The Story of the Chilliwack Players guild in nine minutes
…and ten decades. A show title in red in the list below links to additional information.
While we hope to make these lists as accurate as possible, there will no doubt be the occasional error or omission. If you spot one, please contact us at archives@playersguild.ca.
(Note: If you’re viewing on a small device you may need to scroll down to see the shows for the decade you’ve chosen.)
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| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1931 11 | Chilliwack Little Theatre Association, a.k.a. Chilliwack Valley Little Theatre Association is formed | Chilliwack Legion Hall | ||||
| 1932 05 | The Ivory Door
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A.A. Milne | S. Corderoy | Chilliwack Valley Dramatic Festival, High School Auditorium | ||
| 1932 11 | Brothers in Arms | Merrill Denison | S. Corderoy | Chilliwack Valley Dramatic Festival, High School Auditorium | ||
| 1932 11 | The Eligible Mr. Bangs | Robert Housum | C. R. Hallman | Chilliwack Valley Dramatic Festival, High School Auditorium | ||
| 1932 11 | The Sentence of Death | T. Farias de Isassi, translated by Lilian Saunders | Lipton McCutcheon | Chilliwack Valley Dramatic Festival, High School Auditorium | ||
| 1933 03 | The Sentence of Death | T. Farias de Isassi, translated by Lilian Saunders | Lipton McCutcheon | Dominion Drama Festival, Avenue Theatre, Vancouver | ||
| 1933 05 | A Lady Comes to the Ploughshare | (unknown) | Kathleen Barritt | Chilliwack Valley 2nd Dramatic Festival, High School Auditorium | ||
| 1933 05 | The Wedding Present | Alfred Arthur? | Margaret Cummings | Chilliwack Valley 2nd Annual Dramatic Festival, 1-act; High School Auditorium | ||
| 1934 02 | Beauty & the Jacobin | Booth Tarkington | Miss Winifred D. Rushforth | High School Auditorium | ||
| 1934 02 | Outclassed | Carl Glick | Dr. C. R. Hallman | High School Auditorium | ||
| 1934 02 | Wireless Can’t Lie | Olive Morgan | Mrs. L. H. Eyres | Lower FV Little Theatre Competition, 1-act: Langley Prairie; 2nd Place | ||
| 1934 05 | Hobson’s Choice | Harold Brighouse | Miss Marion Sleightholm | Chilliwack Valley 3nd Annual Dramatic Festival, 1-act; High School | ||
| 1936 03 | A Woman of Character | Estelle Taylor | Miss B. Wellington | Upper FV Dramatic Festival, Chilliwack High School; Lower FV Festival, Langley Prairie – 3rd place | ||
| 1936 03 | The Purple Doorknob | Walter Eaton | Miss Marion Sleightholm | Upper FV Dramatic Festival, Chilliwack High School; Lower FV Festival, Langley Prairie – 2nd place | ||
| 1936 03 | Thank You, Doctor | Gilbert Emery | Miss Dorothy Keenleyside | Upper FV Dramatic Festival, Chilliwack High School | ||
| 1930s & 1940s | Scrapbook: Little Theatre clippings unrelated to specific shows | The Chilliwack Progress |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1949 04 | White Iris | Roberta Shannon | Hilda Nuttall | Chilliwack High School | ||
| 1949 04 | Cinder, My Eye | Jack Steele | Don Smith | Chilliwack High School | ||
| 1949 04 | Good Night, Caroline | Conrad Seiler | Nancy Wetterstrom | Chilliwack High School | ||
| 1930s & 1940s | Scrapbook: Little Theatre clippings unrelated to specific shows | The Chilliwack Progress |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1950-01 | Suppressed Desires | Susan Glaspell | Douglas Dare | High School Auditorium | ||
| 1950 01 | A Pair of Lunatics | W. R. Walkes | Hilda Nuttal | High School Auditorium | ||
| 1950 01 | The Man in the Bowler Hat | A. A. Milne | Hilda Nuttal | High School Auditorium | ||
| 1950 to 1955 | On the Air with CHWK Radio | Kitty Allen Jillings | Click the links to play the radio programs in Soundcloud, where we’ve collected our recordings of some of these radio plays. | –The Silver Coronet (30:41) –The Peace Maker (30:34) –Florence Nightingale (29:53) –An interview with David & Mary Glyn-Jones & brief scene from The Importance of Being Earnest (14:22) –The Invisible Link (31:27) -The Scarlet Mantle |
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| 1955 04 | The Silver Whistle | Robert E. McEnroe | Jim Peters | Chilliwack Junior High School | ||
| 1955 12 | Nonno | Poppy McKenzie | Frank Bertram | Chilliwack Junior High School | ||
| 1956 04 | Outward Bound | Sutton Vane | Duke Saunders | Chilliwack Junior High School | ||
| 1956 10 | Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | Kitty Allen Jillings | United Church Hall | ||
| 1957 01 | Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | Kitty Allen Jillings | Dominion Regional Drama Fest.: Best Comedy; Hon. Mention, Best Actress (Doreen Nuzum); Hon. Mention, Best Supporting Actress (Rene Lund) | ||
| 1957 05 | Night Must Fall | Emlyn Williams | David Menzies | Chilliwack Jr. high School | ||
| 1957 11 | Clutterbuck | Ben W. Levy | David Menzies | Camp Chilliwack Rec. Hall | ||
| 1958 01 | Dark Harvest | Gwen Pharis Ringwood | Duke Saunders | Chilliwack Jr. high School | ||
