History
THE STORY OF UNITED PLAYERS
United Players of Vancouver Theatre Company began in 1959 as the St. James United Church Drama Group, founded by two English emigrées, Gwen Crowe and Eileen Oliver. The first play was ‘The Holly & the Ivy’ by Wynyard Brown, directed by Ivor Morris. Performances were held in the lower church hall.
In 1963, when the company was incorporated, the name was changed to United Players of Vancouver. The name was chosen to represent the deep bond the members felt for each other, and that bond continues today.
In 1982, Andrée Karas joined the company, becoming President and Artistic Director in June 1983. She continued to work tirelessly for United Players, with her vision inspiring and challenging all who experienced her enthusiasm and joy of theatre.
The end of 1989 saw the end of United Players association with St. James United Church. However, it was not until 1991 that the company moved to its current space at the Jericho Arts Centre, to become their resident theatre company.
In 2020, CW (Toph) Marshall joined the United Players family as Artistic Director, while Andrée Karas became Artistic Director Emerita. In 2022, Sarah Rodgers took over the Artistic Director position.
For over sixty years, audiences have been entertained with wonderful and exciting theatre. United Players has presented everything from light comedy to Greek tragedy, from beloved English classics to new Canadian premieres. Productions have included great works by George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, Tennessee Williams, Neil Simon, Euripides, Anton Chekhov, Charles Dickens, Aristophanes, Molière, Sophocles, Jane Austen… and the list goes on.
Discover the rich history of productions from United Players of Vancouver:
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2024-2025 | 65th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Runs
Sep 6 – 29
Nov 29 – Dec 22
Jan 17 – Feb 9
Mar 21 – Apr 13
May 30 – Jun 22
Plays
Chickens
It’s a Wonderful Life: On the Air
The Height of the Storm
Home Deliveries
An Ideal Husband
Playwrights
Lucia Fragione
Peter Church
Florian Zeller
Catherine Léger
Oscar Wilde
Directors
Christiopher king
Sarah Rodgers with Chris Lam
Adam Henderson
Diane Brown
Moya O’Connell with Amber Lewis
2023-2024
Runs
Sep 8 – Oct 1
Dec 1 – 24
Jan 19 – Feb 11
Mar 22 – Apr 14
May 31 – Jun 23
Plays
The Last Wife
A Christmas in Wales
Gertrude and Alice
The Trip to Bountiful
When We Were Singing
Playwrights
Kate Henning
Dylan Thomas
Chatterton/Parry/Randoja
Horton Foote
Dorothy Dittrich
Directors
Laura McLean
Sarah Rodgers
Lois Anderson
Ron Reed
Roy Surette
2022-2023
Runs
Sep 9 – Oct 2
Nov 11 – Dec 4
Jan 20 – Feb 13
Mar 24 – Apr 16
Jun 2 – 25
