Reston Community Players ~~ Production History 1976-86

Mainstage and other productions by Reston Community Players.

The Knack, by Ann Jellicoe. Produced by James Simcox, directed by Robert Perce. November, 1976.
The Fantasticks, book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt. Produced by Edythe Shore and Patricia Weisel, directed by Frank Johns, musical direction by Sylvia Shannon. March, 1977.
The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman. Produced by Jean Simcox, directed by Peter Bock. May-June, 1977.

Private Lives, by Noël Coward. Produced by Eme Schultz, directed by Peter Corcoran. October-November, 1977.
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, by Charles M. Schulz, music, lyrics, and adaptation by Clark Gesner. Produced by Philip Baedecker, directed by Alan Leonhart. February-March, 1978.
Under Milkwood, by Dylan Thomas. Produced by James Simcox, directed by Clarke Maylone. May-June, 1978.

How the Other Half Loves, by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by Helena de Crespo. October-November, 1978.
Applause, by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Produced by Jean B. Wilkie. directed by Gary Battaglia, choreographed by Terlene Terry, musical direction by Charla Rowe. May, 1979.
Also: readings by Brooks Scurlock. July, 1978.

Guys and Dolls, by Damon Runyon, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Produced by Linda Killgore, directed by Tom Rother, choreographed by Terlene Terry, musical direction by Mitchell Bender. November, 1979.
Move Over, Mrs. Markham, by Ray Cooney and John Chapman. Produced by Lois Staley, directed by Patricia Mathews. February, 1980.
Gypsy, by Arthur Laurents, music by Julie Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Produced by Lynn Johnson and Alice Malone, directed by Gary Battaglia, choreographed by Christine Grogis, musical direction by Carroll Ridenhour. April, 1980.
The Rainmaker, by N. Richard Nash. Produced by Sheila Martin, directed by Jim Malone. June, 1980.

Sweet Charity, by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Produced by Dean Schecter, directed by Karen Handley, choreographed by Charles and Reine Bethany, musical direction by Carroll Ridenhour. November, 1980.
The Man Who Came to Dinner, by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. Produced by Jean Wilkie, directed by Jim Ward. February, 1981.
Once Upon a Mattress, by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, and Dean Fuller, lyrics by Marshall Barer, music by Mary Rodgers. Produced by Philip Baedecker, directed by Linda B. Gutesha, choreographed by Marilyn Milton, musical direction by Carroll Ridenhour. April, 1981.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams. Produced by John and Sue Pinkman, directed by Mick Tinder. June, 1981.
Also: Musical review. August, 1980. Adaptation, by Elaine May. Presented at NVTA festival, produced by James Bowles, directed by Steve Morley. May, 1981.

California Suite, by Neil Simon. Produced by Sheila Martin, directed by Steve Morley. November, 1981.
Ten Little Indians, by Agatha Christie. Produced by Dean S. Schecter, directed by Linda B. Gutesha. February, 1982.
Company, by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Produced by Shari Martin and Lindsay Petersen, directed by Gary Battaglia, choreographed by Terlene Terry, musical direction by Joe Gems. April, 1982.
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller. Produced by Vivian Kramish, directed by Robert Nelson. June, 1982.

The Pajama Game, novel by Richard Bissell, play by George Abbott and Richard Bissell, lyrics and music by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. Produced by Dean Schecter and Liz Reilly, directed by Jim Gauthier, choreographed by Jim Gauthier. November, 1982.
J.B., by Archibald MacLeish. Produced by Lindsay Petersen, directed by Robert Nelson. February, 1983.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee. Produced by Sheila Martin, directed by Mick Tinder. April, 1983.
Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring. Produced by Bob Guest, directed by Bill Hickok. June, 1983.
Also: The Demitasse Review cabaret. March, 1983.

Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin. Produced by Didi Griggs and Maxine Shults, directed by Willie Allen-Faiella, choreographed by Carolyn Brancato, musical direction by Pat and Andy Hinkley. November, 1983.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Dale Wasserman. Produced by Lindsay Petersen, directed by Steve Morley. Feburary, 1984.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, lyrics by Tim Rice, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Produced by Barbara Moore, directed by Martha Lynch, choreographed by Christine Gorgis, musical direction by Joe Gems. April, 1984.
Deathtrap, by Ira Levin. Produced by Sheila Martin, directed by Jim Ward. June, 1984.
Also: Here We Are, by Dorothy Parker; I'm Herbert, by Robert Anderson; and Mimosa Pudica, by Curt Dempster. Presented at NVTA festival, produced by Dean S. Schecter, directed by John L. Mercer. January, 1984.

South Pacific, story by James Michener, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Produced by Maxine Shults and Mary Jane Quinn-Smith, directed by Martha Lynch, choreographed by Kim Thornley and Gene Hendricks, musical direction by Carol Hunter. November, 1984.
The Skin of Our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder. Produced by Jeff Okay, directed by Don Paul Smith. January, 1985.
The Real Inspector Hound and After Magritte, by Tom Stoppard. Produced by Lindsay Petersen, directed by John Lee Mercer. March, 1985.
The Mousetrap, by Agatha Christie. Produced by Mary Jane Quinn-Smith and Bambi Smith-Beattie, directed by Jim Ward. May, 1985.
Also: Blue Concerto, by Marvin L. Seiger. Presented at NVTA festival, directed by Scott Nicklin. January, 1985. The Demitasse Review. Directed by Shelton Hall. February-March, 1985.

Finian's Rainbow, by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, music by Burton Lane, lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. Produced by Maxine Shults, directed by Mick Tinder. November, 1985.
We Bombed in New Haven, by Joseph Heller. Produced by Lindsay Petersen, directed by Steve Morley. January-February, 1986.
Dames at Sea, book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, music by Jim Wise. Produced by Linda Sears, directed by Martha Lynch, choreographed by Penny Cupina, musical direction by Mark A. Fletcher. March, 1986.
The Hot L Baltimore, by Lanford Wilson. Produced by Mary Jane Quinn-Smith, directed by Don Paul Smith. May, 1986.
Also: Betrayal, by Harold Pinter. Reading, directed by Leila El-Bisi. November, 1985. Who's Out There?, by Jack Krentzlin. Presented at NVTA festival, produced by Barbara Moore, directed by Jim Ward. January, 1986. The Wager, by Mark Medoff. Reading, directed by Scott Nicklin. January, 1986. Ladyhouse Blues, by Kevin O'Morrison. Reading, directed by Maureen Daly. March, 1986. The Gingerbread Lady, by Neil Simon. Reading, directed by Lisa Messitt. April, 1986. 6 Rms Riv Vu, by Bob Randall. Reading, directed by Ed Glick. May, 1986.