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About Us
Established in 1938 and based in Cinnaminson, New Jersey,
the Burlington County Footlighters is one of the most dynamic non-profit community
theater groups in southern New Jersey, and today boasts an active membership of over 500
subscribers across the Middle Atlantic region.
What sets the Footlighters apart from other groups? It
is unique in its artistic style and presentation; using workshops to involve
our community of adults, young adults and children in singing, comedy, dance
and drama, many for the first time.
Footlighters presents a variety of theatre styles including
drama, mystery, comedy, music and original productions. Producing four mainstage
and one childrens show in our season, we are an all-volunteer group with exceptionally
high standards with a focus on presentation and performance. Browse images
of our many talented productions HERE.
If you are interested in helping us with productions, there
are many ways to express your talents besides being on stage. Read about our
volunteers HERE.
Click on the show names below for images, where
available.
Help us spread the glory...if you [or someone you
know] recalls the names of some of our earlier directors, please email
the information to us at info2@bcfootlighters.com.
If you have any photographs of earlier plays, and would
like us to scan and post them on this website, please email the webmaster.
We'll return them safely back to you.
Special thanks goes to Pat Muldowney for researching
most of the earlier play names.
Venue/Season
Link to Awards Nite
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Play/
Best Play* |
Director/
Best Director* |
| Palmyra High School |
| 1938-39 |
Tovarich |
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| 1939-40 |
Fly Away Home |
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Dark Victory |
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This Thing Called Love |
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| Riverton School |
| 1940-41 |
On Our Way |
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Love Triumps All |
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Personal Appearance |
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| 1941 |
Look Who's Here |
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| 1942 |
Listen, Mr. Spencer |
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| 1943-46 |
Dark - due to World War II |
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| 1947-48 |
Ladies in Retirement |
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Dear Ruth |
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Blithe Spirit |
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| 1948-49 |
Claudia |
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Guest in the House |
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Parlor Story |
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| 1949-50 |
Angel Street |
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January Thaw |
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A Murder has been Arranged |
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| 1950-51 |
Apple of My Eye |
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The Two Mrs. Carrolls |
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Philadelphia Story |
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| 1951-52 |
Soldier's Wife |
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Me and My Shadow |
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The Silver Card |
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| 1952-53 |
Harvey |
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The Glass Menagrie |
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Goodbye My Fancy |
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| 1953-54 |
You Can't Take It with You |
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Bell, Book & Candle |
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The Curious Savage |
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| 1954-55 |
The Heiress |
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My Three Angels |
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Affairs of State |
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| 1955-56 |
George Washington Slept Here |
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Come Back Little Sheba |
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Time Out for Ginger |
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| 1956-57 |
Sabrina Fair |
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The Tender Trap |
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Picnic |
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| 1957-58 |
See How They Run |
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Blithe Spirit |
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Miranda |
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| 1958-59 |
Kind Sir |
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Bad Seed |
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Holiday for Lovers |
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| 1959-60 |
A Roomful of Roses |
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Bus Stop |
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Third Best Sport |
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| 1961-62 |
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs |
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Time of the Cuckoo |
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The Pleasure of His Company |
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| Barn
Arts Cultural Center |
| 1962-63 |
January Thaw |
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Silver Whistle |
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| 1963-64 |
Private Lives |
Helen Stillman |
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Annivarsary Waltz |
Ruth Strahan |
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A Majority of One |
Ed Eisen |
| 1964-65 |
Take Her She's Mine |
Ruth Strahan |
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Anastasia |
Charles Buckwald |
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Happy Time |
Helen Stillman |
| 1965-66 |
Diary of Anne Frank |
Ference Shubert |
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Come Blow Your Horn |
Carrie Spangenberg |
