History of the
Willapa Players
- Lisa and Andy Mullen in a scene from The Christmas Stranger Fall 2005
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- Russ Wiitala and Jim Watts in a scene from The Ballad of Good King Windowglass Fall 2005
From the techie's point of view:
"An actor without techies is a naked person standing in the dark trying to emote. A techie without actors is a person with marketable skills."
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Performed in the Raymond High School Auditorium |
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| 1956 Spring | Dear Ruth | Directed by Betty Mullen |
| 1956 Fall | You Can't Take it With You | Directed by Betty Mullen |
| 1957 Spring | Harvey | Directed by Betty Mullen and Jack Mathis |
| 1957 Fall | Love Rides the Rails | Directed by Betty Mullen (Never Performed) |
| 1958 Spring | My Three Angels | Directed by Betty Mullen |
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Performed in the First Street Playhouse |
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| 1958 Fall | George Washington Slept Here | Directed by Jack Mathis |
| 1959 Spring | Night Must Fall | Directed by Jack Mathis |
| 1959 Fall | The Tender Trap | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1960 Spring | Tunnel of Love | Directed by Jack Mathis |
| 1960 Fall | Light up the Sky | Directed by Jack Reavley |
| 1961 Spring | The Gazebo | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1961 Fall | Two Blind Mice | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1962 Spring | Dangerous Corner | Directed by Robert Hannan and Jim Watts |
| 1962 Fall | Visit to a Small Planet | Directed by Harry Lampsen |
| 1963 Spring | Janus | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1963 Fall | Ladies of the Jury | Directed by Olney Nevitt (Cast and started) |
| 1964 Spring | Ladies of the Jury | Directed by Olney Nevitt (Performed) |
| 1964 Fall | Goldilocks | Directors Norma Briney, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1965 Spring | Come Blow Your Horn | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1965 Fall | Bye Bye Birdie | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1966 Spring | The Best Man | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1966 Fall | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Directors Jim Watts, Margaret Tisdale, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1967 Spring | Tartuffe | Directed by Margaret Tisdale |
| 1967 Fall | Mary, Mary | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1968 Spring | Pool's Paradise | Directed by Olney Nevitt |
| 1968 Fall | Barefoot in the Park | Directed by Jeanne Nevitt |
| 1969 Spring | (Time spent on theater building: No shows produced) | |
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Performed in the Eighth Street Playhouse |
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| 1969 Fall | Once Upon a Mattress | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1970 Spring | The Odd Couple | Directed by Jim Watts, LaRayne Isaksen |
| 1970 Fall | Any Wednesday | Directed by Olney Nevitt |
| 1971 Spring | Mame | Directors Robert Claunch, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1971 Fall | Send Me No Flowers | Directed by LaRayne Isaksen |
| 1972 Winter | The Imaginary Invalid | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1972 Spring | Oliver | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Mike Stratton, Olney Nevitt |
| 1972 Fall | The Little Hut | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1973 Winter | Butterflies Are Free | Directed by Hal Bergem |
| 1973 Spring | Take Me Along | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1973 Fall | The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | Directed by Jeanne Nevitt |
| 1974 Spring | Bell, Book and Candle | Directed by LaRayne Isaksen |
| 1974 Fall | Can-Can | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1975 Winter | The Glass Menagerie | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1975 Spring | Don't Drink the Water | Directed by Jeanne Nevitt |
| 1975 Fall | Finishing Touches | Directed by Rod Isaksen |
| 1976 Spring | The Sound of Music | Directors Jim Watts, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1976 Fall | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1977 Spring | Li'l Abner | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1977 Summer | Our Hearts were Young and Gay | Directed by Debbie Jones |
| 1977 Fall | The Fantastiks | Directors Dave Locey, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1978 Spring | (No production --- Theater rented to High School) | |
| 1978 Fall | The King and I | Directors Robert Hannan, Marie Hannan, Olney Nevitt |
| 1979 Spring | Seven Keys to BaldPate | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1979 Fall | Ten Little Indians | Directed by Olney Nevitt |
| 1980 Spring | Damn Yankees | Directors Michael Sturm, Marie Hannan, Crystal Bennett, Olney Nevitt |
| 1980 Fall | The Real Inspector Hound/Lemonade | Inspector Directed by Robert Hannan, Lemonade Directed by Norma Briney |
| 1981 Spring | South Pacific | Directors Ann Mergens, Crystal Bennett, Olney Nevitt, Rick Gauger |
| 1981 Fall | The Rivals | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1982 Spring | The Sunshine Boys | Directed by Randy Carlson |
| 1982 Fall | Deathtrap | Directed by Robert Hannan |
| 1983 Spring | You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1984 Fall | The Mouse Who Was Stirring/A Christmas Tea | Mouse Directed by Jim Watts, Tea Directed by Norma Briney |
| 1985 Spring | Everybody Loves Opal | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe (Cast and started) |
| 1985 Summer | The Great Western Melodrama/The Saga of Marshall Matt Dohr/The Mini-Melodrama | Directed by Mark Sides, Wilma Briney Moore |
| 1985 Fall | Everybody Loves Opal | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe (Performed) |
| 1986 Fall | The Ant and the Grasshopper | Directed by LaRayne Watts, Jim Watts |
| 1987 Winter | You Can't Take it With You | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe (Cast and started) |
| 1987 Spring | You Can't Take it With You | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe (Performed) |
