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.

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

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