About Us

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OUR HISTORY AND PURPOSE

The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach was formed in 1947 by the Small Group of Citizens to Promote the Arts. Performances were originally held at the Chamber of Commerce building on Canal Street and then at the converted barn at the old Connor Ranch (Indian River Plantation) off Wayne Avenue.

In 1952 the late Mrs. Hannah Bonnet, former mayor of New Smyrna Beach, donated two beachside lots to the Little Theatre. Construction of the theater was started in 1953 and completed one year later. Over the years, additional renovations have been made, including expansion of our seating capacity to 250 seats.

In 2004 the renovation and expansion of our 50-year-old facility began. In the Fall of 2005, we reopened in a new, state-of-the-art facility that has enabled us to expand our education programs and enhance our live theater productions to meet the needs of a growing community.

The Little Theatre is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion, development and nurturing of live dramatic arts in our community. Our members are mostly unpaid volunteers who share a common love of theater. We are a busy and successful community theater, performing, rehearsing and auditioning all year long. 

Our mission is unchanged:

To promote and develop the literary and cultural arts; to provide for the production, enjoyment, and appreciation of dramatics in all phases of theater; to aid in maintaining the highest possible quality of live theater; to promote and facilitate education in all phases of theater; and to be an asset and partner to our local community.

The Little Theatre of New Smyrna Beach Board of Directors 2024-2025

Rick Johnson, President

Janice McGoey, Vice President

Lani Zambrana, Treasurer

Annie Kehrli, Secretary

Kelly Grounds, At Large

Harriet Winokur, At Large

PAST PRODUCTIONS - 1981 TO PRESENT

1981-1982 Season
December 1981 — California Suite
February 1982 — Shot in the Dark
March 1982 — Catch Me If You Can
1982 — 1983 Season
October 1982 — The Second Time Around
November 1982 — Chapter Two
February 1983 — In One Bed and Out the Other
March 1983 — The Sunshine Boys
1983-1984 Season
October 1983 — Broken Up
November 1983 — Surprise!
January 1984 — The White Sheep of the Family
February 1984 — Love, Sex & the IRS
1984-1985 Season
December 1984 — Never Too Late
January 1985 — Lunch Hour
February 1985 — The Marriage Go-Round
March 1985 — Hot Turkey at Midnight
1985-1986 Season
January 1986 — Horowitz and Mrs. Washington
February 1986 — The Fantasticks
(Month?) 1986 – The Odd Couple
1986-1987 Season
October 1986 — Last of the Red Hot Lovers
December 1986 — Harvey
January 1987 — Roomies
April 1987 – Prisoner of Second Avenue
1987-1988 Season
January 1988 — The Indoor Sport
February 1988 — Little Mary Sunshine
1988-1989 Season
February 1989 — Don't Drink the Water

1989- 1990 Season
January 1990 — Mornings at Seven
February 1990 —Night of Jan. 16
March 1990 — Natalie Needs a Nightie
1990-1991 Season
October 1990 — Come back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean
November 1990 — Seven Year Itch
January 1991 — Maid to Order
February 1991 — Fools
March 1991 – The Miracle Worker
May 1991 – The Nerd
1991-1992 Season
October 1991 — Love, Sex and the IRS
November 1991 — Done to Death
January 1992 — I Do, I Do
February 1992 — A Turn for the Nurse
March 1992 – Victoria's House
April 1992 — When the Cat's Away
1992-1993 Season
October 1992 — Exit the Body
November 1992 – Goodbye Charlie
December 1992 — A Christmas Carol
January 1993 — The Lion in Winter
February 1993 – The Fantasticks
March 1993 — No Sex Please, We're British
April 1993 — Daddy's Dyin’, Who's Got the Will?
1993-1994 Season
October 1993 — Squabbles
November 1993 — Picnic
January 1994 – Run For Your Wife
February 1994 — The Foreigner
March 1994 — Barefoot in the Park
April 1994 — Deathtrap
1994-1995 Season
July 1994 — Bell, Book and Candle (1st Summer Play)
October 1994 — Weekend Comedy
November 1994 — Laura
January 1995 — Enter Laughing February
February 1995 — Wait Until Dark
March 1995 — The Silver Whistle
April 1995 – Let's Murder Marsha

