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Town Players of Pittsfield, Inc.
P.O. Box 765, Pittsfield, MA 01201-0765
Bringing the Best of Broadway to the Berkshires
Since 1921

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Town Players of Pittsfield, Inc. was founded in 1921 as a local Berkshire community theater group to put on plays on a regular schedule. Productions have been put on since that time, except for the war years when only a number of special War Fund-Raisers were performed.

Town Players presently produces at least three productions a season that are performed at Berkshire Community College Koussevitsky Arts Center.

The following is a listing
          of all the Townplayers Productions :

Through the Years

2007
June 14, 15, 16 & 17 The Mikado By William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
March 29, 30, 31
April 5,6, 7
The Dumb Waiter   By Harold Pinter
February 23, 24, 25 & March 2, 3, 2007 Visiting Mr. Green   By Jeff Baron
January 18, 19, 20 Love Letters   By A.R. Gurney

2006
October 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 Trial by Jury
  &
Loves Lost,      
          A Cabaret
  By William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
  &
Cabaret concept by
    Robert Boland  
May 25, 26, 27 & 28 Lend me a Tenor   By By Ken Ludwig
January 26, 27, 28 & 29 Anton in Show Business   By Jane Martin
2005
October 6, 7, 8, 13, 14 & 15 Molly Sweeney   By Marsha Norman
August 11, 12 & 13 Don Juan in Hell   By G.B. Shaw
June 9, 10, 11, 12 Fiddler On The Roof   By Based on the
short stories
of Sholom Aleichem
"The World of Sholom Aleichem

Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

May 19, 20 & 21 An Evening of 10 Minute Plays  
January 27, 28, 29, 30 Rumors   By Neil Simon
2004
October 7, 8, 9, 10 One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest   By Dale Wasserman
From the Novel by Ken Kesey
May 14, 15, 21, 22 Bus Stop   By William Inge
January 16, 17, 23, 24 As Bees in honey Drown   By Douglas Carter Beane
2003
October 3, 4, 10, 11 Mousetrap   By Agatha Christie
May 9, 10, 16, 17 Ca$h and Change
[WORLD PREMERE]
  By Foster Durgin
January 17, 18, 24, 25 The Odd Couple (Female Version)   By Neil Simon
2002
October 4, 5, 11, 12 Moon Over Buffalo   By Ken Ludwig
June 15 Different Dreams, Different Times  
May 10, 11, 18, 19 Last Night of Ballyhoo   By Alfred Uhry
January 11, 12, 18, 19 Last of the Red Hot Lovers   By Neil Somon
2001
September 28, 29
October 5, 6
Time Flies : Selected One Acts   David Ives
Time Flies
Bolero
Captive Audience
The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage
Soap Opera
Babel's In Arms
May 11, 12, 18, 19 Marvin's Room   By Scott McPherson
January 12, 13, 18, 19 You should be so Lucky   By Charles Busch
2000
October 14 By Request!
[A musical tribute to
Jaques Brel
Kurt Weill
Eric Blay &
Charles Axnabour]
 
