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THEATRE TCU HISTORY

CHRONOLOGY OF TCU THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

FIRST SEASON: 1945-1946

THE TORCHBEARERS by George Kelly
Director: Lew D. Fallis; University Auditorium; October 17.
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Helen Jerome [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Ann Barham; University Auditorium; December 11.
THE LITTLE FOXES by Lillian Hellman
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; February 18-19.
SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE by Paul Vincent Carroll
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; April 11-12.
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; June 5-6.

SECOND SEASON: 1946-1947

BUNBURY (The Importance of Being Earnest) by Oscar Wilde
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; October 22-23, 28.
TARTUFFE by Jean Baptiste Moliere [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; December 12.
UNCLE HARRY by Thomas Job
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; March 13-14.

THIRD SEASON: 1947-1948

HAY FEVER by Noel Coward
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; October 23-24, 29.
HEAVEN CAN WAIT by Harry Segall
Director: Andrea Hetzel; University Auditorium; December 15-16.
GYGES AND HIS RING by Friedrich Christian Hebbel [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; February 20.
NIGHT OVER TAOS by Maxwell Anderson
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; March 23, 25.
MISALLIANCE by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; May 20-21.

FOURTH SEASON: 1948-1949

FIRST LADY by Katherine Dayton and George S. Kaufman
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; November 9-12.
THE MALE ANIMAL by Elliot Nugent and James Thurber
Director: Andrea Hetzel; University Auditorium; January 11-14.
ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; February 16-19.
GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; March 2-26.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Director: Walther R. Volbach; University Auditorium; May 11-14.


FIFTH SEASON: 1949-1950 (Fine Arts Building open)

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Director: Virginia Klein; Little Theatre; October.
BURNING EMBERS by Samuel B. Harrison [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 5-7, 12-14.
ACRES OF SUNSHINE (musical) by Mary Stevens and Ruth Graham [Fine Arts…]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Ed Landreth Auditorium; December 9-10.
LIFE WITH FATHER by Howard Lindsey and Russell Crouse
Director: Virginia Klein; Little Theatre; February 20-25.
EVERYMAN translated by William M. Lamers
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; March 20-25.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare
Director: Virginia Klein; Little Theatre; April 24-May 6.
CLAUDIA by Rose Franken
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 11-12.

SIXTH SEASON: 1950-1951

THREE MEN ON A HORSE by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott
Director: Roberta Baker; Little Theatre; October 24-28.
THE DAMASK CHEEK by John Van Druten and Lloyd Morris
Director: Frank Magers; Little Theatre; November 16, 18.
NATHAN, THE WISE by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 12-16.
THE HEIRESS by Ruth and Augustus Goetz
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; February 20-24, 26-27.
CREST OF THE WAVE by David Preston
Directing thesis: Frank Magers; Little Theatre; May 8-12.
OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; August 21-23.

SEVENTH SEASON: 1951-1952

PHAEDRA by Joel Turner and Roland von Weber
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; October 26-November3.
PELLEAS AND MELISANDE by Maurice Maeterlinck [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; December 8-15.
THE CURIOUS SAVAGE by John Patrick
Director: William J. Noltner; Little Theatre; February 16-23.
HARVEY by Mary Chase
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; March 22-29.
THE YOUNG AND FAIR by N. Richard Nash
Director: Nancy Heman; Little Theatre; May 10-17.
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE by Owen Crump
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 10-12.
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY by Philip Barry
Director: William J. Noltner; Little Theatre; August 21-23.

EIGHTH SEASON 1952-1953

AN INSPECTOR CALLS by J. B. Priestley
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; October 24-25, 28-November 1.
THE CRADLE SONG by Gregorio Martinez Sierra [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 5-6, 9-13.
SEE HOW THEY RUN by Phillip King
Director: William J. Noltner; Little Theatre; February 6-7, 10-14.
STAMPEDE BLUFF by John W. Young
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; March 13-14, 17-21.
LITTLE WOMEN adapted by John D. Ravold
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; April 17-18, 21-15.
EAST LYNNE by Ned Albert
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; July 10-12.
PRESENT LAUGHTER by Noel Coward
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 16-18.
POST ROAD by Weber Dean Steele and Norma Mitchell
Director: William J. Noltner; Little Theatre; August 27-29.

NINTH SEASON: 1953-1954

THE ENCHANTED by Jean Giraudoux and Maurice Valency
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; October 23-24, 27-31.
THE MILLIONAIRESS by George Bernard Shaw [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 4-5, 8-12.
CUP OF FURY by Bill Noble and George Savage
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; February 19-20, 23-27.
CHARLEY’S AUNT by Brandon Thomas
Director: William J. Noltner; Little Theatre; March 26-27, 30-April 3.
AMERICANA (BY THIS FIRE by Ramona Maher, HELLO OUT THERE by William Saroyan, THE CASE OF THE CRUSHED PETUNIAS by Tennessee Williams)
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; May 7-8, 11-15.
ANGEL STREET by Patrick Hamilton
Director: Maurice Alevy; Little Theatre; June 17-19, 24-26.
THE SILVER WHISTLE BY Robert L. McEnroe
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 1-3, 8-10.
JANUARY THAW by William Roos
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; July 15-17, 22-24.
CANDIDA by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 29-31, August 5-7.
GOODBYE MY FANCY by Fay Kanin
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; August 12-14, 19-21.

TENTH SEASON: 1954-1955

LADIES IN RETIREMENT by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; October 22-23, 26-30.
CROWN OF SHADOWS by Rudolfo Usigli
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 3-4, 7-11.
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE by Beaumarchais [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; February 18-19, 22-26.
AH! WILDERNESS by Eugene O’Neill
Directing Thesis: William Garber; Little Theatre; March 25-26, 29-April 2.
SABRINA FAIR by Samuel Taylor
Director: James O. Costy; Little Theatre; June 23-25, 30-July 2.
NIGHT MUST FALL by Emyln Williams
Director: S. Walker James; Little Theatre; July 7-9, 14-16.
MY THREE ANGELS by Samuel and Bella Spewack
Director: James O. Costy; Little Theatre; July 21-23, 28-30.
PICNIC by William Inge
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; August 4-6, 11-13.
BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; August 18-19, 24-25, 27.

