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817 E Strawbridge Ave
Melbourne, FL 32901
Box office: 321-723-6935

Melbourne Civic Theatre - Current Season
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01/52 : The Start of IRP-MCT s long run

Indian River Players is founded by 20 people and plays its first few seasons in what is now Trailer Havens recreational building.

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02/52 : Production

Big Hearted Herbert

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03/52 : Production

Ghost Train

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05/52 : Production

George Washington Slept Here

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02/53 : Production

Our Town

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03/53 : Production

Dear Ruth

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05/53 : Production

Ramshackle Inn

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06/53 : Airport Theatre

Indian River Players renovates an old Navy Mess Hall at the airport into a theatre. Volunteers built a stage atop steam tables and used old Van Croix theatre seating.

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09/53 : Production

Double Trouble

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10/53 : Production

But Not Goodbye

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12/53 : Production

Ten Little Indians

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01/54 : Production

Here Today

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03/54 : Production

Night Must Fall

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04/54 : Production

Harvey

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10/54 : Production

Skylark

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12/54 : Production

Laura

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01/55 : Production

Curious Savage

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03/55 : Production

Hay Fever

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04/55 : Production

My Three Angels

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10/55 : Production

Boy Meets Girl

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10/55 : 1955-1956 Season

10/55 Boy Meets Girl 12/55 Outward Bound 02/56 The Man Who Came to Dinner 03/56 Dial M for Murder 04/56 Two Blind Mice

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10/56 : 1956-1957 Season

10/56 Chicken Every Sunday 12/56 Kind Lady 02/57 Sabrina Fair 03/57 Arsenic and Old Lace 04/57 You Cant Take It With You

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10/57 : 1957-1958 Season

10/57 See How They Run 12/57 Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady 01/58 Witness for the Prosecution

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03/58 : 1957-1958 Season

03/58 Male Animal 04/58 Front Page

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09/58 : 1958-1959 Season

09/58 Detective Story 10/58 Holiday for Lovers 11/58 Visit to a Small Planet 12/58 Angel Street 01/59 Light Up the Sky 03/59 Silver Whistle 04/59 The Rainmaker

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10/59 : 1959-1960 Season

10/59 Mornings at Seven 11/59 Desk Set 02/60 The Plays the Thing 03/60 The Importance of Being Earnest 04/60 The Solid Gold Cadillac

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10/60 : 1960-1961 Season

10/60 The Gazebo 11/60 Who Was the Lady 12/60 Bell, Book and Candle 02/61 The Happy Time 04/61 The Caine Mutiny Court Martial

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05/61 : 1960-1961 Season

05/61 Born Yesterday

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10/61 : 1961-1962 Season

10/61 The Pleasure of His Company 11/61-The Marriage Go Round 12/61 Anestasia 02/62 The Women 03/62 Into the Fire 04/62 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

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10/62 : 1962-1963 Season

10/62 Inherit the Wind 11/62 Gigi 12/62 Ladies in Retirement 02/63 Teahouse of the August Moon 03/63 Blithe Spirit 05/63 Harvey

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10/63 : 1963-1964 Season

10/63-Auntie Mame 11/63 Streetcar Named Desire 01/64 Everybody Love Opal 02/64 A majority of One 04/64 Advise and Consent 05/64 Under the Yum Yum Tree

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10/64 : 1964-1965 Season

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10/64 : 1964-1965 Season

10/64 Happy Birthday 11/64 Glass Menagerie 01/65 Send Me No Flowers 02/65 Thurber Carnival 04/65 Roman Candle 05/65 Fantasticks

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10/65 : 1965-1966 Season

10/65 Blood, Sweat and Stanley Pools 11/65 Death of a Salesman 01/66 Mary, Mary 02/66 The Rope 04/66 Come Blow Your Horn 05/66 Once Upon a Mattress

