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1 Institute Archives and Special Collections Collection Inventory RPI Players Records, Collection Number: AC 29 Table of Contents Series I. General records Series II. Production information Series III. Scrapbooks and photographs Series IV. Posters Series V. Playbills Series VI. Recordings Series VII. Artifacts Appendix. R.P.I. Players Productions List Processed by T.A.Gobert and Joey Faust Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Folsom Library 110 8th Street, Troy, NY USA Phone:

2 Series I. General records This series contains a wide range of materials pertaining to the operation, finances, advertising, and membership of the RPI Players, including the club s constitution, minutes, correspondence, financial records, membership cards and lists, promotional materials, architectural drawings, production lists, news clippings, and histories of the club (1998 and undated). Correspondents include Richard Schmeltzer, Jay R. Gould, George J. Scranton, Morris Koffmann, Isadore M. Fixman and other officers of the club. Arranged by type of material. Box Folder Description Date 1 Minute book Minute book 1949 Minute book Minute book 1962-May 1976 Minute book Sept Minute book Account book Account book Savings account Financial records Financial records Financial records Financial records Constitution n.d. 7 Advisory Council n.d. 8 Facilities n.d. 9 Playhouse floor plan August 1951 Dr. Playhouse elevation History n.d. 11 Production list and club history (compiled by 1998 Kristopher Nasadowski) 12 Production lists Set design sketches n.d. 14 Set design sketches n.d. 15 Promotional materials 1940s-1960s 16 Promotional materials Promotional materials Correspondence General Correspondence General Correspondence General Correspondence General Correspondence General Correspondence I. M. Fixman Correspondence I. M. Fixman

3 Box Folder Description Date 4 25 Correspondence re. Fred Saunders News clippings News clippings th Anniversary letter and certificate th Anniversary materials Kliegl log book , Miscellany n.d. 32 Membership lists n.d. 5 Membership card file, A-F Membership card file, G-L Membership card file, M-Se Membership card file, Sh-Z Play attendance cards

4 Series II. Production information files hold promotional materials, tickets, and clippings for specific productions from 1930 to In some cases there are also scripts, prompt copies, set designs and/or costume designs. Box Folder Title Date 1 1 Tunnel Trench Meteor Dec Volpone March Loudspeaker Dec Taming of the Shrew Spring Excursion Oct Yellow Jack Dec Life is a Dream French Without Tears May The Bishop Misbehaves Oct Room Service Dec The Ghost of Yankee Doodle May Candle Light Nov The Bellamy Trial Dec Charlies Aunt Feb., March The Importance of Being Earnest April The Man who Came to Dinner Oct., Nov Arsenic and Old Lace Dec Kiss and Tell March The Queens Husband May The Male Animal Nov Ten Little Indians March Accent on Youth Nov John Loves Mary Nov Command Decision March Born Yesterday Nov All My Sons March Light Up the Sky Nov Thunder Rock Feb., March Three Men on a Horse Oct., Nov Playboy of the Western World April May Mr. Roberts Oct My Three Angels Feb., March The Torch Bearers May Home of the Brave Dec Dial M for Murder April, May Summer and Smoke Nov The Happy Time March Beyond the Horizon May

5 Box Folder Title Date 1 41 Darkness at Noon Nov Love Rides the Rails March Six Characters in Search of an Author May Visit to a Small Planet Nov Death of a Salesman March Henry IV Dec Juno and the Paycock May Antigone March The Killer Nov Billy Bud March Purple Dust May Winterset Nov An Evening with George Bernard Shaw: Don Juan in March 1963 Hell and Overruled 54 Once More with Feeling May The Father March A Shot in the Dark May The Fantasticks March The Importance of Being Earnest May The Brass Butterfly Nov Three Penny Opera Nov Five Finger Exercise May Once Upon a Mattress March The Stronger (Three One Acts), The Apollo of Bellac, May 1968 The Dumb Waiter 64 Man for All Seasons Nov America Hurrah Nov My Fair Lady March Man of La Mancha March One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Spring Rozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead March Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris October Indians Nov Marat de Sade Fall American Dream Sand Box Bald Soprano February Two Gentlemen of Verona April-May The Lion in Winter Nov The Mousetrap Feb A Cry of Players Nov Pippin April David and Lisa April A Midsummer Nights Dream Nov The Good Doctor Nov

6 Box Folder Title Date 2 18 Shakespeare s Women Nov Pippin April Lend Me a Tenor Nov Feb Anything Goes April April Macbeth Nov Feb City of Angels April Assassins April

