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The Whitman Theatre
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Photo Gallery from Whitman Theatre 1957-1961
 
See photos, newspaper articles and programs from Whitman theatre
productions in our Photo
Gallery.
Brief History of the Whitman Theatre
When we arrived at Whitman in fall of 1957, the Whitman theatre
was a barracks from the old McCaw military hospital relocated to
the Whitman campus.
On March 13, 1958 a fire of undetermined origin gutted the Whitman
theatre, delaying the opening of “Guys and Dolls” until late May.
Construction on the Whitman Theatre began in 1958 (cost: $141,000).
The “first official season in a building with a roof” was 1959,
according to HJT Director Nancy Simon ’63.
The Board of Trustees changed the name of the Whitman Theatre to
Harper Joy Theatre in 1967 to honor longtime trustee Harper Joy
’22 for his outstanding service to the college.
A celebration of 50 years of Harper Joy Theatre took place in April
2010.
There were 4 Drama majors in the class of 1961: Beverly Bixby, David
Coxwell, Margaret Keiter, and Rod Price.
Whitman Theatre Productions 1957-1961 (Partial List)
1957-1958
1958-1959
- The Great Musician (produced in Mem chapel)
- Waiting for Godot
- The Princess and the Architect
- Anne of a Thousand Days (presented with the Walla Walla
Little Theatre)
- Androcles and the Lion
- J.B.
1959-1960
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Where's Charley
- The Taming of the Shrew
1960-1961
- Macbeth
- Blood Wedding
- Roshomon
- It Should Happen to a Dog
- Popoff (an original musical written by Rod Alexander
and Nagle Jackson, with music by Dr. David Burge and choreography
by Bill Douglas, directed by Margaret Keiter)
- Santa Claus
- The Second Shepherd's Play
References:
Whitman History 101: Answers (July 2009)
https://www.whitman.edu/content/magazine/past-issues/2009/07/alumni/history101/answers
About Harper Joy Theatre
https://www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/theatre-and-dance/harper-joy-theatre
A Century of Whitman Theatre (including photos and programs)
https://www.whitman.edu/theatre/photo.gallery/index.html
List of productions provided by Margaret Keiter Lapic (personal
communication)
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