Bethany's Choraliers present a lyric-theatre production each February. Beginning rehearsals in the fall semester, Choraliers typically has 40 to 60 participants.

Very Good Eddie | 2012

The Bethany Choraliers under the artistic direction of Ann Fredrickson and the musical direction of Dennis Marzolf present their annual mid-winter musical. Very Good Eddie with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Schuyler Green and book by Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton is a rollicking comedy replete with romantic misadventures. The adventures begin when two honeymooning couples cross paths and accidentally switch partners. Chaos ensues with songs and laughs in abundance and at last true love and order are restored.  

Show Times
Fridays and Saturdays, February 3, 4, 10, 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 5 at 2 p.m.

Box Office Information
Advance reservations may be made beginning January 23, Monday through Friday, 1-5 p.m. by calling the box office at 507-344-7374. Ticket prices are $8 for adults and $5 for children, students (K-college) and seniors (55+).

Oh, Kay!  | 2011

Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and the book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse

This musical comedy is set the Roaring Twenties, era of the Jazz Age and American prohibition. English bootleggers, the Duke of Durham and his sister Lady Kay, have hidden their illegal bounty in the cellar of Jimmy Winter’s Long Island estate while he was away. His return precipitates a series of mishaps, mistaken identities, and surprising romance.

Mikado | 2010  

This Gilbert and Sullivan classic is set in the fictitious city of Titipu, Japan. The story follows the misadventures of Nanki-Poo, son of the Mikado himself but disguised as a wandering minstrel, as he searches for his love, Yum-Yum. His quest is greatly complicated by Yum-Yum’s impending marriage to Ko-Ko who under bizarre circumstances has been elevated from cheap tailor to Lord High Executioner. The young lovers are further frustrated by the elderly Katisha, a member of the Mikado’s court determined to marry Nanki-Poo herself. At last, after many twists and turns, love triumphs and the city of Titipu rejoices.