1995-1996 Season
July 1995 — Pure as the Driven Snow, A Working Girl's Secret
October 1995 — Forty Carats
November 1995 — Nightmare
January 1996 — Steel Magnolias
February 1996 – A Bad Year for Tomatoes
March 1996 — Baby
April 1996 — A Thousand Clowns
1996-1997 Season
July 1996 — The Odd Couple (Female Version)
October 1996 — Everybody Loves Opal
November 1996 – Mousetrap
January 1997 — Nunsense
February 1997 — Dearly Departed
March 1997 — Cemetery Club
April 1997 — You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running
1997-1998 Season
July 1997 — Death by Chocolate
October 1997 — Critic’s Choice
November 1997 — The Gingerbread Lady
January 1998 — Murder Among Friends
February 1998 — Nunsense II
March 1998 — The Sensuous Senator
May 1998 – Flowers for Algenon
1998-1999 Season
July 1998 — Dirty Work at the Crossroads, Tempted, Tried, and True
October 1998 — Rumors
November 1998 — Miss Firecracker Contest
January 1999 — Sister Amnesia's County Western Jamboree (Nunsense III)
February 1999 — The Lone Star Love Potion
March 1999 — Nightwatch
April 1999 – The Girls in 509
1999-2000 Season
July 1999 – Opal is a Diamond
September 1999 — God's Favorite
November 1999 — I Never Sang for My Father
January 2000 — Is There Life After High School?
February 2000 — Sylvia
March 2000 — The Amorous Ambassador
May 2000 — The Premature Corpse

2000-2001 Season
July 2000 — Send Me No Flowers
September 2000 — Norman, Is That You?
October 2000 — Hide & Seek
December 2000 — The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
January 2001 — The Rainmaker
February 2001 — The 1940's Radio Hour
March/April 2001 — Last Night of Bally Hoo
May 2001 —Don't Dress for Dinner
2001-2002 Season
July 2001 — There's a Burglar in My Bed
September 2001 — Opal's Husband
October/November 2001— Dial M for Murder
January 2002 — The Octette Bridge Club
February 2002 — Children of a Lesser God
March 2002 – Rollin’ to the Rock
April/May 2002 — Greetings
2002-2003 Season
July 2002 — Surprise!
September 2002 – Beau Geste
October 2002 – House on the Cliff
December 2002 — Nuncrackers, the Nunsense Christmas Musical
January 2003 – Last of the Red Hot Lovers
February 2003 – The Lilies of the Field
March 2003 – Uncle Harry
May 2003 — Whose Wives Are They Anyway?
2003-2004 Season
July 2003 — Don't Drink the Water
September 2003 – No Sex Please, We're British
October 2003 — I'll Be Back Before Midnight
December 2003 — The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
January 2004 — Opal's Million Dollar Duck
February 2004 – I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
March 2004 — Painting Churches
April/May 2004 — Moon Over Buffalo

2005-2006 Season (LT Re-opened)
November 2005 — Victoria's House
January 2006 — Chapter Two
February 2006 — Meshuggah-Nuns! 
March 2006 — Waiting in the Wings
April 2006 — Who's in Bed with the Butler?
May 2006 — Sugar Bean Sisters
June 2006 — Over the River and Through the Woods
2006-2007 Season
July 2006- Our Town – Ted Pack
September 2006 — Love, Sex & the IRS
October 2006 —The Unexpected Guest
December 2006 — A Christmas Story 
January 2007 — Lend Me a Tenor
February 2007 — Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
March 2007 — Waiting in the Wings
May 2007 — Plaza Suite
2007-2008 Season
July 2007 — Cocktails with Mimi
September 2007 — Twentieth Century
October 2007 — Catch Me if You Can
January 2008 — Hot Bed Hotel
February 2008 — How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
April 2008 — The Dining Room
May 2008 — Cahoots
2008-2009 Season
July 2008 — Hide & Shriek
September 2008 — Leading Ladies
October 2008 – Murder is a Game
December 2008 — Christmas Belles
January 2009 — Out of Order
February 2009 – Red, Hot & Cole
April 2009 — Driving Miss Daisy
May 2009 — And the Winner Is
2009-2010 Season
July 2009 — Exit the Body
September 2009 — Squabbles
October 2009 – Wait Until Dark
November 2009 — Oliver
January 2010 — Run For Your Wife
February 2010 — Kiss Me Kate
April 2010 – The Dixie Swim Club
May 2010 — Incorruptible

