We miss performing for you all so we decided to open up our vaults and highlight some of our past productions!

Please enjoy our past performances with our Quarantine “series”
RTC: From the Archives.

Stay tuned to watch some oldies but goodies!

Boeing Boeing (2013)

Susan Corning introduces Boeing Boeing (2013). The play is set in the 1960s, and centres on bachelor Bernard, who has a flat in Paris and three stewardesses all engaged to him without knowing about each other. But Bernard's life gets bumpy when his friend Robert comes to stay, and complications such as weather and a new, speedier Boeing jet disrupt his careful planning. Soon all three stewardesses are in the city simultaneously, and catastrophe looms.

Director: Peggy Page Press & Mike Wotypka
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Godspell (2014)

Matthew Smilardi introduces Godspell (2014). A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables. An eclectic blend of songs from Stephen Schwartz, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus' life dances across the stage. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus' messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life.

Director: Frank Caiati
Music Director: Jeffrey Arzberger
Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Bye, Bye Birdie (2012)

Roger Gonzalez introduces Bye, Bye Birdie (2012). A loving send-up of the 1950s, small-town America, teenagers, and rock & roll. Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie has been drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss.

Director: John Gilleece
Music Director: Rich Louis-Pierre Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Wait Until Dark (2016)

Jessica Mintzes introduces Wait Until Dark (2016). Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwich Village housewife who becomes the target of three con-men searching for the heroin hidden in a doll, which her husband Sam unwittingly transported from Canada as a favor to a woman who has since been murdered.

Director: Susan Corning
Original Music: Andrew Barth Feldman Set Design: Frank Caiati
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Newsies (2019)

Sam Kelley introduces Newsies (2019). Based on the 1992 motion picture and inspired by a true story, Newsies is a story of a rag-tag gang of kids who seize the day and go up against the biggest publishing titan, once and for all.

Director/Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Musical Director: Jeffrey Arzberger
Asst. Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen
Set Design: Frank Caiati
Producer: James Dalid
Videographer: Jim Peithman

You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (2011)

James Dalid introduces You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (2011), based on the beloved comic strip by Charles Schulz. Follow along with the whole Peanuts gang as they tell their stories with a whole lot of heart, wit and happiness! 

Director: Susan Corning & Frank Caiati
Musical Director: Rich Louis-Pierre
Choreographer: Catherine Leib
Set Design: Frank Caiati
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Norm Scott

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (2010)

David Risley introduces A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (2010), a vaudevellian farce in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his young master, Hero, in exchange for freedom. The plot twists and turns with cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors and a showgirl or two

Director: John Gilleece
Musical Director: Jeffrey Arzberger
Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Producer: Susan Jasper
Costume Designer: Peggy Vivino & Matthew Smilardi
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Oklahoma! (2009)

Nicole Mangano Benedetto introduces Oklahoma! (2009). In a Western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination and the promise of a new land.

Director: John Gilleece
Musical Director: Walter Birkhold
Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Producer: Susan Jasper
Costume Designer: Peggy Vivino
Videographer: Jim Peithman

The Producers (2017)

Mel Brooks’, The Producers (2017) Jeremy Plyburn introduces The Producers (2017). A scheming producer and his mousy accountant aim to produce the biggest flop on Broadway in Mel Brooks' laugh-out-loud spectacle.

Director: John Gilleece
Musical Director: Rich Louis-Pierre
Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Guys and Dolls (2015)

Maria Schirippa introduces Guys and Dolls (2015). Hailed as a perfect musical comedy this award winning classic gambles with luck and love under the bright lights of Broadway. 

Director: John Gilleece
Assistant Director: Gabrielle Mangano
Musical Directors: Rich Louis-Pierre & Heather Arzberger Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2019)

Brian Sadowski introduces The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (2019). An eclectic group of students vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. While candidly disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives, the tweens spell their way through a series of words, hoping never to hear the soul-crushing "ding" of the bell that signals a spelling mistake. At least the losers get a juice box.

Director/Choreographer: Catherine Leib
Assistant Director: Susan Corning
Musical Director: Rich Louis-Pierre
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Doubt, A Parable (2019)

Frank Caiati introduces Doubt, A Parable (2019) written by John Patrick Shanley. Doubt tells the story of a tumultuous few months in the 1960s at St. Nicholas Catholic Church and School in the Bronx. The play examines the moral uncertainties of the human heart backdropped by secrets and the power structure of the Church.