Plays
The Thursday Night Bridge Circle
Wittenberg
Thy Neighbour’s Wife
Hedda Gabler
A Flea in Here Ear
Playwrights
Ray Kennedy
David Davalos
Tara Beagan
Henrik Ibsen
Georges Feydeau
Directors
Sarah Rodgers
Adam Henderson
Melissa Oei
Moya O’Connell
Brian Parkinson
2021-2022
Runs
Sep 10 – Oct 3
Nov 12 – Dec 5
Jan 28 – Feb 13
Mar 25 – Apr 17
Jun 3 – 26
Plays
Amphitruo
Emilia
Haven
Public Reading … Death of Disney
Vietgone
Playwrights
Plautus
Morgan Lloyd Malcolm
Mishka Lavigne
Lucas Hnath
Qui Nguyen
Directors
Toph Marshall
Lois Anderson
Jack Paterson
Adam Henderson
Keltie Forsyth & Louisa Phung
2020-2021
Runs
Sep 11 – Oct 4
Nov 13 – Dec 6
Jan 22 – Feb 14
Mar 26 – Apr 18
Jun 4 – 27
Plays
A Hundred Words for Snow
The Red Priest (Eight Ways to Say Goodbye)
She Sells Sea Shells
Silent Sky
The Here and This and Now
Playwrights
Tatty Hennessy
Mieko Ouchi
Helen Eastman
Lauren Gunderson
Glenn Waldron
Directors
Tamara McCarthy
Keltie Forsyth
Sarah Rodgers
Laura McLean
Lauren Taylor
2019-2020 | 60th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Runs
Sep 6 – 29
Nov 8 – Dec 1
Cancelled
Cancelled
Cancelled
Plays
A Tender Thing
The Price
An Enemy of the People
A Flea in Her Ear
Heisenberg
Playwrights
Ben Power
Arthur Miller
After Ibsen
George Feydeau (ad. David Ives)
Simon Stephens
Directors
Sarah Rodgers
Adam Henderson
Jack Paterson
Brian Parkinson
Lauren Taylor
2018-2019
Runs
Sep 7 – 30
Nov 8 – Dec 2
Jan 25 – Feb 17
Mar 29 – Apr 21
Jun 7 – 30
Plays
The Life of Galileo
The Suppliant Women
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Chimerica
Jerusalem
Playwrights
Berholt Brecht (transl. David Hare)
Auschylus
Anne-Marie MacDonald
Lucy Kirkwood
Jez Butterworth
Directors
Michael Fera
Adam Henderson
Sarah Rodgers
Brian Parkinson
Kathleen Duborg
2017-2018
Runs
Sep 1 – 24
Nov 3 – 26
Jan 19 – Feb 11
Mar 23 – Apr 15
Jun 1 – 24
Plays
Mr. Foote’s Other Leg
Taken at Midnight
Merrily We Roll Along
Enron
Nell Gwynn
Playwrights
Ian Kelly
Mark Hayhurst
Stephen Sondheim
Lucy Prebble
Jessica Swale
Directors
Sarah Rodgers
Michael Fera
Christopher King
Brian Parkinson
Adam Henderson
2016-2017
Runs
Sep 2 – 25
Nov 4 – 27
Jan 20 – Feb 12
Mar 24 – Apr 16
Jun 2 – 25
Plays
The Beaux’ Stratagem
Ghosts
Sunday in the Park with George
The Train Driver
The Game of Love and Chance
Playwrights
George Farquhar
Henrik Ibsen
Stephen Sondheim
Athol Fugard
Pierre de Marivaux
Directors
Kathleen Duborg
Michael Fera
Ryan Mooney
Adam Henderson
Brian Parkinson
2015-2016
Runs
Sep 4 – 27
Nov 6 – 29
Jan 22 – Feb 16
Mar 25 – Apr 17
Jun 3 – 26
Plays
A Man for All Seasons
People
Company
The Government Inspector
The Lion in Winter
Playwrights
Robert Bolt
Alan Bennett
Stephen Sondheim
Nickolai Gogol
James Goldman
