Royal Players, Inc. (Central Arkansas Community Players) Productions
1994 to 2019 Seasons
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1994 -1995 Season (Season 1)
Our Town
Director-Robert Deaton
October 1-2, 1994
Butler Auditorium, BHS
An American Sampler Dinner Theatre
Directors – Sam Taggart, Alma Joyce Hahn
April 22, 1995
Saline Memorial Hospital
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1995 -1996 Season (Season 2)
The Mousetrap
Director – Jennifer Pruett
October 7-8; 14-15, 1995
Butler Auditorium, BHS
Steel Magnolias
Director – Jennifer Pruett
February 23-25; March 1-3, 1996
Gene Moss Building, Tyndall Park
On Broadway Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
May 11, 1996
Saline Memorial Hospital
Godspell
Director – Tom Crone
August 2-4; 9-11, 1996
Butler Auditorium, BHS
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1996 -1997 Season (Season 3)
Inherit the Wind
Director – Wade Partridge
November 1-3; 9-10, 1996
Butler Auditorium, BHS
An Evening at the Theatre Dinner Theatre
Director – Sam Taggart
February 8, 1997
Saline Memorial Hospital
Never Too Late
Director – Luke Kramer
April 11-13; 18-20, 1997
Butler Auditorium, BHS
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1997-1998 Season (Season 4)
South Pacific
Director – Luke Kramer
October 5-7; 18-20, 1997
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Tucker Steinmetz
December 6-7, 1997
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
The Odd Couple
Director – Marc Arnold
April 19-21;26-28, 1998
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Return to Broadway Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
August 1, 1998
Saline Memorial Hospital
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1998 -1999 Season (Season 5)
Guys and Dolls
Director – Tom Crone
October 2-4; 9-11, 1998
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Adapted and directed by Tom Crone
December 4-6; 11-13,1998
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Y2K and Away We Go Boys Dinner Theatre
Director – Clayton Bowles
March 6, 1999
Saline Memorial Hospital
Annie
Director – John Thompson
June 4-6; 11-13, 1999
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Barefoot in the Park
Director – Luke Kramer
September 9-12; 16-19, 1999
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1999 -2000 Season (Season 6)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Lou Garver, Music Lynda Hollenbeck
December 2-5; 9-12, 1999
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
U.S.O. & Company Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
March 25, 2000
Saline Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma!
Director – John Thompson
July 6-9; 13-16, 2000
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Steel Magnolias
Director- Marc Arnold
September 21-24; 28-30 and Oct 1, 2000
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2000-2001 Season (Season 7)
Cinderella
Director – John Thompson
November 30 and December 1-3;7-10, 2000
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Royal Players, Inc. acquires Royal Theatre - December 29, 2000
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director – John Thompson, Music- Greg Taylor
March 22-April 1, 2001
Royal Theatre
The Music Man
Director – John Thompson, Music Peggy Buck Vocal – Phillip Gordon
June 21-24; 28-30 and July 1, 2001
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2001-2002 Season (Season 8)
Scrooge the Musical
Director – John Thompson, Music Karen Q. Clark,
Accompanist – Greg Taylor
December 13-16; 20-23, 2001
Royal Theatre
Baby
Director – John Thompson
January 10-13; 17-20, 2002
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Broadway Medley
Director -Jenn Jackson, Hollie White
March 2002 Retirement Centers
and Summer at Royal Theatre
God’s Favorite
Director – Luke Kramer
April 25-28, 2002
Royal Theatre
1776
Director – John Thompson, Music Peggy Buck
July 4-7; 11-14; 18-21, 2002
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Blue Horses
Director – Kevin Baer
August 23-27, 2002
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2002-2003 Season Dates (Season 9)
Little Shop of Horrors
Director – Jason Hunt, Music – Julie Vest, Choreography – Kathryn Watts and Matthew Tatus
October 24-27; 31 and November 1-3, 2002
Royal Theatre
Nuncrackers/strong
Director – Michael Davis, Music – Jeannie Cogbill
December 19-22, 2002
Royal Theatre
A Grand Night for Singing
Director – Charles Sanchez
February 13-16 at Royal Theatre with CTLR
February 21- March 2 at Arkansas School for the Blind with CTLR
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director – Jerry Davis
March 22-25;27-30, 2003
Royal Theatre
The Benton Canteen Dinner Theatre
Written and directed by – Tom Crone
April 26, 2003
Saline Memorial Hospital
Oliver
Director – Tom Crone, Music – Greg Taylor
July 17-20; 24-27, 2003
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Anne of Green Gables
Director – Julie Atkins
August 15 – 16, 2003
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2003 -2004 Season (Season 10)
Annie Get Your Gun
Director – Tom Crone, Music – Jo Murry
October 16-19; 23-26, 2003
Royal Theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director-Shari Williams, Music-Lynda Hollenbeck
December 4-7; 11-14, 2003
Royal Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director- Jerry Davis
March 25-27 and April 1-3, 2003
Royal Theatre
Bet a Million
Director – Larry Sullivan
May 13-15, 2004
Royal Theatre
Wizard of Oz
Director – Jason Hunt, Music – Aaron Baker
July 8-18, 2004
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2004-2005 Season (Season 11)
South Pacific
Director – Jerry Davis,
Music – Greg Taylor,
Choreography – Laura Stilwell
October 14-17; 21-24, 2004
Royal Theatre
This was our RP 10th Anniversary Year
Annie
Directors – Jo Murry and Sarah Etters
December 2-5; 9-12, 2004
Royal Theatre
Harvey
