PRESS RELEASE

Petersburg, IL) Theatre in the Park, at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, presents Loose Lips Sink Ships, book and lyrics by Jacinda Duffin and Laurie Flanigan and music by James Kaplan, August 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. This production is directed by John Woodruff.

The musical is set in Wisconsin’s Sturgeon Bay shipyard during World War II, the musical follows a group of young men who enlist in the armed forces following the attack on Pearl Harbor and their friends, sisters and fiancees. Two of the main characters, Roxie and Ann, give up their normal lives to help the war efforts by working in the shipyard. At first, the women are reluctant to leave their homes, but by the end when the men return home from the war, the women do not want to give up their jobs. Loose Lips Sinks Ships is a story about the sacrifices that women made during the war and how much those sacrifices changed them.

“When my wife and I saw this show a few years ago at Northern Sky Theater’s outdoor venue near the tip of Door County, Wisconsin,” explains Woodruff, ”we knew that Theatre in the Park would be a fine setting for it. Loose Lips Sink Ships is more about the men and women than the ships. Women, men, and children all did their part in the War effort, be it working in munitions factories, canning food, collecting scrap metal, or supporting the rationing of common items like gasoline, tires, and meat.”

Preshows begin at 7:00 p.m., and are free to the public, prior to every performance in the indoor theatre at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site Visitor’s Center.

Tickets are $15 adults, $13 seniors and $10 children under 12. Season tickets for Theatre in the Park are $120 for 10 tickets and can be used in any combination for any of the shows. For tickets call 217.632.5440 or order online at theatreinthepark.net.