Langley Players Drama Club

Five Decades of Entertainment

Proud to be a Community Tradition!

The 2009 season marked the 40th anniversary of the Langley Players Drama Club. Many Langley residents recall community events held at this site known as the Brookswood Hall. Many events and uses included community dances, wedding receptions, and even a 1944 postwar classroom due to Belmont school overflowing with students.

We are thankful to our founding members, Judy Miskulin, Mary Stewart and Rick Buck for meeting so many years ago in the old library to make plans to form a drama club. Many others joined in to share their creative talents including Dorothy Brown, Alec and Dorothy Goostrey, Ron Bowcott and Derek Bissett.

Since the clubs' formation in 1969, and after three years of moving and hauling in and out of Murrayville and Stafford schools in the Langley area, the Langley Players gratefully settled in the Brookswood Hall in 1972. The pioneer troupe, with Director Alec Goostrey, performed The Long Christmas Dinner. The admission prices were 1.00 for adults and .50 for students.

In the late 90's with the support of the Township, the Province of BC and several generous community supporters, many improvements were made to the 1939 building which included restoring the interior theatre space, new seats, carpets, and stage resurfacing, a much improved lobby, backstage and parking lot. The biggest change to our club has been on stage, improving the quality of the craft through education. Through our Provincial group – Theatre BC, and along with other community theatres we are able to foster quality and skill for the production teams.

The Sixties & Seventies

1969 — 1979

Title	Director	Playwright	Month	Year
Godsend	Jennifer Locke	Ray Lawler	April	1969
Picnic	Lee Taylor	William Inge	March	1970
The Importance of Being Earnest	Lee Taylor	Oscar Wilde	December	1970
Our American Cousin	Dorothy Goostrey	Tom Taylor	December	1971
Call The Selkie Home	Derek Bisset	Eleanor D Glaser	April	1972
The Long Christmas Dinner	Alex Goostrey	Thornton Wilder	November	1972
The Cat On The Fiddle	Dorothy Goostrey	Neil Simon	June	1973
The Sins Of The Fathers	Laura Hargreaves	Leo Smith	November	1973
Best of Friends	Jim Cliffe	James Elward	May	1974
Orpheus Descending	Lee Taylor	Tennessee Williams	December	1974
Gigi	Betty Warren	Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette	March	1975
The Gingerbread Lady	Sharon Pollock	Neil Simon	November	1975
Any Wednesday	Victoria Laidlaw	Muriel Resnik	March	1976
Knock	Lee Taylor	Jules Romains	November	1976
The Heiress	Dorothy Goostrey	Ruth & Augustus Goetz	March	1977
The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild	Derek McCooey	Paul Zindel	November	1977
The Girl In The Freudian Slip	Victoria Laidlaw	Wm. F. Brown	March	1978
There Goes The Bride	Paul Goodrich	Ray Cooney/John Chapman	November	1978
The Marriage Go Round	Alex Holm	Leslie Stevens	November	1979
Trio - Shock of Recognition	Paul Goodrich	Robert Anderson	May	1979
Trio - Sorry Wrong Number	Victoria Laidlaw	Lucille Fletcher	May	1979

