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1976-1977
Pippi Longstocking
book by: Wesley Van Tassel
music by: Mark Ollington
directed by Jody Johnston
Two Pails of Water
by: Aad Greidanus
directed by: Jody Johnston
The Hide-and-Seek Odyssey of Madeline
Gimple
by: Frank Gagliano
directed by: Jody Johnston
1977-1978
Alice in Wonderland
by: Lewis Carroll
directed by: Jody Johnston
Ransom of Red Chief (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Jody Johnston
Hansel and Gretel
by: Moses Goldberg
directed by: Thomas Barr
The Hobbit
by: Patricia Gray
directed by: Jody Johnston and
Brian Strom
1978-1979
Special Class (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Jody Johnston
The Wizard of Oz
by: L. Frank Baum
adapted by: Frank Gabrielson
directed by: Jody Johnston
Aladdin
by: Moses Goldberg
directed by: Barbara Brennan
Golden Horse, Silver Night (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Jody Johnston and
Brian Strom
1979-1980
Oliver!
music and lyrics by: Lionel Bart
directed by: Jody Johnston
Step on a Crack
by: Susan Zeder
directed by: David Sankuer
Androcles and the Lion
by:Auraund Harris
directed by: Brian Strom
One to Grow On
by: Brian Kral
directed by : Jody Johnston
1980-1981
Cinderella
book and lyrics by: Oscar
Hammerstein 2nd
music by: Richard Rodgers
directed by: David Sankuer
Oh Brother! (premiere)
by: Joseph Robinettte
directed by: Jody Johnston
Winnie the Pooh
by; Kristin Sergel
directed by: Karen McKenney
Pinocchio
by: Moses Goldberg
directed by: Ken Evans
Odd Man Out (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
1981-1982
The Sound of Music
book and lyrics by: Oscar
Hammerstein 2nd
music by: Richard Rodgers
directed by: Jody Johnston
Wiley and the Hairyman
by: Susan Zeder
directed by: Karen McKenney
The Nightengale
by: Yellow Brick Road Shows
directed by: David Sankuer
Goldthroat (premiere)
by: William Earl
directed by: Jody Johnston
To Kill a Mockingbird
by: Harper Lee
adapted by: Christopher Sergel
directed by: Jody Johnston and
Brian Strom
1982-1983
*Gypsy
book by: Arthur Laurents
music by: Jule Styne
lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim
directed by: Jody Johnston
The Ransom of Red Chief
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Strom
The Wind in the Willows
by: Kenneth Graham
directed by: Brian Strom
The Green-Tree Boy (premiere)
by: David McCordick
directed by: Karen McKenney
Beauty and the Beast, The Legacy of
the Rose
by : Brian Kral
directed by: Jody Johnston
Apologies (summer production)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Strom
1983-84
Charlotte’s Web (premiere)
by: Joseph Robinette
directed by: Karen McKenney
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
book and music by: Clark Gesner
directed by: Jody Johnston
Snoopy!
book by: Warren Lockhart,
Arthur Whitelaw
Michael L. Grace
music by: Larry Grossman
Hal Hackady
directed by: Jody Johnston
Hansel and Gretel
by: Moses Goldberg
directed by: Ken Evans
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Strom
Roses and Briars (premiere)
by: Scott Davidson
directed by: Jody Johnston
1984-1985
Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Mary Hall Surface
Oliver!
