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Our Production History |
Thank You! to the many Roadside patrons who have provided us much of this historical data. If you have a show program or a newspaper article from years past, please email or fax us so we can include the production and cast names on our web site.
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Roadside Theater first opened its doors on Autobahn Kaserne (also called Stem Kaserne), on autobahn 656 between Heidelberg and Mannheim. The building was originally a WAC movie theater before women became a true part of the US Army. Then renovated into a officers club. Shows were also occasionally held in the Heidelberg Officers and Civilians Officers Club on Patrick Henry Village in the 80s, and the US Army-Europe Band supported many of the larger musicals. A few shows were held in the movie theater on Nachrichten Kaserne (130th Station Hospital, Heidelberg) while the Stem Kaserne facility was being renovated in the late 80s. The building on Stem Kaserne was eventually declared unsafe, and Roadside moved to its new home in a renovated movie theater on Patton Barracks in December, 1993.
1961-1962 Season (partial history - no program information available)
JUL - Time Remembered
AUG - The Play's The Thing
NOV - A Shepher's Clock Does Not keep Time
JAN - The Ugly Duckling
APR - Show Stoppers
MAY - The Diary of Anne Frank
JUN - The Importance of Being Earnest
JUL - Small World
1962-1963 Season (partial history - no program information available)
SEP - Visit to a Small Planet
NOV - The Litle Foxes
DEC - At Christmastime
APR - The Boy Friend
MAY - All-Army Entertaimnet Contest
MAY - Ten Little Indians
JUN - Two Scenes from Thorton Wilder
JUL - The Telephone and the Valiant
1963-1964 Season (partial history - no program information available)
AUG - Valpone
NOV - Anything Goes
DEC - What is Christmas?
JAN - Romanoff and Juliet
FEB - The American Dream
MAR - The King and I
MAY - The Male Animal
JUN - Readings From Under Milkwood
JUN - Three Shakespeare Scenes
1964-1965 Season (partial history - no program information available)
AUG - Rashomon
SEP - A View From the Bridge
OCT - The Mousetrap
DEC - Rumplestiltskin
JAN - The Reluctant Doctor
AUG - The Moon is Blue
1967-1968 Season (partial history- no program information available)
FEB - Antigone
MAY - The Subject Was Roses
1968-1969 Season (partial history- no program information available)
SEP- Gypsy
OCT -The Fantastiks
DEC - Camelot
1980-1981 Season (partial history)
FEB - Mash
MAR - Welcome to the Monkey House
1981-1982 Season (partial history)
DEC - Romantic Comedy
MAR - Carnival
MAY - Play It Again, Sam
1982-1983 Season (partial history)
OCT - Deathtrap
MAR - Grease
MAY - The Gingerbread Lady
1983-1984 Season (partial history)
OCT - Love's A Luxury
FEB - The Philadelphia Story
APR - That Championship Season
MAY - The Cotton Club Review
JUN - No Exit
1984-1985 Season (partial history)
OCT - Ah, Wilderness
FEB - Mirrors of Music
MAY - Cabaret
1985-1986 Season (partial history)
FEB - Chicago
APR - The Foreigner
JUN - Camelot
1986-1987 Season (partial history)
OCT - They're Playing Our Song
DEC - The Stingiest Man in Town
FEB - Blithe Spirit
APR - The Murder Room
MAY - Little Me
1987-1988 Season (partial history)
OCT - Mr. Roberts
DEC - Gifts of the Magi
FEB - The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch
MAR - The Sound of Music
MAY - The Gazebo
1988-1989 Season (partial history)
OCT - Fiddler on the Roof
MAR - Family Indemnity
APR - The Lion in Winter
1991-1992 Season (partial history)
JAN - Butterflies are Free
1992-1993 Season (partial history)
JUN - The Front Page
1993-1994 Season (partial season- no program information available)
DEC - A Christmas Carol
MAY - Gypsy
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays
NOV - Snoopy
JAN - I Do, I Do
FEB - Barefoot in the Park
MAY - Goodbye Girl (The Musical) (European
Premiere)
SEP - The Foreigner
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays
DEC - Once Upon A Mattress
FEB - Glass Menagerie
MAR - Our Town
MAY - The Will Rogers Follies European
Premiere
AUG - Life In The Theater (Edinborough
Scotland Festival entry) Guest Director.
