Show History
The Arlington Players is a nonprofit, volunteer theater company. Our mission is to produce artistically challenging theater in the grand style, cultivating an environment of artistic excellence and education for artists, audiences and the community of Arlington County, Virginia, by providing opportunities to advance knowledge, skills and participation in the theater arts.
Since 1951, TAP has entertained over a generation with an array of musicals and plays ranging from contemporary comedy to Shakespearean classics and from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Sondheim. TAP also provides an environment for all members of the Arlington community to explore, learn, and become involved in the elements of stagecraft through arts education programs. TAP presents two musicals and one play each season, with performances taking place at the Thomas Jefferson Community Theater.
| year | season | show |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | spring | Curtains |
| 2019 | winter | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| 2018 | fall | The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| 2018 | spring | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 2018 | winter | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 2017 | fall | Pippin |
| 2017 | spring | She Loves Me |
| 2017 | winter | The Lion in Winter |
| 2016 | fall | Man of La Mancha |
| 2016 | spring | Nice Work If You Can Get It |
| 2016 | winter | Deathtrap |
| 2015 | fall | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2015 | spring | Peter Pan |
| 2015 | winter | The Comedy of Errors |
| 2014 | fall | The Wedding Singer |
| 2014 | spring | The Most Happy Fella |
| 2014 | winter | Clybourne Park |
| 2013 | fall | A Chorus Line |
| 2013 | spring | 9 to 5: The Musical |
| 2013 | winter | Out of Order |
| 2012 | fall | Promises, Promises |
| 2012 | spring | A Little Night Music |
| 2012 | winter | Laughter on the 23rd Floor |
| 2011 | fall | Nine |
| 2011 | spring | 42nd Street |
| 2011 | winter | The Seagull |
| 2010 | fall | Cabaret |
| 2010 | spring | The Producers |
| 2010 | winter | Amadeus |
| 2009 | fall | Bye Bye Birdie |
| 2009 | spring | Follies |
| 2009 | winter | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 2008 | fall | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| 2008 | spring | Sweet Smell of Success |
| 2008 | winter | And Then There Were None |
| 2007 | fall | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| 2007 | spring | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 2007 | winter | A Man for All Seasons |
| 2006 | fall | The Pirates of Penzance |
| 2006 | spring | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 2006 | winter | Noises Off |
| 2005 | fall | Once Upon a Mattress |
| 2005 | spring | Ragtime |
| 2005 | winter | The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| 2004 | fall | Guys and Dolls |
| 2004 | spring | Saturday Night |
| 2004 | winter | The Miracle Worker |
| 2003 | fall | Kiss Me, Kate |
| 2003 | spring | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas |
| 2003 | winter | Plaza Suite |
| 2002 | fall | H.M.S. Pinafore |
| 2002 | summer | The Cocktail Hour |
| 2002 | spring | Jekyll & Hyde |
| 2002 | winter | Death of a Salesman |
| 2001 | fall | The King and I |
| 2001 | winter | Master Class |
| 2001 | spring | Hello, Dolly! |
| 2001 | summer | An American Daughter |
| 2000 | fall | Richard III |
| 2000 | summer | Cinderella |
| 2000 | summer | Love Letters |
| 2000 | spring | Steel Pier |
| 2000 | winter | Broadway Bound |
| 1999 | fall | My Fair Lady |
| 1999 | summer | The School for Scandal |
| 1999 | spring | Damn Yankees |
| 1999 | winter | Six Characters in Search of an Author |
| 1998 | fall | Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| 1998 | summer | Arcadia |
| 1998 | spring | Crazy for You |
| 1998 | winter | The Women |
| 1997 | fall | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 1997 | summer | The Ruling Class |
| 1997 | spring | Anything Goes |
| 1997 | winter | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 1996 | fall | The Secret Garden |
| 1996 | spring | Shenandoah |
| 1996 | winter | Dark of the Moon |
| 1995 | fall | On the Town |
| 1995 | summer | Move Over Mrs. Markham |
| 1995 | spring | Gypsy |
| 1995 | winter | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1994 | fall | King Lear |
| 1994 | summer | The Fantasticks |
| 1994 | spring | City of Angels |
| 1994 | winter | Lend Me a Tenor |
| 1993 | fall | Zorba |
| 1993 | summer | Red Hot & Cole |
| 1993 | spring | A Chorus Line |
| 1993 | winter | Harvey |
| 1992 | fall | Peter Pan |
| 1992 | summer | Li'l Abner |
| 1992 | spring | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| 1992 | winter | All My Sons |
| 1991 | fall | The Yeoman of the Guard |
| 1991 | summer | Carnival |
| 1991 | spring | 42nd Street |
| 1991 | winter | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1990 | fall | Into the Woods |
| 1990 | summer | The Boy Friend |
