SPRING VALLEY, WI – The Spring Valley Stagehands have been making community theater magic happen for 40 years. The Sun-Argus is presenting a history of the Stagehands through the decades. This week it is the final chapter of this history of the Spring Valley Stagehands Half Decade of 2020 – 2025.
2020 was the year time forgot as COVID-19 reigned supreme. Not to be deterred, the Stagehands created an online show for the holidays which featured Holiday music and a performance of the Charles Dickens classic a “Christmas Carol.” This was our attempt to recapture some normalcy in a very abnormal situation.
This first half of the decade, post COVID, featured multiple upgrades in the sound and lighting in the Stagehands Theatre. There were some wonderful donations that allowed the purchase of new microphones, a new sound board, a new computerized lightboard and newer more efficient stage lights. Musicals continued to dominate the summer slots with comedies, murder mysteries, “dramadies,” Christmas offerings and Christmas Community concerts filling out the balance of the yearly schedules. For the first time, the Stagehands presented an Easter show penned “The Passion of Christ” which was so successful in 2025 that it will return in 2026.
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