music and lyrics by: Lionel Bart
directed by: Brian Strom
Karen McKenney
Aladdin
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Linda McCollum
A Wrinkle in Time (premiere)
by: Madeleine L’Engle
adapted by: Tom Dyer
directed by: Karen McKenney
Annie
book by: Thomas Meehan
music by: Charles Strouse
lyrics by: Martin Charnin
directed by: Jody Johnston
1985-1986
Troubled Waters
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Wiz
book by: William F. Brown
music and lyrics by: Charles Smalls
directed by: Karen McKenney
Vagabonds (premiere)
by : Bernard Sabath
directed by: Thomas Dyer
A Meeting of Mimes (original)
created and directed by:
Karen McKenney
The Emperor’s New Clothes
by: Charlotte Chorpenning
directed by: Brian Strom
Li’l Abner (summer production)
book by: Norman Panama
Melvin Frank
music and lyrics by:
Johnny Mercer
Gene de Paul
Directed by: Brian Strom
1986-1987
Fool of the World
by: Yellow Brick Road Shows
directed by: Robert Pevitts
Elsie Beckman (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
(W)Rites of Passage (premiere)
by: CCSD students
directed by: Karen McKenney
Once Upon a Mattress
book by: Jay Thompson
Marshall Barer
Dean Fuller
music by: Mary Rodgers
lyrics by: Marshall Barer
directed by: Karen McKenney
Puss-in-Boots
by: Max Bush
directed by: Joseph Kucan
1987-1988
Alice in Wonderland
by: Lewis Carroll
adapted by : Brian Kral
directed by: Robert Pevitts
Lynn Pace
Karen McKenney
Thomas Dyer
Brian Strom
A Little Princess
by: Virginia Koste
directed by: Brian Strom
(W)Rites of Passage, Too (premiere)
by: CCSD students
directed by: Karen McKenney
Androcles and the Lion
by: Auraund Harris
directed by: Brian Strom
Dandy Jim Valentine and the Time-lock,
Clock-work, Crack-proof Safe
(premiere)
book by: Brian Kral
music by: Jack Greco
Jay Neal
Lucinda Neal
Thomas Dyer
Al Greco
lyrics by: Thomas Dyer
Brian Kral
Lucinda Neal
Harmony Neal
Al Rossi
directed by: Robert R. Pevitts
1988-1989
Mother Hicks
by: Susan Zeder
directed by: Jody Johnston
Weyland’s Sword/Young Men at Arms
(premieres)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Strom
Joseph Kucan
Cinderella
book and lyrics by: Oscar
Hammerstein 2nd
music by: Richard Rodgers
directed by: Karen McKenney
The Nightingale
by: John Urquhart
Rita Grossberg
directed by: Barbara Brennan
The Skin of Our Teeth
by: Thornton Wilder
directed by: Robert R. Pevitts
1989-1990
Rock Stories (premiere)
by: Tom Dyer
Bob Mayberry
directed by: Thomas Coates
Really Rosie
book by : Maurice Sendak
music by: Carole King
directed by: Karen McKenney
Winnie-the-Pooh
by: Kristin Sergel
directed by:
Cathy Hurst-Hoffman
The Incredible Jungle Journey of Fenda
Maria
by: Jack Stokes
directed by: Joseph Kucan
1989-1990 IF Festival
From the Life of the Bog People
(premiere)
Rainbow Company
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Catechism of Patty Reed
(premiere)
Rainbow Company
by Bob Mayberry’
directed by: Christy M. Tice
Beach of Dreams
California Theatre Center
by: Graziano Melano
directed by: Graziano Melano
The Tingalary Bird
Rainbow Company
by: Mary Melwood
directed by: Brian Strom
Rockway Café
Rainbow Company
by: Max Bush
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Really Rosie
Rainbow Company
book and lyrics by Maurice Sendak
music by: Carole King
directed by: Karen McKenney
1990-1991
Fools
by: Neil Simon
directed by: Joseph Kucan
Written in Water (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Sleeping Beauty
by: Charlotte Chorpenning
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Hating Alison Ashley
by: Robin Klein
adapted by: Richard Tolloch
directed by: Shellie Williams
The Diary of Anne Frank
by: Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
directed by: Karen McKenney
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown(summer)
book and music by: Clark Gesner
directed by: Brian Strom
1991-1992
Written in Water
by: Brian Kral
directed by:
Jack and the Beanstalk (premiere)
by: Thomas Dyer
directed by: Karen McKenney
MacBeth
by William Shakespeare
directed by: Brian Strom
The Sugar House (premiere)
by: Joseph Kican
directed by: Joseph Kucan
The Fantasticks
book and lyrics by: Tom Jones
music by: Harvey Schmidt
directed by: Karen McKenney
1992-1993
One to Grow On
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
Story Theatre
by: Paul Sills
directed by: Joseph Kucan
Dog Pound Boy (premiere)
Book by: Brian Kral
lyrics by: Brian Kral
Jay Neal
music by: Jay Neal
directed by: Joe Kucan
Charlotte’s Web
by: Joseph Robinette
directed by: Karen McKenney
1993-1994
Wiley and the Hairyman
by: Susan Zeder
directed by: Jay Neal
The Wind and the Willows
by: Kenneth Graham
directed by: Joseph Kucan