Directors
William B. Davis
Adam Henderson
Brian Parkinson
Matthew Bissett
Jack Paterson
2014-2015
Runs
Sep 5 – 28
Nov 7 – 30
Jan 23 – Feb 15
Mar 27 – Apr 19
Jun 5 – 28
Plays
The School for Scandal
Facts
Private Lives
Welcome to Thebes
The Imaginary Invalid
Playwrights
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Arthur Milner
Noël Coward
Moira Buffini
Molière
Directors
Matthew Bissett
Adam Henderson
Kevin Bennett
Brian Parkinson
Michael Fera
2013-2014
Runs
Sep 6 – 29
Nov 8 – Dec 1
Jan 24 – Feb 16
Mar 28 – Apr 20
Jun 7 – 30
Plays
The Habit of Art
Closure
The Pitmen Painters
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Marriage of Figaro
Playwrights
Alan Bennett
Ron Blicq
Lee Hall
Charles Dickens (ad. Simon Webb)
Pierre Beaumarchais (ad. Adam Henderson)
Directors
William B. Davis
Bernard Cuffling
Jack Paterson
Sarah Rodgers
Adam Henderson
2012-2013
Runs
Sep 7 – 30
Nov 9 – Dec 2
Jan 25 – Feb 17
Mar 29 – Apr 21
Jun 7 – 30
Plays
A Room with a View
Present Laughter
Hecuba
The Prince’s Play
We Are Three Sisters
Playwrights
E. M. Forster (ad. Roger Parsley & Andy Graham)
Noël Coward
Euripides (ad. Nicholas Kilmer)
Victor Hugo (ad. Tony Harrison)
Blake Morrison
Directors
Sarah Rodgers
Adam Henderson
Charles Siegel
Toph Marshall
Sandra Ferens
2011-2012
Runs
Sep 2 – 25
Nov 11 – Dec 14
Jan 20 – Feb12
Mar 30 – Apr 22
Jun 1 – 26
Plays
Hay Fever
The Priory
Duet for One
Burnt by the Sun
London Assurance
Playwrights
Noël Coward
Michael Wynne
Tom Kempinski
Rutsam Ibragimbekov & Nikita Mikhalkov (ad. Flannery)
Dion Boucicault
Directors
William B. Davis
Kevin Bennett
John Murphy
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Adam Henderson
2010-2011
Runs
Sep 3 – 26
Nov 12 – Dec 5
Jan 21 – Feb 13
Apr 1 – 24
Jun 3 – 26
Plays
The Power of Yes
Mrs. Klein
Waste
Rosmersholm
Our Class
Playwrights
David Hare
Nicholas Wright
Harvey Granville Barker
Henrik Ibsen (new version Mike Poulton)
Tadeusz Slobodzianek (trans. Ryan Craig)
Directors
Adam Henderson
Charles Siegel
William B. Davis
Sarah Rodgers
Victor Vasuta
2009-2010 | 50th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Runs
Sep 4 – 27
Nov 13 – Dec 6
Jan 22 – Feb 14
Apr 2 – 25
Jun 4 – 27
Plays
The Way of the World
Vertical Hour
Ivanov
The Breath of Life
The Misanthrope
Playwrights
William Congreve
David Hare
Anton Chekhov (new version Tom Stoppard)
David Hare
Molière (new version Tony Harrison)
Directors
Adam Henderson
Tamara McCarthy
Victor Vasuta
Adam Henderson
Toph Marshall
2008-2009
Runs
Sept 5 – 28
Nov 14 – Dec 7
Jan 23 – Feb 15
April 3 – 26
Jun 5 – 28
Plays
Coram Boy
The Circle
There Came a Gypsy Riding
The Invention of Love
The Soldiers’ Fortune
Playwrights
Jamila Gavin (ad. Helen Edmondson)
Somerset Maughn
