Beechmont Players Productions
Beechmont Players Productions
1959,
Spring
The Beechmont Players founded
1959-60 “Premiere” Season
Solid Gold Cadillac by Howard Teichmann and
George S. Kaufman
Produced
by Walter J. Dmytryk
1960-61
The Tender Trap by Max Shulman and Robert Paul
Smith
Directed by Penn
Dennis
Produced by Betty Peters
Bell, Book and
Candle by John van Druten
Directed by Penn
Dennis
Directed by Barb
Rex
Directed by Penrod Dennis & S.C. Potter
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Directed by Walter
Flashar
Assisted by Terry Kordis
Separate Tables
Directed by Donald
Harford
Assisted by Nancy O’Brien
Send Me No Flowers
Directed by Jeanne
Saulnier
Assisted by Phyllis Miller
1961-62
Monique by Dorothy Blankfort and
Michael Blankfort, based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas
Narcejac
Directed by Penn
Dennis
Directed by Penrod Dennis
Produced by Walt Flaschar & Sam Beall
Arsenic and Old
Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Roger
Grooms
Produced by Bill Kordis
Nude with Violin by Noel Coward
Directed by Wayne
Gregory
Produced by Samuel Beall
1962-63
Once More, With
Feeling by Harry Kurnitz
The Devil’s
Advocate by Dore Schary
Directed by Roger
Grooms
Critic’s Choice by Ira Levin
The Emperor’s New
Clothes by Blanche Marvin
The Golden Goose
1963-64
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Tea and Sympathy by Robert Anderson
Directed by Jeanne
Salunier
Scenes from MacBeth by William Shakespeare
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Phoenix 67
1964-65
Directed by Jeanne
Salunier
My Three Angels by Sam & Bella Spewack,
based on La Cuisine des Anges by
Albert Husson
Anastasia by Guy Bolton, adapted from
the play by Marcelle Maurette
Scenes from
Antigone translated by
Lewis
Galantiere from the French of Jean Anouilh
A Thurber Carnival by James Thurber
1965-66 (no shows)
1966-67
1967-68
But for Whom
Charlie by S.N. Behrman
Philadelphia, Here
I Come! By
Brian Friel
Directed by Bill
Fellerhoff
Directed by Larry
Behymer
1968-69
Directed by Bill
Fellerhoff
The Dark at the
Top of the
Stairs
by William Inge
The Fantasticks
Book & Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Alice in Wonderland
1969-70
Don’t Drink the
Water by Woody Allen
Goodbye, Charlie by George Axelrod
Directed by
Barbara Rex
1970-71
Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott
Directed by Mary
Boehner
UTBU by James Kirkwood
Directed by Mark
Ramsey
Bus Stop by William Inge
1971-72
John Brown’s Body by Stephen Vincent Benet
Directed by Bill
Fellerhof
Plaza Suite by Neil Simon
1972-73 “12th Season”
Directed by Gene
Wolters
Catch Me If You Can by Jack Weinstock and
Willie Gilbert
Directed by Hank
Maue
You’re a Good Man
Charlie
Brown
Based on the comic strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz
Book, lyrics and music by Clark Gesner
Directed by Barbara Sutton
Music Direction by W. Robert Manne
Produced by Hank Maue
1973,
February 6
Beechmont Players, Inc. incorporated
1973-74 “13th Season”
Directed by Hank
Maue
Produced
by Ruth Maue
Book, music & lyrics by Rick Resoyan
Directed by Barbara Sutton
Choreographed by Pam Parker and Pat Parker
Music Direction by W. Robert Manne
Produced by Linda Woodrow and Mary Lou Haney
The Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson, based
on the novel by William March
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Penny Behymer
1974-75
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced
by Penny Behymer
Send Me No Flowers by Norman Barasch and
Carroll Moore
Directed by
William Fellerhoff
Produced by Barb Rex
Not Now, Darling by Ray Cooney and John
Chapman
Directed by John
Morris
Produced by W. Robert Manne
1975-76
Directed by Hank
Maue
Produced
by Doris Bauer
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Directed by Ray
Watson
Produced by Hank Maue
1975,
October 14
IRS grants Beechmont Players non-profit status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
1976-77
Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence and
Robert E. Lee
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Bill Hale
The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon
Produced by Mary Ann Fagel
1977-78
Based on stories
by Robert Fontaine
Directed by William Fellerhoff
Produced by Joyce N. Elliott
Sunday in New York by Norman Krasna
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Marilyn Johnson
Arsenic and Old
Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Paula Connere
1978-79
The Man Who Came
to Dinner by Moss Hart
and George S.