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Critics Choice |
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| 1966-67 |
Dear Me the Sky is Falling |
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Night Must Fall |
Mike Burke |
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Shot in the Dark |
Charles Buckwald |
| 1967-68 |
Any Wednesday |
Allan Aiken |
| First Awards
Night |
Man for All Seasons* |
Ruth Strahan* |
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Absence of a Cello |
Ed Eisen |
| 1968-69 |
The Odd Couple |
Sidney Bader |
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Little Foxes |
Dick Steward |
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Lilly the Felon's Daughter* |
Charles Buckwald* |
| 1969-70 |
Philadelphia Here I Come |
Sidney Bader |
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Lion in Winter |
Charles Buckwald* |
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Cactus Flower* |
Sidney Bader |
| 1970-71 |
The Importance of Being Earnest |
Blair Bowen |
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Look Back in Anger |
Sidney Bader |
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You Know I Can't Hear You
when the Water is Running* |
Jack Byer* |
| 1971-72 |
Best Man |
Ruth Iversen |
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Look Homeward Angel |
Ruth Strahan* |
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Forty Carats* |
Dick Stweard |
| 1972-73 |
The Cave Dwellers |
Ference Shubert |
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The Price |
Sid Bader* |
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Plaza Suite* |
Ruth Iversen |
| Moorestown Middle School |
| 1973-74
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The Servants of Two Masters |
Ferrence Schubert* |
| Riverton School |
| 1973-74 |
The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man in the Moon Marigolds |
Ruth Strahan |
| Moorestown Theatre |
| 1973-74 |
See How They Run* |
Charles Buckwald |
| 1974-75 |
A View from the Bridge* |
Rosemary Abbott* |
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Dear Friends |
Ruth Iversen |
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Play It Again, Sam |
Sidney Bader |
| 1975-76 |
The Miracle Worker* |
Ruth Strahan* |
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Anne of a Thousand Days |
Flora Fogel |
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Roar of the Greasepaint,
Smell of the Crowd |
Shelagh Grasso |
| 1976-77 |
Lovers and other Strangers |
Ed Eisen |
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The Subject was Roses* |
Charles Buckwald* |
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The Matchmaker |
Rosemary Abbate |
| 1977-78 |
The Gingerbread Lady |
Sidney Bader |
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Separate Tables* |
Ruth Iversen* (tie) |
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Bullshot Crummond* |
Jack Favorite* |
| Moorestown Middle School |
| 1978-79 |
Flowering Peach |
Edward Eisen |
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A Touch of the Poet* |
Pat King* |
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Harvey |
Lee Harp |
| 1979-80 |
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well
and Living in Paris* |
Bruce Curless* |
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Night of the Iguana |
Charles Buckwald |
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California Suite |
Sidney Bader |
| 1980-81 |
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little |
Ruth Iversen* |
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Abelard and Heloise* |
Jack Favorite |
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Chapter Two |
Bob Miller |
| Children's Play |
The Reluctant Dragon |
Chuck Gill |
| 1981-82 |
How the Other Half Loves* |
Sol Steinberg* |
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Toys in the Attic |
Sidney Bader |
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Finishing Touches |
Ruth Iversen |
| Children's Play |
The Prince Who Wouldn't Talk |
Pepper Pendzynski |
| 1982-83 |
Romantic Comedy |
Sol Steinberg |
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Dial "M" for Murder* |
Jack Favorite* |
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Hay Fever |
Ruth Iversen |
| 1983-84 |
Ten Times Table |
Sherman Ward |
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A Christmas Carol |
Ruth Iversen |
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The Heiress* |
Jack Favorite* (tie) |
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Lady's not for Burning |
Charles Buckwald* |
| 1984-85 |
Blithe Spirit |
Bud Clothier |
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The Deadly Game* |
Ruth Iversen* |
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Barefoot in the Park |
Bill Freund |
| Children's Play |
Cinderella |
Hazel Edwards |
| The Playhouse |
| 1985-86 |
Tribute |
Lou DiPilla |
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Crimes of the Heart* |
Steve Coar* |
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Boy Meets Girl |
Jack Favorite |
| Children's Play |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
Sol Steinberg |
| 1986-87 |
Agnes of God* |
Charles Buckwald |
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Who Saw Him Die |
Bill Freund |
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The Odd Couple
-Female Version |
Ruth Iversen* |
| Children's Play |
Puss in Boots |
Janet Matthews |
50th Anniversary
1987-88 |
Joseph and the Amazing
Technicolor Dreamcoat |
Flora Fogel |
|
Equus |
Charles Buckwald* |
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Lunch Hour* |
Ruth Iversen |
| Children's Play |
The Sneeches |
Mark Lauzon |
| 1988-89 |
Veronica's Room* |
Scott Jones* |
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A Christmas Carol |
Ruth Iversen |
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The Foreigner |
Steve Coar |
| Children's Play |
Jack and the Giant |
Hazel Edwards |
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The Fifth of July |
Doug Wallace |
| 1989-90 |
The Dining Room |
Mark Lauzon* |
|
Story Theatre |
Ference Shubert |
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Social Security* |
Susan B. Davis |
| Children's Play |
Hansel and Gretel |
Elissa Hogan |
| 1990-91 |
The Trip to Bountiful |
Don Thompson |
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Out of Sight, Out of Murder |