Director – Robert Allen
February 3-6;10-13, 2005
Royal Theatre
Inherit the Wind
Director – Michael Nickerson
April 21-24;28-30 and May 1, 2005
Royal Theatre
Guys and Dolls
Directors – Teresa Johnson and LeAnne Womble
Music – Jeannie Smith
August 18-21; 25-28, 2005
Royal Theatre
Young Players-The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast
Directors – Bernadette Rockwell and Shari Williams,
Choreography – Sarah Etters
July 15-17, 2005
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2005-2006 Season (Season 12)
Southern Fried Murder-Dinner Theatre
Director – Brian Williams
October 15, 2005
Benton Senior Adult Center
Annie Warbucks
Director – Sarah Etters, Music – Terri Lucas
December 1-4; 8-11, 2005
Royal Theatre
Cruise Royale-Dinner Theatre
Directors – Terri Lucas, Shari Williams,
Script by Mike Collins
February 10-12, 2006
Benton Senior Adult Center
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Director – Jeff Miller
May 4-7; 11-14, 2006
Royal Theatre
Li’l Abner
Director – Harold Dean, Music – Terri Lucas
August 17-20; 24-27, 2006
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions2006 -2007 Season (Season 13)
Royal Players and Young Players-Charlotte’s Web
Directors – Bernadette Rockwell and Shari Williams
October 12-15, 2006
Royal Theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Susan Dill
Music – Lynda Hollenbeck and Miriam Talbert
November 30-December 3; 7-10, 2006
Royal Theatre
Smoke on the Mountain
Director-Rich Pratchard, Music-Terri Lucas
February 15-18; 22-25, 2007
Royal Theatre
And Then There Were None
Director – Jerry Davis
April 12-15; 19-22, 2007
Royal Theatre
Grease
Directors – Teresa Johnson and LeAnne Womble
Music – Terri Lucas
July 12-15; 19-22, 2007
Royal Theatre
Sponsor-Regions Bank
Young Players-Just So Stories
Director-Shari Williams and various Young Players
2007
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2007 -2008 Season (Season 14)
The Canterville Ghost
October 18-21; 25-28, 2007
Royal Theatre
Christmas in the Ozarks
Director – Terri Lucas
November 29-December 2; 6-9, 2007
Royal Theatre
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Director – Frank O. Butler
February 14-17; 21-24, 2008
Royal Theatre
Smokey Joe’s Café
Director– David McCoy, Keyboard – Andrea Willis
May 15-18; 22-25, 2008
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Play in a Day
Directors – Hollie White Shephard, Daphne Shoppach, Melissa Earnest
June 21, 2008
Royal Theatre
Bye Bye Birdie
Director – Harold Dean
July 24-27; 31 and August 3, 2008
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Roller-Ballard Funeral Home
Young Players-Pirate Show
Director – Randall Earnest
August 14-16, 2008
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2008 -2009 Season (Season 15)
Mandate for Murder
Director – Randall Earnest
October 2008
Sponsors: Habitat ReStore and Royal Players
Sanders Family Christmas
Directors – Daphne Shoppach and Dan Flora
December 4-7; 11-14, 2008
Royal Theatre
Nunsense
Director – Jerry Davis, music Terri Lucas
February 12-15; 19-22, 2009
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Makin Room
Directors – Susan Dill, Daphne Shoppach
March 13-14, 2009
Royal Theatre
Fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity
We All Hear Voices
by Sam Taggart
Director – Frank O. Butler
April 9-11; 16-19, 2009
Royal Theatre
Sponsors: Dr. Jerry Dixon, Smith Caldwell Drug,
and Birch Tree Communities
Also performed in summer at the Malco in Hot Springs
Young Players-The Cat Who Looked for a House
Book by Bella Baram adapted by Melissa Earnest, Director – Melissa Earnest
May 21, 2009Skit for HIPPY program
Hello Dolly!
Director – Bob May, Music – Dawne Carroll
Choreography – Karissa Rushing
July 9-12; 16-19, 2009
Sponsor Jensen Young & Houston
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Law & Order Fairy Tale Unit
Director – Karen Ray
July 31-August 2, 2009
Royal Theatre
Royal Awards Gala for 2008-9 Season
Tony Witt as Elvis
October 3, 2009
Silver Springs Country Club
Royal Players Productions 2009 -2010 Season (Season 16)
The Mousetrap
Director – Frank O. Butler
October 8-11;15-18, 2009
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Dr. Sam Taggart
Miracle on 34th Street
Director – Helene Rush
December 4-6; 11-13, 2009
CTLR and RP
Young Players-Christmas Hangups
Melissa Earnest produced with Habitat Youth Build; Daphne Shoppach and Karma Herzfield
December 18, 19, 2009
Royal Theatre
The Sound of Music
Director – Bob May, Music – Lisa Hester
February 11-14; 18-21, 2010
Royal Theatre
Young Players-The Adventures of Mouse Deer
Director – Melissa Earnest
March 21, 2010Royal Theatre
Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Director – Duane Jackson
This was a special fundraiser by Daphne Shoppach, Charlotte Hammonds, and Duane Jackson
First Baptist of Ivy Gap
Director – Gina Welch
April 8-11; 15-18, 2010
Royal Theatre
110 in the Shade
Director – Frank O. Butler,
Music – Jo Murry and Donna Williams
July 8-11; 15-18, 2010Royal Theatre
Young Players-Peter Pan and Wendy
Director Randall Earnest
July 5-8, 2010
Royal Theatre
2nd Awards Gala
Bishop Park
Royal Players Productions 2010 -2011 Season (Season 17)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director – Randall Earnest
October 14-17; 21-24, 2010
Sponsor: Saline Courier
Once Upon a Mattress
Director – Bob May, Music – Karen Owings
December 2-5; 9-12, 2010
Sponsor: Ferguson’s Furniture
Royal Theatre
Young Players
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Director – Melissa Earnest
December 18, 2010
Royal Theatre
Young Players
World Premier of Bob May’s adaptation of
The White Cat with Crystal Blue Eyes
Director – Daphne Shoppach, Karen Owings
Original music by Karen Owings
January 20-23, 2011
Royal Theatre
Godspell
Director – Bob May, Music – Lisa Hester
Choreography – Daphne Shoppach and Justin Pike
March 10-13; 17-20, 2011
Co-sponsors: Birch Tree Communities, Inc.