Kaufman
Directed by Ray
Watson
Produced by Bill Hale
Relatively Speaking by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Terri Handley
The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Dianne Busch
1979-80
Directed by Dianne
Busch
Produced
by Marianne Faulkner
The Gang’s All Here by Jerome Lawrence and
Robert E. Lee
Directed by Bill
Fellerhoff
Produced by Steven Krieger
Harvey by Mary Chase
Directed by Rick
Vance
Produced by Shirley Dignan
1980-81
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Cathy Roesener and Steven Krieger
Everything in the
Garden by Edward Albee,
from the
play by Giles Cooper
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Millie Spencer
Mary, Mary by Jean Kerr
Directed by Bill
Favret
Produced by Joyce Elliott
1981-82
Produced
by Mary Ann Fagel
Here Lies Jeremy
Troy by Jack Sharkey
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Cheryl Reber
The Hollow
Produced by Millie Spencer
1982-83
The Silver Whistle
by Robert E. McEnroe
Directed by June
Balwin
Produced by Bob Baldwin
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by John Nurre
Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Shirley Dignan
1983-84
Produced
by Dick Dignan
Bus Stop by William Inge
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by John Nurre
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Cathy
McCarthy Gill
Produced by Mary Benz
1984-85
Directed by Bill
Favret
Produced
by Charlie Shrive
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
Produced by Dick Dignan and Shirley Dignan
No Sex Please,
We’re British by Anthony
Marriott and
Alistair Foot
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Stuart Gill and Cathy Gill
Story Theatre by Paul Sills (including The
Evil Forest by Larry Behymer)
Produced by Fran Schultz
Just Like Sisters by Benjamin Trylor
(6th
Annual Cincinnati Theatre Festival)
Directed by Cathy McCarthy Gill
1985-86
Adapted from a
story by Carl
Reiner
Directed
by Arnie Shayne
Produced by Rod Guenther and Darla Guenther
Move Over Mrs.
Markham by Ray Cooney and
John
Chapman
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Jim Brown and Ruth Brown
Children of a
Lesser God by Mark Medoff
Directed by Cathy
McCarthy Gill
Produced by Cheryl Reber
Grandma Duck is
Dead by Larry Shue
(7th
Annual Cincinnati Theatre Festival)
Directed by Cathy McCarthy Gill
1986-87
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Shirley Dignan and Gary Wettengel
My Emperor’s New
Clothes by Larry Shue
Directed by Cathy
McCarthy Gill
Music Direction by Richard Oberacker
Produced by Lori Manifold
Tribute by Bernard Slade
Directed by Joan
Corey
Produced by Frances Houston and John Houston
Alone Together by Lawrence Roman
Directed by Jef
Brown
Produced by Lori Manifold and Shari Stewart
Infancy by Thornton Wilder
(The Cincinnati
Theatre Festival 1987)
Directed by Joan Corey
Produced by Bob Rakel
1987-88
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced
by Fred Bennett
The Fantasticks
Book and lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by Cathy McCarthy Gill
Produced by Jim Brown and Ruth Brown
The Real Inspector
Hound by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Jef
Brown
Produced by Millie Spencer
The Unvarnished
Truth by Royce Ryton
Directed by
Barbara Brown
Produced by Millie Spencer
A Sleeping Beauty
Book and lyrics by
Larry Behymer
Music by Dorlan Bell
Directed by Larry Behymer
Choreography by Joe Kovacks
Music Direction by Dorlan Bell
Produced by John Houston and Fran Houston
1988-89
Directed by Cathy
Gill
Produced
by Gary Wettengel
Music and Lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, based on the classic by
Charles Dickens
Directed by Barbara Brown
Music Direction by Tom Murphy
Produced by Cheryl Reber
Prescription: Murder by Richard Levinson and William Link
Directed by Pat
Herman
Produced by Gary Wettengel
Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Music by Mary Rogers
Directed by Larry Behymer
Produced by Millie Spencer
1989-90
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced
by John Nurre
Of Dragons and
Dwarves
Book & lyrics
by Jack Williams
Music by Linda Baumheckel
Directed by Jef Brown
Music Direction by Barbara Jo Warapius
Produced by Jamie Janson
Mornings at Seven by Paul Osborn
Directed
by Shari Stewart
Produced
by Terri Wilson
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Directed by Cathy
McCarthy Gill
Produced by Millie Spencer
1990-91
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced
by Millie Spencer
Run For Your Wife by Ray Cooney
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Cheryl Reber
Stepping Out by Richard Harris
Directed by Cathy
McCarthy Gill
Choreographed by Brenda Burns
Produced by Bob Baldwin
1991-92
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced
by Rod Guenther
Deathtrap by Ira Levin
Directed by Joan
Corey
Produced by Edward Spencer
Book, lyrics and music by Dan Goggin
Directed by Mark Woods
Choreography by Kathy Wedding
Music Direction by W. Robert Manne
Produced by Millie Spencer
1992-93
Directed by Larry
Shue
Produced
by Gary Wettengel
Cinderella adapted
by Jim Eiler and Gene Bargy, based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Directed by Darla
