PAST SEASONS
Our Storied Past
Footlight Players is Charleston’s original theatre company with hundreds of productions having graced our stage over the past ten decades. From the 1930s to the present, Footlight Players at the Queen Street Playhouse has offered the citizens of the Lowcountry of South Carolina the opportunity to perform in and/or experience an extensive collection of live theatre entertainment.
Each decade marks a chance for new energy and growth for our beloved theatre company.
*indicates Act Two Series show or special event
1931 -1932
Six One-Act Plays
The Trial of Mary Dugan
The Whole Town’s Talking
1932 -1933
Holiday
Death Takes A Holiday
The Royal Family
The First Mrs. Fraser
The Swan
1933 -1934
Up Pops the Devil
Interference
The Show-Off
The High Road
As Husbands Go
Ten Nights in a Barroom
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1934 -1935
The Late Christopher Bean
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Double Door
Seventh Heaven
Broadway
Outward Bound
Arms and the Man
1935 -1936
Goodbye Again
The Pirates of Penzance
Craig’s Wife
The Darker Tower
Cradle Song
Twelfth Night
1936 -1937
Hay Fever
The Bohemian Girl
The Outsider
Is It Ethical?
Lady Windermere’s Fan
Mary of Scotland
1937 -1938
The Recruiting Officer
You Never Can Tell
Night Must Fall
Pride and Prejudice
Call It A Day
1938 -1939
High Tor
First Lady
Saint Joan
The Second Man
The Beaux Strategem
Days End
The Happy Journey
Fourth Watch
1939 -1940
Our Town
Johnny Johnson
Whiteoaks
My Heart’s In the Highlands
Perchance to Wake
Station Break
Portrait of a Gentleman
Danbury Fair
1940 -1941
Margin of Error
The Poor Nut
End of Summer
Charley’s Aunt
The Devil & Daniel Webster
Museum Piece
1941 -1942
Mr. & Mrs. North
Becky Sharp
No Time for Comedy
Ladies in Retirement
The Importance of Being Earnest
Claudia
Salt & Battery
1942 -1943
Watch on the Rhine
Arsenic & Old Lace
Berkeley Square
George Washington Slept Here
The Taming of the Shrew
The Damask Creek
Salt & Battery
1943 -1944
Ah, Wilderness!
Dangerous Corner
Smilin’ Through
Junior Miss
Uncle Harry
The Royal Family
Salt & Battery
1944 -1945
Janie
The Letter
Seventh Heaven
Kiss and Tell
Rebecca
The Rivals
1945 -1946
Blithe Spirit
Guest in the House
The Corn is Green
The Hasty Heart
Romeo and Juliet
Syllabub
1946 -1947
State of the Union
Angel Street
The Late George Apley
I Remember Mamma
A Midsummer’s Night Dream
The Fatal Weakness
1947 -1948
One Sunday Afternoon
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Dear Ruth
All My Sons
Hiddy Doddy
John Loves Mary
1948 -1949
Life With Father
Happy Birthday
The Winslow Boy
Much Ado About Nothing
Syllabub
The Two Mrs. Carrolls
1949 -1950
The Cat and the Canary
Life With Mother
Lost Horizon
Camille
Sand Sprite
Two Blind Mice
1950 -1951
Goodbye, Mr. Fancy
The Enchanted Cottage
Strange Bedfellows
Ring Around the Moon
Jubalee
Ten Little Indians
1951 -1952
The Silver Whistle
High Ground
Bewley’s Bewitched
The Lady’s Not for Burning
The Wisteria Trees
See How They Run
1952 -1953
The Recruiting Officer
A Christmas Carol
Fancy Meeting You Again
The Grass Harp
Held In Splendor
Bell, Book, and Candle
1953 -1954
Point of No Return
Christmas Gift
Hay Fever
Gigi
Hiddy Doddy
The Heiress
My Three Angels
1954 -1955
Affairs of State
Hansel & Gretel
Sabrina Fair
Time Out for Ginger
King of Hearts
Clutterbuck
Salt & Battery
1955 -1956
Dial M for Murder
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
The Merchant of Venice
The Seven Year Itch
Anastasia
The Desperate Hours
1956 -1957
The Rainmaker
The Mousetrap
The Chalk Garden
The Ponder Heart
Sand Spite
Duet for Two Hands
1957-1958
Major Barbara
The Reluctant Debutant
The Matchmaker
Inherit the Wind
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Potting Shed
The Desk Set
1958 -1959
Visit to a Small Planet
A Christmas Carol
Ladies In Retirement
No Time for Sergeants
Syllabub
Separate Tables
The While Sheep of the Family
1959 -1960
The Happiest Millionaire
Alice in Wonderland
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Gazebo
Hiddy Doddy
The Hidden River
Late Love
1960 -1961
Auntie Mame
The Cat and the Canary
Rashomon
Golden Fleecing
The Taming of the Shrew
The Burning Tide
The Pleasure of His Company
1961 -1962
A Majority of One
Roar Like a Dove
Romeo and Juliet
Send Me No Flowers
The Rivals
Speaking of Murder
1962 -1963
The Best Man
Farewell, Farewell, Eugene
All the Way Home
Come Blow Your Horn
Jubalee
Write Me A Murder
1963 -1964
Take Her, She’s Mine
Blithe Spirit
Look Homeward, Angel
All for Mary
Much Ado About Nothing
A Thurber Carnival
1964 -1965
The Fantastiks
A Thousand Clowns
J.B.