ELEVENTH SEASON: 1955-1956

THE CAINE MUTINY COURT-MARTIAL by Herman Wouk
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; October 21-22, 25-29.
PORT ROYAL by Henry de Montherlant
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 2-3, 6-10.
THE MERCHANT OF YONKERS (The Matchmaker) by Thornton Wilder
[Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; February 17-18, 21-25.
THE COUNTRY GIRL by Clifford Odets
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; April 27-28, May 1-5.
THE HAPPY TIME by Samuel Taylor
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; June 21-23, 28-30.
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA by William Inge
Director: James O. Costy; Little Theatre; July 5-7, 12-14.
THE RAINMAKER by N. Richard Nash
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; July 5-7, 12-14.
MISALLIANCE by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; August 16-18, 22-23, 25.

TWELFTH SEASON: 1956-1957

BORN YESTERDAY by Garson Kanin
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; October 25-26, 30-November 3.
THE JUDGE by G. C. Branner
Director: Clayton Fields; Little Theatre; December 7-15.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID by Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; February 22-23, 26-March 2.
SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams
Director: Clayton Fields; Little Theatre; April 5-6, 9-13.
THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH by George Axelrod
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; June 20-22, 27-29.
THE CHALK GARDEN by Enid Bagnold
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 11-13, 18-20.
THE BAD SEED by Maxwell Anderson
Director: William Garber; Little Theatre; July 25-27, August 1-3.
PAPA IS ALL by Patterson Greene
Director: James O. Costy; Little Theatre; August 8-10, 15-17.

THIRTEENTH SEASON: 1957-1958

THE DESPERATE HOURS by Joseph Hayes
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; October 25-26, 29-November 2.
THE FISHBECK TAPESTRY by Manfred Hausmann
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 6-7, 10-14.
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Federico Garcia Lorca
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; March 7-8, 10-15.
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON by John Patrick [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; April 18-19, 22-26, 28.
JANUS by Carolyn Green
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; June 19-21, 26-28.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; July 10-12, 17-19.
A ROOMFUL OF ROSES by Edith Sommer
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; July 24-26, 31-August 2.
SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY by Benn W. Levy
Director: James O. Costy; Little Theatre; August 7-9, 14-16.


FOURTEENTH SEASON: 1958-1959 [Became Department of Theatre Arts]

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; October 24-25, 29-November 1.
THE MARRIAGE WHEEL by Joel Climenhaga
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 6-8, 10-13.
MARY STUART by Friedrich Schiller [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; March 13-14, 18-21.
THE SLEEPING PRINCE by Terence Rattigan
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; April 24-25, 29-May 2.
THE INNOCENTS by William Archibald
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; July 15-18.
FALLEN ANGEL by Noel Coward
Director: Edmond DeLatte; Little Theatre; July 29-August 1.
THE LITTLE HUT by Andre Roussin
Director: Cleve E. Haubold; Little Theatre; August 19-22.

FIFTEENTH SEASON: 1959-1960

ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; October 23-24, 28-31.
OTHELLO by William Shakespeare
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 4-5, 9-12.
ARMS AND THE MAN by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; March 11-12, 15-19.
THE LEGEND OF MME. KRASINSKA by Joel Turner & Roland von Weber
[Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; April 29-30, May 4-7.
GIGI by Anita Loos
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; July 1-2, 8-9.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; August 12-13, 19-20.

SIXTEENTH SEASON: 1960-1961

THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS by William Inge
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; October 21-22, 26-29.
THE THREE SISTERS by Anton Chekhov
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 2-3, 7-10.
JEZEBEL’S HUSBAND by Robert Nathan
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; March 10-11, 15-18.
THE MISTRESS OF THE INN by Carlo Goldoni [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; April 21-22, 26-29.
THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; July 12-15.
YEARS AGO by Ruth Gordon
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; August 16-19.

SEVENTEETH SEASON: 1961-1962

JOAN OF ARC by Max Mell
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; October 26-28, November 1-4.
THE INNOCENTS by William Archibald
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; November 30-December 2, 6-9.
DEAR BRUTUS by James M. Barrie
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; March 2-3, 7-10.
THE TROJAN WOMEN by Euripides [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; April 6-7, 11-14.
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE by John Van Druten
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; July 6-7, 13-14.
HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS by Richard Reich
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; August 10-11, 17-18.

EIGHTEENTH SEASON: 1962-1963

THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson
Director: Delores Tanner, Little Theatre, October 26-27, 31-November 3.
EMANUEL by James Forsyth
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 7-9, 12, 14-15.
THE DOG IN THE MANGER by Lope de Vega
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; March 8-9, 13-16.
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; April 26-27, May 1-4.
MRS. MCTHING by Mary Chase
Director: Pat Cook; Little Theatre; July 10-13.
THE ASPERN PAPERS by Michael Redgrave
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; August 14-17.

NINETEENTH SEASON: 1963-1964

EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL by John Patrick
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; October 25-26; 30-November 2.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE by William Shakespeare
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; December 6-8, 12-14.
ANDROCLES AND THE LION by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; March 6-7, 11-14.
A DREAM PLAY by August Strindberg [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; April 25, 29-May 2.
SOMEONE WAITING by Emyln Williams
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; July 15-18.
ROSEMARY and THE ALLIGATORS by Molly Kazan
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; August 19-22.

TWENTIETH SEASON: 1964-1965

LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL BY Ketti Frings
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; October 23-24, 28-November 2.
MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL by T. S. Eliot
Director: Jack Cogdill; Little Theatre; December 4-5, 9-12.
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES by Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Director: Walther R. Volbach; Little Theatre; March 5-6, 10-13.
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD by J. M. Synge [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Delores Tanner; Little Theatre; April 2-3, 7-10.
ANGEL STREET by Patrick Hamilton
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Little Theatre; August 18-21.

