Summer Repertory Theatre

Summer Repertory Theater (SRT) is a complete and extensive practicum in Santa Rosa, California at Santa Rosa Junior College in Sonoma County (California), California's Wine Country (California). It is a member of North Bay Theatre Group and Theatre Communications Group. SRT, located in the heart of the Sonoma County wine country, one hour north of San Francisco and forty-five minutes east of the beautiful Northern California coast is a well organized professional training program and theatre.

SRT was founded in 1972, by Frank J. Zwolinski Jr and is currently led by Artistic Director James Newman. The renowned 11-week theatre program draws statewide participation in a professionally advanced summer theatre and produces over 90 performances of five plays in full rotating repertory. Summer participants include music students, designers, directors and many other creative people from across the U.S.

Professional Training Program

SRT is a professional training program in all aspects of stage production. The program combines professional directing, design, and production staff with outstanding students in acting, design, technical theater, dance, music, and management. The ensemble mounts five productions, which are performed in full rotating Repertory six days a week beginning in mid June. Company members put theory to the test and learn to work in a professional system. Auditions for the program are held every year in the spring at colleges around the state of California. 1

Notable Artists

Artistic Directors

• Frank J. Zwolinski Jr
• James Newman

Directors

• Libby Appel

Actors

• Benjamin Bratt
• Michael T. Weiss
• Thomas Schumacher

Stages

Burbank Auditorium

The Burbank Auditorium was converted into a theater and named in honour of Luther Burbank, American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. The Burbank Auditorium is a owned by Santa Rosa Junior College. Seating capacity: 618

Newman Auditorium

Santa Rosa High School

Santa Rosa High School

Publications

Summer Repertory Theatre is referenced in the interactive picture book, How Does the Show Go On? An Introduction to the Theatre (Disney Publications, 2007). ISBN 1423100883 by SRT alum Thomas Schumacher.

Production history

The 2000s

2009

• Mame! book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
• The Wedding Singer music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin, and book by Chad Beguelin and Tim Herlihy.
• Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
• Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon

2008

• The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• The Producers by Mel Brooks
• Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter
• The Women by Claire Booth Luce
• Snoopy!!! by Larry Grossman and Hal Hackady

2007

• The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Rupert Holmes
• The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
• Working by Studs Terkel
• The Learned Ladies by Moliere
• Tick…Tick…BOOM! by Jonathan Larsen
• Disney’s Aladdin

2006

• Seussical by Steven Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
• Human Events by A.R Gurney
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen, novel by Muriel Spark
• Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Stephen Sondheim, music and lyrics and Burt Sheveloveand Larry Gelbart, book.

2005

• Disney’s Beauty & the Beast
• Agnes of God by John Pielmeier
• The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
• Woman in Mind by Alan Ayckbourn
• The Full Monty book by Terrence McNally and score by David Yazbek

2004

• Bye Bye Birdie book by Michael Stewart, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.
• Our Town by Thornton Wilder
• Into the Woods music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine
• The Foreigner by Larry Shue
• Present Laughter by Noel Coward

2003

• Rocky Horror Picture Show by Richard O'Brien
• Arcadia by Tom Stoppard
• Wit by Margaret Edson
• The Music Man book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson
• Moon Over Buffalo Ken Ludwig

2002

• Honk book by Anthony Drewe and score by George Stiles
• Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
• Book of Days by Lanford Wilson
• Pension Grillparzer
• Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
• Little Shop of Horrors by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman

2001

• Gala
• Street Scene by Elmer Rice
• On The Verge by Eric Overmeyer
• Noices Off by Michael Frayn
• A Chorus Line book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music by Marvin Hamlisch
• Peter Pan music by Mark "Moose" Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
• Picasso At the Lapin Agile by Steve Martin

2000

• The Wizard of Oz
• Sylvia by A.R Gurney
• Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
• 84, Charing Cross Road
• Victor/Victoria book by Blake Edwards, music by Henry Mancini, lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and additional musical material (music and lyrics) by Frank Wildhorn
• Adventures in Theatre

The 1990s

1999

• Grease by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
• Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas
• The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
• Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon
• The Will Rogers Follies book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman.

