History & Past Productions

1976 · Inaugural

• INAUGRAL PREMIERA CHAUTAUQUA SHOW

1976-77 · Season 1

• THE LARK
• FINISHING TOUCHES
• BRIGADOON

1977-78 · Season 2

• A DOLL'S HOUSE
• NIGHT MUST FALL
• GIGI

1978-79 · Season 3

• A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
• PLAZA SUITE
• MAME

1979-80 · Season 4

• PRIVATE LIVES
• ANGEL STREET
• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR

1980-81 · Season 5

• A CHRISTMAS CAROL
• BUS STOP
• SWEET CHARITY
• EXTRA
• THE LOVER - NCTC One Act Winner

1981-82 · Season 6

• KISS ME KATE
• HARVEY
• RAIN

1982-83 · Season 7

• A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY
• SUMMER AND SMOKE
• CAMELOT
• EXTRA
• ARIA DA CAPO - NCTC One Act

1983-84 · Season 8

• THE MOUSETRAP
• ANNIE
• TIGER AT THE GATES

1984-85 · Season 9

• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST
• HEDDA GABLER
• SOUTH PACIFIC
• EXTRA
• ADAPTATION - NCTC One Act

1985-86 · Season 10

• THE GLASS MENAGERIE
• EVITA
• THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

1986-87 · Season 11

• NOISES OFF
• THE FANTASTICKS
• ELIZABETH THE QUEEN
• CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN
• EXTRA
• BUSINESS MAN'S LUNCH - NCTC One Act

1987-88 · Season 12

• AH, WILDERNESS
• PETER PAN
• 1776
• FOOL FOR LOVE

1988-89 · Season 13

• THE BRIEF AND COMIC HISTORY OF TOM JONES
• VANITIES
• 10 LITTLE INDIANS
• ANYTHING GOES
• EXTRAS
• IN THE BEGINNING - Debut Original New Musical
• LEMONADE - NCTC One Act Winner

1989-90 · Season 14

• LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL
• BLITHE SPIRIT
• THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
• A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
• STEEL MAGNOLIAS
• EXTRAS
• SOME ENCHANTED EVENING
• OLD COURTHOUSE YOUTH THEATRE/INAUGRAL PRODUCTION
• FRACTURED FAIRY TALES

1990-91 · Season 15

• SLY FOX
• MY THREE ANGELS
• CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
• QUILTERS
• EXTRAS
• WAR OF THE ROSES - NCTC One Act
• BLACK COMEDY - Off Broadway Series
• ACTOR'S NIGHTMARE - Off Broadway Series
• THE COURSES OF LOVE - an Original Traveling Cabaret
• OCYT:
• HOW TO EAT LIKE A CHILD
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

1991-92 · Season 16

• YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
• SLEUTH
• THE MUSIC MAN
• BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS
• EXTRAS
• GIFT OF THE MAGI - Holiday Special
• AGNES OF GOD - Off Broadway Series
• LOVE LETTERS - with Vance Theatrical Organization - Off Broadway Series
• OCYT:
• CHARLIE & THE GREAT GLASS ELEVATOR
• ROMEO AND JULIET

1992-93 · Season 17

• LEND ME A TENOR
• FRANKENSTEIN
• DRIVING MISS DAISY
• WIDOW'S BEST FRIEND
• EXTRAS
• SEX, DRUGS, & ROCK N' ROLL - Off Broadway Series
• MARVIN'S ROOM - with Actor's Theatre of Charlotte - Off Broadway Series
• NUTCRACKER SWEETS - Holiday Special
• OCYT:
• THE SHINING PRINCESS OF THE SLENDER BAMBOO
• TAMING OF THE SHREW
• TOM SAWYER

1993-94 · Season 18

• SOUND OF MUSIC
• DRACULA
• RUMORS
• PUMPBOYS AND DINETTES
• EXTRA
• OCYT:
• THE ELECTRIC SUNSHINE MAN

1994-95 · Season 19

• A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
• THE 1940'S RADIO HOUR
• WAIT UNTIL DARK
• DEARLY DEPARTED
• EXTRAS
• KING OF HONKY TONK HEAVEN - Reader's Theater and New Play Production
• AN EVENING OF TENNESSEE WILLIAMS - Off Broadway Series
• OCYT:
• HOW THE WEST WAS REALLY WON
• SANTA'S HOLIDAY HOEDOWN