TWENTY-FIRST SEASON: 1965-1966 (name changed to University Theatre)

THE RAPE OF THE BELT by Benn W. Levy
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; October 15-16, 19-23.
THE FANTASTICKS (musical) by Ton Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; November 11-14.
Scott Theatre; March 28-29, April 4-5.
THE CORN IS GREEN by Emlyn Williams
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; December 3-4, 9-11.
MEDEA by Euripides
Director: Delores Tanner; University Theatre; February 11-12, 16-19.
THE BOY FRIEND (musical) by Sandy Wilson; Choreography thesis: Margaret Moar
Director: Jack Cogdill; Casa Manana; March 10-12.
AH! WILDERNESS by Eugene O’Neill
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; March 25-26, 30-April 2.
PEGORA THE WITCH (children’s musical) by Carol Wright and Thom Whitaker
Directing Thesis: Thom Whitaker; University Theatre; April 15-16.
POOLS PARADISE by Phillip King [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; May 6-7, 11-14.

TWENTY-SECOND SEASON: 1966-1967

MARY, MARY by Jean Kerr
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; October 10-15.
RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco
Director: Delores Tanner; University Theatre; November 14-19.
THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON by James M. Barrie
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; December 12-17.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; February 6-11.
R. U. R. by Karel Capek
Directing Thesis: Gordon Bangs; University Theatre; March 10-11.
THE CHILDREN’S HOUR by Lillian Hellman
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; April 3-8.
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; May 8-13.

TWENTY-THIRD SEASON: 1967-1968

BRIGADOON (musical) by Alan Jay Lerner and Fredrick Loewe
Director: Jack Cogdill * Margaret Moar; Ed Landreth Auditorium; September 21-23
THE CHAIRS by Eugene Ionesco
Director: Robert Telford; Scott Theatre; October 5-7.
WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS by Jean Anouilh
Director: Jerry Sutherland; University Theatre; October 30-November 4.
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (children’s musical) by Clay Boland Jr.
Directing Thesis: Sharon Benge; Casa Manana; November 4, 11, 18, 25.
ROYAL GAMBIT by Herman Gressieker
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; December 4-9.
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; February 5-10.
IVORY TOWER by Jerome Weidman and James Yaffe
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; March 4-9.
SEPARATE TABLES by Terence Rattigan
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; April 1-6.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams
Directing Thesis: David Swanson; Arlington Masquers (at UTA); April 18-20.
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; May 6-11.

TWENTY-FOURTH SEASON: 1968-1969

PAINT YOUR WAGON (musical) by Alan Jay Lerner and Fredrick Loewe
Directors: Jack Cogdill, Fernando Schaffenburg; Ed Landreth Auditorium.; Sept. 21-23.
CRITIC’S CHOICE by Ira Levin
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; September 30-October 5.
ARMS AND THE MAN by George Bernard Shaw [ACTF]
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; October 21-26.
A SLEEP OF PRISONERS by Christopher Fry
Directing Thesis: Bud Franks; Trinity Episcopal Church; November 21-23.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
Directing Thesis: Dub Fisher; Richland High School; December 5-7.
BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; December 9-14.
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? By Edward Albee
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; February 10-15.
HAMLET by William Shakespeare
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; March 17-22.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams; Acting thesis: Dennis Burkley
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; April 14-19.
THE DRUNKARD by William H. Smith [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; May 12-17.
THURBER CARNIVAL by James Thurber
Directing thesis: Mary Moore; University Theatre; August 14, 16, 22-23.

TWENTY-FIFTH SEASON: 1969-1970

THE APPLE TREE (musical) by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
Director: Jack Cogdill; Ed Landreth Auditorium; September 11-13.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID by Jean-Baptiste Moliere [ACTF]
Acting thesis: Charles Ballinger; Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; Oct. 6-11.
THE LITTLE CLAY CART by King Shudraka
Directing thesis: Cynthia Conner; University Theatre; October 16-18.
THE MALE ANIMAL BY Elliot Nugent and James Thurber
Director: Jack Cogdill; University Theatre; November 3-8.
GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; December 1-6.
THE BACCHAE by Euripides
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; February 9-14.
THE WHITEHEAD BOY by Lennox Robinson
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; March 9-14.
TO ME FAIR FRIEND by Judy Shoemaker
Playwriting, Directing thesis: Judy Shoemaker; University Theatre; March 19-21.
THE LION IN WINTER by James Goldman
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; April 6-11.
TWELFTH NIGHT by William Shakespeare [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Jack Cogdill; Botanic Garden; April 30-May2.
LIFE WITH FATHER by Howard Lindsey and Russel Crouse
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; July 16-19, 22-25.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID by Jean-Baptiste Moliere (tour of northern England, June)
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; July 16-19. 22-25.
THE NIGHT THOREAU SPENT IN JAIL by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; July 30-August 2, 5-8.
POOLS PARADISE by Phillip King
Director: Jack Cogdill; Scott Theatre; August 13-16, 19-22.

TWENTY-SIXTH SEASON: 1970-1971

THE HEIRESS by Ruth and Augustus Goetz
Director: Henry Hammack; University Theatre; September 21-26.
THE FANTASTICKS (musical) by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Director: R. Boyce Pennington; Scott Theatre; October 19, 21, 23.
STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF (musical) by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
Director: Maggi Moar Sapp; Scott Theatre; October 20, 22, 24.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE by Tennessee Williams; Design thesis: James Coppedge
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; November 16-21.
GUYS AND DOLLS (musical) by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows
Directing thesis: Mike Neece; University Theatre; February 4-6 [Univ. Players]
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA by Federico Garcia-Lorca
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; February 8-13.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by William Shakespeare
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; March 22-27.
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: R. Boyce Pennington University Theatre; April 26-May 1.
GIGI by Anita Loos
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; June 24-26, July 1-3.
PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT by Tennessee Williams
Director: Charles Ballinger; Scott Theatre; July 8-10, 15-17.
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Director: Jack K. Ellis; Scott Theatre; July 22-24, 29-31.
ON BORROWED TIME by Paul Osborn
Director: R. Boyce Pennington; Scott Theatre; August 5-7, 12-14.

