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1946 SEASON 1

The Male Animal *
Biography *
I Bacchante **
The Land is Bright *
The Maker of Dreams *
The Astonished Heart *

1947 SEASON 2

First Lady *
Guest in the House *
The Man Who Came to Dinner *
The Rare Bird **
Beauty and the Jacobian  (Southern California Tournament)
Hotel Universe *

1948 SEASON 3

Here Today *
The Land is Bright *
Stage Door *
I Remember Mama *
An Inspector Calls *

1949 SEASON 4

The Constant Wife *
A Sunny Morning **
The Middle Watch *
Mr. and Mrs. North *
No Exit *

1950 SEASON 5

The Curse of an Aching Heart ***
Suds in Your Eye
Portrait of a Madonna **
The Warrior’s Husband

1951 SEASON 6

Suds in Your Eye
The Silver Whistle
What Do You Know of Love?

1952 SEASON 7

The Gioconda Smile
Harvey
Suds in Your Eye

1953 SEASON 8

Suds in Your Eye

1954 SEASON 9

The Heiress
Suds in Your Eye

1955 SEASON 10

Light Up the Sky
The Man
The Women
Suds in Your Eye
The Moon is Blue

1956 SEASON 11

The Tender Trap
The Biggest Thief in Town
The Rainmaker
Suds in Your Eye
The Fifth Season

1957 SEASON 12

Anastasia
The Biggest Thief in Town
Suds in Your Eye
The Little Hut
Anniversary Waltz

1958 SEASON 13

Miranda
Private Lives
The Sleeping Prince
Suds in Your Eye
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Waltz of the Toreadors

1959 SEASON 14

The Voice of the Turtle
The Country Girl
The Great Sebastians
Suds in Your Eye
Blithe Spirit
Bell, Book and Candle

1960 SEASON 15

Third Best Sport
Auntie Mame
Suds in Your Eye
Summer and Smoke
Two for the Seesaw

1961 SEASON 16

Tunnel of Love
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Suds in Your Eye
Tobacco Road
The Marriage Go-Round

1962 SEASON 17

Rain
Invitation to a March
Suds in Your Eye
Send Me No Flowers

1963 SEASON 18

The American Dame
Pool’s Paradise
Suds in Your Eye
The Play’s the Thing
Critic’s Choice
A Thurber Carnival

1964 SEASON 19

Come Blow Your Horn
Suds in Your Eye
Guest in the House

1965 SEASON 20

Little Mary Sunshine
Suds in Your Eye

1966 SEASON 21

Mary, Mary
Money
Suds in Your Eye

1967 SEASON 22

The Male Animal
The Typists and the Tiger
The Odd Couple
Barefoot in the Park

1968 SEASON 23

The Owl and the Pussycat
Love in E-Flat
Light up the Sky

1969 SEASON 24

The Owl and the Pussycat
Love in E-Flat
Light up the Sky

1970 SEASON 25

You Know I Can’t Hear You When the Water’s Running
Cactus Flower
Luv

1971 SEASON 26

There’s a Girl in My Soup
Norman, Is That You?
Goodbye Charlie
Period of Adjustment

1972 SEASON 27

A Shot in the Dark
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Butterflies are Free

1973 SEASON 28

How the Other Half Loves
Night Watch

1974 SEASON 29

Come Blow Your Horn
Under Papa’s Picture
6 Rms Riv Vu

1975 SEASON 30

Bell, Book and Candle
Twigs
Barefoot in the Park
The Sunshine Boys
Norman, Is That You?

1976 SEASON 31

The Imaginary Invalid
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Lovers and Other Strangers
The Disenchanted / A Far Country
The Fourposter
The Strike

1977 SEASON 32

Make a Million
Joan of Lorraine
You Never Know
Fantastics
A Thousand Clowns
The Secretary Bird
The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild
The Owl and the Pussycat

1978 SEASON 33

A Streetcar Named Desire
No Sex Please, We’re British
Sextet
The Ritz
Ladies at the Alamo
The World of Willy Wonka

1979 SEASON 34

Luann Hampton Laverty Oberlander
The Miracle Worker
Bullshot Crummond
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
The Star Spangled Dragon