Lou DiPilla |
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Broadway Bound* |
Ruth Iversen* |
| Children's Play |
Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
Kathy Endlein |
| 1991-92 |
I'm Not Rappaport |
Eilssa Hogan |
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Amadeus |
Charles Buckwald* |
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Rumors* |
Steve Coar |
| Children's Play |
Sleeping Beauty |
Hazel Edwards |
| 1992-93 |
The Real Inspector Hound |
Dawn Bates |
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A Christmas Carol |
Ruth Iversen |
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Laura |
Susan B. Davis |
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The Taming of the Shrew* |
Lou DiPilla* |
| Children's Play |
Winnie the Pooh |
Pat King |
| 1993-94 |
The Hasty Heart |
Jack Favorite* (tie) |
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On Golden Pond |
Susan B Davis* |
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Lily, the Felon's Daughter* |
Ruth Iversen |
| Children's Play |
Snow White |
Ann Spiotto
Gilmour |
| 1994-95 |
Steel Magnolias |
Susan B. Davis |
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I Never Sang for My Father |
Elissa Hogan |
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I Hate Hamlet* |
Bill Nitz* |
| Children's Play |
Cinderella |
Hazel Edwards |
| 1995-96 |
Trouble in Paradise |
Jack Favorite |
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A Pack of Lies |
Ruth Iversen |
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Lend Me a Tenor* |
Susan B. Davis* |
| Children's Play |
Pinocchio |
Anne Spiotto Gilmour |
| NJTL
Festival entry |
The Problem |
Sherman Ward |
| 1996-97 |
She Loves Me |
Dana Vanneman &
Deb Vanneman |
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Terra Nova* |
Carl Boles* |
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Don't Dress for Dinner |
Bill Nitz |
| Children's Play |
The Wizard of Oz |
Karen Colangelo-Hinger |
| 60th
Anniversary 1997-98 |
The Deadly Game
(Best Play 1984-85) |
Ruth Iversen |
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Crimes of the Heart*
(Best Play 1985-86) |
Steve Coar* |
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Jacques Brel is Alive and Well
and Living in Paris
(Best Play 1979-80) |
Bruce Curless |
| Children's Play |
Jack and the Giant |
Hazel Edwards |
| NJTL Festival Entry |
Eleemosynary |
Sherman Ward |
| 1998-99 |
Done to Death |
Mark Karcher |
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Closer Than Ever |
Tony Patrizi |
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Moon Over Buffalo* |
Susan B Davis* |
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A Christmas Carol |
Ruth Iversen |
| Children's Play |
The Jungle Book |
Peter Prewandowski |
| 1999-2000 |
A View from the Bridge |
Nikki Adams |
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Iolanthe |
Michael Kreisman |
| Children's Play |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
Ann Devaro |
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Pygmalion* |
Skip Volkle* |
| 2000-2001 |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Mark Karcher |
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The Good Doctor |
Tony Patrizi |
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Children of Eden |
Patti Keefer |
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Return Engagements* |
Bill Nitz* |
| Children's Play |
Adventures of Peter Cottontail |
Maureen Broadbent |
| 2001-2002 |
Forever Plaid* |
Dana Vanneman* &
Deb Vanneman* |
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The Elephant Man |
Nikki Adams |
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Night Watch |
Susan B. Davis |
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile |
Tony Patrizi* |
| Children's Play |
Rumpelstiltskin |
Nick Sano |
| 2002-2003 |
Over the River and
Through the Woods* |
Dean J. Walton |
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Do Black Patent Leather Shoes
Really Reflect Up? |
Ann DeVaro* |
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The Swan Song |
Nikki Adams |
| Children's Play |
Humpty Dumpty is Missing |
Basha Gardner |
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Singin' in the Rain |
Patti Keefer |
| 2003-2004 |
The Glass Menagerie |
Dennis Dougherty |
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The Desk Set |
Bobbi Wakemen* |
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The Lion in Winter* |
Nikki Adams |
Children's Play |
Go Rescue
Yourself |
Basha Gardner |
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Company |
Tony Patrizi |
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Basha Gardner |
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Dennis Dougherty* |
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Bernard DiCasimirro |
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Hazel Edwards |
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Bobbie Wakemen |
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Andrea Damis |
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Brian Wayman |
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Nikolette Adams* |
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Ann DeVaro |
Children's Play |
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Andrea Damis |
| 2006-2007 |
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Tony Patrizi |
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Nikolette Adams* |
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Cyndi Debor |
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Man of La Mancha* |
Deb & Dana Vanneman |
| Children's Play |
Charlotte's Web |
Nick Sano |
| 2007-2008 |
Urinetown |
Dawn Varava |
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Les Liaisons Dangereuses |
Brenda Marie Kelly |
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The Tempest |
Dennis Dougherty |
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
Basha Gardner |
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Red Riding Hood: A Vaudeville Romp! |
Jillian Starr |
Venue/Season
Link to Awards Nite
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Play/
Best Play*
Link to Production Images |
Director/
Best Director* |
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Interesting
Links:
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