PRODUCTION HISTORY
of the College of the Siskiyous Theatre Department
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Directed by James Witherell, December 1969
BUS STOP by William Inge
Directed by James Witherell, May 1970
AN EVENING OF ONE ACT PLAYS: May 1970
THE PASSING OF AN ACTOR by Willard Simas
Directed by LeAnn McBratney
WILL THE REAL JESUS CHRIST PLEASE STAND UP? by Malcolm Marmorstein Directed by Shelton Bates
TOM SWIFT & HIS ELECTRIC THEATRE, OR SPIRO AGNEW WHERE ARE YOU NOW?
Written & Directed by Wayne Waterhouse
PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD by J. M. Synge
Directed by James Witherell, November 1970
OH DAD, POOR DAD, MAMMA'S HUNG YOU IN THE CLOSET AND I'M FEELIN' SO SAD by Arthur Kopit Directed by Wayne Waterhouse, March 1971
THIEVES' CARNIVAL by Jean Anouilh
Directed by James Witherell, May 1971
THE MATCHMAKER by Thornton Wilder
Directed by James Witherell, November 1971
THE BRICK AND THE ROSE by Lewis John Carlino
Directed by Rick Mercer, March 1972
CARNIVAL by Bob Merrill & Michael Stewart
Directed by Cindy Czarnowsky, Musical Direction by Robin Alderson, May 1972
INDIANS by Arthur Kopit
Directed by James Witherell, May 1972
CANDIDA by Bernard Shaw
Directed by James Witherell, November 1972
BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE by Leonard Gershe
Directed by Richard Paschal, March 1973
YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN by Clark Gesner
Directed by James Witherell, Musical Direction by Richard Derwingson, May 1973
BLITHE SPIRIT by Noel Coward
Directed by James Witherell, November 1973
ROYAL GAMBIT by Friedrich Gressieker
Directed by Cindy Czarnowsky Roelofs, March 1974
THE PHYSICIAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF/SGANERELLE by Moliere
Directed by James Witherell, May 1974
THE GLASS MENAGERIE by Tennessee Williams
Directed by James Witherell, November 1974
COME BLOW YOUR HORN by Neil Simon
Directed by James Witherell, February 1975
GODSPELL by John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz
Directed by James Witherell, Musical Direction by Richard Derwingson, May, July 1975
SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer
Directed by James Witherell, July 1975
THE MIRACLE WORKER by William Gibson
Directed by Cindy Czarnowsky Roelofs, July 1975
OZ by Christopher Reed and Richard Derwingson
Direction & Musical Direction by the authors, November 1975
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES by John Guare
Directed by Sandy Goodpasture, February 1976
HARVEY by Mary Chase
Directed by James Witherell, May 1976
THE LABORS OF LOVE by Jack Perry and Robert Neil Porter
Directed by Ken Hart, Musical Direction by Doug Tobin, June 1976
A THURBER CARNIVAL by James Thurber
Directed by James Witherell, July 1976
LUV by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Cindy Czarnowsky Roelofs, July 1976
USA by John Dos Passos and Paul Shyre
Directed by Richard Paschal, July 1976
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM by Woody Allen
Directed by James Witherell, November 1976
GENERAL GORGEOUS by Michael McClure
Directed by William King, February 1977
GUYS AND DOLLS by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
Directed by James Witherell, Musical Direction by Ron Hoopes, May 1977
DEAR PIGSLEY by Kathy Hall
Directed by the author, June 1977
MINOR MURDER by Reginald Denham and Mary Orr
Directed by William King, July 1977
SEE HOW THEY RUN by Phillip King
Directed by James Witherell, July, September 1977
TALES FROM GRIMM by the Magic Circle Ensemble
Directed by Philip Peters, July 1977
THE ADDING MACHINE by Elmer Rice
Directed by William King, October 1977
SCAPINO by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale
Directed by James Witherell, February 1978
OKLAHOMA by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by William King, April 1978
REVERSE THE FLOW! by William King
Directed by William King, November 1978
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM by William Shakespeare
Directed by James Witherell, February-March 1979
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF by Joseph Stein/Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick
Directed by William King, May 1979
CRUMPLE, RUMPLESTILTSKIN by Phyllis McCallum
Directed by Robb Cantor, July 1979
BLAZING GUNS AT ROARING GULCH by Shubert Fendrich
Directed by Russell Kellner, July 1979
OREGON COUNTRY by Jerry James
Directed by Brien Smith, July 1979
WILLIAM AND WILSON, a Film by Debra Baumann
Directed by Debra Baumann, July 1979
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Directed by James Witherell, November 1979
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Directed by William King, February 1980
CAMELOT by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Directed by William King, April-May 1980
THE PHYSICIAN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF by Moliere (Morris Bishop tr.) Directed by Russell Kellner, May 1980
THE SHAME OF TOMBSTONE by Tim Kelly
Directed by Kevin Luther, July 1980
SHOOTOUT AT HOLE-IN-THE-WALL by Shubart Fendrich
Directed by Russell Kellner, July 1980
THE MAGIC BOOK OF EDWARD LEAR
Conceived and Directed by Mary Scott, July 1980
WESTWARD, HOrror, a Film by Debra Baumann
Directed by Debra Baumann, July 1980
JOSEPHINE THE MOUSE SINGER by Michael McClure
Directed by William King, November 1980
AN ITALIAN STRAW HAT by Eugene Labiche (Hoffman tr.)