1980 SEASON 35

The Cubs are in Fourth Place and Fading
Inherit the Wind
Pasta, Mayor Daley, and the San Andreas Fault!
A Flea in Her Ear
God’s Favorite
Born Yesterday
The World of Willy Wonka

1981 SEASON 36

The Loud Red Patrick
Stalag 17
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Warrior’s Husband
A Christmas Confection TBA

1982 SEASON 37

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Deathtrap
Joe Egg
The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
The Odd Couple

1983 SEASON 38

Mister Roberts
You Can’t Take it With You
The Odd Couple
The Seven Year Itch
The Man Who Came to Dinner
My Three Angels
Life with Father
Room Service

1984 SEASON 39

Harvey
Suds in Your Eye
Lilies of the Field
The Supporting Cast
On Golden Pond
The Best Man
No Sex Please, We’re British
A Murder is Announced

1985 SEASON 40

Period of Adjustment
Nude with Violin
Speaking of Murder
The Threepenny Opera

1986 SEASON 41

Mousetrap

1987 SEASON 42

Dial M for Murder
The Importance of Being Earnest
Butterflies are Free
South Pacific
A Thousand Clowns
The Curse of an Aching Heart

1988 SEASON 43

The Hollow
Not Now, Darling
House on the Cliff
Dracula

1989 SEASON 44

The Art of Dining
Godspell
Our Town
The Hotel Baltimore

1990 SEASON 45

The KPUG Talk Radio Murder Mystery
Arsenic and Old Lace
Candida
That Championship Season
Some of These Days
Good Evening
Murder at the Howard Johnsons

1991 SEASON 46

The Sunshine Boys
Deathtrap
The Fantasticks
The American Dream
The Zoo Story
The Tailor of Gloucester

The following special events was part of our 1991 season:

  • Coronado Follies
    Another Fine Pickle

1992 SEASON 47

The Odd Couple
Light Up the Sky
The Bat
The Pinchpenny Phantom of the Opera
The Odd Couple
The Dresser
The Tailor of Gloucester

1993 SEASON 48

Angel Street
The Owl and the Pussycat
Ten Little Indians
Three Men on a Horse
Seasons Greetings

The following special events was part of our 1993 season:

  • Gold Rush Night
    A Coronets Benefit

1994 SEASON 49

Separate Tables
The Supporting Cast
Time Remembered
Spider’s Web
Rain
Absurd Person Singular

The following special events was part of our 1994 season:

  • Gold Rush Night
    A Coronets Benefit

1995 SEASON 50

Suds in Your Eye
Come Back Little Sheba
Witness for the Prosecution
Break a Leg
The Norman Conquests
How the Other Half Loves
Stage Struck

1996 SEASON 51

Come Blow Your Horn
Catch Me If You Can
Murder on the Nile
Kiss Them and Wish Them Goodbye
Inspecting Carol

1997 SEASON 52

Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Social Security
The Norman Conquests
Corpse!
The Tailor of Gloucester

1998 SEASON 53

I Hate Hamlet
Alone Together
Sylvia
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Arsenic and Old Lace
The Tailor of Gloucester

1999 SEASON 54

They’re Playing Our Song
Twelve Angry Jurors
Mister Roberts
The Tempest
The Uninvited
Angels Among Us

2000 SEASON 55

Mousetrap
The Solid Gold Cadillac
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
Hamlet
Rumors
Angels Among Us

The following special events were part of our 2000 season:

  • Let’s Call the Whole Thing Gershwin
    An Evening of Dinner, Entertainment, and Dancing
    (with proceeds going to the Coronado Playhouse building fund)

2001 SEASON 56

Joe Nesnow as Clarence Darrow
Murder at the Vicarage
Pump Boys and Dinettes
M*A*S*H
Taming of the Shrew
California Suite
Angels Among Us

2002 SEASON 57

Verdict
Everybody Loves Opal
Bye Bye Birdie
Much Ado About Nothing
Biloxi Blues
Cinderella

2003 SEASON 58

The Hollow
Lend Me a Tenor
Moon Over Buffalo
Twelfth Night

2004 SEASON 59

The Mousetrap
Macbeth
A…My Name Will Always be Alice
The Wizard of Oz

2005 SEASON 60

Picnic
Ten Little Indians
The Fantasticks
The Nerd
The Merchant of Venice
My Three Angels