Frank McGuiness
Tom Stoppard
Thomas Otway
Directors
Bernard Cuffling
Adam Henderson
Alison Raine
Toph Marshall
Michael Fera
2007-2008
Runs
Sep 6 – 30
Oct 5
Nov 15 – Dec 9
Jan 24 – Feb 17
Apr 3 – 27
Jun 5 – 29
Plays
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Mrs. Knightly Pays a Call
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Jane Eyre
Volpone
You Never Can Tell
Playwrights
Oscar Wilde
Judith Fiedler
Eugene O’Neill
Charlotte Bronte (ad. Polly Teale)
Ben Jonson
George Bernard Shaw
Directors
Stephen Drover
Joan Bryans
Jack Paterson
Tom Kerr
John Murphy
Adam Henderson
2006-2007
Runs
Sep 8 – Oct 1
October
Nov 17 – Dec 10
Jan 12 – Feb 18
Apr 6 – 29
Jun 6 – 24
Plays
The Seagull
Celebrating Trafalgar: a stage read of Jane Austen’s Sailors
Aristocrats
The Swaggering Soldier
The Impromptu on Outramont
The Ladies of the Camellias
Playwrights
Anton Chekhov
Barbara Talcroft
Brian Friel
Plautus
Michael Tremblay
Lillian Garrett Groag
Directors
Irina Trouchenko
Joan Bryans
Adam Henderson
Gerry MacKay
Sarah Rodgers
John Taylor
2005-2006
Runs
Sep 8 – Oct 2
Nov 16 – Dec 11
Jan 26 – Feb 19
Apr 6 – 30
Jun 2 – 25
Plays
Suddenly Last Summer
The Feigned Courtesans
Iphigenia at Aulis
Waiting in the Wings
Democracy
Playwrights
Tennessee Williams
Aphra Behn
Euripedes
Noël Coward
Michael Frayn
Directors
Stephanie Kirkland
Sarah Rodgers
Tom Kerr
Anna Hagen
Adam Henderson
2004-2005
Runs
Sep 10 – Oct 3
Nov 19 – Dec 12
Jan 4 – 16
Jan 28 – Feb 20
Apr 1 – 24
Jun 3 – 26
Plays
The Lady’s Not for Burning
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Regency Revels
Women Take Power
Impromptu on Nun’s Island
A Month in the Country
Playwrights
Christopher Fry
Edward Albee
Joan Bryans
Aristophanes
Michael Tremblay
Ivan Turgenev
Directors
Tom Kerr & Adam Henderson
John R. Taylor
Joan Bryans
Conrad Alexandrowicz
Michael Fera
Bernard Cuffling
2003-2004
Runs
Sep 5 – 28
Nov 14 – Dec 7
Jan 2 – 17
Jan 30 – Feb 22
Apr 2 – 25
Jun 4 – 27
Plays
Mrs. Warren’s Profession
Fortune’s Fool
Looking for Mr. Darcy
Andromache
The Constant Wife
Boston Marriage
Playwrights
George Bernard Shaw
Ivan Turgenev
Joan Bryans
Euripedes
Somerset Maugham
David Mamet
Directors
Don S. Williams
Sakalas Uzdavinys & Arvydas Libeliuna
Joan Bryans & Andrée Karas
Conrad Alexandrowicz
Adam Henderson
Michael Fera
2002-2003
Runs
Sep 6 – 29
Nov 15 – Dec 8
Jan 3 – 12
Jan 31 – Feb 23
Apr 4 – 27
May 2 – 28
Jun 6 – 29
Plays
A Doll’s House
Black Snow
Jane Austen’s Holiday Fayre
The Birds
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Birthright (co-pro w/ Vital Spark)
Long Day’s Journey into Night
Playwrights
Henrik Ibsen
Mikhail Bulgakov
Joan Bryans
Aristophanes
Christopher Hampton
Constance Skinner
Eugene O’Neill