and Royal Theatre
Witness for the Prosecution
Director – Frank O. Butler
May 12-15; 19-22, 2011
Sponsor: Jensen Young & Houston, PLLC
Cinderella
Director – Duane Jackson, Music – Dawn Carroll
July 7-10; 14-17, 2011
Sponsors: Floors and More and
WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Young Players
The Jungle Book
Director – Rachel Bland
July 22-14, 2011
Royal Theatre
3rd Awards
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2011-2012 Season (Season 18)
The Red Velvet Cake War
Director – Frank O. Butler
October 13-16; 20-23, 2011
Co-sponsor: Landers.com (Saline County)
Royal Theatre
Scrooge the Musical
Director – Bob May, Music Director – Lisa Hester
December 1-4; 8-11, 2011
Royal Theatre
Young Players
Les Miserables
Director – Daphne Shoppach, Music – Jo Murry
January 13-15, 2012
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Celebrating Love Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
February 11, 2012
First United Methodist Church CLC
Kiss Me Kate
Director – Duane Jackson, Music Jo Murry
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
February 23-26 and March 1-4, 2012
Royal Theatre
The Fantasticks
Director – Frank O. Butler, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
April 26-29 and May 3-6, 2012
Co-Sponsor: Regions
Royal Theatre
Young Players
Seussification of Romeo and Juliette
Director – Mark Burbank
June 7-9, 2012
Tyndall Park Ampitheatre
Barefoot in the Park
Director – Bob May
July 12-15; 19-22, 2012
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Nobody’s Business
World Premiere musical by Dr. Sam Taggart
Director – Sam Taggart, Music – Oksana Pavilionis
August 16-19; 23-26, 2012
Royal Theatre
Sponsors: Gingles Rentals, Smith-Caldwell Drug,
Birch Tree Communities, Lewis Lumber, and
Family Practice Associates
4th Annual BenTony Awards
October 6, 2012
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2012 -2013 Season (Season 19)
Little Women
Director – Lisa Goodrich
October 11-14; 18-21, 2012
Royal Theatre
Young Players Madrigal Feast: The Fool Hardies
Director – Mark Burbank, Melissa Glover
November 3, 2012
Royal Theatre,
Methodist Church
Annie
Director – Justin Pike, Music Director – Jo Murry
Choreography Jenny Johnston
December 6-9; 13-16, 2012
Royal Theatre
Young Players
My Fair Lady
Director – Daphne Shoppach, Music – Jo Murry
January 2013
Royal Theatre
The Odd Couple Female Version
Director – Gina Welch
March 7-10; 14-17, 2013
Co-Sponsor: Adams Pest Control
Royal Theatre
Reel Women Film Festival at the Royal
Royal Theatre
Young Players
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Director – Mark Burbank, Music – Daphne Shoppach
April 11-14, 2013
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Dearly Beloved
Director – Frank O. Butler
May 9-12; 16-19, 2013
Co-Sponsor St. John’s Chapel by the Creek
Royal Theatre
Young Players One Acts
Happily Ever After
Director – Emily Kincaid
Check Please
Director – Karen Ray
June 13-16, 2013
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Royal Theatre
The King and I
Director – Tim Sopel, Music – Greg Taylor
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
July 12-14; 19-21; 26-28, 2013
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Young Players
Alice in Wonderland
Director – Randall Earnest
August 2013
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2013 -2014 Season (Season 20)
Frankenstein 1930
Director – Randall Earnest
October 18-20; 25-27; Halloween 31, 2013
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Middlebrooks Electric Service
Young Players
Madrigal Feast- A Knight to Remember
Directors – Daphne Shoppach and Melissa Glover
November 9, 2013
Royal Theatre
First United Methodist Church
A Christmas Story
Director – Mark Troillett
January 16-19, 2014
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Young Players Second Stage
Footloose The Musical
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
December 5-8;12-15, 2013
Sponsor: Mayor and Nancy Mattingly and
Jeff Mattingly Foundation
Royal Theatre
Steel Magnolias
Director – Gina Welch
March 7-9; 14-16, 2014
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Film Festival (First with our name)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music Jo Murry
Choreography – Laura Stilwell
May 2-4; 9-11, 2014
Sponsor: Floors and More
South Pacific
Director – Jeremy Clay, Music Jo Murry
Choreography Jenny Johnston
July 10-13; 17-20, 2014
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Digital Piano Donors:
Del and Peggy Roberson, Jim Ed and Laura Stilwell, Jenny Johnston’s CSA, and Susan Dill
Young Players Early Stages
Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.
Director – Dustin Baylan, Music – Daphne Shoppach
Choreography – Moriah Patterson
August 2014
Sponsors Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Royal Theatre
5th Annual Ben-Tony Awards
October 2014
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2014 -2015 Season (Season 21)
Our Town
Director – Lisa Goodrich
DVD by Lisa Goodrich and Jasmine Greer
October 9-12; 16-19, 2014
Sponsor: Greer Electric, Jamie and Laura Greer
This was the start of our RP 20th Anniversary Season
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Hillary Bell,
Music – Lynda Hollenbeck and Daphne Shoppach
December 4-7; 11-14, 2014
Sponsor: Mayor David and Nancy Mattingly, Jeff Mattingly Foundation
Young Players Second Stage
Legally Blonde The Musical
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Jennie Johnston
January 9-18, 2015
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
The Music Man
Director – Mark Troillett, Choreography – Lisa Luyet
Music – Valerie Couch, Jeannie Cross
March 6-8; 13-15; 20-22, 2015
Sponsor: Curtis and Vera Ferguson,
Ferguson’s Furniture
Royal Theatre
2nd Royal Film Festival
Lisa Goodrich and Jasmine Greer
March 28, 2015
To Kill a Mockingbird
Director – Frank O. Butler
April 23-26,30 and May 1-2, 2015
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Oklahoma!