Directed by James Witherell, February 1981
MY FAIR LADY by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Directed by William King, May 1981
MY PARTNER by Bartley Campbell
Directed by James Witherell, November 1981
Two Bills of One-Act Plays:
HANSEL AND GRETEL AND THE GOLDEN PETTICOAT by Phyllis McCallum, THESE CORNFIELDS by Georges Courteline (Bentley tr.),
RIDERS TO THE SEA by J. M. Synge, and THE MONKEY'S PAW by
W. W. Jacobs. Directed by William King, November 1981
A DREAM PLAY by August Strindberg (Mueller tr.)
Directed by William King, February 1982
Three Children's Plays:
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, THE MAGIC MUSHROOMS, and
THE FROG PRINCE Directed by John Lawrence, March 1982
THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO CAMDEN AND TRENTON by Thornton Wilder,
Directed by Katie Heflin & THE COMMUNITY THEATRE STAR
by Larry Smith, Directed by William King, March 1982
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE by Gilbert and Sullivan
Directed by William King, May 1982
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by James Witherell, November 1982
SUPPRESSED DESIRES by Susan Glaspell, Directed by Steven Matts, &
BIGFOOT'S REVENGE, written and directed by James Witherell,
February 1983
HELLO, DOLLY! by Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman
Directed by James Witherell
Musical Director Joe Jennings, May 1983
TARTUFFE by Moliere (Burleson tr.), directed by Mary Scott, &
An Evening of Readers' Theatre, directed by James Witherell, May 1983
JABBERWOCK by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by James Witherell, October 1983
A FLEA IN HER EAR by Georges Feydeau (Shaw tr.)
Directed by James Witherell, March 1984
SOUTH PACIFIC by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by James Witherell
Musical Director Janet Stensaas, May 1984
BULLSHOT CRUMMOND by House, White, et al
Directed by Mary Scott, July 1984
BIGFOOT'S REVENGE by James Witherell
Directed by James Witherell, July 1984
(revived September 1985)
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS by Kenneth Grahame (Hulett adapt.)
Directed by Mary Scott, July 1984
TEN LITTLE INDIANS by Agatha Christie
Directed by James Witherell, July 1984
THE RIVALS by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by James Witherell, November 1984
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
Directed by James Witherell, February 1985
KISS ME KATE by Cole Porter
Directed by James Witherell
Musical Director Janet Stensaas, May 1985
THE BUTLER DID IT by Tim Kelly
Directed by Mary Scott, July 1985
THE BALLAD OF GOPHER GAP by Tim Kelly
Directed by S. R. Carnefix, July 1985
THE MAGIC OF MERRIMENT by Andrea Hornbrook & Stephen Benoit
Directed by James Witherell, July 1985
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by James Witherell, November 1985
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO`S NEST by Dale Wasserman
Directed by James Witherell, March 1986
POTPOURRI, An Evening of Women's Theatre
Directed by Mary Scott, March 1986
PAJAMA GAME by Abbott/Bissell/Adlar/Ross
Directed by James Witherell
Musical Director David Newnham, May 1986
LOVE, SEX, AND THE IRS by William Van Zandt & Jane Milmore
Directed by James Witherell, July 1986
THE PERILS OF PUSHER by James Witherell
Directed by S. R. Carnefix, July 1986
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Adapted and Directed by Mary Scott, July 1986
ON THE RAZZLE by Tom Stoppard
Directed by James Witherell, November 1986
