The Very Little Theatre
1950s – 1960s – 1970s – 1980s – 1990s – 2000s – 2010s – 2020s
1950 – 1959
Date
Nov. 15-Dec. 2, 1950
Jan. 4-14, 1951
Feb. 8-18, 1951
Mar. 27-April 6, 1951
May 24-June 3, 1951
June 25-29, 1951
July 20-21, 1951
Oct. 18-28, 1951
Nov. 29-Dec. 9, 1951
Feb. 6-16, 1952
April 2-13, 1952
May 21-31, 1952
June 23-28, 1952
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Oct. 15-23, 1952
Nov. 27-Dec 7, 1952
Feb. 4-15, 1953
Mar. 25-Apr. 12, 1953
May 20-31, 1953
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Sept. 16-27, 1953
Nov. 4-15, 1953
Feb. 3-14, 1954
Mar. 26-Apr. 11, 1954
May 26-June 5, 1954
September, 1954
November, 1954
February, 1955
April, 1955
June, 1955
Sept.-Oct., 1955
Nov.-Dec., 1955
February, 1956
March, 1956
May, 1956
September, 1956
November, 1956
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January, 1957
March, 1957
May, 1957
September, 1957
November, 1957
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January, 1958
March, 1958
May, 1958
July-August, 1958
October, 1958
November, 1958
February, 1959
April, 1959
May, 1959
October, 1959
November, 1959
Play Title
Two Blind Mice
There is Always Juliette
Angel Street
After Dark
Over Twenty-One
Rhythmania
Elizabeth the Queen
Peg O’ My Heart
Our Town
Light Up the Sky
Lightnin’
Post Road
Rhythmania II
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Harvey
September Tide
Bell, Book and Candle
East Lynne
Three Men on a Horse
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Abie’s Irish Rose
Miranda
Death Takes a Holiday
Alcestis
Jane
Arsenic and Old Lace
High Ground
The Drunkard
My Three Angels
Sabrina Fair
Charlie’s Aunt
Night Must Fall
Reclining Figure
Pursuit of Happiness
Claudia
Caine Mutiny Court Martial
The Fifth Season
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Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
The Rainmaker
Tender Trap
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Good Housekeeping
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Southwest Corner
Speaking of Murder
Desk Set
Janus
The Reluctant Debutante
Dial M for Murder
Love Rides the Rails
The Diary of Anne Frank
Champagne Complex
Visit to a Small Planet
The Loud Red Patrick
Director
Daisy Hamlin
Grace Sikes
Gene Herlocker
Adele Griffith
Gerda Brown & Fay Brownson
Ken Griffith & Gene Herlocker
Bill Tugman
Jean Poull
Bill Tugman
Ken Griffith
Phyllis & Gene Herlocker
Pat & Bob Nelson
Marv Krenk, Sylvia Cuthbert,
& Florence Hawksworth
George Hebert
Gerda Brown
Ken & Adele Griffith
Bill Tugman
Dorothy Scott &
Dwight Newman
Fanny & Henry Korn
Gene Herlocker
Robert Horn
Bill Tugman & Mary Krenk
Fay Brownson
Gene Herlocker
Gerda Brown
Ethan Newman
Grace Sikes
Billie Monson
Ladelle Houglum
Gerda Brown
George Northam
Gene Herlocker
George Northam
George Northam
Gene Herlocker &
Nina Newman
Billie Monson
Gerda Brown
Marita Orr
George Northam
Eleanor Butler &
Gene Herlocker
Don McDonald
Gerda Brown
George Hebert
George Northam
George Northam
Gene Herlocker
Ethan Newman
Gerda Brown
Jean Poull
Daisy Hamlin & Juliet Gibson
Jean Poull & Jean Neavell
1960 – 1969
Date
February, 1960
April, 1960
May, 1960
October, 1960
November, 1960
February, 1961
April, 1961
May-June, 1961
October, 1961
Nov.-Dec., 1961
February, 1962
March-April, 1962
May-June, 1962
Sept.-Oct., 1962
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Nov.-Dec., 1962
February, 1963
April, 1963
May, 1963
September, 1963
November, 1963
February, 1964
April, 1964
May, 1964
Sept.-Oct., 1964
November, 1964
Feb.-March, 1965
April, 1965
May-June, 1965
Sept.-Oct., 1965
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November, 1965
February, 1966
April, 1966
May-June, 1966
October, 1966
November, 1966
February, 1967
April, 1967
May-June, 1967
Sept.-Oct., 1967
November, 1967
February, 1968
April, 1968
May-June, 1968
Sept.-Oct., 1968