Director – Kathy Bartholmey, Music – Valerie Couch
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
July 9-19 2015
Sponsor: WW Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Theatre
Young Players Early Stages
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Director – Lisa Goodrich, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Stacy Hawking
August 6-9, 2015
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Beard Engineering
Royal Players Productions 2015-2016 Season (Season 22)
Love from a Stranger
Director – Frank O. Butler
October 8-11; 15-18, 2015
Sponsor: Middlebrooks Electric Service
Royal Theatre
Murder’s in the Heir Dinner Theatre
Director – Lisa Goodrich
Civitan Event; Royal Players provided entertainment
October 29, 2015
Benton Event Center
Young Players One Acts
Captive Audience and Backstage
Director of Captive Audience– Tye Davis,
Director of Backstage – Michael Bartholmey
November 20-21, 2015
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
White Christmas
Director- Chris Boggs, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography– Moriah Patterson
December 3-13, 2015
Co-Sponsors: The Jeff Mattingly Foundation
and First Security Bank
Royal Theatre
Young Players Second Stage
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music – Daphne Shoppach
Choreography- Reagan Hammonds and
Makayla McNeil
January 7-17, 2016
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Cheaper by the Dozen
Director – Lisa Goodrich
February 1-7; 11-14, 2016
Sponsor: Roberson & Associates Insurance
Royal Theatre
Private Lives
Director-Hillary Bell
Cupid’s Dinner Theatre with Civitan
3rd Royal Film Festival
March 18-19
Shrek the Musical
Director – Mark Burbank
Choreography – Justin A. Pike
April 14-17; 21-24 – 2016
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Camelot
Director – D. Brent Miller
Choreography – Reagan Hammonds
June 8-12; 15-19 – 2016
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Theatre
Young Players Early Stages
Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.
Director – D. Brent Miller, Music – Jo Murry
Choreographer – Jenny Fullington Johnston
July 7-10, 2016
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
You Can’t Take It with You
Director – Frank O. Butler
August 11-21 – 2016
Sponsor: Regions
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2016 -2017 Season (Season 23)
Boy Hero: The Story of David O. Dodd
Director – Randall Earnest
October 6th-9th
Royal Theatre
Café Noir
Private Lives
It’s a Wonderful Life
Director – Lisa Goodrich
December 8-11
Royal Theatre
Young Players Early Stages
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Director – Jeremy Clay
December 15th-17th
Royal Theatre
Young Players Second Stages
Wedding Singer
Director – Justin A. Pike
January 5th-15th
Royal Theatre
Miracle Worker
Director- Kathy BartholmeyJanuary 5-15 – 2017
Sponsor: Everett Buick/GMC
4th Annual Royal Film Festival
Royal Theatre
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer the Broadway Musical
Director – Tony Clay
April 20-30 – 2017
Sponsor: Middlebrooks Electric
Young Players Early Stages
Aladdin Kids
Director-Lisa Goodrich
May 5-7
Royal Theatre
Mary Poppins
Director-Mark A. Burbank
June 8th-18th
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Everett Buick/GMC
Young Players Early Stages
Guys and Dolls Jr.
Director-Daphne Shoppach
July 13th-16th
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Roller Ballard Funeral Home
All Shook Up the Musical
Director-Frank O. Butler
August 10-13;17-20
Royal Theatre
Sponsor – W.W. and anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Players Productions 2017-2018 (Season 24)
Lion King Jr.
Director: Justin Pike
October 20-29, 2017
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Oliver!
Director: Michael Bartholmey
November 30-December 10, 2017
Sponsors: The Jeff Mattingly Foundation and First Security Bank
Mischievous Elves
December 15-16, 2017
Directors: Daphne Shoppach and Hillary Bell
Sponsor: Susan Dill
Sweeney Todd
Director: Justin Pike
January 4-14, 2018
Sponsor: Arvest Bank
Twelfth Night
Director: Michael Bartholmey
February 8-18, 2018
Sponsor: Regions Bank
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Director: Molly Richey
April 12-22, 2018
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Disney's Cinderella Kids
Director: Koty Mansfield
May 4-6, 2018
Sponsor: Arkansas Prosthetics and Pedorthics
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
Director: Tim Huddleston
June 14-24, 2018
Sponsor: Johnston Home Center
Singin' In The Rain Jr.
Director: Molly Richey
July 12-15, 2018
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Anything Goes
Director: Bob Bidewell
August 9-19, 2018
Sponsor: W.W. and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Players Productions 2018-2019 (Season 25)
Newsies
Director: Daphne Shoppach
Sept 15-30, 2018
Sponsor: Saline Courier
Night of the Living Dead
Director: Koty Mansfield
Oct. 25-28, 2018
Sponsor: Regions Bank
A Little Princess
Director: Abby Curry
Nov. 29-Dec. 9, 2018
Sponsors: Jeff Mattingly Foundation and First Security Bank
Young Players Early Stages: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Directors: Izzy Hammonds and Matthew Burns
Dec 14-16 2018
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Young Players Second Stage: West Side Story
Director: Justin Pike
Jan 3-13 2019
Advanced Alarm Technologies
Parade
Director: Mark Burbank
Feb. 7-17, 2019
Sponsors: Arvest Bank and Big Red
Young Players: City on the Hill
Director: John Haman
March 7-10 2019
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director: Bob Bidewell
April 4-14, 2019
Sponsor: W.W. and Ann Jones Charitable Trust
Young Players Early Stages: Sleeping Beauty Kids
Director: Tanner Oglesby
May 3-5 2019
Sponsor: Advanced Alarm Technologies
Steel Magnolias
Director: Mark Troillett
June 6-16 2019
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Young Players: Getting to Know Oklahoma
Director: Jo Murry
July 11-14, 2019
Sponsor: Regions Bank
Disaster!