The Eighties

1980 — 1989

Title	Director	Playwright	Month	Year
A Murder Is Announced	Bill Green	Agatha Christie	May	1980
I Never Sang For My Father	Gwyneth Harvey	Robert Anderson	February	1980
The Curious Savage	Gwyneth Harvey	John Patrick	November	1980
Confusions - A Talk in the Park	Vicki Dubois	Alan Ayckbourn	May	1981
Confusions - Between Mouthfuls	Peter Walton	Alan Ayckbourn	May	1981
Confusions - Drinking Companion	John Wright	Alan Ayckbourn	May	1981
Confusions - Gosforth's Fete	John Wright	Alan Ayckbourn	May	1981
Confusions - Mother Figure	Brian Leonard	Alan Ayckbourn	May	1981
The Haunting of Hill House	John Wright	F. Andrew Leslie	November	1981
Time to Kill	Dale Kelly	Leslie Darbon	February	1981
Relatively Speaking	Paul Goodrich	Alan Ayckbourn	February	1982
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds	Derek McCooey	Paul Zindel	May	1982
Two and Two Make Sex	Martin Millerchip	Richard Harris/Leslie Darbon	November	1982
Barefoot In The Park	Brad Williams	Neil Simon	November	1983
The Actor's Nightmare	Randall Holmes	Christopher Durang	June	1983
Who Killed Santa Claus?	Gwyneth Harvey	Terence Feely	March	1983
Butterflies are Free	Terry McLellan	Leonard Gershe	June	1984
Murder at the Howard Johnson	Dale Kelly	Ron Clark/Sam Bobrick	March	1984
Porch	Martin Millerchip	Jeffrey Sweet	June	1984
The Hand That Cradles The Rock	Carol Munro	Warren Graves	November	1984
Absurd Person Singular	John Wright	Alan Ayckbourn	November	1985
Never Too Late	Brian Leonard	Sumner Arthur Long	February	1985
Veronica's Room	Dale Kelly	Ira Levin	May	1985
Canada's Patio	Dale Kelly	Rae Purcell	July	1986
Ever Loving	Duncan Fraser	Margaret Hollingsworth	February	1986
My Fat Friend	Klaus Werner	Charles Lawrence	May	1986
Whodunnit ?	Brian Leonard	Anthony Shaffer	November	1986
A Mighty Man is He	Dwayne Campbell	Kober & Oppenheimer	February	1987
Betrayal	Carol Munro	Harold Pinter	April	1987
Hide and Seek	Helen Romero	Lezley Harvard	November	1987
Dracula: The Musical?	Dwayne Campbell	Rick Abbot	November	1988
How The Other Half Loves	Brian Leonard	Alan Ayckbourne	February	1988
Murder By The Book	Dale Kelly	Dunian Greenwood/Robert King	May	1988
1 - Bed Among the Lentils	Derek McCooey	Allan Bennett	November	1989
2 - I'm Herbert	Derek McCooey	Robert Anderson	November	1989
3 - Silence	Derek McCooey	Harold Pinter	November	1989
Silent Night, Lonely Night	Brian Leonard	Robert Anderson	February	1989
Soundings - An Evening of Memories: Three One Act Plays	Derek McCooey	Various	November	1989

The Nineties

1990 — 1999

Title	Director	Playwright	Month	Year
Come Blow Your Horn	Helen Romero	Neil Simon	November	1990
Murder in Mind	Scott Wheeler	Terence Feely	February	1990
Fresh Harvest	Randall Holmes	Shelley Picard	February	1991
Key for Two	Helen Romero	John Chapman/Dave Freeman	November	1991
Run for your Wife	Randall Holmes	Ray Cooney	May	1991
Alone Together	Shelley Picard	Lawrence Roman	April	1992
Opening Night	Paul Kloegman	Norm Foster	November	1992
Twelve Angry Men	Scott Wheeler	Reginald Rose	March	1992
Albertine in Five Times	Randall Holmes	Michel Tremblay	March	1993
Death of Zukasky	Paul Eddy	Richard Strand	October	1993
Three For The Money - 1 Loyalty	Mary Morley	Various	May	1993
Three For The Money - 2 Blind Date with Mary	Marion Refeen	Various	May	1993
Three For The Money - 3 The Square Root of Love	Mike Parker	Various	May	1993
Harvey	Alex Holm	Mary Chase	November	1994
Murder in Green Meadows	Paul Kloegman	Douglas Post	February	1994
The Melville Boys	Steve Derik	Norm Foster	May	1994
Anybody for Murder:	David Lloyd Austin	Dennis Spooner & Brian Clemens	November	1995
Slow Dancing	Randall Holmes	Shelley Picard	February	1995
The Garage Sale	Dale Kelly	David King	May	1995
My Three Angels	Randall Holmes	Sam & Bella Spewack	October	1996
The Dining Room	Paul Eddy	A.R. Gurney	March	1996
The Incredible Pickled Pigeon Pirate Case	Howard Pigeon	Roy Teed	May	1996
Crossing Delancey	Scott Wheeler	Susan Sandler	May	1997
David's Mother	Christine Campbell	Bob Randall	February	1997
Shrunken Heads	Dale Kelly	M. Z. Ribalow	November	1997
A Savior in Eden	Randall Holmes	Shelley Picard	February	1998
Faith County II: An Evening Of Culture	Richard Pare	Mark Landon Smith	October	1998
The Last Days of the Dixie Girls Café	Tina Campbell	Robin Swicord	April	1998
Killjoy	David Lloyd Austin	Jerry Mayer	May	1999
Saving Grace	Barb Harris	Jack Sharkey	November	1999
The Lion in Winter	Randall Holmes	James Goldman	February	1999
The Robert Service Show	Tom Byrne	Tom Byrne	March	1999

