Theatre on the Bay Seasons Past

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The UW-Marinette campus theatre is named in honor of Herbert L. Williams, associate professor of Communication Arts and Artistic Director of Theatre on the Bay from 1966 until his retirement in 1996.

Theatre Facts: Built in 1968 by Marinette County; furnished by the University; backstage area expanded in 1983; 362 seats; thrust stage; first performance Feb. 11, 1969, concert by flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal; first Theatre on the Bay production, "Lion in Winter"; first lecture, cartoonist Al Capp; first professional theatre touring performance, "Waiting for Godot" by the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. On June 28, Theatre on the Bay opened its third summer season here with six performances of "The Man Who Came to Dinner."

A list of Theatre on the Bay productions; Herbert L. Williams, Artistic Director
(Guest directors individually noted)

1966

Three One-Acts: Fumed Oak, The Sandbox, The Tiger; Nov. 6 - 8 Photo Gallery

1967

The Crucible; Feb. 24 - 27; Photo Gallery
The Boy Friend; May 13 - 15; Photo Gallery

First Summer Season

Visit to a Small Planet; June 30 & July 1 - 4; Photo Gallery
A Streetcar Named Desire; July 14 - 18; Photo Gallery
Importance of Being Ernest; July 23 - Aug. 1
Bye Bye Birdie; Aug. 11 - 15; Photo Gallery

The Zoo Story, American Dream; Nov. 18 - 20; Photo Gallery

1968

Separate Tables; March 23 - 25; Photo Gallery

Second Summer Season

The Fantasticks; July 4 - 9; Photo Gallery
The Little Foxes; July 19 - 23; Photo Gallery
Blithe Spirit; Aug. 2 - 6; Photo Gallery
Once Upon a Mattress; Aug. 16 - 20; Photo Gallery

An Evening with W. Shakespeare, A Delicate Balance; Dec. 15; Photo Gallery

1969

The Glass Menagerie; Jan. 11 - 13: Photo Gallery
The Lion in Winter; Mar. 22 - 24; Photo Gallery
South Pacific; May 17 - 19; Photo Gallery

Third Summer Season

The Man Who Came to Dinner; June 28 - 30 & July 5 – 7; Photo Gallery
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; July 12 - 14 & 19 - 21; Photo Gallery
Waltz of the Toreadors; July 26 - 28 & Aug. 2 - 4; Photo Gallery
Gypsy; Aug. 9 - 11 & 16 - 18; Photo Gallery

Black Comedy, Private Ear; Oct. 11 - 13; Photo Gallery
110 in the Shade; Nov. 15 - 17; Photo Gallery
After the Rain; Dec. 14; Photo Gallery

1970

Broadway Time Capsule; Feb. 28, Mar. 1 & 2; Photo Gallery
Everything in the Garden; Apr. 18 - 20; Photo Gallery

Fourth Summer Season

Barefoot in the Park; June 20 - 22 & 27 - 29; Photo Gallery
Picnic; July 4 - 6 & 11 – 13, Dir. by David Fennema; Photo Gallery
Five Finger Exercise; July 18 - 20 & 25 - 27
Mame; Aug. 1 - 3 & 8 - 10; Photo Gallery

The Women; Oct. 17 - 19; Photo Gallery
A Man for All Seasons; November; Photo Gallery

1971

Another Evening with the Little Revue; Feb. 6; Photo Gallery
Anything Goes; Mar. 13 - 15; Photo Gallery
Hotel Universe; May

Fifth Summer Season

Arsenic & Old Lace; July 3 - 5 & 10 - 12
Dark of the Moon; July 17 - 19 & 24 - 26
Miss Lonelyhearts; July 31 - Aug. 2
Kiss Me Kate; Aug. 21 - 23, 28 - 30 & Sept. 4 - 6

Born Yesterday; Oct. 30, 31 & Nov. 6, 7
The Birthday Party; Dec. 4 - 6

1972

The Merry Widow; Jan. 25 - 30
The Killing of Sister George; Feb. 26 - 28
Cabaret; Apr. 29, 30 & May 6 - 8

