Past Seasons of the Anselmian Abbey Players
Fall Play. . . One Act Shows. . . Musical*
These are the "official" Abbey Players productions.
- Please note that the Players in the 1950s collaborated with Mt. St. Mary and other colleges; in the 1960s when SACA came into being a number of plays (mostly reader's theatre type) were performed, and, of course, the plays done for the Humanities Program.
1. 1949-1950--Career Angel. . .Shadow and Substance
2. 1950-1951--Room Service. . .George Washington Slept Here. . .Dark Victory
3. 1951-1952--On Approval. . .The Mikado*. . .The Velvet Glove. . .The Merry Widow*
4. 1952-1953--Ten Little Indians. . . Patience*. . . The Masterful Monk. . . The Red Mill*
5. 1953-1954--Charley's Aunt. . .Harvey. . .Angel Street. . .Arsenic and Old Lace
6. 1954-1955--Importance of Being Earnest. . .My Three Angels. . .Carousel*
7. 1955-1956--Bernadine. . .Dial M for Murder. . .Three Men on a Horse
8. 1956-1957--Pygmalion. . .You Can't Take It With You. . .Oklahoma!*
9. 1957-1958--Playboy of the Western World. . .The Solid Gold Cadillac. . .Hands Up!*
10. 1958-1959--Arms and the Man. . .The Glass Menagerie. . .The Desert Song*
11. 1959-1960--Darkness at Noon. . .The Lady's Not for Burning. . .Charley's Aunt*
12. 1960-1961--The Tavern. . .The Lark. . .H.M.S. Pinafore*
13. 1961-1962--The Matchmaker. . .The Lesson. . .The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
14. 1962-1963--The Madwoman of Chaillot. . .The School for Scandal. . .Little Mary Sunshine*
15. 1963-1964--The Silver Cord. . .Oedipus Rex. . .Thieves Carnival. . .The Fantastics*
16. 1964-1965--The Man Who Came to Dinner...A Doll's House...The Pirates of Penzance*
17. 1965-1966--Visit to a Small Planet. . .The Imaginary Invalid. . .Kiss Me Kate*
18. 1966-1967--The Fantastics*. . .The Room. . .Man for All Seasons
19. 1967-1968--Man for All Seasons. . .Trio: The Bald Soprano, Crawling Arnold, Chamber Music. . .Rags to Riches* (children's theatre), Tiniest Town in Mexico* (children's theatre)
20. 1968-1969--Never Too Late. . .Tiger at the Gates
21. 1969-1970--Oh Dad, Poor Dad, etc. . . . Hogan's Goat. . .Trio II: Zoo Story, Aria da Capo, The Bespoke Overcoat. . .George M*
22. 1970-1971--Lovers. . .Auntie Mame. . .Look Back in Anger. . .Guys and Dolls*
23. 1971-1972--The Servant of Two Masters. . .A Canticle for Leibowitz. . .A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
24. 1972-1973--Ten Nights in a Barroom. . .Antigone. . .The Beggar's Opera*
25. 1973-1974--A Talent to Amuse (Revue). . .Desire Under the Elms. . .Three on the Aisle: The Shoemaker's Wife, Queens of France, The Wild Flowering of Chastity. . .Babes in Arms*
26. 1974-1975--Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. . .Tartuffe. . .Hello Dolly*
27. 1975-1976--The Hostage. . .The Importance of Being Earnest. . .Carousel*
28. 1976-1977--The Critic. . .The Lion in Winter. . .Anything Goes*. . .An Evening with James Thurber
29. 1977-1978--Dark of the Moon. . .Belle of Amherst. . .Madwoman of Chaillot. . .Sweet Charity*
30. 1978-1979--Murder in the Cathedral. . .The Real Inspector Hound, et al. . .The Drunkard*
31. 1979-1980--Once in a Lifetime. . .A Mixed Bag:. . .Promises, Promises*
32. 1980-1981--Twelfth Night. . .Wild Flowering of Chastity (and other discussions). . .Beggar's Opera*
33. 1981-1982--Pippin*. . .She Stoops to Conquer. . .Signs of the Times
34. 1982-1983--Tiger at the Gates. . .One Acts: God, Love, Pink Lemonade for Tomorrow. . .Anything Goes*
35. 1983-1984--The Skin of Our Teeth. . .Trio: Bald Soprano, A Lass Unparalleled, Skungpoomery. . .How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*