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10/66 : 1966-1967 Season

10/66 Sunday in New York 12/66 Red Shoes 12/66 The Crucible 01/67 Absence of a Cello 03/67 Tom Jones 04/67 Subject Was Roses 05/67 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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09/67 : 1967-1968 Season

09/67 A Thousand Clowns 11/67 SUmmer and Smoke 01/68 Luv 02/68 East Lynne 03/68 Playwright Production 03/68 JB 05/68 Amorous Flea

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10/68 : 1968-1969 Season

10/68 The Odd Couple 11/68 Tea and Sympathy 12/68 Spoon River Anthology 01/69 Barefoor in the Park 02/69 The Lark 04/69 Typist and Tiger Summer Fair Concert 05/69 Stop the World I Want to Get Off 06/69 Once More With Feeling

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07/69 : 1969-1970 Season

07/69 See How They Run 10/69 Star Spangled Girl 11/69 Philadelphia, Here I Come 01/70 Don t Drink the Water 02/70 The Little Foxes 04/70 Cactus Flower 05/70 Apple Tree

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10/70 : 1970-1971 Season

What Did We Do Wrong? Life With Father Spofford The Price Any Wednesday How to Succees in Business Without Really Trying

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09/72 : 1972-1973 Season

9/72-Last of the Red Hot Lovers, 11/72-Avant Garde Plays, 11/72-The Deadly Game, 1/73-How the Other Half Lives, 2/73-The Prime of Miss Jean Brody, 4/73-Play It Again, Sam, 5/73-Anything Goes

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10/72 : 1971-1972 Season

Arsenis and Old Lace, Wait Until Dark, Norman, Is That You?, Anne of a Thousand Days, Never Too Late, Show Me Where the Good Times Are, Summer Theatre-Black Comedy

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09/73 : 1973-1974 Season

9/73-Forty Carats, 11/73-The House of Blue Leaves, 1/74-The Life and Death of Almost Everybody, 3/74-Love in E-Flat, 4/74-Butterflies are Free, 6/74-Kiss Me, Kate

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09/74 : 1974-1975 Season

9/74-Critics Choice, 11/74-Promonade All, 1/75-Not Now Darling, 2/75-I Never Sang for my Father, 3/75-Spoon River Anthology, 4/75-Prisoner of Second Avenue, 6/75-All in Love

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09/75 : 1975-1976 Season

9/75-George Washington Slept Here, 11/75-The Girl in the Freudian Slip, 1/76-Here Lies Jeremy Troy, 2/76-Nigth Watch, 4/76-Little Mary Sunshine, 6/76-Solid Gold Cadillac

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09/76 : 1976-1977 Season

9/76-The Rainmaker, 11/76-My Three Angels, 1/77-Move Over, Mrs. Markham, 2/77-Someone Waiting, 4/77-Fiddler on the Roof, 6/77-The Sunshine Boys +

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09/77 : 1977-1978 Season

9/77-Gods Favorite, 11/77-Finishing Touches, 1/78-Absurd Person Singular, 2/78-Sleuth, 4/78-Brigadoon, 6/78-Angels

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09/78 : 1978-1979 Season

9/78-The Miracle Worker, 11/78-Friday on the Rocks, 1/79-Who Goes Bare, 2/79-A Streetcar Named Desire, 4/79-Guys and Dolls, 6/79-Plaza Suite

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09/79 : 1979-1980 Season

9/79-Heaven Can Wait, 11/79-Night Must Fall, 1/80-California Suite, 2/80-A Man For All Seasons, 4/80-Mame, 6/80-A Community of Two

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09/80 : 1980-1981 Season

9/80-In One Bed-And Out the Other, 11/80-My Fair Lady, 1/81-Same Time Next Year, 2/81-Inherit the Wind, 4/81-Somethings Afoot, 6/81-The Silver Whistle

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09/81 : 1981-1982 Season

9/81-Flea in her Ear, 11/81-Chapter Teo, 1/82-Sly Fox, 2/82-Shadow Box, 4/82-Annie, Get Your Gun, 6/82-Barretts of Wimpole Street