Bridge to Terabithia
by:Katherine Paterson
Stephanie Tolan
directed by: Karen McKenney
Stories of the Silver State (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music and lyrics by Jay Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Big River
book by: William Hauptman
music and lyrics by: Roger Miller
directed by: Joseph Kucan
1994-1995
Tales of Trickery
by: Kim Alan Wheetley
directed by: Ken East
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
by: Barbara Robinson
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
More Stories of the Silver State
(premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: Jay Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
The Innocents
by: William Archibald
directed by: Brian Strom
The Point (premiere)
book by: Thomas Dyer
music by: Harry Nilson
directed by: Karen McKenney
1995-1996
The Odyssey
by: Gregory A. Falls
Kurt Beattie
directed by: Ann Marie Pereth
The Wizard of Oz
book by: L. Frank Baum
music by: Harold Arlen
E.Y. Harburg
Additional lyrics by: Jay Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Nevada Tales, Tall and True (premiere)
Book by: Karen McKenney
Music by: Jay Neal
Directed by: Karen McKenney
The Green-Tree Boy
by: David McCordick
directed by: Jay Neal
Cheaper by the Dozen
by: Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
adapted by: Christopher Sergel
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
1996-1997
Tom Sawyer
by: Mark Twain
adapted by: Sara Spencer
directed by: Brian Strom
Cinderella
book and lyrics by: Oscar
Hammerstein 2nd
music by: Richard Rodgers
directed by:Toni Molloy-Tudor
Tales of Old Nevada (premiere)
Book by: Karen McKenney
Music by: Jay Neal
Directed by: Karen McKenney
Clarissa’s Closet
book by: Monica Long Ross
music by: Alan Ruch
directed by: Karen McKenney
The Miracle Worker
by: William Gibson
directed by: Scott Davidson
1997-1998
The Crane Wife
by: Barbara Carlisle
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Little Women
by: Louisa May Alcott
adapted by: Scott Davidson
directed by: Karen McKenney
Best Stories of the Silver State
(premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J. Neal
lyrics by: J. Neal
Thomas Dyer
Rebecca Billings
directed by: Karen McKenney
Noodle Doodle Box
by: Anita and Alex Page
directed by: Karen McKenney
No One will Marry a Princess with a Tree
Growing Out of Her Head
book and lyrics by: Michael Elliot
Brill
directed by: Brian Strom
1998-1999
The Dreaming Pool (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
Oliver!
music and lyrics by Lionel Bart
directed by: Karen McKenney
Adventures in Old Nevada (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J. Neal
lyrics by: Brian Kral
Tom Dyer
J. Neal
Harmony Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Don’t Count You’re Chickens Until they
Cry Wolf
by: Carol Lynn Wright Pearson
music by: J.A.C. Redford
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-
the-Moon-Marigolds
by: Paul Zindel
directed by: Brian Strom
1999-2000
Jack and the Beanstalk
by: Thomas Dyer
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Meet Me in St. Louis
book by: Hugh Wheeler
music and lyrics by: Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane
directed by: Karen McKenney
Nevada Stories: The Way West
(premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Wetlands (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
Skin of Our Teeth
by: Thornton Wilder
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2000-2001
Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Apple Tree
book by: Sheldon Harnick
Jerry Bock
Jerome Coopersmith
music by: Jerry Bock
lyrics by: Sheldon Harnick
directed by: Karen McKenney
All Aboard! Rails West to Nevada
(premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
lyrics by: Tom Dyer
J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Fool of the World
by: John Urquhart
Rita Grauer
Paul Picus
directed by: Maite Garcia
Daniel Kucan
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out
About the Shivers
by: Max Bush
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2001-2002
El Jinte Sin Cabeza: The Legend of
Sleepy Hollow (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Emperor’s New Clothes
by Charlotte Chorpenning
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Characters of the Comstock (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by J Neal
lyrics by: Tom Dyer
J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Two Pails of Water
by: Aad Greidanus
directed by: Barbara Brennan
The Boyfriend
book and music by: Sandy Wilson
directed by: Karen McKenney
2002-2003
Charlotte’s Web
by: Joseph Robinette
directed by: Ann Marie Pereth
Snoopy!
