MISSION & HISTORY

ROGUE’S MISSION

Rogue Theater enhances the Door County arts culture through intimate theatrical performances, educational opportunities for youth and adults, and by collaborating and reinvesting in its community. The volunteer actors and crew inspire all by connecting with the audience through their passion, creativity, and commitment to performance.

Rogue’s first theater “The Depot Performing Arts Center”. Located in the old train depot in Sturgeon Bay, 2013-2015.

Organizational Summary

Rogue Theater is for the community by the community, existing as a welcoming outlet for all individuals to share their talents, to be seen, to be heard, and to be oneself.

Established in 2013, Rogue Theater was formed as a traveling theater troupe based in Sturgeon Bay, WI. It began as a murder mystery dinner theater, performing at local restaurants and town halls. This was an area of theater that was not being addressed in Door County and has since gained Rogue Theater a firm position in the Door County theater industry.

Since inception, Rogue Theater integrated educational programs for youth and adults into their offerings and developed a way to reinvest in their community through charitable giving and food and clothing drives.

With its foundation built upon entertaining performances by passionate volunteers, Rogue Theater quickly found that even traveling theater programs require a home base. After solidifying two temporary homes in 2013 and 2016, they understood that their existence was threatened unless a new and permanent home base was built.

In the fall of 2020, Rogue Theater made a commitment to establish a permanent home, by designing a theater space to meet their needs. The theater’s founders, Lola DeVillers and Stuart Champeau, personally funded and built the DC Arts Center, which opened its doors in the fall of 2023. Over the last year, Rogue Theater’s new home base has proven to be a critical and permanent component to delivering their mission.