Come experience this hilarious gender-swapped version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s comedy classic, The Pirates of Penzance!

The Pirettes of Penzance is a story of a young woman, Francine, who was inadvertently apprenticed to a band of soft-hearted pirates as a child. Having just come of age, she decides to leave the pirates and live an honest life. Driven by her sense of duty, Francine felt obligated to live up to her apprenticeship with the pirates. But now that it’s over, she feels it is her duty to destroy her former compatriots, even though she still cares for them like family.

This production takes a unique twist on the classic story by gender-swapping all of the roles and showing how comical the interactions become when viewed from a different perspective.

Do you know any actors, singers, dancers, playwrights, composers, directors, comedians, or magicians? Great Hall's Performing Arts Festival is an opportunity for emerging artists to take center stage, win awards, and take home cash prizes. Over an entire week's worth of events, there's tons of opportunities for everyone who belongs on a stage, and now's the time to prepare.

Great Hall's Year-round Youth Theatre Workshops are always accepting new students who want to learn acting, singing, dancing, play writing, stage combat, and more. Valhalla Youth Edition 2022 was another hit. With four to five full-length musicals per year, competitions, and a variety small classes catered to age, interest, and availability, there's tons of opportunities. Try out a class and join in the fun! With open enrollments, there's never a bad time to get started.

Thanks to the support of our wonderful audiences, Valhalla 2022 had an amazing run. One fan came for his ninth performance. Other fans from previous years told us they'd be back in 2023. We met many groups, some sporting Viking helmets, who had traveled far to see the show without any friends or family members in it. Our biggest problem on closing night was that the standing audience wouldn't stop cheering until we started the encore number. First world problems, we know. Though it's a year away, we're already excited and making plans for our 2023 production.