Director: Justin Pike
Aug. 15-25, 2019
1994 to 2019 Seasons
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1994 -1995 Season (Season 1)
Our Town
Director-Robert Deaton
October 1-2, 1994
Butler Auditorium, BHS
An American Sampler Dinner Theatre
Directors – Sam Taggart, Alma Joyce Hahn
April 22, 1995
Saline Memorial Hospital
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1995 -1996 Season (Season 2)
The Mousetrap
Director – Jennifer Pruett
October 7-8; 14-15, 1995
Butler Auditorium, BHS
Steel Magnolias
Director – Jennifer Pruett
February 23-25; March 1-3, 1996
Gene Moss Building, Tyndall Park
On Broadway Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
May 11, 1996
Saline Memorial Hospital
Godspell
Director – Tom Crone
August 2-4; 9-11, 1996
Butler Auditorium, BHS
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1996 -1997 Season (Season 3)
Inherit the Wind
Director – Wade Partridge
November 1-3; 9-10, 1996
Butler Auditorium, BHS
An Evening at the Theatre Dinner Theatre
Director – Sam Taggart
February 8, 1997
Saline Memorial Hospital
Never Too Late
Director – Luke Kramer
April 11-13; 18-20, 1997
Butler Auditorium, BHS
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1997-1998 Season (Season 4)
South Pacific
Director – Luke Kramer
October 5-7; 18-20, 1997
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Tucker Steinmetz
December 6-7, 1997
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
The Odd Couple
Director – Marc Arnold
April 19-21;26-28, 1998
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Return to Broadway Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
August 1, 1998
Saline Memorial Hospital
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1998 -1999 Season (Season 5)
Guys and Dolls
Director – Tom Crone
October 2-4; 9-11, 1998
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
A Christmas Carol
Adapted and directed by Tom Crone
December 4-6; 11-13,1998
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Y2K and Away We Go Boys Dinner Theatre
Director – Clayton Bowles
March 6, 1999
Saline Memorial Hospital
Annie
Director – John Thompson
June 4-6; 11-13, 1999
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Barefoot in the Park
Director – Luke Kramer
September 9-12; 16-19, 1999
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Central Arkansas Community Players Productions 1999 -2000 Season (Season 6)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Lou Garver, Music Lynda Hollenbeck
December 2-5; 9-12, 1999
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
U.S.O. & Company Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
March 25, 2000
Saline Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma!
Director – John Thompson
July 6-9; 13-16, 2000
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Steel Magnolias
Director- Marc Arnold
September 21-24; 28-30 and Oct 1, 2000
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2000-2001 Season (Season 7)
Cinderella
Director – John Thompson
November 30 and December 1-3;7-10, 2000
Jerry Van Dyke Royal Theatre
Royal Players, Inc. acquires Royal Theatre - December 29, 2000
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director – John Thompson, Music- Greg Taylor
March 22-April 1, 2001
Royal Theatre
The Music Man
Director – John Thompson, Music Peggy Buck Vocal – Phillip Gordon
June 21-24; 28-30 and July 1, 2001
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2001-2002 Season (Season 8)
Scrooge the Musical
Director – John Thompson, Music Karen Q. Clark,
Accompanist – Greg Taylor
December 13-16; 20-23, 2001
Royal Theatre
Baby
Director – John Thompson
January 10-13; 17-20, 2002
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Broadway Medley
Director -Jenn Jackson, Hollie White
March 2002 Retirement Centers
and Summer at Royal Theatre
God’s Favorite
Director – Luke Kramer
April 25-28, 2002
Royal Theatre
1776
Director – John Thompson, Music Peggy Buck
July 4-7; 11-14; 18-21, 2002
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Blue Horses
Director – Kevin Baer
August 23-27, 2002
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2002-2003 Season Dates (Season 9)
Little Shop of Horrors
Director – Jason Hunt, Music – Julie Vest, Choreography – Kathryn Watts and Matthew Tatus
October 24-27; 31 and November 1-3, 2002
Royal Theatre
Nuncrackers/strong
Director – Michael Davis, Music – Jeannie Cogbill
December 19-22, 2002
Royal Theatre
A Grand Night for Singing
Director – Charles Sanchez
February 13-16 at Royal Theatre with CTLR
February 21- March 2 at Arkansas School for the Blind with CTLR
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Director – Jerry Davis
March 22-25;27-30, 2003
Royal Theatre
The Benton Canteen Dinner Theatre
Written and directed by – Tom Crone
April 26, 2003
Saline Memorial Hospital
Oliver
Director – Tom Crone, Music – Greg Taylor
July 17-20; 24-27, 2003
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Anne of Green Gables
Director – Julie Atkins
August 15 – 16, 2003
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2003 -2004 Season (Season 10)
Annie Get Your Gun
Director – Tom Crone, Music – Jo Murry
October 16-19; 23-26, 2003
Royal Theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director-Shari Williams, Music-Lynda Hollenbeck
December 4-7; 11-14, 2003
Royal Theatre
Arsenic and Old Lace
Director- Jerry Davis
March 25-27 and April 1-3, 2003
Royal Theatre
Bet a Million
Director – Larry Sullivan
May 13-15, 2004
Royal Theatre
Wizard of Oz
Director – Jason Hunt, Music – Aaron Baker
July 8-18, 2004
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2004-2005 Season (Season 11)
South Pacific
Director – Jerry Davis,
Music – Greg Taylor,
Choreography – Laura Stilwell
October 14-17; 21-24, 2004
Royal Theatre
This was our RP 10th Anniversary Year
Annie
Directors – Jo Murry and Sarah Etters
December 2-5; 9-12, 2004
Royal Theatre
