History


Twenty-four Years of Theatre in Bath

Jack Doepp, later a well-known designer of New York productions, fell in love with a historic and vacant church in downtown Bath, Maine in 1969 and set about converting the structure to house his Performing Arts Center of Bath (PACB). A carpenter on the job, Cliff Greene, had always dreamed of becoming an actor.


Together, the two men decided that the first production PACB would undertake would be A Streetcar Named Desire. The Broadway actress and New York director, Chouteau Chapin – also well known as Marlon Brando’s acting coach, directed the 1979 production, and the cast of mostly local folks played the run to standing-room only houses. This was the first of over seventy productions by Studio Theatre of Bath in the years to follow.


While the people who make up Studio Theatre have changed over the years, the heart and soul of Studio Theatre has remained pretty much as Jack envisioned it. Just simple, everyday people coming together in connecting and ever-expanding circles to share their gifts and talents with each other and the larger community.

Studio Theatre, Bath's ambitious young theatre company, calls PACB home.  The scene above comes from a production of "Dark of the Moon", performed in July 1981.  From L. to R. front, Chouteau Chapin, Melissa Henderson and Cameron Smith. The lady in the back is Linda Chiampole.  The play was directed by Pricilla Montgomery. Photo courtesy of The Times Record.
"The thrill of accomplishing a theatrical production still fills us with pride
and the sound of applause with gratitude. " -- Suzanne Rankin

                                                                                                                                                                                           

Little Shop of Horrors presented by Studio Theatre in November 1994.  Directed by Jim Colby, Produced by Thom Watson with Set Design by J. Pat Montgomery.

 

 "The Rawlin's Gang" from L. to R. back row,Albert Levesque("Ringo"), Paul Marcus ("Bad Bruce"), Jim Rice ("Doc"), middle row, Bob Jorgensen ("Dopey"), Wayne Dorr ("Rawhide"), front row, Eric Phieffer ("Laredo"), Donnie Kerns ("Sleepy") from Studio Theatre's production of A Bad Day at Gopher's Breath in April 1996.  Directed by Thom Watson, Produced by Mark Ramsey with Scenic Design by Ron Fontes.
 
Breaking Legs presented by Studio Theatre in February and March 1995.  From L. to R. back row, Tim Mclean, David Beth and Thom Watson. Front row, Cal MacKenzie, Leonard Rainey, April Joy Purinton, Paul Marcus and Jim Colby.  Directed by Thom Watson with Set and Lighting Design by J. Pat Montgomery.

  

                           

Studio Theatre Productions (Plays & Musicals) -- 1979-2002

YEAR PRODUCTION
1979 Streetcar Named Desire
8/80 Dark of the Moon
2/81 Plaza Suite
7/81 A Clearing in the Woods
8/81 Skin of our Teeth
10/81 Three Bags Full
3/82 Spoon River
5/82 Mary, Mary
8/82 Teahouse of the August Moon
10/82 The Corn is Green
3/83 Archie and Mehitable
6/83 Lemonade/American Dream
10/83 Dracula
2/84 Close Ties
5/84 Glass Menagerie
7/84 Norman, is that You?
10/84 California Suite
3/85 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
6/85 Lunch Hour
10/85 Lion in Winter
2/86 The Dresser
7/86 End of the World
10/86 Absurdities
3/87 Seven Keys to Baldpate
6/87 Imaginary Invalid
9/87 Quilters
3/88 Anything Goes
5/88 Taming of the Shrew
9/88 Murder Among Friends
3/89 Call Me Madam
5/89 On Golden Pond
7/89 Rules of Engagement
9/89 The Real Inspector Hound
12/89 Butterfingers Angel et als.
3/90 Arsenic and Old Lace
5/90 Ten Little Indians
7/90 Blithe Spirit
9/90 Steel Magnolias
3/91 Last of the Red Hot Lovers
5/91 Coastal Disturbances
10/91 Bus Stop
3/92 Odd Couple
5/92 Rumors
10/92 Bare foot in the Park
3/93 Kiss Me Kate
5/93 The Nerd
6/93 Love Letters
10/93 Other People's Money
2/94 The Mousetrap
2/94 Love Letters
5/94 Alice in Wonderland
11/94 Little Shop of Horrors
2/95 Breaking Legs
5/95 One Acts
10/95 Witness for the Prosecution
2/96 Plaza Suite
2/96 Love Letters
5/96 A Bad Day at Gopher's Breath
10/96 The Unexpected Guest
2/97 Play On
2/97 Love Letters
5/97 Jesus Christ Superstar
7/97 Laughter on the 23rd Floor
10/97 Grace and Glorie
2/98 Curious Savage
2/98 Love Letters
10/98 The Who's Tommy
11/98 Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You
??/?? The Actor's Nightmare
2/99 Social Security
2/99 Love Letters
5/99 Smoke on the Mountain
11/99 Blithe Spirit
12/99 Sanders Family Christmas More Smoke on the Mountain
2/00 Love Letters
8/00 Smoke on the Mountain
(in concert on Vinalhaven Island)
2/01 Love Letters
6/01 Swingin' Down the Lane
2/02 Love Letters
2/02 Sentimental Journey - Best Loved Songs
4/02
The Foreigner
1/03 Amahl and the Night Visitors
2/03 Sentimental Journey-Unforgettable Musical Memories
11/03 Jake's Women
02/04 Sentimental Journey-Reminisce
11/04 The Fantasticks
01/05 Amahl and the Night Visitors



Studio Theatre of Bath
P.O. Box 710, Bath, ME 04530-0710


Email: info@studiotheatreofbath.com

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