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This page is the beginning of a project to put the entire history of Tara on the Web. As we gather information, we will add links from this page. We will start with adding links to each page to a list of the cast, pictures (if we have them), etc. We welcome any information that anyone has about Tara's past.
Abbreviations used in this table
EODL = Eastern Ontario Drama League
EO One Act Festival =
Eastern Ontario One Act Festival
AIITF = Acting Irish International
Theatre Festival
| Season | Date | The Play | The Author |
| 1st season |
1. 3/76 | Juno and the Paycock | Sean O'Casey |
| 2. - 11/76 | Jacob's Wake | Michael Cook | |
| 3. - 3/77 | Playboy of the Western World | J. M. Synge |
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2nd season |
4. summer/77 | In the Shadow of the Glen | J. M. Synge |
| 5. - 11/77 | The End of Mrs. Oblong | Seamus Deburca | |
| 6. - 3/78 | The Well of the Saints | J. M. Synge |
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3rd season |
7. - 11/78 | The Wise Have Not Spoken | P. V. Carroll |
| 8. - 3/79 | They Got What They Wanted | Louis D'Alton | |
| 9. - 6/79 | In the Shadow of the Glen and The Tinker's Wedding |
J. M. Synge |
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4th season |
10. - 11/79 | Sive | J. B. Keane |
| 11. - 3/80 | Shadow and Substance | P. V. Carroll | |
| 12. - 6/80 | Japeppy and Me | Tom L. Bonvie |
| 5th season |
13. - 11/80 | Is the Priest at Home? | Joseph Tomelty |
| 14. - 3/81 | Sharon's Grave | J. B. Keane | |
| 15. - 5/81 | Lover's Meeting | Louis D'Alton |
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6th season |
16. - 11/81 | The Lost Years | James Cheasty |
| 17. - 3/82 | Mountain Flood | Jack Cunningham | |
| 18. - 5/82 | The Highest House in the Mountain | J. B. Keane |
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7th season |
19. - 11/82 | The Wayward Saint | P. V. Carroll |
| 20. - 3/83 | Professor Tim | George Shields | |
| 21. - 5/83 | The Money Doesn't Matter | Louis D'Alton |
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8th season |
22. - 11/83 | Is Life Worth Living? | Lennox Robinson |
| 23. - 3/84 | Drums Under the Window | Sean O'Casey | |
| 24. - 5/84 | The Devil a Saint Would Be | Louis D'Alton |
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9th season |
25. - 11/84 | Moll | J. B. Keane |
| 26. - 2/85 | Anyone Could Rob a Bank | Tom Coffey | |
| 27. - 4/85 | Philadelphia Here I Come | Brian Friel |
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10th season |
28. - 9/85 | The Pot of Broth | W. B. Yeats |
| 29. - 11/85 | When the Moon Has Set [best production, Eastern Ontario One Act Festival, 1985] The Playboy of the Western World |
J.M. Synge (both plays) |
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| 30. - 3/86 | The Loves of Cass Maguire | Brian Friel | |
| 31. - 4/86 | Dreaming of the Bones and The Shadow of a Gunman |
W. B. Yeats and Sean O'Casey |
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11th season |
32. - 11/86 | The Patrick Pearse Hotel | Hugh Leonard |
| 33. - 3/87 | Juno and the Paycock [best production EODL, 1987] |
Sean O'Casey | |
| 34. - 4/87 | The Communication Cord | Brian Friel |
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12th season |
35. - 9/87 | The Conspirators | P. V. Carroll |
| 36. - 11/87 | The Seagull | Anton Chekov as adapted by Thomas Kilroy |
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| 37. - 3/88 | Well of the Saints | J. M. Synge | |
| 38. - 5/88 | The Year of the Hiker | J. B. Keane |
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13th season |
39. - 9/88 | Thirst | Myles neGoplan |
| 40. - 11/88 | Say Cheese | Bernard Farrell | |
| 41. - 2/89 | Lovers | Brian Friel | |
