Players de Noc opens season tonight

Players de Noc actors shown in a scene from "Don't Mention My Name" are Jenny Heller, left, as Verla Perkins; Alison Kleiman, middle, as Jane Ridgley; and Brett Baumler, right, as Man. "Don't Mention My Name" is set in the living room of a bed and breakfast. (Sophie Vogelmann/Daily Press)
ESCANABA — Players de Noc will open its 2025-26 season with the comedy “Don’t Mention My Name,” to be performed today through Oct. 4 at Bay de Noc Community College’s Besse Center Theater, 2001 N. Lincoln Road in Escanaba.
Tonight’s and Saturday’s shows will begin at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time, with a matinee set for 1:30 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.
“Don’t Mention My Name” centers on a man who finds himself at a bed and breakfast with no memory of who he is or why he is there.
Each person the man meets — including the housekeeper, a real estate agent, a nightclub singer and her boyfriend, a business executive and his secretary and the business executive’s wife — all call him by different names.
The audience will watch as he tries to figure out who he is, where the mysterious suitcase full of money came from and what the money is for.

Players de Noc actors shown in a scene from "Don't Mention My Name" are Jenny Heller, left, as Verla Perkins; Alison Kleiman, middle, as Jane Ridgley; and Brett Baumler, right, as Man. "Don't Mention My Name" is set in the living room of a bed and breakfast. (Sophie Vogelmann/Daily Press)
“It’s a feel-good way to start our season, full of twists, turns and gags!” states the Players de Noc website.
“Don’t Mention My Name” will also be performed Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 4, with all shows beginning at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Players de Noc is performing in the Besse Center Theater for the 2025-26 season due to the May 15 fire at the Bonifas Center in Escanaba, where they previously rented space.
To purchase tickets for Players de Noc’s upcoming events, go to https://playersdenocinc.ludus.com/index.php.
- Players de Noc actors shown in a scene from “Don’t Mention My Name” are Jenny Heller, left, as Verla Perkins; Alison Kleiman, middle, as Jane Ridgley; and Brett Baumler, right, as Man. “Don’t Mention My Name” is set in the living room of a bed and breakfast. (Sophie Vogelmann/Daily Press)
- Players de Noc actors shown in a scene from “Don’t Mention My Name” are Jenny Heller, left, as Verla Perkins; Alison Kleiman, middle, as Jane Ridgley; and Brett Baumler, right, as Man. “Don’t Mention My Name” is set in the living room of a bed and breakfast. (Sophie Vogelmann/Daily Press)