Troupe #185 History

Troupe #185 History

Member of Educational Theater Association and the International Thespian Society

PRODUCTION HISTORY OF

THESPIAN TROUPE 185:

1971-1972

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Dracula

See How They Run

Dark of the Moon

Ode to a Critter Review

The Music Man

1972-1973

Toast of the Town

Little Mary Sunshine

The Rainmaker

The Great Christmas Caper

The Lark

Cycles

Come Blow Your Horn

1973-1974

Our Town

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way

Amahl and the Night Vistors

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

UTBU

Annie Get Your Gun

1974-1975

The Crucible

Roar of the Tinsel, Smell of the Mistletoe

Arsenic and Old Lace

The Most Happy Fella

1975-1976

You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

Splendor in the Grass

Will the Real Santa Please Stand Up

Inherit the Wind

The Pajama Game

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1976-1977

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln

Dames at Sea

Cinderfella

Charley's Aunt

Oliver

The Lion In Winter

Ah, Wilderness!

1977-1978

Antigone

The Secret of Christmas Spirit

The Haunting of Hill House

The Star Spangled Girl

Brigadoon

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

1978-1979

Look Homeward Angel

Don't Drink the Water

Night Must FAll

Anything Goes

Patio/Porch

1979-1980

The Odd Couple

Shenandoah

The Wicked Toymaker of Crag Mt.

The Passion of Dracula

Cabaret

1980-1981

The Curious Savage

A Day in Hollywood/Night

at the North Pole

Kaleidoscope

Guys and Dolls

1981-1982

Whose Life is it Anyway?

You Can't Take it With You

42nd Street

Come Blow Your Horn

Where's Charley?

1982-1983

Butterflies are Free

Harvey

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

Picnic

Oklahoma

1983-1984

Go Ask Alice

I Ought to Be in Pictures

Yankee Doodle Santy

Fiddler on The Roof

1984-1985

Veronica's Room

Design For Living

Sunday in the Park with Santa

The Shadow Box

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat

1985-1986

Dandelion Wine

Barefoot in the Park

Singing in te Snow

The Runner Stumbles

The Sound of Music

1986-1987

Breakfast with Less and Bess

Vanities

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

See How they Ran

The King and I

1987-1988

Our Town

The Effect of Gamma Rays on

Man in the Moon Marigolds

Sleigh Ride Express

Summertime

My Fair Lady

1988-1989

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Diary of Anne Frank

Me and My Elf

The Subject was Roses

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1989-1990

The Matchmaker

An Evening of One Acts

The Murder Game

Guys and Dolls

1990-1991

Kailedescope II

Meet Me in St. Louis

The Owl and the Pussycat

Godspell

1991-1992

Kailedescope III

The Santa Follies

Another Antigone

Tintype

1992-1993

Jimmy Shine

Santa and the Beast

The Odd Couple

The Fantastiks

1993-1994

Dracula

Kaleidescope IV

Mary Marc

They're Playing Our Song

1994-1995

Brighton Beach Memoirs

Steel Magnolias

Kaleidescope V

Don't Drink the Water

Funny Girl

1995-1996

You Can't Take it With You

The Glass Menagerie

Night Must Fall

The Music Man

1996-1997

Murder in the Magnolias

Up the Down Staircase

A Night of One Acts

The Pajama Game

1997-1998

Arsenic and Old Lace

Little Women

Bye Bye Birdie

1998-1999

Our Town

Don't Drink the Water

A Night of One Acts

Fiddler on the Roof

1999-2000

Peter Pan

Coffeehouse 1999

Many Moons

A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream

2000-2001

Tom Jones

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Coffeehouse 2000

On the Town

2001-2002

You Can't Take It With You

Coffeehouse 2001

Anything Goes

Blood Brothers

2002-2003

The Crucible

Coffeehouse 2002: Espresso Yourself

My Favorite Year

Antigone

2003-2004

Captain Fantastic!

Coffeehouse 2003: Java the Hut

Brigadoon

The Elephant Man

2004-2005

It Runs in the Family

Coffeehouse 2004: Brewed to Perfection

Becoming Memories

South Pacific

Stage Door (Student directed production)

2005-2006

Godspell

Coffeehouse 2005: Filled to the Rim

Noises Off

Guys and Dolls

A Night of One Acts: "Courting 101," "Hard Candy," &

"Savage Love" (Student directed production)

2006-2007

Seussical

Coffeehouse 2006: HOT HOT HOT!

Shenandoah

Fools

“From Nothing:”A Night of One Acts:

“Sense and Senselessness”& “Canterbury Fails” (Student written and directed production)

2007-2008

Dracula

Coffeehouse 2007: Common Grounds

Barefoot in the Park

Dandelion Wine

Annie Get Your Gun

2008-2009

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Come Blow Your Horn

Little Mary Sunshine

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

Thespian Troupe 185 "The Masqued Indians" is a chapter of the International Thespian Society, a division of the Educational Theater Association. Founded in 1971, by PTHS teacher Barry N. Wood, Troupe 185 is celebrating its 36th anniversary in 2008. Its number 185 designates that it was the 185th high school thespian troupe to be established in the nation. It was the FIRST in Pennsylvania.

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), founded in 1929, is the professional association for theatre education. EdTA’s mission is to make theatre a part of lifelong learning. The Association’s major areas of effort—educational development, teacher training, and advocacy—serve to accomplish this mission by helping to improve the learning environment in the theatre arts. As the professional association for theatre educators, EdTA encompasses the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization for high school and middle school theatre students.

The International Thespian Society, a division of the Educational Theatre Association, is the honorary theatre organization for students in high school and middle school. The ITS offers everything from varied performance venues to college audition opportunities to formal awards and scholarships. Since 1929, more than two million students, schools, and educators have benefited from ITS membership.