516 S Trade St
P.O. Box 654
Tryon, North Carolina 28782
© Tryon Little Theater

Previous Seasons

2022-23 Director
Pump Boys & Dinettes Carol Cox
Dearly Departed Tena Greene-Porter
State Fair Dan Harvey
Boeing Boeing Scott Waddell
Cinderella (Tryon Summer Youth Theater) Jennifer O'Rear
2021-22 Director
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Joel Perkin
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Nancy Winker
Smoke on the Mountain Dan Harvey
The Hallelujah Girls Ben Chumley
2019-20 Director
The Book Club Play Nancy Winker
The Humans Joel Perkin
Bright Star Dan Harvey
2018 -2019 Director
The Last Night of Ballyhoo Carol Cox
Dancing At Lughnasa Catherine Gillet
A Christmas Memory Chris Tinkler
Mamma Mia! (TFAC/TLT) Dan Harvey
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Chris Tinkler
Matilda Chris Tinkler


2017 -2018 Director
Greater Tuna Carol Cox
Outside Mullingar Catherine Gillet
Kiss Me, Kate Dan Harvey
Almost, Maine Joel Perkin
James and the Giant Peach (TFAC/TLT) Chris Tinkler


2016-2017 Director
Lend Me A Tenor Carol Cox
Peter and the Starcatcher Chris Tinkler
The Drowsy Chaperone Dan Harvey
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Scott Waddell
Thoroughly Modern Millie (TFAC/TLT) Kelsey Gibson


2015-2016 Director
Plaza Suite Dan Harvey
You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown Tena Greene & Carol Cox
Once Upon A Mattress Debbie Craig-Archer
Calendar Girls Chris Tinkler
The Little Mermaid (TFAC/TLT) Chris Tinkler


2014-2015 Director
The 25th Annual Putman County Spelling Bee Donna Orzano
A Christmas Story Anna Marie Kuether
Big River Debbie Craig-Archer
Love, Sex & the IRS Scott Waddell
Dorothy in Wonderland (TYC) Debbie Craig-Archer


2013-2014 Director
Rumors Debbie Craig-Archer
My Way - A Tribute to Sinatra Ben Chumley
Fiddler on the Roof Dan Harvey
Proof Connie Clark
Shrek the Musical (TYC) Chris Tinkler


2012-2013 Director
All I Really Need To Know I Learned in Kindergarten Debbie Craig-Archer
1940s Radio Hour Donna Orzano
9 to 5: The Musical Chris Tinkler
Picasso at the Lapin Agile Richard Sharkey
Willy Wonka (TYC) Jenna Tamisiea


2011-2012 Director
Clue Debbie Craig-Archer
My Three Angels Lavin Cuddihee
A Little Night Music Richard Sharkey
Knock Knock Frances McCain
Seussical the Musical (TYC) Jenna Tamisiea


2010-2011 Director
Welcome to Mitford Millicent Hunnicutt
Monky Business Richard Sharkey
Oliver! Chris Tinkler
Done to Death Neela Muñoz
Pippin (TYC) Chris Tinkler
Tom Sawyer (TYC) Marianne Carruth


2009-2010 Director
Little Shop of Horrors Dallas Johann
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) Neela Muñoz
The Sound of Music Chris Tinkler
Grace & Glorie Elvin Clark
Aida (TYC) Chris Tinkler
Charlotte’s Web (TYC) Marianne Carruth


2008-2009 Director
Steel Magnolias Frances McCain
The Foreigner Steve Carlisle
Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol Elvin Clark
High Society Chris Tinkler
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Chris Riddle
Les Miserables (TYC) Chris Tinkler
The Hobbit (TYC) Marianne Carruth


2007-2008 Director
George Washington Slept Here Dallas Johann
All in the Timing Chris Tinkler
The Odd Couple Donna Everett
The Fantasticks Chris Riddle
You Can’t Take It With You Frances McCain
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (TYC) Marianne Carruth
Cats (TYC) Chris Tinkler


2006-2007 Director
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Jacqueline Brown-Williams
Anything Goes Chris Tinkler
A Tuna Christmas Donna Everett
The Last Five Years Chris Tinkler
Kindertransport Kerchner
The Miss Firecracker Contest Frances McCain
The Little Prince (TYC) Marianne Carruth
Beauty and the Beast (TYC) Chris Tinkler


2005-2006 Director
Lost in Yonkers Elvin Clark
Greetings Peter Saputo
Oklahoma Donna Everett
Alice in Wonderland (TYC) Marianne Carruth
Cinderella (TYC) Donna Everett


2004-2005 Director
Quilters Jacqueline Brown-Williams
To Kill a Mockingbird Frances McCain
Aladdin Jr (TYC) Donna Everett


2003-2004 Director
Gypsy Donna Christopher
Everybody Loves Opal Frances McCain
State Fair Joan Puma
3 Murders and It’s Only Monday Ike Wilson
Annie (TYC) Donna Everett


2002-2003 Director
Meet Me in St. Louis Joan Puma
Harvey Ike Wilson
Pajama Game Chris Tinkler
Moon Over Buffalo Heather Huskins
The Sound of Music (TYC) Donna Everett


2001-2002 Director
High Society Chris Tinkler
Dearly Departed Heather Huskins
Carousel Christine Fitch
Schoolhouse Rock Live! (TYC) Millicent Hunnicutt


2000-2001 Director
South Pacific Heather Huskins
Driving Miss Daisy Hll
Guys and Dolls Chris Tinkler
Foxfire Dean Campbell
Peter Pan (TYC) Anna Marie Kuether


