Production History

30+ Years of Live theater

Coal Creek Theater of Louisville began in 1990 with a free outdoor performance of Paul Sills’ Story Theater in Memory Square Park, sparking interest in creating a local theater company. From its early shows - including the historically inspired December in Louisville—1914 by founding member Pasco Scarpella - Coal Creek Theater of Louisville has grown into a cornerstone of this historic mining town’s cultural scene. Today, CCTL produces three diverse shows each year, ranging from comedies to musicals, while also spotlighting local talent through the Front Range Playwrights Showcase.

Seasons 31-34 (2020-2024)

  • The Runner Stumbles (2020)

    Written by: Milan Stitt
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • Reader's Theater (2020)

    Written by: Merriman Wilde
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen-Smith

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  • Spirits in the Night (2020)

    Written by: Carmine DePaulo
    Directed by: Nita Froelich

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  • Psalm of Purgation (2020)

    Written by: Scott Gibson
    Directed by: Nanci Van Fleet

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  • Scottish Mice (2021)

    Written by: Judy GeBauer
    Directed by: Dan Schock

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  • Dawsey Nadgett (2021)

    Written by: Judy GeBauer
    Directed by: Linda D. Orr

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  • The Savannah Sipping Society (2021)

    Written by: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • Eleemosynary (2021)

    Written by: Lee Blessing
    Directed by: Veronica Straight-Lingo

  • This Random World (Year)

    Written by: Steven Dietz
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • Epic Proportions (2022)

    Written by: David Crane & Larry Coen
    Directed by: M. Shane Grant

  • 3rd Evening of Colorado-Grown One-Acts (2022)

    With Original Works by: Scott Gibson, Louis Irwin & Merriman Wilde

  • Of Mice and Men (2022)

    Written by: John Steinbeck
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • Deathtrap (2023)

    Written by: Ira Levin
    Directed by: Rob Mess

  • Rope (2023)

    Written by: Patrick Hamilton
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 13th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2023)

  • The Legacy of Baker Street (2023)

    Written by: Brian Dowling
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • Charley's Aunt (2024)

    Written by: Brandon Thomas
    Directed by: Staci York

  • Shadowlands (2024)

    Written by: William Nicholson
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 4th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2024)

    With Original Works by: Scott Gibson & Brad Rutledge

  • Stop Kiss (2024)

    Written by: Diana Son
    Directed by: M. Shane Grant

Seasons 25-30 (2015-2019)

  • Moon Over Buffalo (2015)

    Written by: Ken Ludwig
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • Moonlight and Magnolias (2015)

    Written by: Ron Hutchinson
    Directed by: Ash VanScoyoc

  • 9th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2015)

    With Original Works by: Jacqueline Garcia, Oliver Gerland & Kelly McMahan

  • The 39 Steps (2015)

    Written by: Patrick Barlow
    Directed by: Bernie Cardell

  • Escabana in the Moonlight (2016)

    Written by: Jeff Daniels
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • Dancing at Lughnasa (2016)

    Written by: Brian Friel
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 10th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2016)

    With Original Works by: Sue Bachman, Scott Gibson & Grant Swenson

  • Absurd Person Singular (2016)

    Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
    Directed by: Madge Montgomery

  • And Then There Were None (2017)

    Written by: Agatha Cristie
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • Enchanted April (2017)

    Written by: Matthew Barber
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • 1st Evening of Colorado-Grown One-Acts (2017)

    With Original Works by: Scott Gibson & Grant Swenson
    Directed by: Veronica Straight-Lingo & Paul Wells

  • 11th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2017)

    With Original Works by: Oliver Gerlund, Colette Mazunik & Nabih Saliba

  • Shining City (2017)

    Written by: Conor McPherson
    Directed by: Paul Wells

  • Becky Shaw (2018)

    Written by: Gina Gionfriddo
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • Incorruptible (2018)

    Written by: Michael Hollinger
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • 2nd Evening of Colorado-Grown One Acts (2018)

    With Original Works by: Oliver Gerlund, Colette Mazunik & Nabih Saliba

  • Over the River and Through the Woods (2018)

    Written by: Joe DiPietro
    Directed by: Jim Carver

  • Blessed Assurance (2019)

    Written by: Laddy Sartin
    Directed by: Kirsten Jorgensen Smith

  • Outside Mullingar

    Written by: John Patrick Shanley
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 12th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2019)