SEP - Putting It Together (Community Theater
European Premiere)
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays (Award Winner:
"Impromptu" won Best Supporting Actor, 2nd place Best
Supporting Actress, and third place Best Director)
DEC - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
FEB - True West (Award Winner
: Europe-wide US Forces 1998 Topper Awards: won 12 awards, including Best
Drama; Director and Technical Director; Lighting, Sound and Set Designs; and
Best Actor.)
APR - Greater Tuna
MAY - The King and I
MAY - Two recently discovered Tennessee Williams plays (Community
Theater Continental Premiere) Guest Director.
SEP - Lend Me A Tenor
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays (Award Winner:
"For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls" won four First Place awards
including Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, and Stage Manager; three
Second Place awards (Show, Ensemble, Actress), and one Third (Supporting Actress).
This production was invited to perform at the Maytime Festival
in Dundalk, Ireland in May, 1999.
DEC - Into The Woods
FEB - Crimes of the Heart (Award
Winner : Europe-wide US Forces 1999 Topper Awards: won Best Lighting Design and 10
other Comedy nominations.)
MAR - The Elephant Man (Award
Winner : Europe-wide US Forces 1999 Topper Awards: won Best Actor and 10 other Drama
nominations.)
APR - Hosted and Technical Direction for Heidelberg High School production
of TinTypes
MAY - The Music Man
SEP - The Nerd
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays (Award Winner:
"In the Game" original piece by Roadside's Patrick Strain won a
Special First Place Award for original playwrighting, and Third Place for
Best Stage Manager. )
NOV - A Midsummer Night’s Dream
NOV - Hosted and Technical Direction for Heidelberg High School production
of Dames At Sea
DEC - In The Beginning (World
Premiere)
Guest Director.
FEB - Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Award
Winner : Europe-wide US Forces Topper 2000 Awards: won Best Orchestra, Best Actor
in a Minor Role, and six other Musical nominations.)
MAR - Dancing At Lughnasa (Award Winner : Europe-wide US Forces 2000 Topper Awards : won 15 awards in nine
categories, including Best Drama; Director and Technical Director; Lighting,
Sound and Set Designs; Ensemble; Best Supporting Actor; as well as five other
Drama nominations.)
MAY - Evita
JUL - The Compleat Works of Shakespeare, Abridged
SEP - I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
One Act Play Festival (Award Winner: "Wit"
– Community Theater World Premiere; won Best Show,
and qualified to represent Region 10 at the National AACT
Festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in June, 2001; also Best Actress,
two Second Place awards (Director and Supporting Actor) and two Third Place
awards (Supporting Actress and Stage Manager).
DEC - The Greatest Christmas Pageant Ever
JAN - Hosted Play Ball (Army Touring Show)
FEB - Lost In Yonkers (Award
Winner : Europe-wide US Forces 2001 Topper Awards: won 9 awards, including Best Drama;
Director, Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress, Youth and Military Performers,
as well as 6 other Drama nominations.)
MAY - Les Misérables (American
Community Theater World Premiere)
SEP - Sylvia
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. Premiered original play "Act of Faith"
by Roadside's Andrew Culjak.
OCT - The Woman in Black
DEC - Annie
MAR - Proposals (Award
Winner:
Europe-wide US Forces 2002 Topper Awards: won 8 awards, including Best Comedy,
Actress, Supporting Actress, Actor and Actress in Minor Role, Youth, Military,
and Lighting; as well as 9 other Comedy Nominations.)
APR - Art (Award
Winner: Europe-wide
US Forces 2002 Topper Awards: won 2 awards( for Best Set and Director), as
well as 8 other Drama nominations)
JUN - HONK!
SEP - Fuddy Meers
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner:
"The Author's Voice," directed by Tim Clark, won a third place Best Supporting
Actress award; and Heidelberg actors swept the Monologue Competition winning
first, second, and third places.)
OCT - A Grand Night For Singing
DEC - The Wizard of Oz
FEB - Love Letters (Readers Theater)
MAR - Twelfth Night (Award Winner: Europe-wide US Forces 2003 Topper Awards: won 5 awards, for Best Supporting
Actor, Actor in a Minor Role, Costumes, Makeup, and Stage Manager; as well
as 10 other Comedy Nominations.)
MAY - Guys and Dolls
SEP -Tale of the Allergists Wife
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner:
"Adaptation," directed by Kerri Pangman, won a third place award for Performance
in a Minor Role)
OCT -The Clumsy Custard Horror Show and Ice Cream Clone Review
DEC - Fiddler on the Roof
FEB - Proof (Award Winner: Europe-wide US Forces 2004 Topper Awards: won 1 award for Best Supporting
Actor, as well as 4 other Drama Nominations.)
