Past Shows - 1979 to Today

Harvey
written by Mary Chase, directed by Edsel Hughes
"Harvey" was the fist show produced by the Valley Players, performed at the Fayston Elementary School.

Cactus Flower
written by Abe Burrows, directed by Don Hirsch
"Cactus Flower" was our second show, and the first performed in the Odd Fellows Hall, now known as the Valley Players Theater.

The Hound of the Baskervilles
written by Tim Kelly, based on the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed by Don Hirsch

Three One Acts
"George's Room" written by Alun Owen, directed by Elan Stevens
"I'm Herbert" written by Robert Anderson, directed by Leo Cohen
"Zoo Story" written by Edward Albee, directed by David Sardi

On the 20th Century
The Valley Players' first musical! Book & Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green;
Music by Cy Coleman; directed by Leo Cohen

Guys and Dolls
book by Jo Swerling & Abe Burrows, music & lyrics by Frank Loesser, directed by Leo Cohen

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
book by Abe Burrows, music and lyrics by Frank Leosser, directed by Leo Cohen

Out of Sight...Out of Murder
The first Vermont Playwright Award winner, written by Fred Carmichael, directed by

Company
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Firth
directed by Wendy Cohen and Jim Dodds

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
written by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson, directed by Wendy Cohen and Bob Law

The Sandwalk
The second Playwright Award winner, written by David Paul Simon, directed by Leo Cohen

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
written by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Wendy Cohen Kuglics

Little Shop of Horrors
book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by AlanMenken
directed by Leo Cohen

"Annie"
Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin, features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including "Tomorrow."

"The Cemetery Club"
This popular show about the lives of three Jewish widows is funny and poignant; full of laughter and tears. Lifetime friends, Ida, Doris and Lucille are part of a club, The Cemetery Club. Every month they meet at Ida's house in New York for tea, then trundle off to the cemetery to remember the good times and gossip with deceased husbands. Sam, the butcher, meets the widows at the cemetery while visiting his late wife and changes their lives forever. The movie version of this wonderful comedy starred Olympia Dukakis, Diane Ladd, and Ellen Burstyn.

"30 Anniversary Retrospective"
Ruth Ann Pattee, Artistic Director with a bunch of fabulous actors, singers and Joan Foster pulled together a wonderful evening of song, dance and play snippets.