    With Original Works by: Scott Gibson, Louis Irwin & Merriman Wilde

  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2019)

    Written by: Oscar Wilde
    Directed by: Janine Ann Kehlenbach

Seasons 20-24 (2010-2014)

  • Shakespeare Incorporated (2010)

    Regional Premiere
    Written by: Don Fried
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • Angel Street (2010)

    Written by: Patrick Hamilton
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 4th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2010)

    With Original Works by: Linda Berry, William C. Kovacsik, Jeffrey Neuman & Carrie Printz

  • I Hate Hamlet (2010)

    Written by: Paul Rudnick
    Directed by: Nita Froelich

  • Beau Jest (2011)

    Written by: James Sherman
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • On Borrowed Time (2011)

    Written by: Paul Osborn
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • 5th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2011)

    With Original Works by: Linda Berry, Katherine Dubois & Carrie Printz

  • Proof (2011)

    Written by: David Auburn
    Directed by: Russell Orr

  • Brighton Beach Memoirs (2012)

    Written by: Neil Simon
    Directed by: Larisa Netterlund

  • The Nerd (2012)

    Written by: Larry Shue
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 6th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (20112)

    With Original Works by: Don Fried, Melissa Leach & John C. Wolter

  • All My Sons (2012)

    Written by: Arthur Miller
    Directed by: Stephany Roscoe

  • Close Ties (2013)

    Written by: Elizabeth Diggs
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • The Fantasticks (2013)

    Music & Lyrics: Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • 7th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2013)

    With Original Works by: Linda Berry, Katherine DuBois & Scott Gibson

  • Bodice Ripper (2013)

    World Premiere
    Written by: Don Fried
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • The Women of Lockerbie (2014)

    Written by: Deborah Brevoort
    Directed by: Larisa Netterlund

  • The Dixie Swim Club (2014)

    Written by: Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, & Jamie Wooten
    Directed by: Nita Froelich

  • 8th Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2014)

    With Original Works by: Carmine DePaulo, Karen Goodwin, Melissa Leach & Peter Nemenhoff

  • The Great American Trailer Park Musical (2014)

    Music & Lyrics: David Nehls
    Directed by: Heather Frost

Seasons 15-19 (2005-2009)

  • Rumors (2005)

    Written by: Neil Simon
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • Crimes of the Heart (2005)

    Written by: Beth Henley
    Directed by: Lisa Korson

  • Picnic (2005)

    Written by: William Inge
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • Barefoot in the Park (2006)

    Written by: Neil Simon

  • On Golden Pond (2006)

    Written by: Ernest Thompson

  • Grease! (2006)

    Book, Music & Lyrics: Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey

  • The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 (2007)

    Written by: John Bishop
    Directed by: Linda Orr

  • The Mousetrap (2007)

    Written by: Agatha Cristie
    Directed by: Bernie Cardell

  • 1st Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2007)

  • Lucky Stiff (2007)

    Music & Lyrics: Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • The Rainmaker (2008)

    Written by: N. Richard Nash
    Directed by: Charles Packard

  • Sylvia (2008)

    Written by: A. R. Gurney
    Directed by: Dan Schock

  • 2nd Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2008)

  • Anything Goes (2008)

    Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • The Last Night of Ballyhoo (2009)

    Written by: Alfred Uhry
    Directed by: Russell Orr

  • You Can't Take it With You (2009)

    Written by: George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • 3rd Annual Front Range Playwright's Showcase (2009)

  • Voice of the Prairie (2009)

    Written by: John Olive
    Directed by: Linda Orr

  • A Tuna Christmas (2009)

    Written by: Ed Howard, Jaston Williams, and Joe Sears
    Directed by: Nita Froelich

Seasons 11-14 (2000-2004)

  • Suds (2000)

    Book: Melinda Gilb, Steve Gunderson & Bryan Scott
    Directed by: Ken Silvinksi

  • Murder on the Nile (2000)

    Written by: Agatha Cristie
    Directed by: Pasco Scarpella

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (2000)

    Written by: Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett
    Directed by: Karen Brown

  • Personals (2001)

    Music & Lyrics: William Dreskin, Joel Philip Friedman, Seth Friedman, Alan Menken, Steven Schwartz & Michael Skloff
    Directed by: Ken Silvinksi

  • Lost in Yonkers (2001)

    Written by: Neil Simon

  • Clue the Musical (2001)