7 Series III. Scrapbooks and photographs Photos and scrapbooks largely document Players productions, but also included are a small number of photographs of individual club members and performance spaces (the Old Gymnasium, 15 th Street Lounge, and the Playhouse) used by the RPI Players. Box Folder Title Date 1 1 Photographs The Playhouse n.d. 2 Photographs Individuals n.d. 3 Photographs Miscellaneous n.d. 4 Scrapbook Scrapbook of reviews Anthony and Anna Loud Speaker Dec You Never Can Tell March The Young Idea April Death Takes a Holiday Time Out Men Must Fight The Moon and the Yellow River Ceiling Zero End of Summer Dec The Taming of the Shrew April Yellow Jack Dec The Drunkard Feb Heartbreak House April The Bishop Misbehaves Oct Room Service Dec The Inspector General April The Ghost of Yankee Doodle May Candle Light Nov The Bellamy Trial Dec Charley s Aunt Feb.-March The Importance of Being Earnest April Arsenic and Old Lace Dec Ten Little Indians March Accent on Youth Nov The Devils Disciple April John Loves Mary Nov Command Decision March The Alchemist May Light Up the Sky Nov The Happy Time March Beyond the Horizon May Darkness at Noon Nov

8 Box Folder Title Date 2 34 Love Rides the Rails March A Visit to a Small Planet Nov Death of Salesman March The Rainmaker May King Henry IV, Part 1 Nov Man and Superman March Juno and the Paycock May The Golden Fleecing Dec Antigone March Hotel Universe May The Killer Nov Billy Budd March Purple Dust May Winterset Nov Once More, with Feeling May An Evening with George Bernard Shaw March The Father March A Shot in the Dark May The Tempest Nov The Fantasticks March The Importance of Being Earnest May The Brass Butterfly Nov A Slow Dance on the Killing Ground May The Threepenny Opera Nov Oh, Dad, Poor Dad March Five Finger Exercise May Rhinoceros Nov Once Upon a Mattress March Three One Acts May A Man for all Seasons Nov West Side Story March A Thurber Carnival May America Hurrah Nov My Fair Lady March My Fair Lady March Man of La Mancha March One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest May Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead March Play It Again, Sam May Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Oct The Knack Feb Cabaret April-May Tango Sept

9 Box Folder Title Date 6 14 Catch-22 Nov The Skin of Our Teeth Feb A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to the Forum April-May Marat de Sade Nov Two Gentlemen of Verona April-May Two Gentlemen of Verona April-May Moonchildren Fall Hamlet Feb Sweet Charity No Opera at the Opry House Tonight Aug.-Sep The Lion in Winter Nov The Mouse Trap Feb Applause April When You Comin Back, Red Ryder Sept A Cry of Players Nov The Ritz Feb Mack and Mabel April-May What the Butler Saw The Taming of the Shrew Nov Equus Feb Jesus Christ, Superstar April The Ruling Class Nov The Passion of Dracula Feb Company April Something s Afoot Nov Wait until Dark Feb The Devils April Twelfth Night Sept Camino Real Nov Don t Drink the Water Feb Pippin April The Apple Tree West Side Story Nov Deathtrap Feb Camelot April A Flea in Her Ear Nov Sweeney Todd April Merrily We Roll Along Nov The Adding Machine Nov Archy and Mehitabel April The Crucible Nov The Pirates of Penzance April You Can t Take it With You

10 Box Folder Title Date Inherit the Wind Nov Gemini Feb Tonight We Improvise Nov Enemy of The People Feb A Night of One Acts Jan.-Feb David and Lisa April The Mandrake Nov Winter One Act Barnum n.d. 15 Chicago April Feb.-March Company April Cabaret April Evening of Performance Feb Brigadoon April Witness for the Prosecution Nov Feb A Chorus Live April The Good Doctor Nov Feb Chess April Shakespeare s Women Nov Feb Kismet April The Tempest Nov The Importance of Being Earnest Nov Feb Pippin April Up the Down Staircase Lobby Shots Oct Lend Me a Tenor Lobby Shots Nov Lobby Shots Feb Anything Goes Lobby Shots April Man of La Mancha Lobby Shots April

