Four Seasons Theatre is proud to present two events as part of World Premiere Wisconsin, a statewide festival celebrating new plays and musicals. FST is partnering with Playwright Erica Berman, Music Director Scott McKenna Campbell, and Director Brian Cowing (FST Artistic Associate) to develop Steady She Goes, a new musical play, and present a March 2026 reading with a talented cast of local actors and musicians. We're also proud to present Tom Kastle's one man show, Dan Seavey: Confessions of a Great Lakes Pirate, along with an audience talkback.
Tickets available at Overture Center Box Office in person, online, or by phone at (608) 258-4141.
“And it's windy weather, boys, stormy weather, boys
When the wind blows, we're all together, boys;
Blow ye winds westerly, blow ye winds, blow
Jolly sou'wester, boys, steady she goes.”
—”Fish in the Sea,” traditional song
Welcome to the Golden Age of Sail in this world premiere reading filled with sea shanties, danger and, ultimately, triumph. Steady She Goes is the unbelievably true tale of gale force winds around Cape Horn, an ailing captain, a mutinous mate and Mary Ann Brown Patten, the woman who made history trying to save them all. Four Seasons Theatre is partnering with Playwright Erica Berman and Music Director Scott McKenna Campbell to develop this new musical play and present a reading with a talented cast of local actors and musicians.
Were there pirates on the Great Lakes? Join actor, musician and tall ships captain Tom Kastle for a look at the life and times of “Roaring” Dan Seavey, the Great Lakes most famous, and infamous, pirate. The performance will be followed by a moderated Audience Talkback.
Runtime: 80 minutes including Audience Talkback
Support for this production provided by the Fund for Theater, a component fund of the Madison Community Foundation, and by the Pleasant Rowland Foundation and the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation. Additional support provided by PBS Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Radio, Distillery Design, and Park Printing Solutions.
“Mary Ann Brown Patten” (full view and detail) by an unidentified artist, c. 1857. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Dorthy Knouse Koepke
Dan Seavey, Pirate of the Great Lakes. Image Credit: Unknown.