| 1958 03 | Dark Harvest | Gwen Pharis Ringwood | Duke Saunders | BC Regional Drama Festival, Chilliwack Sr. High School Auditorium: Best drama other than winner; Promising actor (CLT as a group); Best actress immediate runner-up (Cecile Gordon); Best actor runner-up (Jack Glover, Doug May); Best supporting player runner-up (Gordon Robertson) |
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| 1958 10 | Hurdles & Girdles | Mary Mathews Glyn-Jones |
Mary Mathews Glyn-Jones | Chilliwack Coliseum | ||
| 1958 12 | Elizabeth Refuses | Margaret McNamara | Duke Saunders | St. Thomas Parish Hall | ||
| 1958 12 | If Men Played Cards as Women Do | George S. Kaufman | Tom Rannie | St. Thomas Parish Hall | ||
| 1958 12 | A Cup of Tea | Florence Ryerson | Tom Rannie | St. Thomas Parish Hall | ||
| 1959 04 | Dangerous Corner | J.B. Priestly | Winnie Gladman | United Church Hall | ||
| 1959 11 | You Can’t Take it With You | Kaufman & Hart | Mary Glyn Jones | Chilliwack Jr. high School |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1960 04 | Janus | Carolyn Green | Winnifred Gladman | Jr. High School Auditorium | ||
| 1960 10 | The Curious Savage | John Patrick | Winnifred Gladman | Sr. High Auditorium (Home Arts Festival); Camp Chilliwack Recreation Hall (Dec. 2) | ||
| 1961 04 | House on the Cliff | George Batson | Win Gladman | Canadian Legion Hall | ||
| 1961 10 | Before the Flood | A. A. Milne | David Menzies | United Church Hall | ||
| 1962 07 | 18 July, 1962: Chilliwack Little Theatre disbands and officially becomes the Chilliwack Players Guild | |||||
| 1962 11 | The White Sheep of the Family | L. DeGarde Peach & Ian Hay | Win Gladman | United Church Hall | ||
| 1963 03 | Bonaventure | Charlotte Hastings | Richard Savage | United Church Hall | ||
| 1963 05 | Out of the Frying Pan | Francis Swann | Richard Savage | United Church Hall | ||
| 1963 10 | Dark of the Moon | Howard Richardson & William Berney | Richard Savage | United Church Hall | ||
| 1963 12 | Come Blow Your Horn | Neil Simon | Richard Savage | Chilliwack Jr. Secondary School | ||
| 1964 | Blackouts ’64 | Frank & Jean Anderson | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1964 02 | Caligula | Albert Camus | Richard Savage | Sr. Secondary Auditorium | ||
| 1964 03 | Caligula | Albert Camus | Richard Savage | John Oliver High School, Vancouver | ||
| 1964 05 | The Great Sebastians | Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1964 06 | Hootenanny | Bob Stanbrook | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1964 07 | Time Out for Ginger | Ronald Alexander | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1964 07 | A Murder Has Been Arranged | Emlyn Williams | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre (11:15 pm for four Fridays) |
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| 1964 10 | Three Comments | Tennessee Williams | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1965 01 | Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater | Betty Rannie | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1965 02 | The Critic’s Choice | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1965 03 | Light Up the Sky | Moss Hart | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1965 04 | My Three Angels | Richard Savage | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1965 06 | Kiss and Tell | Richard Savage/ Tom Rannie |
Tom Rannie | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1965 07 | Hullabaloo | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||||
| 1965 08 | Janus | Carolyn Green | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1965 10 | The Crucible | Arthur Miller | Franklin Johnson | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1965 10 | Hootenanny | Bob Stanbrook | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1965 11 | Blackouts ’65 | Frank & Jean Anderson | Charles Laughton Theatre | |||
| 1966 02 | Medley ’66: An Evening of 1-Act Plays 1. Rory Aforesead (Sardis Sec.) 2. Joint Owners in Spain 3. The Invisible Worm |
2. Alice Brown 3. Elda Cadogan |
1. Frank Hollins 2. Margaret Collins 3. Bruce Richer |
Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1966 03 | Second Medley ’66 1. The Invisible Worm 2. The Stolen Prince (Sardis Sec.) 3. A Thing of Beauty |
1. Elda Cadogan 2. Dan Toheroh 3. Maurice Berger |
1. Bruce Richer 2. David Menzies 3. Richard Lecoultre |
Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1966 04 | Into the Dawn | Carl Delozier | Margaret Collins | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1966 06 | Dirty Work at the Crosswords | Bill Johnson | David Menzies | Charles Laughton Theatre | ||
| 1967 03 | Sorcery Show 1967 | Peter & Win Akester | Chilliwack Junior Secondary | |||
| 1967 05 | Bus Stop | William Inge | Derek McCooey | Chilliwack Junior Secondary | ||
| 1967 11 | Caught in the Villain’s Web | David Menzies | A. D. Rundle Secondary | |||
| 1968 02 | Gillam | Ray Logie Myles F. Murchison Peter Wilson |
