‘Don’t Hug Me’ opens Sept. 10 at Old Creamery Theatre Company

Cast members huddle around the Karoke machine in The Old Creamery Theatre Company’s production of “Don’t Hug Me,” opening Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. on the main stage in Amana. Pictured from left are Jeff Haffner of Cleveland, Ohio; Marquetta Senters of South Amana; James Fleming of New York; TJ Besler of Manchester; and Amber Snyder of Memphis, Tenn. (Submitted Photo)

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AMANA — It’s the coldest day of the year in Bunyan Bay, Minn., when a slick Karaoke saleman slides into town and turns life upside down in The Old Creamery Theatre Company’s production of “Don’t Hug Me,” opening Thursday, Sept. 10, at 3 p.m. on the main stage in Amana.

A “Minnesota love story, with singin’ and stuff,” “Don’t Hug Me” features Old Creamery favorite, Marquetta Senters of South Amana (recently featured in “Always…Patsy Cline” and “The Queen of Bingo”) teamed up with funny man James Fleming of New York (“Whose Wives Are They Anyway” and “Leaving Iowa”); TJ Besler of Manchester; Jeff Haffner of Cleveland, Ohio; and Amber Snyder of Memphis, Tenn. Directed by Sean McCall, “Don’t Hug Me” will keep the audience laughing until spring.

During the run of “Don’t Hug Me,” The Old Creamery Theatre will be collecting coats to donate to Coats for Kids. Patrons who bring a coat will receive a discount coupon for $5 off one adult ticket to an upcoming Old Creamery production.

The show runs through Oct. 11 and is rated PG. Tickets are $26.50 for adults and $17.50 for those under age 30. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased by calling the box office at
(800) 35-AMANA or (319) 622-6194. Show times are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.

“Don’t Hug Me” is sponsored by The Bob Carver Family and Mix 96.5 WMT-FM.

The Old Creamery Theatre Company is a not-for-profit professional theater founded in 1971 in Garrison. The company is celebrating 38 years of bringing live, professional theater to the people of Iowa and the Midwest.