Our History

2025-2026 Season​

Bedtime Stories (As Told by our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up) by Ed Monk; July 2025 (NextGen production)

Abigail 1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; September-October 2025

Backdrop Art Show: A Spooky Celebration

Nature Reimagined: The Art of Charley Harper; November 2025

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2024-2025 Season​​

Sally Cotter and the Censored Stone by Dean O'Carroll; September-October, 2024

Holidazed 2 by Village Players New Works; December 2024 ​

Psychadelic Past: Posters, Passes & Performance; February 2025

True West by Sam Shepard; February-March, 2025

        Backdrop Art Show: A View of the West

These Shining Lives by Melanie Marnich; April-May, 2025
BEANS!: 6 new plays by local playwrights; June 2025 (New Works production)

        Backdrop Art Show: Brewed Aesthetic

Bedtime Stories (As Told by Our Dad) (Who Messed Them Up) by by Ed Monk; July 2025 (Next Gen production)

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2023-2024 Season​​

Doublewide, Texas by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten; September-October, 2023

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson; December 2023 ​

Art by Yasmina Reza; February-March, 2024

        this show featured the first "Backdrop" art show coordinated to a theatrical production: "Art to Argue Over"

Spreading It Around by Londos D’Arrigo; April-May, 2024
Moments of Truth: 5 new plays by local playwrights; June 2024 (New Works production)

Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook by by Allison Gregory; July 20254 (Next Gen production)

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2022-2023 Season​​

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The Taming by Lauren Gunderson; September-October, 2022

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Holidazed by local playwrights; December 2022

Airness by Chelsea Marcantel; February-March, 2023

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen; April-May, 2023

Relatable and Inflatable (The Beach Ball Chronicles): 6 new plays by local authors, June 2023 (New Works production)

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2021-2022 Season

Arty Party; August 2021

The building is named "8 North Center for the Arts" and the Judith M. Sarakatsannis Gallery is opened.

The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown; October 2021​

Dashing Through the Snow by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten; December 2021

You Can't Take It With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman;  February-March, 2022

Sylvia by A.R. Gurney; April-May, 2022

On the Road to Nowhere: 6 new plays by local playwrights; June 2022 (New Works production)

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2020-2021 Season

Mainstage season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
A Tale of Tails by local playwrights Fred Tacon & Eric Thomas, May 2021​

To Make a Long Story Short: A Video Production of 6 New Plays by local playwrights, June 2021 (New Works production)

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2019-2020 Season

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; October 2019

Of Dragons & Dwarves by Jack Williams; December 2019

Room for Seconds by A.K. Forbes; March 2020

Spring show cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

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2018-2019 Season

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot by Stephen Adly Guirgis; September-October 2018

How to Eat like a Child by D. Ephron, I. Forster, & J. Kahan; December 2018

Women Playing Hamlet by William Missouri Downs; February 2019

The Turn of the Screw by Jeffrey Hatcher; April-May 2019

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2018 - Fort Thomas Women's Club decides to shut down, and "Village Players of Fort Thomas" becomes a 501(c)3 charitable organization in its own right, taking over ownership of the building at 8 North Fort Thomas Ave. ​

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2017-2018 Season

Collected Stories by Donald Margulies; September-October 2017

The Unvarnished Truth by Royce Ryton; December 2017

Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh; February 2018

Bingo, the Winning Musical by M. Heitzman, I. Reid, & D. Holcenberg; April 2018

 

2016-2017 Season

The Faculty Lounge by Teri Foltz; October 2016

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss; December 2016

Love/Sick by John Cariani; January-February 2017

Don’t Talk to the Actors by Tom Dudzick; April 2017

 

2015-2016 Season

Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott; September

My Friend, the Fox by William Glennon; November 2015

Dearly Departed by David Bottrell & Jesse Jones; February 2016

The Girls of the Garden Club by John Patrick; April 2016

 