Y2K

2000 — 2009

Title	Director	Playwright	Month	Year
A Talent For Murder	Rita Price	Jerome Chodorov and Norman Panama	May	2000
Blythe Spirit	Randall Holmes	Noel Coward's	February	2000
E.R.S. (Early Retirement Syndrome)	Dale Kelly	Rae Purcell	November	2001
Sinners	Rita Price	Norm Foster	February	2001
The Village of Idiots	Martin Shepherd	John Lazarus	April	2001
The Affections of May	Shirley Clark	Norm Foster	February	2002
The Odd Couple	Barb Harris/Rita Price	Neil Simon	May	2002
The Supporting Cast	David Lloyd Austin	George Furth	November	2002
Gwendoline	Shirley Clark	James W. Nichol	April	2003
Par For The Corpse	Barb Harris	Margaret Bracewell	February	2003
The Snow Queen	Mary Renvall	Hans Christian Andersen	December	2003
Three Goats and a Blanket	Rita Price	Woody King & Robert J. Hilliard	October	2003
Biloxi Blues	Mike Parker	Neil Simon	April	2004
Here On The Flight Path	Shirley Clark	Norm Foster	February	2004
Kiss The Moon, Kiss The Sun	Shirley Clark	Norm Foster	October	2004
Between Yourself and Me	Lynne Karey-McKenna	David Belke	February	2005
Penumbra	Darren Chapel	Linda Zwicker	April	2005
The Cemetery Club	Randall Holmes	Ivan Menschell	October	2005
Footprints on the Moon	Kristina Willing	Maureen Hunter	April	2006
Halo	Alaina Holland	Josh MacDonald	October	2006
Silver Dagger	Lynne Karey-McKenna	David French	February	2006
Maggie's Getting Married	Mary Renvall	Norm Foster	October	2007
The Long Weekend	Tara Ryan	Norm Foster	February	2007
Three Tall Women	Greg Bishop	Edward Albee	April	2007
Bedtime Stories	Mary Renvall	Norm Foster	October	2008
'night, Mother	Greg Bishop	Marsha Norman	February	2008
The Boys Next Door	Shirley Clark	Tom Griffin	May	2008
Steel Magnolias	Helen Embury	Robert Harling	January	2009
I Remember You	Shirley Clark	Bernard Slade	April	2009
The Last Real Summer	Angela Bell	Warren Graves	October	2009

2010 And Beyond

2010 — …

Title	Director	Playwright	Month	Year
The Good Game	Helen Embury	Roy Teed	January	2010
K2	Shirley Clark	Patrick Meyers	April	2010
Office Hours	Mary Renvall	Norm Foster	October	2010
For Better	Angela Bell	Eric Coble	January	2011
Lost In Yonkers	Mary Renvall	Neil Simon	April	2011
Waiting For The Parade	Helen Embury	John Murrell	October	2011
Victoria's House	Angela Bell	Fred Carmichael	January	2012