11 Series IV. Posters Most of the posters in this series were created to advertise productions from 1949 to the present. Also included are a few undated items used to recruit new members. Drawer Folder Description Date Map case B, Dr The Devil's Disciple Command Decision The Alchemist Born Yesterday Arms and the Man High Tor Light up the Sky Thunder Rock Two Blind Mice Three Men on a Horse 2 Dial 'M' for Murder Summer and Smoke Beyond the Horizon Six Characters in Search of an Author The Rainmaker King Henry IV, Part I Man and Superman Juno and the Paycock The Golden Fleecing 3 Antigone Hotel Universe The Killer Billy Budd Purple Dust Winterset An Evening with George Bernard Shaw Overruled Don Juan in Hell from Man and Superman Once More, With Feeling The Brass Butterfly The Father A Shot in the Dark The Tempest April Nov April Dec March Nov

12 Drawer Folder Description Date Map case B, Dr The Fantasticks The Importance of Being Earnest A Slow Dance on the Killing Ground The Threepenny Opera Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad Five Finger Exercise Rhinoceros Once upon a Mattress Three One Acts The Stronger The Apollo of Bellac The Dumb Waiter A Man for All Seasons 5 West Side Story A Thurber Carnival America Hurrah The Physicists Dark of the Moon Albert's Bridge and Botticelli Man of La Mancha J.B. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Play It Again Sam and The Dwarfs Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Indians 6 The Knack Cabaret The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd Tango Catch-22 The Skin of our Teeth A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade Three One Acts American Dream The Sand Box The Bald Soprano Two Gentlemen of Verona March Nov March Nov Feb May

13 Drawer Folder Description Date Map case B, Dr Hamlet No Opera at the Op'ry House Tonight or Too Good to Be True The Lion in Winter The Mousetrap Applause When You Comin Back, Red Ryder? A Cry of Players Mack and Mabel The Taming of the Shrew The Ruling Class The Passion of Dracula Company The Prisoner of Second Avenue Something's Afoot Wait until Dark The Devils Twelfth Night or What You Will Camino Real The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail 8 The Man in the Glass Booth Tribute West Side Story Deathtrap Camelot A Flea in Her Ear The Desperate Hours Sweeney Todd You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Measure for Measure Guys and Dolls The Foreigner Merrily We Roll Along A Night of One Acts Black Comedy Death Visitor from Forest Hills (Act III of 'Plaza Suite') Feb Nov Feb April

14 Drawer Folder Description Date Map case B, Dr The Crucible The Pirates of Penzance Inherit the Wind Gemini The Threepenny Opera Noises Off The Tempest A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Tonight We Improvise An Enemy of the People The Mystery of Edwin Drood Doonesbury David and Lisa The Mandrake Barnum Out of the Frying Pan Nov Nov

15 Drawer Folder Description Date Map case B, Dr Chicago Frankenstein A Midsummer Night's Dream Boom Box Women and Wallace Why We Have a Body Company Lysistrata Removing the Glove Sheer Idiocy All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Deathtrap The Line That's Picked up 1,000 Babes (and How It Can Work for You) Sheer Idiocy And That's What Friends Are For! Brigadoon Witness for the Prosecution Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You Selections from "All in the Timing" Sure Thing The Philadelphia Foreplay, Or the Art of the Fugue God (a Play) A Chorus Line The Good Doctor April Nov

16 Drawer Folder Description Date Map case B, Dr Chess Shakespeare's Women Cuttin' Line Hidden in this Picture The Ugly Duckling Sheer Idiocy The Tooth Hurts Kismet The Tempest Making Nice No Exit Cut Pippin Up the Down Staircase Lend Me a Tenor Anything Goes The Crucible Selections from All in the Timing Seven Short and Very Short Plays Trevor Man of La Mancha Macbeth City of Angels Rossum s Universal Robots (R.U.R.) Zanna Don t Rumors The Unfinished Song Assassins The Visit Arsenic and Old Lace Urinetown April April

17 Drawer Folder Description Date 13 One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest Oct May 2012 Soap Opera Sheer Idiocy A Slap in the Farce 1776 Noises Off! Les Liaisons Dangereuses The Drowsy Chaperone 14 Miscellaneous broadsides n.d. 17

