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44-606: The Players was founded in 1935 by the brother and sister team of Caroline and Richard Fisher in a garden behind the Bonnie Brook motel in Fish Creek, Wisconsin . In 1937 the Fishers moved the newly founded theater to the recently vacated 22-acre (89,000 m) Wildwood Boys Camp, along the shores of Green Bay between the towns of Egg Harbor and Fish Creek. There they built a barn-like proscenium stage house for an audience sitting under

88-605: A non-profit organization created to operate the theater. In 1978 Carroad sold the property to the McKenzies, who maintained ownership until 1993, when the Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation purchased the property. Todd Schmidt organized more improvements for the Players, such as a new theatre and stage house, improved actor housing, new public restroom facilities, expanded and upgraded rehearsal and storage areas,

132-491: A County Executive elected in a nonpartisan election for a four-year term; 20 counties have appointed County Administrators; and 41 have appointed Administrative Coordinators. Other officials include sheriffs, district attorneys, clerks, treasurers, coroners, surveyors, registers of deeds, and clerks of circuit court; these officers are elected for four-year terms. In most counties, elected coroners have been replaced by appointed medical examiners. State law permits counties to appoint

176-465: A Village President and a Board of Trustees. Village officers include a president, clerk, treasurer, and assessor. Villages may also elect to hire a village manager to oversee day-to-day operations instead of an elected village president; nine villages had done this as of 2015. An additional 77 villages in Wisconsin employ village administrators. In Wisconsin, a town is an unincorporated jurisdiction within

220-536: A Wisconsin Historical Marker and a reset surveyor's monument. Towns are the only unit of government that allows residents to direct decision by voting at local meetings. Towns tend to be sparsely populated. The most populous town in Wisconsin is Grand Chute which has the services, taxes, and urban character that are typically found in cities. When towns reach a size sufficient to make their form of government difficult to sustain, they frequently incorporate into

264-407: A board of public works. Cities in Wisconsin are divided into four classes: There are exceptions to these classes, however; in order for a city to move from one class to the next, certain governmental changes need to take place and the mayor must publish a proclamation. For these reasons, Madison is a second class city, even though it exceeds the 150,000 resident threshold, and several cities with

308-495: A city administrator or city manager, instead of electing a mayor. In cities that have city administrators, the head of the common council may be referred to as mayor. Cities are governed by Common or City Councils consisting of the mayor or city manager and elected aldermen or council members. City officers include mayor or city manager, treasurer, clerk, attorney, and health officials. Cities may also, by their discretion, have an engineer, comptroller, assessors, street commissioner, and

352-487: A computerized box office, and new gardens. In the fall of 2005 the Players ended their season early and demolition and construction began on a new stage house. The new stage house, which opened in the summer of 2006, has a full fly tower, a grass roof, cushioned seats, and solid walls that can be raised and lowered based on weather conditions. The new theater also has a radiant heated floor that allows performances well into October. The Peninsula Players were known for getting

396-428: A county; Wisconsin towns are thus similar to civil townships in most other states. All residents of Wisconsin who do not live in a city or village live in a town. Towns provide a limited number of services to their residents. The U.S. Census Bureau considers Wisconsin towns to be minor civil divisions . As of 2015, Wisconsin had 1,255 towns. Towns often have the same names as adjacent cities or villages. For example,

440-447: A degree of home rule and taxing jurisdiction over them. As of 2015, Wisconsin had 407 villages. In order to incorporate as a village, a community must have at least 150 citizens if it is in a rural area or 2,500 if it is in an urban area. The home rule authority granted to villages allows them to make their own decisions about their affairs, administration and much of their public policy, subject to state law. Villages are governed by

484-411: A new audience pavilion with open sides was built as a permanent structure. In 1960, the Fishers sold the theater at public auction , where it was purchased by Kenneth Carroad, a lawyer from New York City . Carroad asked long-time “Player”, James B. McKenzie , to oversee business operations as producer. McKenzie accepted and in 1962 assisted in forming the Peninsula Players Theatre Foundation, Inc.,