| 1990 | spring | Barnum |
| 1990 | winter | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| 1989 | early winter | A Christmas Carol |
| 1989 | fall | Sunday in the Park with George |
| 1989 | summer | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| 1989 | spring | Baby |
| 1989 | winter | Terra Nova |
| 1988 | fall | West Side Story |
| 1988 | summer | Little Mary Sunshine |
| 1988 | spring | Follies |
| 1988 | winter | Children of a Lesser God |
| 1987 | fall | Mame |
| 1987 | summer | Fiorello! |
| 1987 | spring | A Little Night Music |
| 1987 | winter | The Mikado |
| 1986 | fall | Amadeus |
| 1986 | summer | The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| 1986 | spring | Kiss Me, Kate |
| 1986 | winter | Blithe Spirit |
| 1985 | fall | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
| 1985 | summer | Company |
| 1985 | spring | Oliver! |
| 1985 | winter | The Lion in Winter |
| 1984 | fall | The Pirates of Penzance |
| 1984 | summer | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| 1984 | spring | My Fair Lady |
| 1984 | winter | Inherit the Wind |
| 1983 | fall | Man of La Mancha |
| 1983 | summer | The Most Happy Fella |
| 1983 | spring | Can-Can |
| 1983 | winter | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| 1982 | fall | Brigadoon |
| 1982 | summer | Once Upon a Mattress |
| 1982 | spring | Seesaw |
| 1982 | spring | The Diary of Anne Frank |
| 1982 | winter | The Curious Savage |
| 1981 | fall | The Music Man |
| 1981 | summer | Carousel |
| 1981 | spring | Damn Yankees |
| 1981 | spring | The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| 1981 | winter | Same Time, Next Year |
| 1980 | fall | Hello, Dolly! |
| 1980 | summer | Oklahoma! |
| 1980 | spring | Funny Girl |
| 1980 | spring | That Championship Season |
| 1980 | winter | Barefoot in the Park |
| 1979 | fall | Fiddler on the Roof |
| 1979 | summer | Play It Again, Sam |
| 1979 | spring | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| 1979 | winter | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| 1978 | fall | Camelot |
| 1978 | summer | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris |
| 1978 | spring | The Crucible |
| 1978 | winter | A Thurber Carnival |
| 1977 | fall | Anything Goes |
| 1977 | spring | You Can't Take It With You |
| 1977 | winter | Everything in the Garden |
| 1976 | fall | South Pacific |
| 1976 | summer | Our Town |
| 1976 | spring | The Fantasticks |
| 1976 | winter | Forty Carats |
| 1975 | fall | 110 in the Shade |
| 1975 | summer | Godspell |
| 1975 | spring | 6 Rms Riv Vu |
| 1975 | winter | Promises, Promises |
| 1974 | fall | 1776 |
| 1974 | summer | Once Upon a Mattress |
| 1974 | winter | Company |
| 1973 | fall | Oklahoma! |
| 1973 | summer | Paint Your Wagon |
| 1973 | spring | Bells Are Ringing |
| 1973 | winter | Plaza Suite |
| 1972 | fall | The Boyfriend |
| 1972 | spring | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| 1972 | winter | Wait Until Dark |
| 1971 | fall | Bye Bye Birdie |
| 1971 | summer | N-24 from Mars |
| 1971 | spring | The Apple Tree |
| 1971 | winter | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| 1970 | fall | Sweet Charity |
| 1970 | summer | Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad |
| 1970 | spring | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| 1970 | winter | Separate Tables |
| 1969 | fall | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| 1969 | spring | Box and Cox |
| 1969 | winter | Hedda Gabler |
| 1968-1969? | Rivals | |
| 1968 | fall | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| 1968 | spring | The Devil's Disciple |
| 1968 | winter | Biography |
| 1967 | fall | The Fantasticks |
| 1967 | spring | An Evening of Chekov |
| 1966 | Under Milk Wood | |
| 1965 | fall | Kind Sir |
| 1965 | spring | Send Me No Flowers |
| 1963 | spring | Arsenic and Old Lace |
| 1963 | The Time of the Cuckoo | |
| 1963 | Rouge Atomique | |
| 1963 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | |
| 1962 | Ah, Wilderness! | |
| 1961 | spring | Carousel |
| 1960 | late fall | Inherit the Wind |
| 1960 | Sabrina Fair | |
| 1960 | Damn Yankees | |
| 1960 | The Best Man | |
| 1959 | The Seven Year Itch | |
| 1959 | Philosopher Mark Twain | |
| 1959 | Come Back, Little Sheba | |
| 1959 | Anne of the Thousand Days | |
| 1958 | summer | Anniversary Waltz |
| 1958 | Willy Bay | |
| 1958 | Speaking of Murder | |
| 1958 | Our Hearts Were Young and Gay | |
| 1958 | Gramercy Ghost | |
| 1957 | fall | A Streetcar Named Desire |
| 1957 | spring | Two Blind Mice |
| 1957 | Blue Concerto | |
| 1957 | The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker | |
| 1957 | The Innocents | |
| 1957 | Hushed Were Their War Cries | |
| 1957 | Cheaper by the Dozen | |
| 1956 | The Tender Trap | |
| 1956 | Summer and Smoke | |
| 1951-1954? | Here Today | |
| 1951-1954? | Good Housekeeping | |
| 1951-1954? | George Washington Slept Here | |
| 1951-1954? | Ask Me No Questions | |
| 1951 | Ring Around Elizabeth (first TAP production) |