TWENTY-SEVENTH SEASON: 1971-1972

SPOON RIVER by Edgar Lee Lasters and Robert G. Britton
Director: Robert G. Britton; University Theatre; September 20-26.
PATIENCE (opera) by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan
Choreography thesis: Peggy Willis; Costume Thesis: Sallie Ann Biggs
Musical Director and Conductor: Douglas M. Cummins
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; October 18-23.
THE PRICE by Arthur Miller
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; November 15-20.
THE HEADHUNTERS by Henry Denker
Director: Robert G. Britton; Scott Theatre; February 7-12.
THE RIVALS by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; March 20-25.
THE CRADLE SONG by Gregorio & Maria Martinez-Sierra [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; April 24-29.
THE THREEPENNY OPERA (musical) by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Director: Douglas M. Cummins; Scott Theatre; in repertory, July 6-August 12.
UNDER MILKWOOD by Dylan Thomas
Director: William Garber; Scott Theatre; in repertory, July 6-August 12.
THE RAINMAKER by N. Richard Nash
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; in repertory, July 6-August 12.

TWENTY-EIGHTH SEASON: 1972-1973

THE FOURPOSTER by Jan de Hartog
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; September 15-17, 20-23.
BALLET (RONDO by Barbara Copeland, DANCE RITES (Unisex?) by Fernando Schaffenburg, VARIATIONS/MODERN DANCE by Jerry Bywaters Cochran)
Ed Landreth Auditorium; October 24-29.
INDIANS by Arthur Kopit [ACTF]
Director: George W. Sorensen; Scott Theatre; October 24-29.
THE LITTLE FOXES by Lillian Hellman; Design thesis: Cheryl Kepp
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; December 1-3, 6-9.
CANDIDA by George Bernard Shaw
Directing thesis: Jim Covault; University Theatre; February 1-3.
RUSALKA (opera) by Antonin Dvorak [Fine Arts Guild]
Conductor: Fritz Berens; Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; Feb. 9-11.
COME SWEET DEATH by B. Davie Napier
Directing thesis: Diane Simons; University Christian Church; Feb. 14,16, 18.
Central Christian Church, Dallas; February 23.
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre March 20-25.
A DOLL’S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen
Director: George W. Sorensen; University Theatre; April 24-29.

TWENTY-NINTH SEASON: 1973-1974

BUS STOP by William Inge
Directing Thesis: William Stalsworth; University Theatre; September 27-29.
SAINT JOAN by George Bernard Shaw; Acting thesis: Mary Anne Mitchell
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; October 23-28.
ACTF Region VI Festival; Scott Theatre; January 16.
TIME REMEMBERED by Jean Anouilh
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; December 4-9.
SLEEP by Sam Smiley
Director: George W. Sorensen; Scott Theatre; February 5-10.
THEY DO IT WITH MIRRORS by Louise Williams
Directing Thesis: Alan Klem; Barrack Theatre; March 1-3.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; March 26-31.
HEDDA GABLER by Henrik Ibsen; Acting thesis: Gini Ellett.
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; April 30-May5.
OLD TIMES by Harold Pinter
Director: Jim Covault; University Theatre; in repertory, July 9-28.
ION by Euripides
Director: Jim Covault; University Theatre; in repertory, July 9-28.

THIRTIETH SEASON: 1974-1975

UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov; Acting thesis: John Gaston [ACTF]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; September 17-22.
OLD TIMES by Harold Pinter [New Season]
Director: Jim Covault; University Theatre; September 27-28.
THE CONTRAST by Royall Tyler
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; October 22-27.
PHICTIONS, PHABLES, & PHANTASIES by M. Barrett & Anne O. Cleveland
Director: M. Barrett Cleveland; TCU Coffee House; October 23-25. [New Season]
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES by John Guare [New Season]
Director: Harvey Barkowsky; Barrack Theatre; November 25-26.
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN by Maxwell Anderson; Acting thesis: Donna Dorsett
Director: George W. Sorensen; University Theatre; December 3-8.
AH WILDERNESS! By Eugene O’Neill
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; February 4-9.
THE TONNY ALLEN SHOW by Megan Terry
Directing thesis: M. Barrett Cleveland; Barrack Theatre; February 27.
THE LAND OF SMILES (opera) by Franz Lehar [Fine Arts Festival]
Conductor: John Giordano; Directing thesis: Peter Ligeti
Director: George W. Sorensen; Ed Landreth Auditorium; February 28-March2.
365 DAYS by H. Wesley Balk and Ronald J. Glasser [New Season]
Director: Lindy Kyker; Barrack Theatre; February 28-March 1.
THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING by Christopher Fry [New Season]
Director: Steve Vincent; University Theatre; March 15-16.
GEORGE M! (musical) by George M. Cohan, Michael Stewart, John and Fran Pascal
Choreography thesis: Donita Butler
Director: Donna Dorsett; Scott Theatre; April 1-6.
THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER (musical) by John Simons & Douglas Balentine
Playwriting/Directing thesis: John Simons
Director: Donna Dorsett; Scott Theatre; April 1-6.
THE SHADOW OF A GUNMAN by Sean O’Casey
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; April 30-May 4.

THIRTY-FIRST SEASON: 1975-1976

OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR (musical) by the Theatre Workshop, Charles Chilton
And members of the original cast
Director: George W. Sorensen; University Theatre; October 14-19.
THE LAKE WORTH MONSTER (musical) by John Simons & Douglas Balentine
ACTF
Director: John Simons; University Theatre; Oct. 23; Scott Theatre, Jan. 24.
STICKS AND BONES by David Rabe [New Season]
Director: Russell Wiseman; Barrack Theatre; November 7-9.
SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams [ACTF]
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; December 2-7.
WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett
Directing thesis: Charles R. W. Jamieson; University Theatre; December 12-14.
THE HOT L BALTIMORE by Lanford Wilson [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; February 17-22.
DAMES AT SEA (musical) by George Haimsohn, Robin Miller, Jim Wise [New Season
Director: Michael Sartor; University Theatre; February 26-29.
AMERICAN PRIMITIVE by William Gibson [New Season]
Director: George W. Sorensen; tour, March 1-11; Scott Theatre, March 26-29.
THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASSINATION OF JEAN PAUL MARAT AS PERFORMED BY THE INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE by Peter Weiss
Directing thesis: Harvey Barkowsky; University Theatre; April 20-25.
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND OTHER BUSINESS by Arthur Miller
[New Season]
Director: Sara Coble; University Theatre; May 6-8.

