Month
Production
Director
On September
21, 1940, Colonial Playhouse made its debut with: September
THIS THING CALLED LOVE David Chambers December LADIES OF THE JURY David Chambers March THE SILVER CORD April HAWK
ISLAND Walter Grindrod May SOLITAIRE MAN Robert Smith
1946-1947 October ANGEL STREET Howard
Berger November LATE GEORGE APPLEY Howard Berger December CHARLEY'S AUNT Edward Ingraham January RAMSHACKLE INN
Robert Smith February THE WILLOW AND I Edward Ingraham March STARDUST Howard Berger April JANUARY THAW Edward
Ingraham May THEATRE Adelaide Hykes June SEPARATE ROOMS Robert Smith
1947-1948 September
BARKER Adelaide Hykes October KISS AND TELL Edward Ingraham November JOAN OF LORRAINE Robert Smith January THE
APPLE OF HIS EYE Edward Ingraham February THE VISITOR Harry Cafferty March A HIGHLAND FLING Ruth Thrasher April
THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET Edward Ingraham May SKYLARK John Bodkin June OVER 21 Edward Ingraham
1948-1949
September THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Lena Mulhern October WINTERSET Bob Amitto November BOY MEETS GIRL Bernice Sycamore
January SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE John Bodkin February HASTY HEART Carmen Woolsey March JOHN LOVES MARY Harry Cafferty
April YEARS AGO Ruth Thrasher May THE GLASS MENAGERIE Robert Smith June BEES AND THE FLOWERS Robert Smith
1949-1950
September PAPA IS ALL Edward Ingraham October OUTWARD BOUND November YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Carmen Woolsey
January VOICE OF THE TURTLE Robert Smith February TWO MRS. CARROLLS Bernice Sycamore March LIGHT UP THE SKY John
Bodkin April ALL MY SONS Frank Grugan May BRIGHTEN THE CORNER Harry Cafferty June PRESENT LAUGHTER Bernice Sycamore
1950-1951 September BLIND ALLEY Robert Smith October BORN YESTERDAY Russell Gibson November
THE GORRILA Walter Grindrod January THE SILVER WHISTLE Harry Cafferty February THE LATE CHRISTOPHER BEAN Walter Grindrod
March THE DRUID CIRCLE April THE BIRD CAGE Robert Smith May YES M'LORD June TWO BLIND MICE
1951-1952
September THE GREAT BIG DOORSTEP Edward Ingraham October THE HEIRESS Russell Gibson November THE ROYAL FAMILY
Bernice Sycamore January DETECTIVE STORY Robert Smith February MR. BARRY'S ETCHINGS Joseph Doyle March ANNA LUCASTA
Walter Grindrod April TEN LITTLE INDIANS Harry Cafferty May COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA Russell Gibson June GOODBYE,
MY FANCY Robert Smith
1952-1953 September THE CURIOUS SAVAGE Russell Gibson October EDWINA
BLACK Louise Miller November HARVEY Bernice Sycamore January PRIVATE LIVES Harry Cafferty February THE SHINING
HOUR Bernice Sycamore March WALLFLOWER Joseph Doyle April MR. ANGEL Robert Smith May THE LITTLE FOXES Russell
Gibson June LO AND BEHOLD! Edward Ingraham
1953-1954 September THREE'S A FAMILY Bernice Sycamore
October UNCLE HARRY Russell Gibson November BUTTON-BUTTON Joseph Doyle January LAURA Harry Cafferty February
Three One-Act Plays Louise Miller MARRIAGE PROPOSAL HEAT LIGHTNING THE FLATTERING WORD March AFFAIRS OF STATE
Hilda Smith April STALAG 17 Russell Gibson May THE HAPPY TIME Bernice Sycamore June PARLOR STORY Thomas Joyce
1954-1955 September THE MAN Russell Gibson October CRAIG'S WIFE Robert Smith November
MY THREE ANGELS Bernice Sycamore January BLACK CHIFFON Howard Pell February LULLABYE Russell Gibson March FOR
LOVE OR MONEY Hilda Smith April THE COUNTRY GIRL Frank Grugan May THREE MEN ON A HORSE Harry Cafferty June MIRANDA
Russell Gibson
1955-1956
September SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY Virginia Budd October BURNING GLASS Robert Smith November SABRINA FAIR Bernice
Sycamore & Russell Gibson January BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE Louis Hinze February DIAL M FOR MURDER Frank Grugan March
THE MALE ANIMAL Virginia Budd April THE TENDER TRAP Hilda Smith May THE CAINE MUTINY Virginia Budd June TIME OUT
FOR GINGER Bernice Sycamore
1956-1957 September THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH Louise Miller & Fred Davis
October THE ???ING BOOK (?) (copy is illegible) (two directors) November THE FIFTH SEASON Harry Cafferty January
THE WOMEN Frank Grugan February THE DESPERATE HOURS Hilda Smith March BUS STOP Louis Hinze April THE CONSTANT
