THE BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB

The Barnstable High School Drama Club officially began in 1957. In 1965, under the leadership of Jim Ruberti, the BHSDC started to develop into the club we know and love today.

DIRECTORS

MARY BARTH (2021-PRESENT)
TABITHA THOMAS (2019-2021)
JEFFREY BILLARD (2015-2019)
EDWARD O'TOOLE (2011-2015)
JOHN SULLIVAN (1991-2011)
PETER CROSBY (1990-1991)
JOHN SULLIVAN (1981-1990)
JIM RUBERTI (1965-1981)
ELLIOTT MACSWANN/ CHARLES HOWES/ SUZANNE HOWES (1957-1965)

BHSDC PRODUCTION HISTORY

2025-2026
A Christmas Carol:

A Christmas Carol Cast

Mamma Mia:

Mamma Mia Cast

2024-2025
Mean Girls High School Version:

Mean Girls Cast

Disney's The Little Mermaid:

The Little Mermaid Cast

2023-2024
A Haunting We Will Go:

A-Haunting We Will Go Cast

Newsies:

Newsies Cast

2022-2023
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee:

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Cast

Mary Poppins:

Mary Poppins Cast

2021-2022
Shrek: The Musical:

Shrek the Musical Cast

2020-2021
(Season Cancelled)

2019-2020
Once Upon A Mattress (Cancelled)

2018-2019
Dracula: The Radio Play
Fahrenheit 451
Pippin
Silent Sky (Cancelled)

2017-2018
High School Musical
She Loves Me

2016-2017
35th Annual Haunted House
The Women of Lockerbie
Into the Woods

2015-2016
34th Annual Haunted House
Almost, Maine
Godspell
Twelfth Night

2014-2015
33rd Annual Haunted House
The Great Gatsby
Anything Goes
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2013-2014
32nd Annual Haunted House
The Shop Around the Corner
The Sound of Music
Cymbeline

2012-2013
31st Annual Haunted House
The Crucible
Little Shop of Horrors
Much Ado About Nothing

2011-2012
30th Annual Haunted House
It’s A Wonderful Life: The Radio Show
Grease
As You Like It
Fahrenheit 451

2010-2011
29th Annual Haunted House
Seussical
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Twelfth Night

2009-2010
28th Annual Haunted House
Babes in Toyland
Beauty and the Beast
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

2008-2009
27th Annual Haunted House
A Christmas Carol
The Hobbit
Romeo and Juliet

2007-2008
26th Annual Haunted House
Fiddler on the Roof
The Wizard of OZ
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare, Abridged

2006-2007
25th Annual Haunted House
Pirates of Penzance
Much Ado About Nothing
Barnum

2005-2006
24th Annual Haunted House
Alice in Wonderland
Annie
Twelfth Night

2004-2005
23rd Annual Haunted House
Seussical
Beauty and the Beast
As You Like It

2003-2004
22nd Annual Haunted House
Scrooge
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Music Man

2002-2003
21st Annual Haunted House
Babes in Toyland
Peter Pan
Merry Wives of Windsor

2001-2002
20th Annual Haunted House
The Point
Our Town
Twelfth Night
Bye Bye Birdie

2000-2001
19th Annual Haunted House
Fiddler on the Roof
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The Winter’s Tale

1999-2000
18th Annual Haunted House
My Fair Lady
The Hobbit
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

1998-1999
17th Annual Haunted House
The Glass Menagerie
As You Like It
The Wizard of Oz

1997-1998
16th Annual Haunted House
Sullivan and Gilbert
Bye Bye Birdie

1996-1997
15th Annual Haunted House
A Christmas Carol
The Music Man

1995-1996
Haunted House, Jr.
The Point
Alice in Wonderland

1994-1995
14th Annual Haunted House
Revenge of the Space Pandas
On the Twentieth Century

1993-1994
13th Annual Haunted House
Babes in Toyland
Joseph

1992-1993
12th Annual Haunted House
Annie
Pippin

1991-1992
11th Annual Haunted House
The Sound of Music
The Hobbit

1990-1991
A Christmas Carol
Godspell

1989-1990
Enchanted Village
Little Shop of Horrors

1988-1989
Tenth and Last Haunted House
The Point
The Wizard of Oz

1987-1988
Ninth Haunted House
Babes in Toyland
Oliver

1986-1987
Eighth Haunted House
Annie
Barnum

1985-1986
Seventh Haunted House
A Christmas Carol
Fiddler on the Roof

1984-1985
Sixth Haunted House
Alice in Wonderland
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1983-1984
Fifth Haunted House
Babes in Toyland
The Lord of the Rings

1982-1983
Fourth Annual Haunted House
The Wizard of Oz

1981-1982
Third Haunted House
A Christmas Carol
Hooch
The Sunshine Boys

1980-1981
Second Haunted House
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Hobbit

1979-1980
First-ever Haunted House
The Pirates of Penzance
The Music Man

1978-1979
Four Short Plays:
The Cop and the Anthem; Still Alarm;
The Man in the Bowler Hat; The Pest
The Sound of Music

1977-1978
HMS Pinafore
Good News

1976-1977
The Wizard of OZ
Don’t Drink the Water
Oklahoma

1975-1976
George M.
Romeo and Juliet

1974-1975
The Mouse That Roared
Anything Goes

1973-1974
Man at the Top
Deadwood Dick
Annie Get Your Gun

1972-1973
South Pacific

1971-1972
Dracula Baby
The Lark
Fiddler on the Roof

1970-1971
Guys and Dolls

1969-1970
The Rivals
Welcome to the Monkey House
Kiss Me Kate

1968-1969
Deadwood Dick
Oliver!
Kiss Me Kate

1967-1968
Three One-Act Plays:
The Informer; Four Hundred Nights; The Man in the Bowler Hat
West Side Story

1966-1967
Becket

1965-1966
Taming of the Shrew

1964-1965
The Mouse That Roared

1963-1964
Harvey

1962-1963
Kiss and Tell

1961-1962
Senior Play

1960-1961
Nothing But the Truth

1959-1960
Icebound

1958-1959
Sunday Costs Five Pesos

1957-1958
Tiger House
Crime Photographer

Barnstable High School Drama Club

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