1995-96 · Season 20

• THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
• A CHRISTMAS CAROL
• BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
• ANNIE
• EXTRAS
• THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONEST - 1995 Summer Special
• A NOVEL ROMANCE - NCTC One Act Winner
• OCYT:
• POE'S MIDNIGHT DREARY
• THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN IN THE MOON MARIGOLDS

1996-97 · Season 21

• NUNSENSE
• THE ODD COUPLE
• PICNIC
• NUPTIALS
• EXTRAS
• 1959 PINK THUNDERBIRD - LAUNDRY & BOURBON, LONE STAR - 1996 Summer Special
• OCYT:
• FOLK TALES, TOO

1997-98 · Season 22

• CATFISH MOON
• IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
• LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
• FOXFIRE
• EXTRAS
• PUMPBOYS AND DINETTES - 1997 Summer Special
• FROM THE HEART - Concert Special
• A NIGHT OF BELEDI - Dance Special
• OCYT:
• MORE FROM STORY THEATER
• SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY
• POT BOILER

1998-99 · Season 23

• THE MOUSETRAP
• A LITTLE PRINCESS
• CALAMITY JANE
• COUNTRY SONGS
• EXTRAS
• A GRAND NIGHT FOR SINGNING - 1998 Summer Special
• JON & JEN - Premier Special
• OCYT:
• OLIVER

1999-2000 · Season 24

• GREATER TUNA
• MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
• ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
• THE CURIOUS SAVAGE
• EXTRAS
• I DO! I DO! - 1999 Summer Special
• THE GLASS MENAGERIE - Off Broadway Series
• OCYT:
• GODSPELL
• A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

2000-2001 · Season 25

• ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
• LITTLE WOMEN
• BLESSED ASSURANCE
• THE PAJAMA GAME
• EXTRAS
• GUYS AND DOLLS - 2000 Summer Special
• OCYT:
• AS YOU LIKE IT
• THERE A BOY IN THE GIRLS' BATHROOM

2001-2002 · Season 26

• SAME TIME, NEXT YEAR
• THE HOMECOMING
• GYPSY
• MR. HOBB'S VACATION
• EXTRAS
• OKLAHOMA - 2001 Summer Special
• YOUTH:
• HAPPILY EVER AFTER - Special with Beecreative & OCYT

2002-2003 · Season 27

• THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING
• THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
• JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
• THE FOREIGNER
• EXTRA
• SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN - 2002 Summer Special

2003-2004 · Season 28

• THE BATTLE OF SHALLOWFORD
• SANDERS FAMILY CHRISTMAS
• THE CEMETERY CLUB
• THE EGG AND I
• EXTRAS
• SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN - 2003 Summer Special
• I DO! I DO! - Special Valentine's Day Musical - BlackBox Theatre
• THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST - BlackBox Theatre - Guest Director

2004-2005 · Season 29

• SYLVIA
• A CHRISTMAS STORY
• THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
• THE FANTASTICKS
• EXTRAS
• CINDERELLA - 2004 Summer Special
• ONE NIGHT ONLY - Special Concert
• YOUTH:
• HIND'S FEET ON HIGH PLACES - Special with BeeCreative & OCYT

2005-2006 · Season 30

• YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
• THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
• EVITA
• STEEL MAGNOLIAS
• EXTRAS
• QUILTERS - 2005 Summer Special
• OCYT:
• KING LEAR - Black Box

2006-2007 · Season 31

• ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
• A LAURA INGALLS WILDER CHRISTMAS
• PLAZA SUITE
• GRACE & GLORIE
• EXTRAS
• THE GUYS - Off Broadway Series
• SOUNDS OF THE SEASON - Special Concert
• BLESSINGS ABOUND - Special Concert
• OCYT:
• TOM JONES - Black Box
• CHARLOTTE'S WEB

