Private Lives
Written by Noel Coward
Directed by Rick Wade
Performance dates: September 17 - October 9, 2010
Earth and Sky
Written by Douglas Post
Directed by Barry Bach
Performance Dates: October 29 - November 20, 2010
A Christmas Carol
Written by Rick Wade & Dick Gessner
Directed by Debra Barber-Eaton
Performance Dates: December 9 - 19, 2010
The Diviners
Written by Jim Leonard, Jr.
Directed by Edd Miller
Performance Dates: January 7 - 22, 2011
Inventing van Gogh
Written by Steven Dietz
Directed by Michelle Harmon
Performance Dates: February 4 – 26, 2011
Company
Book by Georg Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Joe Thompson
Performance Dates: March 18 - April 16, 2011
Lettice and Lovage
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Craig Allen Mummey
Performance Dates: May 6 - 28, 2011
the shape of things
Written by Neil LaBute
Directed by Gary Seddon
Performance Dates: June 10 - 25, 2011
The Unexpected Guest
Written by Agatha Christie
Directed by Richard Atha-Nicholls
Performance dates: September 16 - October 8, 2011
Little Women
Book by Allan Knee
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Music by Jason Howland
Directed by Beverly Hill van Joolen
Performace dates: November 4 - December 3, 2011
Cinderella Waltz
Written by Don Nigro
Directed by Jennifer Parris
Performance dates: January 6 - 21, 2012
Chapter Two
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Gwen Morton
Performance dates: February 10 - March 3, 2012
The Spitfire Grill
Music and Book by James Valcq
Lyrics and Book by Fred Alley
Based on the Film by Lee David Zlotoff
Directed by Joan Townshend
Performance dates: March 23 - April 21, 2012
Going to St. Ives
Written by Lee Blessing
Directed by Edd Miller
Performance dates: May 4 - 19, 2012
Moonlight and Magnolias
Written by Ron Hutchinson
Directed by Ron Giddings
Performance dates: June 8 - 30, 2012
Bell, Book and Candle
Written by John van Druten
Directed by Debbie Barber-Eaton
Performance dates: September 14 - October 6, 2012
Sunlight
Written by Sharr White
Directed by Terry Averill
Performance dates: October 26 - November 17, 2012
A Christmas Carol
Play and lyrics by Richard Wade
Music by Dick Gessner
Directed by Jill and Roger Compton
Performance dates: December 6 - 16, 2012
Shipwrecked!
The amazing adventures of Louis de Rougemont (as told by himself)
Written by Donald Margulies
Directed by Ron Giddings
Performance dates: January 11 - 26, 2013
Trying
Written by Joanna McClelland Glass
Directed by Darice Clewell
Performance dates: February 8 - March 2, 2013
1776
Music and Lyrics by Peter Stone
Book by Sherman Edwards
Directed by Beth Terranova
Performance dates: March 22 - April 20, 2013
In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Carol Youmans
Performance dates: May 3 - 18, 2013
Taking Steps
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Barbara Marder
Performance dates: June 7 - 29, 2013
Communicating Doors
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Michelle Harmon Bruno
Performance dates: September 20 - October 12, 2013
Annie
Book by Thomas Meehan
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Directed by Joe Thompson
Performance dates: November 8 - December 7, 2013
Coyote On A Fence
Written by Bruce Graham
Directed by Edd Miller
Performance dates: January 10 - 25, 2014
Superior Donuts
Written by Tracy Letts
Directed by Kristofer Kauff
Performance dates: February 14 - March 8, 2014
Bat Boy
Written by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming
Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe
Directed by Beverly van Joolen
Performance dates: March 28 - April 19, 2014
These Shining Lives
Written by Melanie Marnich
Directed by Craig Mummey
Performance dates: May 9 - 31, 2014
Dead Man's Cell Phone
Written by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Tom Newbrough
Performance dates: June 13 - 28, 2014
Rocket Man
Written by Steven Dietz
Directed by Scott Nichols
Performance dates: September 5 - 27, 2014
A Few Good Men
Written by Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Jeff Sprague
Performance dates: October 17 - November 8, 2014
A Christmas Carol
Adapted from the Charles Dickens classic
Play and Lyrics by Richard Wade
Music by Richard Gessner
Directed by: Carol Youmans
Performance dates: November 28 - December 14, 2014
The Liar
Adapted by David Ives from the play
by Pierre Corneille
Directed by Steve Tobin
Performance dates: January 16 - February 7, 2015
Watch On The Rhine
Written by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Terry Averill
Performance dates: February 27 - March 21, 2015
Ernest In Love
Book and Lyrics by Anne Crosswell
Music by Lee Pockriss
Directed by Rick Wade
Performance dates: April 17 - May 16, 2015
Why Torture Is Wrong and the People Who Love Them
Written by Christopher Durang
Directed by Kristofer Kauff
Performance dates: June 5 - 20, 2015
Sherlock’s Last Case
Written by Charles Marowitz
Directed by Beth Terranova
Produced by Barbara Marder
Performance dates: September 4 – 26, 2015
Side Man
Written by Warren Leight
Directed by Jim Reiter
Produced by Wes Bedsworth
Performance dates: October 16 – 31, 2015