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09/82 : 1982-1983 Season

9/82-On Golden Pond, 11/82-The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1/83-I Ought to be in Pictures, 2/83-The Childrens Hour, 4/83-A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, 6/83-First Monday in October

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09/83 : 1983-1984 Season

9/83-Tribute, 11/83-The Dining Room, 1/84-Philadelphia Story, 3/84-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 5/84-Kismet, 6/84-Deathtrap, 7/84-Festival of One Act Plays

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09/84 : 1984-1985 Season

9/84-The Fantasticks, 11/84-The Night of January 16th, 1/85-The Good Doctor, 3/85-The Lion in Winter, 4/85-Funny Girl, 6/85-Blithe Spirit

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09/84 : Florida Theatre Conference Festival

@nd place for The Dining Room

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09/85 : 1985-1986 Season

9/85-Charleys Aunt, 10/85-Foxfire, 12/85-A Christmas Carol, 2/86-The Crucible, 4/86-Camelot, 6/86-Absence of a Cello

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09/86 : 1986-1987 Season

9/86-Working, 11/86-Strange Bedfellows, 1/87-Mass Appeal, 2/87-Penultimate Problem of Sherlock Holmes, 4/87-Brighton Beach Memoirs, 6/87-Roar of the Greasepaint, Smell of the Crowd

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09/87 : 1987-1988 Season

9/87-Murder at the Howard Johnsons, 11/87-Amadeus, 1/88-The Foreigner, 2/88-Witness for the Prosecution, 4/88-Pippin, 6/88-You Can t Take It With You

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09/87 : IRP to MCT

Indian River Players changes its name to Melbourne Civic Theatre

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09/88 : 1988-1989 Season

9/88-Crimes of the Heart, 11/88-Rashomon, 1/89-The Nerd, 2/89-Mornings at Seven, 4/89-The Pirates of Penzance, 6/89-13 Rue de l Amour

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09/89 : 1989-1990 Season

9/89-The Middle Ages, 11/89-Dracula, 1/90-Social Security, 2/90-The Runner Stumbles, 4/90-The Drunkard, 6/90-No Sex Please, We re British

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09/90 : 1990-1991 Season

9/90 The Boys Next Door, 11/90 Quilters, 1/91 Im Not Rappaport, 3/91 Steel Magnolias, 5/91 They re Playing Our Song

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01/91 : MCT moves to the Henegar Center Theatre

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09/91 : 1991-1992 Season

10/91 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas!, 12/91 The Elephant Man, 1/92 There Goes the Bride, 3/92 One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 5/92 Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, 6/92 Lend Me A Tenor

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09/92 : 1992-1993 Season

9/92- A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum, 11/92 The Octette Bridge Club, 1/93 Run For Your Wife, 2/93 The Admirable Crichton, 5/93 Once Upon a Mattress, 6/1993- The Odd Couple, 7/93- I Do! I Do!

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04/93 : 1993-1994 Season

9/93-The Unsinkable Molly Brown, 10/93-Bedroom Farce, 12/93-Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, 1/04-I Hate Hamlet, 3/04-Evita, 5/04-Noises Off

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04/93 : 1993 Expanded Season

7/03-I Do, I DO, 12/03-A Charles Dickens Christmas

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11/93 : Morning Theatre

The Cemetary Club

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06/94 : 1994 Summer Shows

6/94-Servant of Two Masters, 7/94 The Mousetrap, 8/94-Young Peoples Theatre- Free TO Be You and Me

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09/94 : 1994-1995 Season

9/94-How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, 9/94 Upstage Claire De Lune and Komachi, 10/94-Dearly Departed, 11/94-Morning Theatre-A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, 12/94-Tintypes, 1-2/95-Write Me a Murder