September 29, 30, October 6, 7 H.M.S. Pinafore By William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
May 12, 13, 19, 20 Light up the Sky   By Moss Hart
January 14, 15, 21, 22 Run for your Wife   By Ray Cooney
1999
October 1, 2, 8, 9 Side by Side by Sondheim   By Music and Lyrics by
Steven Sondheim
Additional Music by
Jule Styne,
Mary Rodgers
Richard Rodgers,
and
Leonard Bernstein
Continuity by
Ned Sherrin
May 21, 22, 28, 29 View from a Bridge   By Arthur Miller
January 15, 16, 22, 23 Picasso at the    
        Lapin Agile
  By Steve Martinr
1998
Oct 2,3,8,10 Noises Off   By
May 22,23,29,30 Nunsense   By
Jan 22,23,30,31 Sylvia   By
1997
Sep.29,30 Oct. 3,4 Laughter on the 23rd Floor   By Neil Simon
May 16,17,23,24 Sisters Rosensweig   By
Jan 17,18,24,25 Shadowlands   By
1996
Oct. 4,5,11,12 Into the Woods   By Steven Sondheim
May 17,18,24,25 The Good Doctor   By
Feb. 75th Anniversary Party  
Jan 12,13,19,20 Rumors   By Neil Simon
1995
Sep. 29,30 Oct.6,7 I Hate Hamlet   By
May 19,20,21,26,27 The Mikado By William S. Gilbert
Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Jan 13,14,20,21 Lost in Yonkers   By Neil Simon
1994
Sep.30 Oct.1, 7, 8 Dancing at the Lughnasa   By
May 20,21,27,28 Lettice and Lovage   By
Jan 14,15,21,22 Sweeney Todd, The Barber   By
1993
Oct. 1,2,8,9 Barefoot in the Park   By Neil Simon
May 21,22,28,29 The Importance of Being Earnest   By
Jan 15,16,22,23 The Philadelphia Story   By
1992
Oct. 2,3,9,10 The Sunshine Boys   By Neil Simon
May 15,16,22,23 Life with Father   By
Jan 17,18,24,25 The Boys Next Door   By
1991
Oct. 10,11,12,13 Steel Magnolias   By
May 17,18,19,24,25 Li'l Abner   By
Jan Talk Radio
(Canceled)
  By
1990
Sep. 28,29 Oct.5,6 Social Security   By
May 18,19,25,26 Broadway Jubilee   By
Jan 26,27 Feb.2.3 I'm Not Rappaport   By
1989
Oct. 12,13,14 The Odd Couple   By Neil Simon
May 19,20,21,26,27 Sound Of Music   By
Jan 19,20,26,27 The Dining Room   By
1988
Oct. 7,8,14,15 Tally and Son   By
May 20,21,27,28 Arsenic and Old Lace   By
Jan 15,16,22,23 The Foreigner   By
1987
Oct. 9,10,15,16,17 A Funny Thing Happened
On The Way To The Forum
  By
May 15,16,22,23 Brighton Beach Memoirs   By Neil Simon
Jan 16,17,23,24 Lunch Hour   By
1986
Oct. 10,11,17,18 Wait Until Dark   By
May 16,17,23,24 A Chorus Line   By
Mar 20,21,22 A Comedy Of Errors   By
Jan 17,18,24,25 Morning's At Seven   By
1985
Oct. 11,12,18,19 Gin Game   By
May 17,18,24,25 You Can't Take It With You   By
Mar 28.29.30 Agnes Of God   By
Jan 18,19,25,26 Mass Appeal   By
1984
Oct. 12,13,19,20 Kiss Me Kate   By
May 25,26 Jun. 1,2 Harvey   By
April Sing for your Supper
The music of Josh Hart
  By
Jan 13,14,20,21 Tribute   By
1983
Oct. 7,8,9,14,15 Fiddler On The Roof   By
May 20,21,27,28 Prisoner Of 2nd Avenue   By
Jan 21,22,28,29 On Golden Pond   By
1982
Oct. 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23 Shenandoah   By
May 21,22,23 God's Favorite   By
Jan 29,30,31 Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf   By
1981
Oct. 16,17,18,23,24 Chicago   By
May 15,16,22,23 South Pacific   By
Jan 30,31
Feb. 1
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest   By
1980
Oct. 17,18,19 Streetcar Named Desire   By
May 9,10,11 Born Yesterday   By
Feb. 1,2,3 Berkeley Square   By
1979
Oct. 19,20,21,26,27 Cabaret   By
May 11,12,13 Stop The World I Want To Get Off   By
Feb. 2,3,4 Don't Drink The Water   By
1978
Oct. 27,28,29 Our Town   By
May 5,6,7,12,13 Carnival   By
Feb. 3,4,5 Night Watch   By
1977
Oct. 21,22,23 Finishing Touches   By
May 6,7,8,13,14 A Little Night Music   By
