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Community Playhouse has staged hundreds of performances in its history.
Below is a list of productions held by CPI.
If details about a show are unavailable, they are listed as "unknown."

1955-1960

Father of the Bride
August 1955
OCHS Spring Street
The Curious Savage
55/56 Season
OCHS Spring Street
Night Must Fall
55-56 Season
OCHS Spring Street
Playhouse Revue
September 1956
SS Jr. High School
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
November 1956
Belles Lettres Club
Bell, Book, and Candle
56-57 Season
Belle Lettres Club
The Corn is Green
June 1957
BLC and Silver Fox
Jenny Kissed Me
56-57 Season
Belles Lettres Club
Bernardine
57-58 Season
Belle Lettres Club
Papa is All
57-58 Season
Belles Lettres Club
Someone Waiting
57-58 Season
Belles Lettres Club
Holiday for Lovers
58-59 Season
Unknown Venue
John Loves Mary
58-59 Season
Unknown Venue
The Druid Circle
58-59 Season
BLC and Silver Fox
Barretts of Wimpole Street
May 1959
Belles Lettres Club
Blithe Spirit
November 1959
Belles Lettres Club
Ladies in Retirement
59-60 Season
Belles Lettres Club
The Great Sebastians
59-60 Season
Belles Lettres Club

1960-1965

See How They Run
November 1960
Belles Lettres Club
We Must Kill Toni
February 1961
Belles Lettres Club
The Importance of Being Earnest
November 1961
Belles Lettres Club
Arsenic and Old Lace
February 1962
Belles Lettres Club
The Heiress
May 1962
Belles Lettres Club
Gigi
September 1962
Belles Lettres Club
The Diary of Anne Frank
March 1963
Belles Lettres Club
Come Back, Little Sheba
63-64 Season
VCHS
Guys and Dolls
63-64 Season
VCHS
The Glass Menagerie
March 1965
VCHS
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
May 1965
VCHS
Come Blow Your Horn
64-65 Season
Unknown Venue

1965-1970

The 11th Season is Unknown
65-66 Season
 
Summer and Smoke
March 1967
VCHS
Private Lives
66-67 Season
VCHS
Barefoot in the Park
67-68 Season
Unknown Venue
Bye Bye Birdie
67-68 Season
Unknown Venue
Mary, Mary
67-68 Season
Unknown Venue
A Streetcar Named Desire
68-69 Season
Unknown Venue
Flower Drum Song
68-69 Season
OCHS
The Odd Couple
68-69 Season
Unknown Venue
Mame
69-70 Season
OCHS
Picnic
69-70 Season
Unknown Venue
White Liars - Black Comedy
69-70 Season
Unknown Venue

1970-1975

Cactus Flower
70-71 Season
OCHS
The Star Spangled Girl
70-71 Season
Unknown Venue
Hello Dolly
1971
OCHS
Honky Tonk Bar
August 1971
Unknown Venue
Fiddler on the Roof
November 1971
OCHS
Don't Drink the Water
February 1972
OCHS
Plaza Suite
November 1972
OCHS
Luv
March 1973
OCHS
The Fantasticks
May 1973
OCHS
The 19th Season is Unknown
73-74 Season
 
Forty Carats
December 1974
OCHS
Promises, Promises
April 1975
OCHS

1975-1980

Guys and Dolls
November 1975
OCHS
Arsenic and Old Lace
April 1976
OCHS
Money
October 1976
OC Elks Club
Harvey
76-77 Season
Unknown Venue
Gypsy
July 1977
OCHS
The Sunshine Boys
November 1977
Venango College
The Crusible
May 1978
Venango College
Rodgers and Hart
December 1978
YWCA
The House of Blue Leaves
October 1978
Venango College
Look Homeward Angel
March 1979
Venango College
The Man Who Came to Dinner
October 1979
Venango College
(Honky Tonk)
Winter 1980
Unknown Venue
The Visit
March 1980
Venango College

1980-1985

Inherit the Wind
November 1980
Venango Campus
(Honky Tonk)
Winter 1981
Unknown Venue
Lloyd George Knew my Father
April 1981
Venango Campus
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
November 1981
Venango Campus
Man of La Mancha
May 1982
OCHS
Oil Struck
July 1982
Venango Campus
Vanities
November 1982
OCMS
(Honky Tonk)
February 1983
OC Elks Club
Romantic Comedy
March 1983
Cross Creek
Coal Oil Johnny
July 1983 (NSS)
OCHS
Deathtrap
November 1983
Cross Creek
Roaring 20s Party
(Honky Tonk)
February 1984
OC Elks Club
Never Too Late
March 1984
Cross Creek
Never Too Late
June 1984 (NSS)
Sawmill Theatre
6 Rms Riv Vu
November 1984
Cross Creek
Country Western
(Honky Tonk)
April 1985
OC Elks Club
Crimes of the Heart
March 1985
Cross Creek
Crimes of the Heart
May 1985 (NSS)
Sawmill Theatre