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09/94 : 1994-1995 Season

9/94-How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, 10/94-Dearly Departed, 11/94 Romantic Comedy, 12/94-Tintypes, 1/95-Write Me a Murder, 3/95-The Boys From Syracuse, 4/95-Same Time Next Year, 5/95-La Bete--Upstage Season 8/94-Papp, 9-10/94-Two One Acts, 3-95-The Sea Horse, 5-6-95-An Original Full Length Play

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09/95 : 1995-1996 Season

10/95-The Fantasticks, 1-2/96- The Curious Savage, 3/96-A Little Night Music, 4/96-Same Time Next Year

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09/96 : 1996-1997 Season

9/96-Prisoner of Second Avenue, 11/96-Cinderella, the musical, 12/96-Holiday Special Event, 1/97-You Can t Take It With You, 3/97-Monique

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09/96 : 1997 Amended Season

5/96-MCT Salutes teh USO, 9/96-Move Over Mrs. Markham, 11/96-Cinderella, 1/97-You Can t Take It With You, 3/97-Monique, 4/97-MCT Celebrates the Holidays

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09/97 : 1997-1998 Season

9-10/97-Call Me Madam, 11/97-Beau Jest, 1/98-Dr. Cooks Garden, 2/98-Love Is In The Air, 3/98- Harvey, 5/98- The Importance of Being Earnest

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08/98 : 1998-1999 Season

8/98-Barefoot in the Park, 10/98-Sweet Charity, 12/98-The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, 2/99-Two Rooms, 4/99-One for the Pot, 6/99-Showboat

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08/98 : 1998-1999 Season

8/98-Barefoot In the Park, 10/98-Sweet Charity, 11/98-The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, 2/99-Two Rooms, 4/99-One For the Pot, 6/99 Showboat

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06/99 : MCT moves to Metro West

In 1999, MCT moves to its own place in the Metro West Center in West Melbourne. The hard work of many turned the former Meadowland Library into a fine theatre with room to spare to stage the Murder Mystery Dinner Theatres for which MCT became famous

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06/99 : Temporary Housing

During the late summer and fall of 1999 and the spring of 2000, volunteers worked feverishly to transform 3030 West New Haven into a theater and MCT temporarily found homes at The United Church of Christ Congregational (which was considered for a new theater at one point) and Alpha Center Auditorium.

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09/99 : 1999-2000 Season

8/99-Private Lives, 10/99- Godspell, 12/99 The farndale Avenue Housing Estates Townswomens Guild Dramatic Societys Production of a Christmas Carol, 1/00-Wait Until Dark, 2/00-Nunsense, 5/00-Stepping Out

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09/00 : 2000-2001 Season

Hotel Suite, Eleemosynary, Scotland Road, Into the Woods, And the World Goes Round, The Cocktail Hour

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10/00 : Production

The Cocktail Hour

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09/01 : 2001-2002 Season

9/01-Talking With--11 Monologues, 9/01-The von Trapp Family Reunion, 10-11/01-Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 11-12/01-Nuncrackers, 12/01-A Family Holiday Showcase, 1/02 MCT presents Three One Act Plays-Dirty laundry, Present Tense, The Property Is Condemned, 1/02 The Rise and Fall of Nick Diablo, 2/02- Aspirin and Elephants, 6/02-Lily the Felons Daughter, 6/26-Stars of Summer presents Two Steps From Broadway

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02/02 : 2002-Dinner Theatre

2/02-Aspirin and Elephants, 3/02-The Rise and Fall of Nick Diablo

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06/02 : Melodrama at MCT

Lily the Felon s Daughter

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09/02 : 2002-2003 Season

9/02-Plaza Suite, 11-12/02- Taffetas X-mas-Musical, 1/03--I ll Be Back Before Midnight, 2-3/03-Murder At The Howard Johnsons, 4-5/03 Love, Sex & the IRS, 6/03 Dames At Sea. Black Bos-10/02. 2/03 and 3-4/03. Side Stage-Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre-11/02 and 5/03. 3/03-A Night With Allison McKay