LAUNDRY AND BOURBON and LONE STAR by James McLure
Directed by Rebecca Cooper and Russell Kellner
December 1986
CAROUSEL by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by James Witherell and Janet Stensaas
Musical Direction by David Newnham, March 1987
FEMALE TRANSPORT by Steve Gooch
Directed by Mary Scott, May 1987
THE GOOD OLD DAYS by Janet Stensaas
Directed by James Witherell
Musical Direction by Janet Stensaas, June 1987
EMMA LOU AND THE BIG RAGOUT by Karen Boettcher-Tate
Directed by James Witherell, July 1987
WILD OATS by James McLure
Directed by Mary Scott, July 1987
LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS by Renee Taylor & Joseph Bologna
Directed by Russell Kellner, July 1987
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH by Thornton Wilder
Directed by James Witherell, October 1987
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Russell Kellner, February 1988
ANYTHING GOES by Cole Porter
Directed by Janet Stensaas and James Witherell
Musical Direction by David Newnham, April 1988
FRANKENSTEIN SLEPT HERE by Tim Kelly
Directed by Russell Kellner, June 1988
MY SISTER THE DRAGON by Bill Hayden
Directed by James Witherell, July 1988
BELLE OF BISBEE by Tim Kelly
Directed by James Witherell, July 1988
EXIT WHO? by Fred Carmichael
Directed by Rebecca Floyd, July 1988
THE MUSICAL COMEDY MURDERS OF 1940 by John Bishop
Directed by James Witherell, Oct/November 1988
CALIFORNIA SUITE by Neil Simon
Directed by Russell Kellner, March 1989
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF by Joseph Stein/Jerry Bock/Sheldon Harnick
Directed by Janet Stensaas and James Witherell
Musical Direction by David Newnham, April 1989
HEY GANG, WHAT'S GOING ON? by Bill Majeski
Directed by Russell Kellner, June 1989
HOW I GOT THAT STORY by Amlin Gray
Directed by Cathy Houts, Sept./October 1989
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Oscar Wilde
Directed by James Witherell, Oct./November 1989
GUYS AND DOLLS by Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows
Directed by Janet Stensaas and James Witherell
Musical Direction by David Newnham, March 1990
HOLY GHOSTS by Romulus Linney
Directed by Cathy Houts, April 1990
THE GOOD OLD DAYS by Janet Stensaas
Directed by Janet Stensaas, July 1990
(revived September 1990)
IT'S BIGFOOT by Tim Kelly
Directed by Cathy Houts, July 1990
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, by Burt Shevelove,
Larry Gelbart, and Stephen Sondheim
Directed by James Witherell, July 1990
SCENES FROM AMERICAN LIFE, by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
Directed by Cathy Houts, July 1990
SCAPINO by Frank Dunlop and Jim Dale
Directed by James Witherell, October 1990
TAMING OF THE SHREW by William Shakespeare
Directed by Cathy Houts, February 1991
INTO THE WOODS by Stephen Sondheim and James LaPine
Directed by Janet Stensaas and James Witherell
Musical Direction by David Newnham, April 1991
PERIL AT PUMPERNICKEL PASS by Tim Kelly
Directed by Cathy Houts, July 1991
THE SHAME OF TOMBSTONE by Tim Kelly
Directed by Cathy Houts, July 1991
THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller
Directed by James Witherell, October 1991
THE GRAPES OF WRATH by Frank Galati
Directed by Cathy Houts, February 1992
MAN OF LA MANCHA by Dale Wasserman
Directed by Janet Stensaas and James Witherell
Musical Direction by David Newnham, April 1992
THE VILLAIN WORE A DIRTY SHIRT by Tim Kelly
Directed by James Witherell, July 1992
THE LADY FROM MAXIM'S by Georges Feydeau (Feist trans.)
Directed by James Witherell, October 1992
MACBETH by William Shakespeare
Directed by Cathy Houts, February 1993
A CENTURY OF BROADWAY, a musical revue
Directed by Janet Stensaas and James Witherell, April/May 1993
THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES by John Guare
Directed by James Witherell, October 1993
THE LION IN WINTER by James Goldman
Directed by Cathy Houts, February 1994
OKLAHOMA by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Directed by Janet Stensaas & James Witherell
Musical Director - David Newnham
Choreographer - Jean Dickinson, April 1994
ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD by Tom Stoppard
Directed by James Witherell, October/November 1994
INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
Directed by Cathy Houts, March 1995
WHERE'S CHARLEY? by George Abbott & Frank Loesser
Directed by Janet Stensaas & James Witherell
Musical Director - David Newnham
Choreographer - Jean Dickinson, April/May 1995
THE MISER by Moliere, adapted by David Chambers
Directed by James Witherell, October 1995
AN EVENING OF ONE-ACT PLAYS, February 1996
SURE THING & WORDS, WORDS, WORDS by David Ives
Directed by Daniel Postlewait
THE VALIANT by Holworthy Hall & Robert Middlemass
Directed by Jason Rose
THE MICE HAVE BEEN DRINKING AGAIN by Cleve Haubold
Directed by Kirk Blackinton
HAMLET by William Shakespeare
Directed by Cathy Houts, March 1996
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Janet Stensaas & James Witherell
Musical Director - Eva Mae Pisciotta
Choreographer - Jean Dickinson, April/May 1996
THE ODD COUPLE (female version) by Neil Simon
Directed by James Witherell, October 1996
AN EVENING OF ONE-ACT PLAYS, November 1996
DR. FISH by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Jill Thompson
I CAN'T IMAGINE TOMORROW by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Geneva Anderson
THE ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE by Christopher Durang
Directed by Kirk Blackinton
GOD'S COUNTRY by Steven Dietz
Directed by Cathy Houts, February/March 1997
NO, NO, NANETTE Book by Otto Harbach & Frank Mandel, Music by Vincent Youmans, Lyrics by Irving Caesar & Otto Harbach
Directed by Janet Stensaas & James Witherell
Musical Director - Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer - Sage Meadows, April/May 1997
OUR TOWN By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Lance Miller October 97
TARTUFFE By Moliere
Directed by Cathy Houts, February/March 1998
PAL JOEY by Richard Rogers and Loren Hart
Dirested by Lance Miller and Janet Stensaas
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Pat DeNardi, May 1998
TEN LITTLE INDIANS By Agatha Christy
Directed by Cathy Houts, October/November 1998
JACK AN THE BEANSTALK adapted by William Glennon
Directed by Leslie Swancutt (student project),January 1999
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Directed by J.J.Lewis-Nichols,February/March 1999
GODSPELL By John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz
Directed by Cathy Houts and Janet Stensaas
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, April,99
ALICE IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll, adapted by William Glennon
Directed by Sadie Strawn (student project), September 1999
THE TEMPEST by William Shakespeare
Directed by Cathy Houts, October/November 1999
Director/Choreographer – Joan Lucas, February 2000
SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by Edgar Lee Masters
Directed by Peter Alzado, February/March 2000
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller and Mary Rodgers
Directed by Cathy Houts
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, April, 2000
ALL MY SONS by Arthur Miller
Directed by Cathy Houts, October/November 2000
RED VS. THE WOLF by Judy Wolfman
Directed by Molly Dove Mande (Student Project), January 2001
THE DINING ROOM by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Peter Alzado, February/March 2001
BABES IN ARMS by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Directed by Cathy Houts
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Joan Lucas - Choreographer – April 2001
One Act Plays—October/November 2001
Mrs. Sorken by Christopher Durang
Mere Mortals by David Ives
MacBeth by Ded Bob
The Philadelphia by David Ives
Content by Stephen Unckles
Directed by Rick Bullis
WINDS OF WEED by James Witherell
Directed by Paul Aiello—November 2001
CYBER SERENADE by Mia McCullough
Directed by Peter Alzado, February 2002
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES Music by Norman Campbell
Lyrics by Norman and Elaine Campbell, Don Harron and Mavor Moore
Directed by Rick Bullis
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, April, 2002
DRACULA adapted by Rick Bullis
Directed by Rick Bullis—October/November 2002
Twelve Angry Jurors
Directed by Paul Aiello Winter 2003:
Little Shop of Horrors
Directed by Rick Bullis
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, April, 2003
Short Attention-Span Shakespeare by Rick Bullis
Directed by Rick Bullis, Fall 2003
Directed by Paul Aiello Winter 2004
CINDERELLA
Directed by Michael Massari
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, Spring 2004
LEND ME A TENOR
Directed by Rick Bullis, Fall 2004
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM , by William Shakespeare
Directed by Michael Massari, Winter 2005
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Directed by Rick Bullis
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, Spring 2005
The COS Live Comedy Show
Directed by Rick Bullis, October 2005
The Annual COS One Act Festival "The Working Actor"
Directed by Anthony Green, February 2006
Tall Ships and Cutlasses by Andrew Sheldon--Directed by Michael Massari
Musical Director – Elaine Schaefer
Choreographer – Joan Lucas, Spring 2006
& The members of the Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by Anthony Green, October 2006
LYSISTRATA NOW written and directed by Anna Budd, February 2007
CHESS by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
Directed by Sandra Dinse
Musical Director Elaine Shaefer
Choreographer Jennifer Windle, April 2007
DANCING AT LUGHNASA by Brian Friel
Directed by Anthony Green October 2007