Month: August 2021

Brooke Hills Playhouse, 1972. Stage end of the barn and the side nearest the park entrance. No ramp until 1979. FROM BARN TO THEATRE To say that transforming an old barn into a theatre entailed a lot of hard, dirty, heavy work is a mammoth understatement.  Those who were there (See Parts 5A, 5B, and… Continue reading BROOKE HILLS PLAYHOUSE: A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR, PART 6A →

Brooke Hills Playhouse, Print by Russ Shaffer, 1982 THE FIRST CAST OF CHARACTERS or THE BARNSTORMERS As I wrote at the beginning of Part 5A & 5B—Amazing people came to help make the Playhouse a reality in that summer of 1972. They sweated and shivered. They worked long hours and never complained loudly. They did… Continue reading BROOKE HILLS PLAYHOUSE: A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR, PART 5C →

First Season Poster, 1972 THE FIRST CAST OF CHARACTERS or THE BARNSTORMERS As I wrote at the beginning of Part 5A—Amazing people came to help make the Playhouse a reality in that summer of 1972. They sweated and shivered. They worked long hours and never complained loudly. They did smelly, dirty jobs, and created a… Continue reading BROOKE HILLS PLAYHOUSE: A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR, PART 5B →

Brooke Hills Playhouse, circa 1980 THE FIRST CAST OF CHARACTERS or THE BARNSTORMERS! (NOTE: Part 5 has three parts--5A, 5B, and 5C. The parts are about the great friends and relatives who worked at turning a barn into a theatre. There were too many people to tell you about in one post!) Amazing people came… Continue reading BROOKE HILLS PLAYHOUSE: A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR, PART 5A →

ANOTHER BREAK IN THE ACTION: THAT WHICH WAS MISSING FROM THE RECENT CELEBRATION 1972 Season Program Cover, Cover design by Marlene Marston Bringardner I realize that this is going backward, but now that I’ve had time to reflect on the celebration for the 50th season at the Playhouse, I can think of about a hundred… Continue reading BROOKE HILLS PLAYHOUSE: A COLLECTIVE MEMOIR, PART 2B →