    Music & Lyrics: Galen Blum, Wayne Barker, Vinnie Martucci & Tom Chiodo
    Directed by: Ken Silvinksi

  • Working (2002)

    Music & Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, James Taylor & Susan Birkenhead
    Directed by: Kim Kimbrough

  • The Cemetery Club (2002)

    Written by: Ivan Menchell
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • Bye Bye Birdie (2002)

    Music & Lyrics: Charles Strouse & Lee Adams
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • Love Letters (2003)

    Written by: A.R. Gurney
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • Almost Perfect (2003)

    Written by: Jerry Mayer

  • Gianni Schicchi (2003)

    Adapted by: Giacomo Puccini
    Original Liberetto by: Giovacchino Forzano
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (2003)

    Music & Lyrics: Clark Gesner & John Gordon
    Directed by: Sheri Davis

  • Steel Magnolias (2004)

    Written by: Robert Harling
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

  • That Championship Season (2004)

    Written by: Jason Miller
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • Once Upon a Mattress (2004)

    Written by: Music & Lyrics: Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer
    Directed by: Lynn Fleming

Seasons 6-10 (1995-1999)

  • Lend Me a Tenor (1995)

    Written by: Ken Ludwig
    Directed by: Nita Froelich

  • Trial by Jury/Cox and Box (1995)

    Book, Music & Lyrics: Sir Arthur Sullivan
    Directed by: Rick Hays

  • Wait Until Dark (1996)

    Written by: Frederick Knott
    Directed by: Pasco Scarpella

  • Talking With... (1996)

    Written by: Jane Martin
    Directed by: Ken Silvinksi

  • Plaza Suite (1997)

    Written by: Neil Simon
    Directed by: Pasco Scarpella

  • Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (1997)

    Music & Lyrics: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
    Directed by: Rick Hays

  • The Foreigner (1998)

    Written by: Larry Shue
    Directed by: Stuart Barr

  • The Dining Room (1998)

    Written by: A.R. Gurney, Jr.
    Directed by: Karen Brown

  • Broadway Then and Now! (1999)

    Compiled by: John Kenrick
    Directed by: Ken Silvinski

  • Little Shop of Horrors (1999)

    Music & Lyrics: Alan Menken & Howard Ashman
    Directed by: Pasco Scarpella

  • Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)

    Music & Lyrics: Andrew Lloyd Weber, Tim Rice
    Directed by: Rick Hays

Seasons 1-5 (1990-1994)

  • Story Theater (1990)

    Written by: Paul Sills

  • December in Louisville, 1914 (1990)

    Written by: Pasco Scarpella
    Directed by: Pasco Scarpella

  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1991)

    Written by: Joseph Kesselring
    Directed by: Rick Hays

  • The Fireman's Flame (1991)

    Written by: Richard Lewine
    Directed by: Mark Johnson

  • An Evening of One Acts (1992)

    With Works by: Pat Cook, Bruce Kimes & Phoebe Hoffman

  • The House of Frankenstein (1992)

    Written by: Martin Downing
    Directed by: Rick Hays

  • Don't Drink the Water (1993)

    Written by: Woody Allen

  • Tender Lies (1993)

    Written by: Nancy Gilsenan
    Directed by: Kelly Mackley

  • Something's Afoot (1994)

    Book, Music & Lyrics: James McDonald, David Vos & Robert Gerlach
    Directed by: Jim Kimbrough

  • The Octette Bridge Club (1994)

    Written by: P. J. Barry
    Directed by: Rick Hays

Missoula Children’s Theatre

From 1993 to 2012, Coal Creek Theater of Louisville partnered with Missoula Children's Theatre to sponsor 25 productions, empowering children and adults through theatre education and performance. Guided by Missoula's principles of developing lifelong skills and enriching communities worldwide, the partnership provided young performers the opportunity to grow, while bringing creative, high-quality theatre to local audiences.

  • Pinnochio (2009)

  • The Pied Piper (2007)

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2008)

  • The Tortoise and the Hare (2011)

  • The Wizard of Oz (2012)

  • Pinnochio (2009)

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2008)

  • The Tortoise and the Hare (2011)

  • The Pied Piper (2007)

  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (2008)

  • The Wizard of Oz (2012)

  • Pinnochio (2009)

  • The Pied Piper (2007)

  • The Tortoise and the Hare (2011)

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