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Productions

Welcome to the 91st season of the Calvin Theatre Company!

Tickets for upcoming shows are available through the Calvin University Box Office, and all performances take place in the Spoelhof University Center.

MAIN STAGE 

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (comedy)
November 1-9, 2024, Gezon Auditorium

Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle (drama)
January 31-February 8, 2025, Gezon Auditorium

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (thriller)
April 4-12, 2025, Gezon Auditorium

LAB SERIES

New for 24-25, we're introducing the LAB SERIES as part of our production season. These productions will be directed and designed by students, and performed in the Laboratory (Lab) Theatre. This series will give our students a space to experiment and stretch their theatre skills.

24 Hour Theatre Festival
September 28, 2024, Lab Theatre (Free to attend!)

All in the Timing by David Ives (comedy)
December 6-7, 2024, Lab Theatre

Broadway Cabaret Concert
March 21-22, 2025, Lab Theatre

Past Productions

All in the Timing

Fall 2024

All in the Timing
Much Ado About Nothing

Fall 2024

Much Ado About Nothing
Little Women

Spring 2024

Little Women
Ghost Quartet

Winter 2024

Ghost Quartet
Rumors

Fall 2023

Rumors
 The Curious Savage

Spring 2023

The Curious Savage
The Actor's Nightmare

Fall 2022

The Actor's Nightmare
The Importance Of Being Earnest

Fall 2022

The Importance Of Being Earnest
These Shining Lives

Spring 2022

These Shining Lives
It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

Fall 2021

It's A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fall 2021

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Explore past production information and photos from our start in 1933 through the present. As we work to complete the information for our earlier seasons, please reach out if you can help us fill in any details: ctc@calvin.edu

View our production photo gallery (2017-Present) here.

2023-2024, Season 90

Rumors by Neil Simon, directed by John Scritchfield

Ghost Quartet by Dave Malloy, directed by Ashley Vredevoogd, Skye Herlien, and Grace Winkle

Little Women adapted by Kate Hamill, directed by John Scritchfield

 

2022-2023, Season 89

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by John Scritchfield

The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang, directed by Grace Pilarski

The Curious Savage by John Patrick, directed by John Scritchfield

 

2021-2022, Season 88

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by John Scritchfield

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry, directed by John Scritchfield

These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich, directed by John Scritchfield

 

2020-2021, Season 87

Calvin in the Time of COVID – a series of original works written and directed by students

 

2019-2020, Season 86

A Wrinkle in Time adapted by John Glore, directed by Debra Freeberg

Laboratory Theatre Shorts: Tall Tales from The Kentucky Cycle, The City, and Closing Costs by Robert Schenkkan, Arthur Miller, and Arlene Hutton, directed by Julia Verstraete, Taylor Hartman, and Zachery Ranauldo

 

2018-2019, Season 85

Precious Bane adapted by Meryl Friedman, directed by Natalie Carmolli

Spinning into Butter by Rebecca Gilman, directed by April Hubbard

Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice and Wayne Barker, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2017-2018, Season 84

Arabian Nights adapted by Dominic Cooke, directed by Debra Freeberg

The Amish Project by Jessica Dikey, directed by Emily Wetzel

Sense and Sensibility adapted by Jessica Swale, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2016-2017, Season 83

You Make a Difference written and directed by Debra Freeberg

The Philadelphia Story by Phillip Barry, directed by Debra Freeberg

Nicholas Nickleby adapted by Jonathan Holloway, directed by Michael Page

 

2015-2016, Season 82

King Lear by William Shakespeare, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

You Make a Difference written and directed by Debra Freeberg

Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2014-2015, Season 81

Metamorphoses adapted by Mary Zimmerman, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Existence: The Funniest Thing That Ever Happened to Us, a collection of scenes from various works directed by CTC students

Pride and Prejudice adapted by Simon Reade, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2013-2014, Season 80

An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, directed by Debra Freeberg

Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, directed by Debra Freeberg, music director Charsie Sawyer

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2012-2013, Season 79

The Book of Jonah: An Enacted Scripture adapted from Scripture, directed by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes, directed by Debra Freeberg , music director Charsie Sawyer

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Nancy Wagner

Justice For Maurice Henry Carter by Donald Molnar and Alicia Payne, directed by Debra Freeberg

Grains of Hope: Refugee Experiences in West Michigan by Stephanie Sandberg and CTC students, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Speak Up! The Bully Busting Project by Debra Freeberg and CTC students, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2011-2012, Season 78

Antigone translated by U.S. Dhuga, directed by Michael Page

Sunday Go to Meetin' and Other Plays for Young Audiences by Shirley Lauro, directed by CTC students

David: A Play with Psalms adapted from Scripture and directed by Joy-Elizabeth Lawrence and Amanda Ytzen

The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr., adapted and directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2010-2011, Season 77

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, directed by Debra Freeberg

William Shakespeare on Location adapted by Stephanie Sandberg, directed by CTC students

The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt, adapted by Kirsten Kelly and Brian Farish, directed by Kirsten Kelly

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2009-2010, Season 76

The No-Frills Revue by Martin Chamin, directed by Debra Freeberg , music director Randall Burghart

The Cries of Wolves by Moriah Ophardt, directed by Michael Page

Backborn by András Visky, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2008-2009, Season 75

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Stories of Alaska by CTC students, directed by Debra Freeberg

The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol, directed by Kirsten Kelly

The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2007-2008, Season 74

Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelek, directed by Debra Freeberg , music director Randall Burghart

Alice in Wonderland adapted and directed by Todd Farley

The Women of Lockerbie by Deborah Brevoort, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2006-2007, Season 73

Sense and Sensibility adapted by Heather Leigh Brown and Stephanie Sandberg, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

American Musical Theatre History in Review directed by Debra Freeberg and Jess Bauckham

Dead Man Walking by Tim Robbins, directed by Michael Page

The Lady's Not for Burning by Christopher Fry, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2005-2006, Season 72

As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Debra Freeberg

Disciples by András Visky, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, directed by Michael Page

 

2004-2005, Season 71

Jane Eyre adapted by Polly Teale, directed by Michael Page

Young Blood: Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, Ocean Life, Birds of the World, Catch, Waterborn by Jennifer Camp, Graeme Gillis, and Edith Freni, directed by Emilee Pearce, Michael J. Brooks, Alex Agard, Meredith Bytwork

Richard III adapted by Stephanie Sandberg and Jacqueline Renée Deboer, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, and Larry Gelbart, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

2003-2004, Season 70

The Return of the Prodigal by St. John Hankin, directed by Michael Page

Divine Reverberations: Testimonies of Faith from Eastern Europe adapted by Noah Thomas, Ruth Krygsheld, Linda Welker with Dianna Clinch, Brian Farish, Jacqui DeBoer, Lorien Reese, Nathan Fluit, Evangeline Whitlock, directed by Linda S. Welker

 

2002-2003, Season 69

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Debra Freeberg

Women's Work: Rowing to America, Burn, Look What You Made Me Do, Small Talk, Christiana and the Doctor's Wife, The Beauty Inside, and A Clear Blue Thing by Kitty Chen, Dana Leslie Goldstein, Lynda Sturner, Liza Lentini, Catherine Filloux, and Caridad Svich, directed by Megan Kok, Dave Ellens, Becky Carpenter, Natalie Tillman, Mandi Hutchins, and Brian Tisselada

Still Life With Iris by Steven Dietz, directed by Teresa TerHaar

Emma adapted by Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2001-2002, Season 68

The Bourgeois Gentleman by Molière, directed by James Korf

The Full Circle: The Perfect Thing, The Cliffs of Moher, Remedial Lessons, Prague Summer, Man in the Basement, Fiona's Mane by Eric Berlin, Cheri Magi, Arlene Hutton, Rich Orloff, Simon Fill, and Jane Shepard, directed by Josh Wall, Ryan Hoke, Jessie Glover, Morgan Foster, James Gilmore, Abigail Smith, and Lucas Van Engen

