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Compiled by Robert Marchand, based on work begun by Dean Johnson and countless others.

1970 - 1971: Season 22

The Happy Time
Written by Samuel Taylor
Directed by Ed Muth

Dark of the Moon
Written by Howard Richardson and Richard Bernay
Directed by John Bruce Johnson

The Six Gods (Holiday Production)
Written by Ethel Van Der Veer and Franklyn Bigelow
Directed by Ben Wills

Misalliance
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Rick Wade

Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
Written by Lorraine Hansbury
Directed by Dan Higgs

Wait until Dark
Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by E. Lawrence Gibson

The Apple Tree
Written by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
Directed by Edd Miller

Woman Alone (Special Production)
Written by A Compilation
Directed by Ben Wills

1971 - 1972: Season 23

Generation
Written by William Goodhart
Directed by Bunny Grier

The Lion in Winter
Written by James Goldman
Directed by Ben Wills

Private Lives
Written by Noel Coward
Directed by Stephen H. Lotterman

Gaslight
Written by Patrick Chambers
Directed by Roland Chambers

Plaza Suite
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Edd Miller

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown
Written by Clark Gesner
Directed by Dan Higgs

1972 - 1973: Season 24

The Boys In The Band
Written by Mart Crowley
Directed by Barry Bach

The Miracle Worker
Written by William Gibson
Directed by Roland Chambers

Public Eye & Black Comedy
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Jessica Norton

I Never Sang for My Father
Written by Robert Anderson
Directed by Edd Miller

Forty Carats
Written by Jay Allen
Directed by Dinah Emmet

The Fantastics
Written by Tom Jones
Directed by Dan Higgs

1973 - 1974: 25th Anniversary Season

A Streetcar Named Desire
Written by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Barry Bach

Twelfth Night
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by E. Lawrence Gibson

Blithe Spirit
Written by Noel Coward
Directed by Edd Miller

Commitments & Other Alternatives
Written by Norman Kline
Directed by Ben Wills

The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Written by Paul Zindel
Directed by Lee Dorsey

Butterflies Are Free
Written by Leonard Gershe
Directed by Sharie Valerio

Hello Dolly
Written by Michael Stewart
Directed by Rick Wade

1974 - 1975: Season 26

The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Roseanne Blomquist

The Sea Gull
Written by Anton Chekhov
Directed Lois Evans

The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of Crowd
Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newly
Directed by Dan Higgs

Becket
Written by Jean Anouilh
Directed by Ben Wills

Three Bags Full
Written by Jerome Chodorov
Directed by Rick Wade

Harvey
Written by Mary Coyle Chase
Directed by Sharie Valerio

1975 - 1976: Season 27

That Champoinship Season
Written by Jason Miller
Directed by Barry Back

6 Rms Riv Vu
Written by Bob Randall
Directed by Edd Miller

The Gingerbread Lady
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Judith Bannett

Godspell
Written by John-Michael Tebelak
Directed by Bob White

A View from the Bridge
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Ted Brown

The Contrast (Special Production)
Written by Royall Tyler
Directed by Ben Wills

1976 - 1977: Season 28

Finishing Touches
Written by Jean Kerr
Directed by Alan Berger

Inherit the Wind
Written by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Directed by Rick Wade

Puss 'n Boots (Holiday Production)
Written by Dick Gessner and Rick Wade
Directed by Lois Evans

The Real Inspector Hound
Written by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Joe Harris

Carnival
Written by Michael Stewart
Directed by Edd Miller

Mousetrap
Written by Agatha Christie
Directed by Henry Ortland

The Voice of the Turtle
Written by John van Druten
Directed by J. Fred Johnson

They Will Want to Know
Written by Bernard Sabath
Directed by Dinah Emmet

1977 - 1978: Season 29

Absurd Person Singular
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by David Baylor

Royal Gambit
Written by Herman Gresseiker
Directed by Beth Whaley

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Living in Paris
Written by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
Directed by Dan Higgs

Sherlock Holmes
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & William
Directed by Rick Wade

Finian's Rainbow
Written by E.F. Harburg and Fred Saidy
Directed by Alan Berger

The Knack
Written by Allan Jellicoe
Directed by Lee Dorsey

1978 - 1979: Season 30

Twigs
Directed by George Furth
Written by Barry Bach

The Runner Stumbles
Written by Milan Stitt
Directed by Bob White

Bell, Book and Candle
Written by John van Druten
Directed by Richard Wade

She Stoops to Conquer
Written by Oliver Goldsmith
Directed by Barry Genderson

Pinocchio (Special Production)
Written by Carlo Collodi
Directed by Dinah Emmet

Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
Written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony
Directed by Alan Berger

Discards
Written by Molly Dillard
Directed by Sharie Valerio

1979 - 1980: Season 31

The Curious Savage
Written by John Patrick
Directed by Edd Miller

Philadelphia Here I Come
Written by Brian Friel
Directed by Richard Kay

Rumpelstiltskin (Holiday Production)
Written by Dick Gessner and Richard Wade
Directed by Barry Christy

Same Time Next Year
Written by Bernard Slade
Direced by Bob White

The Price
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Alan Berger

Irma La Douce
Written by Julian More, David Heneker,
Directed by Monty Norman & Rick Wade

Night Watch
Written by Lucille Fletcher
Directed by Fay Jacobs