Ray Logie | 1. Betty Keller | Chilliwack Senior Secondary | |
| 1968 04 | The Children’s Hour | Lillian Hellman | Betty Keller | 1. Carl Manz | Chilliwack Junior Secondary | |
| 1968 05 | Ruth | Ray Logie Lawrence Russell |
Ray Logie | BC Drama Festival (Zone), Vancouver: Best Canadian play; Best Visual Production; Best Actor (Lawrence Russell) |
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| 1968 10 | See How They Run | Philip King | ||||
| 1969 04 | The Interview | Derek McCooey | 1-act: BCDA Zone Festival, Metro Theatre Vancouver: Best production; Best director (Derek McCooey); Best supporting actor (Santo Cervello); Best supporting actress (Jane Logie) |
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| 1969 04 | The Island | Lawrence Russell | Ray Logie | BCDA Festival: 3rd place production; Best Canadian play; Best visual performance; $100 award to Chilliwack playwright | ||
| 1969 06 | The Interview | Derek McCooey | BCDA Provincial Festival, Kamloops: Best contribution by a group; Best actress (Jane Logie); Best supporting actress (Patti Grieve); Merit award for acting (Santo Cervello (actor) and directing (Derek McCooey) |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1970 04 | Beautiful People | William Saroyan | Derek McCooey | A. D. Rundle Secondary | ||
| 1970 11 | Visit to a Small Planet | Gore Vidal | Bob LePine | A. D. Rundle Secondary | ||
| 1971 03 | My Fair Lady | Ray Logie | 2-Kurt de Boer 3-Jane Logie |
Evergreen Hall | ||
| 1973 04 | Oliver | Lionel Bart | Ray Logie Santo Cervello |
John Bayfield Pattie Grieve |
2-Allan Webster 3-Diane Arnold |
Evergreen Hall |
| 1973 12 | Aladdin | Ray Logie | ||||
| 1974 01 | Echoes | Kathleen Leavens, Joan Clarke | 2-Cam Vincent 3-Jane Logie |
Cook & Henderson Arts Centre | ||
| 1974 05 | Oh, What a Lovely War | Ray Logie | 2-Cam Vincent 3-Jane Logie |
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| 1974 11 | Out of the Flying Pan Aunt Dorothy’s Playroom |
Don Campion Don Balluck |
Clint Hames Jane Logie |
Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | ||
| 1974 12 | The Happy Toy Company | Clint Hames | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | |||
| 1975 04 | Pierre Laporte | Santo Servello | Zone Festival: Best Production; Best Actor (Drew Reichelt); Cert. of Merit (Joan Clarke)
Mainstage, Courtenay: Best Production of an Original Script |
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| 1975 07 | Harrison Festival Revue | Jane Logie | Harrison Community Hall | |||
| 1975 12 | Alice In Wonderland | Clint Hames | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | |||
| 1976 04 | Butterflies Are Free | Leonard Gershe | Gary Dalton | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | ||
| 1976 04 | Charades | Kathy Leavens | Zone Festival, James Cowan Theatre: Best actress (Kathy Leavens); Best Backstage Management | |||
| 1976 05 | Lovers, Winners | Brian Friel | David Lerigny | Dalle Proft | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | |
| 1976 05 | 1st British Night: Cockney Capers | Rita Plowman | Dalle Proft | Charleswood Hall | ||
| 1976 06 | Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka, ad. Ray Logie | Santo Servello | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | ||
| 1976 07 | Harrison Festival 1. Harrison Festival Revue 2. Better Days, Better Knights 3. The Minstrel and the Player |
1. Ray & Jane Logie 2. Stanley Eveling 3. Ray Logie |
1.Jane Logie 2.Ray Logie 3. Ray Logie |
Harrison Community Hall | ||
| 1976 10 | You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown | Jane Logie | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | |||
| 1976 12 | Under Milkwood | Dylan Thomas | Kathy Leavens | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | ||
| 1977 02 | And Then There Were None | Robert Forsythe | CFB Theatre | |||
| 1977 04 | Lovers, Winners | David Lerigny | 1-Clint Hames | Zone Festival, Vancouver: Best Production; Best Actress (Kathleen Leavens) Mainstage, Kelowna: Best Production; Best Actress (Kathleen Leavens); Best Director (David Lerigny) |
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| 1977 05 | 2nd British Night: Bless ‘Em All | Rita Plowman | Beth Mead | Charleswood Hall | ||
| 1977 07 | You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown | Jane Logie | Harrison Festival ‘77 | |||
| 1977 10-11 | Arsenic And Old Lace | Joseph Ketterling | Mel Stewart | Dalle Proft | CFB Theatre | |
| 1977 11 | Toad of Toad Hall | A. A. Milne | Kathleen Leavens | Rita Plowman | Cooke & Henderson Arts Centre | |
| 1978 02 | The Real Inspector Hound | Tom Stoppard | Clint Hames | Beth Mead | CFB Theatre | |
| 1978 02-03 | Sorry, Wrong Number | Lucille Fletcher | Ken Mead | Beth Mead | CFB Theatre | |
| 1978 05 | 3rd British Night: Seaside Follies | Rita Plowman | Beth Mead | 2-Frank Smith | Charleswood Hall | |
| 1978 10-11 | The Fantasticks | Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt |
Clint Hames | 2-Dave Morgan | CFB Chilliwack Theatre | |