18 Series V. Playbills Official programs of RPI Players productions were originally titled Playbill, they are now called At the Playhouse. This is an incomplete run dating from 1930 to the present; most of the missing programs are from the first several years of the Players existence. Box Description Date 1 Tunnel Trench March 1930 Anthony and Anna (see scrapbook in Series 3) May 1930 The Whispering Gallery Nov Meteor Dec Fancy Free March 1931 High School One Acts Contest Poor Aubrey The Valiant Volpone April 1931 The Donovan Affair Nov Loud Speaker Dec High School One Acts Contest April 1932 Trifles A Dollar The Rising of the Moon You Never Can Tell March 1932 The Front Page May 1932 Ceiling Zero Oct End of Summer Dec Murder in the Old Red Barn Feb The Taming of the Shrew April 1938 Three Men on a Horse May 1938 Excursion Oct Yellow Jack Dec The Drunkard Feb Heartbreak House April 1939 French without Tears May 1939 The Bishop Misbehaves Oct Room Service Dec The Streets of New York Feb The Inspector General April 1940 The Ghost of Yankee Doodle May 1940 Candle Light Nov The Bellamy Trial Dec Charley's Aunt Feb.-March 1941 The Importance of Being Earnest April 1941 Six Hours to Sailing May 1941 What a Life Oct.-Nov George Washington Slept Here Dec

19 Box Description Date 1 Seven Keys to Baldpate Feb.-March 1942 The Long Voyage Home April-May 1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner Oct.-Nov Room Service May 1943 Arsenic and Old Lace Dec Kiss and Tell March 1947 The Queen's Husband May The Male Animal Nov Ten Little Indians March 1948 I Have Been Here Before May 1948 Three One Act Plays Nov Trifles The Killers Antic Spring Accent on Youth Nov The Devil's Disciple April 1949 Three One Act Plays May 1949 Overtones Trick of Hearts Mooney's Kid Don't Cry John Loves Mary Nov Command Decision March 1950 The Alchemist May 1950 Born Yesterday Nov All My Sons March 1951 Arms and the Man May 1951 The Front Page Nov High Tor May 1952 Light up the Sky Nov Thunder Rock Feb.-March 1953 Two Blind Mice May 1953 Three Men on a Horse Oct.-Nov Pride and Prejudice April 1954 Playboy of the Western World April-May 1954 Mister Roberts Oct My Three Angels Feb.-March 1955 The Torch Bearers May 1955 Home of the Brave Dec Dial 'M' for Murder April-May 1956 Summer and Smoke Nov The Happy Time March 1957 Beyond the Horizon May Darkness at Noon Nov Love Rides the Rails or Will The Mail Train Run Tonight? March

20 Box Description Date 3 Six Characters in Search of an Author May 1958 A Visit to a Small Planet Nov Death of a Salesman March 1959 The Rainmaker May 1959 King Henry IV, Part I Dec Man and Superman March 1960 Juno and the Paycock May 1960 The Golden Fleecing Dec Antigone March 1961 Hotel Universe May 1961 The Killer Nov Billy Budd March 1962 Purple Dust May 1962 Winterset Nov An Evening with George Bernard Shaw March 1963 Overruled Don Juan in Hell from Man and Superman Once More, With Feeling May 1963 The Brass Butterfly Nov A Shot in the Dark May 1964 The Tempest Nov The Fantasticks March 1965 The Importance of Being Earnest May 1965 The Brass Butterfly Nov A Slow Dance on the Killing Ground May 1966 The Threepenny Opera Nov Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm March 1967 Feeling So Sad Five Finger Exercise May 1967 Rhinoceros Nov Once upon a Mattress March 1968 Three One Acts May 1968 The Stronger The Apollo of Bellac The Dumb Waiter A Man for All Seasons Nov West Side Story March 1969 A Thurber Carnival May America Hurrah Nov My Fair Lady March 1970 The Physicists May 1970 Dark of the Moon Nov Man of La Mancha March 1971 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead March

21 Box Description Date 4 Cabaret April-May 1973 The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd Aug Tango Sept Catch-22 Nov The Skin of our Teeth Feb A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum April-May 1974 The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Nov Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade Three One Acts Feb American Dream The Sand Box The Bald Soprano Two Gentlemen of Verona April-May 1975 An Evening of... Aug James Thurber Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Allen Poe Noel Coward...and others Moonchildren Fall 1975 Hamlet Feb Sweet Charity April 1976 No Opera at the Op'ry House Tonight or Too Good to Be True Aug.-Sept The Lion in Winter Nov The Mousetrap Feb Applause April 1977 A Cry of Players Nov The Ritz Feb Mack and Mabel April-May 1978 The Taming of the Shrew Nov Equus Feb Jesus Christ, Superstar April 1979 The Ruling Class Nov The Passion of Dracula Feb Company April 1980 The Prisoner of Second Avenue Aug.-Sept Twelfth Night or What You Will Sept Don't Drink the Water Feb Pippin April 1982 The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Oct.-Nov The Man in the Glass Booth Feb.-March 1983 Tribute April 1983 West Side Story Nov

