Drama

“…a composition intended to portray life or character, or to tell a story, usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue, and typically designed for theatrical performance.”

The Caine Mutiny, 1956

Bus Stop, 1993 — also ’65

In the early years Allenberry Playhouse opened a new show every week. Ticket prices were a dollar or two and audiences came to Allenberry as regularly as going to a movie. They were treated to such dramatic classics as Anastasia, The Caine Mutiny Court Marshall, Come Back Little Sheba, The Corn Is Green, Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie, Picnic, Pride and Prejudice, A Streetcar Named Desire and Summer and Smoke.

Elizabeth the Queen, 1972

In recent years productions of dramas and comedy/dramas have been more rare, but not less significant. For example, in the 1970s: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Elizabeth the Queen, and The Lion in Winter. 1980s: The Miracle Worker, The Diary of Anne Frank, and On Golden Pond. 1990s: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Bus Stop, and Driving Miss Daisy.

Mystery

Catch Me If You Can, 1980 — also ’66 & ’72

“…a piece of fiction usually dealing with the solution of a mysterious crime.”

Ten Little Indians, 1995 — also ’65 & ’85

Mysteries have always been hugely popular at Allenberry. Catch Me If You Can, The Mousetrap, and Ten Little Indians have each been produced three times. A Dame Agatha mystery is an October tradition at the Playhouse. Of all the mysteries produced at Allenberry, her work accounts for well over half.