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528-482: A number of special-purpose districts formed to handle regional concerns, such as school districts . Whether a community is a city, village or town is not strictly dependent on the community's population or area, but on the form of government selected by the residents and approved by the Wisconsin State Legislature . Cities and villages can overlap county boundaries; for example, the city of Whitewater

572-452: A population of over 10,000 are fourth class cities. In order to incorporate as a city, a community must have at least 1,000 citizens if it is in a rural area or 5,000 if it is in an urban area. Cities are able to expand their area by annexing land from towns when land owners request local service. In Wisconsin , a village is an autonomous incorporated area within one or more counties. It provides various services to its residents and has

616-403: A registered land surveyor in place of electing a surveyor. Counties are generally responsible for social services, such as child welfare, job training, and care of the elderly; and public land management, such as care of parks. Law enforcement and road maintenance are also administered by the county, in conjunction with local municipalities. While cities and villages have certain powers based on

660-561: A return of eagles, which were once almost extinct; Eagle Bluff is now the home to a number of nesting pairs. With a fairly large art community, Fish Creek has always attracted artists and craftspeople. It is home to one of the last remaining clockmakers in the State of Wisconsin. Many studios sell artwork and are open to the public. The village is also home to the Peninsula School of Art, founded by Madeline Tourtelot in 1965. Classes in most of

704-405: A small cluster of houses, a church or local business such as store or tavern . Although they do not have any governmental function, most are recognized for the common usage and are marked with official green informational highway signs listing the place name with the word 'Unincorporated' underneath. Many of these named places are also placed on the official Wisconsin state highway maps issued by

748-420: A village or city, as the village of Fox Crossing did in 2016, or as the village of Kronenwetter did in 2002–2003. There are numerous examples of unincorporated communities throughout the state. These areas are administered by the town or municipality in which they exist. They serve as useful local reference to specific places and are sometimes included in vital records . Many of these named places contain

792-551: Is due to its unique history and connection with the Menominee Indian Reservation . In southern Wisconsin, towns are often co-terminous with survey townships , which were established to plat land. Survey townships are not political jurisdictions. The survey, or Congressional, townships, were mapped in the Public Land Survey System , and are subdivided into 36 sections of one square mile each. In Wisconsin,

836-462: Is located in Walworth and Jefferson counties. The county is the primary political subdivision of Wisconsin . Every county has a county seat , often a populous or centrally located city or village, where the government offices for the county are located. Within each county are cities, villages and towns. As of 2016, Wisconsin had 72 counties. A Board of Supervisors is the main legislative entity of

880-538: The Professional Football Stadium District were created to raise money for the building of Miller Park and Lambeau Field , respectively. The baseball district built, operates and manages the stadium used by the Milwaukee Brewers . It financed its activities through the sale of bonds, which were repaid from funds generated by a 0.1% sales and use tax on goods valued at over $ 10.00 sold in

924-556: The Town of Germantown which covers 1.7 square miles (4.4 km ), or the Town of Brookfield covering 5.5 square miles (14.2 km ). This contrasts with the Town of Winter which covers 279.5 square miles (723.9 km ). Most towns are about the size of a survey township , or 36 square miles (93 km ). The Town of Menominee is unique in that it is co-extensive with the County of Menominee , and covers 365 square miles (945 km ); this

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968-496: The Wisconsin Department of Transportation but these names were not listed in the index on the same maps until several years ago. Examples include Frog Station , Poland , and North Leeds . In Wisconsin, special purpose units of government provide specialized services for those who live within the district. They are empowered to tax residents of the district for the services provided in common. Special districts often cross

1012-423: The 19th century, and is open daily for tours in the summer months. The great advantage of the almost 4,000-acre (16 km ) park is that it is the main view from Fish Creek Harbor. The fact that it will never be developed is a great asset to the community. The view of Weborg Point is spectacular, with the huge Gibraltar Bluff looming behind the village. The Department of Natural Resources has also worked to encourage

