Three Decades of Drama

Since the mid-1980s, Dr. Rebecca Ansary Pettys has directed 49 productions in Union's Rector Little Theatre. She'll add one more just before retiring this spring. As her last opening night draws near, let's glance back at the plays she has directed from 1984 through her final production, which opens in late March.

1984
Barefoot in the Park by Neil Simon

1985
Gaslight by Patrick Hamilton
The Boor by Anton Chekov
The Good Doctor by Neil Simon

1986
A Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni
Plaza Suite by Neil Simon
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman

1987
Butterflies Are Free by Leonard Gershe
The Odd Couple by Neil Simon

1988
Iphigeneia at Aulis by Euripedes
The Crucible by Arthur Miller

1989
A Killin’ by Patricia Ramsey
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
Night Must Fall by Emlyn Williams

1990
See How They Run by Philip King
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

1991
White Lies, Black Comedy by Peter Shaffer
The Apple Tree by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
Noel and Reb by Paul Power

1992
A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt

1993
The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1994
The Diviners by Jim Leonard, Jr.

1995
A Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni

1996
The Crucible by Arthur Miller

1997
Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig

1998
Rashomon by Fay and Michael Kanin
Iphigeneia at Aulis by Euripedes

1999
California Suite by Neil Simon

2000
Hot l Baltimore by Lanford Wilson

2001
An Evening of Culture by Mark Landon Smith

2002
Antigone by Jean Anouilh
Talking With… by Jane Martin

2003
Tartuffe: Born Again by Freyda Thomas
The Good Doctor by Neil Simon

2004
Hecuba by Euripedes

2005
An Act of the Imagination by Bernard Slade
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder

2006
The Curious Savage by John Patrick

2007
A Case of Libel by Henry Denker

2008
Charley’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas
Doll House by Henrik Ibsen

2009
Comic Potential by Alan Ayckborn
Play On! by Rick Abbot

2010
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman

2011
Twelve Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose

2012
The Lion in Winter by James Goldman