22 Box Description Date 4 Deathtrap Feb Camelot April 1985 The Desperate Hours Feb You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Sept Measure for Measure Nov Guys and Dolls April 1986 Merrily We Roll Along Nov A Night of One Acts April 1987 Black Comedy Death Visitor from Forest Hills (Act III of 'Plaza Suite') The Adding Machine Nov The Crucible Nov The Pirates of Penzance April 1989 Inherit the Wind Nov Gemini Feb The Threepenny Opera April 1990 Noises Off Nov The Tempest Feb A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum April 1991 Tonight We Improvise Nov An Enemy of the People Feb The Mystery of Edwin Drood April 1992 Doonesbury Nov A Night of One Acts Jan.-Feb This Is a Test Gertrude the Governess Rumplestiltskin David and Lisa April 1993 Out of the Frying Pan Nov Chicago April 1995 A Midsummer Night's Dream Nov Feb.-March 1997 Boom Box Women and Wallace Why We Have a Body Company April 1997 Lysistrata Nov Feb Removing the Glove Sheer Idiocy All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Cabaret April 1998 Deathtrap Nov

23 Box Description Date 5 Feb The Line That's Picked up 1,000 Babes (and How It Can Work for You) Sheer Idiocy And That's What Friends Are For! Brigadoon April 1999 Witness for the Prosecution Nov Feb Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You Selections from "All in the Timing" Sure Thing The Philadelphia Foreplay, Or the Art of the Fugue God (a Play) A Chorus Line April 2000 The Good Doctor Nov Feb The Real Inspector Hound Adaptation The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter Chess April 2001 Shakespeare's Women Nov Feb Cuttin' Line Hidden in this Picture The Ugly Duckling Sheer Idiocy 18 The Tooth Hurts Kismet April The Tempest Nov The Importance of Being Earnest Nov Feb Making Nice No Exit Cut Pippin April 2003 Guys and Dolls May 2003 Up the Down Staircase Oct Lend Me a Tenor Nov Anything Goes April 2004 The Crucible Nov

24 Box Description Date 6 Feb Selections from All in the Timing Seven Short and Very Short Plays Trevor Man of La Mancha April 2005 Macbeth Nov Feb The Line That's Picked up 1000 Babes The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage The Nature and Purpose of the Universe City of Angels April 2007 Rumors Nov The Unfinished Song March 2009 The Visit Nov Feb Artist Descending a Staircase Winter Fruit Wanda's Visit Urinetown April 2010 Noises Off! Nov Feb Soap Opera Sheer Idiocy A Slap in the Farce 1776 April-May Audience Oct Les Liaisons Dangereuses Nov Feb God (a Play) The Fascinating Foundling Suddenly, Last Summer The Drowsy Chaperone April-May

25 Series VI. Recordings Recorded performances by the RPI Players. Box Format Title Date 1 DVD The Tempest Nov DVD Feb DVD Up the Down Staircase Oct. 24, 2003 DVD Lend Me a Tenor Nov. 14, 2003 DVD Feb DVD Pippin April 24, 2004 DVD Anything Goes April

26 Series VII: Artifacts This series includes t-shirts from various productions and seasons. Box Description Color Date 1 archy & mehitabel Red April 1988 Pirates of Penzance Blue April 1989 Company Black April th season: Lysistrata,, Cabaret Gray Blue Feb st season: Witness for the Prosecution, An Evening of Performance, A Chorus Line 72 nd season: The Good Doctor, An Evening of Performance, Chess 73 rd season: Shakespeare s Women, An Evening of Performance, Kismet Tan Off-white Green Kismet Purple April th season: The Tempest, The Importance of Being Ernest,, Pippin Blue (74 ½ season) Black Feb th season: The Crucible, Man of La Mancha, An Evening of Performance Tan Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 Tan Nov. 2005, Macbeth, The Last Five Years, City of Angels Black Feb RPI Players Technical Crew Black R.U.R. (Rossum s Universal Robots) Black Nov Blue Jan. - Feb