Director: Frank Caiati
Musical Director: Jeffrey Arzberger
Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Producer: Susan Jasper
Stage Manager: Suzanne Riggs
Production Assistant: Adele Wendt
Videographer: Jim Peithman

9 to 5, The Musical (2018)

Jessie Carina Lanza introduces 9 to 5, The Musical (2018) based on the 1980 film with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. In this outrageous and liberating story, three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can't do, even in a man's world. 

Directors: Susan Corning & Catherine Leib
Musical Director: Paolo C. Perez
Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Norm Scott

The Toxic Avenger (2016)

Miguel Sierra introduces the amazingly ludicrous, The Toxic Avenger (2016). This rock musical was based on the 1984 film, written by Joe DiPietro and David Bryan of Bon Jovi. Follow along with Melvin Ferd the Third on his journey to save New Jersey as he unexpectedly falls into a vat of hot toxic waste and, uh… well… “transforms” into a hero.

Director: Frank Caiati
Musical Director: Jeffrey Arzberger Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Producer: Susan Jasper
Stage Manager: Suzanne Riggs Production Assistant: Adele Wendt
Videographer: Jim Peithman

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (2015)

John Stillwaggon introduces One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (2015). Ken Kesey’s explosive novel is dramatized by Dale Wasserman and tells the story of psychiatric patients caught in a struggle between the cold and domineering Nurse Ratched and the new patient, renegade Randal McMurphy who turns the ward, and its patients, complete upside down.

Directors: Peggy Page Press and Mike Wotypka
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Norm Scott

View from the bridge (2018)

Jodee Timpone introduces Arthur Miller’s American masterpiece, A View From the Bridge (2018). This explosive drama follows the Carbone family in Red Hook, Brooklyn as they grapple with loyalty and family secrets that threaten to destroy them within the small world of Italian American Longshoremen during the 1950s.

Director: Frank Caiati
Producer: Susan Jasper
Stage Manager: Suzanne Riggs
Videographer: Norm Scott

Pippin (2018)

Max Lamadrid introduces the ever enigmatic, Pippin (2018). Famously choreographed by Bob Fosse and written by Stephan Schwartz, join the band of players as they embark on a journey with Pippin to discover his corner of the sky. Filled with magic and merriment, lust and holy war- you most definitely want to watch this one again!

Director: John Gilleece
Musical Director: Richard Louis-Pierre
Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Sunshine Boys (2016)

Cliff Hesse introduces the side splitting Sunshine Boys (2016) written by comic genius, Neil Simon. Join vaudevillian comedy duo, Lewis and Clark, as they reunite for a CBS Special, after 40 years of working together

Director: David Risley
Asst. Director: Jodee Timpone
Producer: Susan Jasper
Videographer: Jim Peithman

Gyspy (2014)

Luisa Boyaggi introduces the classic show-business musical, Gyspy (2014). Follow along with Mama Rose's dreams for her two daughters to perform onstage and live a life of theatrical stardom!

Directors: Susan Corning & David Risley
Musical Director: Jeffrey Arzberger
Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen
Filmed by Jim Peithman

The Great Gatsby (2019)

Nicholas Safier introduces last season's explosive drama for our quarantine series- The Great Gatsby (2019.) The mystique of the roaring twenties springs to life in F. Scott Fitzgerald's literary masterpiece of Jazz Age America. The Great Gatsby was adapted for the stage by Simon Levy..

Director: Frank Caiati
Asst. Director: John Panepinto
Producer: Susan Jasper
Choreographer: Ashely Ann Jones
Costumers: Kerry O'Connor and Adele Wendt
Videographer: Jim Peithman

The Music Man (2008)

Bruce Rebold introduces an oldie but a goodie for our quarantine series- The Music Man (2008). Professor Harold Hill will send you a charmed tizzy with his tongue twisters and charismatic personality!

The Music Man (2008) Director: John Gilleece
Producer: Susan Jasper
Musical Directors: Jeff & Heather Arzberger
Choreographer: Gabrielle Mangano

A Chorus Line (2017)

Catherine Leib introduces the first featured production of our quarantine series- A Chorus Line (2017). Please enjoy this incredibly entertaining and emotional performance of real performers telling their story.

Directors: Susan Corning & David Risley
Musical Director: Jeffrey Arzberger
Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen
Filmed by Jim Peithman

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2014)

John Panepinto introduces the second featured production of our quarantine series- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2014). Join the ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch as he climbs (stumbles) his way to the top!

Director: John Gilleece
Musical Director: Richard Louis-Pierre Choreographer: Nicola DePierro-Nellen Filmed by Jim Peithman

Rumors (2017)

Lynda Browning introduces our first featured comedy on our quarantine series, Rumors (2017). This Neil Simon play will have you hysterical in your seat!

Directors: Peggy Page Press & Michael Wotypka Filmed by Jim Peithman