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09/03 : 2003-2004

9/03-Eleemosynary, 10/03- The Liptones, 10/03-A Night at the Theatre, 11/03-Never Too Late, 12/03-Sorry Wrong Chimney, 1/04- Three One Act Plays, 1/04-Perfect Pitch, 1-2/04 A Deadly Habit-A Superbowl Massacre, 2/04-Nunsense, 2/04-A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking 3/04-On Golden Pond, 4/04-Come Blow Your Horn

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02/04 : Production

A Coupla White Chicks Setting Around Talking

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06/04 : 2004-2005 Season

Murder At the Prom-6/04, Butterflies Are Free-7/04, I Take This Man-8/04, Godspell-9/04-I Hate Hamlet-10/04, The Dining Room-11/04, A Tuna Christmas-11/04, Home For the Holidays with MCT-12/04, Last Summer at Bluefish Cove-1/05, Night On Broadway-2/05, When You Comin Home Red Ryder-3/05, The Dining Room-4/05

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06/05 : Summer Season 2005

Jakes Women-6/05, The Complete Works of William Shakespears, Abridged-7/05, Greater Tuna-8/05

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09/05 : 2005-2006 Season

Youre a Good Man, Charlie Brown-9/05, Till Death Do Us Part-11/05, A Tuna Christmas-12/05, Dear Santa-12/05, Flashback To Murder-1/06, Night on Broadway-1/06, Monkey Business- 3/06, The Prisoner of Second Avenue-4/06, All In The Timing-5/06

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05/06 : 2006-2007 Season

All In The Timing-5/06, Picasso At the Lapin Agile-7/06, Sounds of Sondheim (Young Peoples Musical Revue)-8/06, Shop Till You Drop-Dead-8/06, All the Great Books Abridged- 9/06, Cannibal! The Musical-10/06, The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomens Dramatic Societys Production of A Christmas Carol-12/06, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues-12/06, The Veggie Villain-1/06, Murder At Rutherford House-1/07, The Sunshine Boys-2/07, Night on Broadway-4/07, Barefoot In The Park-5/07

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05/06 : MCT MOVES

MCT moves to new home in downtown Melbourne.

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06/07 : 2007-2008 Season-First Half

Vanities-6/07, Night Watch-7/07, Romantic Comedy-8/07, Amateurs-9/07, G.I. Jukebox:A 1940s Stagedoor Canteen-10/07, Hosted Playwrights Workshop-11/07, Death and Deceit on the Nile-11/07, A Christmas Story-12/07

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07/07 : History of Melbourne Civic Theatre

Melbourne Civic Theatre, then known as Indian River Players, was born in 1951 and is the oldest community theatre in Brevard County. It was incorporated as a Florida Not For Profit Company in 1965. Its first production was Big Hearted Herbert in February of 1952. MCT (then IRP) staged its first three seasons in the municipal auditorium at Trailer Haven. In 1953, Indian River Players began renovation of a partially burned Navy Mess Hall and turned it into a theatre that was their home for over 23 years. When maintenance costs became too high Indian River Players decided to join the effort to renovate the Henegar Center changing its name in 1988 to Melbourne Civic Theatre to further identify itself with the community it serves. MCT began operation as the resident theatre group when the Heneger Center of the Performing Arts opened in 1991. In 1999 MCT moved into its own space in the Metro West Shopping Center in West Melbourne, renovating the former Meadowland Library into a theater. MCT staged many a show and dinner theater production at that location until moving into the former Phoenix Theatre location (MCT’s current home) in Historic Downtown Melbourne in the summer of 2006. From its inception as Indian River Players, MCT has been a melting pot for theatre buffs, not only for acting, but for backstage work: building sets, creating costumes and props, applying make-up, working the box office, ushers, selling concessions, etc. MCT has consistently continued a tradition of providing quality dramas, comedies, mysteries and musicals, but its biggest contribution is the opportunity it affords to community members of all ages to be involved in the magic that is theater. If there is a person who is interested, MCT can find them a job to do!! Participation is open to anyone—no prior experience needed! Auditions are open and well publicized and many a Brevard County thespian has gained his or her start on MCT’s stage. MCT (IRP) has won many awards over the years. Some of the most notable are Winner of Florida Theatre Conference in 1980 with The Dumb Waiter and Winner of Florida Theatre Conference in 1990 with Painting Churches. Actress Gillian Wilson won Best Actress. Through its 55 seasons of producing fine entertainment and education for the community, MCT has had its ebbs and flows, changes and moves and many of the usual situations that any volunteer organization goes through. People have come and gone, but without exception they have left behind them a wealth of memories and a healthy dose of the magic that is theatre. As Melbourne Civic Theatre continues to grow in this new century along with the rest of Historic Downtown Melbourne, its goal is to continue in the fine tradition of those who have gone before and to continue enriching the quality of life in Brevard County. Come and join us!!