1056-596: The Peninsula Players production in 1986. In 1987, Biloxi Blues was re-staged by Nancy Simon at the Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut where McKenzie also served as executive producer. In 1981, actors John Walker, Pamela Gaye, Amy McKenzie, and a small troupe of artisans from the Players created the first Fall season. The play Children of a Lesser God , with Walker and Gaye in the principal roles

1100-416: The Wisconsin state constitution, the state legislature has granted various powers to counties and towns. These powers represent the sum of what counties can do and it is feasible that the legislature could revoke particular powers. (In short, cities and villages have home rule but counties and towns do not.) As of October 18, 2022, 68 of the state's 72 counties also maintain their own sales tax separate from

1144-785: The arts are available in the summer months. Not far from the Art School, the Door County Auditorium hosts performing artists from all over the country. It is accessible to the local high school so that students may take advantage of the stage for their own productions. Gibraltar Area Schools serves the community. Gibraltar Elementary School and Gibraltar Secondary School are the two schools. Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Unincorporated communities The administrative divisions of Wisconsin include counties , cities , villages and towns . In Wisconsin, all of these are units of general-purpose local government. There are also

1188-423: The board chairperson at its head. These boards normally consist of three supervisors, though towns with village powers or more than 2,500 people may have up to five supervisors. Town supervisors are elected every two years. Towns also have clerks, treasurers and assessors either elected or appointed by the board. In addition, every town must hold an annual town meeting in the beginning of April. At this town meeting,

1232-670: The county. Supervisors are elected in nonpartisan elections for two-year terms (except in Milwaukee County where the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors served four years). In May 2013, the Wisconsin Legislature passed a bill that will reduce the terms of office from four years to two years for the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors. The type of executive official in each county varies: 11 counties have

1276-465: The district. The tax was in effect in the counties of Milwaukee , Ozaukee , Racine , Washington and Waukesha from 1996 to 2020. The football district issued bonds to renovate the stadium used by the Green Bay Packers . It repaid its bonds through a 0.5% sales tax on goods sold in the district, which was coextensive with Brown County and was discontinued in 2015, with extraneous revenue at

1320-414: The electors may authorize the town board to take certain actions or change the make up or wages of town supervisors or officers. Towns are often annexed by neighboring cities and villages in whole or in part. In Brown County, the Town of Preble was incorporated wholly into the city of Green Bay in 1964, thus terminating its status as a town. Piecemeal annexation has left some rather small towns, such as

1364-571: The grid system is based on a Point of Beginning (POB) created by surveyor Lucius Lyon in 1831 near Hazel Green, Wisconsin (the Fourth Principal Meridian) and used the Illinois boundary for a baseline. Development based on this grid system can be seen on maps today as the major through streets, such as those in Milwaukee, which coincide with boundary intersections. Lyon's POB is observed by

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1408-455: The lines of cities, villages and towns. In 2006, Wisconsin had over 1,100 special districts. These special units of government are created to address issues that are regional in nature, and sometimes to bypass the limits on debt that each municipality may have. The state can also exert more control on special districts through the governor's appointments to district boards. Politicians also set up some special districts to insulate themselves from

1452-533: The rights to Neil Simon plays not long after they opened on Broadway . Through executive producer Jim McKenzie’s association with Emanuel "Manny" Azenberg , Simon’s Broadway producer, he was able to negotiate the Midwest premières of a majority of Simon’s plays from 1963 through 1986. Simon's “Biloxi Blues” made its Players debut on July 29, 1986, months after closing on Broadway. McKenzie gave Nancy Simon, Neil’s daughter, her first opportunity to direct when he produced

1496-689: The same name, meaning that a child living in a municipality might attend a school associated with a different municipality, or even a different county. Residents pay school taxes to the same school district in which they live and in which their children attend school. Wisconsin's sixteen technical college districts levy taxes to fund the Wisconsin Technical College System . These sixteen technical colleges provide occupational training for their residents. The Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District and

