Nicolet Live!
Arts & Speakers Series

They’re back! It’s that bunch of guys who act like goofs and charm audiences everywhere with their musicianship, returning to Nicolet with another tour de force a cappella performance. Founded in 1997, the MadHatters are the first and premier men’s a cappella group at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Soon to release their fourth CD, the MadHatters have been touring around the country and Mexico, evolving harmonies and new repertoires while refining their sophisticated, high-spirited humor. Nowhere will you see so many good-looking guys in one spot, singing beautifully the familiar and the new, making you smile and tap your feet.

From the company that produced Harry the Dirty Dog and Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes another family musical, about life in Gettysburg during the Civil War and the relationship between two teens: Lemuel, a runaway slave, and Jacob, a Confederate soldier.

They meet in the dry-goods store owned by a Quaker widow, where Lemuel works. Despite their antagonism and opposing world views, an unlikely friendship develops. As war rages around them, risks are taken, and bravery and kindness overcome suspicion. This is suspenseful, inspiring drama, with an original score by Broadway lyricist John Forster. Appropriate for grades 3 – 8.