Theatrical Arts

Canandaigua Academy Theatre
began in 1923 with the production of The Love Pirates of Hawaii under the direction of Miss Mattison and Miss Curtis. In 1964, twenty-three productions later, the actual Academy Players Drama Club began. From 1960-1990, the Academy Players put on thirty-two productions, all under various directors. In 1991, Mr. Scott Schauman, our current director, began to direct and produce the productions.Amazing photos by Laurie Kroon
All Shook Up- 2019
Academy Past Performances
1943 - 1990
- Ever Since Eve - 1943
- Once and For All - 1944
- The Christmas Carol Stars - 1948
- Divine Flora - 1949
- Meet Me in St. Louis - 1950
- Seventeenth Summer - 1951
- Mr. Barry's Etchings - 1951
- The Case of the Silent Caroler - 1951
- Our Miss Brooks - 1952
- No Room for a King - 1952
- At the Feet of the Madonna - 1953
- Men Are Like Street Cars - 1954
- Breen Valley - 1955
- Who Stayed Home? - 1955
- Curtain Going Up - 1956
- The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners - 1957
- The Family Nobody Wanted - 1958
- Love Your Neighbor - 1959
- Rebel Without a Cause - 1960
- On With the Show - 1960
- The Thread That Runs So True - 1961
- Bye Bye Birdie - 1963
1964 - Actual Academy Players Drama Club Began
- Finian's Rainbow - 1965
- Love Makes the World Go Square - 1966
- The First Mrs. Paris - 1967
- Music Man - 1968
- The Miracle Worker - 1969
- Oklahoma! - 1970
- Under Milkwood - 1970
- Little Wormen - 1971
- Spoon River - 1971
- The Crucible - 1972
- The Cave Dwellers - 1972
- Hello Out There - 1972
- Camelot - 1973
- The Rimers of Eldritch - 1973
- Cactus Flowers - 1974
- Murder Takes the Stage - 1975
- The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - 1975
- Petey's Choice - 1976
- You Can't Take it With You - 1976
- Our Town - 1977
- What's Wrong with the Girls - 1978
- Don't Drink the Water - 1978
- The Simple Truth - 1978
- The Braggart - 1978
- Ten Little Indians - 1980
- The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - 1981
- Bye Bye Birdie - 1985
- I Know I Saw Gypsies - 1987
- Godspell - 1987
- Bye Bye Birdie - 1988
- The Face on the Barroom Floor - 1988
- You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - 1989
- Once Upon a Mattress - 1990
1991 - Present
All Productions from 1991 - present were produced and directed by Mr. Scott Schauman. Musical Direction by Mrs. Mary Hamlin 1991 - 1999
- Damn Yankees - 1991
- The Mouse That Roared
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood - 1992
- Dark of the Moon - 1992
- Grease - 1993
- Kiss and Tell - 1993
- Fiddler on the Roof - 1994
- The Crucible - 1994
- Oklahoma! - 1995
- The Good Doctor - 1995
- West Side Story - 1996
- Death of a Salesman - 1996
- Into the Woods - 1997
- 3 "Plays in a Round": The Real Inspector Hound, Fool's Paradise, The Still Alarm - 1997
- Anything Goes - 1998
- Harvey - 1998
- Oliver! - 1999
- Our Town - 1999
Musical Direction by Jennifer Maxfield 2000-2001
- George M! - 2000
- Noises Off - 2000
- The Boyfriend - 2001
- Witness for the Prosecution - 2001
Musical Direction by Mrs. Amy Story 2002-2014
- Titanic - 2002
- The Man Who Came to Dinner - 2002
- Les Miserables - 2003
- Picnic - 2003
- Big River - 2004
- On the Tazzle - 2004
- Seussical - The Musical - 2005
- The Miser - 2005
- The Music Man - 2006
- Flowers for Algernon - 2006
- Beauty and the Beast - 2007
- You Can't Take It With You - 2007
- Ragtime - 2008
- Look Homeward, Angel - 2008
- Showboat - 2009
- The Phantom Tollbooth - 2009
- Les Miserables - 2010
- Detective Story - 2010
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - 2011
- The Crucible - 2011
- All Shook Up - 2012
- Battle of Angels - 2012
- Legally Blonde - 2013
- Rehearsal for Murder - 2013
- Titanic - 2014
- The Divine Flora - 2014
Musical Direction by Ms. Jenny Cerne 2015-Present
- Nice Work If You Can Get It - 2015
- Jabberwock - 2015
- The Little Mermaid - 2016
- Rimers of Eldritch - 2016
- Disaster! - 2017
- George Washington Slept Here! - 2017
- Ragtime-2018
- On the Razzle- 2018
- All Shook Up- 2019
Photo Gallery of Past Performances
- Thoroughly Modern Millie - 2011
- The Crucible - 2011
- All Shook Up - 2012
- Battle of Angels - 2012
- Legally Blonde - 2013
- Rimers of Eldrich - 2016
- Disaster - 2017
- Ragtime- 2018
- Razzle - 2018