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Our History

Village Players of Fort Thomas has been producing plays and musicals for almost 60 years in the charming and historic building at 8 North Fort Thomas Avenue. Village Players of Fort Thomas began as a subsidiary of the Fort Thomas Woman’s Club in 1966, and took ownership of the building in 2018 thanks to the generosity of the Woman’s Club. To learn more about our future, click here.

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

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)

2022-2023 Season

The Taming by Lauren Gunderson; September-October, 2022

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)

2021-2022 Season​​

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)

2020-2021 Season

Mainstage season cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
A Tale of Tails by local playwrights, May 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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