featuring
Darrin Baker
Jessica Blair
James Donegan
Jeff Edgerton
Sarah Mugavero
scenery
Justin Townsend
costumes
Andrea Varga
lights
Josh Bradford
sound
Daniel Baker
production stage manager
Emily Arnold
director
Lear deBessonet
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August 14-30
June Moon
by Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman
directed by Jesse Berger
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The only collaboration between Kaufman and the great Ring Lardner tells the story of a young songwriter who meets the right girl on the train into the Big Apple – where he then meets the wrong girl, and pens the song that will make his fortune! A comedic romp set in the wild and unpredictable music business of the 1920s.
This was the second production of THE KAUFMAN COLLECTION,
DTF’s commitment to rediscovering for American audiences
George S. Kaufman’s great works for the stage.
featuring
Mark Alhadeff
Mary Bacon
Peter Bretz
Erin Timony Bump
Curran Connor
Larissa Goldberg
Carol Halstead
Ian Lowe
Spencer Moses
Brit Whittle
Teresa Stephenson
scenery
David Barber
costumes
Sara Jean Tosetti
lights
Josh Bradford
sound
Daniel Baker
production stage manager
Emily Arnold
director
Jesse Berger
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2007 SEASON
Photos by Harry Lee
June 14 - July 1
Theophilus North
by Matthew Burnett
based on the novel by Thornton Wilder
directed by Carl Forsman
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In 1926, 30 year-old Theophilus quits his job as a schoolteacher to see the world. Until his used car breaks down in the affluent town of Newport, Rhode Island. There he spends a summer intervening in the lives of its residents, hoping to make a difference – but will they return the favor? Incoming Artistic Director Carl Forsman brings his acclaimed off-Broadway production of this charming new play to Dorset.
featuring
Margaret Daly
Joe Delafield
Megan Ferguson
Scott Parkinson
Geddeth Smith
Regan Thompson
Brit Whittle
scenery
Beowulf Boritt
lights
Josh Bradford
costumes
Theresa Squire
sound
Daniel Baker
production stage manager
Erin Grenier
casting
Kelly Gillespie
McCorkle Casting
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July 5-15
Talley's Folly
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Greg Leaming
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It’s July 4th, 1944, and Matt Friedman is attempting to woo Sally Talley. Despite her family’s narrow- mindedness, these two lonely people find a way to connect. Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes a heartfelt look at love triumphant.
featuring
Todd Cerveris
Angela Reed
scenery
Nathan Heverin
lights
Josh Bradford
costumes
Andrea Varga
sound
Daniel Baker
production stage manager
Erin Grenier
casting
Kelly Gillespie
McCorkle Casting
artistic director
Carl Forsman
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July 19 - August 5
Dulcy
by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly
directed by Carl Forsman
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Dulcy is determined to help her husband save his fake pearl business, and over the course of a weekend she knows she can get him more than the sixteen and two-thirds percent he’s been promised by old Forbes in a merger. But encouraging Forbes’ daughter to elope with a silent film writer, inviting a millionaire with a secret, and hiring a butler out of Sing Sing probably won’t make things easy! A hilarious Jazz-age comedy, the first play in DTF’s ambitious new endeavor THE KAUFMAN COLLECTION, in which we’ll bring one of the American master’s works to life every summer!
featuring
Mark Alhadeff
Cheryl Lynn Bowers
Phillip Clark
Teddy Coluca
Kelly Deadmon
Ben Hollandsworth
Alexis Hyatt
D.H. Johnson
Saxon Palmer
Thomas Jay Ryan
Brit Whittle
scenery
Nathan Heverin
lights
Josh Bradford
costumes
Theresa Squire
sound
Daniel Baker
production stage manager
Dave Polato
casting
Kelly Gillespie
McCorkle Casting
artistic director
Carl Forsman
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August 9 - 26
Sleuth
by Anthony Shaffer
directed by Jesse Berger
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Andrew has been cuckolded by Milo, and he plots an extraordinary revenge.
But when a police inspector turns up, Andrew’s brilliant plan starts to come undone.
A funny, biting thriller which promises to surprise.