Feb. 4 12,13 Forty Carats   By
1976
Oct. 22,23,24 The Rainmaker   By
May 14,15,16 The Sunshine Boys   By
Jan 30,31 Feb. 1 Mousetrap   By
1975
Oct. 17,18,19 Thurber Carnival   By
May 16,17,18 The King And I   By
Feb. 7,8,9 6 RMS RIV VU   By
1974
Oct. 18,19,20 The Children's Hour   By
May 10,11,12 Brigadoon   By
Jan 18,19,20 Anne Of The Thousand Days   By
1973
Oct. 19,20,21 Last Of The Red Hot Lovers   By
Jul. 20,21 Summertree   By
May 10,11,12,13 Come Blow Your Horn   By
Mar 8,9,10,11 That Summer, That Fall   By
Jan 11,12,13,14 Cat On A Hot Tin Roof   By
1972
Nov. 2,3,4,5 Private Lives   By
May 18,19,20,21,26,27,28 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum   By
Mar 16,17,18,19 The Rope Dancers   By
Jan 13,14,15,16 Silent Night, Lonely Night   By
1971
Nov. 20 50th Anniversary Party   By
Nov. 4,5,6,7 Star Spangled Girl   By
Sep. 23,24,25 The Lark   By
Jun. 10,11,12 Spoon River Anthology   By
May 20,21,22,23 You Know I Can't Hear You
When The Water's Running
  By
Mar 18,19,20,21 Roshomon   By
Jan 14,15,16,17 Goodbye Charlie   By
1970
Nov. 5,6,7,8 Summer and Smoke   By
Jun. 24,25,26,27 Arsenic and Old Lace   By
May 21,22,23,24 Cactus Flower   By
Mar 19,20,21,22 Dark Of The Moon   By
Jan 15,16,17,18 The Little Hut   By
1969
Oct. 23,24,25,26 The Lion In Winter   By
Aug. I Remember Mama
(This was a Townplayers Jr.'s Production)
  By
May 15,16,17,18,23,24 Little Mary Sunshine   By
Mar 20,21,22,23 Hatful Of Rain   By
Jan 16,17,18,19 The Torch Bearers   By
1968
Oct. 17,18,19,20 The Odd Couple   By
May 23,24,25,26 Country Girl   By
Mar 21,22,23,24 The Subject Was Roses   By
Jan 18,19,20,21 Barefoot In The Park   By
1967
Oct. 5,6,7,8 Ghosts   By
May 18,19,20,21 Never Too Late   By
Mar 16,17,18,19 A View From The Bridge   By
Jan 19,20,21 Androcles And The Lion   By
1966
Nov. 11,12,13,18,19 South Pacific   By
May 26,27,28 All My Sons   By
Mar 24,25,26 Mary, Mary   By
Jan 20,21,22 Cue For Passion   By
1965
Oct. 21,22,23 Two For The Seesaw   By
May 14,15,16,21,22 Sound of Music   By
Mar 26,27 Apr. 23 The Far Country   By
Jan 22,23,29,30 Kind Sir   By
1964
Nov. 4 Sorry, Wrong Number   By
Oct. 16,17,23,24 The Third Best Sport   By
May 15,16,22,23 The Moon Is Blue   By
Mar 13,14,15,18,19,20,21 Show Boat   By
Jan 10,11,17,18 Twelfth Night   By
1963
Nov. 1,2,3,4 Angel Street   By
May 14,15,16,17,18 Anything Goes   By
Mar 13,14,15,16 Middle Of The Night   By
Jan 9,10,11,12 The Glass Menagerie   By
1962
Oct. 17,18,19,20 Romanoff and Juliet   By
Aug 29,30,31 Oklahoma
(Part of the 200th Anaversary of the founding of Pittsfield, MA)
  By
May 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 Carousel   By
Mar 15,16,17 The Little Foxes   By
Jan 11,12,13 Seven Year Itch   By
1961
Oct 5,6,7 Dark At The Top Of The Stairs   By
Apr 20,21,22 Sabrina Fair   By
Feb 17,18,18 Kiss Me Kate   By
1960
Dec 8,9,10 Come Back Little Sheba   By
Oct 6,7,8 Waltz Of The Toreadors   By
May 19,20,21 Blithe Spirit   By
Mar 17,18,19 Diary Of Anne Frank   By
Jan 13,14,15,16 Teahouse Of The August Moon   By
1959
Oct 22,23,24 Time Limit   By
Apr 2,3,4 The Tender Trap   By
Feb 5,6,7 Anastasia   By
1958
Nov 20,21,22 Janus   By
Oct 2,3,4 Picnic   By
May 8.9.10 Bus Stop   By
Feb 6,7,8 Reclining Figure   By
1957
Nov 21,22,23 Cradle Song   By
Oct 3,4,5 You Can't Take It With You
May 2,3,4 The Chalk Garden   By
Feb 7,8,9 My Three Angles   By
1956
Dec 6,7,8 Joan of Lorraine   By
Oct 4,5,6 The Time Of The Cuckoo   By
Jun 7,8,9 The Importance Of Being Earnest   By
Apr 19,20,21 The Chalk Garden   By
Feb 8,9,10,11 The Big Knife   By
