Through the Years with
The Edisto Players
It all began back in 1992 with a production of Daddys Dyin’ Who’s Got the Will presented under a tent on a tennis court on the Fairfield Ocean Ridge resort. Directors were Shane Lawrence and Suzanne Rine and the cast included Ginger Lee, Stephanie Tumbleston, Ella Holforty, Elaine Howard, Richard Rhoden, Gary Nale, Shane Lawrence and Laura Goodwin.
The group was revived in 1994 under the leadership of Jennie Gowan, Tom McDonald and Dee Moseley with a production of Greater Tuna which was “staged” in what was then a vacant room in the Pavilion.
1994
Greater Tuna
The following year we were excited to move our production to the Edisto Island Community Center (the old school building) which had a small stage. We continued to use that facility for the next six years with Tom and Dee alternating directing duties while the other was in the cast.
1995
I Take This Man
1996
Squabbles
1997
The Man with the Plastic Sandwich
1998
Murder in the Magnolias
1999
Let’s Murder Marsha
2000
Murder on Reserve
2001
The Second Time Around
This facility was so limited in space that our prompter, Judy Blancett, and our lighting technician, Ed Winslow, had to “hide out” behind an upright piano on the floor in front of the stage. And please note that while most of these photos are of the actors, we could not produce these plays without the help of all those dedicated backstage workers. They make it possible for the actors to enjoy the spotlight.
Our next two plays were staged at Jane Edwards School. Both had large casts and we needed the extra space.
2002
Our Town
2003
Harvey
2004 brought a big change! The brand new Edisto Beach Education and Civic Center was finished and we had a new home. Also, this was the year that Tom asked Cheryl VanMetre to assist him in directing A Bad Year For Tomatoes and she was such a great asset that she became our director for most of the following…
2004
A Bad Year for Tomatoes
2005
The Foreigner
2006
My Three Angels
2007
The Nerd
2008
HOgwash!
2009
Opal’s Husband
2010
Bull in a China Shop
2011
If it’s Monday, this must be Murder
2012 brought another change. After unsuccessful efforts for a number of years, we were finally able to produce plays in both the spring and fall. The spring play was You Can’t Get There From Here…
2012—Spring
You can’t get there from here
In the fall our production was an original play written by a local resident, Johnny Douglass.
2012—Fall
beach notes
Spring of 2013 brought us the staging of The Red Velvet Cake War…
2013—Spring
The REd Velvet Cake War
Kathy Fritz directed a production of Steel Magnolias in the fall of 2013.
2013—Fall
Steel Magnolias
The Second Lady was our 2014 spring production.
2014—Spring
The Second Lady
And that fall we staged a second production of Johnny Douglass’ slightly revised Beach Notes.
2014—Fall
Beach Notes
In 2015 we reverted back to a single annual production with a spring staging of The Halleluhah Girls.
2015
The Hallelujah Girls
2016’s offering was titled Said the Spider to the Spy.
2016
Said the Spider to the Spy
‘Til Beth Do Us Part was staged in 2017
2017
‘Till Beth Do Us Part
In 2018 we produced the classic, On Golden Pond.
2018
On golden Pond
Mama Won’t Fly was our 2019 production.
2019
Mama Won’t Fly
We were all set in 2020 to stage our spring play when the pandemic shut everything down but rest assured The Dixie Swim Club (re-titled The Sweet Delilah Swim Club) is scheduled for production in March 2022. We hope to see you there!
