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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; 378 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 sumer 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

1967

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

First Summer Season

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

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

1968

• Separate Tables; March 23 - 25

Second Summer Season

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

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

1969

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

Third Summer Season

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

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

1970

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

Fourth Summer Season

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

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

1971

• Another Evening with the Little Revue; Feb. 6
• Anything Goes; Mar. 13 - 15
• 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 Wolfe? 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 ont he 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: Uncomon 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

Thirty-Fourth Summer Season

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

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

• The Mousetrap; Nov. 10 - 12

2001

• Anastasia; Mar. 16 – 18

Thirty-Fifth Summer Season

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

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 For

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), April 28; Dir. by Dr. Doug Larch