| 1988 Spring | Out of Sight ... Out of Murder | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1988 Fall | The Frog Prince/Cinderella, Cinderella | Directed by Cindy Jouper |
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Rededication of the building as The Hannan Playhouse |
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| 1989 Winter | Bus Stop | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1989 Spring | The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe (Cast and started) |
| 1989 Fall | Ms. Scrooge | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1990 Winter | The Caine Mutiny Court Martial | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe (Performed) |
| 1990 Spring | Legends | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 1990 Summer | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1990 Fall | Hot L Baltimore | Directed by John Wolfe (Never Performed) |
| 1991 Winter | Harvey | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1991 Spring | Arsenic and Old Lace | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1991 Fall | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Directed by Ken Boyes |
| 1992 Winter | The Foreigner | Directed by LaRayne Watts, Cindy Jouper |
| 1992 Spring | Steel Magnolias | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1992 Fall | The Best Man | Directed by Jeanne Wolfe |
| 1993 Winter | She Stoops to Conquer | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1993 Spring | Exit the Body | Directed by Dave Lund |
| 1993 Fall | Dearly Departed | Directed by Dave Lund |
| 1994 Winter | The Wish Peddler/Little Red Riding Hood | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1994 Winter | Loggerheads/Rise and Shine/Ladies of the Mop | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor, LaRayne Watts |
| 1994 Spring | Here Lies Jeremy Troy | Directed by Dave Lund |
| 1994 Fall | Dracula | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1995 Winter | The Importance of Being Earnest | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 1995 Spring | Crimes of the Heart | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor |
| 1995 Summer | Playing Doctor | Directed by Randy Carlson |
| 1995 Fall | The Octette Bridge Club | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 1996 Winter | The Taming of the Shrew | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1996 Spring | I Take This Man | Directed by Jason Whited |
| 1996 Fall | Blithe Spirit | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 1997 Winter | Murder by Natural Causes | Directed by Dennis Wasberg, Rayetta Kenworthy |
| 1997 Spring | The Odd Couple | Directed by Leon Lead, Liz McCollum |
| 1997 Fall | The Odd Couple (Female Version) | Directed by Dave Lund |
| 1998 Winter | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Directed by Jim Watts |
| 1998 Spring | Anastasia | Directed by Liz McCollum, Russell Wiitala |
| 1998 Fall | Jake's Women | Directed by Dave Lund |
| 1999 Winter | Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii | Directed by Rayetta Kenworthy |
| 1999 Spring | Rehearsal For Murder | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 1999 Summer | Winnie-The-Pooh | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 1999 Fall | Frankenstein | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 2000 Winter | Other People's Money | Directed by Dennis Wasberg |
| 2000 Spring | As You Like It | Directed by Jim Watts, LaRayne Watts |
| 2000 Summer | Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2000 Fall | All Because of Agatha | Directed by Liz McCollum |
| 2001 Winter | The Butler Did It | Directed by Jason Whited |
| 2001 Spring | Greater Tuna | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor |
| 2001 Summer | Charlotte's Web | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2001 Fall | California Suite | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor |
| 2002 Winter | Da | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2002 Spring | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Directed by Russell Wiitala, Rebekah Crane |
| 2002 Summer | The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2002 Fall | A Christmas Carol | Directed by Russell Wiitala, Rebekah Crane |
| 2003 Winter | The Curious Savage | Directed by Bob Stalder |
| 2003 Spring | A Tuna Christmas | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor |
| 2003 Fall | Love Letters | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor, LaRayne Watts |
| 2004 Winter | Women In White | Directed by Liz McCollum |
| 2004 Spring | The Docter In Spite of Himself | Directed by Jim Watts, Steve Watts |
| 2004 Summer | James and the Giant Peach | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2004 Fall | A Thousand Clowns | Directed by Wilma Dunsmoor, Rayetta Kenworthy |
| 2005 Winter | Wait Until Dark | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2005 Spring | The Whales of August | Directed by Bob Stalder |
| 2005 Summer | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs of the Black Forest | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
| 2005 Fall | The Christmas Stranger/The Ballad of Good King Windowglass | Directed by Liz McCollum, Lisa Mullen |
| 2006 Winter | Little Women | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2006 Spring | Arsenic and Old Lace | Directed by Russell Wiitala |
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(Golden Anniversary Celebration!!!) |
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| 2006 Summer | The House At Pooh Corner | Directed by LaRayne Watts |
| 2006 Fall | Bus Stop | Directed by Jim Watts, Rayetta Kenworthy |
| 2007 Spring | Deep Sleepers | Directed by Rebekah Hastings, Moe Webster |
| 2007 Summer | The Wind in the Willows | Directed by LaRayne Watts, Andrea Schiller |
| 2007 Fall | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Directed by Rebekah Hastings, Jim Watts |
| 2008 Winter | The Mousetrap | Directed by LaRayne Watts, Assist. Dir. Scott Cowell |
| 2008 Spring | A Month of Sundays | Directed by Liz McCollum, Assist. Dir. Lisa Mullen |
| 2008 Summer | Pinocchio | Directed by LaRayne Watts, Assist. Dir. Evonne Watt |
| 2008 Fall | Continental Divide | Directed by Scott Cowell |
| 2009 Winter | Three One Act Plays by winners of our play writing contest | |
| 2009 spring | Harvey | Directed by Liz McCollum and Lisa Mullen |
