Past Seasons
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Season | Title | Type | Director | |
2024–25 | Dracula: a feminist revenge fantasy, really. | Play | Rachel Friden | |
Cry It Out | Play | Karen Thornton | ||
Shakespeare Acting Class | Other | Sean Runnette | ||
2023–24 | Summer Showcase | Other | ||
24 Hour Theatre Project | Other | |||
Ms Holmes & Ms Watson - Apt 2B | Play | Doug McLaughlin | ||
Dead Man's Cell Phone | Play | Joseph Guadara | ||
The Aliens | Play | Eric Craft | ||
Brudermord! A Fratricide Avenged! | Play | Sean Runnette | ||
2022–23 | Open Mic Night | Other | ||
Word Association | Reading | George LaVigne | ||
Into The Woods | Musical | Alan Van Antwerp | ||
Waiting for Hamlet | Other | Kevern Cameron | ||
Pride and Prejudice | Play | Lily Boyle | ||
Ripcord | Play | Rachel Friden | ||
TRAGEDY: a tragedy | Play | Sean Runnette | ||
The Book of Will | Play | Carol Holland | ||
Bent | Play | Stephen Catron | ||
2021–22 | Live Music Fundraiser | Other | ||
Wiesenthal | Other | Mark Liebert | ||
You've Got to be Taught - the songs of Hammerstein & Sondheim | Musical | Robert Allan | ||
The Dresser | Play | Sarah Henley | ||
Waiting for the Double Lines | Reading | Amanda Marino | ||
The Revolutionists | Play | John A.C. Kennedy | ||
Ebenezer: A Shadow Carol | Reading | Lauri MacMillan | ||
Twelfth Night | Play | Carol Holland | ||
2020–21 | Shook Up Showtunes | Other | Rachel Friden | |
I Do! I Do! | Musical | Brendan Lynch-Littlejohn | ||
A Halloween Spooktacular Virtual Open Mic Night | Other | |||
2019–20 | CTG Virtual Open Mic Night | Other | ||
Thinner Than Water | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
Every Brilliant Thing | Other | Kevern Cameron | ||
Holiday Open Mic Night | Other | |||
A Doll's House, Part 2 | Play | Sky Monroe | ||
2018–19 | Open Mic Night | Other | ||
The Who's Tommy | Musical | |||
Durante! | Other | |||
Home of the Great Pecan | Play | George Seylaz | ||
The Bald Soprano | Play | Rachel Friden | ||
King Lear | Play | Kevern Cameron | ||
Chester's Own | One-act | |||
Holiday Cheer | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Sounds and Sweet Airs - An Elizabethan Evening | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Disenchanted! | Musical | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
2017–18 | An Evening of Stand-Up Comedy | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | |
CTG 50th Anniversary Gala | Other | |||
Titanic, The Musical | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Venus In Fur | Play | Stephen Catron | ||
Seminar | Play | Lauri MacMillan | ||
HOLIDAY CHEER - an Evening with the Black River Singers | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
An Evening of One-Act Plays | One-act | |||
Our Town | Play | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Shows For Days | Play | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
2016–17 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Musical | Kevern Cameron | |
Stand Up Comedy Night | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche | Play | Lauri MacMillan | ||
The Trip to Bountiful | Play | Kevern Cameron | ||
The Lady From Dubuque | Reading | Zita Geoffroy-Heinz | ||
The Killing of Sister George | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
A Month in the Country | Reading | Kevern Cameron | ||
The Other Place | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
2015–16 | Peter and The Starcatcher | Play | ||
Stand Up Comedy | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Play | Chase Newhart | ||
Roundelay | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
When We Are Married | Play | Cindy Alexander | ||
The Secret Garden | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Doubt | Play | Kevern Cameron | ||
2014–15 | Songs for a Summer Night 2015 | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | |
Rounding Third | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
End Days | Play | Stephen Catron | ||
Ruthless! | Musical | Cindy Alexander | ||
The Tale of The Allergist's Wife | Play | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
2013–14 | Hair | Musical | ||
Comedy Night | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee | Musical | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
Ayckbourn at 75 - A Theatrical Birthday Party | Other | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Good People | Play | Cindy Alexander | ||
The Elephant Man | Play | Stephen Catron | ||
