The

Wellesley Players

Inc.

 

Plays Performed

1925 to the present

 

Press Release on Group’s Formation

 

1925
Bradley F. Patterson, Pres
Suppressed Desires  (Reading for membership)

A Tailor Made Man (Reading for membership)

 

Spring 1926
Bradley F. Patterson, Pres
The Admirable Crighton (First Public Performance)

 

1926/27
Charles Hannah, Pres.

The Dover Road

 

1927/28
Robert J. Watson, Pres.

Outward Bound

 

1928/29
Mrs. R.H. Hannaford, Pres.

Tons of Money

 

1929/30
George G.S. Perkins, Pres.

The Swan

 

1930/31
George G.S. Perkins, Pres.

Yellow Sands

 

1931/32
Mrs .F.W. Motley, Pres.

The Fourth Wall

 

1932/33
Mrs. William H. Hill, Pres.

The Queen’s Husband

 

1933/34
Ward Ryan, Pres.

Craig’s Wife

The Torchbearers

 

1934/35
Richard Nichols, Pres.

The Return of Peter Grimm

 

1935/36
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

Skin Deep

Loyalties

 

1936/37
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

The Trial Of Mary Dugan

Petticoat Fever

The Bad Man

There’s Always Juliet

 

1937/38
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

Journeys End

A Bill of Divorcement

Three Cornered Moon

On the Third Day

1st “Stage Whispers” Newsletter

 

1938/39
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

The Youngest

Death Takes A Holiday

Is Zat So?

Street scene

Mother’s A Queen

 

1939/40
A. Edwin Larsson, Pres.

Jane Eyer

The Bat

Our Town

 

1940/41
E. Dean Seely, Pres.

Murray Hill

The Old Homestead

Accent On Youth

 

1941/42
E. Dean Seely, Pres.

No Time For Comedy

Personal Appearance

Murder On the Second Floor

 

1942/43
Albert J.T. Woll, Pres.

Goodbye Again

1943/44
Albert J.T. Woll, Pres.

Cry Havoc

 

1944/45
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

Fresh Fields

Suspect

Angel Street

 

1945/46
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.
The Philadelphia Story

The Man Who Came To Dinner

Arsenic and Old Lace

 

1946/47
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

The Late George Apley

Laura

Ladies In Retirement

 

1947/48
Arthur L. Hayden, Pres.

January Thaw

Apple of His Eye

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

 

1948/49
Elmer Stimets, Pres.

The Barker

 Miranda

Joan of Lorraine

 

1949/50
Elmer Stimets, Pres.

For Love or Money

The Royal Family

 

1950/51
Harold Trefether, Pres.

The Ladlow Boy

Double Door

Post Road

 

1951/52
James H. Duffin, Pres.

Harvey

There’s Always a Murder

Present Laughter

 

1952/53
James H. Duffin, Pres.

Mr. Pim Passes By

Lo And Behold

Mrs. Moon Light

 

1953/54
Donald W. Vose, Pres.

Down In the Valley

Affairs of State

A Phoenix Too Frequent

Jane

 

1954/55
Donald W. Vose, Pres.

Years Ago

My Three Angels

Sabrina Fair

 

1955/56
Charles Drury, Pres.

Our Town

Time Out For Ginger

Goodbye My Fancy

 

1956/57
Adeline Edwards, Pres.

The Solid Gold Cadillac

The Tender Trap

Anastasia

 

1957/58
Adeline Edwards, Pres.

The Mousetrap

Janus

Teahouse of the August Moon

 

1958/59
Wyman Holmes, Pres.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Candida

Dark of the Moon

 

1959/60
Wyman Holmes, Pres.

The Diary of Ann Frank

The Little Foxes

Bell Book and Candle

 

1960/61

Gigi

You Can’t Take It With You

The Matchmaker

 

1961/62

All My Sons

The Matchmaker

The Tavern

 

1962/63
Robert Hehre, Pres

The Heiress

Send Me no Flowers

Critics Choice

 

1963/64
Robert Hehre, Pres

Romanoff and Juliet

Visit to a Small Planet

Once More With Feeling

 

1964/65
Marshall Cannell, Pres.

A Thurber Carnival

Dark of the Moon

7 Keys to Baldpate

Wake Up
1st “Coffee House Capers”

 

1965/66
Marshall Cannell, Pres.

Desk Set

Never Too Late

 

1966/67
Ilene Magnus, Pres.
Third Best Sport

The Gazebo
Blythe Spirit (Festival)

 

 

1967/68
Ilene Magnus, Pres.

Barefoot in the Park

Come Blow Your Horn

The Petrified Forest

 

1968/69
Shirley Pepper, Pres.

Our Town

Take Her, She’s Mine

The Odd Couple

 

1969/70
Shirley Pepper, Pres.

Mame

Don’t Drink the Water

Cactus Flower

 

1970/71
Bill Ford, Pres.

