Bristol Riverside Theatre

In 1984, The Grundy Foundation, located in Bristol, Pennsylvania, purchased an old movie house on the Delaware River, and invested over one million dollars to transform it into a state-of-the-art theater in the riverfront park. The finished theater combined the exciting possibilities of a large stage with the intimacy of a 300-seat theater, along with outstanding lighting and sound technology. The Grundy Foundation offered the theater to Repertory Theatre of Bucks County (REPCO), a company dedicated to developing new plays and playwrights, and Bucks County's first Equity Regional Theatre was born as the Bristol Riverside Theatre. Since 1986, the Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) has brought consistently acclaimed professional theater to Bucks County,and maintained a long-term commitment to finding and developing new plays. BRT has developed such new works as country music star Larry Gatlin's musicals Alive and Well (And Livin' in the Land of Dreams) and Texas Flyer; Jules Tasca's critically acclaimed and Barrymore Award-winning drama The Balkan Women; Mark Medoff's The Majestic Kid, and Garson Kanin's Happy Ending, and Shielah Rae, Thomas Edward West, and Michele Brourman's I Married Wyatt Earp.

April Woodall &

Jennifer Zimmerman

"I Married Wyatt Earp " (2005)

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BRT has also brought nationally renowned theater artists to the region in a number of capacities, including Katherine Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Micki Grant, Adrian Pasdar, Kim Hunter, John Henry Redwood, Stephen Schnetzer, Keir Dullea, Hugh O'Gorman, Ron Link, Susan Powell, Bethe B. Austin, Aileen Quinn, Rita Taggart, and Richard White. In addition to its mainstage productions, the theatre serves as a cultural hub for the community, with such programs as children's theatre, community concerts and exhibitions of local visual arts.

Aileen Quinn & Danny Vaccaro

"Funny You Don't Look Like a Grandmother" (2003)

BRT, now in its Twenty First season, is the recipient of over 50 nominations for The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theater, given annually by the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. A few of the past nominees and winners are BRT's Artistic Director Edward Keith Baker, nominated for his direction of BRT's World Premiere of The Balkan Women, Larry Gatlin, winning for the best original music of Texas Flyer, Bethe B. Austin winning for Best Supporting Actress in a musical forTexas Flyer, Jules Tasca, winning the Best New Play Award for The Balkan Women, Brad Little winning for Best Actor in a musical for Evita and Douglas Campbell winning for Best Actor in a play for The Dresser.


Stephanie Palumbo, Jean Arbeiter, Lyn Nagel & Lisa Asher "I Married Wyatt Earp " (2005)	Lynette Knapp & Gary Lynch "Olympus On My Mind" (2005)	Keith Randolph Smith & Scott Whitehurst "Fences" (2005)	Stacy Sargeant, Idara Victor, D'Ambrose Boyd & Marcie Henderson "Ain't Misbehavin'" (2004)

Previous Productions

2001-2002 SEASON
Jake's Women
Arsenic & Old Lace
Communicating Doors
The Dresser
A Little Night Music

2000-2001 SEASON
Wait Until Dark
Best Friends
Forever Plaid
Moon for the Misbegotten
Evita

1999-2000 SEASON
Blithe Spirit
Inspecting Carol
Bag Babies
Mountain
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

1998-99 SEASON
The Killing Of Michael Malloy
She Loves Me
A Sunbeam
The Cherry Orchard
Brigadoon

1997-98 SEASON
The Real Inspector Hound
My Three Angels
Balkan Women
Pygmalion
Texas Flyer

1996-97 SEASON
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Greetings
Paul Robeson
Romeo & Juliet
110 In The Shade

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