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Len Villano

Three ice fishers in winter clothes.

"Guys on Ice," 2004.

Wisconsin has invented a new holiday tradition! Name another state that can claim that! For more than a quarter century, the musical comedy Guys on Ice brings Cheeseheads together around the longest and darkest days of the year to bond over some of our more idiosyncratic winter ways. Set in an ice fishing shanty, the play allows buddies Marvin and Loyd to fish, drink, and discuss the Packers, as well as sing and dance. Shows at 7 p.m., Dec. 26; 2 and 7 p.m., Dec. 27-28; 4:30 p.m., Dec. 29, 7 p.m., Dec. 30; and 2 p.m., Dec. 31.

7 pm on 12/26, 2 & 7 pm on 12/27-28, 4:30 pm on 12/29, 7 pm on 12/30 and 2 pm, 12/31, Barrymore Theatre.

media release: Limited 8 Performance Run Thursday, December 26 – Tuesday, December 31, 2024: THE BUDDIES ARE BACK!

GO FISH PRODUCTIONS presents, Leinenkugel’s, Korbel and WORT 89.9 FM welcome the 27^th ANNIVERSARY PRESENTATION OF GUYS ON ICE

Book, story & lyrics by FRED ALLEY; music & story by JAMES KAPLAN.

Starring everyone’s favorite Marvin & Lloyd,  DOUG MANCHESKI & STEVE KOEHLER 

All tickets are GENERAL ADMISSION. Tickets:  $36.00Advance/$40.00 Day Of Show. For Group Rates, please call the Barrymore Box Office at (608) 241-8633.

Life on the lake is easy, especially when the fish are biting, the jokes are funny, there’s a ‘couple two three’ beers in the bucket and the Green Bay Packers are on the field. From the warmth of their shanty ‘up north,’ old pals Marvin and Lloyd spin wit, wisdom and hilarious songs about life, love and the one that got away. Don’t miss this Wisconsin musical tradition, featuring songs like “Ode to a Snowmobile Suit” and “The Wishing Hole.”

“A terrifically funny show.” – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Since 1998, Guys on Ice has played to sold-out houses in Ephraim, Sturgeon Bay, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Madison and played for audiences as far away as California, New York and Oregon. Fred Alley wrote the following description of the show for AFT’s 1998 program:

You’ve seen them. Little wooden shanties sitting on lake ice. Puffs of smoke rising from chimney pipes. On a quiet day, maybe the static of a tinny radio filters through plywood walls, across the frozen tundra, back to shore. In a cold world, on a cold day, on a frozen lake, these little signs of life are all most people know of a secret culture that thrives right here amongst us. Well, wonder no more. Once again, AFT sets its sights close to home as we bring you our somewhat twisted take on the secret world of ice fisherman. Guys on Ice spends a day in the life of Marvin and Lloyd — fishing buddies and home-grown philosophers. With musical numbers like, “The Wishing Hole,” “Ode to a Snowmobile Suit,” “Fish is the Miracle Food” and “The One That Got Away,” Guys on Ice works not only as a serious anthropological study but as a musical comedy as well.