Fish Creek in Door County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Peninsula Players

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, June 14, 2025

1. The Peninsula Players Marker

Inscription. Original site of the Peninsula Players
Est. 1935

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 45° 7.511′ N, 87° 14.331′ W. Marker is in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, in Door County. It is on Main Street (State Highway 42) half a mile east of Egg Harbor Road (State Highway 42), on the right when traveling east. The marker is about 50 yards down a hill south of Main Street, just west of Fish Creek's namesake waterway and across the street from Not Licked Yet Frozen Custard. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fish Creek WI 54212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Gibraltar (within shouting distance of this marker); Niagara Escarpment (within shouting distance of this marker); The Alexander Noble House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Thorp Cabin (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named The Thorp Cabin (approx. half a mile away); Church of the Atonement (approx. half a mile away); Shorelines and Sedge Meadows (approx. ¾ mile away); Privilege in the Park (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fish Creek.

Regarding The Peninsula Players. The Peninsula Players Theatre opened in 1935 along Route 42 in Fish Creek with a performance of Noël Coward's "Hay Fever." In 1937, the group acquired the former Wildwood Boys Camp, about four miles south near the shore of Green Bay, where the group's present stage remains to this day.

Also see . . . History of the Peninsula Players Theatre.

Excerpt: "The theater opened its first show, Noel Coward’s Hay Fever, on July 25, 1935 behind the Bonnie Brook Cottage/Motel in Fish Creek. With a small friendly audience, a youthful and talented
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, June 14, 2025

2. The Peninsula Players Marker
The marker is on a stone at the bottom of a hill from Main Street (Highway 42) in Fish Creek. The sign next to it offers a map of a hiking trail that starts here.
cast, and the determined Fisher family, the Peninsula Players were born. Produced by young and enthusiastic novice theater producers Richard and Caroline Fisher, a brother and sister team. Mama Fisher designed and built costumes, in between preparing meals for the company, and Papa Fisher served as the theater’s general handy man. Their daughter Caroline, when not busy on stage, ran the business end of the theater while their son Richard directed, stage managed and was the overall artistic director."

(Submitted on June 16, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)

Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, June 14, 2025

3. The Peninsula Players Marker

The marker can be seen on the right side of this photo from the sidewalk for Highway 42.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 118 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 16, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.