36. 1984-1985--Ten Little Indians. . .Three for the Money: Impromptu, Still Life, A Storm in the Dorm. . The Pajama Game*
37. 1985-1986--The Crucible. . .Triple Play: Aria da Capo, The Concrete Ark, Stranger with Roses. . .Once Upon a Mattress*
38. 1986-1987--You Can't Take It With You. . .By and About the Bard: Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Dogg's Hamlet, Pyramus and Thisbe (Midsummer Night's Dream). . .Fiorello*
39. 1987-1988--Major Barbara. . .Three by the Ladies: Rats, What Would Jeanne Moreau Do?, Trifles. . .Oklahoma!*
Prof. Ted Comiskey Retires, 35 years as Director of the Abbey Players, 39 years involved with the Abbey Players
40. 1988-1989--House of Blue Leaves. . .Laughing in the Aisles: The Actor's Nightmare, The Duck Variations, The Public Eye . . .Guys and Dolls*
41. 1989-1990--Fools. . .Two Guys and a Girl: The Recovery, Aptitude!, 12:21 p.m. . .Grease*
42. 1990-1991--A Streetcar Named Desire. . .Plays of a Different Color: Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me A Song, Breakdown, Beast of a Different Burden. . .A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
43. 1991-1992--The White Liars and Black Comedy. . .Strangers in the Night: Death Knocks, Do Over, Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe. . .Into the Woods*
44. 1992-1993--The Good Doctor. . .The Political, The Intellectual and the Suicidal: Election Year, If Men Played Cards as Women Do, The Ledge the Ledger and the Legend. . .Anything Goes*
45. 1993-1994--Reckless. . .Food, Folks, and Fun!!!: Sure Thing, The Summer People, A Perfect Match, A Witch's Brew. . .Little Shop of Horrors*
46. 1994-19l95--The Dining Room. . .Requirement for Humanity: English Made Simple, Graceland, The Inner Circle, Between Mouthfuls. . .Bye Bye Birdie*
47. 1995-1996--The Hollow...Potatoes, Tomatoes and Kumquats: Personal Effects, No Glamour (original play), No Exit . . .Godspell*
48. 1996-1997--Don't Drink the Water. . .Men, Women & Monkeys?!?: Riverview, Tape 23, My Side of the Story, Words, Words, Words. . .Carousel*
49. 1997-1998--Much Ado About Nothing. . .Murder, Madames, & Myths: L'Amour Ou La Mort, Laundry and Bourbon, Medusa's Tale. . .Company*
50. 1998-1999--Medea. . .Reflections of Bipedal Magnanimity: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Diary of Adam and Eve, Everyman. . .Fiddler on the Roof*
51. 1999-2000--Noises Off. . .Who Wrote the Book of Love?: The Boundary, Why Do We Laugh?, First Night. . .Into the Woods*
52. 2000-2001--A Midsummer Night's Dream. . .Stayin’ Alive: Any Body for Tea?, Stranger Things, Don’t Cry Tonite . . . Grease*
53. 2001-2002--The Diary of Anne Frank . . . Elegy and Entropy: Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe, I Bring You Flowers, The One That Flew Away . . . Steel Pier*
54. 2002-2003—Rumors . . . Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?!: Making Nice, The Philadelphia, Sure Thing, A Danish Soap . . .Guys and Dolls*
55. 2003-2004--Arsenic and Old Lace . . . Life, Love & Obsession: Screen Test, After the Beep,Spaghetti Proposal, The Tarantino Variation, The Strange Obsession of Dr. Karl van Cosen . . .A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
56. 2004-2005—The Taming of the Shrew. . .It Could Happen To You: Confined Spaces, Oh, What a Tangled Web, Shades of Black . . . Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*
57. 2005-2006—The Importance of Being Earnest. . . An Evening of Unfortuante Events: Fortune Favors the Fools, Hold Your Applause!, No Exit . . . Pippin*