Directors
Don S. Williams
Irina Trouchenko
Joan Bryans
Tom Kerr
Fran Gebhardt
Joan Bryans
Bernard Cuffling
2001-2002
Runs
Sep 7 – 30
Nov 16 – Dec 9
Feb 1 – 24
Apr 5 – 28
May 11
Jun 7 – 30
Plays
The Countess
Dog in the Manger
Medea
Tartuffe
Jane Austen Day Theatricals
The Queens
Playwrights
Gregory Murphy
Lope de Vega
Euripedes
Molière
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, James Townley
Normand Chaurette
Directors
Don S. Williams
Kico Gonzales-Risso
Kendra
Michael Fera
Joan Bryans
John Juliani
2000-2001
Runs
Sep 8 – Oct 1
Nov 17 – Dec 10
Jan 5 – 13
Feb 2 – 25
Apr 6 – 29
Jun 1 – 24
Plays
Heartbreak House
The Road to Mecca
The Hollow Crown
Wild Honey
If We Are Women
Arcadia
Playwrights
George Bernard Shaw
Athol Fugard
John Barton
Anton Chekhov
Joanna McClelland Glass
Tom Stoppard
Directors
Don S. Williams
Kim Seary
James Gill
Irina Trouchenko
Johnna Wright
Bernard Cuffling
1999-2000
Runs
Sep 10 – Oct 3
Nov 12 – Dec 5
Feb 4 – 27
Mar 31 – Apr 23
Jun 2 – 25
Plays
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Cherry Orchard
The School for Wives
The Herbal Bed
Antigone
Playwrights
Tennessee Williams
Anton Chekhov
Molière
Peter Whelan
Sophocles
Directors
John F. Parker
Christopher Weddell
Igor Morosov
Michael Fera
Andrée Karas
1998-1999
Runs
Sep 11 – Oct 4
Nov 13 – Dec 6
Feb 5 – 28
Apr 2 – 26
Jun 4 – 27
Plays
The Rover
The Marquise
Rosencrantz & Guildenestern Are Dead
Shadowlands
The Frogs
Playwrights
Aphra Behn
Noel Coward
Tom Stoppard
William Nicholson
Aristophanes
Directors
Kate Weiss
Christopher Weddell
Igor Morozov
Joan Bryans
Brad Reed
1997-1998
Runs
Sep 12 – Oct 5
Nov 14 – Dec 7
Feb 6 – Mar I
Apr 3 – 26
Jun 5 – 28
Plays
Rashōmon
Pride and Prejudice
Another Part of the House
An Ideal Husband
Electra
Playwrights
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Jane Austen
Migdalia Cruz
Oscar Wilde
Sophocles
Directors
Andrée Karas
Joan Bryans
Roberto Garcia
Denis Comey
David C. Jones
1996-1997
Runs
Sep 13 – Oct 6
Nov 15 – Dec 8
Feb 7 – Mar 2
Apr 4 – Apr 27
Jun 6 – 29
Plays
Uncle Vanya
Great Expectations
Hotel Sorrento
The Learned Ladies
Helen
Playwrights
Anton Chekhov
Charles Dickens
Hannie Rayson
Molière
Euripides
Directors
Dmitri Boudrine
Donna Kelly
Attila Clemann
David. C. Jones
Toph Marshall
1995-1996
Runs
Sep 8 – Oct 1
Nov 17 – Dec 10
Feb 2 – 25
Mar 29 – Apr 21
May 31 – Jun 23
Plays
A Woman of No Importance
The Secret Garden
The Three Sisters
A Nightingale Sang
Lysistrata
Playwrights
Oscar Wilde
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Anton Chekhov
C.P. Taylor
Aristophanes
Directors
Nicholas Harrison
Larry Davis
Andrée Karas
Sue Lister
Ken Scott
1994-1995
Runs
Sep 9 – Oct 1
Nov 18 – Dec 1
Feb 3 – 26
Mar 31 – Apr 23
Jun 2 – 25