The Piano Lesson by August Wilson, directed by Debra Freeberg

As it is in Heaven by Arlene Hutton, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

 

2000-2001, Season 67

Wuthering Heights adapted by Charles Vance, directed by Robert Hubbard

Lab Bills: Theatre of Silence - Act Without Words, The Leader, The Sandbox, I Dream Before I Take the Stand, The Unveiling, Special Offer, Catastrophe, and Mistake by Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco, Edward Albee, Arlene Hutton, Vàclav Havel, and Harold Pinter, directed by Ben Krygsheld, Terry Schoone-Jongen, Nicholas Dekker, Aaron Johnson, Lise Evans, Melinda Berry, and Beth Meyer

No One Will Marry A Princess With A Tree Growing Out Of Her Head by Michael Elliot Brill, music by David Jackson, directed by Randall Buursma

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, directed by Teresa TerHaar

 

1999-2000, Season 66

A Ghost Sonata and The Stronger by August Strindberg, translated by Harry G. Carlson and Evert Sprinchorn, directed by Debra Freeberg

Translations by Brian Friel, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

A Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Hubbard

 

1998-1999, Season 65

The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by James Korf

My Dearest Sister by Astrid Lindgren, directed by Debra Freeberg

The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Lab Bills: Falling Ushers - The Tell-Tale Heart and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, adapted by Jayme Mellema and Michael Heerema, directed by Jayme Mellema and Kenneth Kamerman

 

1997-1998, Season 64

Life's A Dream by Pedro Caldrón de la Barca, adapted by T.M. Camp, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Lee Krähenbühl

Beyond the Bedroom Wall by Larry Woiwode, directed by Robert Hubbard

Lab Bills: Moliére Shorts - The Imaginary Cuckold, Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed, The Flying Doctor, and The Forced Marriage by Moliére, directed by Anna Olson, Laura Haagsma, Andrea Tigchelaar, and Jared Van Alstyne

 

1996-1997, Season 63

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by James Korf

Good Boogie by Debra Freeberg, directed by Randall Buursma

Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill, directed by Stephanie Sandberg

Lab Bills: Theatre Beyond, Exploring Culture and Identity - Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, On the Road: A Search for American Character; Los Vendidos; Night Traveler; A Thousand Cranes by Anna Deveare Smith, Luis Valdez, Salah Abd al-Sabur, and Kathryn Schultz De Vries, directed by Jason Coleman, Tim Kooima, Todd Erickson, and Katie Bolthuis De Vries

 

1995-1996, Season 62

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith, directed by Debra Freeberg

Marvin's Room by Scott MacPherson, directed by Jeanne Leep

Animal Farm by George Orwell, Richard Peaslee, and Adrian Mitchell, directed by Lee Krähenbühl

Lab Bills: The Plays of Arthur Miller - On Tidy Endings; Action; Graverobbery; Waiting for Lefty by Harvey Fierstein, Sam Shepard, Edward Hart, and Clifford Odets, directed by Suzanne Linder, Sara Moslener, Jared Van Alstyne, and Kristen Benson

 

1994-1995, Season 61

Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, translated by Elisaveta Fen, directed by James Korf

The Tempest by William Shakespeare, adapted by Gillette Elvgren, directed by Debra Freeberg

Travesties by Tom Stoppard, directed by Lee Krähenbühl and Heather Fields

Lab Bills: Frontiers of Farce - Variations on the Death of Trotsky; Three for the Dough; Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey Part II, or How We Got America’s Most Wanted and the New York Post; Naomi in the Living Room by David Ives, Jason Meyering, Jonathan Reynolds, and Christopher Durang, directed by Evan Carter, Jason Meyering, Elizabeth Laughlin, and Suzy Brunink

 