November, 1968
February, 1969
March-April, 1969
May, 1969
Sept.-Oct., 1969
November, 1969
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Play Title
The Little Foxes
White Sheep of the Family
The Girls in 509
The Third Best Sport
Look Homeward, Angel
Ten Nights in a Barroom
Anastasia
The Man in a Dog Suit
Life With Father
The Mouse Trap
The Golden Fleecing
Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Send Me No Flowers
You Can’t Take It With You
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The Pleasure of His Company
The Streets of New York
All the Way Home
Roar Like a Dove
Come Blow Your Horn
Laburnum Grove
Damn Yankees
Papa Is All
The Gazebo
Take Her, She’s Mine
A Far Country
The Drunkard
Tunnel of Love
The Smallest Giant
The Happy Time
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A Case of Libel
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The World of Carl Sandburg
Never Too Late
The Absence of a Cello
Ladies in Retirement
The Amorous Flea
Bus Stop
Flame on the Fire Escape
Gigi
The Bat
Bells Are Ringing
The Odd Couple
Beekman Place
Dear Me, the Sky is Falling
The Heiress
Star-Spangled Girl
The Devil’s Advocate
Any Wednesday
Mary, Mary
Wait Until Dark
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Director
Ethel Christie & Juliet Gibson
Ken & Adele Griffith
Gene Herlocker
George Northam
Ottilie Seybolt
George Hebert
George Hebert
Gene Herlocker
George Northam
Gene Herlocker
George Hebert
Gerda Brown
Jean Poull
George Northam, Art Pullen &
Gene McIvor
Gene Herlocker
George Hebert
Gerda Brown
Gene McIvor & Dorothy Scott
Gene Herlocker
George Northam
Jacquie McClure & Mary Pack
George Hebert
Jean Poull & Dorothy Scott
Mary Pack
Jean Poull
Ethan Newman
Ottilie Seybolt
Gerda Brown
C. John Anderson &
Bob Harland
Gene Herlocker
Mary Pack & Jacquie McClure
Gene McIvor
Ladelle Houglum
Jean Poull
Mary Pack & Melina Neal
Mary Pack
Melina Neal
Fran Miller
Mary Pack & Henny Willis
Gene Herlocker
Melina Neal
Mary & Marv Krenk
Chuck Ruff
Carole Wexler
Gerda Brown
Melina Neal
Mary & Marv Krenk
Phyllis & Gene Herlocker
Carole Wexler
Gene Herlocker &
Mary Ann Wish
1970 – 1979
Date
January, 1970
April, 1970
May, 1970
Sept.-Oct. 1970
November, 1970
Jan.-Feb., 1971
March-April, 1971
May, 1971
September, 1971
November, 1971
Jan.-Feb., 1972
March-April, 1972
May-June, 1972
September, 1972
December, 1972
January, 1973
April, 1973
May, 1973
Sept.-Oct., 1973
November, 1973
February, 1974
March-April, 1974
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May-June, 1974
October, 1974
November, 1974
February, 1975
April, 1975
May-June, 1975
July, 1975
Sept.-Oct., 1975
November, 1975
February, 1976
April, 1976
May-June, 1976
Sept.-Oct., 1976
November, 1976
Jan.-Feb., 1977
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March-April, 1977
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May, 1977
Sept.-Oct., 1977
November, 1977
Jan.-Feb., 1978
March-April, 1978
June, 1978
Sept.-Oct., 1978
Nov.-Dec., 1978
Jan.-Feb., 1979
April, 1979
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May-June, 1979
Sept.-Oct., 1979
November, 1979
Play Title
Don’t Drink the Water
The Lion in Winter
UTBU
Everybody’s Girl
Man With a Load of Mischief
The Subject Was Roses
Spofford
Plaza Suite
Critic’s Choice
Summer Tree
Love Rides the Rails
Last of the Red-Hot Lovers
Blithe Spirit
Come Blow Your Horn
Christmas Carol
Once Upon a Mattress
Harvey
How the Other Half Loves
Bell, Book and Candle
The Andersonville Trial
The Streets of New York
Philadelphia, Here I Come
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Invitation to a March
Sleuth
Halfway Up the Tree
Cabaret
The Price
Catch Me if You Can
The Lark
The Flowering Peach
American Primitive
Ten Nights in a Barroom
A Doll’s House
Finishing Touches
6 Rms Riv Vu
A Cry of Players
Pardon Me, Is This
Planet Taken?