Plays
Night of the Iguana
Little Women
Crimes Of The Heart
The Mystery of Irma Vep
Trojan Women
Playwrights
Tennessee Williams
Marie Haldane & Wendi Pope
Beth Henley
Charles Ludlum
Euripides
Directors
Andrée Karas & Kim Seary
Wendi Pope
Kim Seary
Drew McCreadie
Andrée Karas
1993-1994
Runs
Sep 10 – Oct 3
Nov 26 – Dec19
Jan 28 – Feb 20
Apr 1 – 24
Jun 3 – 26
Jul 20 – Aug 13
Plays
The Cemetery Club
Bordertown Cafe
La Bête
Dangerous Obsession
Les Belles Soeurs
St. Joan
Playwrights
Ivan Menchell
Kelly Rebar
Davis Hirson
N. J. Crisp
Michel Tremblay
George Bernard Shaw
Directors
Nicholas Harrison & Gary Folks
K. Ramona Orr
Nicholas Harrison
Len Gribble
Sandra Ferens
Ken Scott
1992-1993
Runs
Sep 18 – Oct 11
Nov 20 – Dec 3
Feb 19 – Mar 13
Apr 13
Apr 2 – Apr 25
Jun 11 – Jul 4
Plays
Blithe Spirit
Agnes of God
Barefoot in the Park
Agnes of God (festival)
Waiting for the Parade
Stepping Out
Playwrights
Noël Coward
John Pielmeier
Neil Simon
John Pielmeier
John Murrell
Richard Harris
Directors
Andrée Karas
Dale Kelly
Johnny Duncan
Dale Kelly
Andrée Karas
Shane Vahey
1991-1992
Runs
Sep 10 – 15
Sep 14 – Oct 6
Nov 22 – Dec 5
Jan 31 – Feb 23
Apr 3 – 26
Apr 8
Jun 12 – Jul 5
Plays
The Beaux’ Stratagem (festival)
Steel Magnolias
Black Coffee
Pygmalion (in assoc. w/ The Conservatory)
Boiler Room Suite
Children of the Wolf (festival)
The Dining Room
Playwrights
George Farquhar
Robert Harling
Agatha Christie
George Bernard Shaw
Rex Deverell
John Peacock
A.R. Gurney Jr.
Directors
Jan Steen
Scott Wheeler
Dale Kelly
Lee Van Paassen
Beth Coleman
Joe Mongey
John MacLaren
1990-1991
Runs
Mar 8 – 24
May 30 – Jun 15
July 10 – 27
Sep 6 – 13
Apr 4
Feb 8 – Mar 2
Apr 12 – May 4
Plays
Murder in the Cathedral
Play It Again Sam (in assoc. w/ Kits Secondary)
Murder in the Cathedral (remount)
Something for The Fringe
Whisper in My Good Ear (festival)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Godspell
Playwrights
T.S. Eliot
Woody Allen
T. S. Eliot
John Abbott
William Hanley
Oscar Wilde
Stephen Schwartz
Directors
Ken Scott
John McLaren
Ken Scott
–
Marcel Maillard
Denis Comey
Adam Con
1989-1990
Runs
Sep 1 – 9
Sep 28 – Oct 14
Dec 16 – 23
Plays
Big A Little Y (in assoc. w/ Theatre Terrific at Heritage Hall))
The Mumberley Inheritance
The Mumberley Inheritance (remount)
Playwrights
Elinore Siminovitch
Warren Graves
Warren Graves
Directors
Ken Scott
Peggy Keene
Peggy Keene
1988-1989
Runs
Sep 11 – 18
Oct 28 – Nov 12
Jan 27 – Feb 11
Mar 30
May 26 – Jun 10
Aug 24 – 31
Plays
Crystal Balls
Not Now Darling
Jitters
Mrs. Schlepenheimer’s Revenge (festival)
Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Personals
Playwrights
Jan Steen
Cooney & Chapman
David French
Leonard Gribble
Ed Graczyk
David Crane et al.