THIRTY-SECOND SEASON: 1976-1977

ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh
Directing thesis: Sara Coble; University Theatre; September 21-16.
COMEDY TONIGHT: University Theatre; October 1-2. [University Players]
STORY THEATRE by Paul Sills; Director: Russell Wiseman
THE AUDITION by Sean Patrick Vincent; Director: Bud Coleman.
THE LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS by Neil Simon; Director: Harvey Barkowsky
IOLANTHE (opera) by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
Musical Director: Marilyn Jones; Acting thesis: Michael Sartor
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; October 26-31.
ACTF Area I Texas; University Theatre; November 6.
CASTE by T. W. Robertson [New Season]
Director: Woody Pyeatt; Barrack Theatre; November 12-13.
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT by Eugene O’Neill
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; November 30-December 5.
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (opera) by Giuseppe Verdi [Fine Arts Guild]
Musical Director and Coach: Desire Ligeti; Conductor: John Giordano
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Ed Landreth Auditorium; February 25-26.
THE MISER by Moliere; Costuming thesis: Liz Barkowsky [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; March 22-27.
MERLIN adapted by Lucile Davis [New Season]
Director: Lucile Davis; Barrack Theatre; April 1-2.
CROWN MATRIMONIAL by Royce Ryton
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; May 3-8.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THIRTY-THIRD SEASON: 1977-1978

LU ANN HAMPTON LAVERTY OBERLANDER by Preston Jones
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; September 27-October12.
MACBETH by William Shakespeare; Costuming thesis: Retha Boyd
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 3-6, 10, 12.
ALICE IN WONDERLAND, adapted by Bud Coleman [New Season]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; December 1-3.
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS by Robert Bolt
Directing thesis: Woody Pyeatt; University Theatre; January 26-29.
RIGHT YOU ARE IF YOU THINK YOU ARE by Luigi Pirandello
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; February 9-12, 16-18.
110 IN THE SHADE (musical) by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones [Fine Arts Guild]
Musical Director: Arden Hopkin; Conductor: George Del Gobbo
Director: Kent Gallagher; Scott Theatre; April 4-9 [Fine Arts Festival]
CHARLEY’S AUNT by Brandon Thomas [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Craig McElvain; University Theatre; April 19-23.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THIRTY-FOURTH SEASON: 1978-1979

THE CHILDREN’S HOUR by Lillian Hellman
Director: Kent Gallagher; University Theatre; October 5-8, 12-14.
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; November 7-12.
ACTF Area I Texas; Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls; November 18.
ACTF Region VI Festival; Scott Theatre; February 10.
SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER by Tennessee Williams [New Season]
Director: Kay Newberry; University Theatre; November 30-December 2.
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; February 21-25.
THE ODD COUPLE by Neil Simon [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Harry Parker; University Theatre; March 6-8.
DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES (opera) by Francis Poulenc [Fine Arts Guild]
Conductor: George Del Gobbo [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Arden Hopkin; Ed Landreth Auditorium; March 30-April 1.
STORY THEATRE by Paul Sills [New Season]
Director: Terry Behle; Student Center; April.
BILLY BUDD by Luis O. Cox and Robert Chapman
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; April 24-29.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THRITY-FIFTH SEASON: 1979-1980

OTHERWISE ENGAGED by Simon Gray
Director: Terry Behle; Barrack Theatre; October 12-13.
BORN YESTERDAY by Garson Kanin
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; October 23-28.
ACTF Area I Texas; Midwestern University, Wichita Falls; November 16.
PICNIC by William Inge
Directing thesis: Kay Newberry; University Theatre; November 8-11.
LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL by Ketti Frings
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; December 4-9.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Harry Parker; Barrack Theatre; January 24-26.
PLAY WITH FIRE by Dale Wasserman; Design thesis: Scott Sharer
Director: Kent Gallagher; University Theatre; February 5-10.
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC (musical) by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
Conductor: George Del Gobbo [Fine Arts Guild, Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Sharon Benge; Scott Theatre; March 25-30.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Directing thesis: Terry Behle; University Theatre; April 17-20.
GYPSY (musical) by Jule Stein and Stephen Sondheim
Directing thesis: Jack Stuteville (Dyville); Glen Rose Community Theatre;
May 1-4, 8, and 10-11.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THIRTY-SIXTH SEASON: 1980-1981

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR by William Shakespeare
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; October 21-26.
Globe of the Great Southwest, Odessa, Texas; March 12-14.
HARVEY by Mary Chase
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; December 2-7.
HEARTBREAK HOUSE by George Bernard Shaw
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; February 17-22.
OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder [Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; March 31-April 5.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (opera) by Mozart [Fine Arts Guild]
Conductor: George Del Gobbo
Director: Arden Hopkins; Ed Landreth Auditorium; May 1-3.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THIRTY-SEVENTH SEASON: 1981-1982

TARTUFFE by Moliere Costuming thesis: Debbie Billow
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; October 6-11.
DRACULA adapted by Frank Pittman [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Frank Pittman; Barrack Theatre; October 16-17.
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 17-22.
Globe of the Great Southwest; Odessa, Texas; February 25-27.
JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK by Sean O’Casey
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; February 16-21.
BAD HABITS RAVENSWOOD by Terrence McNally [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Jay Fraley; Studio Theatre; February 23-24.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (musical) by Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock
Conductor: George Del Gobbo [Fine Arts Guild, Fine Arts Festival]
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; March 31-April 3.
Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas; April 6.
ON GOLDEN POND by Ernest Thompson
Director: David Coffee; University Theatre; May 2-5.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THIRTY-EIGHTH SEASON: 1982-1983

VANITIES by Jack Heifner
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; September 21-26.
THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD (opera) by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan
Musical Director and Conductor: Carl O. Johnson.
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Ed Landreth Auditorium; October 27-30.
THE MOUSETRAP by Agatha Christie [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Joy Mounts; University Theatre; December 1-4.
JEZEBEL’S HUSBAND by Robert Nathan
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; February 8-13.
BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Joseph Godwin; Studio Theatre; March 9-10.
SOUR ANGELICA and GIANNI SCHICCI (opera) by Giacomo Puccini
Conductor: George Del Gobbo [Fine Arts Guild]
Director: Arden Hopkins; Ed Landreth Auditorium; March 25,27.
MORNING’S AT SEVEN by Paul Osborn; Design thesis: D. Jefferson Reeder
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; April 26-May 1.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.
GRANBURY OPERA HOUSE, summer season.