| 1978 11-12 | Mother Goose | George Hicks | Harry Houghton | Rita Plowman | CFB Chilliwack Theatre | |
| 1979 02 | Never Too Late | Sumner Arthur Long | Bob Forsythe | CFB Theatre | ||
| 1979 04 | Twenty Five Cents | Mel Stewart | Zone Festival, Burnaby: Adjudicator’s Award of Merit for oustanding achievemtn in costume design (Rita Plowman) | |||
| 1979 05 | 4th British Night: Ethnic Night | Phil Aldridge | Hilary Roy | 2-Frank Smith | Kinsmen Hall | |
| 1979 11 | Puss In Boots | Joyce Tinnion | Virginia O’Brien | CFB Theatre |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1980 04 | Fiddler on The Roof | Joseph Stein Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick |
Clint Hames | Jo Wilson | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1980 06 | 5th British Night: Best of the British | Rita Plowman | Beth Mead | 2-Frank Smith | ||
| 1980 10 | Blithe Spirit | Noel Coward | Clint Hames | Pat O’Brien | CFB Theatre | |
| 1980 12 | A Christmas Carol | Rita Plowman | Melody Jestin Linda Laver |
CFB Theatre | ||
| 1981 04 | The Miracle Worker | William Gibson | Robert Forsythe | Evergreen Hall | ||
| 1981 06 | 6th British Night: Chuckles & Chips | Clint Hames | Rita Plowman | 2-Frank Smith | The Loft | |
| 1981 09 | An Evening in Paris Fundraiser | Clint Hames | Evergreen Hall | |||
| 1981 10 | Ring Round The Moon | Jean Anouilh | Roy Vine | Joan Dmytryshyn | CFB Theatre | |
| 1981 11 | Try To Remember | Jan Farrell | Rita Plowman | |||
| 1982 02 | The Fabulous Forties Fundraiser | Clint Hames | Harvesters Four Restaurant | |||
| 1982 04 | Canadian Gothic | Joanna M. Glass | Cathy Hutchison | Zone Festival: Best Director (Cathy Hutchison); Best Lighting (Clint Hames); Award to the cast | ||
| 1982 06 | 7th British Night: Merrie England | John Plowman | Joan Dmytryshyn | 2-Hazel Menzies | The Loft | |
| 1982 10 | The Elephant Man | Bernard Pomerance | Clint Hames | Jon Jordan | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1982 12 | Christmas in Toyland | Diana Haywood-Farmer | ||||
| 1983 04 | The Music Man | Meredith Wilson | Kerry White | Jo Wilson | 2-Jan Farrell | Evergreen Hall |
| 1983 06 | 8th British Night: Slap & Tickle | Clint Hames | Linda Laver | 2-Judy Hill | The Loft | |
| 1983 11 | Not Now, Darling | Ray Cooney John Chapman |
Bob Forsythe | Linda Laver | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1984 04 | The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams | Sabine Hutchinson | Jon & Sue Jordan | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1984 06 | 9th British Night: Pearly Parade | Rita Plowman | Beth Meade | 2-Judy Hill 3-Melodie Elliot-Clark |
Evergreen Hall | |
| 1984 11 | Nurse Jane Goes To Hawaii | Alan Stratton | Clint Hames Jan Farrell |
Linda Laver | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1985 06 | 10th British Night: All the Best of All the Rest | Clint Hames Brad Whittaker |
Betty Unger Sue Jordan |
2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1985 09 | Players Guild becomes Resident Theatre Group at the Chilliwack Arts Centre | Arts Centre | ||||
| 1985 09 | The Man Who Came To Dinner | George Kaufman Moss Hart |
Rita Plowman | Linda Laver | Arts Centre | |
| 1986 03-04 | Pygmalion | George Bernard Shaw | Christine Newsome | Beth Meade | Arts Centre | |
| 1986 05-06 | 11th British Night: Those Were the Days | Graham Archer | Jo Wilson Melody Jestin |
2-Judy Hill | The Loft | |
| 1986 07 | Nurse Jane Goes To Hawaii | Clint Hames | Patti Walker | Arts Centre | ||
| 1986 08 | Educating Rita | Brad Whittaker | Patti Walker | Arts Centre | ||
| 1986 09 | Born Yesterday | Bob Forsythe | Debra Loshuk Russ Hogan |
Arts Centre | ||
| 1986 12 | Angel Square | Brian Doyle ad. Alan Davis |
Alan Davis | Jon Jordan | 2-Judy Hill (original music) | Arts Centre (Performed by the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Dec. 1987) |
| 1987 03 | Laundry and Bourbon | James McLure | Dave Stephen | Melody Jestin | Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Chilliwack Arts Centre: Best Supporting Actress (Wylie Jones); Chosen for Mainstage workshop
Mainstage: Darrell Phillips Award: Merit Certificate (Wylie Jones) |
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| 1987 03 | The Make-Up Artist | David Henry Wilson | Stacey Mackenzie Jordan Pratt |
Melody Jestin | Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Chilliwack Arts Centre: Best Directors (Stacey Mackenzie, Jordan Pratt) | |
| 1987 03 | One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest | Ken Kesey | Doug Friesen | Jon & Sue Jordan | Arts Centre | |
| 1987 05 | 12th British Night: That’s Life | Christine Newsome | Beth Mead | 2-Judy Hill | The Loft | |
| 1987 08 | The Odd Couple, Female Version | Neil Simon | Graham Archer | Linda Laver Melody Jestin |
Arts Centre | |
| 1987 10 | Noises Off | Michael Frayn | Clint Hames | Jo Wilson | 1-Jon Jordan | Arts Centre |
| 1987 12 | Cinderella | Patti Walker | Debra Loshuk | Arts Centre | ||