Directors
Andrée Karas
Johnny Duncan
Kevin Murawsky
Barry Grant
Bev Siver
Beth Coleman & Adam Con
1987-1988
Runs
Sep 14 – 20
Sep 25 – Oct 10
Jan 29 – Feb 13
May 27 – Jun 11
Plays
Here, Today (Fringe Festival)
Rehearsal for Murder
The Great Wall of China
The Second Time Around
Playwrights
John Abbott
D.D. Brooke
Max Frisch
Henry Denker
Directors
Keith Gordey
Paul Kloegman
Dermot Hennelly
Peggy Keene
1986-1987
Runs
Sep 26 – Oct 11
Jan 30 – Feb 14
Apr 16
Apr 24 – May 9
Plays
The Invented Lover
The Impossible Years
Feast Of Passover (Chancel drama)
Twelve Angry Women
Playwrights
Marion Andre & Martin Brobstein
Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx
Jim Hillson
Reginald Rose
Directors
Beth Coleman
Johnny Duncan
Margaret Fotty
Andrée Karas
1985-1986
Runs
Sep 14 – 22
Sep 26 – Oct 5
Dec 13 – 28
Jan 2 – Feb 1
Mar 27
Apr 2
Apr 24 – May 3
Plays
An Actor’s Nightmare
Period of Adjustment
Babes in the Magic Wood
Ghost Train
The Cross
The Tomorrow Box (festival)
The Tomorrow Box
Playwrights
Christopher Durang
Tennessee Williams
David Woods
Arnold Ridley
Ruth Ruggels
Anne Chislett
Anne Chislett
Directors
Andrée Karas
Dennis Kristos
Matthew Walker
Denis Comey
John Crowe
Sue Lister
Sue Lister
1984-1985
Runs
Sep 19 – 22
Nov 29 – Dec 8
Mar 1 – 9
Apr 4
Apr 10
Apr 28
Plays
Letting Go / Between Mouthfuls / Gosforth’s Fete
Absurd Person Singular
Centenarian Rhyme
The Last Days
An Actor’s Nightmare (festival)
The Second Easter
Playwrights
C. Rivers / A. Ayckbourn
Alan Ayckbourn
Alexis Bernier
James Brock
Christopher Durang
Norman Holland
Directors
D. & A. Tohill / B. Coleman / A. Karas
Chris Wilson
Beth Coleman
John Crowe
Andrée Karas
John Crowe
1983-1984
Runs
Sep 7 – 10
Dec 1 – 10
Mar 1 – 10
Mar 30
Apr 22
Jun 24
Plays
Within / On Stage Mr. Smith / After Magritte
The Curious Savage
Double in Diamonds
Spotlight on Fashion
Letting Go (festival)
A Sound from Heaven
Playwrights
J.P. Slater / D.H. Wilson / T. Stoppard
John Patrick
Fred Carmichael
–
Claire Rivers
James Brock
Directors
D. Tohill / J. P. Slater / C. Wilson
Dan Tohill
Dan Tohill
–
Dan Tohill
John Crowe
1982-1983
Runs
Nov 11 – 13
Mar 3 – 12
Apr 29
May 31
Jun 1
Plays
Pure As The Driven Show
A Tomb With A View
Within
Within
Festival Finals
Playwrights
Paul Loomis
Norman Robbins
J.P. Slater
J. P. Slater
–
Directors
Dan Tohill & Stephen Archibald
Dan Tohill
Dan Tohill
Dan Tohill
–
1981-1982
Runs
Feb 13 – 14
Plays
Pzazzsaspirella Springs Variety Talent Show
Playwrights
–
Directors
–
1979-1980
Runs
Nov 29 – Dec 1
Apr 10 – 12
Apr 22
Plays
Good Night, Mrs. Puffin
Spring Revue
Dark Betrothal (festival)
Playwrights
Arthur Lovegrove
Dan Tohill et al.
