Organization & Abbreviations

The organization for this document is chronological, beginning with the founding of the Theatre and its early years, and ends with the closing in 2013.  The discussion of each year is based on information found in the theatre’s playbills, newspaper reviews of productions, articles dealing with various theatre activities, as well as information gleaned from personal contacts.  There is also a listing of stage productions in chronological order with names of performers.

The Appendix contains topics that deal with subjects that span more than a single year as well as topics of a non-performance nature.   

The titles of regional newspapers cited in the document’s footnotes are abbreviated as follows:  

CN – Culpeper News
CSE – Culpeper Star Exponent
TDM – The Daily Mail
DNR – Daily News-Record
TFRN – The Front Royal News
HDNR – Harrisonburg Daily News Record
LTM – Loudoun Times-Mirror
NVD – Northern Virginia Daily
TMJ – The Martinsburg Journal
PN&C – Paige News and Courier
PV – The Piedmont Virginian
PG – Purcellville Gazette
RTD – Richmond Times Dispatch
TSFP – The Shenandoah Free Press
TSVH – The Shenandoah Valley-Herald
TWP – The Washington Post
TWaS – The Warren Sentinel
WES – Winchester Evening Star
TWS – The Winchester Star