Safe Haven: Remembering Oswego's WWII Refugees was performed and video recorded before a live audience at The American Foundry in Oswego, New York on June 1st and 2nd 2019. Written by Michael Nupuf and Laura Lowrie and directed by Richard Mosher, the play depicts a historical time in America when 982 men, women and children were brought to the United States to escape the holocaust in Europe. The refugees were housed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York from August 5th 1944 until February 1946. They had suffered great hardships and loss, but showed tremendous courage and fortitude to survive.
This is the one act production of The Valiant Villain by Robert Combs, directed by Carol DeCapio. This show is famously in considered in the Oswego Players as " the one-act that wouldn't die!" The show was first performed in 1959, directed by Frances Marion Brown herself. After that 1st performance, the play was performed on and off during the early 1960s. Presented as a fundraiser for the Oswego Players 75th Anniversary at the The Frances Marion Brown Theater on Wednesday June 20, 2012.
This is the original one act production of Subpoena Envy, The 2010 Don McCann Play Writing Contest winner, written by Dan Friedman. This play was inspired by true events such as the Second Red Scare (1947–57), McCarthyism and blacklisting but features fictional characters. The play was directed by Richard Mosher. The cast included John Altman, Norm Berlin Jr, Joe Calverse, Bobby Fontana, and Wayne Mosher. This production was filmed and presented at the The Frances Marion Brown Theater on February 8th 2011.
Oswego Civic Arts Center: Four Decades Of Excellence was filmed in 2003 by Peter Mahan. This documentary is a love letter to The Oswego Players and The Art Association of Oswego. This documentary describes both groups early history and their time at the Oswego Civic Arts Center.
A documentary made by Peter Mahan during production of Cheaper By The Dozen in the Fall of 2002. The documentary shows the process of putting on a community theater production and describes the numerous steps and individuals involved to make it a success. It includes interviews with the director Bobby Fontana, rehearsal footage with the cast and provides a look at every aspect of community theater.
A 30 second commercial for the Oswego Players from around 1989. Featuring Carol DeCapio and Frances Marion Brown. We are still at the Oswego Civic Arts Center and that is still the Players phone number.
The Late Christopher Bean is a revival of the first Oswego Players production from 1938. Frances M. Brown returned as the director and the production also included props from the original. This second production was performed for the Fifty Anniversary of The Oswego Players in 1988.
The cast included:
Dr. Haggett - James E. McGann
Susan Haggett - Donna Miles
Abby - Carol DeCapio
Mrs, Haggett - Eve Phillips
Ada Haggett - Ann Kronenbitter
Warren Creamer - Robert Denman
Tallant - Daniel J. Mackney
Rosen - Larry Rose
Davenport - James E. Miller