wwcdrama history
location Beginning in 1961 Mrs. Donnie Rigby directed a stage play for the Walla Walla College women's club weekend. From this beginning, drama offerings expanded to a fully staged play being produced at least once a year. The rich tradition continues today, growing into a full season, including two main stage productions, and an annual student-directed Festival of One-Acts.
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The following is a compilation of cast and crew information, reconstructed from programs, memories and The Collegian newspaper. This list represents several decades of an on-going commitment and dedication to the art of theatre at Walla Walla College.

Heidi - April 8, 1961  
The Family Nobody Wanted - April 14, 1962  
Love is Eternal - February 25, 1962  

Summons No. 237, April 3, 1963  
Our Town - April 13, 1963  
The People Versus Christ - April 16, 1966  
Father of the Bride - February 1966  
Scenes from 'The Odyssey' - February 1967
The Ugly American - February 25-6, 1967  
Trilogy - February 24-5, 1968  
I Remember Mama - April 26, 1969 
John Brown's Body - February 28-March 1, 1970  
Job - October 30, 1970  
Twelve Angry Men - February 27-8, 1971  
Everyman - November 9, 1971  
The People Versus Christ - December 3, 1971  
I Never Saw Another Butterfly - March 4-5, 1972  
Leave it to Laurie - March/April, 1972  
The Long Christmas Dinner - May 1972  
The President Wore Pink - May 13, 1972  
Roger Williams and Mary - November 17, 1972 
You Can't Take It With You - February 24-5, 1973  

Play Direction Class - May 13, 1973  
Untitled - November 30, 1973 

Our Town - February 23-4, 1974
The Taming of the Shrew / Scratch - May 5-6, 1974  
Christ in the Concrete City - November 22, 1974  

The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - February 22-March 2, 1975  
Play Direction Class - May 11, 1975 
Masque of Mercy - December 13, 1975 
The Holy War - February 22, 1976 

Pygmalion - February 28-March 7, 1976  
Glass Menagerie April-May 2, 1976 
The Hiding Place 1976-1977 

A Man For All Seasons - February 26-March 6, 1977  
An Evening of One-Act Plays - May 22, 1977 
Ceremonies of Choice - December 2, 3, 1977 

Fiddler on the Roof - February 25-March 5, 1978  
Paradise Lost - December 1, 1978  

Barretts of Wimple Street - February 24-March 4, 1979  
One Act Plays - May 20, 1979 

Father of the Bride - October 1979
Saint Joan - February 23-March 2, 1980  
You Can't Take It With You - February 15-22, 1981  
The Beams Are Creaking - February 27-March 7, 1982
Play Directing Class - May 16, 1982  
Inherit the Wind - February 26-March 6, 1983 
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - February 25-March 4, 1984
Play Directing Class - May 13, 1984  
John Brown's Body - February 23-24, 1985  
Play Directing Class - May 24-25, 1986  
Oral Interpretation Class/Pegasus Club - December 6, 1986  

The Rivals - February 28-March 8, 1987
Galileo - February 27-March 8, 1988  
Glass Menagerie - February 25-March 5, 1989  
The Four Poster - May 10-13, 1990  
One Act Festival - May 20, 1990  
J.B. - February 23-March 3, 1991  
Who Will Call Him King? - May 12, 1991  

WWC Centennial Review - Spring 1992  
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets / A Kind of Alaska - November 19-22,  1992  
H.M.S. Pinafore - April 15-18, 1993 
The Frog Prince - May 27, 1993  

You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown - February 1994  
The Butterfingers Angel - December 1-10, 1994  
The Miracle Worker - February 1995
The Closing Wood - May 11-14, 1995  
She Stoops to Conquer - November 30-December 9, 1995  

The Tempest - January 16-19, 1997  
Three Sisters - March 6-15, 1997  
Festival of One Act Plays - May 31, 1997  

Father of the Bride - December 2-7, 1997  
Second Annual Festival of One Act Plays - February 26-March 7, 1998  

A Melting Season - May 9-17, 1998  
Festival of One-Acts: The Man Who Came to Dinner - December 5-12, 1998  

The Winter's Tale - February 25-March 6, 1999
Floating Redundant - April 22, 1999  
Picking Up Osiris/Duck Variations - April 29-May 2, 1999  
Alice in Wonderland - May 13-22, 1999  
The Importance of Being Earnest - December 4-12, 1999  
Fourth Annual Festival of One Acts - March 4-12, 2000  
Resurrexio Domini Nostri - May 20-28, 2000  
The Crucible - December 2-10, 2000  
Fifth Annual Festival of One Acts - March 3-11, 2001  
The Great Divorce - May 12-20, 2001  
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - October 13-21, 2001  
The Gamester - December 1-9, 2001  
Festival of One Acts - March 2-10, 2002  
Mass Appeal - April 20-May 5, 2002  
Trifles/The Trap - May 11-19, 2002
Eleemosynary - October 5-13, 2002  
Hamlet - December 7-15, 2002 
Festival of One Acts - March 1-9, 2003
Proof - May 10-18, 2003
The Diary of Anne Frank - December 6-14, 2003

The Festival of One Acts- March 6-14, 2004
The Pirates of Penzance- May 8-16, 2004
The Festival of the Actors I - June 5 and 6, 2004
Othello - May 14-22, 2005
Nickel and Dimed - December 3-11, 2005

Whose Noun is it Anyway? - October 14, 2006


This list is far from complete. If you have any information, photos, playbills, etc., that you would be willing to donate, loan, or share, please contact:

Drama Department
Walla Walla University
204 S. College Ave.