Harvey
Director – Robert Allen
February 3-6;10-13, 2005
Royal Theatre
Inherit the Wind
Director – Michael Nickerson
April 21-24;28-30 and May 1, 2005
Royal Theatre
Guys and Dolls
Directors – Teresa Johnson and LeAnne Womble
Music – Jeannie Smith
August 18-21; 25-28, 2005
Royal Theatre
Young Players-The Enchantment of Beauty and the Beast
Directors – Bernadette Rockwell and Shari Williams,
Choreography – Sarah Etters
July 15-17, 2005
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2005-2006 Season (Season 12)
Southern Fried Murder-Dinner Theatre
Director – Brian Williams
October 15, 2005
Benton Senior Adult Center
Annie Warbucks
Director – Sarah Etters, Music – Terri Lucas
December 1-4; 8-11, 2005
Royal Theatre
Cruise Royale-Dinner Theatre
Directors – Terri Lucas, Shari Williams,
Script by Mike Collins
February 10-12, 2006
Benton Senior Adult Center
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Director – Jeff Miller
May 4-7; 11-14, 2006
Royal Theatre
Li’l Abner
Director – Harold Dean, Music – Terri Lucas
August 17-20; 24-27, 2006
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions2006 -2007 Season (Season 13)
Royal Players and Young Players-Charlotte’s Web
Directors – Bernadette Rockwell and Shari Williams
October 12-15, 2006
Royal Theatre
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Susan Dill
Music – Lynda Hollenbeck and Miriam Talbert
November 30-December 3; 7-10, 2006
Royal Theatre
Smoke on the Mountain
Director-Rich Pratchard, Music-Terri Lucas
February 15-18; 22-25, 2007
Royal Theatre
And Then There Were None
Director – Jerry Davis
April 12-15; 19-22, 2007
Royal Theatre
Grease
Directors – Teresa Johnson and LeAnne Womble
Music – Terri Lucas
July 12-15; 19-22, 2007
Royal Theatre
Sponsor-Regions Bank
Young Players-Just So Stories
Director-Shari Williams and various Young Players
2007
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2007 -2008 Season (Season 14)
The Canterville Ghost
October 18-21; 25-28, 2007
Royal Theatre
Christmas in the Ozarks
Director – Terri Lucas
November 29-December 2; 6-9, 2007
Royal Theatre
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Director – Frank O. Butler
February 14-17; 21-24, 2008
Royal Theatre
Smokey Joe’s Café
Director– David McCoy, Keyboard – Andrea Willis
May 15-18; 22-25, 2008
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Play in a Day
Directors – Hollie White Shephard, Daphne Shoppach, Melissa Earnest
June 21, 2008
Royal Theatre
Bye Bye Birdie
Director – Harold Dean
July 24-27; 31 and August 3, 2008
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Roller-Ballard Funeral Home
Young Players-Pirate Show
Director – Randall Earnest
August 14-16, 2008
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2008 -2009 Season (Season 15)
Mandate for Murder
Director – Randall Earnest
October 2008
Sponsors: Habitat ReStore and Royal Players
Sanders Family Christmas
Directors – Daphne Shoppach and Dan Flora
December 4-7; 11-14, 2008
Royal Theatre
Nunsense
Director – Jerry Davis, music Terri Lucas
February 12-15; 19-22, 2009
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Makin Room
Directors – Susan Dill, Daphne Shoppach
March 13-14, 2009
Royal Theatre
Fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity
We All Hear Voices
by Sam Taggart
Director – Frank O. Butler
April 9-11; 16-19, 2009
Royal Theatre
Sponsors: Dr. Jerry Dixon, Smith Caldwell Drug,
and Birch Tree Communities
Also performed in summer at the Malco in Hot Springs
Young Players-The Cat Who Looked for a House
Book by Bella Baram adapted by Melissa Earnest, Director – Melissa Earnest
May 21, 2009Skit for HIPPY program
Hello Dolly!
Director – Bob May, Music – Dawne Carroll
Choreography – Karissa Rushing
July 9-12; 16-19, 2009
Sponsor Jensen Young & Houston
Royal Theatre
Young Players-Law & Order Fairy Tale Unit
Director – Karen Ray
July 31-August 2, 2009
Royal Theatre
Royal Awards Gala for 2008-9 Season
Tony Witt as Elvis
October 3, 2009
Silver Springs Country Club
Royal Players Productions 2009 -2010 Season (Season 16)
The Mousetrap
Director – Frank O. Butler
October 8-11;15-18, 2009
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Dr. Sam Taggart
Miracle on 34th Street
Director – Helene Rush
December 4-6; 11-13, 2009
CTLR and RP
Young Players-Christmas Hangups
Melissa Earnest produced with Habitat Youth Build; Daphne Shoppach and Karma Herzfield
December 18, 19, 2009
Royal Theatre
The Sound of Music
Director – Bob May, Music – Lisa Hester
February 11-14; 18-21, 2010
Royal Theatre
Young Players-The Adventures of Mouse Deer
Director – Melissa Earnest
March 21, 2010Royal Theatre
Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
Director – Duane Jackson
This was a special fundraiser by Daphne Shoppach, Charlotte Hammonds, and Duane Jackson
First Baptist of Ivy Gap
Director – Gina Welch
April 8-11; 15-18, 2010
Royal Theatre
110 in the Shade
Director – Frank O. Butler,
Music – Jo Murry and Donna Williams
July 8-11; 15-18, 2010Royal Theatre
Young Players-Peter Pan and Wendy
Director Randall Earnest
July 5-8, 2010
Royal Theatre
2nd Awards Gala
Bishop Park
Royal Players Productions 2010 -2011 Season (Season 17)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Director – Randall Earnest
October 14-17; 21-24, 2010
Sponsor: Saline Courier
Once Upon a Mattress
Director – Bob May, Music – Karen Owings
December 2-5; 9-12, 2010
Sponsor: Ferguson’s Furniture
Royal Theatre
Young Players
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
Director – Melissa Earnest
December 18, 2010
Royal Theatre
Young Players
World Premier of Bob May’s adaptation of
The White Cat with Crystal Blue Eyes
Director – Daphne Shoppach, Karen Owings
Original music by Karen Owings
January 20-23, 2011
Royal Theatre
Godspell
Director – Bob May, Music – Lisa Hester
Choreography – Daphne Shoppach and Justin Pike
March 10-13; 17-20, 2011
Co-sponsors: Birch Tree Communities, Inc.