featuring
Jay Goede
Philip Goodwin
Robert E. Lawson
Vincent Marks
Sean McNulty
scenery
Wilson Chin
lights
Josh Bradford
costumes
Theresa Squire
sound
Daniel Baker
production stage manager
Dave Polato
casting
Kelly Gillespie
McCorkle Casting
artistic director
Carl Forsman
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2006 SEASON
MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS
by Ron Hutchinson
directed by John Morrison
A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED
by Agatha Christie
adapted for the stage by Leslie Darbon
directed by Debra Whitfield
THE LUSTY AND COMICAL HISTORY OF TOM JONES
written and directed by John Morrison
PETER PAN
adapted and directed by Brian Feehan
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by Tennessee Williams
directed by John Morrison
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2005 SEASON
THE AU PAIR MAN
by Hugh Leonard
directed by John Morrison
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
adapted by Stephan Mallatratt
from a book by Susan Hill
directed by David Lansbury
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Bill Coons
THE LION IN WINTER
by James Goldman
SKY GIRLS
by Jenny Laird
directed by Frank Latson
THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES
by Frank D. Gilroy
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2004 SEASON
SYLVIA
by A. R. Gurney
directed by Kim Moore
THE MOUSETRAP
by Agatha Christie
directed by John Morrison
AFTER MAGRITTE & THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND
by Tom Stoppard
directed by William Coons
MASS APPEAL
by Bill C. Davis
directed by Michael Lasswell
NUNSENSE
book, music, lyrics by Dan Goggin
directed by Brian Feehan
RELATIVELY SPEAKING
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by John Morrison
SWING STREET
by John Nassivera & Jeff Bernstein
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2003 SEASON
LITTLE WOMEN
adapted for the stage from the novel by Louisa May Alcott
adapted by Marion DeForest & Jill Charles
directed by Frank H. Latson
SHERLOCK HOLMES and
THE CURSE OF THE SIGN OF FOUR
by Dennis Rosa
based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
directed by John Morrison
APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
by Agatha Christie
directed by Catrin Parker
THE FOREIGNER
by Larry Shue
directed by John Morrison
THE ORCHARD
by John Nassivera
adapted from "The Cherry Orchard" by Anton Chekhov
directed by B.T. McNicholl
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2002 SEASON
WAITING FOR GODOT
by Samuel Beckett
directed by John Morrison
TOWARDS ZERO
by Agatha Christie
directed by Catrin Parker
SHE LOVES ME
book by Joe Masteroff
music by Jerry Bock
lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
directed by Frank Latson
SHADY BUSINESS
by Robin Hawdon
directed by John Morrison
THE MUSIC LESSON
by Tammy Ryan
directed by Louis Tyrrell
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2001 SEASON
ART
by Yasmina Reza
translated by Christopher Hampton
directed by John Morrison
O THE DAYS!
by Sheila Walsh
directed by John Morrison
TEN LITTLE INDIANS
by Agatha Christie
directed by Mark S. Ramont
NOISES OFF
by Michael Frayn
directed by Jill Charles
REDWOOD CURTAIN
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Jill Charles
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1999 SEASON
AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN
by Douglas Carter Beane
directed by James Fitzsimmons
HAY FEVER
by Noel Coward
directed by Jill Charles
ROUND AND ROUND THE GARDEN
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by John Morrison
GO BACK FOR MURDER
by Agatha Christie
directed by Jill Charles
BARRYMORE
by William Luce
directed by John Morrison
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1998 SEASON
GOLF WITH ALAN SHEPARD
by Carter W. Lewis
directed by John Morrison
ROOM SERVICE
by John Murray and Allen Boretz
directed by Jill Charles
DON'T DRESS FOR DINNER
by Marc Camoletti
adapted by Robin Hawdon
directed by John Morrison
SPIDER'S WEB
by Agatha Christie
directed by Jill Charles
OLD WICKED SONGS
by Jon Marans
directed by Mark S. Ramont
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1997 SEASON
VALLEY SONG
by Anthol Fugard
directed by John Morrison
ON GOLDEN POND
by Ernest Thompson
directed by Jill Charles
MOON OVER BUFFALO
by Ken Ludwig
directed by John Morrison
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT
from the novel by Graham Greene
adapted by Giles Havergal
directed by Michael Lasswell
BLACK COFFEE
by Agatha Christie
directed by Jill Charles
THE COLOR OF LOVE
by John Nassivera
directed by Mark Ramont
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1996 SEASON
THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS
by Paul Zindel
directed by Mark Ramont
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
by Agatha Christi
directed by John Morrison
STANTON'S GARAGE
by Joan Ackerma
directed by Jill Charles
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by John Morrison
FOREVER PLAID
written and directed by Stuart Ross
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1995 SEASON
A LESSON FROM ALOES
by Athol Fugard
directed by John Morrison
THE UNEXPECTED GUEST
by Agatha Christie
directed by Edgar Lansbury
MOON OVER THE BREWERY
by Bruce Graham
directed by Jill Charles
ROUGH CROSSING
by Tom Stoppard
directed by John Morrison
GREATER TUNA
by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, Ed Howard
directed by Mark Ramont
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1994 SEASON
WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
by A.R. Gurney
directed by Mark Ramont
THE MOUSETRAP
by Agatha Christie
directed by John Morrison
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK
dramatized by Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
directed by John Morrison
I DO! I DO!
based on The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog
directed by Jill Charles
BLITHE SPIRIT
by Noel Coward
directed by Jill Charles
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1993 SEASON
MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!
