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Please return it as soon as possible to be guaranteed your seats from past seasons.
Lots of fun for everyone during our 56th Season.
June brings Curtains – A Musical Mystery. In July you can see the delightful comedy The Foreigner. August brings our second musical, The Addams Family. The season closes with the theatrical farce Laughing Stock.
Season tickets are $35 each. Individual tickets for each production will go on sale at our annual Open House on May 28.
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GETTING READY!!!!!
Photo by Michael McClaine |
On April 1, several board members and friends of Putnam County Playhouse met at the Hazel Day Longden Theatre to get the facility ready for the beginning of the 56th season.
Bethany Bax updates the photo library.. |
Plumbing work was seen to by President Michael McClaine.
Board President Michael McCaline |
Jim Green and Dustin Bond keeping the photos straight. |
Others in attendance included Meghan Armitage, Sandi Rossok and Shelly McFadden who wielded broom and dust cloth to spiff up the facility.
Sandi Rossok, Shelly McFadden, Meghan Armitage in the cleaned up lobby. |
Also present was board member Jack Randall Earles and friends of PCPH Eleanor Howard and Cecily Girton. The board members were joined later at a lunch meeting by Ric McFadden, Melissa Green, and Brenda McClaine.
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50 Years Ago! PCPH IN 1967!
We were first established in the fall of 1961 as the Greencastle Summer Theatre by a group of local theatre-loving citizens. GST was incorporated in 1963 as Putnam County Playhouse.
Next up, Jim Poor directed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This production featured the PCPH debut of Vickie [Knoy] Parker. Musical director was Vera Andersen and choreography was by Vicki Grimes.
Also appearing in the cast were Ron Snodgrass, Kevin Aikman, Pam Liston, and Sally Rickets.
Read the program HERE.
Larry Creech and Jacque Schafer. |
Next up, also at Speech Hall, was the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! It was directed by John Van Meter with musical direction by Robert Haas. Choreographer was Jonie Skaggs.
Leading roles were taken by Larry Creech, Catherine Bean, Jacque Schafer, and Don South. The comedy pair was played by Peggy McClaine and Alan Hux.
Read the program HERE.
The season closed with a production of the comedy The Moon is Blue. It was directed by Robert Cole with technical direction by Peter Lach.
The cast of four included Romilda Hamontre, James Elrod, Peter Lach, and Frank Livernoche.
Read the program HERE.
Forty Years Ago! PCPH in 1977!!
Our second production was Hansel & Gretl. Playing the title roles were Gregg Swearingen and Martha Steele. The Wicked Witch was played by Laura Waldron. The cast included many children, and was attended by 449 people.
Read the program HERE.
Thirty Years Ago! PCPH 1987
1993 Renovation |
During our 1987 season, we were still in the original space. As you can see from this photo from the renovation a couple of seasons later in 1993, our backstage space was limited. There was no shop and no fly space. The door on the left was our ‘stage door’ leading to a small gathering space. It got very crowded during performances of musicals when it rained! The framing shows where the shop would soon be, and where the fly space for the expanded backstage area would be.
The season opened with a production of the rock and roll musical Bye Bye, Birdie! It was directed by Jack Randall Earles with musical direction by Ann Cooper. Leading roles were taken by Marc R. Adams and Sandi [Ulrey] Robles. Supporting roles were played by Francoise Coulant-Henderson, Bill Frisbie, and Ron Pitcock.
Nana Canada, Cindy Sutton Wise, Stephen Pierson |
The program for this production has not been scanned.
Our August production was the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel. It was directed by Jim Poor who also played The Starkeeper. Vocal musical direction was by Geoff Price. Orchestra conductor was Bob Hedge.
Leading roles were taken by Barry Trowbridge and Karen Cervo. Appearing in supporting roles were Jennifer McCardle, Philip J. Henderson, and Sherry Davis.
Check out the program HERE.
The second Playhouse Under the Stars production was Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor. It was directed by Diana Brumfield. Leading roles were taken by John C. Baughman, Max Murphy, Alan Small, and Vickie Parker.
Check out the program HERE.
Check out the program HERE.
20 Years Ago! PCPH 1997!!
Leading roles were taken by Dale Grove, Hope Homler, Brad Sandy, Dan Stockton, and Sherry Hedge.
Check out the program HERE.
Board President was Bob Hedge. Also serving as officers were Vickie Parker, Ernie Ford, Mark Hammer, and Jack Randall Earles. Board members were Judy Berry, Kim Hinkle Brattain, Tim Dibble, Nicha Flick, Bill Frisbie, Linda Gjesvold, Dale Grove, Mike Hayes, Linda Miller, Brad Sandy, Peggy Tennis, and Debbie Thompson.
The July production was the comedy-drama The Rainmaker. The leading roles were played by Gigi Fenlon Jennewein and Robert Neal – both making their PCPH debuts. It was directed by Jack Randall Earles.
Check out the program HERE.
In August, PCPH presented its first production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. It was directed by Peggy McClaine [Tennis]. Musical director was Bob Hedge with choreography by Nicha Flick and Kim Hinkle Brattain. Playing leading roles were Debby [Thompson] Lambert, Melodie Taylor, Mike Hayes, Bob Hedge, Sherry Hedge, Adam Chandler, Dale Grove, and Marc Adams. Linda Gjesvold also made a rare onstage appearance.
Check out the program HERE.
The Children’s Workshop presented Alice In Wonderland.
The season came to an end in September with a production of the Woody Allen comedy Play It Again, Sam directed by Ernie Ford. Leading roles were played by Brad Sandy, Karen Temple, and Croft Vaughn.
Check out the program HERE.