2007-2008 · Season 32

• INTO THE WOODS
• YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
• MOON OVER BUFFALO
• DEARLY DEPARTED
• COTTON PATCH GOSPEL
• EXTRAS
• OCYT:
• SCAPIN THE SCHEMER- Black Box
• COMEDY OF ERRORS
• BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA
• CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

2008-2009 · Season 33

• SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN - THE HOMECOMING
• WALKING ACROSS EGYPT
• 1940'S RADIO HOUR
• THE SOUND OF MUSIC
• RUN FOR YOUR WIFE
• EXTRAS
• BENEDICTIONS - Special Main Stage Production/MTA Best Play Award
• ROUNDING THIRD - Off-Broadway Series
• OCYT:
• YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN

2009-2010 · Season 34

• WEDDING BELLES
• RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET
• TUNA CHRISTMAS
• NUNSENSE
• THE BOYS NEXT DOOR
• EXTRAS
• SALUTE TO BROADWAY - Special Concert
• LIVING ROOM READING SERIES/INAUGRAL SEASON:
• DIVORCE SOUTHERN STYLE
• SHADOWLANDS
• AUNTIE MAME
• CABCO PRETENDERS INAUGRAL PRODUCTION:
• IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE
• OCYT:
• SNOW WHITE & FRIENDS

2010-2011 · Season 35

• DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Regional Premier
• HARVEY
• BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
• DIVORCE SOUTHERN STYLE
• HONK!
• EXTRAS
• PAYING TRIBUTE-OBOC - Original Event

2011-2012 · Season 36

• ON GOLDEN POND
• THE WOMEN
• A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS CAROL
• TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
• 110 IN THE SHADE
• EXTRAS
• POE - a Halloween Rutledge Guild sponsored event
• PAYING TRIBUTE - Veteran's Day Special Event
• CRIMES OF THE HEART - Special Event

2012-2013 · Season 37

• FOX AND THE FAIRWAY - Regional Premier
• NINE TO FIVE
• LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO
• THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
• SOUTH PACIFIC
• EXTRAS
• AGATHA CHRISTIE'S "AND THEN THERE WERE NONE" - a Rutledge Guild sponsored event
• TRIBUTE TO BROADWAY - Special Concert

2013-2014 · Season 38

• BUS STOP
• HELLO, DOLLY!
• 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - Regional Premier
• SUMMER AND SMOKE
• TINTYPES
• EXTRAS
• VERONICA'S ROOM - Special Event
• UNSUNG OCT - Special Concert

2014-2015 · Season 39

• NOISES OFF
• THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES
• PROPOSALS
• JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
• RED, WHITE, AND TUNA
• EXTRAS
• TURN OF THE SCREW - Rutledge Halloween Special

2015-2016 · Season 40

• THE WIZARD OF OZ
• THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
• A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
• A TIME TO KILL
• THE 39 STEPS
• EXTRAS
• A NIGHT ON BROADWAY GALA - a Special 40th Anniversary Event

2016-2017 · Season 41

• DIXIE SWIM CLUB
• DEATHTRAP
• A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS CAROL
• NANA'S NAUGHTY KNICKERS
• THE MUSIC MAN
• EXTRAS
• THE ART OF MURDER - A Halloween Special Event
• HALLELUJAH GIRLS - A Special Event with Residents of Historic Concord
• A FOOT AND A HALF - 2016 Summer Special - original play by A. Rassler

2017-2018 · Season 42

• DISASTER, THE MUSICAL
• SOUTHERN FRIED FUNERAL
• IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, A LIVE RADIO PLAY
• SEUSSICAL, THE MUSICAL
• YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
• EXTRAS
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: SOMETHING'S BREWING

2018-2019 · Season 43

• TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
• RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL
• THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
• THE SPITFIRE GRILL
• MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
• EXTRAS

2019-2020 · Season 44

• CATFISH MOON
• NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, LIVE!
• THE BUTTERFINGERS ANGEL, MARY & JOSEPH, HEROD THE NUT & THE SLAUGHTER OF 12 CHRISTMAS CAROLS IN A PEAR TREE
• GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
• EXTRAS