1955
Nov 3,4,5 Over Twenty-One   By
May 12,13,14 The Constant Wife   By
Feb 24,25,26 Our Town   By
1954
Nov 11,12,13 Out of the Frying Pan   By
May 6,7,8 Bell, Book and Candle   By
Feb. 18,19,20 Harvey   By
1953
Nov 12,13,14 Suspect   By
Apr. 22,23,24,25 Born Yesterday   By
Feb. 25,26,27,28 The Bat   By
1952
Dec 21 Curse You, Jack Dalton
(Final performance at the Colonial Theatre Pittsfield, MA)
  By
Nov. 13,14,15 The Heiress   By
April Mr. Barry's Etchings   By
Feb. 21,22,23 I Like It Here   By
1951
Nov. 8,9,10 Ladies In Retirement   By
May 17,18,19 Yes, My Darling Daughter   By
Feb. 15,16,17 Shop At Sly Corners   By
1950
Nov. 16,17,18 Light Up The Sky   By
May 4,5,6 Thunder Rock   By
Feb. 16,17,18 Two Blind Mice   By
1949
Nov. 17,18,19 My Sister Eileen   By
May 12,13,14 John Loves Mary   By
Mar 10,11,12 The First Mrs. Fraser   By
1948
Nov. 18,19,20 Ten Little Indians   By
May 20,21,22 Petticoat Fever   By
Mar 4,5,6 The Male Animal   By
1947
Dec. 14 The Male Animal
(Special Performance Fundraiser for Leeds Hospital)
  By
Dec. 4,5 Rebecca   By
1946
- No main productions were produced this year
Evenings of One Act Plays
  By
1945
- No main productions were produced this year
Evenings of One Act Plays
  By
1944
- No main productions were produced this year
Evenings of One Act Plays
  By
1943
May 3 Arsenic and Old Lace   By
Feb. The Eve of St. Marks   By
1942
- No main productions were produced this year
Evenings of One Act Plays
  By
1941
May 2,3 Night Must Fall   By
1940
Dec. 4,5 Outward Bound   By
Mar 22,23 Kiss The Boys Goodbye   By
Feb. 21,22,23 Berkley Square   By
1939
Nov. 22,23,24 Three Men on a Horse   By
May 11,12 Room Service   By
Mar 11,12 Liliom   By
1938
Dec 8,9 Ah, Wilderness   By
May 26,27 Hawk Island   By
Mar 10,11 Murray Hill   By
1937
Dec. 2,3 Journey's End   By
Jul. 1,2 Death Takes a Holiday   By
Apr. 8,9 The Animal Kingdom   By
Feb. 4 The Bishop Misbehaves   By
1936
Dec. 3,4 The Bishop Misbehaves   By
Apr. 22,23 Another Language   By
Feb. 19,20 Juno and the Paycock   By
1935
May 16,17 Street Scene   By
1934
Dec. 11,12 The Admirable Crichton   By
Mar 15,16 Outward Bound   By
1933
Dec June Moon   By
1932
Oct An Evening of One Act Plays  
1931
Oct An Evening of One Act Plays  
1930
Fall The 19th Hole   By
Apr. 24,25,26,30 Mr. Barry's Etchings   By
Apr. 3,4 The Circle   By
Feb. 6 Finders Keepers   By
The Boy Comes Home   By
Helena's Husband   By
1929
Dec. 14 A Night's Work   By
The Drums of Oude   By
The Playgoers   By
Dec 12,13 The Devil's Disciple   By
May 3, 10 Little Theater Tournament   By
Apr. 12,13 The Witching Hour   By
Feb. 28 Her Country   By
Feb 15 The Dover Road   By
1928
May Children of the Moon   By
Feb. 14 The Diabolical Circle   By
The No Count Boy   By
The Flattering Word   By
1927
Dec. 1,2,3 The Torch Bearers   By
Oct. 11 The Man in the Bowler Hat   By
Rosalind   By
April The Eldest   By
Will O The Wisp   By
A Game of Chess   By
Mar 15,16 Alice Sit by the Fire   By
Feb. 8 The Passing Of Chow-Chow   By
Two Crooks and a Lady   By
1926
Dec. 7 White Elephants   By
When the Whirlwind Blows   By
Nov. 2 The Bedroom Suite   By
The Slump   By
1925
Dec. 8 Wisdom Teeth   By
The Rector   By
Nov. 11 The Exchange
(TP Production. Performed by The Exchange Union Players of Springfield, MA.)
  By
1924
Dec. 1 The Fountain of Youth   By
Sep. His Wife's Lover   By
June A Successful Calamity   By
Mar 12 The New Poor   By
1923
Nov. 23,24 The Boor   By
The Pierrot of the Minute   By
Ile   By
Jun. 19 Finders Keepers   By
May 22 Thursday Evening   By
Feb. 9,10