Sixth Summer Season

The Odd Couple; June 17 - 19 & 24 - 26
Hedda Gabler; July 1 - 3 & 8 - 10
The Time of the Cuckoo; July 15 - 17 & 22 - 24
Hello Dolly; Aug. 5 - 7 & 11 - 14

Chamber Music, Salome, Suddenly Last Summer, Next; Oct. 28 - 30 & Nov. 4 – 6, Dir. by Guy Meyer
Fortune and Men's Eyes; Dec. 9 - 12

1973

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Feb. 24 - 26 & Mar. 3 - 5
Company; Apr. 28 - 30 & May 5 - 7

Seventh Summer Season

I Do I Do; June 29 - 30 & July 1 - 3
Butterflies are Free; July 13 - 17
Cactus Flower; July 28 - 31
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Aug. 10 – 14, Dir. by Marshall Smith

A Midsummer Night's Dream; Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 - 4

1974

27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Diary of Adam and Eve; Apr. 27 - 29

Eighth Summer Season

Applause; June 29 - July 3
Bus Stop; July 13 - 17
Last of the Red Hot Lovers; July 27 - 31, Dir. by Terrance Riley
Carnival; Aug. 10 - 14

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Oct. 12 - 13 & 19 - 20
Monopoly, Box and Cox, The Browning Version, Live Spelled Backwards; Nov. 23 - 26

1975

The Decline and Fall of the Entire World as Seen Through the Eyes of Cole Porter, Revisited; Jan. 31 – Feb. 2
The Visit; Mar. 21 - 24

Ninth Summer Season

Follies; June 20 – 23 & 27 - 30
A Thousand Clowns; July 11 - 17
Gingerbread Lady; July 25 - 31
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Aug. 8 – 11 & 15 – 18, Dir. by Guy Meyer

Oh Coward! Oct. 4 - 5, 11 - 12 & 18 - 19
The Effect of Gamma Rays on the Man in the Moon Marigolds; Nov. 8 – 10, Dir. by Jan DesJardin
The Collection, Botticelli, The Zoo Story; Nov. 15 - 17

1976

Star Spangled Girl; Jan. 24 - 26
And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little; Mar. 27 - 29
A Thurber Carnival; Apr. 24 – 26, Dir. by Phyllis Barnes

Tenth Summer Season

Dames at Sea; June 19 – 21 & 26 – 28, Dir. by Guy Meyer
Sleuth; July 10 – 13, Dir. by Jan DesJardin
TOB Surprise; July 24 – 27, Co-directed by Guy Meyer
Damn Yankees; Aug. 7 – 9 & 14 – 16, Dir. by Bartlett Schilawski

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Oct. 23 - 25
Your's Sincerely, Richard Rogers; Dec. 31, Jan. 1

1977

A Flea in her Ear; Jan. 29 – 31, Dir. by Ed Claussen
The Hot'l Baltimore; Feb. 26 – Mar. 1
Berlin to Broadway; Mar. 19 – 20 & 26 – 27, Dir. by Ed Claussen
Zorba; May 7 – 10, Dir. by Jan. DesJardin

Eleventh Summer Season

Stop the World I Want to Get Off; June 25 – 27 & July 2 - 4
Private Lives; July 9 – 13, Dir. by Marshall Smith
Anyone Can Whistle; July 16 – 18 & 23 – 25, Dir. by Guy Meyer
Boys in the Band; July 30 – Aug. 3
Fiddler on the Roof; Aug. 6 – 9 & 13 – 16, Dir. by Jan DesJardin

Night of the Iguana; Oct. 15 - 18
Front Row Center '77; Nov. 26

1978

What the Butler Saw; Feb. 3 – 5, Dir. by Guy Meyer
Arms and the Man; Mar. 4 - 7
The Sound of Music; Apr. 28 – May 4