58. 2006-2007—The Mousetrap. . . All the World’s a Stage!: Audience, Actor’s Nightmare, The Tragedy of Venus . . . Children of Eden*
59. 2007-2008— The Shadow Box . . . Shenanigans!: A Charm of Powerful Trouble, Soap Opera, The Breakfast Club . . . Anything Goes*
60. 2008-2009 – The Crucible . . . Putting the Fun in Dysfunctional: Check, Please, ‘Dentity Crisis, The Danes of Our Lives . . . Suessical*
61. 2009-2010 – As You Like It . . . Times Flies When You’re Having Fun: This is a Test, Ham Radio: An Episode of Frasier, Cut . . . Gypsy*
62. 2010-2011 – The Government Inspector . . . I Need a Hero: The Ledge, Romeo and Juliet: A Parody, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog . . . Into the Woods*
63. 2011-2012 – Our Town . . .Somewhat Suspect: The Apple, Public Opinion, slasreveR neveS . . . Oklahoma!*
64. 2012-2013—The Laramie Project . . . Home of the Brave: Wasp, Here She Is!, November . . . Bye Bye Birdie*
65. 2013-2014—Almost, Maine . . . Hilariously Tragic: Once Upon A Beginning, Romeo and Juliet, Louder I Can’t Hear You . . . Little Shop of Horrors*
66. 2014-2015—Rumors. . . Chance Encounters: Anatomy of Gray, Can of Yams, Daniels . . .Thoroughly Modern Millie*
67. 2015-2016—The Love of Three Oranges . . . It's Not Me It's You: Check, Please!, Distracted, Hourglass. . . Chicago*
68. 2016-2017—The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later . . . You Can't Fight Fate: Boy Meets Girl, They Walk Among Us, Sylvia... The Mystery of Edwin Drood*
69. 2017-2018—A Murder is Announced . . . More Than Meets the Eye: 4 A.M., Maria's Mind, Priest of the People. . . Pippin*
70. 2018-2019—Machinal . . . An Evening of One Act Plays . . . Urinetown
Learn more about Season 70 here
Check out photos from some of our past shows in our Photo Gallery!
Fall Play. . . One Act Shows. . . Musical*
These are the "official" Abbey Players productions.
- Please note that the Players in the 1950s collaborated with Mt. St. Mary and other colleges; in the 1960s when SACA came into being a number of plays (mostly reader's theatre type) were performed, and, of course, the plays done for the Humanities Program.
1. 1949-1950--Career Angel. . .Shadow and Substance
2. 1950-1951--Room Service. . .George Washington Slept Here. . .Dark Victory
3. 1951-1952--On Approval. . .The Mikado*. . .The Velvet Glove. . .The Merry Widow*
4. 1952-1953--Ten Little Indians. . . Patience*. . . The Masterful Monk. . . The Red Mill*
5. 1953-1954--Charley's Aunt. . .Harvey. . .Angel Street. . .Arsenic and Old Lace
6. 1954-1955--Importance of Being Earnest. . .My Three Angels. . .Carousel*
7. 1955-1956--Bernadine. . .Dial M for Murder. . .Three Men on a Horse
8. 1956-1957--Pygmalion. . .You Can't Take It With You. . .Oklahoma!*
9. 1957-1958--Playboy of the Western World. . .The Solid Gold Cadillac. . .Hands Up!*
10. 1958-1959--Arms and the Man. . .The Glass Menagerie. . .The Desert Song*
11. 1959-1960--Darkness at Noon. . .The Lady's Not for Burning. . .Charley's Aunt*
12. 1960-1961--The Tavern. . .The Lark. . .H.M.S. Pinafore*
13. 1961-1962--The Matchmaker. . .The Lesson. . .The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
14. 1962-1963--The Madwoman of Chaillot. . .The School for Scandal. . .Little Mary Sunshine*
15. 1963-1964--The Silver Cord. . .Oedipus Rex. . .Thieves Carnival. . .The Fantastics*
16. 1964-1965--The Man Who Came to Dinner...A Doll's House...The Pirates of Penzance*
17. 1965-1966--Visit to a Small Planet. . .The Imaginary Invalid. . .Kiss Me Kate*