2014-2015 Season

Evil Dead, the Musical by George Reinblatt & various composers; October 2014

Santa Spikes the Eggnog by A.K. Forbes; December 2014

The Women by Clare Booth Luce; February 2015

Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock; April 2015

 

2013-2014 Season

Darkside by Ken Jones; September 2013

A Year with Frog & Toad by Willie & Robert Reale; December 2013

Almost, Maine by John Cariani; February 2014

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling; May 2014

 

2012-2013 Season

The Curious Savage by John Patrick; September 2012

The Magician’s Nephew by Aurand Harris; November-December 2012

Swiss Cheese, Sweethearts by A.K. Forbes & Phil Paradis; February 2013

The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein; April 2013

 

2011-2012 Season

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel; September-October 2011

The Secret Garden by Helen Avery; December 2011

Come Back to the Five & Dime… by Ed Graczyk; February 2012

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestley; April 2012

 

2010-2011 Season

Forever Plaid by Stuart Ross & various composers; September 2010

Dorothy Meets Alice… by Joseph Robinette; December 2010

The Lunacy of Love (5 short plays) by Various playwrights; February 2011

Do Not Go Gentle by Susan Zeder; April-May 2011

 

2009-2010 Season

Southern Hospitality by J. Jones, N. Hope, & J. Wooten; August 2009

The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf by Joseph Robinette; December 2009

Full Moon by Norman Krasna; February 2010

Belles by Mark Dunn; April-May 2010

 

2008-2009 Season

Christmas Belles by J. Jones, N. Hope, J. Wooten; October 2008

Clara & the Nutcracker by Fred Tacon; December 2008

Epic Proportions by Larry Coen & David Crane; February 2009

Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Ubry; April-May 2009

 

2007-2008 Season

That Darn Plot by David Belke; September-October 2007

The Christmas Toy Shop by Michele Vacca; November-December 2007

Proof by David Auburn; February 2008

Dearly Beloved by J. Jones, N. Hope, J. Wooten; April 2008

 

2006-2007 Season

The Cover of Life by R.T. Robinson; July-August 2006

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare; October 2006

The Wizard of OZ by Anne Coulter Martens; December 2006

Dial M for Murder by Frederick Knott; April 2007

 

2005-2006 Season

Lester the Jester by Fred Tacon; July 2005

Harvey by Mary Chase; September-October 2005

Hyronomous A. Frog by Edith Weiss; December 2005

Last of the Red-Hot Lovers by Neil Simon; February 2006

Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) by J. Borgeson, A. Long, & D. Singer; May 2006

 

2004-2005 Season

Love Letters by A.R. Gurney; July 2004

The Woman in Black by Stephen Mallatratt; September-October 2004

Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon; February 2005

Over the River & Through the Woods by Joe Dipietro; May 2005

 

2003-2004 Season

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon; July-August 2003

The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive; October 2003

Stuart Little by Joseph Robinette; December 2003

An Evening with Mark Twain by Bill Hartnett; February 2004

Social Security by Andrew Bergman; April-May 2004

 

2002-2003 Season

Bus Stop by William Inge; July-August 2002

Twelve Angry Jurors by Sherman Sergel; October 2002

The Hobbit by Edward Mast; December 2002

Lettice & Lovage by Peter Shaffer; February-March 2003

Some Enchanted Evening by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein; April-May 2003

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2001-2002 Season

Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade; July-August, 2001

Rumors by Neil Simon; October 2001

Dear Edwina by Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich; November-December 2001

Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell; February 2002

Cheaper by the Dozen by Christopher Sergel; May 2002

 

2000-2001 Season

The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney; July-August 2000

Beau Jest by James Sherman; October 2000

Winnie the Pooh by Kristin Sergel; December 2000

Foxfire by Susan Cooper, Hume Cronyn, Jonathan Holtzman; February 2001

The Heiress by Ruth & Augustus Goetz; April-May 2001

 