Twelfth Summer Season

Godspell; June 24 – 28, Dir. by Marshall Smith
Equus; July 8 - 12
Prisoner of 2nd Avenue; July 22 - 26
Jacques Brell is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; July 28 – 30, Co-directed by Guy Meyer
Man of LaMancha; Aug. 5 – 7 & 12 - 14

A Streetcar Named Desire; Oct. 19 - 22
The Grass Harp; Nov. 11 - 13

1979

Camelot; Feb. 22 - 26
The Shadow Box; Apr. 5, 8 & 9

Thirteenth Summer Season

A Little Night Music; June 23 – 25, June 30, July 1 - 2
Wait Until Dark; July 14 - 17
California Suite; July 28 – 31, Dir. by Greg LeGault
Guys & Dolls; Aug. 11 – 13 & 18 - 20

The Good Doctor; Oct. 6 - 7
The Diary of Anne Frank; Nov. 10 – 12, Dir. by Jeannine LaFave
A Taste of Porter; Dec. 31 & Jan. 1

1980

Promises, Promises; Feb. 2, 3, 9 & 10
The Runner Stumbles; Apr. 25 – 27
Ladies at the Alamo; May 16 - 18

Fourteenth Summer Season

Pippin; July 6 – 8, 12 – 14 & 19 – 21, Dir. by Kathleen Schreiner-Ellison
Side by Side by Sondheim; July 25 - 27
The Music Man; Aug. 2 – 4, 9 – 11 & 16 - 18
Same Time Next Year; Aug. 22 - 24
The Heiress; Nov. 22 – 24, Dir. by Guy Meyer

1981

The Medium; Jan. 16 – 18, Co-directed by Jeanne DeMille
81 Front Row Center '81; mar. 28 – 31, Co-directed by Merlaine Angwall

Fifteenth Summer Season

My Fair Lady; June 20 – 23 & 27 - 30
Flower Drum Song, July 11 – 14 & 18 - 21
Bye Bye Birdie; Aug. 8 – 11 & 15 - 18

Count Dracula; Oct. 24 – 26 & 31
A Christmas Carol; Dec. 19 - 21

1982

Regina; Jan. 31 – Feb. 1
The Time of Your Life; Mar. 6 - 8
A Murder is Announced; Apr. 23 - 25
Vanities, Child's Play & Separate Tables; May 21 - 22

Sixteenth Summer Season

Annie Get Your Gun; June 18 – 21 & 25 – 28, Dir. by Jeannine LaFave
Sweet Charity; July 16 – 19 & 23 – 26, Dir. by Greg LeGault
The Wiz; Aug. 13 – 16 & 20 - 23
Plaza Suite; Oct. 30 – Nov. 1

1983

Shaffer One Acts: Uncommon Women, Adaptation, Black Comedy, Public Eye; Feb. 5 - 14
The Boy Friend; Apr. 23 - 25

Seventeenth Summer Season

Can Can; June 18 – 20 & 25 – 27, Dir. by Amy Vieth
God's Favorite; July 16 – 18 & 23 – 25, Dir. by Greg LeGault
Funny Girl; Aug. 13 – 15 & 20 – 22, Dir. by Jeannine LaFave

Tonight at 8: Fumed Oak, Still Life, Ways and Means, Red Peppers; Oct. 22 – 24 & 29 – 31, Co-directed by Greg LeGault
TOB Surprise; Dec. 31, Jan. 1, 7 & 8

1984

Eighteenth Summer Season

Bedroom Farce; June 16 – 19 & 23 - 26
Death Trap; July 14 – 17 & 21 – 24, Dir. by Jeannine LaFave
Brigadoon; Aug. 11 – 14 & 18 – 21, Dir. by Greg LeGault

Cole; Dec. 31, Jan. 4 - 6

1985

The Art of Dining; Feb. 16 – 18, Co-directed by Sue DeKelver

Ninteenth Summer Season

The King and I; June 22 – 24 & 29 – July 1
The Rose Tattoo; July 20 - 24
Annie; Aug. 10 – 12 & 16 – 19, Dir. by Jeannine LaFave

