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2010’s

Year	Month	Production
2010	March	Accomplice [photo album]
	April	One-Act Plays [photo album] #235
	June	Bells Are Ringing [photo album]
	September	Born Yesterday
	November	My Three Angels
2011	February-March	Key for Two [photo album]
	April	An Evening of One-Act Plays [photo album] #240
	June	The Importance of Being Earnest [photo album]
	August-September	And Then There Were None [photo album]
	November	Cinderella (Enchanted Edition) [photo album]

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2000’s

Year	Month	Production
2000	March/April	Where’s Charley?
	June/July	You Can’t Take it With You
	August/September	Laura (show #195)
	November	Divorce, Southern Style (Winter Chicken)
2001	March	Misery
	June	Drop Dead
	August/September	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
	October/November	Our Town (200th Show)
2002	March	Painting Churches
	April (one-act)	The Last Cigarette
	June	Moon Over Buffalo
	August	Soup du Jour
	October/November	A Party to Murder
2003	March	The Odd Couple (female version, #205)
	June	Light Up the Sky
	August	Kiss Me Kate
	November	The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale Castle
2004	March/April	Mastergate [photo album]
	April	One-Act: Gaslight Cafe (MEACT)
	June/July	Of Thee I Sing [photo album] (#210)
	August	Don’t Drink the Water [photo album]
	November	The Manchurian Candidate [photo album]
2005	February	Omar Ricardo’s “That’s Italian” [photo album]
	March	Death of a Salesman [photo album]
	April	One-Act: Gaslight Cafe (MEACT and Regional)
	June/July	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying [photo album]
	September	Dinner With Friends [photo album] (#215)
	November	Arsenic and Old Lace [photo album]
2006	March	Omar Ricardo and his Many, Many Women (fundraiser) [photo album]
	May	The Real Inspector Hound [photo album]
	June	Jake’s Women [photo album]
	August	Songs for a Summer Night (musical revue) [photo album]
	November	The Mousetrap [photo album]
2007	March	Almost, Maine [photo album]
	April	One Act: Almost, Maine (selections: MEACT)
	June/July	Lucky Stiff [photo album]
	August	Crimes of the Heart [photo album]
	November	Over the River and Through the Woods [photo album]
2008	March	Don’t Dress for Dinner [photo album] (#225)
	June	Bye, Bye Birdie [photo album]
	August	Wonder of the World [photo album]
	November	Private Lives [photo album]
2009	March	Bell, Book and Candle [photo album]
	April	The Ties That Bind (one-act plays) [photo album]
	July	Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [photo album]
	August/September	Five Women Wearing the Same Dress [photo album]
	November	Rabbit Hole [photo album]

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1990’s

Year	Month	Production
1990	March	Catch Me If You Can (show #150)
	May	2 One_Acts: (Love Course; The Actor’s Nightmare)
	August	Blithe Spirit
	November	Baby
1991	April	The Tempest
	June	The Music Man (#155)
	August	On the Verge
	November	A Loss of Roses
1992	March	On Golden Pond
	June	The Odd Couple (Female Version)
	August	Oklahoma (#160)
	November	Of Mice and Men
1993	February	Love Changes Everything (musical revue)
	March	Barefoot in the Park
	June	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
	August	Wait Until Dark (#165)
	November	Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe
1994	February	Brother, Can You Spare A Dime (fundraiser: musical revue)
	March	Lend Me A Tenor
	June	Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Maine Premiere)
	August	Dames at Sea (#170)
	September	Come Back Little Sheba
1995	March	The Front Page
	June	The Foreigner
	August	2 Albee One-Acts: (The Zoo Story and The American Dream)
	November	Agnes of God (#175)
1996	March	One Act Festival in Camden: Zoo Story
	March	Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will
	July	Steel Magnolias
	September	Gaslight (Angel Street)
	November	House of Blue Leaves (#180)
1997	April	Do Not Disturb
	June/July	Infidelities
	August	A Cheever Evening (Maine Premiere)
	November	Twelve Angry Men
1998	March	Harvey (#185)
	June	Inherit the Wind
	Augusta	Nunsense
	November	The Taming of the Shrew
1999	March	Rehearsal for Murder
	July	The Complete works of Wllm Shkspr, Abbr. (#190)
	August/September	Plaza Suite
	November	The Country Girl