1998

• The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
• Bullshot Crummond by Ron House, Diz White, John Neville-Andrews, Alan Shearman, and Derek Cunningham
• Judevine by David Budbill
• Harvey by Mary Chase
• Hair book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot
• Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen

1997

• Nunsense book, music, and lyrics by Dan Goggin
• The Ballad of the Sad Café by Edward Albee
• The Madwoman of Challiot by Jean Girondiux
• Accomplice
• Annie Warbucks book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin.
• The Ladies of the Camellias by Lillian Groag

1996

• Big River, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn book by William Hauptman and music and lyrics by Roger Miller
• Hay Fever by Noel Coward
• I Remember Mama by John Van Druten
• Ten Little Indians by Edward Albee
• Cabaret by Kander and Ebb
• The Lion in Winter by James Goldman

1995

• The Secret Garden music by Lucy Simon and book and lyrics by Marsha Norman
• Paradise Hotel by Georges Feydeau
• The Grapes of Wrath by Frank Galati
• Lettice & Lovage by Peter Schaffer
• Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Lost in Yonkers by Neil Simon

1994

• Once Upon a Mattress by Mary Rodgers with lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer
• The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild by Paul Zindel
• The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig
• Singin’ in the Rain
• Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer

1993

• Little Shop of Horrors by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman
• You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
• The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin
• The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
• Mame! by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
• Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward

1992

• Annie Get Your Gun by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields.
• The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
• The Three Musketeers book by William Anthony McGuire, lyrics by Clifford Grey and P. G. Wodehouse, and music by Rudolf Friml
• The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman
• la Cage aux Folles by Jean Poiret
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennesee Williams

1991

• You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
• Rebecca by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson
• The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
• Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin
• West Side Story by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling

1990

• Annie music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan
• Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn
• Camille by Alexandre Dumas
• A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller
• Evita by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash

The 1980s

1989

• Anything Goes music and lyrics by Cole Porter.
• Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw
• Our Town by Thornton Wilder
• The Art of Dining by Tina Howe
• Oliver! music and lyrics by Lionel Bart
• Stage Struck

1988

• The Wizard of Oz
• Corpse!
• Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
• Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
• Kiss Me Kate by Cole Porter
• Noises Off by Michael Frayn

1987

• Peter Pan music by Mark "Moose" Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
• Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon
• The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
• Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
• A Chorus Line by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music by Marvin Hamlisch.
• The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1986

• My Fair Lady lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe
• Veronica’s Room by Ira Levin
• I Remember Mama by John Van Druten
• Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas book by Larry L. King and Peter Masterson and music and lyrics by Carol Hall
• Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon

1985

• The Music Man book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson
• The Country Girl by Clifford Odets
• Separate Tables by Sir Terence Rattigan
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare
• Barnum by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman
• Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall

1984

• Oklahoma by Rodgers and Hammerstein
• The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Jay Presson Allen
• One Flew Over the Cuckoos’ Nest by Ken Kesey
• Gypsy by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents
• Anastasia by Marcelle Maurette

1983

• Of Mice and Men
• The Bluebird by Maurice Maeterlinck
• Hair book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot
• The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
• The Sound of Music music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

1982

• Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak
• Equus by Peter Shaffer
• Tartuffe by Moliere
• Man of La Mancha book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh
• Italian Straw Hat book and lyrics by John Strand
• Harvey by Mary Chase

1981

• West Side Story book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring
• The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• Chicago, A Musical Vaudeville by Kander and Ebb
• The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Willams
• You Can’t Take It With You by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

1980

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
• The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
• Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie
• Company book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
• A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
• Revue ‘80 - Musical Revue

The 1970s

1979

• South Pacific music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
• Pippin music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
• Hello, Hello - Musical Revue

1978

• Fiddler on the Roof music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein
• Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie
• Babes in Arms music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart
• Picnic by William Inge
• The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• I Remember, Do You? Musical Revue

1977

• Cabaret by Kander and Ebb
• A Little Night Music music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler
• The Hostage by Brendan Behan
• The Visit by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
• Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

Children’s Shows:

• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• Tribe
• The Elves and the Shoemaker
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & Other Tales of the Brothers Grimm

1976

• Hello, Dolly lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart
• The Crucible by Arthur Miller
• George M!
• Ondine by Jean Giraudoux
• The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol

1975

• My Fair Lady book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe
• Jesus Christ, Superstar by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
• Ring Around the Moon adaptation by Christopher Fry of Jean Anouilh's Invitation to the Castle
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

1974

• Mame! book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and music and lyrics by Jerry Herman
• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
• The Madwoman of Chalillot by Jean Giraudoux
• Man of LaMancha book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh
• Over My Dead Body
• The Castle by Franz Kafka

1973

• Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
• Guys and Dolls by music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

1972

• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
• Birthday of Infanta by Oscar Wilde

External links

• Summer Repertory Theater Official Website
• Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa CA
• Article: Summer Rep's big squeeze (11/30/08)
• Article: SRT's essential 'Snoopy (7/30/3008)
• Article: SRT season features classics, favorites (6/15/2008)
• Article: Diva Dish (6/4/2008)
• Article: Working a team effort (7/6/2007)
• Article: "Ripley" gives theatergoers something to talk about (6/28/2007)
• Article: SRT revs up the fun with "Mystery" (6/24/2007)
• Article: SRT: New director onboard (6/17/2007)