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

1980 - 1981: Season 32

Vanities
Written by Jack Heifner
Directed by Barry Bach

Our Town
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Rick Wade

Treasure Island (Holiday Production)
Written by Dick Gessner and Richard Wade
Directed by Bob Rude

Whitechapel Horrors
Written by Tim Kelly
Directed by Barry Genderson

Tricks
Written by Jon Jory
Directed by Dinah Emmet

The Shadow Box
Written by Michael Christofer
Directed by Alan Berger

Chapter Two
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Teddy Hogle

1981 - 1982: Season 33

On Golden Pond
Written by Ernest Thompson
Directed by Edd Miller

Antigone
Adapted by Lewis Galantiere
Directed by Marti Pogonowski

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Special)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Richard Wade

California Suite
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Terry Scott Morton

The Happy Time
Written by N. Richard Nash
Directed by Beth Whaley

Charley's Aunt
Written by Brandon Thomas
Directed by Karen Berger

The Tiger & The Typists
Written by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Lee Dorsey

1982 - 1983: Season 34

How the Other Half Loves
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by T.G. Cooper

The Children's Hour
Written by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Lois Evans

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Richard Wade

I Ought to Be in Pictures
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Teddy Hogle

Equus
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Dan Higgs

70, Girls, 70
Written by Fred Ebb & Norman L. Martin
Directed by Richard Wade

Deathtrap
Written by Ira Levin
Directed by Terry Scott Morton

1983 - 1984: Season 35

You Can't Take It with You
Written by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Directed by Barry Bach

Marriages
Written by Lee Dorsey
Directed by Judi Wobensmith

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Richard Wade

Veronica's Room
Written by Ira Levin
Directed by Harvey Doster

Laundry and Bourbon (Special Production)
Written by James McLure
Directed by Carol Youmans

The Dining Room
Written by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
Directed by Marvin Hunter

Tribute
Written by Bernard Slade
Directed by Karen Cannon

Dracula
Written by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderson
Directed by Lee Dorsey

1984 - 1985: Season 36

Play It Again, Sam
Directed by Woody Allen
Written by Tom Boynton

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Written by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Directed by Teddy J. Hogle

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Richard Wade

They're Playing Our Song
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Barbara Gilstorf & Pam Myers

Agnes of God
Written by John Pielmeier
Directed by Ben Wills

Relatively Speaking
Written by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Edd Miller

1985 - 1986: Season 37

Mass Appeal
Written by Bill C. Davis
Directed by Tom Boynton

She Loves Me
Written by Joe Masteroff
Directed by Rick Wade

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Judith Wobensmith

Arsenic and Old Lace
Written by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Marvin Hunter

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Written by Dale Wasserman
Directed by Barry Bach

Crimes of the Heart
Written by Beth Henley
Directed by Teddy Hogle

One-Act Festival Shows

A White Butterfly
Written by Gabriela Roepke
Directed by Carol Youmans

The Ugly Duckling
Written by A.A. Milne
Directed by Romey Curtis

The Trysting Place
Written by Booth Tarkington
Directed by Dianne Sherwood

1986 - 1987: Season 38

The Octette Bridge Club
Written by P.J. Barry
Directed by Lee Dorsey

The Dresser
Written by Ronald Harwood
Directed by Rick Wade

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Judith Wobensmith

I Do, I Do
Written by Tom Jones
Directed by Teddy Hogle

Belle of Amherst (Special Production)
Written by William Luce
Directed by David White

The Foreigner
Written by Larry Shue
Directed by Barbara Gilstorf

Plum Nuts
Written by Alicia Smith
Directed by Carol Youmans

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Marvin Hunter

1987 - 1988: Season 39

Pack of Lies
Written by Hugh Whitmore
Directed by Teddy Hogle

Pioneer Women
Written by Various
Directed by Beth Whaley

A Christmas Carol
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Roger Compton

Amadeus
Written by Peter Shaffer
Directed by Richard Wade

Something's Afoot
Written by James McDonald, David Vos, & Robert Gerlach
Directed by Judith Wobensmith

Close Ties
Written by Elizabeth Diggs
Directed by Carol Youmans

Born Yesterday
Written by Garson Kanin
Directed by Patrick Martyn

1988 - 1989: Season 40

The 1940's Radio Hour
Written by Walton Jones
Directed by Tom Boynton

All the Way Home
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by Lois Evans

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Direced by Roger Compton

Dial "M" for Murder
Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by Teddy J. Hogle

The Cocktail Party
Written by T.S. Eliot
Directed by David White

Biloxi Blues
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Marvin Hunter

One-Act Festival Shows

On Tidy Endings
Written by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Frank Moorman

I'm Herbert
Written by Robert Anderson
Directed by A.C. Boughton

Hands across the Sea
Written by Noel Coward
Directed by Peter Kaiser

Impromptu
Written by Tad Mosel
Directed by Mary Fawcett Northam

Still Alarm
Written by Robert Kaufman
Directed by David Colburn

The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
Written by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Steve Tobin

The Odd Couple
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Barbara A. Sherman

1989 - 1990: Season 41

Social Security
Written by Andrew Bergman
Directed by Carol Youmans

The Elephant Man
Written by Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Dan Higgs

A Christmas Carol (Holiday Production)
Written by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner
Directed by Patrick Martyn

Catch Me If You Can
Written by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert
Directed by Steve Tobin

Baby
Written by Sybille Pearson
Directed by Sharie Valerio

Broadway Bound
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by Marvin Hunter