The Sudden and Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson
Arsenic and Old Lace
Hay Fever
The Bat
Guys and Dolls
Mencken!
Night Watch
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
The Chalk Garden
Three Men on a Horse
The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia
All My Sons
The Oldest Living Graduate
Dr. Cook’s Garden
Director
Dennis Hackett
Melina Neal
Ladelle & Roger Houglum
Dennis Hackett
Melina Neal
Carole Wexler & Marty Acker
Gene Herlocker
Chuck Ruff
Carole Wexler & Marty Acker
Helen Jones
Ethan Newman & Jane Wojcik
Norm DeLue & Ann Aylworth
Melina Neal
Jane Wojcik
Gerda Brown
Ed Chambers
Jacquie McClure
Ed Chambers
Judi Johnson & Jill Foster
Henny Willis
Ethan Newman
Ed Chambers &
Karm Hagedorn
Marlie Moses & Jill Foster
Carole Wexler
Jill Foster
Ed Chambers
Kathy Witthar
Ladelle Houglum
John Evey
Gary Pillette
Llewellyn J. Rhoe
Ethan Newman
Kathy Witthar
Dorothy Scott
Vikki DeGaa
Robert Webb
Gary Pillette
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John Biggs
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Bill Burger
Helen Robinson
Robert Webb
Henny Willis
Jacquie McClure
Judi Johnson
Ethan Newman
Melina Neal
Gene Herlocker
Chuck Ruff
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John Biggs
Chuck Ruff
Dorothy Scott
1980 – 1989
Date
Jan.-Feb., 1980
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March-April, 1980
May, 1980
July-Aug., 1980
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Sept.-Oct., 1980
November, 1980
Jan.-Feb., 1981
March-April, 1981
May, 1981
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Sept.-Oct., 1981
Nov.-Dec., 1981
Jan.-Feb., 1982
March-April, 1982
May, 1982
Sept.-Oct., 1982
Nov.-Dec., 1982
Jan.-Feb., 1983
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March-April, 1983
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May, 1983
Sept.-Oct., 1983
Nov.-Dec., 1983
Jan.-Feb., 1984
March-April, 1984
May-June, 1984
July, 1984
Sept.-Oct., 1984
Nov.-Dec., 1984
Jan.-Feb., 1985
March, 1985
May-June, 1985
June 13-29, 1985
Sept.-Oct., 1985
November, 1985
Jan.-Feb., 1986
Mar.-April, 1986
May, 1986
Sept.-Oct., 1986
November, 1986
January, 1987
March-April, 1987
May, 1987
July, 1987
Sept.-Oct., 1987
November, 1987
January, 1988
March-April, 1988
May, 1988
Sept.-Oct., 1988
Nov.-Dec., 1988
Jan.-Feb., 1989
March-April, 1989
May-June, 1989
September, 1989
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Nov.-Dec., 1989
Play Title
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Same Time Next Year
Dark of the Moon
Jacques Brel is Alive
and Well …
The Sunshine Boys
The Medium
The Drunkard
Wait Until Dark
Lu Ann Hampton
Laverty Oberlander
Chapter Two
The Gin Game
Li’l Abner
Murder at the Vicarage
She Stoops to Conquer
Deathtrap
A Company of Wayward Saints
An Evening of One-Acts:
Pushcart Peddlers;
Private Wars;
American Welcome
Morning’s at Seven
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East of the Rockies
Barefoot in the Park
Private Lives
Whose Life Is It, Anyway?