27 Appendix: R.P.I. Players Productions List The following list includes all known productions of the RPI Players, arranged chronologically. Most productions are numbered, but several which were co-presented with other theatrical groups lack production numbers. See footnotes for additional details. Prod. # Date Title Feb The Rising of the Moon and A Night at an Inn 2 March 1930 Tunnel Trench 3 May 1930 Anthony and Anna Nov The Whispering Gallery 5 Dec Meteor 6 March 1931 High School One Acts Contest 1 Poor Aubrey The Valiant Fancy Free 7 April 1931 Volpone 8 May 1931 Wings over Europe Nov The Donovan Affair 10 Dec Loud Speaker 11 April 1932 High School One Acts Contest 2 Trifles A Dollar The Rising of the Moon 12 March 1932 You Never Can Tell 13 May 1932 The Front Page Nov The Young Idea 15 Dec The Ghost Train 16 Feb 1933 One Acts Directing Competition 3 Episode The Grand Chan's Diamond Behind the Beyond 17 March 1933 The Devil Passes 1 Three local high school groups presented works to be judged by the RPI Players. Each school was given a list of three one acts and asked to select one to perform for the competition. The winning presentation was Poor Aubrey performed by Mont Pleasant High School, Schenectady. The Players also presented Fancy Free at the competition, but not for judging. 2 Three local high school groups presented works to be judged by the RPI Players. The winning presentation was Trifles by the Mont Pleasant High School, Schenectady. 3 Directed by student members of the RPI Players, these one-acts were performed in a competition for best direction. 27

28 Prod. # Date Title 18 May 1933 June Moon Nov The Better Man 20 Dec Sherlock Holmes 21 March 1934 One Acts Directing Competition 3 Submerged The Man Who Died at Twelve O'Clock The Tender Passion 22 April 1934 Death Takes a Holiday 23 May 1934 The Racket Nov Whistling in the Dark 25 Jan Springtime for Henry 26 Feb One Acts Directing Competition 3 The Passing of Chow Chow A Message from Khufu / Khupe / Khofu Amateur Rehearsal 27 April 1935 Both Your Houses 28 May 1935 The Guardsman Nov Ten Minute Alibi 30 Dec Three Cornered Moon 31 Feb Time Out 4 32 April 1936 Men Must Fight 33 May 1936 Laburnum Grove Oct The Moon and the Yellow River 35 Dec The Wind and the Rain 36 Feb Give It to 'Em 4 37 April 1937 She Stoops to Conquer 38 May 1937 Petticoat Fever Oct Ceiling Zero 40 Dec End of Summer 41 Feb Murder in the Old Red Barn 42 April 1938 The Taming of the Shrew 43 May 1938 Three Men on a Horse Oct Excursion 45 Dec Yellow Jack 46 Feb The Drunkard 4 Spoof revues put together by students containing original material, student directed shows, songs, music and some faculty presentations. 28

29 Prod. # Date Title 47 March 1939 Life Is a Dream 5 48 April 1939 Heartbreak House 49 May 1939 French without Tears Oct The Bishop Misbehaves 6 52 Dec Room Service 53 Feb The Streets of New York 54 April 1940 The Inspector General 55 May 1940 The Ghost of Yankee Doodle Nov Candle Light 57 Dec The Bellamy Trial 58 Feb.-March 1941 Charley's Aunt 59 April 1941 The Importance of Being Earnest 60 May 1941 Six Hours to Sailing Oct.-Nov What a Life 62 Dec George Washington Slept Here 63 Feb.-March 1942 Seven Keys to Baldpate 64 April-May 1942 The Long Voyage Home Oct.-Nov The Man Who Came to Dinner 66 May 1943 Room Service to No productions due to World War II Dec Arsenic and Old Lace 68 March 1947 Kiss and Tell 69 May 1947 The Queen s Husband Nov The Male Animal 71 March 1948 Ten Little Indians 72 May 1948 I Have Been Here Before Nov Three One Act Plays 7 Trifles The Killers Antic Spring 5 Special production celebrating the Players 10th anniversary. 6 Number 50 was skipped in programs. No reason known. 7 Presented by RPI Players, but produced by members of a special play production class. The productions were not numbered. 29