Ain't Misbehavin'; Dec. 31 & Jan. 4 – 5, Dir. by Barbra Joan Alloy

1986

Night Must Fall; Apr. 19 - 21

Twentieth Summer Season

Hello Dolly; June 21 – 24 & 28 – July 1, Dir. by Barbra Joan Alloy
Belle of Amherst; July 18 , 21 & 27
Marry Me a Little; July 19, 22 & 25
South Pacific; Aug. 16 – 19 & 23 - 26

Fools; Nov. 1 – 3, Dir. by Jeannine LaFave
Romance in a Flat, Chamber Music; Nov. 8 - 10
TOB Broadway Fantasy; Dec. 31

1987

Look Homeward Angel; Mar. 14 - 16

Twenty-First Summer Season

Tintypes; June 18,21 & 24
Close Ties; June 19, 22 & 25
Quilters; June 20, 23 & 26, Dir. by Greg LeGault
Oklahoma; July 10 – 14 & 17 - 21
Mame; Aug. 7 – 11 & 14 - 18

1988

Gigi; Feb. 20 - 23

Twenty-Second Summer Season

Gypsy; June 18 – 21 & 25 - 28
Piaf; July 9, 18 & 24
Last of Mrs. Lincoln; July 10, 16 & 25, Dir. by Robert Kampa
Fiddler on the Roof; Aug. 6 – 9 & 13 – 16, Dir. by Susie Cravens LeGault

Come Blow Your Horn; Oct. 8 - 10
Perfectly Frank; Dec. 31 & Jan. 1

1989

When you Coming Back Red Ryder; Feb. 25 - 27
The Dining Room; Apr. 22 - 24

Twenty-Third Summer Season

Visit to a Small Planet; July 15 – 17 & 22 - 24
Blithe Spirit; Aug. 5 - 9
Once Upon a Mattress; Aug. 19 – 22 & 26 - 29

Our Town; Oct. 21 - 23

1990

You Can't Take it With You; Feb. 10 - 12
The Cherry Orchard; Apr. 29 - 30

Twenty-Fourth Summer Season

Oliver; July 7 – 9 & 14 - 16
Steel Magnolias; July 28 - 31
West Side Story; Aug. 11 – 13 & 18 - 20

The Crucible; Oct. 13 - 15

1991

Stepping Out; Feb. 2 - 4
Ten Little Indians; Apr. 20 - 22

Twenty-Fifth Summer Season

Grease; July 13 – 15 & 20 – 22, Dir. by Susie Cravens LeGault
Nunsense; Aug. 3 - 6
Music Man, Aug. 17 – 19 & 24 – 26, Dir. by Susie Cravens LeGault

Amadeus; Nov. 23 - 25
The 1940's Radio Hour; Dec. 31, Jan. 10 - 11

1992

Agnes of God; Feb. 14 - 17
Biloxi Blues; Apr. 10 - 13

Twenty-Sixth Summer Season

Arsenic & Old Lace; June 26 – 30, Dir. by Greg LeGault
Into the Woods; July 10 – 13 & 17 - 20
42nd Street; Aug. 7 – 10 & 14 - 17

Harvey, Oct. 31, Nov. 1 - 2

1993

Lion in Winter; Feb. 13 - 15
Glass Managerie, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, Suddenly Last Summer; Apr. 17 - 26

Twenty-Seventh Summer Season

Snow White & the 7 Dwarfs; June 19 – 20, Dir. by Jan Des Jardin
A Chorus Line; July 10 – 13 & 17 - 20
Nunsense; July 31, Aug. 1 - 4
Annie; Aug. 14 – 17 & 21 - 24

Separate Tables; Oct. 16 - 18
The World Goes Round, Dec. 31, Jan. 1 & 2

1994

Mass Appeal; Feb. 12 - 14
A Thurber Carnival; Apr. 16 - 18

Twenty-Eighth Summer Season

Charlotte's Web; June 18 – 19, Dir. by Jan Desjardin
The Man Who Came to Dinner; July 9 – 11 & 16 - 18
The Sound of Music; Aug. 13 – 16 & 20 - 23