2006 SEASON 61

Wait Until Dark
The Odd Couple
Snoopy! The Musical
Romeo & Juliet
Dracula

2007 SEASON 62

Dracula
If The Shoe Fits
Inherit The Wind
As You Like It
Side By Side By Sondheim

2008 SEASON 63

Sweet Charity
Black Coffee
Blithe Spirit
The True Tale of Sleeping Beauty
The Taming of The Shrew
The Magical Forest

2009 SEASON 64

The Wizard of Oz
Spider’s Web
The IT Girl
Hamlet
Sherlock Holmes’ Excellent Adventure

2010 SEASON 65

Wild Party
Cinderella
The Importance of Being Earnest
Much Ado About Nothing
Dracula

The following special events were part of our 2010 season:

  • Actions Most Ridiculous

2011 SEASON 66

Leading Ladies
The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Roman Holiday
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Drowsy Chaperone

2012 SEASON 67

42nd Street
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Twelfth Night
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The following special events were part of our 2012 season:

  • Bethlehem Road

2013 SEASON 68

Ruthless
Pageant
Carnival
The Tempest
Suds

2014 SEASON 69

Chicago
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
Romeo and Juliet
Dearly Beloved
Spamalot

The following limited engagements and special events were part of our 2014 season:

  • Sleeping Beauty or the Famous Rose Taboo
  • Songs I Always Wanted to Sing (but never had the chance)
  • Journey through Oz: a Musical Cabaret
  • Mistletoe, Music & Mayhem

2015 SEASON 70

Avenue Q
Boeing Boeing
A Year with Frog and Toad
Tartuffe
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

The following special events were part of our 2015 season:

  • Too Darn Hot: Cole Porter Cabaret
  • You’ve Hungered for This All Your Life
  • The Lighter Side of Language with Richard Lederer
  • Colm Keegan, of Celtic Thunder, on Tour with Laura Durrant
  • Strike Up the Band Cabaret
  • Merry Songs from Musicals, Movies and More…

2016 SEASON 71

Sugar
A Little Night Music
Sordid Lives
Hamlet
Seussical the Musical
A Chorus Line

The following special events were part of our 2016 season:

  • Godspell in Concert
  • Altar Boyz in Concert
  • Gender Bender Cabaret
  • Vanessa Dinning By Special Arrangement
  • A Holiday Cabaret

2017  SEASON 72

Altar Boyz
The 39 Steps
James and the Giant Peach
Much Ado about Nothing
Little Shop of Horrors
Fly by Night

The following special events were part of our 2017 season:

  • ShowBiz with the Miz!
  • Love Letters
  • Rayme’s Song Mash-Ups
  • Annual Blue Ribbon Awards
  • Singin’ In The Rain: In Concert
  • The Test
  • Violet: In Concert
  • Les Chemins de l’amour
  • Behind The Scenes @ Fly By Night
  • La Posada Magica
  • The Rollers

2018 SEASON 73

The Addams Family
King Charles III
Next to Normal
A Man of No Importance
Macbeth
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

The following special events were part of our 2018 season:

  • Songs For A New Year
  • The Songs of Burt Bacharach
  • Colm Keegan: You’ll Never Be Alone
  • Follies: In Concert

2019 SEASON 74

Guys and Dolls
Cabaret
The Old Man and the Old Moon
Dogfight
The Winter’s Tale
Mamma Mia!

The following special events were part of our 2019 season:

  • Bare: a Pop Opera in Concert
  • Coronado Community ReadLaura McNeal’s The Practice House: A Novel
  • Holiday Cabaret

2020 SEASON 75

Matilda
Moon Over Buffalo (1)
Anything Goes (1)
Richard III (1)
Catch Me if You Can (1)
Clue (1)

The following special events were part of our 2020 season:

  • Notes from My Shelf: The Songs of Ian Brandon (1)
  • Closer Than Ever (1)
  • James Bond: The Musical (1)

2024 SEASON 79

All Bark, No Bite
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tuck Everlasting
Nine the Musical
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Sweeney Todd

The following special event was part of our 2024 season:

  • Holiday Cabaret

* Coronado High School Auditorium
** Tournament of One Act Plays, Little Theatre League of San Diego
*** First production at Coronado Playhouse building
(1)   Cancelled due to COVID-19

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