| 42. - 4/89 | Time Was | Hugh Leonard |
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15th season |
45. - 9/90 | Dear Liar | Jerome Kilty |
| 46. - 10/90 | Lovers: Losers [Best Production, Eastern Ontario One Act Festival, 1991] |
Brian Friel | |
| 47. - 2/91 | The Loves of Cass Maguire [Best Production, EODL, 1991] |
Brian Friel | |
| 48. - 4/91 | A Life | Hugh Leonard |
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16th season |
49. - 10/91 | Bedtime Story [Best Production, Eastern Ontario One Act Festival, 1991] Pizzazz |
Sean O'Casey Hugh Leonard |
| 50. - 2/92 | Translations [Best Production, EODL, 1992] |
Brian Friel | |
| 51. - 4/92 | All the Way Back | Bernard Farrell |
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17th season |
52. - 9/92 | How She Lied to Her Husband | G. B. Shaw |
| 53. - 10/92 | The London Vertigo | Brian Friel | |
| 54. - 2/93 | Sharon's Grave [Best Production, EODL, 1993; Best Director, Theatre Ontario Festival, 1993] |
J. B. Keane | |
| 55. - 5/93 | They Got What They Wanted | Louis D'Alton |
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18th season |
56. - 9/93 | Augustus Does His Bit | G. B. Shaw |
| 57. - 11/93 | Living Quarters | Brian Friel | |
| 58. - 2/94 | Tea in a China Cup | Christina Reid | |
| 59. - 5/94 | Da | Hugh Leonard |
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19th season |
60. - 10/94 | The Field | J. B. Keane |
| 61. - 11/94 | a series of monologues from Vital
Signs [Best Production, EO One Act Festival, 1994] |
Jane Martin | |
| 62. - 2/95 | The Millionairess [Best Production EODL, 1995; Best Production, Theatre Ontario, 1995] |
G. B. Shaw | |
| 63. - 4/95 | Sea Marks | Gardner McKay |
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20th season |
64. - 10/95 | Moll | J. B. Keane |
| 65. - 2/96 | Someone Who'll Watch Over Me
[best production EODL, 1996] |
Frank McGuinness | |
| 66. - 5/96 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Brian Friel |
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21st season |
67. - 10/96 | The Wayward Saint | P. V. Carroll |
| 68. - 2/97 | A Whistle in the Dark | Tom Murphy | |
| 69. - 5/97 | Big Maggie | J. B. Keane |
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22nd season |
70. - 10/97 | Suburb of Babylon | Hugh Leonard |
| 71. - 2/98 | She Stoops to Conquer | Oliver Goldsmith | |
| 72. - 5/98 | Rat in the Skull [best production AIITF, 1998] |
Ron Hutchinson |
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23rd season |
73. - 9/98 | In the Shadow of the Glen
[as part of "Irish Evening"] |
J. M. Synge |
| 74. - 10/98 | Asylum! Asylum! | Donal O'Kelly | |
| 75. - 2/99 | Stella by Starlight | Bernard Farrell | |
| 76. - 5/99 | A Little Like Paradise | Niall Williams |
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24th season |
77. - 9/99 | The Workhouse Ward
[as part of "Irish Evening"] |
Lady Gregory |
| 78. - 10/99 | Frugal Comforts | Eamon Kelly | |
| 79. - 2/00 | A Touch of the Poet | Eugene O'Neill | |
| 80. - 5/00 | The Broken Jug | John Banville [after von Kleist] |
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25th season |
81. - 9/00 | The Land of Heart's Desire [as part of "Irish Evening"] |
W. B. Yeats |
| 82. - 11/00 | The Plow and the Stars | Sean O'Casey | |
| 83. - 02/01 | Philadelphia, Here I Come | Brian Friel | |
| 83. - 02/01 | Poker Session | Hugh Leonard |
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26th season |
84. - 9/01 | Kathleen ni Houlihan
[as part of "Irish Evening"] [best supporting male actor and best student actor EODL, 2001] |
W. B. Yeats |
| 84. - 10/01 | Give Me Your Answer, Do! | Brian Friel | |
| 85. - 02/02 | Happy Birthday, Dear Alice | Bernard Farrell | |
| 86. - 02/04 | Sive | John B. Keane |
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