2010-2011 Season
July 2010 — Cash on Delivery!
September 2010 — Sex Please, We're Sixty
October 2010 — I Bet Your Life 
November 2010 – Always. ..Patsy Cline
January 2011 – Funny Money
February 2011— A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
April 2011 — Foxfire 
May 2011 — Blithe Spirit
2011-2012 Season
July 2011 — The Foreigner
September 2011 — Alone Together
October 2011 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
December 2011— Dashing Through the Snow
January 2012 — I Hate Hamlet
February 2012 — Pajama Game
April 2012 — On Golden Pond
May 2012 — Crimes of the Heart
2012-2013 Season
A Flea in Her Ear 
Rumors
The Haunting of Hill House 
Spelling Bee
The Fox on the Fairway
The Drowsy Chaperone
Good People
The Psychic
2013-2014 Season
Bye Bye Birdie
Mid Life, The Musical
Defending Lizzie 
Holidays on Broadway Fundraiser 
Christmas Carol 
Steel Magnolias 
Man of La Mancha
Kiss the Bride 
Butterflies are Free 

2014-2015 Season
Into the Woods
Bingo! The Winning Musical
Peace, Love & Rock n’ Roll
Dracula
Miracle on 34th Street
Man Who Came to Dinner 
Oklahoma 
Glass Menagerie 
Charley’s Aunt
2015-2016 Season
Wizard of Oz
Lost in Yonkers 
Death Trap 
Love Sings for Lonely Monsters Fundraiser 
Greetings
A Grand Night for Singing 
Fiddler on the Roof 
A Streetcar Named Desire 
Moonlight and Magnolias
Love Letters 
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf 
2016-2017 Season
Willa Wonka 
Charlotte’s Web
Same Time, Next Year
Arsenic & Old Lace 
Mary Poppins 
Jesus Christ Superstar 
My Fair Lady 
Come Back to the Five & Dime 
Girls of the Garden Club 
Goodbye Charlie 
2017-2018 Season
Nunsense 
Ripcord
Death of a Salesman 
Love, Loss and What I Wore 
Moon Over Buffalo 
Evita 
It’s Only a Play
Cemetery Club

2018-2019 Season
Alice in Wonderland 
Barefoot in the Park 
I’ll Be Back before Midnight 
Tea for Three 
Once Upon a Mattress
Bus Stop
Just Desserts 
The Marvelous Wonderettes
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
The Gin Game 
2019-2020 Season (Covid Shortened)
Annie 
Becky’s New Car 
The Trip to Bountiful 
Winter Wonderettes
Brighton Beach Memoirs 
The Secret Garden
2020-2021 Season (Covid Shortened)

January 2021 – The Game’s Afoot 
March 2021 – The Dining Room
April 2021 – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 
May 2021 – How the Other Half Loves
2021-2022 Season
July 2021 – The Sound of Music
September 2021 – Out of Order
October 2021 – The Mousetrap
December 2021 – A Christmas Story
January 2022 – The Odd Couple 
February 2022 – Hello Dolly 
April 2022 – All My Sons
May 2022 – The Children 
2022-2023 Season
July 2022 – Grease 
September 2022 – Exit Laughing
December 2022 – Dial M for Murder
January 2023 – Don’t Dress for Dinner
February 2023 – A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
April 2023 – Silent Sky
May 2023 – Louise the Limo Driver 

2023-2024 Season
July – Seussical The Musical
September – Over the River and Thru the Woods
October – Wait Until Dark
November – A Christmas Carol 
January – Leading Ladies 
March – 9-5: The Musical
April – Almost, Maine
2024-2025 Season
July – Matilda The Musical 
September – The Smell of the Kill 
October – The Crucible
December – A Christmas Story
January – A Little Shop of Horrors
March – Lend Me A Soprano
May – Crash Cart