18. 1966-1967--The Fantastics*. . .The Room. . .Man for All Seasons
19. 1967-1968--Man for All Seasons. . .Trio: The Bald Soprano, Crawling Arnold, Chamber Music. . .Rags to Riches* (children's theatre), Tiniest Town in Mexico* (children's theatre)
20. 1968-1969--Never Too Late. . .Tiger at the Gates
21. 1969-1970--Oh Dad, Poor Dad, etc. . . . Hogan's Goat. . .Trio II: Zoo Story, Aria da Capo, The Bespoke Overcoat. . .George M*
22. 1970-1971--Lovers. . .Auntie Mame. . .Look Back in Anger. . .Guys and Dolls*
23. 1971-1972--The Servant of Two Masters. . .A Canticle for Leibowitz. . .A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
24. 1972-1973--Ten Nights in a Barroom. . .Antigone. . .The Beggar's Opera*
25. 1973-1974--A Talent to Amuse (Revue). . .Desire Under the Elms. . .Three on the Aisle: The Shoemaker's Wife, Queens of France, The Wild Flowering of Chastity. . .Babes in Arms*
26. 1974-1975--Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. . .Tartuffe. . .Hello Dolly*
27. 1975-1976--The Hostage. . .The Importance of Being Earnest. . .Carousel*
28. 1976-1977--The Critic. . .The Lion in Winter. . .Anything Goes*. . .An Evening with James Thurber
29. 1977-1978--Dark of the Moon. . .Belle of Amherst. . .Madwoman of Chaillot. . .Sweet Charity*
30. 1978-1979--Murder in the Cathedral. . .The Real Inspector Hound, et al. . .The Drunkard*
31. 1979-1980--Once in a Lifetime. . .A Mixed Bag:. . .Promises, Promises*
32. 1980-1981--Twelfth Night. . .Wild Flowering of Chastity (and other discussions). . .Beggar's Opera*
33. 1981-1982--Pippin*. . .She Stoops to Conquer. . .Signs of the Times
34. 1982-1983--Tiger at the Gates. . .One Acts: God, Love, Pink Lemonade for Tomorrow. . .Anything Goes*
35. 1983-1984--The Skin of Our Teeth. . .Trio: Bald Soprano, A Lass Unparalleled, Skungpoomery. . .How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*
36. 1984-1985--Ten Little Indians. . .Three for the Money: Impromptu, Still Life, A Storm in the Dorm. . The Pajama Game*
37. 1985-1986--The Crucible. . .Triple Play: Aria da Capo, The Concrete Ark, Stranger with Roses. . .Once Upon a Mattress*
38. 1986-1987--You Can't Take It With You. . .By and About the Bard: Dark Lady of the Sonnets, Dogg's Hamlet, Pyramus and Thisbe (Midsummer Night's Dream). . .Fiorello*
39. 1987-1988--Major Barbara. . .Three by the Ladies: Rats, What Would Jeanne Moreau Do?, Trifles. . .Oklahoma!*
Prof. Ted Comiskey Retires, 35 years as Director of the Abbey Players, 39 years involved with the Abbey Players
40. 1988-1989--House of Blue Leaves. . .Laughing in the Aisles: The Actor's Nightmare, The Duck Variations, The Public Eye . . .Guys and Dolls*
41. 1989-1990--Fools. . .Two Guys and a Girl: The Recovery, Aptitude!, 12:21 p.m. . .Grease*
42. 1990-1991--A Streetcar Named Desire. . .Plays of a Different Color: Tell Me Another Story, Sing Me A Song, Breakdown, Beast of a Different Burden. . .A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
43. 1991-1992--The White Liars and Black Comedy. . .Strangers in the Night: Death Knocks, Do Over, Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe. . .Into the Woods*
44. 1992-1993--The Good Doctor. . .The Political, The Intellectual and the Suicidal: Election Year, If Men Played Cards as Women Do, The Ledge the Ledger and the Legend. . .Anything Goes*
45. 1993-1994--Reckless. . .Food, Folks, and Fun!!!: Sure Thing, The Summer People, A Perfect Match, A Witch's Brew. . .Little Shop of Horrors*
46. 1994-19l95--The Dining Room. . .Requirement for Humanity: English Made Simple, Graceland, The Inner Circle, Between Mouthfuls. . .Bye Bye Birdie*