Morning's at Seven
Written by Paul Osborn
Directed by Rick Wade
Produced by Tom Stuckey
Performance dates: November 20 - December 13, 2015
Venus in Fur
Written by David Ives
Directed by Jim Gallagher
Produced by Jason Vaughan
Performance dates: January 8 – 23, 2016
Boeing Boeing
Translated by Beverley Cross and Francis Evans
From the French farce by Marc Camoletti
Directed by Scott Nichols
Produced by Joan Townshend
The Secret Garden (musical)
Written by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon
Directed by Lois Evans
Produced by Charlotte Robinson & Mary Beth Yablonski
Performance dates: April 8 – May 8, 2016
Good People
Written by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Edd Miller
Produced by Tom Stuckey
June 3 – 25, 2016
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Written by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Dave Carter
Performance dates: September 9 - October 1, 2016
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Written by Edward Albee
Directed by Craig Mummey
Performance dates: October 21 - November 12, 2016
A Christmas Carol
Writtten by Rick Wade
Music by Dick Gessner
Directed by Rick Wade
Performance dates: December 1 - December 11, 2016
The City of Conversation
Written by Anthony Giardina
Directed by Ruben Vellekoop
Performance dates: January 13 - January 28, 2017
Calendar Girls
Written by Tim Firth
Directed by Debbie Barber-Eaton
Performance dates: February 17 - March 11, 2017
Nine
Book by A. Kopit
Music and Lyrics by M. Yeston
Adapted from the Italian by Mario Fratti
Directed by Ron Giddings
Performance dates: March 31 - April 30, 2017
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Written by Christopher Durang
Directed by Steve Tobin
Performance dates: May 19 - June 10, 2017
Shiloh Rules
Written by Doris Baizley
Directed by Beth Terranova
Produced by Judi Wobensmith
Performance dates: September 8 - October 1, 2017
33 Variations
Written by Moises Kaufman
Directed by Terry Averill
Produced by Shirley Panek and Judi Wobensmith
Performance dates: October 20 - November 12, 2017
It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
Holiday Offering
Adapted by Joe Landry
From the Screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling
Directed by Scott Nichols
Produced by Tim Brown
Performance dates: December 1 - December 10, 2017
Quartet
Written by Ronald Harwood
Directed by Darice Clewell
Produced by Kaelynn Bedsworth
Performance dates: January 12 - February 4, 2018
Sex with Strangers
Written by Laura Eason
Directed by Dave Carter
Produced by Shirley Panek
Performance dates: February 23 - March 18, 2018
Lucky Stiff
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Directed by Eric Hufford
Music Direction by Emily Taylor
Produced by Tim Brown
Performance dates: April 6 - May 6, 2018
Casa Valentina
Written by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Mickey Lund
Produced by Heather Quinn and Mary Watko
Performance dates: May 25 - June 17, 2018
Rumors
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Atticus Boidy
Produced by Judi Wobensmith
Performance Dates: September 7 - 29, 2018
The Babylon Line
Written by Richard Greenberg
Directed by Jennifer Cooper
Produced by Tim Brown
Performance dates: October 19 - November 10, 2018
A Christmas Carol
Play and Lyrics by Richard Wade
Music by Richard Gessner
Directed by Sarah Wade
Produced by Tim Brown, Tom Stuckey
Performance dates: December 6 - 16, 2018
Silent Sky
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Gwen Morton
Produced by Jennifer Cooper
Performance dates: January 11 - February 2, 2019
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Steve Tobin
Produced by Kaelynn Bedsworth
Performance dates: February 22 - March 23, 2019
A New Brain
Music and lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn and James Lapine
Directed by Alicia Sweeney
Produced by Judi Wobensmith
Performance dates: April 12 - May 5, 2019
Towards Zero
Written by Agatha Christie
Directed by Mark Allen
Produced by Richard Atha-Nicholls
Performance dates: May 31 - June 22, 2019
Arsenic and Old Lace
Written by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Dave Carter
Produced by Judi Wobensmith
Performance dates: September 13 - October 5, 2019
The White Rose
Written by Lillian Garrett-Groag
Directed by Alex Brady
Produced by Dona Weingarten
Performance Dates: October 25 - November 16, 2019
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Written by Barbara Robinson
Directed by Erica Miller and Rowena Winkler
Produced by Kaelynn Bedsworth
Performance Dates: December 5 - 15, 2019
The Children
Written by Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by Mary Fawcett Watko
Produced by Kaelynn Bedsworth and Heather Quinn
Performance Dates: January 10 - February 1, 2020
Book of Days
Written by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Shirley Panek
Produced by Judi Wobensmith
Performance Dates: February 21 - March 14, 2020
Note: Our 71st season ended prematurely following Book of Days due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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