1999-2000 Season

Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee; July-August 1999

Clever Dick by Charles Marowitz; October 1999

1940’s Radio Hour by Walton Jones & various composers; February 2000

Talley & Son by Lanford Wilson; April-May 2000

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1998-1999 Season

See How They Run by Philip King; July-August 1998

The Passion of Dracula by Bob Hall & David Richmond; October 1998

Old King Cole by Ken Campbell; December 1998

The Girls of the Garden Club by John Patrick; February 1999

Picnic by William Inge; April-May 1999

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1997-1998 Season

Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson; July-August 1997

Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson; October 1997

My Emperor’s New Clothes by Larry Shue; December 1997

Fools by Neil Simon; February 1998

Forty Carats by Jay Presson Allen; April-May 1998

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1996-1997 Season

Murder at the Howard Johnson’s by Sam Bobrick & Ron Clark; July-August 1996

Arsenic & Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring; October 1996

The Curious Savage by John Patrick; February 1997

U.T.B.U. by James Kirkwood; April-May 1997

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1995-1996 Season

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman; July-August 1995

Nuptials by Judy Cook; October 1995

Dark Castle by Sally Netzel; December 1995

The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry; February 1996

Dearly Departed by David Bottrell & Jesse Jones; May 1996

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1994-1995 Season

Crossing Delancey by Susan Sandler; July-August 1994

The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash; October 1994

The Mirrorman by Brian Way; December 1994

Lie, Cheat, & Genuflect by Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore; February 1995

Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin; May 1995

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1993-1994 Season

Give ‘em Hell, Harry by Carl Eugene Bolta; July-August 1993

Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig; October 1993

Hucklebee & the Rhyming Mountain by Wil Denson; December 1993

Middle of the Night by Paddy Chayefsky; February 1994

The Whales of August by David Berry; May 1994

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1992-1993 Season

The Cemetery Club by Ivan Menchell; July-August 1992

Love, Sex, and the I.R.S. by Billy Van Zandt & Jane Milmore; October 1992

Marmalade Gumdrops by Carol Lauck; December 1992

Day in Hollywood/Night in the Ukraine by Dick Vosburgh & Frank Lazarus; February 1993

The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin; May 1993

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1991-1992 Season

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; July-August 1991

The Pajama Game by G. Abbott, R. Bissell, J. Ross, & R. Adler; October 1991

Ali Baba & The Magic Cave by William Glennon; December 1991

The Sunshine Boys by Neil Simon; February 1992

A Murder is Announced by Leslie Darbon & Agatha Christie; May 1992

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1990-1991 Season

Macbeth Did It by John Patrick; August 1990

Cole by Barry Green, Alan Strachan, & Cole Porter; October-November 1990

My Friend, the Fox by William Glennon; November 1990

The White Sheep of the Family by L. du Garde Peach & Ian Hay; February 1991

Broadway Bound by Neil Simon; May 1991

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1989-1990 Season

The Foreigner by Larry Shue; August 1989

Design for Murder by George Batson; November 1989

The Trip to Bountiful by Horton Foote; January-February 1990

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling; May 1990

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1988-1989 Season

Tom Jones by David Rogers & Henry Fielding; August 1988

George Washington Slept Here by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman; November 1988

Stepping Out by Richard Harris; February 1989

The Odd Couple (Female) by Neil Simon; May 1989

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1987-1988 Season

Light up the Sky by Moss Hart; July-August 1987

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller; November 1987

Chicken Every Sunday by Julius & Philip Epstein; February 1988

Something’s Afoot by J. McDonald, D. Vos, & R. Gerlach; May 1988

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1986-1987 Season

A Funny Thing Happened…Forum by B. Shevelove, L. Gellert, & S. Sondheim; July-August 1986