Moon Over The Brewery | Play | Jay Mills | ||
Evening of Stand-Up Comedy | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
2012–13 | Fiddler On The Roof | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | |
Steel Magnolias | Play | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | Musical | Chris Mortenson | ||
Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Reading | Cindy Alexander | ||
That Championship Season | Play | |||
8 | Reading | Ellen Fraker Glasscock | ||
2011–12 | Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World / Exchange | One-act | ||
Carol Channeling | Other | |||
The Beauty Queen of Leenane | Play | Stephen Catron | ||
By Jeeves | Musical | |||
The Black River Singers | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
The Cocktail Hour | Play | Cindy Alexander | ||
2010–11 | Grey Gardens | Musical | ||
Evening of Stand Up Comedy | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Mauritius | Play | Jay Mills | ||
The Ten Commandments | Reading | Perry Kroeger | ||
Nightmare Alley | Reading | |||
Urinetown | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Love Letters | Play | Penny Hoadley | ||
Carol Channeling Carols | Other | |||
Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks | Play | |||
The Women | Reading | Cindy Alexander | ||
Fiction | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
The Actor’s Nightmare/Check, Please | One-act | Stephen Catron | ||
2009–10 | Songs of a Summer Night | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | |
Triumph of Love | Musical | |||
Shirley Valentine | Play | Cindy Alexander | ||
The Receptionist | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
Man of the Moment | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Play | Chris Mortenson | ||
50/50: Ayckbourn & Chester Theatre Group | Other | Michael T. Mooney | ||
2008–09 | Nine | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | |
GamePlan | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Improbable Fiction | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Wildest Dreams | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Rabbit Hole | Play | Jay Mills | ||
Sugar Daddies | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Home For The Holidays: A Christmas Cabaret | Other | Mary Saarmann | ||
On Golden Pond | Play | Scott Hart | ||
2007–08 | Songs for Summer Night (4) | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | |
Desdemona: A Play About a Handkerchief | One-act | Chris Mortenson | ||
The Baker’s Wife | Musical | Scott Hart | ||
Molly Sweeney | Play | Jay Mills | ||
The Sisters Rosensweig | Play | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
The Clean House | Play | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Trifles | Other | Gloria Lamoureux | ||
2006–07 | 1776 | Musical | Mark Happel | |
The Norman Conquests | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Illyria | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
The Real Thing | Play | Mary Saarmann | ||
Music From A Sparkling Planet | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
How He Lied to Her Husband/Dark Lady of the Sonnets | Other | Tom Murray | ||
2005–06 | Blood Brothers | Musical | Scott Hart | |
Talking Heads | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
I Hate Hamlet | Play | Jay Mills | ||
Lifes Curves/Women of Manhattan | One-act | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
String of Pearls | Reading | Cindy Alexander | ||
2004–05 | And The World Goes Round | Musical | Roseann Ruggiero | |
Snake in the Grass | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
A Man of No Importance | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Proof | Play | Jay Mills | ||
2003–04 | Neale Godfrey Is Tap Dancing Through the BoardRoom | Other | ||
The Taming of the Shrew | Play | Lauren Mills | ||
As Bees In Honey Drown | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
James Joyce’s The Dead | Play | Mary Saarmann | ||
Body Language | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
2002–03 | Follies | Musical | Mark Happel | |
Time Flies and Other Short Plays | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) | Play | |||
Infinite Freedom | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Picasso at the Lapin Agile | Play | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Art | Play | Jay Mills | ||
2001–02 | Songs for Summer Night (2) | Other | Clifford H. Parrish | |
A Doll's House | Play | Patrick Horan | ||
