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1940s

1940-1941

Petticoat Fever - Miss Gretchen R. Hulsebus
Margin For Error - Ethel Avery
The S.S. Glencairn - Mrs. Frank G. Morrill
Pure as the Driven Snow - Halcyon Allton Bryant
Dark Victory - Mrs. Helen Wallace Younge
Steven Sisters - Mrs. Geraldine I. Wharry
It Can't Happen Here - Mrs. Dorothy Blomeyer

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1941-1942

The Male Animal - Mac Harris
Outward Bound - Mrs. Frank G. Morrill
The Prince and the Pauper - Mrs. Geraldine I. Wharry
The Copperhead - Halcyon Allton Bryant
The Dark Tower - Miss Gretchen R. Hulsebus
Ladies in Retirement - Mrs. Dorothy Blomeyer
The Merchant of Yonkers - Mrs. Ethel Avery
Picture
The Merchant of Yonkers

1942-1943

George Washington Slept Here - Wayne West
Arsenic and Old Lace - Mrs. F.M. Bourland
My Man Godfrey - Wayne West

1943-1944

Eight O'Clock Tuesday - Wayne West
The Show Off - Mrs. Halcyon Allton Bryant
The Vinegar Tree - Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Fritz
Ever Since Eve - Mrs. Elma Spickard
The Bat - Wayne West
Junior Miss - Miss Krefting

1944-1945

You Can't Take It With You - Mrs. Halcyon Allton Bryant
Claudia - Mrs. Gretchen Iben
Night Must Fall - Mrs. Louise Fritz
Wind in the South - Mrs. Mawhinney
Janie - Mrs. Elma Spickard
The Man Who Came to Dinner - Wayne West

1945-1946

The Fireman's Flame - Mrs. Halcyon Allton Bryant
Guest in the House - Wayne West
Heaven Can Wait - Mrs. Louise Fritz
Susan and God - Mrs. Gretchen Iben
Quality Street - Miss Elma Spickard
Chicken Every Sunday - Dorothy Smith

1946-1947

Blithe Spirit - Wayne West
Ten Little Indians - Mrs. Louise Fritz
Angel Street - Mrs. Ethel Avery
Theatre - Dorothy Smith
January Thaw - Marjory Munns
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay - Miss Elma Spickard

1947-1948

Ramshackle Inn - Wayne West
Wuthering Heights - Mrs. Gretchen Iben
Great Big Doorstep - Mrs. Louise Fritz
Lightin' - Milton Budd
The Joyous Season - Marjory Munns
We Shook the Family Tree- Miss Elma Spickard
Picture
Wuthering Heights

1948-1949

Kiss and Tell - Wayne West
The Hasty Heart - Mrs. Gretchen Iben
State of the Union - Alan Foerter
Papa is All - Louis Bliss Fritz
Night of January 16th - Milton Budd
A Young Man's Fancy - Miss Elma Spickard

1949-1950

The Glass Menagerie - Wayne West
The Peanut Whistle - Louise Fritz
Command Decision - Alan Foerter
Death Takes a Holiday - Mrs. Gretchen Iben
Payment Deferred - Milton Budd
Meet Me In St. Louis - Miss Elma Spickard

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