THIRTY-NINTH SEASON: 1983-1984

THE CHALK GARDEN by Enid Bagnold; Acting thesis: Mary Bugg
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; October 4-9.
THE FATHER by August Strindberg
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 8-13.
COME BACK TO THE 5 & DIME JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN by Ed Graczyk
Acting thesis: Elizabeth Simms [Alpha Psi Omega]
Directing thesis: Dan Weir; University Theatre; November 30-December 3.
BRIGADOON (musical) by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Conductor: George Del Gobbo [Fine Arts Guild]
Director: Sharon Benge; Ed Landreth Auditorium; February 9-11.
AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier
Director: Dan Weir; University Theatre; February 22-23.
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES by John Guare [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Tom Kelso; Studio Theatre; March 8-9.
ON BORROWED TIME by Paul Osborn
Directing Thesis: Daphne Wyche Kaplan; University Theatre; April 26-29.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.

FOURTIETH SEASON: 1984-1985

WHEN YOU COMIN BACK, RED RYDER? By Mark Medoff; Design thesis: Jeff Flowers
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; October 2-7.
THE DRESSER by Ronald Harwood
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 13-18.
THE GOOD DOCTOR by Neil Simon [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Catherine Porter; University Theatre; December 1-2.
VOLPONE by Ben Jonson
Director: Larry Oliver; University Theatre; March 3, 8, 10, 14, and 16.
THE RIMERS OF ELDRITCH by Lanford Wilson
Directing thesis: Ovella Ruth Hall; University Theatre; March 7, 9, 13, 15
YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN (musical) by Clark Gessner [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Julie Banta; University Christian Church; May 25-27.
GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT by Karen Hensel, Patti Jones, Elana Kant, Sylvia Meredith, Elizabeth Lloyd Shaw, Laura Toffenetti
Directing thesis: Elan M. Schwericke; Stage West; May 5-7.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.

FORTY-FIRST SEASON: 1985-1986

CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley
Director: Gaylan Collier; Scott Theatre; October 1-6.
THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 19-24.
GRANDMA DUCK IS DEAD by Larry Shue [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Keri Healey; University Theatre; December 11-12.
GREASE (musical) by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Director: Charles Ballinger; University Theatre; March 5, 7, 9, 12, and 14.
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM by Woody Allen
Directing thesis: Warren Spencer; University Theatre; March 6, 8, 11. 13.
THE FOURPOSTER by Jan de Hartog [Alpha Psi Omega]
Acting thesis: Kathryn Skidmore; University Theatre; April 25-26.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.

FORTY-SECOND SEASON: 1986-1987

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER by Oliver Goldsmith; Design thesis: David Cole
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; October 7-12.
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 18-23.
DEATHTRAP by Ira Levin
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; February 24-March 1.
LAUNDRY AND BOURBON by James McClure; Director Sondra Speer
LONE STAR by James McClure; Director: Jeffrey G. Combs
Studio Theatre; April 10-12. [Alpha Psi Omega]
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS by Neil Simon; Design thesis: Jan Zarr
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; April 21-26.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.

FORTY-THIRD SEASON: 1987-1988

AMADEUS by Peter Shaffer
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Scott Theatre; September 29-October 4.
THE FOREIGNER by Larry Shue
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; November 10-15.
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA by William Shakespeare
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; February 16-22.
Globe of the Great Southwest, Odessa, Texas; March 10-12.
AND MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE by Paul Zindel
Director: Mary Anne Mitchell; University Theatre; April 5-10.
PERSONALS (musical) by David Crane, Seth Friedman, Marty Kauffman
Director: Matthew T. Guidry; University Theatre; April 15-17 [Alpha Psi Omega]
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.

FORTY-FOURTH SEASON: 1988-1989

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; September 27-October 2.
BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 15-20.
OKLAHOMA! (musical) by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein [Fine Arts Guild]
Musical Director: Vincent Russo; Conductor: Candler Schaffer
Director: Sally W. Clouser; Ed Landreth Auditorium; February 23-25.
DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O’Neill
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; April 24-28.
THEY ALL FALL DOWN by David Allen Baker, Jr. [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: David Allen Baker; University Theatre; May 1-3.
SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK, summer season.

FORTY-FIFTH SEASON: 1989-1990

THE THREE OF US by Rachel Crothers
Director: Jim Covault; Ed Landreth Auditorium; September 22-27.
THE BALLET SVENGALI –Music: Benjamin Britten, Franz Liszt [Fine Arts Guild]
Choreographer: James Clouser; Ed Landreth Auditorium; November 1-4.
OUR TOWN by Thornton Wilder
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; November 13-18.
GODSPELL (musical) by John-Michael Tebelak, Stephen Schwartz
Musical Director/ Conductor: Tom Laney [with Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Andre Rotkiewicz; Student Center Ballroom; February 21-25.
TARTUFF by Andrew B. Harris [from Moliere’s TARTUFFE]
Director: Gaylan Collier; University Theatre; April 24-29.

FORTY-SIXTH SEASON: 1990-1991

THE WOOD DEMON by Anton Chekhov [adapted by Cliff Harville]
Director: Brynn Bristol; University Theatre; October 3-7.
MAD DOG BLUES (musical) by Sam Shepard
Music: “Soothing Sounds for Baby”
Director: Andrew B. Harris; Caravan of Dreams; November 2-4, 9-11.
CABARET (musical) by Joe Masteroff [Fine Arts Guild]
Music: John Kander; Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Musical Director: Vincent Russo; Conductor: Kurt A. Sprenger.
DOLPHINS AND OTHER DEFENSELESS CREATURES by Jennifer Thomas
Director: Cheryl Strimple; [Alpha Psi Omega]
SCULTPING by Shannon Slaton
Director: Andre Austin Schuricht; University Theatre; February 14-16.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN by Arthur Miller
Director: Kent Paul; University Theatre; April 24-28.

