Shows Through the Years
In 1934, the Vancouver Park Board used funds donated by former Mayor W.H. Malkin to build a band-shell in his wife’s memory… and a summer tradition was born. Malkin Bowl was originally used for afternoon concerts until 1940, when a group of local theatre people formed a production company called ‘Theatre-Under-The-Stars’. Sadly, after twenty years of annual performances, increasing costs forced the original company to abandon Malkin Bowl. There was a gap in Vancouver’s arts scene until 1969, when a determined group of volunteers suggested a format that used largely volunteer casts and crews. Summer theatre returned to the park and has continued there ever since, despite challenges posed by cost, weather and a fire that nearly destroyed Malkin Bowl in 1982.
Our Shows (1969 — Present)
| 1969 | Carousel – Dunbar MT |
| Theatre In The Park | |
| 1970 | My Fair Lady – Dunbar MT |
| Oliver – Richmond MT | |
| 1971 | The Merry Widow |
| Hello Dolly! – DMT | |
| The King and I – RMT | |
| 1972 | Brigadoon |
| Guys and Dolls | |
| 1973 | The Pajama Game |
| Oklahoma! | |
| 1974 | The Sound of Music |
| Anything Goes | |
| 1975 | South Pacific |
| Fiddler on the Roof | |
| 1976 | Camelot |
| Bye Bye Birdie | |
| 1977 | West Side Story |
| 1978 | Annie Get Your Gun |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | |
| 1979 | No! No! Nanette |
| The Pirates of Penzance | |
| 1980 | The Mikado |
| My Fair Lady | |
| 1981 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Kiss Me, Kate | |
| 1982 | The Spirit of Malkin Bowl |
| 1983 | (No Production) |
| 1984 | Grease |
| H.M.S. Pinafore | |
| 1985 | Damn Yankees |
| Brigadoon | |
| 1986 | Oklahoma! |
| South Pacific | |
| 1987 | Anything Goes |
| Oliver! | |
| 1988 | West Side Story |
| Little Shop of Horrors | |
| 1989 | The King and I |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | |
| 1990 | The Pajama Game |
| Hello Dolly! | |
| 1991 | The Music Man |
| Guys and Dolls | |
| 1992 | La Cage Aux Folles |
| The Boyfriend | |
| 1993 | Carousel |
| Sweet Charity | |
| 1994 | West Side Story |
| Little Shop of Horrors | |
| 1995 | Annie Get Your Gun |
| 1996 | The Sound of Music |
| Jesus Christ Superstar | |
| 1997 | Fiddler on the Roof |
| Bye Bye Birdie | |
| 1998 | Oklahoma! |
| Hair | |
| 1999 | West Side Story |
| 2000 | Grease |
| South Pacific | |
| 2001 | Annie |
| Little Shop of Horrors | |
| 2002 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Kiss Me, Kate | |
| 2003 | The King and I |
| Anne of Green Gables | |
| 2004 | Crazy For You |
| Footloose | |
| 2005 | Can Can |
| Big, The Musical | |
| 2006 | (No Productions) |
| 2007 | Grease |
| Oklahoma! | |
| 2008 | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Annie Get Your Gun | |
| 2009 | Annie |
| Thoroughly Modern Millie | |
| 2010 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat |
| Singin’ in the Rain | |
| 2011 | Anything Goes |
| Bye Bye Birdie | |
| 2012 | Titanic |
| The Music Man | |
| 2013 | Legally Blonde |
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | |
| 2014 | Shrek the Musical |
| Legally Blonde | |
| 2015 | Hairspray |
| Oliver! | |
| 2016 | Beauty and the Beast |
| West Side Story | |
| 2017 | Mary Poppins |
| The Drowsy Chaperone | |
| 2018 | Cinderella |
| 42nd Street | |
| 2019 | Mamma Mia! |
| Disney’s Newsies | |
| 2020 | (No Productions, COVID-19) |
| 2021 | (No Productions, COVID-19) |
| 2022 | Something Rotten! |
| We Will Rock You | |
| 2023 | Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical |
| The Prom |