January 19 was Judson Theatre Company's anniversary. After over a year of careful planning and research, Daniel Haley and I opened JTC's first show back in 2012: LOVE LETTERS with Tab Hunter and Joyce DeWitt.
We're heading for our 22nd mainstage production with BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE in March, our Summer Theatre Festival enters its third year this July, the Education Program we started in Season 5 has grown, and JTC has received its own 501(c)(3) not-for-profit status. Community outreach continues as the Sandhills area changes, and we've won several awards including NC's highest honor for a professional theatre company.
Major thanks, of course to everyone onstage, backstage, in the booth, in the audience, and the friends far and wide who keep us going. We've worked with a lot of wonderful people.
I hope people who have worked at JTC have been able to stay connected with each other beyond their time in the Sandhills, and that they feel like part of our theatre company's extended family. Gratitude to the people who have helped JTC achieve success is the main thing I’m feeling lately.
Here’s the list:
Production History
Season 11
Butterflies are Free – Morgan Fairchild
Gaslight — Maxwell Caulfield
Season 10
JTC Summer Theatre Festival 2023
I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change;
The Year of Magical Thinking -- Linda Purl; The Last Five Years
The Star-Spangled Girl
The Mousetrap - Alison Arngrim (70th Anniversary Production)
Season 9
JTC Summer Theatre Festival 2022 (3 Sandhills area premieres)
tick, tick...BOOM!; Buyer & Cellar; Gutenberg! The Musical!
Lee Squared: The Liberace & Peggy Lee Comeback Tour
- Chuck Sweeney & David Maiocco
Yes, Virginia (regional premiere) - Mindy Sterling, Arnetia Walker
An Evening on the Lanai: Remembering The Golden Girls (special event)
Little Women (radio)
Angels in the Outfield (radio)
Season 8
Witness for the Prosecution - Alan Campbell
Souvenir - Bob Stillman, Liz McCartney
Yes Virginia (streaming)
An Affair to Remember (radio)
Miracle on 34th Street (radio)
Season 7
Love, Loss, and What I Wore - Sally Struthers, Kim Coles, Joyce Reehling
The Miracle Worker - John James
Season 6
The Sunshine Boys - Robert Wuhl, Don Most
And Then There Were None - Alison Arngrim
Season 5
Twelve Angry Men - John Wesley Shipp
On Golden Pond - John Davidson
launch of Education Program
Season 4
Harvey - Elinor Donahue
Plaza Suite - Eve Plumb, Rex Smith
Season 3
To Kill a Mockingbird - Johnny Whitaker
Steel Magnolias - Teresa Ganzel
Season 2
Bell, Book, and Candle - Mindy Cohn
Driving Miss Daisy - Michael Learned, Lance E. Nichols
Season 1
Tuesdays with Morrie - Jamie Farr
Love Letters - Tab Hunter, Joyce DeWitt
AWARDS and NOMINATIONS
Winner - NC Theatre Conference’s Parides Award for Excellence in Professional Theatre
Winner - 3 BroadwayWorld Awards
5 Best of the Pines nominations
Members of our acting company have won or been nominated for:
23 Emmy Awards, 10 Golden Globe Awards, 3 Tony Awards, 3 TVLand Awards…and more!