I Hate Hamlet; Oct. 28 - 31

1995

Red, Hot and Cole; Feb. 10 - 13
Bus Stop; Apr. 21 - 24

Twenty-Ninth Summer Season

The Wizard of Oz; June 16 – 19 & 23 – 26, Dir. by Jan DesJardin
The Odd Couple (Female Version); July 14 – 17 & 21 – 24, Dir. by Susie Cravens LeGault
Meet Me In St. Louis; Aug. 11 – 14 & 18 - 21

Stevie; Oct. 6 - 9

1996

Crimes of the Heart; Feb. 3 - 5
The Dresser; Apr. 20 – 22, Co-directed by Jeannine LaFave & Susie Cravens LeGault

Thirtieth Summer Season

Cinderella; June 15 – 17 & 22 – 24, Dir. by Jan DesJardin
Anything Goes; July 13 - 17
Nunsense II; Aug. 10 – 13 & 17 - 20

Plays directed by Theatre on the Bay Interim Artistic Director Gregory LeGault:

Antigone; Oct. 26 - 28

1997

Talking With; Apr. 26 - 28

Thirty-First Summer Season

How to Eat Like a Child; June 14 – 16 & 21 – 23, Dir. by Jan DesJardin
Fantasticks; July 12 – 15 & 19 - 22
Plain Hearts; Aug. 9 – 12 & 16 - 19

Plays directed by Theatre on the Bay Artistic Director Mark E. Lococo:

Tales of the Lost Formicans; Nov. 1 - 3

1998

Album; Apr. 25 - 27

Thirty-Second Summer Season

Snow White and the 11 Dorfs; June 13 – 16 & 20 – 23, Dir. by Thomas McEvilly
Lost in Yonkers; July 11 – 14 & 18 - 21
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? Aug. 8 – 11 & 15 - 18

Crow and Weasel; Oct. 17 - 19

1999

In Their Own Words; Apr. 10 - 12

Thirty-Third Summer Season

School House Rock Live; June 4 – 7 & 11 – 14, Dir. by Maria Bragonier
Working; July 9 – 12 & 16 - 19

Plays directed by Theatre on the Bay Artistic Director Gary L. Balfantz:

The Foreigner; Oct. 22 - 24

2000

Pine Grove Performance Fest; Mar. 23 - 25
The Little Foxes; Apr. 28 - 30 Photo Gallery

Thirty-Fourth Summer Season

Peter Pan; June 16 – 18 & 23 - 25 Photo Gallery
Nuncrackers; July 14 - 17 Photo Gallery
Hair; Aug. 4 – 7 & 11 - 14 Photo Gallery

Plays directed by Theatre on the Bay Artistic Director Emeritus Herbert L. Williams:

The Mousetrap; Nov. 10 - 12 Photo Gallery

2001

Anastasia; Mar. 16 – 18 Photo Gallery

Thirty-Fifth Summer Season

Alice in Wonderland, (Cast Story), June 15 – 18 & 22 - 25 Photo Gallery
Pajama Game; Aug. 10 – 13 & 17 - 20 Photo Gallery

Plays directed by Theatre on the Bay Artistic Director Dr. Doug Larche:

Angels in the Snow: The Berlin Wall Musical Drama (Cast Story), (Review); Nov. 30 – Dec. 3 & Dec. 7 - 10 Photo Gallery

2002

The Ice-Fishing Play; Feb. 22 – 25 & Mar. 1 - 4
Ganderland: A Mother Goose and Father Gander Musical (Cast Story) (Review); Apr. 12 – 14 & 19 - 21
Smash!, spring semester

Thirty-Sixth Summer Season

Play It Again, Sam (Cast Story), June 21 – 24 & June 28 – July 1
Smoke on the Mountain (Cast Story), July 19 – 22 & 26 - 29 (Cast Story) (Review);
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cast Story), June 29 – 30, Dir. by Jason Larche
The Tempest (Cast Story), July 27 & 28, Dir. by Jason Larche