FORTY-SEVENTH SEASON: 1991-1992

MEASURE FOR MEASURE by William Shakespeare
Director: Andrew B. Harris; University Theatre; October 2-6.
A…MY NAME IS ALICE (musical revue) by John Micklin Silver/ Jullianne Boyd
Musical Director: Leonard McCormick
Director: Susan B. Rush; Circle Theatre; November 7-9, 14-16, 21-24.
MEMORIES OF DARKNESS by Tony J. Stafford [Alpha Psi Omega]
Director: Jeffrey J. Bateman; University Theatre; February 13-15.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (musical) by Joseph Stein [Fine Arts Guild]
Music: Jerry Bock; Lyrics: Sheldon Harnick
Musical Director: Vincent Russo; Conductor: John Morgan
Director: Henry E. Hammack; Ed Landreth Auditorium; March 5-8.
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Wendy Wasserstein
Director: Susan B. Rush; University Theatre; April 29-May 3.
LETTICE AND LOVAGE by Peter Shaffer [with Casa Manana]
Director: Kent Paul; Casa Manana; May 12-24.

FORTY-EIGHTH SEASON: 1992-1993

DISCOVERINGS by Gustavo Gac-Artigas
Director: Gustavo Gac-Artigas; University Theatre; October 7-11.
TINTYPES (musical) by Mary Kyte, Mel Marvin, Gary Pearle
Musical Director: Susan B. Rush
Director: Henry E. Hammack; University Theatre; November 18-22.
PRISM: A CELEBRATION OF THE SENSES [Fine Arts Guild]
Director/Coordinator: Richard Estes; Ed Landreth Auditorium; February 25-28.
LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY by John Guare
Director: Susan B. Rush; University Theatre; April 28-30, May 1-2.

FORTY-NINTH SEASON: 1993-1994

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder
Director: Steven Breese; University Theatre; September 29-30, October 1-3.
THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS by Carlo Goldoni
Director: George Brown; University Theatre; November 17-21.
COMPANY (musical) by George Furth
Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
Director: Steven Breese; Ed Landreth Auditorium; February 24-27.
THE ROSE TATTOO by Tennessee Williams
Director: George Brown; University Theatre; April 27-May 1.

FIFTIETH SEASON: 1994-1995

THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLIOT by Jean Giraudoux
Director: George H. Brown; University Theatre; October 5-9.
THE DIVINERS by Jim Leonard, Jr.
Director: Steven Breese; University Theatre; November 16-20.
LES LIASONS DANGEREUSES by Christopher Hampton
Director: George H. Brown; University Theatre; February 22-26.
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Director: Jerry Russell; Stage West; April 7-May 6.

FIFTY-FIRST SEASON: 1995-1996

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare
Director: Steven Breese; University Theatre; September 27-October 1.
QUILTERS by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
Director: George H. Brown; University Theatre; November 15-19.
UNDER MILKWOOD by Dylan Thomas
Director: Steven Breese; University Theatre; February 21-25.
TRAVESTIES by Tom Stoppard
Director: George H. Brown; University Theatre; April 24-28.

FIFTY-SECOND SEASON: 1996-1997

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello
University Theatre, October 2-6.
ANGEL STREET by Patrick Hamilton
Director: Steven Breese, University Theatre, November 20-24.
THE FANTASTICKS by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt
Director: Steven Breese, University Theatre, February 19-23
CYRANO by Edmund Rostand
Director: George H. Brown; University Theatre; April 16-20.

FIFTY-THIRD SEASON: 1997-1998

LEARNED LADIES by Freyda Thomas
Director: George Brown; University Theatre; October 1-5.
FOOL FOR LOVE by Sam Shepard
Director: Susan Hayre, Studio Theatre, October 15-17
COMMUNICATING DOORS by Alan Ayckbourn
Director: Steven Breese, Hays Theatre, November 19-23.
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare
Director: George Brown; University Theatre; February 25-March 1
ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett
Director: Rebecca Bowman, Studio Theatre, March 4-6
1940’S RADIO HOUR by Walton Jones
Director: Steven Breese; Guild Show, Hays Theatre; April 22-26.

FIFTY-FOURTH SEASON: 1998-1999

THE TROJAN WOMEN by Sophocles
Director: George Brown, University Theatre, September 30-October 4
CANDIDA by Bernard Shaw
Director: Be Boyd, Hays Theatre, November 11-15
LOOK BACK IN ANGER by John Osborne
Director: Jamie Wollrab, Studio Theatre, December 10, 11
A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry
Director: Be Boyd, University Theatre, February 24-28
BEYOND THERAPY by Christopher Durang
Director: Lindsey Owens, Studio Theatre, March
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
Director: George Brown, Hays Theatre, April 14-18

FIFTY-FIFTH SEASON: 1999-2000

THE ILLUSION by Pierre Corneille
Director: Be Boyd, University Theatre, September 29-October 3
VANITIES by Jack Heifner
Director: Joael McMullen, Studio Theatre, October 21-23
PENTECOST by David Edgar
Director: George Brown, University Theatre, November 10-14/18-20
ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives
Director: George Brown, Hays Theatre, February 23-27
I HATE HAMLET by Paul Rudnick
Director: Jeannine Bartel, Studio Theatre, March 21-23
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Director: Be Boyd, Hays Theatre, April 26-30

FIFTY-SIXTH SEASON: 2000-2001

HEATHEN VALLEY by Romulus Linney
Director: George Brown, Hays Theatre, September 27-October 1
BELOW THE BELT by Richard Dresser
Director: Kathleen Milne, Studio Theatre, October 26-28
MY FAIR LADY by Alan Jay Lerner, and Fredrick Loewe
Director: Be Boyd, Ed Landreth Hall, Guild Show, November 15-19
EXTREMITIES by William Mastrosimone
Director: Be Boyd, University Theatre, March 1-4, 8-11
ALICE IN WONDERLAND by The Manhattan Project
Director: Kirk Holland, Studio Theatre, March 29-31
TARTUFFE by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur
Director: George Brown, Hays Theatre, April 18-22