T.B. Morris
Directors
Dan Tohill
–
David Barr Mills
1978-1979
Runs
September
Fall
Dec 7 – 9
Apr 6 – May 4
Jun 5
Plays
Recognition Scene from Anastasia
The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin
Ladies In Retirement
Never No Lament / Mill Hill / Passacaglia
Never No Lament (festival finals)
Playwrights
Marcelle Maurette
Moritz Jagendorf
Edward Percy
C. Rivers / J. Mortimer / J.M. Hurley
Claire Rivers
Directors
Bea Hicks
–
John Crowe
C. Rivers / J. Crowe / J. Crowhurst
Claire Rivers
1977-1978
Runs
Apr 27
Plays
The Farce of the Worthy Master Pierre Patelin (festival)
Playwrights
Moritz Jagendorf
Directors
Bea Hicks
1976-1977
Runs
Mar 3 – 12
June
Plays
Love Rides the Rails
The Stage Door at Children’s Hospital
Playwrights
Morland Cary
–
Directors
Doreen Dick
–
1975-1976
Runs
Nov 21 – 29
Apr 8 – 10
Apr 13
Plays
Diary of a Scoundrel
Never Too Late
High Window (festival)
Playwrights
Alexander Ostrovsky
Sumner Arthur Long
Verne Powers
Directors
Leon Pownall
John Crawford
John Crowe
1974-1975
Runs
November
Apr 6
Plays
The Militants
Circle Beyond Fear
Playwrights
Norman Holland
Darius Leander Swan
Directors
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
1973-1974
Runs
November
May 10
Plays
Night Must Fall
Queens of France
Playwrights
Emlyn Williams
Thornton Wilder
Directors
Doreen Dick
Lorne Dupuis
1972-1973
Runs
Mar 22 – 24
May
Plays
The Marriage Go-Round
I’m Herbert (festival)
Playwrights
Leslie Stevens
Robert W. Anderson
Directors
Frank Gurry
–
1971-1972
Runs
November
February
Plays
The American Dream
Blithe Spirit
Playwrights
Edward Albee
Noël Coward
Directors
Doreen Dick
–
1970-1971
Runs
Mar 12 – 14
Spring
March
Plays
Come Blow Your Horn
The Small Private World of Michael Marston
We’re Due in Eastbourne in Ten Minutes (festival)
Playwrights
Neil Simon
–
N. F. Simpson
Directors
Doreen Dick
John Crowe
John Crowe
1969-1970
Runs
Nov 12 – 14
March
Plays
Portrait in Black
Impromptu (festival)
Playwrights
Ivan Goff & Ben Roberts
Tad Mosel
Directors
Doreen Dick
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1968-1969
Runs
Nov 14 – 16
Mar 13 – 15
December
Plays
Write Me a Murder
Barefoot in the Park
The Fourth Wise Man (Chancel Christmas Drama)
Playwrights
Frederick Knott
Neil Simon
Elizabeth Thomson
Directors
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
1967-1968
Runs
Nov 30 – Dec 2
April
Plays
Exit the Body
Cantata for Derelicts (chancel drama)
Playwrights
Fred Carmichael
P.W. Turner
Directors
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
1966-1967
Runs
November
February
April
Plays
Sorry, Wrong Number / Rise and Shine
And He Came to His Father (chancel drama)
Glory in the Flower (festival)
Playwrights
Lucille Fletcher / Franca Rame
Erna Kruckemeyer
Norma Johnston
Directors
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
1965-1966
Runs
Mar & Jun 2 – 5
Dec 9 – 11
March
Apr 29
Apr 26
Plays
The Valiant (festival)
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Love from a Stranger
The Invisible Worm / The Sleep of Prisoners
The Claw (festival)
Playwrights
Holworthy Hall & Robert Middlemass
John Dighton
Frank Vosper
Elda Cadogan / Christopher Fry
John Nash
Directors
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
D. Dick / T. Rogers
Doreen Dick
1963-1964
Runs
Spring
Christmas
Spring
Fall
Plays
Pools Paradise
Dust of the Road
Hocus Pocus
House On The Cliff
Playwrights
Philip King
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Curt Goetz
D.E. Stevenson
Directors
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
Doreen Dick
1958-1963
Runs
Mar ’58
Oct ’59
Spring ’60
Fall ’61
Apr ’62
Fall ’62
Plays
Beside the Seaside
The Holly and the Ivy
Good Friday
See How They Run
Here We Come Gathering
Angel Street
Playwrights
Leslie Sands
Wynyard Browne
John Masefield
Philip King
Philip King & Anthony Armstrong
Patrick Hamilton
Directors
Milo Fougner
Ivor Morris
Ivor Morris
Doreen Dick
Paddy Stewart
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