WIFE Robert Smith May SEE HOW THEY RUN Janet Gorgas
1957-1958 September THE FOURPOSTER Janet
Gorgas October PICNIC Mickey McConnell November JANUS Jean Tinney January SUSAN SLEPT HERE Virginia Packer February
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION Frank Grugan March LIGHT UP THE SKY Fred Davis April HIDDEN RIVER Louis Hinze May
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON Russell Gibson
1958-1959 September DEADWOOD DICK, or a Game of
Gold Harry Cafferty October THE BAD SEED Russell Gibson November VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET January WILL SUCCESS
SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? Mickey McConnell February THE MOUSETRAP Janet Gorgas March MAYBE TUESDAY Frank Pennypacker April
MONIQUE Louis Hinze May THE RELUCTANT DEBUTANTE Virginia Budd Packer
1959-1960 September THE
DIARY OF ANNE FRANK Janet Gorgas October THE ANNIVERSARY WALTZ Mickey McConnell November THE DESK SET Bernice Sycamore
& Frank Pennypacker January PORTRAIT IN BLACK Russell Gibson & L. Yocum February A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Frank Grugan March GIRLS IN 509 Russell Gibson April ONE BRIGHT DAY Louis Hinze May BY HEX Harry Cafferty
1960-1961
September TALL STORY Frank Pennypacker October THE MAN IN THE DOG SUIT January KIND LADY Edward Chodorov February
GAZEBO Harry Cafferty March SEPARATE TABLES Al Hardy April THE MATCHMAKER Bernice Sycamore May ONCE MORE WITH
FEELING Janet Gorgas
1961-1962 September THE CAT AND THE CANARY Harry Cafferty October MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT Frank Grugan November A MIGHTY MAN IS HE Russell Gibson January INHERIT THE WIND Bernice Sycamore &
Miriam Husik February THE MOON IS BLUE Janet Gorgas March MARRIAGE-GO-ROUND Mickey McConnell April THE CHALK GARDEN
Al Hardy May THIRD BEST SPORT Bernice Sycamore
1962-1963 September LOVE RIDES THE RAILS Harry
Cafferty October SEND ME NO FLOWERS Robert Smith November EVERYBODY LOVES OPAL Bernice Sycamore January A HOLE
IN THE HEAD Miriam Husik February COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA John Deveraux March THE CORN IS GREEN Al Hardy April
HOLIDAY FOR LOVERS Joseph Doyle May UNDER THE YUM-YUM TREE Mickey McConnell
1963-1964 September
MORNING'S AT SEVEN Al Hardy October COME BLOW YOUR HORN Mickey McConnell November AH! WILDERNESS John Deveraux January
A VERY SPECIAL BABY Miriam Husik February THE WOMEN Frank Grugan March RASHOMON Lee Grimes April CALCULATED RISK
Russell Gibson May (Playhouse Fire - No Production) June CRITICS CHOICE Harry Cafferty (Presented at the Barnstormers
Theatre in Ridley Park)
1964-1965 (Presented at the 20th Century Club in Lansdowne) October
A THOUSAND CLOWNS Ruth Hindley November BREAKFAST IN BED Russell Gibson January NIGHT MUST FALL Miriam Husik February
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Frank Grugan March WAKE UP DARLING Mickey McConnell April BETWEEN TWO THIEVES Al Hardy May
THE FATAL WEAKNESS Joseph Doyle
1965-1966 (Presented
in our Rebuilt Theatre) October THE GLASS MENAGERIE Frank Grugan November THE RAINMAKER Joan Lynch December THE
WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING Ross Mershon January MARY, MARY Miriam Husik March THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE Richard Croft May
BORN YESTERDAY Peg Sweeney
1966-1967 September GOODBYE CHARLIE Joan Lynch November ALL MY
SONS Miriam Husik December BLITHE SPIRIT Al Hardy January ROSE TATTOO Frank Grugan February WILL SUCCESS SPOIL
ROCK HUNTER? Mickey McConnell April SHOT IN THE DARK Lee Grimes May THE TUNNEL OF LOVE Peg Sweeney
1967-1968
September ANY WEDNESDAY Virginia Smith October THE BIG KNIFE Miriam Husik November LITTLE MARY SUNSHINE Lee Grimes
February THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES Joan Lynch March SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH Frank Grugan April BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Mickey
McConnell May THREE BAGS FULL Peg Sweeney
1968-1969 September WALTZ OF THE TOREADORS Ruth
Hindley October SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE Frank Grugan December ME AND THEE Virginia Smith February GENERATION Miriam
Husik March PHILADELPHIA, HERE I COME Joan Lynch April ODD COUPLE Mickey McConnell May LOVE IN E FLAT Peg Sweeney
