Honeywell Center Brings Hit Musical Comedy to Wabash
WABASH, Ind.— Church Basement Ladies comes to the Honeywell Center on Tuesday, March 29, with performances at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased by calling 260.563.1102 or online at www.honeywellarts.org. All seats $35.
Church Basement Ladies celebrates 20 years of the church basement kitchen and the women who work there. From the elderly matriarch to the young bride-to-be, the ladies handle a Christmas dinner, the funeral of a dear friend, a Hawaiian Easter fundraiser, and a steaming hot July wedding. They stave off potential disasters, share and debate recipes, instruct the young, and keep the Pastor on course in this comedy musical.
Based on the book Growing Up Lutheran by Janet Letnes Martin and the late Suzann Nelson, a pair who met as freshman at Augsburg College in Minneapolis and became lifelong friends, the book’s transition to the stage came when Twin Cities based production company, Troupe America, Inc. and its Executive Producer Curt Wollan contacted the writers about turning Growing Up Lutheran into a musical. Wollen then sought out husband and wife duo the creative writing team of Jim Stowell and Jessica Zuehlke to bring the book’s inherent humor to life on the stage. Described as “a celebration of the church basement kitchen and the stalwart, stable, sturdy, ladies who live and breathe the church basement protocol while attempting to solve the problems of a rural Minnesota church,” the musical brings to life memorable characters and universal messages that reach beyond the Lutheran Church.