Chronology &Photo Gallery

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deathtrap
Fred Thompson& Kevin Rainsberger
Deathtrap (1980)
The Elephant Man
Louis Tyrell & Dan Jesse
The Elephant Man (1981)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Man Friday
Lynn Pride, Jihad Babatunde, Eddie Billups, Lance Harmeling & Louis Tyrell
Man Friday (1982)
Children of Lesser God
David Fitzsimmons & Julianna Fjeld
Children of a Lesser God (1983)

 
 
   Cloud 9

Malcolm Gets, Jeffrey King & Gregory Hausch
Cloud 9 (1984)
Jeffrey King & Dan Leonard
True West (1984)

Ann Wren & Dan Jesse
Isn't It Romantic? (1984)
Rusty Salling & Michael Doyle
The Dresser (1984)

Sharon Cline, Ann Wren, Debbie Laumand & Mariah Reed
They're Playing Our Song (1985)
The Real Thing
Kate Alexander & Mark Capri
The Real Thing (1985)
Malcolm Gets
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
 

Doug Mackenzie & Rusty Salling
Cyrano De Bergerac (1987)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

Rena Carney & Scott Tiler
Biloxi Blues (1987)
Scott Winters, Nell Page Sexton, Malcolm Gets, & Robert Browne
As Is (1987)
Gregory Jones & Nell Page Sexton
Rum & Coke (1988)
John F. Lennon & Kevin Rainsberber
Talk Radio (1988)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

Larry Vinson, Michael Johnson, Michael Beistle & Rusty Salling
The Boys Nest Door (1989)
Kevin Rainsberger & Gregory Jones
The Mystery of Irma Vep (1990)
Company History
 The Productions
 

70s 80s 90s 00s


1980-1981
Bedroom Farce

by Alan Ayckbourn
Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
Sly Fox
by Larry Gelbart
(State Tour)
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Ernie Pyle: This is My War
(TYA Tour)
by Dan Leonard
Tree Tide
(TYATour)
by Louis Tyrell & Margaret Bachus
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
The Elephant Man
by Bernard Pomerance
Betrayal
by Harold Pinter
For Colored Girls 
who Have Considered Suicide
When th Rainbow is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange
Sign Posts
(TYATour)
by Rena Carney & Margaret Bachus
Revenge of the Space Pandas
by David Mamet


1981-1982
I Ought to be in Pictures

by Neil Simon
Morning's At Seven
by Paul Osborne
Whose Life is it Anyway?
by Brian Clark
Pantomime
by Derek Wolcott
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Vaudeville Jazz
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Man Friday
by Adrian Mitchell
Deathtrap
(Southeastern Tour)
by Ira Levin
Terra Nova
by Ted Tally
The Gin Game
by D.L. Coburn
The Robber Bridegroom
by Alfred Uhry

1982-1983
Florida Festival of New Plays

by Various
Beyond Therapy
by Christopher Durang
The Dining Room
by A.R. Gurney
Stages
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
The Saint & the 
Football Players
by Lee Breuer
Key Exchange
by Kevin Wade
Portraits
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
We Won't Pay, We Won't Pay
by Dario Fo
Children of a Lesser God
by Mark Medoff

1983-1984
Mass Appeal

by Bill C. Davis
I'm Getting My Act Together 
and Taking it on the Road
by Gretchen Cryer
& Nancy Ford
Amadeus
by Peter Shaffer
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
The Servant of Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni
Cloud 9
by Caryl Churchill
Crimes of the Heart
by Beth Henly
True West
by Sam Shephard
The Energy Carnival
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
The Water Log
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Stages
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Tree Tide
by Margaret Bachus, 
Louis Tyrrell
& Dan Leonard
Two Can Play
by Trevor Rhone
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour)

1984-1985
The Middle Ages

by A.R. Gurney
Isn't It Romantic?
by Wendy Wasserstein
The Dresser
by Ronald Harwood
True West
(State Tour)
by Sam Shephard
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Turning Over
by Brian Thompson
A Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Rhinoceros
by Eugene Ionesco
Sweet Tango of Lies
by Mario Vargas Llosa
Sign Posts
(TYATour)
by Rena Carney 
& Magaret Bachus
The Energy Carnival
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
The Water Log
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour)

