The Peninsula Players, of Fish Creek, Wisconsin, which calls itself America's oldest professional summer theatre, continues its 1999 season, Aug. 17 - Sept. 5, with Ray Cooney's farce, It Runs in the Family.

Next up for the season will be Ted Swindley's popular musical portrait, Always...Patsy Cline (Sept. 9 - Oct. 10).

The company draws Chicago-area talent such as Greg Vinkler, Carmen Roman, Joe Foust, David New, Alan Kopischke, Thomas Vincent Kelly and Kate Fry.

The Peninsula Players Theatre, in north Wisconsin's Door County, is located between the Egg Harbor and Fish Creek off Highway 42, along the shore of Green Bay.

Performances of It Runs In The Family are Tuesday-Sunday and tickets range $20-$26. For information, call (920) 868-3287. Cooney's Run For Your Wife played on Broadway several seasons back. -- By Sean McGrath