A Perfect Ganesh | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Arcadia | Play | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Collected Stories | Play | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
2000–01 | 1776 | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | |
The Diary of Anne Frank | Play | Jay Mills | ||
Time of My Life | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
All In The Timing | Play | Jeff Knapp | ||
1999–00 | A Grand Night for Singing | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | |
Collected Stories (workshop) | Play | Roseann Ruggiero | ||
Waiting for Godot | Play | Patrick Horan | ||
1999–100 | Tribute | Play | Barbara Neff | |
Oh, Coward! | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | ||
1998–99 | Songs for Summer Night | Musical | ||
Family Circles | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Cloud Nine | Play | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
Three Tall Women | Play | Jay Mills | ||
The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Musical | Edward Earle | ||
1997–98 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Musical | Donna Sousa | |
The Foreigner | Play | Victoria Nardone | ||
Later Life | Play | Barbara Neff | ||
The Man Who Came to Dinner | Play | Edward Earle | ||
Baby with the Bathwater | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
1996–97 | The Belle of Amherst | Play | Patrick Horan | |
Enchanted April | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Animal Crackers | Workshop | |||
St.Louis Woman | Other | Kate Lyn Reiter | ||
A Little Night Music | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | ||
What the Butler Saw | Play | |||
1995–96 | Children’s Program (J. Horan) | Play | Jimmy Horan | |
FootPrints | Workshop | |||
Relatively Speaking | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Lost In Yonkers | Play | Victoria Nardone | ||
Twelve Angry People | Play | Margaret Langworthy | ||
Dancing At Lughnasa | Play | Mary Saarmann | ||
Lips Together, Teeth Apart | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
1994–95 | Nunsense II | Musical | Edward Earle | |
Marvin’s Room | Play | |||
Sweeney Todd | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Hay Fever | Play | Barbara Neff | ||
Jake’s Women | Play | Sal Ruggiero | ||
1993–94 | Joined at the Head | Play | Scott M. Jacoby | |
Lettice and Lovage | Play | Sal Ruggiero | ||
Mornings At Seven | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
That Championship Season | Play | Victoria Nardone | ||
1992–93 | Nunsense | Musical | Dennis J. Parker | |
The Heidi Chronicles | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
The Importance of Being Earnest | Play | Patrick Horan | ||
Assassins | Musical | |||
Light Up the Sky | Play | Barbara Neff | ||
1991–92 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Musical | Edward Earle | |
The House of Blue Leaves | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
The Dining Room | Play | |||
Mary Moppins | Reading | Michael T. Mooney | ||
The Belle of Amherst | Play | Patrick Horan | ||
Ladies of the Alamo | Play | Victoria Nardone | ||
Harvest (one act festival) | One-act | |||
1990–91 | Eastern Standard | Play | Dennis J. Parker | |
Bedroom Farce | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Starting Here-Closer than Ever | Musical | Patrick Horan | ||
Steel Magnolias | Play | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
1989–90 | Into the Woods | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | |
Woman in Mind | Play | Scott M. Jacoby | ||
Stepping Out | Play | Sal Ruggiero | ||
It Takes A Woman | Other | Jimmy Horan | ||
A View from the Bridge | Play | Victoria Nardone | ||
Painting Churches | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
1988–89 | The Odd Couple | Play | Patricia Johnson | |
Musical Chairs | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | ||
The Miss Firecracker Contest | Play | Michael T. Mooney | ||
As Is | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
1987–88 | Beyond Therapy | Play | Scott M. Jacoby | |
Ways & Means | One-act | Michael T. Mooney | ||
Jerry’s Girls | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | ||
A Midsummers Night Dream | Play | Perry Kroeger | ||
1986–87 | Stop the World, I Want To Get Off | Musical | Edward Earle | |
The Miracle Worker | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
'Night Mother | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
