Good Company Players was founded in 1973 by Dan Pessano, Chris Moad, Cathy Glenn and Ronald J. Harlan and a group of enthusiastic actors, musicians and backstage technicians. Begun as a summer dinner theatre in Fresno’s Hilton Hotel, the young company performed at various locales until 1978 when Roger Rocka proposed that GCP settle down in a permanent year-round home. The gallant troupe worked feverishly to convert a vacant Sprouse-Reitz store into Roger Rocka’s Music Hall, Eating Establishment and Drinking Emporium, now known simply as Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater. Thanks to loyal support from the community, the new venture thrived. In 1982, Good Company Players opened its smaller, more intimate 2nd Space Theatre as well. Between the two venues, Good Company Players currently produces 12 shows a year and since its inception has mounted over 550 productions.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear
Holmes & Watson get an unusual case when Vincent Van Gogh begs them to find his missing ear. Rated PG-13
January 2 - February 22
Cyrano de Bergerac
This swashbuckling tale explodes with love, laughter, and heartbreak as the homely Cyrano feels honor-bound to help a handsome dolt woo the woman Cyrano also loves. Rated PG
February 27 - April 19
Front Page
After a jailbreak, an escaped convict winds up in a reporter’s desk and the scoop of the century lands in his lap. Rated PG-13After a jailbreak, an escaped convict winds up in a reporter’s desk and the scoop of the century lands in his lap. Rated PG-13
May 1 - June 21
Good Night, Oscar
It’s 1958, and Jack Paar’s talk-show guest is the famous Oscar Levant, who sneaks out of a psychiatric hospital to do the show. Rated PG-13
June 26 - August 16
The Cemetery Club
Three widows find friendship and laughter as they grapple with love and loss in their monthly visits to their husbands’ graves. But when one tries to move on, the other two sabotage her budding romance. Rated PG-13.
August 28 - October 18
Little Women: A Victorian Christmas Card
Returning by popular demand, the timeless story of Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy is brought to sparkling life against the backdrop of the Civil War. Rated PG
November 5 - December 20