1540-476: The sometimes unpopular taxes these boards levy, since the boards are often appointed and not elected. School districts are the most common kind of special district. They provide, arrange or contract for all public education services, including special education and school transportation, the latter also for non-public schools. In 2006, Wisconsin had more than 440 school districts. School districts are often not precisely co-extensive with municipalities that bear

1584-451: The stars. This is the present site of the theater. The original Peninsula Players stage was built with the help of Samuel Wanamaker , an American film director and actor who is credited as the person most responsible for the modern recreation of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London. In 1946 a canvas tent was erected over the audience to provide some shelter from inclement weather, and in 1957

1628-653: The state for items such as local county road maintenance, usually averaging around .1-.5% in addition to the state 5% sales tax. In Wisconsin, a city is an autonomous incorporated area within one or more counties. It provides almost all services to its residents and has the highest degree of home rule and taxing jurisdiction of all municipalities. Cities are generally more urbanized than towns. As of 2015, Wisconsin had 190 cities. The home rule authority granted to cities allows them to make their own decision about their affairs, administration and much of their public policy, subject to state law. Cities can choose to hire

1672-647: The state, but instead have only the specific powers granted to them under state statute. At the minimum, towns maintain their roads, and may maintain either volunteer or "municipal" fire departments , where the firehouse is maintained by the town government. Towns may choose to engage in zoning or provide more services, however, overlapping with those provided by the county. In most cases, towns provide limited services and thus town residents often pay lower taxes than their city or village counterparts. Some towns have been authorized to exercise village powers, increasing their authority. Towns are governed by Town Boards, with

1716-615: The summer of 1984. The Comedy Cabaret eventually opened in Chicago as New Age Vaudeville whereby they "won over critics and audiences." In February 2010, Artistic Director Greg Vinkler established a winter play reading series The Play's the Thing, produced in coordination with Door County Reads . It is performed at Björklunden, the northern campus of Lawrence University in Baileys Harbor. Actors at Peninsula Players are members of Actors' Equity ,

1760-537: The unincorporated Town of Cedarburg is adjacent to the city of Cedarburg , and the Town of New Glarus completely surrounds the village of New Glarus . There may also be more than one town in the state (although not within the same county) with the same name. For example, there are towns named Albion in Dane County , Jackson County , and Trempealeau County . Towns have less authority than villages and cities; they do not, for instance, have home rule granted to them by

1804-608: The union of professional actors and stage managers. Peninsula Players received the 2014 Governor's Award for Arts, Culture and Heritage. Fish Creek, Wisconsin Fish Creek is an unincorporated community located in Door County , Wisconsin , United States, within the town of Gibraltar . It is located on Highway 42 along Green Bay . Fish Creek sits on the site of a Menominee and Ojibwa village known as Ma-go-she-kah-ning, or "trout fishing". The first settler of Fish Creek

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1848-532: Was Increase Claflin and his family circa 1844, but the village founder is considered to be entrepreneur Asa Thorp. Loggers and fishermen started settling in Fish Creek in 1853. Thorp owned much of the area's land by that year, and built Fish Creek's first dock in 1855. The first post office began in 1866 in the kitchen of John Brown's home. Fish Creek's oldest unchanged residence, the Alexander Noble House ,

1892-485: Was built in 1875 and today is on the National Register of Historic Places . By 1900, summer tourists were frequently visiting the village, and Fish Creek became a resort community. Fish Creek is also adjacent to Peninsula State Park , and its main entrance is in the village. The park has a cream city brick lighthouse built in 1866. Eagle Bluff Lighthouse is fully restored, furnished with fine antiques, as it looked in

1936-535: Was presented. James McKenzie remained executive producer until his death in 2001. The fall season continued with an additional play that opened after the end of the traditional summer theatre season. In 1983, while in New York City, executive producer Jim McKenzie contracted Amy McKenzie and Richard O'Donnell to create an after-show revue to complement evening performances at the Players. The Comedy Cabaret , produced by Amy McKenzie and written by O'Donnell, opened

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