| 1988 02 | Lullabye of Broadway | Clint Hames | Jo Wilson | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1988 05 | Dixieland Jazz Festival | Jo Wilson | Arts Centre | |||
| 1988 04 | Agnes of God | John Pielmeier | Jan Farrell Astrid Beugeling |
Beth Mead | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival: Best production; Best Direction (Jan Farrell, Astrid Beugeling); Best Actress (Janet Friesen); Best Technical Mainstage, Victoria: Hon. Mention Actress (Trish Longmore); Hon. Mention Poster Design (Astrid Beugeling) |
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| 1988 10 | Move Over Mrs.Markham | Ray Cooney John Chapman |
Bob Forsythe | Beth Mead | Arts Centre | |
| 1988 12 | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Barbara Robinson | Patti Walker | Linda Laver Sue Jordan |
Arts Centre | |
| 1989 02 | The Foreigner | Larry Shue | Clint Hames | Debra Loshuk | Arts Centre | |
| 1989 04 | Spinalongha | Janet Friesen | John Carroll | Melody Jestin | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Chilliwack Arts Centre: Best Supporting Actress (Teresa Neel); Adjudicator’s Disc. Award (Janet Carroll for her original script); chosen for workshopping |
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| 1989 04 | Krapp’s Last Tape | Samuel Beckett | Alan Davis | Melody Jestin | Arts Centre Zone Festival |
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| 1989 06 | 14th British Night: In Town Tonight | Rita Plowman | Beth Mead | 2-Judy Hill 3-Janet Pelser |
Evergreen Hall | |
| 1989 10 | Easy Avenue | Brian Doyle (ad. Alan Davis) | Alan Davis | Debra Loshuk | Original music: Judy Hill | Arts Centre |
| 1989 12 | Sleeping Beauty | Patti Walker | Patti Walker | Rita Plowman | Arts Centre |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 1990 04 | The Emperor – Henry IV | Luigi Pirandello | Clint Hames | Nigel Floyd Grace Jones |
Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival: Best Production; Best Costumes (Rita Plowman); Adjudicator’s Discretionary Award for original music (Judy Hill) Mainstage: Burnaby Trophy (Runner Up for Best Production); Hon. Mention Direction (Clint Hames); Hon. Mention Acting (John Carroll);Best Costumes (Rita Plowman); Certificate of Merit Original Music (Judy Hill) |
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| 1990 06 | 15th British Night: The Sun Never Sets | Graham Archer Hank Boven |
Grace Jones | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1990 10 | You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown | Clark Gesner | Kathleen Parsons | Beth Ainsley | 2-Joanne Hankey | Arts Centre |
| 1990 12 | A Christmas Carol | Martha B. King | Rita Plowman | Beth Ainsley | Arts Centre | |
| 1991 04 | Cotton Patch Gospel | Linda Walde | Grace Jones | 2-Greg Pitts | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival: Adjudicator’s Discretionary Award for acting (Greg Pitts); Award of Merit and Certificate for Participation (Ensemble) |
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| 1991 07 | 16th British Night: Absolutely the Last British Night Ever | Graham Archer Clint Hames |
Debra Archer | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1991 10 | Clive | Christine Newsome | Christine Newsome | Grace Jones | Arts Centre | |
| 1992 04 | Let’s Murder Marsha | John Jenkins | Janet Pelser Klara Laurie |
Arts Centre Zone Festival: Best Set (Graham Archer); Best Costumes (Jo Pronger) |
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| 1992 10 | Key For Two | John Chapman Dave Freeman |
Graham Archer | Linda Laver | Arts Centre | |
| 1992 12 | Dorothy Meets Alice | Joseph Robinette Karl Jurman |
Grace Jones | Edna Covey Matthew Lynam |
Arts Centre | |
| 1993 03 | Two Rooms | Lee Blessing | Doug Friesen | Dave Stephen | FVC Theatre Fraser Valley Zone Festival: Best Technical (Doug Friesen, Dave Stephen, Sharon Wallace); Adjudicator’s Award of Merit for Directing (Doug Friesen); Cerfificate or Merit(cast to the cast); Certificate of Merit for Graphics |
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| 1993 04 | Never Too Late | Sumner Arthur Long | Bob Forsythe | Rita Plowman | Arts Centre | |
| 1993 06 | Hooray For Hollywood | Clint Hames | Laura Hames | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1993 10 | Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling | Grace Jones | Edna Covey Laura Hames |
Arts Centre | |
| 1994 04 | Round The Bend | Mitzi Dale ad. Alan Davis |
Alan Davis | Virginia O’Brien | 2-Judy Hill (also original music) | Arts Centre |
| 1994 06 | 17th British Night: Here We Are Again | Clint Hames | Linda Laver | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1994 10 | Opening Night | Norm Foster | Harry Houghton | Marie Dahl Fran Ayris |
Arts Centre | |
| 1995 04 | Lend Me A Tenor | Ken Ludwig | Janet Downey | Edna Cove Sharon Williams |
Arts Centre | |