Mass Appeal | Play | Edward Earle | ||
Is There Life After High School? | Musical | Edward Earle | ||
1985–86 | She Loves Me | Musical | Patrick Horan | |
The Norman Conquests | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Agnes of God | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
Our Town | Play | Stephen Fredericks | ||
1984–85 | Baby | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | |
Harbinger of Spring (one acts) | One-act | |||
The Chalk Garden | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Fifth of July | Play | Dennis J. Parker | ||
1983–84 | Side by Side by Sondheim | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | |
Artichoke | Play | Scott M. Jacoby | ||
Lion in Winter | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
1982–83 | The Apple Tree | Musical | Perry Kroeger | |
Separate Tables | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Working | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little | Play | Clint Betz | ||
1981–82 | Musical Chairs | Musical | Edward Earle | |
Table Manners | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Man of LaMancha | Musical | Victoria Nardone | ||
The Shadow Box | Play | Scott M. Jacoby | ||
1980–81 | Dames At Sea | Musical | Penny Morey | |
Blithe Spirit | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Collision Course | Play | Katherine Shepard | ||
The Glass Menagerie | Play | Penny Hoadley | ||
Company | Musical | Sal Ruggiero | ||
1979–80 | Godspell | Musical | Penny Morey | |
Absurd Person Singular | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Come Back, Little Sheba | Play | Victoria Nardone | ||
Oh, Coward! | Musical | Edward Earle | ||
1978–79 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Musical | Penny Morey | |
The Rainmaker | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Mary, Mary | Play | |||
The Fantasticks | Musical | Clifford H. Parrish | ||
Picnic | Play | Scott M. Jacoby | ||
1977–78 | Guys and Dolls | Musical | Penny Morey | |
Royal Family | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Royal Gambit | Play | Clint Betz | ||
A Little Night Music | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
1976–77 | Cabaret | Musical | Penny Morey | |
The Circle | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Butterflies are Free | Play | Ralph Leonard | ||
Carnival! | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
1975–76 | Once Upon A Mattress | Musical | Barbara Barnard | |
Rashomon | Play | Patricia Johnson | ||
Harvey | Play | Jim DeVol | ||
1974–75 | The Boy Friend | Musical | Penny Morey | |
Annie Get Your Gun | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
Abelard and Heloise | Play | Dolores DelliSanti | ||
The Grass Harp | Play | |||
1973–74 | Oliver! | Musical | ||
Happy Birthday, Wanda June | Play | |||
Mame | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
1972–73 | Carousel | Musical | Penny Morey | |
The Andersonville Trial | Play | |||
Company | Musical | |||
Little Murders | Play | |||
1971–72 | Brigadoon | Musical | Penny Morey | |
Sweet Bird of Youth | Play | |||
Call Me Madam | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
Middle of the Night | Play | |||
1970–71 | Bye Bye Birdie | Musical | ||
Viet Rock | Musical | |||
Blood Wedding | Play | |||
Fanny | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
Indians | Play | |||
1969–70 | West Side Story | Musical | ||
We Bombed in New Haven | Play | |||
Gypsy | Musical | Billie Burr | ||
A Delicate Balance | Play | |||
1968–69 | The Little Foxes | Play | ||
Stop the World, I Want To Get Off | Musical | Edward Earle | ||
Madwoman of Chaillot | Play | |||
1967–68 | Summer Sounds | Other | ||
Visit to a Small Planet | Play | |||
Anything Goes | Musical | |||
Summer and Smoke | Play | |||
1967 | Summer Sounds | Other | ||
All My Sons | Play | |||
A Thurber Carnival | Musical | |||
PRE-BLACK RIVER PLAYHOUSE: | ||||
1965–66 | Born Yesterday | Play | ||
The Lady’s Not for Burning | Play | |||
1964–65 | Auntie Mame | Play | ||
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Play | |||
1963–64 | The Rope Dancers | Play | ||
Life With Father | Play | |||
1962–63 | A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Play | ||
Bell, Book and Candle | Play | |||
1961–62 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Play | ||
Come Back, Little Sheba | Play | |||
1960–61 | Send Me No Flowers | Play | ||
The Crucible | Play | |||
1959–60 | The Curious Savage | Play | ||
Bus Stop | Play | |||
Our Town | Play |