1969-1970 September STAR-SPANGLED GIRL Virginia Smith October I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER Miriam
Husik November LIFE WITH FATHER Frank Grugan February WAIT UNTIL DARK Peg Sweeney March THE LION IN WINTER Ruth
Hindley April GIRL IN THE FREUDIAN SLIP Mickey McConnell May DON'T DRINK THE WATER Richard Croft
1970-1971
October SUNDAY IN NEW YORK Peg Sweeney November JIMMY SHINE Ruth Hindley December THE SHOW-OFF Howard McGonigle
January PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW (or, A Working Girl's Secret) Marta Croft February READY WHEN YOU ARE, C.B. Bohdan
Senkow March JOE EGG (a Day in the Death of Joe Egg) Joan Lynch May THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Richard Croft
1971-1972
September LUV Ruth Hindley October THE PRICE Miriam Husik November YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Ray Neye January
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLFE? Bohdan Senkow March BECKMAN PLACE Ed Blake April THE SHINING HOUR Frank Grugan May
PLAZA SUITE Richard Croft
1972-1973 September Three One Act Plays Ray Neye PFEIFFER' S PEOPLE I'LL
BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS NOT ENOUGH ROPE October A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Joan Lynch November ENTER LAUGHING Miriam
Husik January PRIVATE LIVES Ed Rupperstein February THE DELICATE BALANCE Bohdan Senkow March SEE HOW THEY RUN
Peg Gane April LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Richard Croft
1973-1974 September BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE Bohdan
Senkow November MISS REARDON DRINKS A LITTLE Miriam Husik December PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM Marta Croft January LOVERS
AND OTHER STRANGERS Peg Gane February DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS Harry Cafferty March FORTY CARATS Dot & Bob
Buxton May GINGERBREAD LADY Richard Croft
1974-1975 October NIGHT WATCH Marta Croft November THE
PRISONER Bohdan Senkow December OUR TOWN Miriam Husik February NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH Dot & Bob Buxton March
BUS STOP John Becker April 6 RMS RIV VU Peg Gane May THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE Richard Croft
1975-1976
November TEVYA AND HIS DAUGHTERS Peg Gane December HARVEY Dot & Bob Buxton January CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Miriam
Husik March HERE LIES JEREMY TROY Marta Croft April DUCKS AND LOVERS John Becker May TOBACCO ROAD Richard Croft
1976-1977 October LIGHT UP THE SKY Howard McGonigle November THE FANTASTIKS Charlie McWilliams January
TWO FOR THE SEESAW Kathy Coll February PRESCRIPTION: MURDER (also called COLUMBO) Dorothy Buxton April TOYS IN THE
ATTIC Miriam Husik May ACCOMMODATIONS Peg Gane
1977-1978 October BOEING, BOEING Harry Cafferty November
ALL ABOUT EVE Frank Grugan February KISS OR MAKE UP Dorothy Buxton March DIAL M FOR MURDER Judith Davis April
BEST LAID PLANS Robert Buxton May PICNIC Miriam Husik
1978-1979 October THE CUBS ARE IN 2nd PLACE AND
FADING Dick Peck November THE HAPPY TIME Frank Grugan January LULLABYE Miriam Husik February LAST OF THE CLASS
Dorothy Buxton March MY THREE ANGELS Frank Grugan May EAT YOUR HEART OUT Judith Davis
1979-1980 October
THE ODD COUPLE Michael McDonough November WAIT UNTIL DARK Judith Davis January IS ANYBODY OUT THERE? William Foy February
ALL MY SONS Miriam Husik March NEVER TOO LATE Dorothy Buxton May POOR RICHARD Dorothy Buxton
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Month
Production
Director
1980-1981 October BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Michael McDonough November THE OLDEST LIVING GRADUATE Miriam Husik January HOW GREEN WAS MY BROWNIE
Robert Buxton February LOVERS, WIVES AND TENNIS PLAYERS Sheila Kutner March SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR Peg Gane April
FINISHING TOUCHES Dorothy Buxton May GOD'S FAVORITE Judith Davis
1981-1982 October
CHAPTER TWO Virginia Smith November DA Miriam Husik January VANITIES Judith Davis February THE
UNEXPECTED GUEST Peggy Ellis March CALIFORNIA SUITE Michael McDonough May AN ALMOST PERFECT PERSON Dorothy
Buxton June ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Gerard Bonner