1999-2000 Director
Company Donna Christopher
Sherlock Holmes Derek Evans
The Dancing Years Christine Finch
Crimes of the Heart Chris Tinkler
Oliver! (TYC) Anna Marie Kuether


1998-1999 Director
A Chorus Line Donna Orzano
Sylvia Elvin Clark
My Fair Lady Christine Fitch
The Glass Menagerie Elvin Clark
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (TYC) Anna Marie Kuether


1997-1998 Director
The Music Man Christine Finch
Da Brown
Noises Off Connie Clark
The Marriage-Go-Round Dean Campbell


1996-1997 Director
Into the Woods Elvin Clark
The Moving of Lila Barton Frances Lytle
Camelot Christine Finch
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Palmer


1995-1996 Director
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Christine Finch
Arsenic and Old Lace Kirtland Flynn
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine Donna Christopher
Raney Frances Lytle


1994-1995 Director
Nonsense Donna Christopher
A Christmas Carol Murtaugh
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Christine Fitch
I Hate Hamlet Guastella


1993-1994 Director
Brigadoon Christine Fitch
Lettuce & Lovage John Calure
Smoke & Mirrors Murtaugh
The Fantasticks Donna Christopher


1992-1993 Director
Kiss Me Kate Goode
Rehearsal For Murder Kirtland Flynn
Separate Tables Christine Fitch
Visit to a Small Planet Green


1991-1992 Director
Fiddler on the Roof Christine Fitch
First Monday in October John Calure
Come Blow Your Horn Dean Campbell
The Diary of Anne Frank Donna Orzano


1990-1991 Director
High Spirits Goode
Steel Magnolias Kirtland Flynn
The Lion in Winter Brown
Send Me No Flowers Dean Campbell


1989-1990 Director
Something’s Afoot Goode
Evening with Mark Twain Flynn
On Golden Pond Flynn
When We Were Married Ronnie Mosseller


1988-1989 Director
Call Me Madam Miller & Thompson
The Sunshine Boys John Calure
The Mumberley Inheritance Webb
Foxfire Dean Campbell


1987-1988 Director
Mame Dennis Elkins & Betty Brewer
The Foreigner Webb
Chapter Two Glenn
Curious Savage Ronnie Mosseller


1986-1987 Director
My Three Angels Fiol
California Suite Glenn
A Thousand Clowns Connie Clark
The Odd Couple (female) Elvin Clark


1985-1986 Director
Plaza Suite Glenn
Uproar in the House Ronnie Mosseller
Mornings at Seven Brown
The Pleasure of His Company Elvin Clark


1984-1985 Director
The Rainmaker Flynn
The Late Christopher Bean Dalton
Night Must Fall Dean Campbell
The Indoor Sport Palmer


1983-1984 Director
The Heiress Dean Campbell
The White Sheep of the Family Ronnie Mosseller
The Miracle Worker Brown
See How They Run Ronnie Mosseller


1982-1983 Director
No Sex Please, We’re British Dean Campbell
Gigi Goode
The Royal Family Wheeler
The Second Time Around Hoffman


1981-1982 Director
The Belle of Amherst Dean Campbell
Pygmalion Junker
Petticoat Fever Brown
A Streetcar Named Desire Miller


1980-1981 Director
An Inspector Calls Frost
The Philadelphia Story Miller
The Moon Is Blue Brice
The Importance of Being Earnest Junker


1979-1980 Director
Private Lives Miller
Holiday Brown
The Chalk Garden Dean Campbell
A Shot in the Dark Hoffman


1978-1979 Director
6 Rms Riv Vu Carr
Hay Fever Brown
Another Part of the Forest Brice
Bus Stop Dean Campbell


1977-1978 Director
Perfect Pitch Jackson
Affairs of State Frost
The Little Foxes Brice
Love in E-Flatt Hoffman


1976-1977 Director
A Thurber Carnival Frost
The Man Who Came To Dinner Sue Hipps
Wait Until Dark Jackson
Any Wednesday Brice


1975-1976 Director
Blithe Spirit Ronnie Mosseller
Solid Gold Cadillac Lackey
Generation Mayo
Critic’s Choice Brice


1974-1975 Director
Sunday in New York Sue Hipps
Life With Father Lackey
Harvey Pershall
Sabrina Fair Brice


1973-1974 Director
Forty Carats Lackey
Bell, Book & Candle Pershall
The Rainmaker Mayo
Janus Brice


1972-1973 Director
Under the Yum Yum Tree Frost
Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen Ronnie Mosseller
Everybody Loves Opal Cudd
Mary, Mary Brice


1971-1972 Director
The Odd Couple Pershall
Summer Tree Mayo
Barefoot in the Park Frost
Miss Pell Is Missing Ronnie Mosseller


1970-1971 Director
Angel Street Pershall
Cactus Flower Lackey
A Thousand Clowns Mayo
Come Live With Me Ronnie Mosseller


1969-1970 Director
The Mousetrap Pershall
Desk Set Lackey
The Wayward Saint Frost
This Little Hand Hammond


1969 Director
Madwoman of Chaillot Mayo
The Tavern Pershall
Kiss and Tell Lackey


2018-2019                                                                                         Director

The Last Night of Ballyhoo                                                                               Carol Cox
Dancing at Lughnasa                                                                                       Catherine Gillet
A Christmas Memory                                                                                       Chris Tinkler
Mamma Mia! (TFAC/TLT)                                                                                Dan Harvey
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time                                         Chris Tinkler