information, call WPT at 608-265-3854.

MADISON -- The Edgewood College Music Department presents the Edgewood College Wind Ensemble, Campus-Community Band, and Jazz Ensemble in concert on Sunday, Nov. 9 at 2:30 p.m. in the St. Joseph Chapel, Regina Hall, 1000 Edgewood College Dr., Madison. A free-will offering will be collected to benefit the Luke House Thanksgiving Meal. Since 1994, the bands of Edgewood College have raised thousands of dollars for Luke House through this annual event. Many people and parishes throughout the Diocese of Madison support Luke House through their volunteer efforts. For more information, call the music department at 608-663-2845 or e-mail jdunbar@edgewood.edu

MADISON -- Sunday Afternoon Live from the Elvehjem welcomes the UW-Stevens Point Chamber Players on Sunday, Nov. 9, at 12:30 p.m. in Brittingham Gallery III at the Elvehjem Museum of Art. Various combinations of these performers will present works by Bruce Broughton and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. There will be a reception after the performance; a free docent-led tour of the Elvehjem Museum begins at 2 p.m. Sunday Afternoon Live from the Elvehjem is a free weekly chamber music series presented by the Elvehjem Museum of Art and Wisconsin Public Radio, with the cooperation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.

MADISON -- St. James School of Madison presents The Wiz! a musical created by Charlie Small in 1975. The Wiz! is based on the story of the Wizard of Oz. The setting is New York City and the music of Motown rocks the scene. An all-black cast was featured on Broadway and in the movie. The St. James School production boasts a cast of 80 (first to eighth grade) actors dressed as Munchkins, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Lion, Tin Man, and others along with tap dancers, ballet dancers, and modern dancers. This musical revue will be presented on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.