HISTORY

The Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company (CUTC), started in the fall of 1991 with ten local theater-buffs. At that time, the historic Virginia Theatre in downtown Champaign, Illinois, was in danger of being destroyed, and this core group decided to preserve the facility, while also fostering community theater. As a result of this meeting, the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company was founded and incorporated as a non-profit organization. By 2004, an estimated 530 volunteers took part on stage or behind the scenes, and over 11,000 community members attended one of our productions. We've come a long way!

 

2011 Season Into The Woods West Side Story The Music Man	2010 Season Rent Willy Wonka Footloose Aida: In Concert	2009 Season Sweet Charity Les Misérables (Student Edition) Annie Get Your Gun Jekyll & Hyde	2008 Season Jesus Christ Superstar Bye Bye Birdie Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Little Shop of Horrors
2007 Season Once on This Island Ragtime Beauty and the Beast Man of La Mancha	2006 Season Love Letters The King and I Les Misérables (Student Edition) Oliver! Barnum	2005 Season A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Seussical Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	2004 Season Grease Fiddler on the Roof Sound of Music
2003 Season Big River Peter Pan The Secret Garden Follies at the Virginia	2002 Season Pirates of Penzance Steel Magnolias Crazy for You Gypsy Follies at the Virginia	2001 Season Kiss Me Kate A Thurber Carnival The Music Man West Side Story	2000 Season Anything Goes Noises Off Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat Once Upon a Mattress
1999 Season The Mousetrap Jesus Christ Superstar The Wizard of Oz Brigadoon You Can't Take it With You Into the Woods	1998 Season South Pacific Annie Cinderella	1997 Season Oklahoma! Oliver! Evita	1996 Season Fiddler on the Roof Carousel Damn Yankees
1995 Season The Sound of Music Bye Bye Birdie Camelot	1994 Season Guys and Dolls The King and I Meet Me in St. Louis	1993 Season Hello, Dolly! 1776 Corpse! My Fair Lady	1992 Season The Music Man Red, Hot, and Cole