and Royal Theatre
Witness for the Prosecution
Director – Frank O. Butler
May 12-15; 19-22, 2011
Sponsor: Jensen Young & Houston, PLLC
Cinderella
Director – Duane Jackson, Music – Dawn Carroll
July 7-10; 14-17, 2011
Sponsors: Floors and More and
WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Young Players
The Jungle Book
Director – Rachel Bland
July 22-14, 2011
Royal Theatre
3rd Awards
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2011-2012 Season (Season 18)
The Red Velvet Cake War
Director – Frank O. Butler
October 13-16; 20-23, 2011
Co-sponsor: Landers.com (Saline County)
Royal Theatre
Scrooge the Musical
Director – Bob May, Music Director – Lisa Hester
December 1-4; 8-11, 2011
Royal Theatre
Young Players
Les Miserables
Director – Daphne Shoppach, Music – Jo Murry
January 13-15, 2012
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Celebrating Love Dinner Theatre
Director – Lynda Hollenbeck
February 11, 2012
First United Methodist Church CLC
Kiss Me Kate
Director – Duane Jackson, Music Jo Murry
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
February 23-26 and March 1-4, 2012
Royal Theatre
The Fantasticks
Director – Frank O. Butler, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
April 26-29 and May 3-6, 2012
Co-Sponsor: Regions
Royal Theatre
Young Players
Seussification of Romeo and Juliette
Director – Mark Burbank
June 7-9, 2012
Tyndall Park Ampitheatre
Barefoot in the Park
Director – Bob May
July 12-15; 19-22, 2012
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Nobody’s Business
World Premiere musical by Dr. Sam Taggart
Director – Sam Taggart, Music – Oksana Pavilionis
August 16-19; 23-26, 2012
Royal Theatre
Sponsors: Gingles Rentals, Smith-Caldwell Drug,
Birch Tree Communities, Lewis Lumber, and
Family Practice Associates
4th Annual BenTony Awards
October 6, 2012
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2012 -2013 Season (Season 19)
Little Women
Director – Lisa Goodrich
October 11-14; 18-21, 2012
Royal Theatre
Young Players Madrigal Feast: The Fool Hardies
Director – Mark Burbank, Melissa Glover
November 3, 2012
Royal Theatre,
Methodist Church
Annie
Director – Justin Pike, Music Director – Jo Murry
Choreography Jenny Johnston
December 6-9; 13-16, 2012
Royal Theatre
Young Players
My Fair Lady
Director – Daphne Shoppach, Music – Jo Murry
January 2013
Royal Theatre
The Odd Couple Female Version
Director – Gina Welch
March 7-10; 14-17, 2013
Co-Sponsor: Adams Pest Control
Royal Theatre
Reel Women Film Festival at the Royal
Royal Theatre
Young Players
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Director – Mark Burbank, Music – Daphne Shoppach
April 11-14, 2013
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Dearly Beloved
Director – Frank O. Butler
May 9-12; 16-19, 2013
Co-Sponsor St. John’s Chapel by the Creek
Royal Theatre
Young Players One Acts
Happily Ever After
Director – Emily Kincaid
Check Please
Director – Karen Ray
June 13-16, 2013
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Royal Theatre
The King and I
Director – Tim Sopel, Music – Greg Taylor
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
July 12-14; 19-21; 26-28, 2013
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Young Players
Alice in Wonderland
Director – Randall Earnest
August 2013
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2013 -2014 Season (Season 20)
Frankenstein 1930
Director – Randall Earnest
October 18-20; 25-27; Halloween 31, 2013
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Middlebrooks Electric Service
Young Players
Madrigal Feast- A Knight to Remember
Directors – Daphne Shoppach and Melissa Glover
November 9, 2013
Royal Theatre
First United Methodist Church
A Christmas Story
Director – Mark Troillett
January 16-19, 2014
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Young Players Second Stage
Footloose The Musical
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
December 5-8;12-15, 2013
Sponsor: Mayor and Nancy Mattingly and
Jeff Mattingly Foundation
Royal Theatre
Steel Magnolias
Director – Gina Welch
March 7-9; 14-16, 2014
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Film Festival (First with our name)
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music Jo Murry
Choreography – Laura Stilwell
May 2-4; 9-11, 2014
Sponsor: Floors and More
South Pacific
Director – Jeremy Clay, Music Jo Murry
Choreography Jenny Johnston
July 10-13; 17-20, 2014
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Digital Piano Donors:
Del and Peggy Roberson, Jim Ed and Laura Stilwell, Jenny Johnston’s CSA, and Susan Dill
Young Players Early Stages
Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.
Director – Dustin Baylan, Music – Daphne Shoppach
Choreography – Moriah Patterson
August 2014
Sponsors Everett Buick GMC and
Drs. Taggart and Enderlin
Royal Theatre
5th Annual Ben-Tony Awards
October 2014
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2014 -2015 Season (Season 21)
Our Town
Director – Lisa Goodrich
DVD by Lisa Goodrich and Jasmine Greer
October 9-12; 16-19, 2014
Sponsor: Greer Electric, Jamie and Laura Greer
This was the start of our RP 20th Anniversary Season
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Director – Hillary Bell,
Music – Lynda Hollenbeck and Daphne Shoppach
December 4-7; 11-14, 2014
Sponsor: Mayor David and Nancy Mattingly, Jeff Mattingly Foundation
Young Players Second Stage
Legally Blonde The Musical
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Jennie Johnston
January 9-18, 2015
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
The Music Man
Director – Mark Troillett, Choreography – Lisa Luyet
Music – Valerie Couch, Jeannie Cross
March 6-8; 13-15; 20-22, 2015
Sponsor: Curtis and Vera Ferguson,
Ferguson’s Furniture
Royal Theatre
2nd Royal Film Festival
Lisa Goodrich and Jasmine Greer
March 28, 2015
To Kill a Mockingbird
Director – Frank O. Butler
April 23-26,30 and May 1-2, 2015
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Oklahoma!