Playing for Time (Cast Story) (Review); Oct. 25 – 27 & Nov. 1 - 3
O Christmas Three! (Cast Story); Dec. 7 – 8, Dir. by Jason Larche

2003

The Boys Next Door (Cast Story); Feb. 28 – Mar. 2 & Mar. 7 - 9 (Photo Gallery)
Bards on the Bay Northwoods Playwrights Festival (Cast Story); Apr. 25 - 26

Thirty-Seventh Summer Season

The Nerd (Cast Story); June 20 – 23 & 27 - 30 (Photo Gallery)
Hansel and Gretel Cast Story); June 28 – 29, Dir. by Jason Larche
Guys and Dolls (Cast Story); July 18 – 21 & 25 - 28 (Photo Gallery)
Guys and Dolls, Jr. (the Next Generation!) (Cast Story); July 19 – 20 & 26 – 27, Dir. by Jason Larche

Our Town, (Cast Story); (Feature)Oct. 31- Nov. 2 & Nov. 7 – 9; Dir. by William Shepard (Photo Gallery)

2004

Three Parts Laughter; (Cast Story); Feb. 27 – 29 & Mar. 5 – 7, Dir. by William Shepard (Photo Gallery)
Much Ado About Nothing, (Cast Story); May 5 - 7, Dir. by Jason Larche for Bohemian Renaissance Theatre Company

Thirty-Eighth Summer Season

Smoke on the Mountain (Cast Story); June 18 - 21 & 25 - 28 (Photo Gallery)
Fiddler on the Roof (Cast Story); July 16 - 19 & 23 - 26 (Photo Gallery)

Twelfth Night, (Cast Story); October 15 - 17 & 22 - 24, Dir. by Jason Larche and the Bohemian Renaissance Theatre Company (Photo Gallery)
Taras and Me, (Cast Story); November 18, Dir. by Dr. Doug Larch

2005

A Play on Words, (Cast Story); February 11 - 13 & 18 - 20, Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Dancing at Lughnasa, (Cast Story); April 1 - 3 & 8 - 10, Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Bards on the Bay, (Cast Story); April 30 & May 1

Thirty-Ninth Summer Season

Forever Plaid, (Cast Story), July 1 - 3 & 8 - 11, Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Lend Me a Tenor, (Cast Story), July 22 - 25 & 29 - Aug. 1, Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche

Spine-Tingling Tales from Classic Literature: The Yellow Wallpaper; Masque of the Red Death; The Lottery, (Cast Story), October 21 - 23, Dir. by Amanda Rhines
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, (Cast Story), November 11 - 13, Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche

2006

Picnic, (Cast Story), March 3 - 5 & Mar. 10 & 11; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Bards on the Bay, (Cast Story), May 4; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche

Fortieth Summer Season

The Fantasticks, (Cast Story), June 30, July 1 & 3; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
The 40th Anniversary Celebration (Story), July 2; Hosted by Herbert L. Williams and Dr. Doug Larche (Photo Gallery)
Nunsense (Cast Story), July 21 - 24 & 28 - 31; Dir. by Herbert. L. Williams

Antigone 3 (Cast Story), November 3 - 5 & 10 - 12; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche (Photo Gallery)

2007

Number the Stars (Cast Story), March 2 - 4 and 9 - 11; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Bards on the Bay (Cast Story), April 28; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche

Forty-First Summer Season

Pippin (Cast Story), June 22 - 25 & June 29 - July 2; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Don't Dress for Dinner (Cast Story), July 20 - 23 & 27 - 30; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche

Preacher Rose (Cast Story), Nov. 9 - 11 & 16 - 19; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche

2008

A Piece of My Heart (Cast Story), January 10 - 13; Dir. by Kelsey Djupstrom
A Weekend Near Madison (Cast Story), February 29 - March 2 & March 7 - 9; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larche
Bards on the Bay (Cast Story), May 9 and 10; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larch