Guenther
Choreography by Brenda Burns
Music Direction by Faye Crawford
Produced by Jill Hennessey
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Jerry Harvey
1993-94
Directed by Jef
Brown
Produced
by Terri Wilson
Music by Jan Cole
Additional lyrics and music by Faye Crawford
Directed
by Robert Weidle
Choreography
by Nancy Rzonca
Music Direction
by Faye Crawford
Produced
by Millie Spencer
The Curious Savage by Jon Patrick
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by John Arenivar
1994-95
Directed by
Roberto
Henriquez
Produced
by Sally Henriquez
Bottoms Up! By George Kreutz
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Cheryl Boettger
Father of the Bride by Caroline Francke
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Diana Turner
Book and Lyrics by Joseph Robinette
Music by Karly Jurman
Directed by Robert Weidle
Choreography by Nancy Rzonca
Music Direction by Rick Davis
Produced by Terri Wilson
1995-96
Directed by Jef
Brown
Produced
by Millie Spencer
Adaptation, book and lyrics by Jim Eiler
Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
Directed by Karen Sence
Choreography by Nancy Goodwin
Music Direction by Rick Davis
Produced by Jodie Weidle and Robert Weidle
Allocating Annie by Rick Abbot
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Diana Turner
Love Letters by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Cathy
Funcheon and Jef Brown
Produced by Robert Weidle
Little Shop of
Horrors
Based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles
Griffith
Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Directed by Robert Weidle and Kim Schilffarth
Choreography by Diane Cornett
Vocal Direction by Sherry McCamley
Conductor, Rick Ashworth
Produced by Diana Turner
1996-97
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced
by Millie Spencer
The Nerd by Larry Shue
Directed by
Deborah Ludwig
Produced by Judy Wettengel and Cathy Funcheon
Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Terri Wilson
The Amazing
Adventures of
Singbad the Sailor
Book, lyrics and music by Faye Crawford
Directed by Eric Bardes & Faye Crawford
Produced by Gary Wettengel, Judy Wettengel and Cathy Funcheon
1997-98
Arsenic and Old
Lace by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Cathy
Funcheon
Produced by Judy Wettengel
How the Other Half
Loves by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Judy
Berrens
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
1998-99
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced
by Jennifer K. Richardson
Book by Tom Key & Russell Treyz
Music & lyrics by Harry Chapin
Directed by Jef Brown
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s
Nest by
Dale Wasserman, adapted from the novel by Ken Kesey
Directed by Rosco
Mlinek
Produced by Millie Spencer
Joseph and the
Amazing
Technicolor- Dreamcoat by
Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by Robert
Weidle
Produced by Cathy Funcheon
1999-2000
Based on the comic strip “PEANUTS” by Charles M. Schulz
Book by Charles M. Schulz Creative Association, Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw and Michael L. Grace
Music by Larry Grossman
Lyrics by Hal Hackady
Directed by Jennifer Richardson
Choreographed by David Radtke
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
You Can’t Take it
With You by Moss Hart and
George S.
Kaufman
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Cheryl Boettger
The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie
Directed by Jef
Brown
Produced by Millie Spencer
2000-01
Directed by Jim
Bussey
Produced by Millie & Edward Spencer
Book and lyrics by Stephen Downs and Randall Martin, based on
the chantefable Aucassin &Nicholette
Directed by Jef Brown
Music Direction by Bethany Deem
Choreography by Amber Burgess
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Directed by Rosco
Mlinek
Produced by Summer Tyler
(Produced with Milford Theatre Guilde)
Directed by Charles Russell
Produced by Linda Roll & Pam Kaesemeyer
2001-02
Directed by Robert
Weidle
Produced
by Cathy Funcheon
When Did You Last
See Your Trousers?
by Ray
Galton and John Antrobus
Directed by Edward
Spencer
Produced by Cheryl Boettger
Daddy’s Dyin’,
Who’s Got the
Will? by
Del Shores
Directed by Larry
Behymer
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
Cinderella by Jim Eiler
Directed by Darla Guenther
Produced by Shirley Dignan & Aimée Horn
2002-03
Anastasia by Guy Bolton & Marcelle Maurette
Directed by Larry Behymer
Produced by Jim Bussey
Funny Money by Ray Cooney
Directed by Jim Bussey
Produced by Cheryl Boettger
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward
Directed by John Conrard
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
My
Emperor's New Clothes by Larry Shue
Directed by Judy Berrens
Produced by Shirley Dignan
& Aimée
Horn
2003-04
See How They Run by Phillip King
Directed by Kevin Minney
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer
Don't Dress for Dinner by Marc Camoletti
Directed by Ed Spencer
Produced by Cheryl Boettger
"But Why Bump Off Barnaby?" by Rick Abbott
Directed by Charles Russell
Produced by Aimée Horn
My
Friend the Fox by William Glennon
Directed by Larry Behymer
Produced by Pam Kaesemeyer