FIFTY-SEVENTH SEASON: 2001-2002

LA LLORONA by Kathleen Milne
Director: Be Boyd, Hays Theatre, September 26-30
LOVES LABORS LOST by William Shakespeare
Director: George Brown, hays Theatre, November 14-18
SIDE MAN by Warren Leight
Director: Brock Rush, Studio Theatre, December
RED HOT AND COLE by James Bianchi, Muriel McAuley and Randy Studerman
Director: George Brown, University Theatre, February 27-March 3
SUENO (LIFE IS A DREAM) by Pedro Calderon de las Barca
Director: Jim Covalt, Stage West, April 15-27
SHRAPNEL by Michael Chase
Director: Irene Bermudez, Studio Theatre, April 25-27

FIFTY-EIGHTH SEASON: 2002-2003

AH, WILDERNESS! by Eugene O’Neil (Photo Gallery)
Director: T. J. Walsh, University Theatre, October 2-6
TWO FEET AWAY AND SHOUTING by Timothy Dragga
Director: Jaime Castaneda, Studio Theatre, October 17-19
DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian Friel
Director: Lee Ritchey, Hays Theatre, November 19-23
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and Stephen Sondheim
Director: Craig Lee, University Theatre, February 19-23
Musical Director: Anne Healy
TWELVE ANGRY MEN/TWELVE ANGRY WOMEN by Reginald Rose (Photo Gallery)
Director: T. J. Walsh, Hays Theatre, April 2-6, 9-13
STAR SPANGLED GIRL by Neil Simon
Director: Kelly Williams, Studio Theatre, April

FIFTY-NINTH SEASON: 2003-2004

AGNES OF GOD by John Pielmeier (Photo Gallery)
Director: Jennifer Engler, University Theatre, October 1-5
TALK RADIO by Eric Bogosian (Photo Gallery)
Director: Scott Rickels, Studio Theatre, October 16-18
ON THE TOWN by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (Photo Gallery)
Music by Leonard Bernstein, Guild Show
Director: T. J. Walsh, Ed Landreth Auditorium, November 12-16
MELROSE STORIES by T. J. Walsh (Photo Gallery)
Director: T. J. Walsh, Hays Theatre, February 25-29
BURNING PATIENCE by Antonio Skarmeta, Latin American Arts Festival (Photo Gallery)
Director: Jorge Davila, Hays Theatre, April 1-3
THE COUNTRY WIFE by William Wycherley (Photo Gallery)
Director: Jennifer Engler, University Theatre, April 24-25

SIXTIETH SEASON: 2004-2005

THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams (Photo Gallery)
Director: T. J. Walsh, Hays Theatre, September 29-October 3
ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS by Anton Chekhov (Photo Gallery)
Director: Ashley Duncan, Studio Theatre, October 14-16
ELLIS ISLAND, THE DREAM OF AMERICA by Peter Boyer (Photo Gallery)
TCU Fine Arts Gala
Director: Harry Parker, Bass Peformance Hall, November 1
AS YOU LIKE IT by William Shakespeare (Photo Gallery)
Director: Jennifer Engler, Hays Theatre, December 1-5
BOOK OF DAYS by Lanford Wilson(Photo Gallery)
Director: T. J. Walsh, Hays Theatre, March 2-6
MARCUS IS WALKING: SCENES FROM THE ROAD
by Joan Ackermann (Photo Gallery)
Director: Jason Lovelady, Studio Theatre, March 31-April 2
BABY by Sybille Pearson, Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. (Photo Gallery)
Music by David Shire
Director: Anne Healy, Choreographer: Jennifer Engler
Co-production with Casa Manana, April 21-24

SIXTY-FIRST SEASON: 2005-2006

PROOF by David Auburn [Photo Gallery]
Director: Lee Ritchey, Hays Theatre, September 27-October 2, 2005
THE BALD SOPRANO by Eugene Ionesco [Photo Gallery]
Director: Kevin Long, Studio Theatre, October 20-22, 2005
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman [Photo Gallery]
Director: Harry Parker, Buschman Theatre, November 15-20, 2005
MISALLIANCE by George Bernard Shaw [Photo Gallery]
Director: T. J. Walsh, Buschman Theatre, March 1-5, 2006
ELEEMOSYNARY by Lee Blessing [Photo Gallery]
Director: Aaron Kirby, Studio Theatre, March 30-April 1, 2006
CABARET by John Kander, Fred Ebb & Joe Masteroff [Photo Gallery]
Director & Choreographer: Jennifer Engler, Hays Theatre, April 25-30, 2006

SIXTY-SECOND SEASON: 2006-2007

THE BURIAL AT THEBES by Seamus Heaney Photo Gallery
Hays Theatre, September 25 - October 1. 2006
ANOTHER ANTIGONE by A.R. Gurney Photo Gallery
Hays Theatre, September 26 - Octpber 1. 2006
BUS STOP by William Inge Photo Gallery
Circle Theatre, November 2 - December 2, 2006
NOISES OFF by Michael Frayn Photo Gallery
Buschman Theatre, November 8 - November 12, 2006
GETTING OUT by Marsha Norman Photo Gallery
TCU Walsh Center, February 28 - March 4, 2007
THE SHAPE OF THINGS by Neil La Bute Photo Gallery
Hays Theatre, March 22 - March 24, 2007
ANYTHING GOES
by Cole Porter, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse Photo Gallery
Scott Theatre, April 12 - April 15, 2007


Theatre TCU History
   - Brief History of Theatre TCU
   - Past Productions
   - Former Faculty
         - Gaylan Jane Collier
         - Henry Hammack
         - Forrest A. Newlin
         - Walther Volbach
   - Buschman Theatre Dedication
   - 2003-2004 Season Photos
   - 2004-2005 Season Photos
   - 2005-2006 Season Photos
   - 2006-2007 Season Photos

 


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