30 Prod. # Date Title 73 Nov Accent on Youth 74 April 1949 The Devil s Disciple May 1949 Three One Act Plays 7 Overtones Trick of Hearts Mooney s Kid Don t Cry Nov John Loves Mary 76 March 1950 Command Decision 77 May 1950 The Alchemist Nov Born Yesterday 79 March 1951 All My Sons 80 May 1951 Arms and the Man Nov The Front Page Feb Box and Cox 8 April 1952 It Isn t Done 8 82 May 1952 High Tor Nov Light up the Sky 84 Feb.-March 1953 Thunder Rock 85 May 1953 Two Blind Mice Oct.-Nov Three Men on a Horse April 1954 Pride and Prejudice 9 87 April-May 1954 Playboy of the Western World Oct Mister Roberts Feb.-March 1955 My Three Angels 91 May 1955 The Torch Bearers Dec Home of the Brave 93 April-May 1956 Dial M for Murder 8 RPI Players productions on live television. Single performances were aired on Community Campus on WRGB, Schenectady. 9 Pride and Prejudice was performed by the Green Mountain Junior College Drama Club and presented at Rensselaer by the Players as part of a theatrical exchange program. It is often erroneously attributed to RPI Players. 10 Playboy of the Western World was also performed by the Players at the Green Mountain Junior College as part of an exchange program. 11 Production number 88 was skipped, evidently in deference to Pride and Prejudice, which was never numbered. 30

31 Nov Summer and Smoke 95 March 1957 The Happy Time 96 May 1957 Beyond the Horizon Nov Darkness at Noon 98 March 1958 Love Rides the Rails or Will The Mail Train Run Tonight? 99 May 1958 Six Characters in Search of an Author Nov A Visit to a Small Planet 101 March 1959 Death of a Salesman 102 May 1959 The Rainmaker Dec King Henry IV, Part I 104 March 1960 Man and Superman 105 May 1960 Juno and the Paycock Dec The Golden Fleecing 107 March 1961 Antigone 108 May 1961 Hotel Universe Nov The Killer 110 March 1962 Billy Budd 111 May 1962 Purple Dust Nov Winterset 113 March 1963 An Evening with George Bernard Shaw 12 Overruled Don Juan in Hell from Man and Superman 114 May 1963 Once More, With Feeling Nov The Brass Butterfly 116 March 1964 The Father 117 May 1964 A Shot in the Dark Nov The Tempest 119 March 1965 The Fantasticks 120 May 1965 The Importance of Being Earnest Nov The Brass Butterfly 122 May 1966 A Slow Dance on the Killing Ground 12 Excerpts of George Bernard Shaw plays were compiled for the show. 31

32 Nov The Threepenny Opera 124 March 1967 Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad 125 May 1967 Five Finger Exercise Nov Rhinoceros 127 March 1968 Once upon a Mattress 128 May 1968 Three One Acts The Stronger The Apollo of Bellac The Dumb Waiter Nov A Man for All Seasons 130 March 1969 West Side Story 131 May 1969 A Thurber Carnival Nov America Hurrah 133 March 1970 My Fair Lady 134 May 1970 The Physicists Nov Dark of the Moon Dec Albert s Bridge and Botticelli March 1971 Man of La Mancha 137 May 1971 One Flew over the Cuckoo s Nest Dec J.B. 139 March 1972 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 140 May 1972 Play It Again Sam and The Dwarfs Oct Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris 142 Nov Indians 143 Feb The Knack 144 April-May 1973 Cabaret Aug The Roar of the Greasepaint, The Smell of the Crowd Sept Tango Nov Catch Feb The Skin of our Teeth 13 RPI Players Winter Workshop. 14 RPI Players Summer production. For consistency, all summer productions are listed as having occurred with the season following the summer. 15 Special October production. 32

33 149 April-May 1974 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Nov The Persecution and Assassination of Jean Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton, Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade 151 Feb Three One Acts American Dream The Sand Box The Bald Soprano 152 April-May 1975 Two Gentlemen of Verona Aug An Evening of James Thurber Edgar Lee Masters Edgar Allen Poe Noel Coward...and others Fall 1975 Moonchildren 154 Feb Hamlet 155 April 1976 Sweet Charity Aug.-Sept No Opera at the Op'ry House Tonight or Too Good to Be True Nov The Lion in Winter 157 Feb The Mousetrap 158 April 1977 Applause Sept When You Comin Back, Red Ryder? Nov A Cry of Players 161 Feb The Ritz 162 April-May 1978 Mack and Mabel Sep What the Butler Saw Nov The Taming of the Shrew 165 Feb Equus 166 April 1979 Jesus Christ, Superstar Nov The Ruling Class 168 Feb The Passion of Dracula 169 April 1980 Company Aug.-Sept The Prisoner of Second Avenue A summer production that consisted of scenes and acts from several playwrights' works. 17 An RPI Summer Players and we, the Free Theatre co-production. 18 An RPI Players Summer production. 33