1985-1990

1990-1995

Rainbow Connection
(Honky Tonk)
September 1985
(NSS)
OC K of C
The Gin Game
November 1985
Cross Creek
Colors of Your Life
January 1986
OC Elks Club
The Dining Room
March 1986
Cross Creek
The Odd Couple (female)
November 1986
Cross Creek
Who Wants a Doll
December 1986 (NSS)
Traveling Show
Man and Woman
(Honky Tonk)
January 1987
OC K of C
Peter Pan
June 1987
OCHS
Alone Together
November 1987
Cross Creek
The Elf Shelf
December 1987
(NSS)
Traveling Show
Circus (Honky Tonk)
January 1988
OC K of C
California Suite
May 1988
OC K of C
Value
August 1988 (NSS)
Holiday Inn
The Foreigner
November 1988
Cross Creek
The 60s Revisited
​(Honky Tonk)
March 1989
OC VFW
The Wizard of Oz
June 1989
OCHS
Talking With...
November 1989
Venango Campus
Makin' Music
​(Honky Tonk)
January 1990
OC Elks Club
The Nerd
March 1990
Cross Creek
​Franklin Inn
Steel Magnolias
November 1990
Cross Creek
Wanango
​Franklin Inn
Four Seasons
​(Honky Tonk)
February 1991
OC VFW
Same Time, Next Year
March 1991
OC Moose
​Franklin Inn
Agnes of God
November 1991
Cross Creek
Venango Campus
A Beach Party
​(Honky Tonk)
February 1992
OC Moose
Into the Woods
June 1992
OCHS
Plaza Suite
October 1992
Drake Theatre
The Game of Love
February 1993
Drake Theatre
Lend Me a Tenor
April 1993
Drake Theatre
Brighton Beach Memoirs
November 1993
Drake Theatre
Songs Across America
February 1994
Drake Theatre
The Fantasticks
April 1994
Drake Theatre
The Cemetery Club
October 1994
Drake Theatre
The Elf Shelf
December 1994
​(NSS)
Drake Theatre
100 Years of Broadway
February 1995
Drake Theatre
The Odd Couple (Male)
April 1995
Drake Theatre
Melba, the Toast of Pithole
July 1995 (NSS)
Drake Theatre

1995-2000

True West
November 1995
VCHS
A Decade of Delights
​(Honky Tonk)
February 1996
OC Elks Club
Mornings at Seven
November 1996
Cross Creek
For the Love of...
​(Honky Tonk)
February 1997
OC Elks Club
Peter Pan
June 1997
OCHS
On Golden Pond
November 1997
Cross Creek
That's Life
​(Honky Tonk)
February 1998
OC Elks Club
Pocket Full of Rhymes
May 1998
CLA
Nunsense Amen
November 1998
Cross Creek
Last Honky Tonk of the Century
​(Honky Tonk)
February 1999
OC Elks Club
Moon Over Buffalo
April 1999
Venango Campus
Radio Theatre Part I
July 1999 (NSS)
OC Elks Club
Nunsense Amen
August 1999 (NSS)
Sawmill Theatre
Nuncrackers Amen
November 1999
Cross Creek
Life and Times
(Honky Tonk)
February 2000
OC Elks Club
The Shadow Box
April 2000
Venango Campus
Annabell's Broom
May 2000 (NSS)
OCHS
Radio Theatre Part II
July 2000 (NSS)
OC Elks Club

