SEASON 20: 1984-85

1984-85 Season:
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Madeline and the Gypsies
The Little Match Girl
The Mystery of the Tattered Trunk
The Princess and the Pea
Penrod
Outreach Tour: 
Hand in Hand
Summer Theatre Institute:
Mall Dolls

PLEASE BE ADVISED that co-founder and artistic director John Clark Donahue, as well as a number of staff and/or school faculty members of the theatre (actor/instructor Jason McLean, for one) have been convicted and/or charged with criminal and/or civil crimes of sexual abuse of minors.  In winter of 2019, in civil court, the Children's Theatre Company was also found guilty of negligence in these matters which occurred during the time period of the 1970s and 1980s (and probably earlier).  Consequently, please be aware that the images and links within this blog include the contributions and participation of certain minors who were victims/survivors/witnesses of sexual and emotional abuse and residual trauma,  as well as certain adult perpetrators, enablers, and/or former victims.


Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Adapted for the Stage by Frederick Gaines
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson
Directed by Bain Boehlke
Scenic and Properties Designs by Jack Barkla
Costume Design by Gene Davis Buck
Lighting Design by 
Stage Management by

Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline and the Gypsies
Adapted for the Stage by John Clark Donahue
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Hiram Titus
Directed by Barry L. Goldman
Assisted by Leah Hausman
Music Direction by Alan Shorter
Scenic Design by Jack Barkla after the drawings by Ludwig Bemelmans
Costume Design by Ricia Birturk after the drawings by Ludwig Bemelmans
Lighting Design by Don Darnutzer
Stage Management by Christopher Williams

Gerald Drake.

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl
Adapted for the Stage by John Clark Donahue
Music by Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich 
Music Selected and Adapted by Roberta Carlson
Directed and Choreographed by Myron Johnson
Scenic and Properties Designs by Jack Barkla
Costume Designs by Gene Davis Buck
Lighting Design by Don Darnutzer
Sound Design by Robert Jorissen
Stage Management by Mary K. Winchell

Bonnie Zimering.

The Mystery of the Tattered Trunk
from an original story by Wendy Lehr
Adapted for the Stage by Thomas W. Olson with Wendy Lehr and Richard Russell Ramos
Directed by RIchard Russell Ramos
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Hiram Titus
Music Directed by Alan Shorter
Choreography by Myron Johnson
Scenic Design by Jack Barkla
Costume Design by Jack Edwards
Lighting Design by Duane Schuler
Sound Design by Robert Jorissen
Stage Management by Alison Stanley

Jay Underwood as Bob Carmichael, Annie Enneking as Kate McGrew.

Drop Rendering by Jack Barkla.

The Princess and the Pea
Ballet Scenario by Marisha Chamberlain
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Roberta Carlson
Directed and Choreographed by Myron Johnson
Scenic Design by Jack Barkla
Costume Design by
Lighting Design by
Sound Design by
Stage Management by

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Booth Tarkington's Penrod
Adapted for the Stage by Thomas W. Olson
Music Composed and Orchestrated by Anita Ruth
Lyrics by Thomas W. Olson and Anita Ruth
Directed by Jon Cranney
Music Direction by Alan Shorter
Scenic Design by Tom Butsch
Costume Design by Christopher Beesley
Lighting Design by Duane Schuler
Sound Design by Robert Jorissen
Stage Management by

Jason Brelsford, Iain King.