1993-1994, Season 60

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel, directed by Jeanne Leep

The Mysteries: Creation adapted by Bernard Sahlins, directed by Randall Buursma

1940's Radio Hour by Walton Jones, directed by Debra Freeberg , music director John West

The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare, directed by Jeff Nyhoff

Lab Bills: Existentialism and the Playwrights of the 70s - The White Liars; The Sandbox; Eh, Joe; The Room; A Separate Peace by Peter Shaffer, Edward Albee, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, and Tom Stoppard, directed by Brian Poel, Heather Fields, Russell Roozeboom, Kirsten Kelly, and Sarah Klop

 

1992-1993, Season 59

Electra by Sophocles, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: Plays About Women, directed by students

And the Book Ran Away with the Spoon by Debra Freeberg, directed by Randall Buursma

Joan Of Lorraine by Maxwell Anderson, directed by Debra Freeberg

 

1991-1992, Season 58

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, directed by Patricia Blom

Candida by George Bernard Shaw, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills, directed by students

 

1990-1991, Season 57

In Constant Love: The Soul Search of John Donne written and directed by John Innes

Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare, directed by John Innes

Telling Wilde Tales by Jules Tasca, directed by Randall Buursma

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: Folk Drama - Knaves, Fools, and Lovers, directed by students

 

1989-1990, Season 56

Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Elliot, directed by Ervina Boevé

Mass Appeal by Bill C. David, directed by James Korf

Trifles by Susan Glaspell, directed by Shelly Douma

My Fair Lady by Learner and Lowe, directed by McCarger

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, directed by Patricia Blom

Lab Bills: 20th Century British Playwrights - Albert's Bridge, The Private Ear, and The Public Eye, by Tom Stoppard and Peter Shaffer, directed by Daniel Booz, Shelly Douma, and Mark O'Brien

 

1988-1989, Season 55

The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Lionel Basney

Alumni Players: Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huls and Bokhout

Wild Oats by John O'Keffe, directed by Ed Kruis

Lab Bills: Comedy Showcase - The Bear; Last to Go, The Black and White, That's Your Trouble, That's All; Sittin'; Black Comedy, by Anton Chekhov, Harold Pinter, Christopher Ceraso, and Peter Shaffer, directed by Shelly Douma, Shawn Bultsma, Phil Klapwyk, and Debbie Kirby

 

1987-1988, Season 54

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Patricia Blom

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Brian Way, directed by Randall Buursma

Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein, directed by Czuchna and Bokhout

Lab Bills: Four by Tenn - An Evening of One-Act Plays by Tennessee Williams, directed by Phil Klapwyk, Rick Veen, Mike Noorman, and Jeff Doornbos

The Diviners by Jim Leonard, Jr., directed by James Korf

 

1986-1987, Season 53

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Firebug by Max Frisch, directed by Mark Klein

Alumni Players: Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huls and Worst

The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderon, directed by Jeff Nyhoff

Two Good Women are Hard to Find by Emily Dickinson and Flannery O'Conner, directed by Ann Noteboom

 

1985-1986, Season 52

The Beams are Creaking by Douglas Anderson, directed by James Korf

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Mark Klein

Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart, directed by Jeff Nyhoff and John Worst

The Hobbit adapted from the classic by J.R.R. Tolkien

A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills, directed by students

 

1984-1985, Season 51

The Runner Stumbles by Milan Stitt, directed by John Vreeke

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, directed by James Korf

The Music Man by Meredith Willson, directed by Huls and Worst

Enrico IV by Luigi Piradello, directed by Mark Klein

Lab Bills: Supressed Desires, Hands Over Thy Head, and The Public Eye by Susan Glaspell and George Cram Cook, Ruth Angell Purkey, and Peter Shaffer, directed by Ron Vanden Burg, Debra Marshall, Mike Klapwyk

 

1983-1984, Season 50

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Schuringa

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, directed by James Korf

Heidi adapted from the classic by Joanna Spyri

Alumni Players: The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huls and Worst