1982-1983 October LAST OF THE RED HOT
LOVERS Michael McDonough November ON GOLDEN POND Miriam Husik January TEN LITTLE INDIANS Peggy Ellis February
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU Sheila Kutner March I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES Richard Croft April TRIBUTE Dorothy
Buxton June NORMAN, IS THAT YOU? Marvin Levin
1983-1984 September MORNING'S AT SEVEN
Tom Corrigan October COME BLOW YOUR HORN Sally Bassett December SILENT NIGHT, LONELY NIGHT Judith Davis January
LADIES AT THE ALAMO Lynn Katz March SUMMER Miriam Husik April THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Dorothy Buxton May
A MUSICAL REVIEW Sheila Kutner
1984-1985 September CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Tom Corrigan October
THE PRISONER OF SECOND AVENUE Richard Croft November THE MOUSETRAP Peggy Ellis January PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
Janet Gorgas March A SHOT IN THE DARK Miriam Husik April THE RAINMAKER Dorothy Buxton May LOVE,
SEX, & THE I.R.S. Jan Clausing
1985-1986 September THERE'S A GIRL IN MY SOUP Tom Corrigan October
THE GOOD DOCTOR Richard Croft December A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED Peggy Ellis January BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE Michael
Purkis March SOUTH PACIFIC Michael McDonough April THE PHILADELPHIA STORY Dorothy Buxton May THE
SOLID GOLD CADILLAC Jan Clausing
1986-1987 September THERE GOES THE BRIDE Tim Farrell October
THE GLASS MENAGERIE Richard Croft December GEORGE M Howard Weightman January A TALENT FOR MURDER Tom Corrigan Feb./March
BEYOND THERAPY Michael Purkis April THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER Dorothy Buxton May/June SQUABBLES (a/k/a
Your House or Mine) Jan Clausing
1987-1988 September LOOT Tim Farrell October PLAZA
SUITE Richard Croft December THE BOYFRIEND Michael Roberto January ARMS AND THE MAN Dean Dougherty February
6 RMS RIV VU Maureen Carmen April THE ODD COUPLE (female version) Dorothy Buxton June RICHARD III Tim Farrell
1988-1989 September
ROMANTIC COMEDY Dorothy Trauberman October THE SUNSHINE BOYS Marta Croft December TALKING WITH Audrey Lee January
GUEST IN THE HOUSE Peggy Spencer Feb /March HARVEY Maureen Carmen April DON'T DRINK THE WATER Dorothy Buxton June
GOODBYE CHARLIE Peg Gane
1989-1990 September LUNCH HOUR Ellen Wilson Dilks October THE
HOT L BALTIMORE Richard Croft January REHEARSAL FOR MURDER E. Scott Jones March I'M NOT RAPPAPORT Marta
Croft April BORN YESTERDAY Dorothy Buxton June ALONE TOGETHER Peg Gane
1990-1991 September
RETURN ENGAGEMENTS Ellen Wilson Dilks November THE CURIOUS SAVAGE Richard Croft January MURDER IN A NUNNERY
Maria Ezzi February SOCIAL SECURITY Marta Croft April THE FOREIGNER Dorothy Buxton June AGNES OF
GOD E. Scott Jones
1991-1992 September RUN FOR YOUR WIFE Ellen Wilson Dilks November
DONE TO DEATH E. Scott Jones January NUTS Dorothy Buxton Feb./March THE SECOND TIME AROUND Marta Croft April
BEST OF FRIENDS Rex Miller June PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW (or, A Working Girl's Secret) Richard Croft
1992-1993 September
THE DINING ROOM Ellen Wilson Dilks November THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 Richard Croft January RUMORS
Dorothy Buxton Feb./March CROSSING DELANCEY Marta Croft April/May CHARLEY'S AUNT Rex Miller June
DEAD GIVEAWAY Mike Schmitt
1993-1994 September THE SLY FOX Ellen Wilson Dilks November
BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS Dorothy Buxton January BROADWAY BOUND Marta Croft Feb./March A FEW GOOD MEN Mike
Schmitt April/May SABRINA FAIR Richard Croft June ON GOLDEN POND Alan Gordon
1994-1995 September
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS Joseph Kinsolving November THE CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE STAKES Dorothy Buxton January
MOVE OVER MRS. MARKHAM Alan Gordon Feb./March BREAKING LEGS Marta Croft April/May ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S
NEST Richard Croft June WAIT UNTIL DARK Ellen Wilson Dilks
1995-1996 September STEEL
MAGNOLIAS Judith Pugh November LOST IN YONKERS Peg Gane January WHODUNNIT Alan Gordon Feb./March
BURKIE Marta Croft April/May THE WEST SIDE WALTZ Richard Croft June PRELUDE TO A KISS Ellen Wilson Dilks
1996-1997 Sept./Oct.