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1980’s

Year	Month	Production
1980	Summer	Aaron Slick of Pumpkin Crick
	October	The Magical Pied Piper of Hamlin
	December	A Christmas Carol
1981	April	Pajama Game
	June	The Madwoman of Chaillot
	August	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
	October	Song by Song by Sondheim (musical revue)
1982	January	The Lion in Winter
	March/April	Bye Bye Birdie
	June	Carousel
	July	America the Musical (musical revue)
	October	The Butler Did It (#125)
	December	Sounds Like White Christmas (musical revue)
1983	April	Anything Goes
1983	July	America the Musical II/Broadway on the Kennebec; musical revue)
1984	March	The Mousetrap
	July	Sparklers (#130)
	November	Guys and Dolls
1985	May	Bus Stop
	July/August	You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
	November	Camelot
1986	April	Twelfth Night (#135)
	June	3 One-Act Plays (The Anniversary, Aria da Capo, Thursday Evenings)
	October	On The Air (original radio show)
1987	April	Vanities
	July	ESSays (Original Music show)
	July	I Do, I Do (#140)
	October	California Suite
	November	James and the Giant Peach
1988	March	2 One-Acts: (Who Dunnit?, The Real Inspector Hound)
	May/June	Crimes of the Heart
	July	Company
	November	All My Sons (#145)
1989	March	See How They Run
	June	The Lady’s Not for Burning
	October	Once Upon a Mattress
	December	Performance at a Christmas Ball

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1970’s

Year	Month	Production
1970	February	Write Me a Murder (#93)
	April	Everyone Loves Opal (#94)
	May	When Shakespeare’s Ladies Meet
	November	Cactus Flower (#95)
1971		Under the Yum Yum Tree (#96)
	Spring	Wait Until Dark (#97)
	Fall	Camelot (#98)
1972	March	Invitation to a March (#99)
	April	Auntie Mame (100th Show)
	October	Don’t Drink the Water (#101)
1973	March	Oliver (#102)
1973	November	Kiss Me Kate (#103)
1974	May	Forty Carats (#104)
1974	December	The Music Man (#105)
1975	April	Mrs. McThing
	June	An Endless Line of Splendor (pageant)
	September	Curse You, Jack Dalton (Gay 90s Revue)
	November	Our Town
1976	April	Arsenic and Old Lace
	August	Broadway (revue)
	November	Broadway Revisited (revue, #109)
1977	May	Sorry, Wrong Number/The Spiral Staircase
1977	August	Ladies Night at the Theater (revue)
1978	January	Bits from Hollywood Hits (revue)
1979	Early summer	Lil Abner

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1960’s

Year	Month	Production

1960		French With an Accent (Show #70)
1961		The Potting Shed (#71)
1961	November	Golden Fleecing
1962	March	Midas and the Golden Touch (children’s play)
	April/May	Design for Murder
		Send Me No Flowers
1963	February	The Emperor’s New Clothes (children’s play)
	April	Teahouse of the August Moon (#75)
	November	Picnic (#76)
1964	April	Critic’s Choice (#77)
1964	November	John Brown’s Body (#78)
1965	February/March	Snow White and Rose Read (children’s play)
	April	A Shot in the Dark (#79)
	October	The Elves and the Shoemaker (children’s play)
	November	Diary of Anne Frank (#80)
1966	March	Mary, Mary (#81)
	April	Angel Street (#82)
	November	Never Too Late (#83)
1967	February	The Bat (#84)
	April	King of Hearts (#85)
	April	Sky High (Youth Theater)
	November	A Thousand Clowns (#86)
1968	February	Bell, Book and Candle (#87)
	April	Barefoot in the Park (#88)
	November	The Odd Couple (#89)
1969	February	Any Wednesday (#90)
	April	The Chalk Garden (#91)
	November	Come Blow Your Horn (#92)