The Imaginary Invalid by Moliére, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: House By the Stable, Grab and Grace, and Visitor from Mamaroneck by Charles Williams and Neil Simon, directed by Ron Vanden Burg and Jeff Nyhoff

 

1982-1983, Season 49

Enter a Free Man by Tom Stoppard, directed by Mark Klein

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: The Constituent, Winner, and The American Dream by Ernest Thompson, Brian Friel, and Edward Albee, directed by Jeff Nyhoff, Brenda Bakker, and David Van Dyke

Alumni Players: Yeoman of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huls and Worst

The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman, directed by James Korf

The Emperor's New Clothes by Charlotte Chorpenning, directed by Loren Gunnink

 

1981-1982, Season 48

All My Sons by Arthur Miller, directed by James Korf

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by Belinda Westmaas

Lab Bills: Death, The Lovely Shall be Choosers, and A Memory of Two Mondays by Ellen, Robert Frost, and Arthur Miller, directed by Timothy E. VanZalen, Belinda Westmaas, and Bolton

Lab Bills: Visitor from Forest Hills, The Exception and the Rule, and Two Precious Maidens Ridiculed by Neil Simon, Bertolt Brecht, Molière, directed by Paxton, Harger, and Leugs

Alumni Players: HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huls and Worst

Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, directed by James Korf, music director John Worst

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving, adapted by Catherine Dezseran, directed by Timothy Talen

 

1980-1981, Season 47

Purpaleanie by Stanley Wiersma

The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnár, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: Aria da Capo and Class of Eighty Minus One by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Wybren H. Oord, directed by Tim Burgers and Wybren H. Oord

Lab Bills: Something Unspoken, Riders to the Sea, and Albert's Bridge by Tennessee Williams, John Millington Synge, and Tom Stoppard, directed by Timothy E. VanZalen, Rebecca Ellens, and Mark Klein

Alumni Players: Rudigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huis and Scripps

Oedipus the King by Sophocles, directed by James Korf

Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Beckie Ellens

 

1979-1980, Season 46

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Ervina Boevé

Lab Bills: The Bald Soprano and The Man with the Flower in His Mouth by Eugene Ionesco and Luigi Pirandello, directed by Mark Klein and Timothy E. VanZalen

Alumni Players: Princess Ida by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huis and Scripps

Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, directed by Helen Sterk Van Halsema

The Land of the Dragon by Madge Miller, directed by Timothy Talen

 

1978-1979, Season 45

Tartuffe by Moliére, directed by James Korf

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Many Moons by James Thurber, directed by Charlotte Chorpenning

Alumni Players: Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Huis and Scripps

A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1977-1978, Season 44

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

Lab Bills, directed by students

Alumni Players: The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Sebulske and Scripps

The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen, directed by James Korf

Fox of a Thousand Faces by John Gounod Campbell, directed by Marian Groot

 

1976-1977, Season 43

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, directed by James Korf

The Bremen Town Musicians by Pat Hale, directed by John Vreeke

Alumni Players: The Condoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Wepman and Scripps

The Queen and the Rebels by Ugo Betti, directed by Ervina Boevé

Ring Round the Moon by Christopher Fry, directed by John Vreeke

Irene by James Montgomery, directed by John Vreeke

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel, directed by John Vreeke

 

1975-1976, Season 42

You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, directed by Denise Tuinier, music director Camilla Hoitenga

The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Impossible Impossibility by Stanley Wiersma and John Worst, directed by Ervina Boevé

Alumni Players: Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Wepman and Scripps

Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills, directed by students

Reading Hour: Portraits of America, directed by Ann Noteboom

The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard, directed by John Vreeke

Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton, directed by John Vreeke

The Fantastiks by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, directed by John Vreeke

 

1974-1975, Season 41

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, adapted and directed by Timothy Talen