2020-2021 · Season 45

• CLUE: ON STAGE
• ELF THE MUSICAL
• THE MIRACLE WORKER
• NUNSENSE
• EXTRAS
• ASHES - 2020 Summer Special Virtual Fundraiser  - original play by A. Rassler

2021-2022 · Season 46

• Godspell
• Blessed Assurance
• The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of A Christmas Carol
• Nana Does Vegas
• Special Spring Musical - The Addams Family: A New Musical
• EXTRAS
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: INTO THE WOODS
• HALLOWINE: A Special Halloween Themed 10-Minute Play Event with Cabo Winery
• MTI (Music Theatre International) - ALL TOGETHER NOW Musical Revue - A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre

2022-2023 · Season 47

• Alice in Wonderland
• Urinetown
• Retrieving the Lamb
• Proof
• Special Spring Musical - All Shook Up
• EXTRAS
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: I'm Waiting
• HALLOWINE: 2nd Annual Halloween-Themed Event with Cabo Winery & Post Mortem Players

2023-2024 · Season 48

• The Gods of Comedy
• Night Watch
• Christmas Kumbaya
• The Last Five Years
• The Wedding Singer
• EXTRAS
• 1O MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME:  Underneath
• Youth Theatre - NEXT GEN
• Jackie and the Beanstalk
• 

2024-2025 · Season 49

• Steel Magnolias
• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical
• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged](Revised}
• Cabaret
• EXTRAS
• WINTER SERIES IN THE BLACK BOX
• Creating Claire
• Love Letters
• Vanities
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME:  2 Chairs, A Desk and A Lamp
• YOUTH THEATRE - NEXT GEN
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
• Dorothy in Wonderland

Series 2

• DIVIDING THE ESTATE
• OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS
• MRS. MURPHY'S PORCH
• PIECE OF MY HEART
• RABBIT HOLE
• CABCO PRETENDERS:
• IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE - Encore
• IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE -Jacksonville, NC
• OCYT:
• COMEDY OF ERRORS

Series 3

• BARBRA'S WEDDING
• PORTRAITS
• IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE A LIVE RADIO PLAY
• THE GRAPES OF WRATH
• IN THE JUNGLE
• THE DINNER PARTY
• OCYT:
• BROADWAY BABIES
• ALICE AND WONDERLAND

Series 4

• THE NORMAL HEART
• I HATE HAMLET
• MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
• THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
• JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG
• THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB
• OCYT:
• CHARLOTTE'S WEB
• GREASE

Series 5

• THE GREAT GATSBY
• THE BAD SEED
• WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
• THE GRADUATE
• THE WISDOM OF EVE
• MAWMAW'S HOUSE OF TALENT
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL INAUGRAL PRODUCTIONS/THEME: EAT YOUR
• HEART OUT
• OCYT:
• TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING
• 8IGHT
• THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

Series 6

• LOMBARDI
• BUNNY BUNNY
• KINDERTRANSPORT
• THE BEST OF ENEMIES
• MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: THRIFT SHOP

Series 7

• STAGE DOOR
• SEALED FOR FRESHNESS
• MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO
• THE GINGERBREAD LADY
• AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
• OCYT
• ALADDIN
• A FOOT AND A HALF - 2016 Summer Special - original play by Andrea AA Rassler

Series 8

• THE GOD GAME
• FARRAGUT NORTH
• BORN YESTERDAY
• CLYBORNE
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: BUCKET LIST

Series 9

• LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR
• ILLYRIA
• IT'S ONLY A PLAY
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Series 10

• WIT
• PROOF
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: SEEING RED

Series 11

• Quarantine Edition - Plays in Your Living Room (Virtual Productions)
• THE GLASS MENAGERIE
• DIVIDING THE ESTATE
• SEALED FOR FRESHNESS: A TUPPERWARE PARTY GONE AWRY
• CHAPTER TWO (50th Production)
• 10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL/THEME: ENOUGH, ALREADY!