Jon Hassler Theater

1999 - Old Man Brunner Country, adapted by Ron Duffy from Leo Dangel; The Staggerford Murders by Jon Hassler; both shows produced by Lyric Theater and brought to Plainview as touring productions.

2000 - Grand Opening by Jon Hassler; To Whom It May Concern by Carol Hall; On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson; Gifts of the Magi by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts.

2003 - The Spitfire Grill by James Valcq and Fred Alley (co-production with Buffalo Gal); The Staggerford Murders by Jon Hassler; How to Talk Minnesotan the Summer Musical by Howard Mohr and Drew Jansen (co-produced by Troupe America, Inc.); Honk!

2006 - Trick Boxing by Brian Sostek & Megan McClellan; Rounding Third by Richard Dresser; The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown (a co-production with Nautilus Music-Theater); Rookery Blues by Jon Hassler (adapted for stage by Sally Child); Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol by Tom Mula (the one man version); The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh.

2010 - Old Man Brunner Country by Leo Dangel (adapted for stage by Sally Childs); A Don't Hug Me County Fair by Phil Olson, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving.

**As of November 2013** Previous staff members and other important people of the Hassler Theater include: Clark Cruikshank; Sam Goerss; Ben Hain; Sally Childs; Paul Epton; Paul Skattum; Mike Carter; Ian Norregaard; Carter Martin; Tracy van Eijl; Sunny Hartert; Erica Zaffarano; Mike Nadolske; Alva Crom; and Tim, Gina, and Taylor Craine.

Lighting director/designer Ben Hain, and set designer/builder Erica Zaffarano had moved on to other theaters and were replaced by longtime Hassler technicians Mike Carter and Ian Norregaard.

The 2008 sampler included: The Rochester Radio Theater Guild, The Sweet Adalines, The Mary Louise Knutson Jazz Trio, Women Who Drink, and "The Very Thought of You" a tribute to Jon Hassler himself who had died earlier that year.

"[2] The 'kind of theater' that Harrington refers to is the main reason for the closure as a very limited audience attended the shows in comparison to the more family friendly comedies and musicals the Hassler produced earlier in its lifetime.