by Athol Fugard
directed by Mark Ramont
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE UNSEEN HAND
by John Nassivera
directed by Edgar Lansbury
RELATIVELY SPEAKING
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by John Morrison
MAMA DRAMA
by Leslie Ayvazian, Donna Daley, Christine Farrell
Rita Nachtmann, and Ann Sachs,
directed by Peter Askin
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1992 SEASON
SAVING GRACE
by Tom Ziegler
directed by Ted Story
GODSPELL
conceived by John-Michael Tebelak
music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
directed and choreographed by Stephen DeAngelis
OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
by Jerry Sterner
directed by John Morrison
THE COUNTRY CLUB
by Douglas Carter Beane
directed by Edgar Lansbury
WRITE ME A MURDER
by Frederick Knott
directed by Jill Charles
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1991 SEASON
A HARD LOOK AT OLD TIMES
based on the life and writings of Walter Hard
compiled by John Nassivera
directed by Jack L. Davis
THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE
by John Olive
directed by Jill Charles
DIAL "M" FOR MURDER
by Frederick Knott
directed by John Morrison
ITALIAN AMERICAN RECONCILIATION
by John Patrick Shanley
directed by Mark S. Ramont
LEND ME A TENOR
by Ken Ludwig
directed by John Morrison
THE JAZZ CLUB
concept and book by John Nassivera
directed by Jill Charles
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1985 SEASON
THE GOLDEN AGE
by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
directed by Edgar Lansbury
THE LUST AND COMICAL HISTORY OF TOM JONES
adapted and directed by John Morrison
THE 1940's RADIO HOUR
by Walton Jones
directed by Jill Charles
FAMILY AFFAIRS
by Lynne Kadish
directed by Anthony McKay
FIFTH OF JULY
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Jill Charles
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1984 SEASON
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
directed by John Morrison
THE MATCHMAKER
by Thornton Wilder
directed by Jill Charles
MAKING A KILLING
by John Nassivera
directed by Anthony McKay
GREATER TUNA
by Jaston Sears, Joe Williams, and Ed Howard
directed by Jill Charles
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1983 SEASON
SLEUTH
by Anthony Shaffer
directed by John Morrison
PEG O' MY HEART
by J. Hartley Manners
directed by Jill Charles
A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by John Morrison
ON BORROWED TIME
by Paul Osborn
directed by Jill Charles
YOU NEVER KNOW
by Cole Porter and Rowland Leigh
directed by Paul Lazarus
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1982 SEASON
DEATHTRAP
by Ira Levin
directed by John Morrison
LITTLE WOMEN
by Marian de Forest
directed by Jill Charles
HARVEY
by Mary Chase
directed by Edgar Lansbury
THE LAST OF MRS. LINCOLN
by James Prideaux
directed by John Morrison
YOU NEVER KNOW
music and lyrics by Cole Porter
book adapted by Rowland Leigh
THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST
by Beth Henley
directed by Stuart White
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1981 SEASON
FEIFFER'S PEOPLE
sketches and observations by Jules Feiffer
directed by John Morrison
TALLEY'S FOLLY
by Lanford Wilson
directed by Jill Charles
GORILLA
by John Patrick Shanley
directed by Michael Wright
ARTICHOKE
by Joanna M. Glass
directed by John Morrison
THE PASSION OF DRACULA
by Bob Hall and David Richmond
directed by Michael Wright
FOUR OF A KIND
by John Nassivera
directed by Jill Charles
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1980 SEASON
OF MICE AND MEN
by John Steinbeck
directed by John Morrison
SWEENEY TODD
by Michael Wright and John Nassivera
directed by Michael Wright
A PENNY EARNED FROM THE MISER and OTHER MOLIERE FARCES
music and lyrics by Annie Lebeaux
book by Stephen Kelsey
directed by Stephen Kelsey and Jill Charles
HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
by Alan Ayckbourn
directed by John Morrison
PHALLACIES
by John Nassivera
directed by Jill Charles
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1979 SEASON
THE MIRACLE WORKER
by William Gibson
directed by John Morrison
THE PRIVATE EAR AND THE PUBLIC EYE
by Peter Shaffer
directed by Michael Wright
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
directed by Jill Charles
FRANKENSTEIN
dramatized by Tim Kelly
from the classic by Mary Shelley
directed by John Morrison
NOBODY AND ME
by C.A. Philips
directed by Jill Charles
THE LUST AND COMICAL HISTORY OF TOM JONES
by John Morrison
directed by Jill Charles and John Morrison
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1978 SEASON
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM
by Woody Allen
directed by John Morrison
TWO FOR THE SEESAW
by William Gibson
directed by Bruce Peyton
PETER PAN
by J.M. Barrie
lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adoph Green
music by Mark Charlap and Jule Styne
directed by Jill Charles
A SHOT IN THE DARK
adapted by Harry Kurnitz
from the Play "L'Idiote," by Marcel Achard
directed by David Heveran
THE PENULTIMATE PROBLEM OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by John C. Watson
directed by Jill Charles
THE RAINMAKER
by N. Richard Nash
directed by Jill Charles
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