HISTORY
HOME MADE THEATER was founded by Jonathan Foster and Susan Miller, incorporated in 1985, and has been committed to creating affordable quality theater for the greater Capital Region ever since. Throughout our history we have gained a reputation for presenting professional quality Community Theater. Our success can be credited to the thousands of hours of work each season accomplished by the joint effort of our professional staff, a team of professional directors and designers, locally sourced actors, and hundreds of volunteers in all areas of production. We are Community Theater with a professional edge.
Our history speaks for itself: our growth from the fifty-five seat theater at Caffé Lena in 1985 to our first three-production season in 1986-87, at the four hundred eighty-six seat Spa Little Theater in Saratoga Spa State Park, was a great accomplishment. Our tremendously popular acting and theater workshops began in 1986 and have continued with the expansion of our summer camp and youth theater conservatory programs. We are a place where everyone can learn theater craft. We wish to foster the advancement and education of artists, actors, designers, and others involved in the theatrical arts.
Production History
Over our 35 years, we have produced over 175 plays and musicals. You can click on each link below to see a photo gallery of the production. Have you acted with us in the past? Look for yourself in a photo and feel free to share, tagging Home Made Theater.
1985-1986
WAIT UNTIL DARK
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
1986-1987
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS
THE RAINMAKER
1987-1988
ON GOLDEN POND
NIGHT MUST FALL
THE ROSE TATTOO
1988-1989
AH, WILDERNESS!
DIAL M FOR MURDER
LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS
1989-1990
THE MIRACLE WORKER
THE HOT L BALTIMORE
COME BLOW YOUR HORN
1990-1991
THE GIN GAME
THE RED SHOES
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST
STAGE DOOR
1991-1992
CORPSE!
ANDROCLES AND THE LION
OF MICE AND MEN
A COUPLA WHITE CHICKS SITTING AROUND TALKING
1992-1993
GYPSY
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
EASTERN STANDARD
PICNIC
1993-1994
THE SUNSHINE BOYS
THE SNOW QUEEN
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
A HATFUL OF RAIN
1994-1995
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
ANGEL STREET
YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU
1995-1996
THE DIARY OF ANN FRANK
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
WRITE ME A MURDER
PLAZA SUITE
1996-1997
THE DIVINERS
THE JUNGLE BOOK
THE DEAL
NOISES OFF
1997-1998
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
THE WIZARD OF OZ
ALL MY SONS
SLEUTH
1998-1999
LETTICE AND LOVAGE
THE STEADFAST TIN SOLDIER
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
RUMORS
1999-2000
WAIT UNTIL DARK
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP
MARVIN’S ROOM
THE FOREIGNER
2000-2001
BILOXI BLUES
SANTA’S LIST
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
OUR TOWN
2001-2002
LEND ME A TENOR
13 CLOCKS
THE FANTASTICKS
DANCING AT LUGHNASA
2002-2003
THE NERD
THE MASQUE OF THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
MACBETH
SOMETHING’S AFOOT
2003-2004
MOON OVER BUFFALO
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE LION IN WINTER
LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR
2010-2011
25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
RAMONA QUIMBY
THE MATCHMAKER
HARVEY
2011-2012
HAIR
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
RUMORS
2004-2005
CABARET
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
2005-2006
LOST IN YONKERS
THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER
THE SANTALAND DIARIES
ALL IN THE TIMING
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
2006-2007
URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
WIT
I HATE HAMLET
2007-2008
SIDE MAN
THE SNOW QUEEN
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND AND THE FIFTEEN MINUTE HAMLET
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
2008-2009
INTO THE WOODS
A LITTLE HOUSE CHRISTMAS
THE SANTALAND DIARIES
BEYOND THERAPY
ENCHANTED APRIL
2009-2010
CURTAINS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
DEATHTRAP
NOISES OFF
2010-2011
25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
RAMONA QUIMBY
THE MATCHMAKER
HARVEY
2011-2012
HAIR
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
RUMORS
2012-2013
9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL
THE WIZARD OF OZ
THE SANTALAND DIARIES
THE 39 STEPS
LEADING LADIES
2013-2014
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
BOEING BOEING
2014-2015
THE ADDAMS FAMILY
THE JUNGLE BOOK
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED)
THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER
2015-2016
A CHORUS LINE
MIRACLE ON 34TH
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
CALENDAR GIRLS
2016-2017
SHREK THE MUSICAL
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
THE GAME’S AFOOT
THE FOREIGNER
2017-2018
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
INSPECTING CAROL
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
2018-2019
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
A CHRISTMAS STORY
THE MOUSETRAP
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
2019-2020
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
MAMMA MIA
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
DIAL M FOR MURDER
2020-2021
CRY IT OUT
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
RADIO PLAYS
2021-2022
NUNSENSE
NEW JERUSALEM
ALMOST MAINE
MOONLIGHT & MAGNOLIAS
THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
2022-2023
NINE
SHE LOVES ME
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
‘NIGHT MOTHER
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
2023-2024
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE
PETER PAN: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE
THE HUMANS
THE SECRET GARDEN