| 1995 06 | 18th British Night; Arts & Farces | Bob Forsythe | Russ Hogan | 2-Joanne Hankey | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1995 10 | It Runs In The Family | Ray Cooney | Graham Archer | Linda Laver | Arts Centre | |
| 1996 04 | Talking Heads | Alan Benne ad. Alan Davis |
Alan Davis | Virginia O’Brien | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival: Best Actress (Joan Hogan); Best Set Design (Alan Davis); Adjudicator’s Discretionary Award for original music (Judy Hill) |
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| 1996 06 | 19th British Night: Pack Up Your Troubles | Clint Hames | Russ Hogan | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1996 10 | Arsenic And Old Lace | Joseph Ketterling | Grace Jones | Edna Covey Sharon Williams |
Arts Centre | |
| 1997 04 | Out Of Order | Ray Cooney | Laura Hames | Debra Archer | Arts Centre | |
| 1997 10-11 | California Suite | Neil Simon | Clint Hames Graham Archer |
Debra Archer Laura Hames |
Arts Centre | |
| 1997 12 | “A Christmas Carol — A Staged Reading” | Charles Dicken ad. Dave Stephen |
Dave Stephen | Linda Laver | Arts Centre | |
| 1998 04 | Oleanna | David Mamet | Clint Hames | Darlene Till | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival: Best Production; Best Director (Clint Hames); Best Actor (John Carroll); Best Actress (Sheri Eyre); Best Backstage Etiquette Mainstage: Burnaby Trophy (Runner Up for Best Production); Adjudicator’s Discretionary Award for acting (John Carroll) |
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| 1998 06 | 20th British Night: The Underground Version | Graham Archer | Russ Hogan Keith Clarke |
2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 1998 10 | There Goes the Bride | Patti Lawn | Linda Laver | 1-Darlene Till | Arts Centre | |
| 1999 04 | HMS Pinafore | Gilbert & Sullivan | Jim McGroarty | Russ Hogan Keith Clarke |
2-Bruno Gagnon 3-Cary Zacharias |
Arts Centre |
| 1999 10 | Ravenscroft | Don Nigro | Dale Kelly | John Ayris |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 2000 04 | Do Not Go Gentle | Susan L. Zeder | Jim Servizi | Keith Clarke | Arts Centre | |
| 2000 06 | 21st British Night: Then & Now | Christine Newsome | Linda Laver | 2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 2000 10 | Seduced by Moonlight | John Ayris | Keith Clarke | Arts Centre | ||
| 2001 04 | The Gondoliers | Gilbert & Sullivan | Jim McGroarty | Russ Hogan | 2-Nita Pelletier 3-Cary Zacharias |
Arts Centre |
| 2001 10 | The Man With the Plastic Sandwich | Roger Karshner | Audrey Gwendoline | Edna Covey, Mair Morris | Arts Centre | |
| 2002 04 | Little Shop of Horrors | Hoard Askman Alan Mencken |
Joan Hogan | Keith and Verna Clarke | 2-Bruno Gagnon 3-Cary Zacharias |
Arts Centre |
| 2002 10 | Friends and Neighbours | Austin Steele | John Ayris | Fran Ayris | Arts Centre | |
| 2003 04 | Steel Magnolias | Robert Harling | Linda McRae-Mincher | Malcolm Mincher | Arts Centre | |
| 2003 06 | 22nd British Night: Up the Pub | Graham Archer | Russ Hogan Keith Clarke |
2-Judy Hill | Evergreen Hall | |
| 2003 10 | Black Comedy | Peter Shaffer | Milt Wright | Debra Archer | Arts Centre | |
| 2003 10 | Diaries of Adam and Eve | David Birney | Milt Wright | Debra Archer | Arts Centre | |
| 2004 04 | Office Hours | Norm Foster | Clint Hames | Keith Clarke | Arts Centre | |
| 2004 10 | Dracula: the Musical? | Rick Abbott | Mark Milliron | Malcolm Mincher | 2-Judy Hill | Arts Centre |
| 2004 12 | British Comedy Variety Show | David Hobson | Russ Hogan Keith Clarke |
2-Joanne Hankey | Arts Centre | |
| 2005 04 | You Can’t Take It With You | George Kaufman Moss Hart |
John Ayris | Keith Clarke | Arts Centre | |
| 2005 06 | 23rd British Night — Underneath the Arches | Steve Cossins | Linda McRae Laurie James Keith Clarke |
2-Joanne Hankey | Evergreen Hall | |
| 2005 10 | Spider’s Web | Agatha Christie | John Ayris | Keith Clarke,Ryan Sawka | 1-Janet Shields | Arts Centre |
| 2005 12 | A Christmas Story | Jean Shepherd ad. Philip Grecian |
Malcolm Mincher | Ryan Sawka | 1-Jacqui Higginbottom | Arts Centre |
| 2006 04 | Moon Over Buffalo | Ken Ludwig | Janet Carroll | Ryan Sawka | 1-Joan Hogan | Arts Centre |
| 2006 10 | A Bedfull of Foreigners | Dave Freeman | Malcolm Mincher | Keith Clarke | 1-Emily Walde | Arts Centre |
| 2007 04 | British Comedy Variety Show II | David Hobson | Keith Clarke | 2-Joanne Hankey | Arts Centre | |
| 2007 05 | Proof | David Auburn | Janet Carroll | Patti Lawn | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Surrey: Best Production; Best Actor (Donald Harrison); Best Graphics (Graham Archer); Honourable Mention for Best Actress (Emily Walde) Mainstage, Kamloops: Burnaby Trophy; Best Actress (Emily Walde); Best Supporting Actor (Jobe Armstrong); Best Technical Sound (Judy Hill, Cait Archer); Best Poster (Graham Archer) |
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| 2007 10 | Maggie’s Getting Married | Norm Foster | Randy Newbury | Keith Clarke | 1-Patti Lawn | Arts Centre |
| 2007 12 | Cinderella Up the Beanstalk | Steve Cossins | Steve Cossins | Russ Hogan | 2-Joanne Hankey 3-Cary Zacharias |