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09/07 : Florida Theatre Conference Festival

2nd Place for The Dining Room

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09/07 : 1996-1997 Season

5/96-MCT Salutes teh USO, 9/96-Move Over Mrs. Markham, 11/96-Cinderella, 1/97-You Can t Take It With You, 3/97-Monique, 4/97-MCT Celebrates the Holidays

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11/07 : Indian River Players/Melbourne Civic Theatre Awards and Recognitions

Indian River Players/Melbourne Civic Theatre Awards and Recognitions v 1958 IRP lauded in local press as the company “long considered by visiting New York and Boston critics as the best winter stock company on Florida’s East Coast.” v 1970-IRP Traveling Troupe received a Service Above Self award by Melbourne Rotary Club v 1976-IRP’s Director David Beyer honored by Greater Melbourne Chamber of Commerce v 1978-Melbourne Organization of the Year by the Melbourne Area Chamber of Commerce v 11/1978 Honorable Mention Festival of American Community Theatre v 7/1980-1st place for float in the 4th of July Parade v 12/1980-1st place for float in West Melbourne Christmas Parade v 11/1982-IRP is 1st in Florida in biennial Festival of American Community Theatres sponsored by American Community Theatre Association for The Dumb Waiter. Pete Hancock won Best Actor v 3/1983 Plaque presented by mayor and City Council of Melbourne in recognition of being the “Best Community Theatre in the State of Florida” v 11/1984-2nd Place Florida theatre Conference Festival for The Dining Room v 11/1986, 88, 90. 92 Participation Award Florida Theatre Conference v 11/1990- Best Community Theatre Production in Florida-1st place in Florida Theatre Conference of Community Theatre’s Festival and represented Florida at the regional in NC for Painting Churches. Gillian Wilson won Best Actress for Florida and for the entire Southern Region. v 1991-First MCT show at the new Henegar Center for the Performing Arts-Best Little Whorehouse in Texas v 1992-First Senior Theatre v 11/1992 2nd Place in Statewide biennial American Association of Community Theatre Festival for Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? v 7/1995-Pam Harbaugh’s “season’s best” includes: § Best Newcomers-Dean Caulk and Anne Miller from MCT’s Tintypes § Best Music Director-Martin McGlamery for MCT’s Tintypes § Best Supporting Actress-Susan Suomi for her hilarious job as Suzanne in MCT’s Dearly Departed § Best Director of a Musical-Pamela Joyce for MCT’s Tintypes § Best Musical-MCT’s Tintypes § Most Improved Theatre Company would have been MCT but for issue that caused an interrupted season. § Best “Ad Nauseum-David Erem for his terrific piano playing in Tintypes v 5/2007 Certificate from HorseSisters & Associates, Inc. “For Your Support of All We Do”