Damn Yankees!
Artichoke
Winnie-the-Pooh
Romantic Comedy
The Dining Room
No Sex Please, We’re British
House Guest
Love Rides The Rails
Come Hear the Music Play
Angels Fall
Footlight Frenzy
Stage Struck
Fiorello!
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Alone Together
Tribute
Lady Audley’s Secret
Separate Tables
See How They Run
The Boy Who Stole The Stars
Ten Little Indians
A Place on Magdalena Flats
The Foreigner
Little Mary Sunshine
Everybody Loves Opal
Come Blow Your Horn
The Trip to Bountiful
Social Security
All The Way Home
Annie Get Your Gun
Arsenic and Old Lace
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The Little Foxes
Director
Jane Wojcik
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John Biggs
Helen Machin-Smith
Joe Zingo
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Gene Herlocker
Joe Zingo
Ethan Newman
Dennis Dolan
Chuck Ruff
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Karen Saddington
Ladelle Houglum
Joe Zingo
Cliff Coles
Chuck Ruff
Karen Saddington
Dennis Dolan
Chuck Ruff, Lee Gordon, &
Dick Doering
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Ladelle Houglum &
Frank Geltner
Chuck Ruff
Judi Johnson & Maxine Walton
Jane Wojcik
Karen Saddington Falise
Lydia Lord
Frank Geltner
Dennis Dolan
Karen Saddington Falise
Dick Doering
John Duncan
Dennis Dolan
Maxine Walton
Scott Charles Francis
Karen Saddington Falise
Maxine Walton
Frank Geltner
Lydia Lord
Cliff Coles
Chuck Ruff
Diane Johnson
Dick Doering
George Lauris
Maxine Walton
Nancy Larson
Ben Taitel
Maurice Gauthier
Chuck Ruff
Jane Wojcik
Frank Geltner & Ben Taitel
Ben Taitel
Maurice Gauthier
Jane Wojcik
Horace Robinson
Dick Doering
Maurice Gauthier,
Wanda Grabau
Diane Johnson
1990 – 1999
Date
May 16, 1929
Nov. 7, 1929
April 2, 1930
Nov. 12, 1930
Dec. 13, 1930
(Done at the Guild Hall) 1931
Play Title
You and I
Who Killed Cock Robin
Saturday’s Children
The Great Broxopp
Cloistered Calm
Wedding Veils
Director
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Fred Harris
Alice Ernst
Sally Allen
2000 – 2009
Date
May 16, 1929
Nov. 7, 1929
April 2, 1930
Nov. 12, 1930
Dec. 13, 1930
(Done at the Guild Hall) 1931
Play Title
You and I
Who Killed Cock Robin
Saturday’s Children
The Great Broxopp
Cloistered Calm
Wedding Veils
Director
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Fred Harris
Alice Ernst
Sally Allen
2010 – 2019
Date
May 16, 1929
Nov. 7, 1929
April 2, 1930
Nov. 12, 1930
Dec. 13, 1930
(Done at the Guild Hall) 1931
Play Title
You and I
Who Killed Cock Robin
Saturday’s Children
The Great Broxopp
Cloistered Calm
Wedding Veils
Director
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Fred Harris
Alice Ernst
Sally Allen
2020 – Present
Date
May 16, 1929
Nov. 7, 1929
April 2, 1930
Nov. 12, 1930
Dec. 13, 1930
(Done at the Guild Hall) 1931
Play Title
You and I
Who Killed Cock Robin
Saturday’s Children
The Great Broxopp
Cloistered Calm
Wedding Veils
Director
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Arthur Gray
Fred Harris
Alice Ernst
Sally Allen
