OUR CURRENT SHOW!
It's the winter of 1933 and with the holidays approaching, the natives of “The Big Apple” are getting into the Christmas spirit. Well, not quite all of them. Wealthy socialite Vonda De Cringe has set her sights on a take-over of Pennypacker's Department Store. To realize her nefarious scheme, she plans to disrupt the holiday shopping season by robbing Pennypackers! If she has her way, this will be the last year “Pennypacker's Means Christmas!” Will Ms. De Cringe be the worm who turns the Big Apple rotten to the core…or will the holiday spirit triumph? Find out as The Gaslight Theatre celebrates “Christmas in the Big Apple!
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DAYS OUR SHOWS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE:
CHRISTMAS SHOW	1 ST Wednesday in MAY
WINTER (WESTERN) SHOW	1 ST Wednesday in JULY
SPRING SHOW	1 ST Wednesday in SEPTEMBER
SUMMER SHOW	1 ST Wednesday in NOVEMBER
FALL SHOW	1 ST Wednesday in FEBRUARY

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 That's right folks, we've been around long enough now to have a history! It all started back in 1977 when a young 24 year old U of A student named Tony Terry Jr. grabbed a few great friends from the drama department and headed to Alaska! Skagway, Alaska to be exact. They founded the "Mighty Moose Melodrama Theatre" and the one and only production was called "Gold Fever! or Danger at Bonanza Creek!" This show was written by Howard Allen, designed and painted by Tom Benson, and produced by Tony Terry. After a long, cold, BUT FUN summer, the troupe said "The heck with this! Let's head back to the desert!" Shortly after their return to Tucson and with the help of Tony's brother Tom, they opened The Gaslight Theatre in an old red barn at Trail Dust Town on Tanque Verde Road.

 In spite of a slow beginning, we began to outgrow the old barn (100 seats, 106 if we sat people on the bar!). So, we packed up once again and moved down the road to our third location at the corner of Sabino Canyon and Tanque Verde Road. Here, with the help of many friends in 1980, we designed and built a new theatre with 223 seats. What a change!

 After ten great years at that location we were fortunate enough to move, and this time actually purchase our new home: the old Jerry Lewis Theatre at the corner of Broadway and Kolb. Once again, doing most of the work ourselves, we renovated the theatre and also built "Little Anthony's Diner" from the ground up.

 Many of our artistic staff have been with us since the early years. Tom Benson, our resident scenic designer and a founding partner, began with us in Skagway. The late Mr. Danny Griffith, "The King of the Melodrama Pianists," joined us during our second show "The Sally Cathleen Claim or All That Glitters Is Not Gold!" in 1978. David Darland, the youngest stage technician in our history, started in 1977. Several of your favorite cast regulars have also been with us since the early years: Peter Van Slyke joined us in 1978 for our second season, Joe Cooper and Armen Dirtadian joined us in 1983.

 Through the years we have been fortunate to have the talents of Tim Gilbert- "The Guy With The Eyes," Glenda Young, Donna Davis, Nancy La Viola and many others. Tim Gilbert was our first Gaslight actor to retire in January 2001. Are we that old already? As we enter our 31st year of entertaining Tucson families, we are so grateful to our talented and dedicated actors, directors, musicians & technicians- the hardest working in Arizona-MAYBE EVEN THE WORLD!

 And last but not least, how could we forget our fabulous audiences? Without you and your continuous support, we just wouldn't be the Gaslight Theatre we are today. We humbly dedicate every show to you.

As they say folks...the rest is history!