Central Public Schools, Community Education

DayTrippers Dinner Theatre is at it again at the Plymouth Playhouse! Get ready to laugh! After an included quarter savory roast chicken, baked lasagna, tuscan vegetable medley, garden salad with assorted dressings, assorted rolls, mashed potatoes, specialty dessert and coffee or tea, we’ll head for the theatre for 37 Postcards, written like a 1930's screwball comedy! Young Avery Sutton and his fiance return from an eight year stint in Europe only to find his already eccentric family has gone certifiably insane! Things have changed. The house is on a tilt, the dog is feral, his grandmother (presumed dead) is alive and kicking! Oh, the Suttons are just a quirky, funny, loving family. So Avery and his bride-to-be have to either accept their oddities or leave them behind. Well, the couple discovers that you can in fact go home again. You just never know what you'll find! 10:45am - 4:15pm Thursday, April 24th 2025 Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Bus pickup in front of Central High School @ 10:45am (please arrive 15 minutes early) $105 per person

We’ll begin with an included buffet lunch at the Coyote Moon Grille and then head for the St. Cloud Paramount Theatre for I Am He Said: A Celebration of Neil Diamond. “We are saying what HE said,” laughs Matt Vee referring to the one and only Neil Diamond. Matt along with cousins Jeff and Tommy Vee, music industry veterans and sons of the legendary Bobby Vee, join forces with their family and friends as The Killer Vees to celebrate the music from a timeless catalog. With songs like "Cracklin' Rosie," “America," and "Sweet Caroline,” Neil Diamond sold over 100 million records worldwide with music that became the soundtrack to one generation after another with hits spanning five decades. As a Tin Pan Alley songwriter in the mid 60s, he penned songs recorded by everyone from Elvis Presley to Deep Purple and, of course, the Monkees’ classic, “I’m A Believer.” 9:15am - 5:30pm Thursday, August 21, 2025 St. Cloud Paramount Theatre Bus Pickup at Central High School (please arrive 15 minutes early) $110

We’re headed to the Ives Auditorium in Bloomington where we’ll begin with an included lunch of creamy chicken breast with roasted red potatoes, glazed carrots, coleslaw, dinner rolls, assorted desserts, coffee or hot tea. (Special dietary meals available by request ahead of time.) Then we’ll head to the theatre for Perfect Wedding: A Riotous Comedy and Touching Love Story About The Big Day That Goes Hilariously Wrong! A groom wakes up on the morning of his wedding day with a hangover and a strange woman in his bed. Mix in the bride, her mother, the best man, and a maid that knows too much, and you have a recipe for disaster. Wedding bells or running for the hills? Their big day will be far from a piece of cake! 10:15am-4:15pm May 7, 2025 Bus pickup at Central High School 10:15am (please arrive 15 minutes early) $106 per person

Stillwater Fall Colors Boat Cruise (Adults) Once again, I’ve booked this annual fall favorite! Last year we had 153 folks along. Many join us each year. It’s that good! Hope is eternal, and we’ll hope for beautiful fall colors! It is so relaxing and also a reminder that our seasons are changing. I am so impressed with the included deli buffet lunch. You can build your own sandwich with all sorts of ingredients and add warm entree’ selections and dessert. 9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, October 8, 2025 Stillwater, MN Bus Pick Up at Central High School at 9 a.m. (arrive 15 minutes early) $100 per person

We’ll begin with an included buffet lunch at the Coyote Moon Grille and then head for the St. Cloud Paramount Theatre for The Everly Set: Everly Brothers Tribute. Two acclaimed singer-songwriters with a mind-bending three-decade age difference combine millennial pluck with baby-boomer sass to present The Everly Set. Sean Altman and Jack Skuller celebrate The Everly Brothers, featuring Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie, Cathy’s Clown, All I Have To Do Is Dream, When Will I Be Loved, Crying In The Rain, Love Hurts, Bird Dog, Claudette, Walk Right Back, and more hits and rarities in concert. 9:15am - 5:30pm Tuesday, May 20, 2025 St. Cloud Paramount Theatre Bus Pickup at Central High School $104

We’ll begin with an included buffet lunch at the Coyote Moon Grille and then head for the St. Cloud Paramount Theatre for the 1960’s hit band - The Lovin’ Spoonful. The Lovin’ Spoonful were America’s answer to the Beatles! The band, led by John Sebastian, Steve Boone, Joe Butler and Zal Yanovsky, exploded onto the charts sending their first seven singles soaring onto Billboard’s top-10 charts virtually overnight. Their first single, “Do You Believe in Magic,” flew to the top of the charts and was followed by an unprecedented string of hits including: “Daydream,” “Younger Girl,” “Summer in the City,” “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,” “Darling Be Home Soon,” “Jug band Music,” “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind,” “Lovin’ You,” “Didn’t Want to Have to Do it,” “Rain on the Roof,” “Six O’clock,” “Nashville Cats,” “Coconut Grove,” and “She’s Still a Mystery (to Me).” 9:15am - 5:30pm Tuesday, July 15, 2025 St. Cloud Paramount Theatre Bus Pickup at Central High School (please arrive 15 minutes early) $114