DIRTY WORK AT THE CROSSROADS Tom Corrigan November THE CEMETERY CLUB Peg Gane January Four One-Act Plays THE
UGLY DUCKLING Danielle Meo THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO CAMDEN & TRENTON Marta Croft SORRY, WRONG NUMBER Ron
Hill DEATH KNOCKS Alice Weber Feb./March IT'S ONLY A PLAY Marta Croft April THE NERD Richard Croft June
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE Alan Gordon
1997-1998 Sept./Oct. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Alan Gordon November
DEATHTRAP Peg Gane January MINOR DEMONS Ron Hill Feb/March LEND ME A TENOR Marta Croft April THE
GLASS MENAGERIE Richard Croft June NO SEX PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH Danielle Meo
1998-1999 Sept./Oct.
BROTHERS Alan Gordon November INSPECTING CAROL Richard Croft January THE PREMATURE CORPSE Tom Corrigan Feb/March
LONDON SUITE Marta Croft April DEATH OF A SALESMAN Ron Hill June LOVE, SEX, & THE I.R.S. Deana Marie
Travetti
1999-2000
Sept./Oct. THE RAINMAKER Alan Gordon
November MY THREE ANGELS Richard Croft January DEVIOUS
MEANS Ron Hill Feb/March HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANDA June - Marta Croft April LAURA Peg Gane June
ALL BECAUSE OF AGATHA Deana Travetti-Perkins
2000-2001 Sept/Oct BEAU JEST Alan
Gordon November THE BUTLER DID IT Richard Croft January PICASSA @ THE LAPIN AGILE Ron Hill Feb/March
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON Marta Croft April BERMUDA AVENUE TRIANGLE Deana Travetti-Perkins June PLAYING
DOCTOR Bob Seifried
2001-2002 Sept
JEST A SECOND Alan Gordon November SIDE MAN Richard Croft January SYLVIA Ron Hill March MURDER
IS A GAME Marta Croft April/May DESPERATE AFFECTION Deana Travetti-Perkins June P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD
Bob Seifried
2002-2003 Sept
THE ODD COUPLE Alan Gordon Oct/Nov CAHOOTS Richard Croft December A CHRISTMAS TWIST Deana Travetti-Perkins February
THE SUNSHINE BOYS Marta Croft April WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE June EARLY ONE EVENING AT THE RAINBOW
BAR AND GRILLE David Ament
2003-2004 September
WHOSE WIVES ARE THEY ANYWAY? Michele Nevin November DIAL 'M' FOR MURDER David Ament January MOON OVER
THE BREWERY Ron Hill February LET'S MURDER MARSHA! Marta Croft April OF MICE AND MEN Ray Engler June OVER
THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS Bob Seifried
2004-2005
September MIXED EMOTIONS David
Ament
November PLAY ON Dick
Croft
January AMATEURS Bob Seifried
February LAST OF THE CLASS Fred
Carmichael
April ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION
Valerie Monroe
June SMOKE & MIRRORS Ron Hill
2005-2006
September AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
David Ament
November MURDER AT
THE HOWARD JOHNSON'S Dick Croft
January UNDERPANTS Ron Hill
March BREAKING LEGS Marta
Croft
April THE TALE OF THE ALLERGIST'S
WIFE David Ament
June CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF Dave
Ebersole
2006-2007
December THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT
EVER Alice Furey
February DURANG / DURANG
Bridget Dougherty
March CLAPTRAP Ron Hill
April RADIO DAZE
June PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS Bob
Seifried
2007-2008
October THOSE CRAZY LADIES
IN THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER Michael T. Yurcaba
December A TUNA CHRISTMAS Bob Seifried
February PANACHE Stephen
Kelly
April AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN Ron
Hill
June KILLJOY David Ament
2008-2009
September A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES
Michael T. Yurcaba
November TWELVE ANGRY MEN Michele
Nevin
January THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH Ron Hill
March MOON OVER BUFFALO
May LOST IN YONKERS
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