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
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