The Octette Bridge Club by P.J. Berry; November 1986

Painting Churches by Tina Howe; February 1987

Someone Waiting by Emlyn Williams; April-May 1987

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1985-1986 Season

Whodunnit, Darling? by Charles Edward Pogue & Larry Drake; August 1985

Rain by John Colton & Clemence Randolph; November 1985

The Silver Whistle by Robert E McEnroe; February 1986

Tantalus by Ian Cullen & Catherine Arley; May 1986

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1984-1985 Season

The Second Time Around by Henry Denker; November 1984

Murder at the Howard Johnson’s by Sam Bobrick & Ron Clark; February 1985

Waiting in the Wings by Noel Coward; May 1985

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1983-1984 Season

Strange Bedfellows by Colin Clements & Florence Ryerson; November 1983

Lunch Hour by Jean Kerr; February 1984

Morning’s at Seven by Paul Osborn; May 1984

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1982-1983 Season

You Can’t Take It with You by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman; November 1982

Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton; February 1983

God’s Favorite by Neil Simon; May 1983

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1981-1982 Season

On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson; November 1981

Breath of Spring by Peter Coke; February 1982

The Pleasure of His Company by Samuel Taylor & Cornelia Otis Skinner; April-May 1982

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1980-1981 Season

No Hard Feelings by Sam Bobrick & Ron Clark; November 1980

Come Blow Your Horn by Neil Simon; February 1981

Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring; April-May 1981

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1979-1980 Season

6 Rms Riv Vu by Bob Randall; November 1979

Ladies in Retirement by Edward Percy & Reginald Denham; February 1980

A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner; May 1980

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1978-1979 Season

Night Watch by Lucille Fletcher; November 1978

Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette & Guy Bolton; February 1979

The Man Who Came to Dinner by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman; May 1979

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1977-1978 Season

Catch Me if You Can by Jack Weinstock & Willie Gilbert; November 1977

Harvey by Mary Chase; January-February 1978

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson; April-May 1978

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1976-1977 Season

Rally Round the Flag, Boys by David Rogers & Max Shulman; November 1976

Fool’s Paradise by Peter Coke; February 1977

Plaza Suite by Neil Simon; April-May 1977

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1975-1976 Season

The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder; October-November 1975

Dinny and the Witches by William Gibson; January-February 1976

Last of the Red-Hot Lovers by Neil Simon; April-May 1976

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1974-1975 Season

See How They Run by Philip King; November 1974

Dark of the Moon by Howard Richardson & William Berney; January-February 1975

Sunday in New York by Norman Krasna; May 1975

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1973-1974 Season

Mary, Mary by Jean Kerr; November 1973

The Curious Savage by John Patrick; January-February 1974

Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon; May 1974

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1972-1973 Season

State of the Union by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse; November 1972

Bell, Book, and Candle by John Van Druten; January-February 1973

U.T.B.U. by James Kirkwood; May 1973

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1971-1972 Season

Don’t Drink the Water by Woody Allen; November 1971

Wait Until Dark by Frederick Knott; February 1972

Picnic by William Inge; May 1972

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1970-1971 Season

Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward; November 1970

My Three Angels by Samuel & Bella Spewack; February 1971

Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows; April-May 1971

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1969-1970 Season

Separate Tables by Terence Rattigan; November 1969

Golden Fleecing by Lorenzo Semple, Jr; January-February 1970

Never Too Late by Sumner Arthur Long; April-May 1970

 

1968-1969 Season

The Crucible by Arthur Miller; November 1968

Affairs of State by Louis Verneuil; January-February 1969

Absence of a Cello by Ira Wallach; April-May 1969

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1967-1968 Season

Guest in the House by Hagar Wilde & Dale Eunson; November 1967

The Gazebo by Alex Coppel; February 1968

The Women by Clare Boothe Luce; May 1968

 

1966-1967 Season

- "Village Players" becomes a Community Theatre Organization and builds a 3/4 thrust performance space in the basement of the Womens Club building.

The Solid Gold Cadillac by George S. Kaufman & Howard Teichmann; April 1967

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1960 - 1966 - Fort Thomas Womens Club establishes a committee that raises funds for children's charities by staging regular performances, growing each year in size and complexity. The shows feature singing, dancing and dramatic presentations.