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11/07 : “Firsts” for Indian River Players/Melbourne Civic Theatre

v 1951-52-First Community Theatre in Brevard County v 1952-First community theatre to make a theatre out of an old WWII mess hall v 1952-First Community Theatre show in Brevard County-Big Hearted Herbert lauded in a review broadcast on WMMB as a “polished production which would be highly entertaining for all Melbourne audiences.” v 12/1966 First play presented for children with adult cast-The Red Shoes v 1967-First open dress rehearsal to honor the firemen who saved the theatre v 1967-First Summer Children’s Theatre Project v 1968-First local presentation of Spoon River Anthology in conjunction with Friends of Melbourne Library v 1969-First original showcase of creative talent in our community-one-act plays by local playwrights presented v 1969-First IRP road company show to Melbourne Village Women’s Guild Event v 1981-First contest for one act plays of local playwrights. This was an annual event for many years. v 1983-First Young People’s Theatre started for young people by young people v 12/1983-First “Actor-grams” v 3/1989-First Community Theatre in the world to produce Driving Miss Daisy v 1998-First “gender blind” casting in Brevard- Herb Kelly as Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest. v 2000-First theatre company to make a theater out of an old library in a strip mall v 2000-MCT starts dinner theatre in Brevard County v 2000-Young People’s Theatre took their show on the road v 2004-First Taping of a local theatre show to be shown to the troops overseas

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11/07 : Benefits and Fund Raising

<p>In the 55 years of its existence IRP/MCT has done benefits, contributed to fund raising efforts, or otherwise served many organizations including the following:</p> <ul> <li>South Brevard Chapter of the American Diabetic Association </li> <li> Melbourne Florida Bicentenial Projects </li> <li> Melbourne Florida 100th Birthday Celebration </li> <li> Oceanside Charter Chapter of the American Business Women&Acirc;&rsquo;s Scholarship Fund </li> <li> Easter Seals </li> <li> Port St. Lucie Community Theatre </li> <li> American Heart Association </li> <li> Brevard Cultural Alliance </li> <li> Phoenix Theatre</li> <li>HorseSisters &amp; Associates, Inc </li> <li> Wuesthoff Hospital Auxiliary </li> <li> RSVP </li> <li> Girl Scouts of America </li> <li>Friends of Melbourne Library </li> <li>County of Brevard Public Schools</li> <li>Henegar Center for the Performing Arts </li> <li>Opening of Gleason Auditorium at Florida Institute of Technology </li> <li>Civitan Club </li> <li>Rotary Club </li> <li> Hosted Florida Theatre Conference quarterly meeting</li> <li>Honored Abigail Wright Chamberlain Chapter of DAR for Bicentennial </li> <li> Special Services of Patrick Air Force Base </li> <li> Festival of the Arts-Chamber of Commerce of South Brevard</li> <li>Patrick AFB Officer&Acirc;&rsquo;s Wives Club&nbsp;</li> <li>BRAG </li> <li>Florida Children&Acirc;&rsquo;s Home </li> <li>Hacienda Girl&Acirc;&rsquo;s Ranch </li> <li> Habitat for Humanity&nbsp;</li> <li> East Coast Dance </li> <li> Eau Gallie High School and other high schools </li> <li> Brevard Achievement Center </li> <li> Boys and Girls Clubs</li> <li> Eau Gallie Halloween Family Night </li> <li>Brevard Cultural Alliance American Cancer Society</li> </ul>

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03/08 : 2007-2008 Season-Second Half

January 2008 The Last Touchy Feely Drama on the American Stage February 2008 Night on Broadway March 2008 Death of a Salesman April 2008 The Fantasticks May 2008 Gods Favorite

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07/10 : 2009-2010 Our 58th Season

Summer 2009 I Ought to be in Pictures, August- Moon Over Buffalo, October 09 The Full Monty, November 09 Bell, Book and Candle, Christmas with Dino special, January 10 Move Over Mrs. Markham, March 10 Come Back Little Sheba, special An Evening with Tom Jones, April 10, Crimes of the Heart,