MAR - The Lion in Winter (Award
Winner: Europe-wide US Forces 2004 Topper Awards: won 10 Comedy Nominations.)
MAY - Victor/Victoria
SEP -Greater Tuna
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner:
"Suburb," directed by Dan Stapula,a Community Theater
European Premiere; won Best Show, and qualified to represent Region
10 at the National AACT Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan in June, 2005; also
won awards for Best Actress, and Second Place for Stage Manager. National
Award Winner Suburb tied for Third Place at the 2005 National
AACT Festival, and Jeanne Ragonese won an Excellence in Acting Award, and
Deb Bauer won an Excellence in Musical Production Award.
OCT- An Evening Of One-Act Plays
DEC - Cinderella
MAR - The School For Scandal (Award
Winner: Europe-wide US Forces 2005 Topper Awards: won 7 Awards and
19 other Nominations.)
MAR - The Belle of Amherst
APR - The Great American Game Show Comedy Mystery
JUN - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
JUN - Suburb - The Musical
SEP - Hosted the Dept of Army touring show, PVT Wars
SEP - Hosted an "Actors Studio" with visiting TV/stage stars Alex Skuby and Larry Romano
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner: "Death
and the Maiden," directed
by Dan Stapula,
won Best Stage Manager, and 2nd place Best Overall Design)
OCT - Jekyll and Hyde, the concert version
OCT - Hosted a comedy club evening with visiting "Blue Collar" comedian Ron White, and comedian Robert Hawkins
DEC - A Chrismas Carol
JAN - Bus Stop
MAR - Hay Fever (Award Winner: Europe-wide
US Forces 2006 Topper Awards: won 9 Awards and Nominations in 9 other categories.)
APR - Peter and the Wolf (World Premiere of an original adaptation.)
MAY - Hello, Dolly!
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner: "Children
of Eden" directed by Jane Gargett, won first place Ensemble and second
place Show, and third place Supporting Actor)
OCT - 84 Charing Cross Road, Reader's Theater
DEC - Beauty & The Beast
FEB - Pinnochio (World Premiere of an original adaptation.)
FEB - A Few Good Men (Award Winner: Europe-wide US Forces 2007 Topper Awards: won 3 awards and 11 other Nominations)
MAR - Enchanted April (Award Winner: Europe-wide US Forces 2007 Topper Awards: won 3 awards and 11 other Nominations)
MAY/JUN - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner: "Double Date" directed by Chris Overly, won third place Supporting Actor and second place Stage Manager. SGT Jessie Rae Jackson won Best Monologue for “Sweethearts”)
SEP/OCT - Double Date
OCT/NOV- Animal Farm
NOV - "...a little Weill" featuring guest artist Andrea Huber
DEC/JAN - Seussical
FEB - The Roadside Theater Show Choir Debut Concert
FEB/MAR - Five Women Wearing The Same Dress
APR - All In The Timing
MAY/JUN - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown!
OCT - Hosted and Technical Direction for the Overseas US Forces
Festival of One Act Plays. (Award Winner: "Mona Lisa Gherardini" directed by Steve DeVito, won third place for New Writing. "Do Not Go Gentle" directed by Kathy Yemm, won 1st place Supporting Actor and 2nd Place Best Actress. Roadside also took 2nd the monologues.)
NOV - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
NOV - Doubt: A Parable
DEC/JAN - Thoroughly Modern Millie
JAN/FEB - What is This Thing Called Love? featuring are own local artist Jeanne Ragonese
MAR/APR - The Glass Menagerie
APR -The Roadside Theater Show Choir Concert
MAY/JUN -The Sound of Music
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Throughout the year, Roadside Theater hosts numerous community special events, including ethnic celebrations; touring musical and theater groups; school and youth center events; youth summer theater camp; directing and professional theater manager workshops; and provides technical direction and local logistical support for numerous official functions.
A note on the awards: We think all of our productions deserve awards, but not all of them are entered in festivals to be judged. For example, the travelling judges for the Topper Awards program only visit productions presented during the official judging period, between the end of February and the first of April each year; and only those One-Acts entered in the October festival are judged. So our other productions are equally outstanding, but they are not presented during this judging period! Both the Topper Awards and the One-Act Festival are adjudicated by recognized theater professionals from the USA, Canada, Ireland, or England.
Roadside Theater is an organizational member of the American Association of Community Theater (AACT) Region 10.