34 171 Nov Something's Afoot 172 Feb Wait until Dark 173 April 1981 The Devils Sept Twelfth Night or What You Will Nov Camino Real 176 Feb Don't Drink the Water 177 April 1982 Pippin Oct.-Nov The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail The Apple Tree 180 Feb.-March 1983 The Man in the Glass Booth 181 April 1983 Tribute Nov West Side Story 183 Feb Deathtrap 184 April 1985 Camelot Nov A Flea in Her Ear 186 Feb The Desperate Hours 187 April 1985 Sweeney Todd A Night of One-Acts 18 The American Dream Adaptation 'dentity Crisis 189 Sept You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown Nov Measure for Measure 191 April 1986 Guys and Dolls Sept The Foreigner Nov Merrily We Roll Along 194 April 1987 A Night of One Acts Black Comedy Death Visitor from Forest Hills (Act III of 'Plaza Suite') Nov The Adding Machine April 1988 archy and mehitabel Nov The Crucible 199 Feb You Can't Take It with You 19 Number 195 was skipped. A production of Harvey was planned but cancelled. 34

35 200 April 1989 The Pirates of Penzance Nov Inherit the Wind 202 Feb Gemini 203 April 1990 The Threepenny Opera Nov Noises Off 205 Feb The Tempest 206 April 1991 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Nov Tonight We Improvise 208 Feb An Enemy of the People 209 April 1992 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Nov Doonesbury 211 Jan.-Feb A Night of One Acts This Is a Test Gertrude the Governess Rumplestiltskin 212 April 1993 David and Lisa Nov The Mandrake Winter One Acts Reasonable Circulation Too Cool Pyramus & Thisby 215 April 1994 Barnum Nov Out of the Frying Pan 217 April 1995 Chicago Nov Frankenstein 219 The Bald Soprano The Actor's Nightmare A Tell Tale Heart 220 Me & My Girl Nov A Midsummer Night's Dream 222 Feb.-March 1997 Boom Box Women and Wallace Why We Have a Body 223 April 1997 Company 35

36 Nov Lysistrata 225 Feb Removing the Glove Sheer Idiocy 20 All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten 226 April 1998 Cabaret Nov Deathtrap 228 Feb The Line That's Picked up 1,000 Babes (and How It Can Work for You) Sheer Idiocy 20 And That's What Friends Are For! 229 April 1999 Brigadoon Nov Witness for the Prosecution 231 Feb Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You Selections from "All in the Timing" Sure Thing The Philadelphia Foreplay, Or the Art of the Fugue God (a Play) 232 April 2000 A Chorus Line Nov The Good Doctor 234 Feb The Real Inspector Hound Adaptation The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter 235 April 2001 Chess Nov Shakespeare's Women 237 Feb Cuttin' Line Hidden in this Picture The Ugly Duckling Sheer Idiocy 20 The Tooth Hurts 238 April 2002 Kismet 20 Sheer Idiocy is the RPI Improvisational Theatre organization. 36

37 Nov The Tempest 240 Nov The Importance of Being Earnest 241 Feb Making Nice No Exit Cut 242 April 2003 Pippin 243 May 2003 Guys and Dolls Oct Up the Down Staircase 245 Nov Lend Me a Tenor 246 Feb Hush Little Celia, Don t Say a Word A Style of the Eye Black Comedy 247 April 2004 Anything Goes Nov The Crucible 249 Feb Selections from All in the Timing Seven Short and Very Short Plays Trevor 250 April 2005 Man of La Mancha Musical Comedy Murders of The Dining Room Titanic The Last Five Years 256 Nov Macbeth 257 Feb The Line That's Picked up 1000 Babes The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage The Nature and Purpose of the Universe 258 April 2007 City of Angels Picasso at the Lapin Agile 260 Nov Rossum s Universal Robots 261 Feb London Suite Mirror, Mirror Talk Radio 262 April 2008 Zanna Don t 37

38 Nov Rumors 264 Jan.-Feb The Real Inspector Hound Incident Blotter The Bald Soprano 265 Mar The Unfinished Song 266 April 2009 Assassins Nov The Visit 268 Feb Artist Descending a Staircase Winter Fruit Wanda s Visit 269 April 2010 Arsenic and Old Lace 270 April 2010 Urinetown Oct One Flew Over the Cuckoo s Nest 272 Nov Noises Off 273 Feb Soap Opera Sheer Idiocy A Slap in the Farce 274 April-May Oct Audience 276 Nov Les Liaisons Dangereuses 277 Feb Suddenly Last Summer God (a play) The Fascinating Foundling 278 April-May 2012 The Drowsy Chaperone 38