book by: Warren Lockhart,
Arthur Whitelaw
Michael L. Grace
music by: Larry Grossman
Hal Hackady
directed by: Karen McKenney
The Final Journey (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Step on a Crack
by: Susan Zeder
directed by: Karen McKenney
Sleeping Beauty
by: Ben Farrar
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2003-2004
Winnie The Pooh
By: Kristin Sergel
Directed by: Karen McKenney
Little Shop of Horrors
book and lyrics by: Howard
Ashman
music by: Alan Menkin
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Sacagawea, the Bird Woman’s Return
(premiere)
book by: Brian Kral
music by: J Neal
directed by: Brian Kral
Tales from Hans Christian Anderson
book by : Mary Jane Evans
Deborah Anderson
music by: Ed Archer
lyrics by: Mary Jane Evans
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Diary of Anne Frank
by: Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Directed by: Brian Kral
2004-2005
The Little Princess, Sara Crew
by: Nancy Seale
directed by: Georgia Neu
Seussical
book by: Lynn Ahrens
Stephen Flaherty
music by: Stephen Flaherty
lyrics by: Lynn Ahrens
directed by: Brian Kral
Las Vegas Days of Old (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
(W)Rites of Passage (premiere)
by: CCSD students
directed by: Karen McKenney
Bridge to Terabithia
By: Katherine Paterson
Stephanie Tolan
Directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2005-2006
Wiley and the Hairyman
by: Susan Zeder
directed by: Tasha Anne James
Miss Nelson is Missing
book and music by: Joan Cushing
directed by: Karen McKenney
Snowshoes Across the Sierras (premiere)
Book by: Karen McKenney
Music by: J Neal
Directed by: Karen McKenney
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
by: Celeste Raspanti
directed by: Brian Kral
The Little Mermaid
by: Pat Hale
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2006-2007
Cheaper by the Dozen
by: Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
adapted by: Christopher Sergel
directed by: Ann Marie Pereth
A Year with Frog and Toad
Based on the book by:Arnold Lobel
book and lyrics by: Willie Reale
music by: Robert Reale
directed by: Brian Kral
Trails of Old Nevada (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
lyrics by: Tom Dyer
Tim Clark
J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
One to Grow on
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Scott Davidson
The Land of the Dragon
by: Madge Miller
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2007-2008
My Neighbor the Monster (premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Wizard of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
adapted by: Frank Gabrielson
music and lyrics by: Harold Arlen
E.Y. Harburg
Additional lyrics by: J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Kit Carson’s Frontier Adventure
(premiere)
Book by: Karen McKenney
Music by: J Neal
Directed by: Karen McKenney
The Ghost of the River House
by: Max Bush
directed by: Brian Kral
The Great Cross Country Race
by: Alan Broadhurst
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2008-2009
The Kid who Ran for President
(premiere)
by: Dan Gutman
adapted by: Jeremiah Clay Neal
music by: Jeremiah Clay Neal
directed by: Brian Kral
Cinderella
book by: Joe McDonough
music by: Fitz Patton
lyrics by: David Kidor
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Mark Twain’s Nevada (premiere)
Book by: Karen McKenney
Music by: J Neal
Directed by: Karen McKenney
The Samurai and the Shadow Princess
(premiere)
by: Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
The Reluctant Dragon
by: Kenneth Grahame
adapted by: Mary Hall Surface
directed by: Karen McKenney
2009-2010
The Witches
by: Roald Dahl
adapted by: David Wood
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat
Lyrics by: Tim Rice
Music by: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by: Karen McKenney
Unsung Characters of Nevada’s Past
(premiere)
Book by: Karen McKenney
Music by: J Neal
Lyrics by: Tom Dyer
J Neal
Directed by: Karen McKenney
The Orphan Train
by: Aurand Harris
directed by: Brian Kral
Jack and the Beanstalk
by: Thomas Dyer
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2010-2011
Zombies Walk Among Us (premiere)
By: Brian Kral
Directed by: Brian Kral
You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown
book and music by: Clark Gesner
directed by: Brian Kral
Karen McKenney
Sagebrush Stories (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
lyrics by: Tom Dyer
J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Metamorphosis
by: Mary Zimmerman
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
How I Became a Pirate
Based on the book by:
Melinda Long
book and music by:
Janet Yates Vogt
Mark Friedman
directed by: Karen McKenney
2011-2012
Charlotte’s Web
By: Joseph Robinette
directed by: Karen McKenney
Oliver!