1985-1986
They're Playing Our Song

by Neil Simon, Marvin Hamlisch & Carol Bayer Sager
Ain't Misbehavin'
by Richard Maltby, Jr.
& Murray Horwitz
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Season's Greetings
by Alan Ayckbourn
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Little Shop of Horrors
by Howard Ashman
& Alan Menkin
Period of Adjustment
by Tennessee Williams
The Middle Ages
(State Tour)
by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
The Energy Carnival
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
The Water Log
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Vaudeville Jazz
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Captain Jim's 
Fire Safety Review Revue
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour)

1986-1987
...'Cause Baby Look at You Now
by Gregory von Hausch
Ain't Misbehavin'
by Richard Maltby 
& Murray Horwitz
A Chorus Line
by M. Bennett, J. Kirkwood, 
N. Dante, M. Hamlisch
& E. Kleban
Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Orphans
by Lyle Kessler
Cyrano De Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
Brighton Beach Memoirs
by Neil Simon
The Energy Carnival
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Portraits
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Just Florida
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour)

1987-1988
Biloxi Blues

by Neil Simon
Hair
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni 
& Galt Mcdermott
As Is
by William Hoffman
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
So Long on Lonely Street
by Sandra Deer
Rum & Coke
by Keith Reddin
Pump Boys & Dinettes
by J. Foley, M. Hardwick, 
D. Monk, C. Morgan, 
J. Schimmel & J. Wann
Stages
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Captain Jim's 
Fire Safety Review Revue
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Just Florida
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour)
1988-1989
I'm Not Rappaport

by Herb Gardner
Blue Plate Special
by Tom Edwards, Harris Wheeler
& Mary L. Fisher
Talk Radio
by Eric Bogosian
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Absent Friends
by Alan Ayckbourn
Broadway Bound
by Neil Simon
A Walk in the Woods
by Lee Blessing
The Energy Carnival
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Nickels, Dimes & Dreams
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Just Florida
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour) 
1989-1990
Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Christopher Hampton
The Boys Next Door
by Tom Griffin
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Irma Vep
by Charles Ludlam
Romance, Romance
by Barry Harman 
& Keith Herrmann
The Road to Mecca
by Athol Fugard
Driving Miss Daisy
by Alfred Uhry
Portraits
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
Sign Posts
(TYATour)
by Rena Carney 
& Magaret Bachus
Just Florida
(TYATour)
by Kevin Rainsberger 
& Margaret Bachus
HITT
Original Improvisational piece
(Education Tour) 

On to the 90s00s
Back to the 70s

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hippodrome moves to it's present home in downtown Gainesville.

Betty Breslin, Marshall New 
& Kyle Kulish
Revenge of the Space Pandas (1981)
Morning's at Seven
Rena Carney, Marshall New, Theresa O'Shea & Rusty Salling
Morning's at Seven (1981)

   

Beyond Therapy
Jeffrey King & Mary Hausch
Beyond Therapy (1982)

 
   
 
 
 

Amadeus
Michael Doyle, Malcolm Gets<& Debbie Laumand
Amadeus (1983)
Kathy Tyrrell, Jennifer Pritchett & Hope Jasper
Crimes of the Heart (1984)

 
 
 
 

Mariah Reed & Kevin Rainsberger
The Middle Ages (1984)
Melanie Bridges, Michael Crider, Rusty Salling, Melissa Weinstein, John Staniunas, Gregory Jones, Michael Beistle & Kevin Rainsberger
Rhinoceros (1985)

 
 

Leah Bass, Elizabeth Graham, Mennie Nelson & James Randolph II
Ain't Misbehavin' (1985)
Marilyn Wall-Asse
Season's Greetings (1986)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

Carol Liebmann, Carol Leigh Stevens & Debbie Birch
A Chorus Line (1986)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

John-Michael Flate & Missy Weinstein
Hair (1987)
Lizan Mitchell, Mariah Von Hausch & John Ammerman
So Long on Lonely Street (1988)

  

William Hall, Jr. & David S. Howard
I'm Not Rappaport (1988)

 
   

Michael Crider & Nell Page Sexton
Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1989)
Janis Benson & William Hall, Jr.
Driving Miss Daisy (1990)