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History of Kent Trumbull Summer Stock

Summer Stock was formed in 1978 as a consortium among the Trumbull County Board of Education, Lordstown High School, and Kent Trumbull Campus as a special opportunity for gifted and talented high school students.

After two years, financial problems caused the Board and Lordstown to drop the programs, but Kent generously agreed to house the theatre and two staff people. At that time it was expanded to include elementary students as well as community members.

For more than thirty years, Summer Stock has successfully presented a quality theatre season that includes a children's show, a series of youth acting classes, a musical and usually a nonmusical each summer.

Past Summer Stock Performances

   
Stop the World   Jack Brizzi
George M!   Jack Brizzi
   
Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Jack Brizzi
Dames at Sea Haimsold Jack Brizzi
   
Prisoner of Second Avenue Simon Jack Brizzi
The Hobbit Grey Kantor
Ten Nights in a Barroom Pratt Jack Brizzi
Story Theatre Sills Kantor
   
Pinnochio Collodi Kantor
Inherit the Wind Lawrence & Lee Jack Brizzi
Grease Jacobs Jack Brizzi
   
Pipers Macak Jack Brizzi
Wizard of Oz   Buchwald
Skin of our Teeth Thornton Wilder Kantor
Showboat Rodgers & Hammerstein Jack Brizzi
   
Godspell Schwarts & Tebelak Romeo/Brizzi
Snow White White Kantor
Toad of Toad Hill Milne Kantor
The Drunkard Burton Jim & Jack Brizzi
   
Bye Bye Birdie Steward & Strouse Ciferno
Alice in Wonderland   Kantor
Dames at Sea Haimsold Romeo & Wise
   
Our Town Thornton Wilder Spain
Annie Strouse & Charnan Brizzi & Meehan
   
Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams Ciferno
The Tattletale Kymalainen Jack Brizzi
Oliver Bart Romeo
   
Ten Nights in a Barroom Pratt Spain
Androcles and the Lion Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
West Side Story Laurents, Bernstein & Sondheim Jack Brizzi
The House at Pooh Corner Milne Gary Stefaniak
   
The Fantastiks Jones & Schmidt Gary Stefaniak
Comedy of Errors William Shakespeare Jack Brizzi
One Who Falls Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Hello Dolly Stewart & Herman Romeo & Paulicivic
   
The Dining Room Gurney Latham
Beebe Boy & Sam Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Cottonpatch Gospel Key & Treyz Vansuch
Stone Soup Snowe Snowe
   
Master Harold and the Boys Fugard Sibley
Masks Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Fiddler on the Roof   Jack Brizzi
Many Moons Thurber Snowe
   
Blithe Spirit Noel Coward Latham
Robin Hood Hale Paul Kimpel
Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Robe Webber & Rice Vansuch
Aesop's Fables Brock Ciferno, Horrell & Stefaniak
   
Peter and the Wolf Ballet Niehs
Pied Piper of Hamelin Noll Paul Kimpel
Working Terkel Vansuch
Grimm's Fairy Tales Horrell Stefaniak, Angelo, Todd Horrell, Karen Horrel
   
The Odd Couple Neil Simon Scarvell
Grease Jacobs Gary Stefaniak
Coyote Stories Eliet Paul Kimpel
Tattletale Kymalainen Zampino, Angelo, Godiciu, & Swan
   
Our Town Thornton Wilder Daniel-Raymond Nadon
Babes in Arms Rodgers & Hart Vansuch
Androcles and the Lion Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Fairy Tale Theatre Horrell DiBattiste, Chirozzi, Godiciu, & Karen Horrell
   
The Nerd Shue Daniel-Raymond Nadon
West Side Story Laurents et. al Stefaniak & Cleland
Simple Simon Harris Paul Kimpel
Fairy Tale Theatre Horrell K Horrell & J Henkle
   
Heaven Can Wait Segall Daniel-Raymond Nadon
Pocahontas Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Puckish Pranks   Sprague
Bye Bye Birdie Steward & Strouse Niehs
   
You're a Good Man Charlie Brown Schulz & Gessner Nadon, Seachrist, & Niehs
Ice Wolf Kraus Paul Kimpel
Rules of the Game Horrell Koroni, Booth, Petrilla, & Giaurtis
You Can't Take It With You Kaufman & Hart Stefaniak & Niehs
   
Petrified Forest Sherwood Daniel-Raymond Nadon
Story Theatre Sills Horrell
Brave Little Tailor   Paul Kimpel
Stone Soup Snowe Koroni, Petrilla, Giaurt, & Fenstermaker
   
Winnie the Pooh Milne Daniel-Raymond Nadon
Guys and Dolls   Loesser, Swerling, Burrow, Scarvell, Simsic, Olinsky & Kimpel
Beebe Boy & Sam Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Remote Control   Horrell & Zampino
   
Country Girl Odets Book
Freedom Bound on the Underground Railroad Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Aesop's Fables   Book
Big River Williams Scarvelli, Picirilli, & Schueller
   
One Who Falls Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Robe Weber & Rice Scarvell, Fair, & Shuler
Lion Prince Celedonia Horrell & Gaug
   
The Golden Goose Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Sondheim Scarvell, Fair, & Shuler
Three by Three Fagan Daniel-Raymond Nadon
Live Wires Jr.   Warren
   
Midsummer's Night Dream William Shakespeare Beagle
Masks Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Princess and the Pea Heather Fenstermaker Turner
Once Upon a Matress   Hitmar, Fair, & Jannsen
   
Miracle Worker Gibson Heather Fenstermaker
Androcles and the Lion Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
The Ugly Duckling Daniel-Raymond Nadon Fred Fenstermaker
Children of Eden Schwarts Tom Hitmar & Jason Fair
   
Let's Misbehave Cole Porter Daniel-Raymond Nadon
Godspell Schwarts Renee Johntony & Frank McCauley
Simple Simon Paul Kimpel Paul Kimpel
Puss and Boots Fagan Tess Weaver & Cleric Costes
   
Into the Woods Sondheim Renee Johntony
Beebe Boy and Sam Paul Kimpel Daniel-Raymond Nadon
You Shoulda Been There Linda Newill Heather Fenstermaker
   
The Wizard of Oz Arlen Johntony & Moritz
The Hobbit Hoffman Carol Weakland
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling Linda Newill
   
Seussical: The Musical Flaherty and Ahrens Al and Dan McKinnon
The Emperor's New Clothes Anderson Weakland and Savory
The Emperor's Nightingale Anderson Butts and Blazek

©2008 Jeffery L. Butts, Jr.