Director – Kathy Bartholmey, Music – Valerie Couch
Choreography – Jenny Johnston
July 9-19 2015
Sponsor: WW Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Theatre
Young Players Early Stages
Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Director – Lisa Goodrich, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography – Stacy Hawking
August 6-9, 2015
Sponsors: Everett Buick GMC and
Beard Engineering
Royal Players Productions 2015-2016 Season (Season 22)
Love from a Stranger
Director – Frank O. Butler
October 8-11; 15-18, 2015
Sponsor: Middlebrooks Electric Service
Royal Theatre
Murder’s in the Heir Dinner Theatre
Director – Lisa Goodrich
Civitan Event; Royal Players provided entertainment
October 29, 2015
Benton Event Center
Young Players One Acts
Captive Audience and Backstage
Director of Captive Audience– Tye Davis,
Director of Backstage – Michael Bartholmey
November 20-21, 2015
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
White Christmas
Director- Chris Boggs, Music – Jo Murry
Choreography– Moriah Patterson
December 3-13, 2015
Co-Sponsors: The Jeff Mattingly Foundation
and First Security Bank
Royal Theatre
Young Players Second Stage
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Director – Justin A. Pike, Music – Daphne Shoppach
Choreography- Reagan Hammonds and
Makayla McNeil
January 7-17, 2016
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Cheaper by the Dozen
Director – Lisa Goodrich
February 1-7; 11-14, 2016
Sponsor: Roberson & Associates Insurance
Royal Theatre
Private Lives
Director-Hillary Bell
Cupid’s Dinner Theatre with Civitan
3rd Royal Film Festival
March 18-19
Shrek the Musical
Director – Mark Burbank
Choreography – Justin A. Pike
April 14-17; 21-24 – 2016
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
Camelot
Director – D. Brent Miller
Choreography – Reagan Hammonds
June 8-12; 15-19 – 2016
Sponsor: WW and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Theatre
Young Players Early Stages
Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.
Director – D. Brent Miller, Music – Jo Murry
Choreographer – Jenny Fullington Johnston
July 7-10, 2016
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Royal Theatre
You Can’t Take It with You
Director – Frank O. Butler
August 11-21 – 2016
Sponsor: Regions
Royal Theatre
Royal Players Productions 2016 -2017 Season (Season 23)
Boy Hero: The Story of David O. Dodd
Director – Randall Earnest
October 6th-9th
Royal Theatre
Café Noir
Private Lives
It’s a Wonderful Life
Director – Lisa Goodrich
December 8-11
Royal Theatre
Young Players Early Stages
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Director – Jeremy Clay
December 15th-17th
Royal Theatre
Young Players Second Stages
Wedding Singer
Director – Justin A. Pike
January 5th-15th
Royal Theatre
Miracle Worker
Director- Kathy BartholmeyJanuary 5-15 – 2017
Sponsor: Everett Buick/GMC
4th Annual Royal Film Festival
Royal Theatre
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer the Broadway Musical
Director – Tony Clay
April 20-30 – 2017
Sponsor: Middlebrooks Electric
Young Players Early Stages
Aladdin Kids
Director-Lisa Goodrich
May 5-7
Royal Theatre
Mary Poppins
Director-Mark A. Burbank
June 8th-18th
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Everett Buick/GMC
Young Players Early Stages
Guys and Dolls Jr.
Director-Daphne Shoppach
July 13th-16th
Royal Theatre
Sponsor: Roller Ballard Funeral Home
All Shook Up the Musical
Director-Frank O. Butler
August 10-13;17-20
Royal Theatre
Sponsor – W.W. and anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Players Productions 2017-2018 (Season 24)
Lion King Jr.
Director: Justin Pike
October 20-29, 2017
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Oliver!
Director: Michael Bartholmey
November 30-December 10, 2017
Sponsors: The Jeff Mattingly Foundation and First Security Bank
Mischievous Elves
December 15-16, 2017
Directors: Daphne Shoppach and Hillary Bell
Sponsor: Susan Dill
Sweeney Todd
Director: Justin Pike
January 4-14, 2018
Sponsor: Arvest Bank
Twelfth Night
Director: Michael Bartholmey
February 8-18, 2018
Sponsor: Regions Bank
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Director: Molly Richey
April 12-22, 2018
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Disney's Cinderella Kids
Director: Koty Mansfield
May 4-6, 2018
Sponsor: Arkansas Prosthetics and Pedorthics
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
Director: Tim Huddleston
June 14-24, 2018
Sponsor: Johnston Home Center
Singin' In The Rain Jr.
Director: Molly Richey
July 12-15, 2018
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Anything Goes
Director: Bob Bidewell
August 9-19, 2018
Sponsor: W.W. and Anne Jones Charitable Trust
Royal Players Productions 2018-2019 (Season 25)
Newsies
Director: Daphne Shoppach
Sept 15-30, 2018
Sponsor: Saline Courier
Night of the Living Dead
Director: Koty Mansfield
Oct. 25-28, 2018
Sponsor: Regions Bank
A Little Princess
Director: Abby Curry
Nov. 29-Dec. 9, 2018
Sponsors: Jeff Mattingly Foundation and First Security Bank
Young Players Early Stages: A Charlie Brown Christmas
Directors: Izzy Hammonds and Matthew Burns
Dec 14-16 2018
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Young Players Second Stage: West Side Story
Director: Justin Pike
Jan 3-13 2019
Advanced Alarm Technologies
Parade
Director: Mark Burbank
Feb. 7-17, 2019
Sponsors: Arvest Bank and Big Red
Young Players: City on the Hill
Director: John Haman
March 7-10 2019
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Director: Bob Bidewell
April 4-14, 2019
Sponsor: W.W. and Ann Jones Charitable Trust
Young Players Early Stages: Sleeping Beauty Kids
Director: Tanner Oglesby
May 3-5 2019
Sponsor: Advanced Alarm Technologies
Steel Magnolias
Director: Mark Troillett
June 6-16 2019
Sponsor: Everett Buick GMC
Young Players: Getting to Know Oklahoma
Director: Jo Murry
July 11-14, 2019
Sponsor: Regions Bank
Disaster!
Director: Justin Pike
Aug. 15-25, 2019