Production History

1982-Present

Throughout Merely Players’ 40 year-history, we have performed over 140 productions. Below is the full history of the productions we have put on.

1982

  • Oklahoma!



1983

  • The Gazebo

  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

  • Guys and Dolls



1984

  • See How They Run

  • The Glass Menagerie

  • Brigadoon

 

1984 - 1985

  • Curious Savage

  • Velveteen Rabbit

  • Mousetrap

  • Hello Dolly

1985 - 1986

  • Same Time Next Year

  • A Christmas Carol

  • You Can't Take it With You

  • Godspell



1986 - 1987

  • Cinderella

  • The Foreigner

  • Music Man



1987 - 1988

  • Hans Christian Andersen

  • Angel Street

  • Oliver



1988 - 1989

  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

  • The Nerd

  • Once Upon a Mattress



1989 - 1990

  • Scrooge

  • Harvey

  • Carousel



1990 - 1991

  • Sleeping Beauty

  • I Do I Do

  • Ten Little Indians



1991 - 1992

  • Traditions

  • Foxfire

  • Rumors



1992 - 1993

  • The Unexpected Guest

  • Barefoot in the Park

  • Strut



1993 - 1994

  • Cinderella

  • The Odd Couple

  • Arsenic and Old Lace



1994 - 1995

  • A Christmas Carol

  • What About Luv?

  • Pure as the Driven Snow



1995 - 1996

  • Blithe Spirit

  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

  • Run for Your Wife

  • Dancing at Lughnasa



1996 - 1997

  • Steel Magnolias

  • Winnie the Pooh

  • The Nerd

  • Do Black Patent Shoes Really Reflect Up?



1997 - 1998

  • Dial M for Murder

  • Velveteen Rabbit

  • Love Letters

  • The Cemetery Club



1998 - 1999

  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

  • A Thousand Clowns

  • Children of Eden



1999 - 2000

  • Alice in Wonderland

  • Mornings at Seven

  • Funny Money



2000 - 2001

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

  • Alone Together

  • Nunsense III



2001 - 2002

  • See How They Run

  • I Do I Do

  • Gazebo



2002 - 2003

  • Nuncrackers

  • Mary Mary

  • Don't Drink the Water



2003 - 2004

  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

  • Caught in the Net

  • The Madwoman of Chaillot



2004 - 2005

  • Honk! The Ugly Duckling

  • Sylvia

  • Mousetrap



2005 - 2006

  • Once Upon a Mattress

  • Over the River and Through the Woods

  • Out of Order



2006 - 2007

  • Nunsensations! The Nunsense Vegas Revue

  • Moon Over Buffalo

  • Rumors



2007 - 2008

  • Everybody Loves Opal

  • Lend Me a Tenor

  • The Night of January 16th



2008 - 2009

  • Love Letters

  • Blithe Spirit

  • Oklahoma!

  • Night of Wonder - featuring Tristan Christ



2009 - 2010

  • Golden Guys & Gals: A Revue I, Nunsense

  • Wind in the Willows

  • The Odd Couple (Female Version)

  • The Unexpected Guest

  • Golden Guys & Gals: The Wonderful World of Oz



2010 - 2011

  • Minnesota'N'ice: It Could be Worse!

  • Hansel & Gretel

  • Move Over Mrs. Markham

  • The Fantastiks

2011 - 2012

  • The Accusing Parlor

  • Golden Guys & Gals: Holiday Notes

  • M is for the Million

  • Fiddler on the Roof

2012 - 2013

  • Helen's Inner Circle

  • The Absence of a Cello

  • James and the Giant Peach

  • The Taffetas

 

2013-2014

  • Little Shop of Horrors

  • It's A Wonderful Life: Live Play

  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

 

2014-2015

  • War of the Worlds, Live Radio Play

  • The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

  • The Good Doctor

  • Guys and Dolls

2015-2016

  • Junie B. Jones

  • Miracle on 34th Street

  • Buddy Holly @ the Kato Ballroom

  • Leading Ladies

 

2016-2017

  • 2016 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)​​

  • The Putnam County Spelling Bee

  • The Snow Queen

  • Back to the 80's @ the Kato Ballroom

  • ​​The Dixie Swim Club

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2017-2018

  • W;t @ Mankato Event Center (presented by Mayo Clinic Health System)

  • 2017 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)

  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

  • All Shook Up @ the Kato Ballroom

  • ​​Robin Hood (Blamire)
     

2018-2019

  •  2018 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)

  • Oliver!

  • My Fair Lady @ the Kato Ballroom

  • ​​The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

2019-2020

  • 2019 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)

  • Chisago (co-produced and presented by Haute Dish Productions)

  • Annie

  • ​​Jesus Christ Superstar

2021-2022

  • 2021 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)

  • Merely After Dark Presents: Rocky Horror Show

  • Rex’s Exes

  • Spider’s Web

  • Matilda The Musical

2022-2023

  • 2022 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)

  • Winnie The Pooh

  • Cabaret

  • The Nerd

  • Oklahoma!

2023-2024

  • 2023 MN Shorts Play Festival (presented by MN Shorts)

  • Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells

  • 9-to-5: The Musical

  • And Then There Were None

  • The Aristocats Kids