Arts Centre |
| 2008 04 | Dearly Beloved | Jessie Jones Nicholas Hope Jamie Wooten |
Graham Archer | Keith Clarke | 1-Darlene Till | Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Chilliwack Arts Centre: Best Supporting Actress (Ava Vanderstarren) |
| 2008 05 | Fraser Valley Zone Festival | Debra Archer Laura Hames |
Arts Centre | |||
| 2008 06 | 24rd British Night: A Pint of Bitter and a Shandy for me Mam | Malcolm Mincher | Keith Clarke | 2-Joanne Hankey 3-Cary Zacharias |
Evergreen Hall | |
| 2008 10 | The Saloonkeeper’s Daughter | Jack Sharkey Dave Resier. |
Randy Newbury | Malcolm Mincher | 2-Debbie Wilson 3-Susan Newbury |
Arts Centre |
| 2008 11 | In Dreams (Bootstrap Theatre) | Various | Emily Hamel-Walde | Amber Short Ross Biondolillo |
Arts Centre | |
| 2008 12 | Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Barbara Robinson | Patti Lawn | Rachel Bilesky | Arts Centre | |
| 2009 04 | The Mousetrap | Agatha Christie | Clint Hames | Debra Archer | Arts Centre | |
| 2009 05 | No More Medea
(Bootstrap Theatre) |
Deborah Porter | Emily Hamel-Walde | Emily Hamel-Walde Amber Short |
Arts Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Langley Playhouse: Best Costume Design (Mel Dunster); Best Graphic Design (Mel Dunster) |
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| 2009 10 | Nunsense! | Dan Goggin | Randy Newbury | Keith Clarke | 2-Debbie Wilson 3- Cary Zacharias Randy Newbury Susan Newbury |
Arts Centre |
| 2009 12 | Alice in Wonderland: A Pantomime | Kate Parry Karen Dolan-Smith |
Malcolm Mincher | Ralph Jones | 2-Joanne Hankey 3-Cary Zacharias |
Arts Centre |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note | |
| 2010 04 | Laughing Stock | Charles Morey | Mel Dunster | Malcolm Mincher | Arts Centre | ||
| 2010 10 | Noises Off | Michael Frayn | Clint Hames | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2010 12 | Mother Goose | Myles Rudge | Malcolm Mincher | Keith Clarke | 2-Christine Millar 3-Karry Kozak |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2011 04 | The Drowsy Chaperone | Bob Martin Don McKellar |
Randy Newbury | Patti Lawn | 2-Debbie Wilson 3-Karry Kozak Orch: Paula deWit |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2011 07 | Sabrina Fair | Samuel A. Taylor Billy Wilder |
Emily Hamel | Malcolm Mincher | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2011 10 | Witness for the Prosecution | Agatha Christie | Janet Carroll | Patti Lawn | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2011 12 | ‘Tis the Season | Emily Hamel | Ross Biondolillo | Emily Hamel Malcolm Mincher |
2-Emily Hamel 2-Christine Millar |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2012 04 | Fiddler on the Roof
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Bock, Harnick Stein |
Clint Hames | Debra Archer, Laura Hames | 2-Tara Hannah 3-Pauline Horzelenberg |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2012 07 | Awakenings
(Bootstrap Theatre) |
Dudley Cox Nancy Guitar Ross Biondolillo Ralph Jones Haley Smith Emily Hamel Richard Ogilvie |
Emliy Hamel | Malcolm Mincher | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2012 10 | Leading Ladies | Ken Ludwig | Graham Archer | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2013 04 | Postmortem | Ken Ludwig` | Larry Hamm | Sue Klinck | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2013 05 | Awakenings
(Bootstrap Theatre) |
Dudley Cox Nancy Guitar Ross Biondolillo Ralph Jones Haley Smith Emily Hamel Richard Ogilvie |
Emily Hamel | Malcolm Mincher | Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Surrey Little Theatre: Backstage Co-operation Outstanding Graphic Design (Haley Smith) |
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| 2013 07 | 25th British Night: A Bit of the Other | Graham Archer | Russ Hogan | 2-Judy Hill | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2013 10 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Clint Hames | Laura Hames | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2014 04 | Anne of Green Gables | Don Harron Normal Campbell |
Emily Hamel | Sue Klinck | 2-Christine Millar 3-Pauline Dynowski |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2014 05 | Caliban: House Sitter/ The Death of Me |
Rick Mawson Norm Foster |
Rick Mawson Malcolm Mincher |
Russ Hogan | Zone Festival, Chilliwack Cultural Centre: Best Actress (Katy Lowe) |
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| 2014 05 | Fraser Valley Zone Festival | Patti Lawn Debra Archer |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||||
| 2014 10 | On Golden Pond | Ernest Thompson | Clint Hames | Laura Hames | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2015 04 | Fox on the Fairway | Ken Ludwig | Rick Mawson | Malcolm Mincher | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2015 05 | Miss Somewhere | Jake Margaret Archer | Jake Archer Gabe Kirkley |
Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival Langley, BC: Outstanding Production; Outstanding Director (Jake Archer); Outstanding Actress Geneva Perkins); Oustanding Actor (Matt Janzen); Backstage Cooperation; Certificate – Jake Archer for her original script. Mainstage Provincial Drama Festival Kamloops, BC: Best Youth or Novice (Jake Archer); Best Backstage Cooperation |
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| 2015 07 | 26th British Night: The British invasion | Clint Hames | Sue Klinck | 2-Judy Hill 3-Pauline Horzelenberg |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2015 11 | Snow White: The Pantomime | James Barry | Malcolm Mincher | John Ayris | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2016 04 | Gypsy | Styne, Sondheim, Laurents | Tina Sharkey | Sue Klinck | 1-Becki Cormier 2-Trischa Buhler 3-Cary Zacharias |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2016 05 | The Gin Game | Donald Coburn | Clint Hames | Laura Hames | Chilliwack Cultural Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Langley Playhouse: Honourable Mention for Outstanding Direction (Clint Hames); Best Actor (Graham Archer); Outstanding Set Decoration/Props (Judy Hill & Christine Newsome) |
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| 2016-11 | Chapter Two | Neil Simon | Becki Cormier | Sue Klinck | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2017-04 | Jitters | David French | Ken Fynn | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2017-05 | Rickrack in the ‘Wack | ‘fringe’-style festival | Various | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre, Guildhall | ||
| 2017-05 | The Romeo Initiative | Trina Davies | Ally Schuurman | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Langley Playhouse: Best Set Design (Mathew Piton); Best Lighting and Projection Design (Mathew Piton); Hon. Mention for Direction (Ally Schuurman) |
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| 2017-07 | 27th British Night: Cool Britannia | Clint Hames | Laura Hames | 2-Judy Hill 3-Cary Zacharias |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2017-11 | A Flea in Her Ear | Georges Feydeau | Janet Carroll | Debra Archer Patti Lawn |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2018-05 | Spring Scenes: CPG Youth | Jacquie Higginbottom | Guildhall | ||||
| 2018-11 | Murder on the Nile | Agatha Christie | Ken Fynn | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2019-01 | An Affair of Honour: a Radio Play | Austin Stone | Astrid Beugeling | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2019-04 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett |
Astrid Beugeling | Dave Stephen | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2019-07 | 28th British Night: Pirate Radio | Graham Archer | Debra Archer Laura Hames |
2-Judy Hill 3-Cary Zacharias |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||
| 2019-11 | A Christmas Carol | John Mortimer | Astrid Beugeling Janet Caroll |
Sue Klinck Pamela Liebault |
2-Judy Hill 3- Shelley Wojcik |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| Date | Show | Author | Director | Producer | 1-Ass’t director 2-Musical director 3-Choreographer | Location/Note |
| 2020-01 | A Pearl in the Hand: a Radio Play | Austin Stone | Astrid Beugeling | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2022-04 | Calendar Girls | Tim Firth | Clint Hames | Dave Stephen | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2022-05 | Marjorie Prime | Jordan Harrison | Graham Archer | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Surrey Little Theatre |
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| 2022-11 | The Outsider | Paul Slade Smith | Graham Archer | Debra Archer, Maggie Saunders |
Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2023-01 | Mystery in Pimlico: A Radio Play | Austin Stone | Astrid Beugeling | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2023-04, -05 | The Book of Will | Lauren Gunderson | Clint Hames | Laura Hames | Chilliwack Cultural Centre
Fraser Valley Zone Festival Best Actor (Graham Archer, Andy Rolleman); Best Emerging Actor (Zach Loescher); Best Costumes (Maggie Saunders); Best Sound Design (Debra Archer) |
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| 2023 05 | Fraser Valley Zone Festival Host | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | ||||
| 2023 11 | Glitter Girls | Mark Dunn | Raymond Hatton | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2024-01 | The Gallows Does Well | Austin Stone | Astrid Beugeling | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2024-04 | Drinking Habits | Tom Smith | Ken Fynn | Laura Hames | Chilliwack Cultural Centre | |
| 2024-05/07 | The Gravitational Pull of Bernice Trimble | Beth Graham | T. J. MacPherson | Debra Archer | Chilliwack Cultural Centre
Fraser Valley Zone Festival, Langley Outstanding Production Mainstage, Chilliwack “Stepping in at the Last Minute” Certificate (Liam Archer) |
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