Theatre Archive

Clark College has been providing quality theatre to the community since 1978. Here is a list of the shows that have been produced by the Theatre Department.

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2023-2024

Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts

The Fantastics book and lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt

Thinner Than Water by Melissa Ross

2022-2023

The Shadow Box by Michael Cristopher

The Great American Trailer Park musical book by Betsy Kelso, music and lyrics by David Nehls

Technical Difficulties by Various Authors

2021-2022

The Churning Skies by Ruth Perkins Jackson

All in the Timing by David Ives

It's Only a Play by Terrance McNally

2011–2012

Moon Over Buffalo by Neil Simon

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee music and lyrics by William Finn, book by Rachel Sheinkin

Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire

2010–2011

Almost Maine by John Cariani

The Pirates of Penzance music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert

Eastern Standard by Richard Greenburg

2009–2010

Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley

Looking for Olivia by Author Unknown

The Producers music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan

2008–2009

The Heiress by Augustus Goetz and Ruth Goetz

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

The Sound of Music by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II

2007–2008

The Underpants by Steve Martin

Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

2006–2007

Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin

The Will Rogers Follies book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman

You Can't Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

2005–2006

The Girls of The Garden Club by John Patrick

Anything Goes by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon

Silly Goose by Author Unknown

2004–2005

All My Sons by Arthur Miller

Hair by book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and music by Galt MacDermot

How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel

Fraidy Cat by Michael J. O’Connor

2003–2004

The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Members of the Tectonic Theatre Project

Working book by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, and James Taylor, and lyrics by Schwartz, Carnelia, Grant, Taylor, and Susan Birkenhead

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Pinocchio by Dennis Kelly

2002–2003

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Into the Woods music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine

Excursion Fare by Dennis Smith

Rumpelstiltskin by Peg Herring

2001–2002

Dead White Males by David Williamson

Over Here score by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and book by Will Holt

ShowTime on the Showboat by Sheila Smolenskyand and Shubert Fendrich

The Big Bad Who?? by Author Unknown

2000–2001

Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon

Cabaret music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff

Picasso at the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin

La Gata by Author Unknown

1999–2000

Hot L Baltimore by Lanford Wilson

Little Shop of Horrors music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman

The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

The Pied Piper Packs a Peck of Peer Pressure by Author Unknown

1998–1999

Lend Me A Tenor by Ken Ludwig

110 in the Shade book by N. Richard Nash, lyrics by Tom Jones, and music by Harvey Schmidt

Picnic by William Inge

Pinocchio by Dennis Kelley

1997–1998

Gallery by Author Unknown

Equus by Peter Shaffer

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall

The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney

Nine Dragons by George Herman

1996–1997

Rumors by Neil Simon

The Fantasticks music by Harvey Schmidt and book and lyrics by Tom Jones

Dearly Departed by David Dean Bottrell and Jessie Jones

Fraidy Cat by Michael J. O’Connor

On My Own–and–Dentity Crisis by Christopher Durang

1995–1996

Carousel by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare

The Effects of Gamma Rays on Main-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel

Rumpelstiltskin adapted by Charlotte B. Chorpenning

1994–1995

Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

Heathen Valley by Romulus Linney

Differences by Author Unknown

1993–1994

E/R Emergency Room by Ronald Berman

Evita music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice

Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley

Promises by Author Unknown

1992–1993

Artichoke by Joanna McClelland Glass

Deathtrap by Ira Levin

Guys and Dolls music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

A Cry of Players by William Gibson

The Foreigner by Larry Shue

Jackie's Bean Stalk by Author Unknown

1991–1992

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling

Peace Child by David Woollcombe based on the book by Bernard Benson, features songs by David Gordon

Other People's Money by Jerry Sterner

Fiddler on the Roof music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein

God's Country by Steven Dietz

The Warlords and the Wisemen by Author Unknown

1990–1991

Godspell music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak

Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk

Pippin music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson

Broadway Bound by Neil Simon

Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie

The Pied Piper Packs A Peck of Peer Pressure by Author Unknown

1989–1990

42nd Street book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, lyrics by Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer and music by Harry Warren

Once Upon a Mattress music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer

Crossing Delancey by Susan Sandler

Bullshot Crummond by Ronald E. House, Alan Shearman, Diz White, Derek Cunningham, John Neville-Andrews

Draggin Cat Tails by Author Unknown

1988–1989

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay, music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn

Chicago music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon

The Skin of our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

The Valley of Hidden Treasure by Author Unknown

1987–1988

Camelot music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics and a book by Alan Jay Lerner

Indians by Arthur Kopit

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde by Paul Zindel

Baba Yaga adapted from a Russian folktale by Jack Helbig

1986–1987

South Pacific composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan

The Torch Bearers by George Kelly

Greensleeves by Author Unknown

Rumpelstiltskin by Peg Herring

1985–1986

L'il Abner book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer

Present Laughter by Noel Coward

Eve of All Saints by George Herman

Fraidy Cat by Michael J. O’Connor

1984–1985

Play It Again Sam by Woody Allen

Little Mary Sunshine book, music, and lyrics by Rick Besoyan

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Dale Wasserman

Dr. Genero's Traveling Road Show by Author Unknown

1983–1984

They're Playing Our Song book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart

The Magic Porridge Pot by Author Unknown

1982–1983

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Cabaret music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff

The Strolling Players by Author Unknown

1981–1982

The Drunkard by William Henry Smith

The Shaughraun by Dion Boucicault

Fiddler on the Roof music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman

1980–1981

Pippin music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by Roger O. Hirson

Once Upon a Playground by Jack Frakes

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

HMS Pinafore music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by W. S. Gilbert

The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde by Paul Zindel

1979–1980

Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe

Dames at Sea book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller and music by Jim Wise

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

1978–1979

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Robert Penola

Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer