History
Season One
SEASON 1 1985/1986 (at 1308 Assembly Street)
Luv by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Jim Thigpen
(Performed at Spring Valley High School)
Extremities by William Mastrosimone
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Duck Variations by David Mamet
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Line by Israel Horovitz
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Danny & the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley
Directed by Jim Thigpen
A…My Name is Alice by Julianne Boyd, Joan Micklin Silver, David Zippel, Doug Katsaros, and June Siegel
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Musical Direction by Jane Swindley
Choreography by Rose Dangerfield
Season Two
SEASON 2 1986/1987 (at 1308 Assembly Street)
Private Wars by James McLure
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Lone Star by James McLure
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Master Harold…and the Boys by Athol Fugard
Directed by Jim Thigpen
A…My Name is Alice by Julianne Boyd, Joan Micklin Silver, David Zippel, Doug Katsaros, and June Siegel
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Coup/Clucks by Jane Martin
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Split Second by Dennis McEntyre
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Ain’t Misbehavin’ with Book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr. and Musical Arrangements by Luther Henderson
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Readers by Doug Williams (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Season Three
SEASON 3 1988 (at 520 Lady Street)
Hair with Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and Music by Galt MacDermot
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Beirut by Alan Browne
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Season Four
SEASON 4 1988/1989
Tent Meeting by Larry Larson
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Talk Radio by Eric Bogosian
Directed by Jim Thigpen
I’m Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Torch Song Trilogy (The International Stud & Widows and Children First) by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Bent by Martin Sherman
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Isn’t It Romantic by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune by Terrence McNally
Directed by Stan Brown
Last Night at Ace High by Kenneth Hoke-Witherspoon – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Season Five
SEASON 5 1989/1990
Burn This by Lanford Wilson
A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow
Mother Hicks by Susan Zeder
Directed by Erin Thigpen
A Girl’s Guide to Chaos by Cynthia Heimel
The Wonder Years
Dutchman by LeRoi Jones
Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis
The Arkansas Bear by Aurand Harris
Directed by Erin Thigpen
To the Top (PWF) World Premiere
LATE NITE
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom by Charles Busch
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Butthole the Clown (World Premiere)
Directed by Stan Brown
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You by Christopher Durang
SPECIAL EVENTS
Chopstick Benefit (Hurricane Hugo)
Season Six
SEASON 6 1990/1991
T Bone n Weasel by Jon Klein
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian
Step on a Crack by Suzan Zeder
Directed by Erin Thigpen
Bonnie (World Premiere)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard
Fences by August Wilson
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Heidi Chronicles by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea by John Patrick Shanley
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Lenny by Julian Barry
Comrades by Rick Goldstein – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
LATE NITE
We’re Not Your Mother Players
SPECIAL EVENTS
Chopstick’s Taming of the Shrew
A Soldier’s Tale (with SC Philharmonic & Columbia Ballet)
Season Seven
SEASON 7 1991/1992
Other People’s Money by Jerry Sterner
Show Girls (World Premiere)
Rebel Armies Deep into Chad by Mark W. Lee
Gilligan’s Island (World Premiere)
Italian American Reconciliation by John Patrick Shanley
The Deal by Lewis Black (Southeast Premiere)
The Sum of Us by David Stevens
The Problem by A. R. Gurney
Late Night Fights by ?
Speed of Darkness by Steve Tesich
Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Simon Speaks by Paul Currant – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
LATE NITE
The Well of Horniness by Holly Hughes
We’re Not Your Mother Players
SPECIAL EVENTS
Into the Yonder Zone (Doolittle Raiders Celebration) (World Premiere)
Season Eight
SEASON 8 1992/1993
I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Blues That Go Bump in the Night by ?
Stuff That Dreams are Made Of by ?
Crossing Delancey by Susan Sandler
Love, Sanity and Other Possibilities by ?
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Love Letters by A. R. Gurney
Once Upon a Time There Was a Family by ? (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
On Tidy Endings by Harvey Fierstein
Marvin’s Room by Scott McPherson
Bobby Gould in Hell by David Mamet
Cat’s Paw by William Mastrosimone
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Falsettos with book by James Lapine and William Finn and Music and Lyrics by William Finn
A Beast on the Moon by Richard Kalinoski – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
We’re Not Your Mother Players
The Twitty Triplets by Larry Hembree (World Premiere)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Apprentice Company Production
Season Nine
SEASON 9 1993/1994
Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel
Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang
On the Open Road by Steve Tesich
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Cello Choir by ?
The Price by Arthur Miller
A…My Name is Alice by Julianne Boyd, Joan Micklin Silver, David Zippel, Doug Katsaros, and June Siegel
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Oleanna by David Mamet
Directed by Randy Hanna
Rupert’s Birthday by Ken Jenkins
Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Balm in Gilead by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Hammerstone by Jon Tuttle – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
We’re Not Your Mother Players
The Adventures of Dick Johnson by Jayce Tromsness (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Dick Johnson Again by Jayce Tromsness (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
SPECIAL EVENTS
Poetry Readings
Curated by Steve Harley
Apprentice Company Production
Season Ten
SEASON 10 1994/1995
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Whimsigiddy by Jayce Tromsness (World Premiere)
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Cemetery Man by Ken Jenkins & A Tale of Two Cities
A … My Name is Still Alice by Julianne Boyd, Joan Micklin Silver, David Zippel, Doug Katsaros, and June Siegel
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Keely and Du by Jane Martin
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You by Christopher Durang
The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Pterodactyls by Nicky Silver
Lone Star by James McLure
Frankie & Johnny in the Clair de Lune
All in the Timing by David Ives
Directed by Larry McMullen
A Show of Hands by David Lindsay-Abaire – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
The Well of Horniness by Holly Hughes
Pigs
Dick Johnson Again by Jayce Tromsness (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Sex & Rage in a Soho Loft by Cherie Bennett (Southeast Premiere)
Season Eleven
SEASON 11 1995/1996
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Indians by Arthur Kopit
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deavere Smith
Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn
Closer Than Ever with Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Music by David Shire
Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Anne Frank & Me by Cherie Bennett (Southeast Premiere)
Line by Israel Horovitz
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Hair with Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and Music by Galt MacDermot
The American Car by John Fagan – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom by Charles Busch
Dick Johnson III by Jayce Tromsness (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
The Actor’s Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Directed by Steve Harley
Whips & Chains by ? (Southeast Premiere)
Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch
We’re Not Your Mother Players Improv
Season Twelve
SEASON 12 1996/1997
Angels in America: Perestroika by Tony Kushner
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
Tapestry by Sandra Cowsill
Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead by Eric Bogosian
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Bus Stop by William Inge
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Food Chain by Nicky Silver
Directed by Larry McMullen
Her Aching Heart by Bryony Lavery
Company by Stephen Sondheim
What Doesn’t Kill Us by Dan Remmes – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
Dick Johnson IV (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Stoned Love (World Premiere)
Black Star Rising (World Premiere)
Streetwise (Southeast Premiere)
God by Woody Allen
Directed by Steve Harley
Season Thirteen
SEASON 13 1997/1998
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
This Town (Southeast Premiere)
Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead by Eric Bogosian
The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge by Levi Lee, Edd Key, and Larry Larson
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite by Quincy Long
Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley
The Maids by Jean Genet
The Piano Lesson by August Wilson
Kiss of the Spider Woman with Music by John Kander and Fred Ebb and Book by Terrence McNally
Drift by Jon Tuttle – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
LATE NITE
Ssexx Rangers from Venus (Southeast Premiere)
Rush Limbaugh in Hell
Day of Absence by Douglas Turner Ward
The Indian Wants the Bronx by Israel Horovitz
Home Free! by Lanford Wilson
Women Behind Bars by Tom Eyen
Season Fourteen
SEASON 14 1998/1999
Always…Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley
Directed by Tim Gardner
As Bees in Honey Drown by Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry
Directed by Tyler Marchant
From the Mississippi Delta by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Taking Sides by Ronald Harwood
Directed by Jim O’Connor
Free Will & Wanton Lust by Nicky Silver
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Touch by Toni Press-Coffman – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
LATE NITE
Titanic by Christopher Durang
Directed by Randy Hanna
Happy Ending by Douglas Turner Ward
Directed by Greg Leevy
Straights by Dennis Safren
Directed by Elena Martinez-Vidal
Vortex by Wade Sheeler
Directed by Alex Smith
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Order of the Virgin Mothers by Lois June Wickstrom
Directed by Brian Riley
The Mid-life Crisis of Dionysus by Garrison Keillor
Directed by Lou Kaplan
Stalled by Dewey Scott-Wiley (World Premiere)
Directed by Brian Riley
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 1
Season Fifteen
SEASON 15 1999/2000
A … My Name Will Always Be Alice by Julianne Boyd, Joan Micklin Silver, David Zippel, Doug Katsaros, and June Siegel
Directed by Dewey Scott -Wiley
Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Marie & Bruce by Wallace Shawn
Directed by Ombra Taylor
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Randy Hanna
The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood
Directed by Greg Leevy
The Death of Bessie Smith by Edward Albee
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Alex Smith
Wit by Margaret Edson
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Root of Chaos by Douglas Soderberg
Directed by Ombra Taylor
Two Trains Running by August Wilson
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Hello Again by Michael John LaChiusa
Directed by Jonathan Whitton
The Transparency of Val by Stephen Belber – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
Reefer Madness adapted by Glenn Rawls (World Premiere)
Directed by Alex Smith
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff Goode
Directed by Brian Riley
Talent on Parade (Competition productions by local high schools)
For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang
Directed by Richard Blair
Mavens by Julie Beth Bryan (World Premiere)
Directed by Becky Hunter
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 2
Season Sixteen
SEASON 16 2000/2001
Luv by Murray Schisgal
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Art by Yasmina Reza
Directed by Randy Hanna
Gin Game by Donald L. Coburn
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Blues in the Night conceived by Sheldon Epps
Directed by Paul Kaufmann
Wedding Band by Alice Childress
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Side Man by Warren Leight
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Fuddy Meers by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Alex Smith
Hedwig & the Angry Inch with Book by John Cameron Mitchell and Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by Alex Smith
Hook & Eye by Andrea Lepcio – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
Psycho Beach Party by Charles Busch
Directed by Richard Blair
Sex (With Aliens) by Jayce Tromsness & Anne Kelly (World Premiere)
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
The Well of Horniness by Holly Hughes
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Dutchman by LeRoi Jones
Directed by Carl Rutherford
American Buggery by Diane Leifer
Directed by Anne Kelly
The Adventures of Dick Johnson by Jayce Tromsness (World Premiere)
Directed by Brian Riley
Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life by Bernard Djola Branner, Brian Freeman & Eric Gupton
Directed by Greg Leevy
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You by Christopher Durang
Directed by Anne Kelly
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 3
Season Seventeen
SEASON 17 2001/2002
Piaf by Pam Gems
Directed by Jayce Tromsness
Musical Direction by Caroline Weidner
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Dannielle Wilson
Costume Design by Adonis El Mohtar
The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Alex Smith
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe Di Pietro & Jimmy Roberts
Directed by Randy Hanna
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Choreography by Anita Ashley
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Costume Design by Patrick DeHart
No N***ers, No Jews, No Dogs by John Henry Redwood (Southeast Premiere)
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Costume Design by Myra Ganong
Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Erin Wilson
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Chris Sheridan
Costume Design by Dianne Wilkins
Frankie & Johnny in the Clair De Lune by Terrence McNally
Directed by Larry McMullen
Scenic Design by Chris Sheridan
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
IN REPERTORY WITH
The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Chris Sheridan
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Chris Sheridan
Costume Design by Heidi Parikh
Property Design by Charlie Harrell
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Mo Gaffney & Kathy Najimy
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Chris Sheridan
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Cannibals by Carolyn Moses – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Director by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
LATE NITE
Trustus Acoustic Series
Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life by Bernard Djola Branner, Brian Freeman & Eric Gupton
Directed by Greg Leevy
Wise Saws: Badoobas and Badabas by Jim Thigpen (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
6 Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know by Benge, Brandt, Coppedge, Fagan, Freese, Houston, Johnson, Wilson; Music & Lyrics by Mark Houston
Directed by Donna Wilson
A co-production with Richland Northeast High School
Sex with Aliens II by Jayce Tromsness & Anne Kelly (World Premiere)
Directed by Darion McCloud
Rich’s Shorts by Rich Orloff
Directed by Laurens Wilson
Mavens by Julie Beth Bryan
Directed by Becky Hunter
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 4
Season Eighteen
SEASON 18 2002/2003
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Erin Wilson
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Lighting Design by Randy Hanna
Sound Design by Chris Florian
Costume Design by Debbi Mowry
Property Design by Tim Semon
Proof by David Auburn
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Costume Design by Dianne Wilkins
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change Joe Di Pietro & Jimmy Roberts
Directed by Randy Hanna
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Choreography by Anita Ashley
Costume Design by David Swicegood
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson
Directed by Craig A. Miller
Scenic Design by Andy Mills
Lighting Design by Christopher P. Kettrey
Costume Design by K. Dale White
Music Direction by Tom Beard
Spinning Into Butter by Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Greg Leevy
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Jocelyn Sanders
Costume Design by Dianne Wilkins
Wonder of the World by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Costume Design by Becky Hunter & Lori Brown
When Pigs Fly by Howard Crabtree
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Lighting Design by Barry Sparks
Costume Design by Janet Kile
Property Design by Mary Winn Heider
Kudzu by Sarah Hammond – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Craig A. Miller
Scenic Design by Steven Gross
Lighting Design by Robert Eubanks
Original Music by Steven Fenley
Costume Design by Lisa Martin-Stuart
LATE NITE
The Hamlet Project by Jerry Winters & Danny Hoskins (World Premiere)
Directed by Jerry Winters
Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris, adapted by Joe Mantello
Directed by Erin Wilson
The Bald Soprano by Eugene Ionesco
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Vampire Lesbians of Sodom by Charles Busch
Directed by Larry Hembree
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 5
Season Nineteen
SEASON 19 2003/2004
The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Todd Clark
Costume Design by Robin Gottlieb
Property Design by Sarah Graham
Dirty Blonde by Claudia Shear
Directed by Greg Leevy
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Barry Sparks
Sound Design by Chris Florian
Costume Design by David Swicegood
The Fantasticks with Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones, and Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Larry McMullen
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Music Direction by Tom Beard
Lighting Design by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Choreography by Cindy Flach
Property Design by Theresa Holland
Costume Design by Paula Ninestein
Jar the Floor by Cheryl West
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Scenic Design by Jayce Tromsness
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Costume Design by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Property Design by Kris Esgar
Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Randy Hanna
Scenic Design by Larry McMullen
Light Design by Christopher P. Kettrey
Costume Design by David Swicegood
Sound Design by Randy Hanna & Chuck Whetzel
Yellowman by Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Todd Clark
Lighting Design by Todd Clark
Sound Design by Ed Breland
Costume Design by Kay Thigpen
Bat Boy, The Musical with Story & Book by Keythe Farley & Brian Flemming, and Music & Lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Music Direction by Tom Beard
Scenic Design by Chet Longley
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Choreography by Anita Ashley
Costume Design by Abby Wurster
Property Design by Nate Herring
No Place Like Home by Peter Morris – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Scenic Design by Brandon McIver
Lighting Design by Teddy Palmer
Costume Design by Kay Thigpen
Sound Design by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
Season’s Greetings by David Sedaris & Ho for the Holidays by Paul Kaufmann (World Premiere)
Directed by Paul Kaufmann
Tape By Stephen Belber
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
An Evening at a British Pub featuring plays by Harold Pinter
Directed by Amanda Reyelt
An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein By Shel Silverstein
Directed by Darion McCloud
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 6
Season Twenty
SEASON 20 2004/2005
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Talking With by Jane Martin
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Randy Hanna
Master Harold…and the Boys by Athol Fugard
Directed by Stephen Davis
A Heart Divided by Cherie Bennett & Jeff Gottesfeld Southeast Premiere
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Yellowman by Dael Orlandersmith
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? by Edward Albee
Directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg
Directed by Vincent A. Masterpaul
Holy Ghost by Jon Tuttle – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
LATE NITE
Poona the F***dog & Other Plays for Children by Jeff Goode
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
The Eight: Reindeer Monologues by Jeff Goode
Directed by Darion McCloud
The International Stud by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 7
Season Twenty One
SEASON 21 2005/2006
Cabaret by Kander & Ebb
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Musical Direction by Tamra Stephenson
The Underpants by Steve Martin
Directed by Larry McMullen
Crowns by Regina Taylor
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Strom in Limbo by David Zinman (Southeast Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
The Graduate by Gary Dean Murray
Directed by Alex Smith
Wax Work by Sarah Hammond (Southeastern Premiere)
Director: Dewey Scott-Wiley
Golf, the Musical by Michael Roberts
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
My Name is Bess by Quinn D. Eli – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
Loaded Late Nite Sketch Comedy & Improv
SPECIAL EVENTS
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Alex Smith
Holla!Ween by the NiA Company
Directed by Darion McCloud
Vista Queen 8
Season Twenty Two
SEASON 22 2006/2007
God’s Man in Texas by David Rambo
Directed by Clark Westfield
Frozen by Bryony Lavery
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Crowns by Regina Taylor
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Darion McCloud
Tick…Tick…Boom! by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Randy Hanna
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Nunsense A-Men by Dan Goggin
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Hedwig & the Angry Inch by John Cameron Mitchell
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Chad Henderson
Copy Man by Justin Boyd – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
LATE NITE
For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls by Christopher Durang
Directed by Nathan Herring
Cycle of Their Fathers by Jessica Labbe, Daniel Machado & Chad Henderson
(World Premiere)
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Daniel Machado
Hag by Brian Rooney (Southeast Premiere)
Directed by Neil Easterling
Loaded Late Nite Sketch Comedy
Toast Improv
Daniel Machado
SPECIAL EVENTS
365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks
Vista Queen 9
Season Twenty Three
SEASON 23 2007/2008
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal
Directed by Chad Henderson
Bug by Tracy Letts
Directed by Christian Thee
The Thing About Men by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Having Our Say by Emily Mann
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Southern Baptist Sissies by Del Shores
Directed by Chad Henderson
Reefer Madness: The Musical by Kevin Murphy & Dan Studney
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction by Christopher Cockrell
Better Angels by Wayne Peter Liebman – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Larry McMullen
LATE NITE
Midlands Tech Comedy Troupe
Loaded Late Nite Sketch Comedy
Toast Improv
SECOND SPACE
Four Boxes by Bahram Beyza’i
White People by J. T. Rogers
Dr. Fish by Murray Schisgal
YOUTH THEATRE
Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Martha Hearn (World Premiere)
A Christmas Carol by George Pate (World Premiere)
The Meaning of I by George Pate (World Premiere)
TOUR
White People by J. T. Rogers
at Francis Marion University
SPECIAL EVENTS
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Vista Queen 10
Season Twenty Four
SEASON 24 2008/2009
The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Set Design & Lighting by Todd Clark
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Chad Henderson
Evita Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Director: Jeanine Cully Marsh
Choreographer: Cindy Flach
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Larry McMullen
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer
Elephant’s Graveyard by George Brant (Southeastern Premiere)
Directed by Robert Richmond
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Choreography by Terrence Henderson
The Sweet Abyss by Jon Tuttle – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
YOUTH THEATRE
Rip Van Winkle adapted by George Pate
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
A Christmas Carol adapted by George Pate
Directed by Chad Henderson
The Tall Tale of Pecos Bill adapted by George Pate
Brer Rabbit adapted by George Pate
Directed by Darion McCloud
BLACK BOX
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
Directed by Elena Martinez-Vidal
White People by J.T. Rogers
Directed by Larry McMullen
Fat Pig by Neil Labute
Directed by Darion McCloud
LATE NITE/SPECIAL EVENTS
Loaded Late Night Sketch Comedy
Toast Improv
Midlands Tech Comedy Troupe
Rock the Vote
Vista Queen 11
Season Twenty Five
SEASON 25 2009/2010 – 25th Anniversary
The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Extremities by William Mastrosimone
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Rent by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction: Chris Cockrell
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Crowns by Regina Taylor
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Musical Direction by Roland Haynes
The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Last Summer at Bluefish Cove by Jane Chambers
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Hair with Book and Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado and Music by Galt MacDermot
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction by Caroline Weidner & Chris McCroskey
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Parallel Lives: The Kathy & Mo Show by Kathy Najimy & Mo Gaffney
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Paradise Key – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
BLACK BOX
Mr. Charles, Currently of Palm Beach/Pride & Joy
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Pounding Nails into the Floor with My Forehead
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Fires in the Mirror
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All For You
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
LATE NITE/SPECIAL EVENTS
Toast Improv
Loaded Late Nite Sketch Comedy
Mayoral Forum
Daniel Machado
Exonerated
Midlands Tech Comedy Troupe
Teen Pregnancy
Vista Queen 12
Season Twenty Six
SEASON 26 2010/2011
Rent by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical Direction by Chris Cockrell
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Reasons to be Pretty by Neil Labute
Directed by Chad Henderson
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Mahalia
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Assassins by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Jewtopia
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Smokey Joe’s Café
Directed & Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Musical Direction by Walter Graham
Swing ‘39 – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Jim Thigpen
BLACK BOX
Our Lady of 121st Street
Directed by Darion McCloud
A co-production with NiA
LATE NITE/SPECIAL EVENTS
The Pack
Nirdvana
Toast: 10 Year Reunion
Vista Queen 13
Season Twenty Seven
SEASON 27 2011-2012
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
Directed by Jim Thigpen
Spring Awakening
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Passing Strange
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer
Avenue Q
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
The Palace of the Moorish Kings by Jon Tuttle – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
BLACK BOX
All This Intimacy
Directed by Heather McCue
A co-production with NiA
Amazons and their Men
Directed by Larry McMullen
A Behanding in Spokane
Directed by Daniel Bumgardner
LATE NIGHT
Third Finger Left Hand by Randall David Cook (Southeast Premiere)
Directed by Larry Hembree
Kitty Kitty Kitty
Directed by Daniel Bumgardner
Almost an Evening
Directed by Chad Henderson
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 14
Season Twenty Eight
SEASON 28 2012/2013
Next to Normal
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Tom Beard
Next Fall
Directed by Sharon Graci
(title of show)
Directed by Dewey Scott Wiley
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Motherfucker with a Hat
Directed by Chad Henderson
Good People
Directed by Jim O’Connor
By The Way, Meet Vera Stark
Directed by Dewey-Scott Wiley
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Directed and Choreographed by Terrance Henderson
Pine – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
I Am My Own Wife
Directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
My First Time
Directed by Jade Johnson
LATE NITE
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Directed by Shane Silman
Kevin’s Un-Cabaret
Conceived by Kevin Bush and Andy Bell
SPECIAL EVENTS
Vista Queen 15
Season Twenty Nine
SEASON 29 2013/2014
MAIN STAGE
Ragtime: The Musical
Directed by Chad Henderson, Music Direction by Jeremy, Choreography by Terrance Henderson
Venus in Fur
Directed by Jim O’Connor
A Christmas Carol
Directed by Chad Henderson
Clybourne Park
Directed by Jim O’Connor
See Rock City and Other Destinations
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley, Music Direction by Randy Moore
The House of Blue Leaves
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Evil Dead: The Musical
Directed by Chad Henderson, Music Direction by Randy Moore
The Velvet Weapon – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
El Diario De Un Psiquiatra
Directed by Betsy Newman
Love, Loss, and What I Wore
Directed by Larry Hembree
Race
Directed by Heather McCue
SPECIAL EVENTS
Marjorie Barnes and the Dick Goodwin Orchestra
Henderson Bros. Burlesque
Vista Queen 16
Season Thirty
SEASON 30 2014/2015
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Directed by Jim O’Connor
A Christmas Carol
Directed by Chad Henderson
In the Red and Brown Water
Directed by Chad Henderson
Godspell
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Dreamgirls
Directed and Choreographed by Terrance Henderson
Music Direction by Walter Graham
Big City – Playwrights Festival (World Premiere)
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
The Other Place
Directed by Jim O’Connor
Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays
Directed by Elena Martinez-Vidal
You Better Sit Down: Tales from my Parents’ Divorce
Directed by Scott Herr
Bill W. and Doctor Bob
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
SPECIAL EVENTS
Henderson Bros. Burlesque
Vista Queen 17
Season Thirty One
SEASON 31 2015/2016
Marie Antoinette
Directed by Robert Richmond
The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
Directed by Larry Hembree
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Appropriate by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by Jim O’Connor
Peter and the Starcatcher
Directed by Robert Richmond
Music Direction by Caroline Weidner
The Flick by Annie Baker
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Green Day’s American Idiot
Directed by Chad Henderson
Music Direction by Christopher Cockrell
Choreography by Caitlin Britt
Anatomy of a Hug by Kat Ramsburg
Directed by Chad Henderson
Trustus Playwrights Festival – World Premiere
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
The Brothers Size
Directed by Chad Henderson
Kimi Maeda’s The Ephemera Trilogy
Created and performed by Kimi Maeda
OFF-OFF LADY
The Testament of Mary
Directed by Paul Kaufmann
SPECIAL EVENTS
Dick Goodwin and his Big Band
The Brothers Size
Directed by Chad Henderson
Piccolo Spoleto Festival
Vista Queen 18
Season Thirty Two
SEASON 32 2016/2017
THIGPEN THEATRE
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Directed by Scott Blanks
Music Direction by Chris Cockrell
Choreography by Caitlin Britt
The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Directed by Chad Henderson
Grey Gardens with book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, and Lyrics by Michael Korie
Directed by Milena Herring
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Choreography by Mandy Applegate Bloom
Hand to God by Robert Askins
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
Rock of Ages
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Black Super Hero Magic Mama by Indah Craig-Galvan
Directed by Stan Brown
Trustus Playwrights Festival – Southeast Premiere
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
Tail! Spin!
Directed by Jason Stokes
Boy
Directed by Ilene Fins
Sex on Sunday
Directed by Eric Bultman
SPECIAL EVENTS
Jingle Bell Jazz
Love Is Love Cabaret
Vista Queen 19
Season Thirty Three
SEASON 33 2017/2018
THIGPEN THEATRE
Evil Dead: The Musical
Directed by Chad Henderson
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Choreography by Terrence Henderson
A Christmas Miracle at the Richland Fashion Mall by The Mothers – World Premiere
Directed by Abigail McNeely
A Bright Room Called Day by Tony Kushner
Directed by Erin Wilson
Fun Home
Directed by Chad Henderson
The Restoration’s Constance – World Premiere
Directed by Chad Henderson
Memphis
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Music Direction by Christopher Cockrell
Choreography by Grayson Anthony
Boy About Ten by Jon Tuttle
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
Trustus Playwrights Festival World Premiere
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
Building the Wall by Robert Schenkkan
Directed by Jim O’Connor
Sunset Baby by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Bakari Lebby
Hir by Taylor Mac
Directed by Lindsay Rae Taylor
SPECIAL EVENTS
Jingle Bell Jazz
Love Is Love Cabaret (2)
Vista Queen 20
Scott Hall – Winner
Season Thirty Four
SEASON 34 2018/2019
THIGPEN THEATRE
Silence! The Musical
Directed by Jonathan Monk
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol by Tom Mula
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens
Directed by Chad Henderson
The Great Gatsby by Simon Levy
Directed by Chad Henderson
Original Music by Mark Rapp
Choreography by Stephanie Wilkins
Sweat by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Erin Wilson
Heathers: The Musical
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Choreography by Grayson Anthony
Montgomery by Stephen Brown
Directed by Sharon Graci
Trustus Playwrights Festival – Southeast Premiere
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
Cost of Living by Martyna Majok
Directed by Paul Kaufmann
OFF-SITE
5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche by Andrew Hobgood and Evan Linder
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
at Restoration Lutheran Church
Motherhood Out Loud
Directed by Martha Hearn Kelly
at Columbia Children’s Theatre
SPECIAL EVENTS
Misery Is Optional: Recollections on Recovery by Christine Hellman and Dewey Scott-Wiley
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Preach Jacobs: Black AF
Living Legend – Gerald Floyd
at City Art
2nd Act Film Festival
Free-Times Music Crawl – Cayla Fralick, Numbtongue, J Roddy Walston and the Business, Dear Blanca
Jingle Bell Jazz
Love Is Love Cabaret (3)
At The Pastor’s Study at Lula Drake
The Starry Place Between the Antlers: Columbia Celebrates James Dickey
Screening of Deliverance
The Great Gatsby House Party
at Seibels House and Gardens
Vista Queen 21: Battle Royal
Gregory Garrett – Winner
Season Thirty Five
SEASON 35 2019/2020
THIGPEN THEATRE
Company by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Music Direction by Randy Moore
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by Libby Hawkins
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
Trustus In the Round Series
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson with book by Alex Timbers, and music and lyrics by Michael Friedman
Directed by Chad Henderson
Music Direction by Christopher Cockrell
Choreography by Grayson Anthony
Trustus In the Round Series
Cancelled due to COVID-19: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (performed March 13 and 14, 2020), Fairview, We Will Rock You, Composure, House Calls, Tiny Beautiful Things, Vista Queen 22, Mardi Gras House Party, Love is Love Cabaret
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Elena Martinez-Vidal
We Are Proud to Present… by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Andrew Schwartz
Co-production with Coker College
SPECIAL EVENTS
The Mothers Improv and Sketch
Living Legend – Kay Thigpen
at City Art
2nd Act Film Festival
Jingle Bell Jazz
Season Thirty Six
SEASON 36 2020/2021
VIRTUAL PRODUCTIONS: TRUSTUS LIVE
Something to Vote For: A Celebration of the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In Partnership with the League of Women Voters
Directed by Ginny Ives
Featuring Dr. Cynthia Davis and Katie Leitner
Down in the Holler (virtual reading) by Val Dunn
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
2020 Trustus Playwrights’ Festival winner
FEST24: Homecoming – three weekend event
Burning Man by Jon Tuttle
Directed by Bakari Lebby
The Cliches by Kat Ramsberg
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
Until I Say So by Tangie Beaty
Directed by Jenna Tamisiea Elser
Steve’s Booze Cruise by Stephen Brown
Directed by Erin Wilson
The Free Experience by Lori Sinclair Minor
Directed by Terrance Henderson
Ghosts of North America by Mary Winn Heider
Directed by Elena Martinez-Vidal
The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Abigail McNeely
Ceviche o No Ceviche: COVID 19 Edition
In Partnership with La Tropa
Directed by Betsy Newman
THIGPEN MAIN STAGE
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
Featuring Katrina Garvin as Billie Holiday
SPECIAL EVENTS
The Mothers Improv and Sketch (virtual shows)
Jingle Bell Jazz
With Preach Jacobs (2)
Rock the Block
Season Thirty Seven
SEASON 37 2021/2022
THIGPEN MAIN STAGE
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Music direction by Randy Moore
Choreography by Anita Ashley
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Jocelyn Sanders
How the Mothers Stole Christmas by The Mothers comedy group
Directed by Martha Hearn
tick, tick… BOOM! by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical direction by Chris Cockrell
Choreography by Terrance Henderson
At the Wake of a Dead Drag Queen by Terry Guest
Directed and choreographed by Terrance Henderson
Dance Nation by Clare Barron
Directed by Abigail McNeely
Choreographed by Brailey Johnson and Shaun Moreland
First Date by Austin Winsberg, Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Musical direction by Randy Moore
Trustus True Crime Rep
Composure written and directed by Jason Stokes
House Calls: The Strange Tale of Dr. Gale by Charlie Finesilver, directed by Ginny Ives
Trustus Playwrights Festival – world premieres
SPECIAL EVENTS
The Mothers sketch comedy
Living Legend – Bobby Craft
at City Art
Jingle Bell Jazz
Drag Show Extravaganza – Columbia Legends
Vista Queen 2022 – Disco Inferno
Lex Moore – winner
Season Thirty Eight
SEASON 38 2022/2023
THIGPEN MAIN STAGE
The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien
Directed and Choreographed by Terrance Henderson
Hurricane Diane by Madeleine George
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
Mr. Burns, A Post Electric Play by Anne Washburn
Directed by Abigail McNeely
The Mad Ones by Kait Kerrigan and Bree Lowdermilk
Directed by Robin Gottlieb and Katie Leitner
Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Terrance Henderson
Little Shop of Horrors by Alan Menken
Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman
Directed by Jessica Francis Fichter
Down in the Holler by Val Dunn
Directed by Dewey Scott-Wiley
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
Milkmilklemonade by Joshua Conkel
Directed by Jonathan Monk
SPECIAL EVENTS
At the Heart of it All: A Tribute to Kay and Jim Thigpen
Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show
520 Sings: Trustus Cabaret Series
The Mothers sketch comedy shows
Vista Queen 2023
Winner Dylan Gunnels
Season Thirty Nine
SEASON 39 2023/2024
THIGPEN MAIN STAGE
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Book and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Richard Wheeler
Directed by Patrick Michael Kelly
Musical Direction by Amanda Hines Wrona and Ayush Joshi
The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Stupid Fucking Bird by Aaron Posner
Directed by Jessica Francis Fichter
Blues for an Alabama Sky by Pearl Cleage
Directed by Terrance Henderson
POTUS by Selina Fillinger
Directed by Abigail Lee McNeely
The Prom
Directed by Dewey Scott Wiley
Musical Direction Chris Cockrell
Dandelion: An Original Musical
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY COLLEEN FRANCIS
ADDITIONAL MUSIC AND LYRICS BY HAILEE BELTZHOOVER ZUNIGA AND BILL ZEFFIRO
BOOK BY JESSICA FRANCIS FICHTER AND SEAN RIEHM
DIRECTED BY JESSICA FRANCIS FICHTER
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY STEPHEN GROSS
CHOREOGRAPHY BY TERRANCE HENDERSON
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
Exit, Pursued by a Bear by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Ginny Ives
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrance McNally
Directed by Erin Wilson
SPECIAL EVENTS
Season 39 Kickoff Block Party
Trustus Inaugural Gala: Adult Prom at SC State Museum
520 Sings: Trustus Cabaret Series (Bad Romance, Make Them Hear You)
The Mothers sketch comedy and improv shows
Vista Queen 2024
Season Forty
SEASON 40 2024/2025
THIGPEN MAIN STAGE
People Places and Things by Duncan Macmillan
Directed by Dewey Scott Wiley
The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical
Directed by Robin Gottlieb
Musical Direction by Randy Moore
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Directed by Terrance Henderson
Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Erin Wilson
Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA
Directed by Jessica Fichter
Take By Hand and Wave Goodbye
Directed by Dewey Scott Wiley
SIDE DOOR THEATRE
What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schrek
Directed by Ginny Ives
The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Martha Hearn
A Case for the Existence of God by Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Jonathan Monk
SPECIAL EVENTS
Season 40 Kickoff Party
Trustus Gala – Theme Harlem Renaissance
520 Sings: Trustus Cabaret Series
The Mothers sketch comedy and improv shows
Vista Queen- Queens of Pop