The Marriage Go Round
The Burning Tide
Dear Me, The Sky is Falling
1965 -1966
Never Too Late
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Night of the Iguana
Mary, Mary
Berkeley Square
Catch Me If You Can
1966 -1967
Oh, Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You….
The Absence of a Cello
The Glass Menagerie
You Can’t Take It With You
Jubalee
The Night of January 16th
1967 -1968
The Odd Couple
Dracula
A Delicate Balance
Barefoot in the Park
The Recruiting Officer
Any Wednesday
1968 -1969
Ah, Wilderness!
Wait Until Dark
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Morning’s At Seven
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Generation
1969 -1970
Black Comedy/The White Liars
What Did We Do Wrong?
Advise and Consent
The Star Spangled Girl
Rare Fine Towne
Harvey
1970 -1971
Cactus Flower
The Desperate Hours
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Man Who Came To Dinner
The Burning Tide
Arsenic and Old Lace
1971 -1972
The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Plaza Suite
The Little Foxes
Life With Father
Jubalee
Ten Little Indians
1972 -1973
Of Thee I Sing
How the Other Half Lives
Child’s Play
Forty Carats
Hiddy Doddy
Witness for the Prosecution
1973 -1974
The Front Page
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Letter
Butterflies Are Free
Syllabub
The Mousetrap
1974 -1975
Hay Fever
The Taming of the Shrew
Finishing Touches
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
Night Must Fall
The Philadelphia Story
1975 -1976
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
The Prisoner of 2nd Avenue
The Importance of Being Earnest
No Sex, Please, We’re British
The Rackleigh Rebels
Dial M for Murder
1976 -1977
Strange Bedfellows
Hostile Witness
Elizabeth the Queen
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Jubalee
7 Keys to Baldpate
1977 -1978
Absurd Person Singular
Vanities
The Skins of our Teeth
Send Me No Flowers
Charley’s Aunt
Speaking of Murder
1978 -1979
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Dark of the Moon
Inherit the Wind
Born Yesterday
Lysistrata
Wait Until Dark
1979 -1980
Mister Roberts
Bell, Book, and Candle
A Man for All Seasons
A Murder is Announced
A Flea in Her Ear
The Best Man
1980 -1981
Sly Fox
The Rainmaker
I Never Sang for My Father
Mr. Pim Passes By
Secret Service
The Sunshine Boys
1981 -1982
On Golden Pond
My Sister Eileen
Chapter Two
The Royal Family
The Women
Gemini
1982 - 1983
The Matchmaker
Misalliance
A Raisin in the Sun
I Ought to be in Pictures
The Miracle Worker
Something’s Afoot
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1983 - 1984
Hay Fever
Mass Appeal
Ain’t Misbehavin’
California Suite
Deathtrap
Harvey
Relatively Speaking
1984 - 1985
Dracula
The Member of the Wedding
The Impossible Years
84 Charing Cross Road
The Dining Room
Little Mary Sunshine
Crimes of the Heart
Sing for Your Supper
1985 - 1986
The Thirteen Chairs
See How They Run
Alice in Wonderland
Detectives Story
Loot
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1986 - 1987
Pippin
Murder Game
Christmas Dreams
Right Bed, Wrong Husband
Close Ties
King of Hearts
Three by Tennessee
1987 - 1988
Everybody Loves Each Other
Whodunnit
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Lunch Hour
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Move Over, Mrs. Markham
1988 - 1989
Never Too Late
Towards Zero
A Christmas Carol
Blithe Spirit
Alone Together
The Hasty Heart
Noises Off
1989 - 1990
The Pirates of Penzance
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Foreigner
Painting Churches
Jimmy Shine
Run for Your Wife
1990 - 1991
Deadly Nighcap
Love, Sex, and the IRS
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
Cliffhanger
The Magistrate
How the Other Half Loves
1991 - 1992
Rumors
Squabbles
The Night of January 16th
Barefoot in the Park
An Act of the Imagination
Lend Me a Tenor
1992 - 1993
A Chorus Line
Out of Order
Other People’s Money
Romantic Comedy
7 Keys to Baldpate
A Bedful of Foreigners
Off Broad Street
1993 - 1994
Lettice and Lovage
The Trial of Mary Dugan
It Runs in the Family
Present Laughter
Same Time, Next Year
Breaking Legs
1994 - 1995
Wife Begins at 40
Pack of Lies
Harvey