Any Wednesday

Ah, Wilderness

Funny Girl

 

1971/72
Bill Ford, Pres.

Private Lives

Plaza Suite

Star Spangled Girl

 

1972/73
Bob Barker, Pres

My Three Angels

Bus Stop

Separate Tables

 

1973/74
Bob Barker, Pres

Harvey

Tea and Sympathy

Guys and Dolls

 

1974/75

Dracula

Forty Carets

A View From the Bridge

 

1975/76
Hans Petschaft, Pres.

Mousetrap

George Washington Slept Here

The Great Sebastion
Bus Riley’s Back In Town (Festival)

 

1976/77

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying
Butterflies Are Free

Butterflies Are Free (Festival)

 

1977/78
Peter West, Pres

Play It Again Sam

David and Lisa

6 RMS RIV VU

 

1978/79

Brigadoon

Witness For the Prosecution

The Insanity of Mary Girard (Festival)

 

1979/80
Amy Hershenson, Pres

South Pacific

The Philadelphia Story

The Autograph Hound (Festival)

 

1980/81
Amy Hershenson, Pres

Carousel

How the Other Half Loves

Wait Until Dark
Birdbath (Festival)

 

 

1981/82
Marshall Cannell, Pres.

Li’l Abner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Boys In the Band
The Boys In the Band (Festival)

 

 

1982/83
Nancy Silvester, Pres

Kismet

The Royal Family

 

1983/84
Nancy Silvester, Pres

My Fair Lady

A Shot In the Dark

 

1984/85
Lloyd Tarlin, Pres

Carnival

Tribute

Why Hanna’s Skirt Won’t Stay Down (Festival)

 

1985/86
Lloyd Tarlin, Pres

Showboat

You Can’t Take It With You

 

1986/87
Darlene Howland, Pres

Music Man

Everything In the Garden
Lovers and Other Strangers

Lovers and Other Strangers (Festival)

 

1987/88
Barbara Tarlin, Pres

Hello Dolly

Company

 

1988/89
Robert Wallace, Pres

The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd

See How They Run

The White Whore and the Bit Player (Festival)

 

1989/90
Robert Wallace, Pres

Oliver

A Tribute to Broadway

 

1990/91
Stphanie Wasser, Pres

The Miracle Worker

Guys and Dolls

Just Off Piccadilly (Festival)

 

1991/92
Marian Morrison, Pres

Steel Magnolias

Annie

 

1992/93
Marian Morrison, Pres

Rumors

HMS Pinafore

Finding the Sun (Festival)

 

1993/94
Jane Brown, Pres.

Rehearsal For Murder

Kiss Me Kate
Working

Working (Festival)

 

1994/95
Valerie von Rosenvinge, Pres

The Diary of Ann Frank

Pippin
The Diary of Ann Frank (Festival)

 

1995/96
Jackie Pascucci, Pres

I Hate Hamlet

The King and I

The Apple Tree (Festival)

 

1996/97
Sybille Barrasso, Pres

Don’t Dress For Dinner

Three One Acts

(Marriage Proposal/Crimes of the Heart/One Woman Show)

Bad Habits (Festival)

 

1997/98
Robby Levy & Sybille Barrasso, Pres

Secret Garden

Crossing Delancy

Laney’s Gift (Festival)

 

1998/99
Robby Levy, Pres

Gypsy
The Children’s Hour

The Children’s Hour (Festival)

 

1999/00
Len Seipel, Pres.

Mame

How the Other Half Loves

Not enough Rope (Festival)

 

2000/01
Len Seipel, Pres.

All My Sons

Bye Bye Birdie

 

2001/02
Len Seipel, Pres.
The Quaterly

La Cage aux Folles
The Quaterly (Festival)

 

 

2002/03
Len Seipel, Pres.

The Accomplice

Sweet Charity

The Guys (Festival)

 

2003/04
Len Seipel, Pres..

Sylvia

Into the Woods

 

2004/05
Len Seipel, Pres.

Lost In Yonkers

Seussical: The Musical

 

2005/06
Cathy Spear, Pres.

To Kill a Mocking Bird

The Wizard of Oz

Graceland (State Festival winner)

 

2006/07
Cathy Spear, Pres.

Les Liaisons Dangeruses

Graceland (NE Festival winner)

Phantom

 

2007/08
Cathy Spear, Pres.

Stepping Out
Princess and the Pirate (Children’s Theatre)
The Sound of Music
Varicose Vanities (Festival)

 

2008/09

David Giagrando, Pres.

Tribute

Hansel and Gretel (Children’s Theatre)
Cabaret

 

2009/10

David Giagrando, Pres.

Steel Magnolias

Fiddler on the Roof

Steel Magnolias (Festival)

 

 

2010/11

 

One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest

(a Childrens Theatre production to be named)

Annie