2000-2005

Nunsense Amen
September 2000
​(NSS)
Franklin Club
You Can't Take it With You
November 2000
Cross Creek
Made in the USA
(Honky Tonk)
February 2001
OC Elks Club
The Miracle Worker
April 2001
CLA
Starting Here, Starting Now
November 2001
Cross Creek
The Great Outdoors
(Honky Tonk)
February 2002
OC Elks Club
Love Letters
April 2002
Venango Campus
Melba, the Toast of Pithole
July 2002
​(NSS)
Arlington Hotel
Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswoman's Guild Dramatic Soceity's Production of a Christmas Carol
November 2002
Arlington Hotel
That's Entertainment
(Honky Tonk)
February 2003
OC Elks Club
The Sunshine Boys
April 2003
Venango Campus
Pocket Full of Rhymes
April 2003
CLA
The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook at Farndale
October 2003
Venango Campus
Hodge Podge
(Honky Tonk)
March 2004
OC VFW
Li'l Abner
June 2004
OCHS
Over the River and Through the Woods
November 2004
Venango Campus
50 Chocolates
​(Honky Tonk)
March 2005
OC VFW
Steel Magnolias
May 2005
Venango Campus

2005-2010

The Boys Next Door
November 2005
Venango Campus
Vaudeville Tonight
​(Honky Tonk)
Marc 2006
OC VFW
Into the Woods
July 2006
OCHS
Nunsense Amen
November 2006
Arlington Hotel
Get to Work!
(Honky Tonk)​
February 2007
OC VFW
The Dinner Party
April 2007
Venango Campus
Lafferty's Wake
October 2007
Arlington Hotel
The Love Boat
(Honky Tonk)
February 2008
OC VFW
Proof
April 2008
Venango Campus
The Odd Couple (Female)
November 2008
Arlington Hotel
Side by Side
(Honky Tonk)
February 2009
OC VFW
Greater Tuna
April 2009
Venango Campus
Melba, the Toast of Pithole
July 2009 (NSS)
Venango Campus
Trust
November 2009
​(NSS)
Arlington Hotel
Remember When
(Honky Tonk)
February 2010
OC VFW
2Across
April 2010
Venango Campus
Sex Please, We're Sixty
October 2010
OC Moose

2011-2015

Coming to America
​(Honky Tonk)
February 2011
OC VFW
All the King's Women
April 2011
OC Moose
A Tuna Christmas
November 2011
Venango Campus
Take 2
​(Honky Tonk)
February 2012
OC VFW
Mass Appeal
June 2012
Venango Campus
Over the River and Through the Woods
November 2012
Venango College
Over the River and Through the Woods
January 2013 (NSS)
Barrow-Civic Theatre
Gold and Silver Days (Honky Tonk)
February 2013
OC VFW
Bingo: The Winning Musical
June 2013
OC VFW
Last Call at Chez Mort
November 2013
OC VFW
Can't Buy me Love
(Honky Tonk)
February 2014
OC VFW
The Science of Murder
May 2014
Venango College
Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas
November 2014
Venango College
Route 66
​(Honky Tonk)
March 2015
Days Inn
Melba, the Toast of Pithole
July 2015
Venango College
Drinking Habits
November 2015
Venango College

2016-2018

This 'n That
​(Honky Tonk)
March 2016
Belle Lettres Club
A Bench in the Sun
May 2016
Venango College
Dixie Swim Club
November 2016
OC Moose
Kaleidoscope
(Honky Tonk)
March 2017
Belle Lettres Club
The Nerd
May 2017
Venango College
Drinking Habits 2
November 2017
OC Moose
The Radio Show
(Honky Tonk)
March 2018
OC Moose
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
June-July 2018
Venango College
Sawmill Center
Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)
November 2018
Barrow-Civic Theatre

Unknown

The full history of the shows listed below is unknown. If you have information about them please let us know!
Pajama Game
1971?
VCHS
1000 Clowns
Date Unknown
VCHS
Never Too Late
Date Unknown
VCHS
Pools Paradise
Date Unknown
Unknown Venue
A Roomful of Roses
September 27-28 ?
Belle Lettre Club
Mother is a Freshman
September 1964?
Belle Lettres Club
Anniversary Waltz
Date Unknown
Belle Lettres Club
September Tide
April 25-26 ????
Unknown Venue
Black Chiffon
57-58 Season?
Unknown Venue
Grammercy Ghost
May 15-17 ????
Unknown Venue

Legend

NSS
Not a Season Show
CLA
Christian Life Academy
(Old Cranberry High School)
OCHS
Oil City High School
VCHS
Venango Catholic High School
  • Venango Campus and Venango College are the same location, the name changed
  • Holiday Inn, Arlington Hotel, Days Inn are the same location, the name changed
12/30/18
Community Playhouse, Inc.

Keep theatre alive in the oil region

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Community Playhouse Inc.
PO Box 1023
Oil City, PA 16301

(814) 677-7469
cpilyric2001@yahoo.com

Celebrating 66 years of theatre!
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