The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Ervina Boevé

Lab Bills: The Man with the Heart in the Highlands, I Can't Imagine Tomorrow, and The Zoo Story by William Saroyan, Tennessee Williams, and Edward Albee, directed by Anna Margaret Sietsema

Lab Bills: The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and The Feast, directed by students

Alumni Players: Iolanthe by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

The Would-Be Gentlemen by Moliére, directed by James Korf

Reader's Theatre: Soul Struggle, directed by Ann Noteboom and David Holquist

 

1973-1974, Season 40

The Merry Milk of Madness by Michael Syzmanski, directed by Ervina Boevé, music director John Worst

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills, directed by students

Alumni Players: HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

April is the Cruelest Month of the Year by Michael Quigley, directed by David Holquist

Little Nel by John Nash

 

1972-1973, Season 39

I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Celeste Raspanti

Blood Wedding by Federico García Lorca, directed by Ervina Boevé

Lab Bills: The Typists and The Long Stay Cut Short by Murray Schisgal and Tennessee Williams, directed by students

The Hide and Seek Odyssey of Madeline Gimple by Frank Gagliano

Alumni Players: The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

Antigone by Sophocles, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: Aria da Capo and Sunday Costs Five Pesos by Edna St. Vincent Millay and Josephina Niggli, directed by Henry Van Kuiken and Gwen Schuil

 

1971-1972, Season 38

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Bekett, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills: The Dumbwaiter and The Bald Soprano by Harold Pinter and Eugene Ionesco, directed by Nancy Fewless and Mary De Kruyter

Mr. Popper's Penguins by Albert Mitchell, directed by Ervina Boevé

School for Scandal by Richard Sheridan, directed by Ervina Boevé

Alumni Players: Yeoman of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, directed by John Vreeke

 

1970-1971, Season 37

One Acts: White Lies and The Lesson by Peter Shaffer and Eugene Ionesco

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by James Korf

Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Elliot, directed by Ervina Boevé

Pippy Longstockings by Gerome Leonard

Daniel adapted from The Book of Daniel

Alumni Players: Rudigore by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

Macbeth by William Shakespeare, directed by James Korf

A Yard of Sun by Christopher Fry

Lab Bills, directed by students

 

1969-1970, Season 36

One Acts: Effigy and Attempt by Thomas Bloom

The Crucible by Arthur Miller, directed by Ervina Boevé

Huckleberry Finn adapted by Frank M. Whiting, directed by David Holquist

The Ugly Duckling by A.A. Milne, directed by Marge Kamps

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Alumni Players: Princess Ida by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw, directed by James Korf

Lab Bills, directed by students

 

1968-1969, Season 35

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, directed by James Korf

The Morality Plays

Alice in Wonderland adapted from the classic by Lewis Carroll

Alumni Players: Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Ervina Boevé

Lab Bills, directed by students

 

1967-1968, Season 34

Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Ervina Boevé

J.B. by Archibald McLeish

Alumni Players: The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Ervina Boevé

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by the Calvin College Speech Department, directed by David Holquist

The Miser by Moliére, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1966-1967, Season 33

The Lark by Jean Anouilh, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Boy with a Cart by Christopher Fry, directed by Ervina Boevé

Alumni Players: The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Smith and Wepman

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1965-1966, Season 32

The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife by Anatole France

Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Ervina Boevé

House by the Stable and Grab and Grace by Charles Williams, directed by David Bratt

Alumni Players: Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan

All My Sons by Arthur Miller, directed by Ervina Boevé

Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge

 

1964-1965, Season 31

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

Dark Lady of the Sonnets by George Bernard Shaw

Alumni Players: Yeoman of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Potting Shed by Graham Greene, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1963-1964, Season 30

Romance of the Willow Pattern by Ethel Van der Veer

The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, adapted by Phyllis Zylstra

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Ervina Boevé

Alumni Players: Rudigore by Gilbert and Sullivan

Lost in the Stars by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill, directed by Ervina Boevé, music director James De Jonge

 