music and lyrics by: Lionel Bart
directed by: Brian Kral
Uncovering Nevada’s Past (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: J Neal
directed by: Karen McKenney
Sleeping Beauty
by: Ben Farrar
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2012-2013
Tom Sawyer
by: Mark Twain
adapted by: Sara Spencer
Brian Kral
directed by: Brian Kral
Honk!
book and lyrics by:
Anthony Drewe
music by: George Stiles
directed by: Karen McKenney
Across the Truckee (premiere)
book by Karen McKenney
music by: Traditional
lyrics by: Kearsten Kuroishi
directed by: Karen McKenney
Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Tale
Book and music by:
Janet Yates Vogt
Mark Friedman
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
2013-2014
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out
About the Shivers
by: Max Bush
directed by: Toni Molloy-Tudor
Scrooge, the Musical
book and music by: Leslie Bricusse
directed by: Karen McKenney
Spinning Nevada’s Past (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
Brian Kral
music and lyrics by:
Kearsten Kuroishi
directed by : Karen McKenney
Brian Kral
Ozma of Oz, a Tale of Time
By: Susan Zeder
Directed by: Sean Critchfield
2014-2015
Meet Me in St. Louis
book by: Hugh Wheeler
music and lyrics by: Hugh Martin
Ralph Blane
Digging Through Nevada’s Past (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: Kearsten Kuroishi
directed by: Karen McKenney
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
by: Richard and Florence Atwater
book and lyrics by: Jody Davidson
music by: Brett Schrier
directed by: Karen McKenney
(W)Rites of Passage (premiere)
by: CCSD students
directed by: Karen McKenney
2015-2016
The Nightingale (tour only)
by: Rita Grauer
John Urquhart
directed by: Karen McKenney
A Year with Frog and Toad
based on the book by:Arnold Lobel
book and lyrics by: Willie Reale
music by: Robert Reale
directed by: Karen McKenney
Voices from the Sagebrush (premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music by: Kearsten Kuroishi
directed by: Karen McKenney
Bridge to Terabithia
By: Katherine Paterson
Stephanie Tolan
Directed by: Brian Kral
(W)Rites of Passage (premiere)
by: CCSD students
directed by: Karen McKenney
2016-2017
Seussical
book by: Lynn Ahrens
Stephen Flaherty
music by: Stephen Flaherty
lyrics by: Lynn Ahrens
directed by: Karen McKenney
Recollections of the Silver State
(premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music and lyrics by:
Kearsten Kuroishi
directed by : Karen McKenney
Peter Pan (joint project with UNLV)
by: J.M. Barrie
music by: Mark “Moose” Charlap
Jule Styne
lyrics by: Carolyn Leigh
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
directed by: Karen McKenney
10-minute Play Festival
Written and directed by members
of the Rainbow Company Ensemble.
2017-2018
The Reluctant Dragon
by: Mary Hall Surface
directed by:
Kearsten Kuroishi
Andy Lott
The Wizard of Oz
based on the book by:
L. Frank Baum
book by: John Kane
music by: Harold Arlen
lyrics by: E.Y. Harburg
directed by: Karen McKenney
Adventures in the Sagebrush State
(premiere)
book by: Karen McKenney
music and lyrics by:
Kearsten Kuroishi
directed by : Karen McKenney
A Little Princess
by: Nancy Seale
directed by: Karen McKenney
10 Minute Play Festival: Dreams
written and directed by members
of the Rainbow Company Ensemble
2018-2019
Winnie-the-Pooh
by: Kristin Sergel
directed by: Kearsten Kuroishi
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka
adapted by: Leslie Bricusse
Timothy Allen McDonald
music and lyrics by: Leslie Bricusse
Anthony Newley
directed by: Kearsten Kuroishi
Stories from the Silver State
book by: Amanda Baschnagel
music and lyrics by: Demyia Browning
Jared Sanchez
directed by: Amanda Baschnagel
Land of the Dragon
by: Madge Miller
directed by: Kearsten Kuroishi