47. 1995-1996--The Hollow...Potatoes, Tomatoes and Kumquats: Personal Effects, No Glamour (original play), No Exit . . .Godspell*
48. 1996-1997--Don't Drink the Water. . .Men, Women & Monkeys?!?: Riverview, Tape 23, My Side of the Story, Words, Words, Words. . .Carousel*
49. 1997-1998--Much Ado About Nothing. . .Murder, Madames, & Myths: L'Amour Ou La Mort, Laundry and Bourbon, Medusa's Tale. . .Company*
50. 1998-1999--Medea. . .Reflections of Bipedal Magnanimity: Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Diary of Adam and Eve, Everyman. . .Fiddler on the Roof*
51. 1999-2000--Noises Off. . .Who Wrote the Book of Love?: The Boundary, Why Do We Laugh?, First Night. . .Into the Woods*
52. 2000-2001--A Midsummer Night's Dream. . .Stayin’ Alive: Any Body for Tea?, Stranger Things, Don’t Cry Tonite . . . Grease*
53. 2001-2002--The Diary of Anne Frank . . . Elegy and Entropy: Postponing the Heat Death of the Universe, I Bring You Flowers, The One That Flew Away . . . Steel Pier*
54. 2002-2003—Rumors . . . Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?!: Making Nice, The Philadelphia, Sure Thing, A Danish Soap . . .Guys and Dolls*
55. 2003-2004--Arsenic and Old Lace . . . Life, Love & Obsession: Screen Test, After the Beep,Spaghetti Proposal, The Tarantino Variation, The Strange Obsession of Dr. Karl van Cosen . . .A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum*
56. 2004-2005—The Taming of the Shrew. . .It Could Happen To You: Confined Spaces, Oh, What a Tangled Web, Shades of Black . . . Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat*
57. 2005-2006—The Importance of Being Earnest. . . An Evening of Unfortuante Events: Fortune Favors the Fools, Hold Your Applause!, No Exit . . . Pippin*
58. 2006-2007—The Mousetrap. . . All the World’s a Stage!: Audience, Actor’s Nightmare, The Tragedy of Venus . . . Children of Eden*
59. 2007-2008— The Shadow Box . . . Shenanigans!: A Charm of Powerful Trouble, Soap Opera, The Breakfast Club . . . Anything Goes*
60. 2008-2009 – The Crucible . . . Putting the Fun in Dysfunctional: Check, Please, ‘Dentity Crisis, The Danes of Our Lives . . . Suessical*
61. 2009-2010 – As You Like It . . . Times Flies When You’re Having Fun: This is a Test, Ham Radio: An Episode of Frasier, Cut . . . Gypsy*
62. 2010-2011 – The Government Inspector . . . I Need a Hero: The Ledge, Romeo and Juliet: A Parody, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog . . . Into the Woods*
63. 2011-2012 – Our Town . . .Somewhat Suspect: The Apple, Public Opinion, slasreveR neveS . . . Oklahoma!*
64. 2012-2013—The Laramie Project . . . Home of the Brave: Wasp, Here She Is!, November . . . Bye Bye Birdie*
65. 2013-2014—Almost, Maine . . . Hilariously Tragic: Once Upon A Beginning, Romeo and Juliet, Louder I Can’t Hear You . . . Little Shop of Horrors*
66. 2014-2015—Rumors. . . Chance Encounters: Anatomy of Gray, Can of Yams, Daniels . . .Thoroughly Modern Millie*
67. 2015-2016—The Love of Three Oranges . . . It's Not Me It's You: Check, Please!, Distracted, Hourglass. . . Chicago*
68. 2016-2017—The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later . . . You Can't Fight Fate: Boy Meets Girl, They Walk Among Us, Sylvia... The Mystery of Edwin Drood*
69. 2017-2018—A Murder is Announced . . . More Than Meets the Eye: 4 A.M., Maria's Mind, Priest of the People. . . Pippin*
70. 2018-2019—Machinal . . . An Evening of One Act Plays . . . Urinetown
Learn more about Season 70 here
Check out photos from some of our past shows in our Photo Gallery!