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1950’s

Year	Month	Production
1950	April	Little Foxes
		Hansel and Gretel (fundraiser)
	October	The Torch Bearers
1951	January	Bell for Adano
	April	Ten Little Indians
	May	Jack and the Bean Stalk (fundraiser)
	October	The Velvet Glove (show #42)
1952	January	The Petrified Forest (#43)
	April	Life With Mother (#44)
	May	Rumplestiltskin (fundraiser)
	November	Ladies of the Jury
1953	February	The Corn is Green (Kerosene Circuit)
	April	Born Yesterday
	November	The Silver Whistle
1954	February	The Hasty Heart
	April	The Happy time (#50)
	November	Harvey (#51)
		Cinderella (Fundraiser)
1955	February	Stalag 17
	May	My Three Angels
		The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
		Sabrina Fair
1956	January	Dial M for Murder (#55)
		#56?
	October	The Tender Trap
	November	The Desperate Hours
	December	Nativity Scene
1957	April	You Can’t Take It With You (#59)
1957		Gentleman Prefer Blondes
1958	March	Come Back, Little Sheba
		Witness for the Prosecution
		Monique
1959	May 27-29	Visit to a Small Planet (by Gore Vidal, directed by Maybelle Tarr)

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30’s and 40’s

Year	Month	Production
1938		Arms and the Man
1939	April	The Late Christopher Bean
1939	September	The School for Scandal
1940	February	The Cap’n Alden Place
	May	The Royal Family
	October	The Bat
1941	January	Smiling Through
	April	Hay Fever
	May	The Prince of Liars
	November	George Washington Slept Here
1942	February	Aaron Slick of Pumpkin Crick
	March	The Bishop Misbehaves
	May	Icebound
	October	Arsenic and Old Lace
1943	January	First Lady
	May	Papa is All
	July	Pure as the Driven Snow (A Working Girls Secret)
	September	Ladies in Retirement
	December	First Year
1944	March	Bundy Pulls the Strings
	June	It Pays to Advertise
	October	Junior Miss
1945	February	The Woman
	June	Angel Street (Gaslight)
	November	SNAFU
1946	March	Blithe Spirit
	May	Night Must Fall
	Summer	Oh Promise Me (Kerosene Circuit)
1947	January	I Remember Mama
	April	Pygmalion
	Summer	Sweetwater Train
	October	State of The Union
1948	January	The Barretts of Wimpole Street
	April	Skylark
	September	Volunteer Bride (Kerosene Circuit)
	November	Trial of Mary Dugan
1949	Jan	Joan of Lorraine
	April	French With an Accent
	May	The Emperors New Coat (fundraiser)
	Oct	Three Man on a Horse

2009, show history

Bell, Book and Candle

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By John Van Druten

THE STORY: Gillian Holroyd is one of the few modern people who can actually cast spells and perform feats of supernaturalism. She casts a spell over an unattached publisher, Shepherd Henderson, partly to keep him away from a rival and partly because she is attracted to him. He falls head over heels in love with her at once and wants to marry her. But witches, unfortunately, cannot fall in love, and this minute imperfection leads into a number of difficulties. Ultimately, the lady breaks off with her companions in witchery, preferring the normal and human love offered her by the attractive publisher. But before the happy conclusion of the romance, Gillian comes very near to losing him—but doesn’t.
Gillian Holroyd (Jen Cart) and Shep Henderson (Mike Clements) discuss her unusual aunt.

Clearly quite a lot ...

Poster/Program Design by Chris Cart

Has Gillian given up magic for good?

Very concerned

The family is concerned.

Is Gillian contemplating giving up magic?

the clan, with Sidney

and what is Sidney telling Gillian so urgently?

What can these two be discussing?

Miss Holroyd is at it again

Gillian and Shep share a laugh with Nicky

Still going!

... to Nicky, Gillian and Shep (Bart, Jen, Mike)

Sidney Redlitch (Henrik Strandskov) holds forth

... and progresses

and progresses...

Shep and Gillian's relationshop progresses

Gillian, Shep and Pywacket

Miss Holroyd and Nicky watch as Gillian casts a summoning spell.

Miss Holroyd delights over her Christmas gift from Gillian.

'You can feel colors.... kind of sexy!' Nicky describes his Christmas gift to his aunt (Jeralyn Shattuck).

Nicky Holroyd (Bart Shattuck) 'fixes' Shep's phone.

'Oh, I swear' Miss Holroyd (Jeralyn Shattuck) swears on The Manual not to perform magic in Gillian's apartament building again.

... to discuss
John Van Druten

John van Druten was born in 1901 in London, England. His first successful play was YOUNG WOODLEY, produced in 1928. His best-known plays, primarily light comedies, include OLD ACQUAINTANCE (1940), THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE (1943), I REMEMBER MAMA (1944), BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (1950), and I AM A CAMERA (1951). After several years and considerable success in the U.S., he became an American citizen in 1944. He passed away in 1957.
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