Lost in Yonkers
Ladies in Retirement
There Goes the Bride
1995 - 1996
Don’t Dress for Dinner
The Cocktail Hour
No Sex, Please, We’re British
Rusty's Roots
Making a Killing
Murder in the Magnolias
1996 - 1997
Funny Money
Dangerous Corner
The Desperate Hours
Relatively Speaking
Sylvia
I Hate Hamlet
1997 - 1998
Noises Off
Afterplay
London Suite
The Boys Next Door
The Sisters Rosensweig
What the Butler Saw
1998 - 1999
Cash on Delivery
Scotland Road
The Moving of Lila Barton
Company
Postmortem
Legends
1999 - 2000
The Real Inspector Hound/Black Comedy
The Mousetrap
The Rainmaker
How to Succeed in Business
Communicating Doors
Lend Me a Tenor
2000 - 2001
The Foreigner
Night Must Fall
Tribute
Tintypes
A…My Name Will Always Be Alice
Dearly Departed
2001 - 2002
Forever Plaid
The Laramie Project
Crumbs From the Table of Joy
Master Class
Sweet Charity
The Cover of Life
2002- 2003
Over the River and Through the Woods
Blue Plate Special
Stepping Out
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
As Bees in Honey Drown
West Side Story
2003 - 2004
Little Shop of Horrors
The Elephant Man
Greetings
Raising Blue
Blood Brothers
Dirty Blonde
2004 - 2005
Della’s Diner 2
The Best Man
The Drawer Boy
My Way
On Golden Pond
The Odd Couple
2005 - 2006
The Della Syndrome
Do Not Go Gentle
Nuncrackers!
Amadeus
A Thurber Carnival
Once Upon a Mattress
2006 - 2007
Arsenic and Old Lace
Inherit the Wind
Rebecca
A Child’s Christmas in Wales
London Suite
Out of Order
Company
2007 - 2008
Accomplice
Sweet Sue
A Tuna Christmas
Crowns
Violet Hour
The Full Monty
2008 - 2009
Biloxi Blues
Puttin’ on the Ritz
Inspecting Carol
Match
Sordid Lives
La Cage Aux Folles
2009 - 2010
Rumors
Frost/Nixon
The Sound of Music
The Miracle Worker
5 Women Wearing the Same Dress
A Class Act
2010 - 2011
Is He Dead?
The Lion in Winter
White Christmas
A Raisin in the Sun
Messiah on the Frigidaire
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
2011 - 2012
South Pacific
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
It’s A Wonderful Life
The Importance of Being Earnest
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
2012- 2013
Porgy & Bess
A Question of Color
A Tuna Christmas
Our Town
Sex Please, We’re Sixty!
Oklahoma!
2013 - 2014
Camelot
See How They Run
A Christmas Carol
Deathtrap
The Sugar Bean Sisters
Twentieth Century
2014 - 2015
Don’t Dress for Dinner
Wait Until Dark
Miracle in Bedford Falls
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Bus Stop
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2015 - 2016
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Quartet
Hay Fever
A Miracle on 34th Street
A Streetcar Named Desire
Lend Me a Tenor
2016 - 2017
A Chorus Line
Bakersfield Mist
Nuncrackers!
Suddenly Last Summer
Love, Sex, and the IRS
Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean…
2017 - 2018
The Wedding Singer
An Act of God
The Addams Family
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Dial M for Murder
Singin’ in the Rain
Heathers: The Musical
Dirty Blonde
2018 - 2019
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
The 39 Steps
The 1940s Radio Hour
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Death of a Salesman
The Miss Firecracker Contest
2019 - 2020
Head Over Heels
Born Yesterday
She Loves Me
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
Six Degrees of Separation
2021 - 2022
Ruthless! The Musical
Wait Until Dark
A Very Merry Footlight Holiday Special
Doubt
The Legend of Georgia McBride
A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder
2022 - 2023
The Full Monty
Misery
A Very Merry Footlight Holiday Special 2
Who’s Holiday *
The Last Five Years*
The Mountaintop
God of Carnage
Monty Python’s Spamalot
2023 - 2024
Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche *
POTUS
Andrew Lippa’s Wild Party
A Very Merry Footlight Holiday Special 3
Who’s Holiday *
Proof
Cadillac Crew
Urinetown
Einstein *
2024 - 2025
Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche *
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical
The Minutes
A Christmas Story
Who’s Holiday *
Gutenburg! The Musical!
Schoolhouse Rock Live! *
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Into the Woods