1962-1963, Season 29

Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogal, adapted by John Dolman, Jr. and Benjamin Rothberg, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1961-1962, Season 28

Electra by Sophocles, Translated by E.F. Watling, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov, directed by Ervina Boevé

Alumni Players: The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1960-1961, Season 27

Kind Lady by Edward Chodorov, directed by Ervina Boevé

Alumni Players: Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Wisse

Hamlet by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

J.B. by Archibald McLeish, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1959-1960, Season 26

Antigone adapted by Jean Anouilh, directed by Ervina Boevé

Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan, directed by Wisse

Tartuffe by Moliére, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1958-1959, Season 25

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Open Prison by Wesley Kort, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1957-1958, Season 24

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Ervina Boevé

Outdoor Yule Show, directed by Ervina Boevé

The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1956-1957, Season 23

An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Ervina Boevé

Upon this Rock by Betty M. Duimstra, directed by Edgar and Ervina Boevé

As You Like It by William Shakespeare, directed by Ervina Boevé

 

1955-1956, Season 22

Life with Mother by Clarence Day, directed by Melanie Batts

The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1954-1955, Season 21

Elizabeth the Queen by Maxwell Anderson, directed by Melanie Batts

The Late Christopher Bean by Sidney Howard, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1953-1954, Season 20

Abe Lincoln in Illinois by Robert E. Sherwood, directed by Melanie Batts

The Heiress by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1952-1953, Season 19

Victoria Regina by Laurence Houseman, directed by Melanie Batts

The Admirable Chrichton by J. M. Barry, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1951-1952, Season 18

Melody by Prell, directed by Melanie Batts

Clarence by Booth Tarkington, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1950-1951, Season 17

Icebound by Owen David, directed by Melanie Batts

The Tree of Life, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1949-1950, Season 16

The [Title Missing] by Shaw, directed by Melanie Batts

The Barretts of Wimpole Street by John Patrick, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1948-1949, Season 15

I Remember Mama by John Van Druten, directed by Melanie Batts

The Winslow Boy by Terence Rattigan, directed by Melanie Batts

 

1947-1948, Season 14

Patchwork Quilt, directed by Moody

Gillean by Belle Cumming Kennedy

 

1946-1947, Season 13

Harriet by Florence Ryerson and Colin Clements, directed by Melanie Batts

The Darkness and the Light by Mrs. L. Berkhof, directed by Melanie Batts

1945-1946, Season 12

Smothered, directed by Dykstra

The Late Christopher Bean by Sidney Howard

 

1944-1945, Season 11

Icebound by Owen David

The Barretts of Wimpole Street by John Patrick

 

1943-1944, Season 10

Little Women adapted by John Ravold, directed by Hasper

 

1942-1943, Season 9

Letters to Lucerne by Fritz Rotter and Allen Vincent

 

1941-1942, Season 8

Go Ahead by Nertz and Friedman, directed by Stanley Albers

Glorious Morning by Norman MacOwan, directed by Stanley Albers

 

1940-1941, Season 7

American Passport, directed by Stanley Albers

 

1939-1940, Season 6

Glorious Morning by Norman MacOwan, directed by Stanley Albers

Sun Up by Lula Vollmer

 

1938-1939, Season 5

The Late Christopher Bean by Sidney Howard, directed by Stanley Albers

Little Black Heliotrope, directed by Stanley Albers

Anne of Green Gables adapted by Alice Chadwicke, directed by Stanley Albers

 

1937-1938, Season 4

The Enemy by Channing Pollock, directed by Stanley Albers

The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare, directed by Stanley Albers

 

1936-1937, Season 3

Season information still being researched

 

1934-1935, Season 2

The Wedding

William and Mary by Professor H.J. Van Andel, directed by Mrs. Allen G. Miller

 

1933, Season 1

The Pot Boiler by Alice Gerstenberger, directed by Victoria Donavan

Tockless Toime, The Finger of God, and The Soul of the Professor, directed by Sadie Roelofs