TRIBUTE TO VERA CUNNINGHAM

LIFE BEFORE CTH

University of Illinois Bachelor of Arts, Theatre/Speech Communications

Eastern Michigan University

Master of Arts, Acting/Directing

University of Michigan Doctoral work, Directing/

Theatre History

Ypsilanti High School Our Town, The Music

Man, Inherit the Wind, You Can’t Take it With You, I Remember Mama

Ypsilanti Players The Miracle Worker, Play

it Again, Sam, Enter Laughing

Stateville Correctional Center Mister Roberts, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s

Nest, Twelve Angry Men, A Soldier’s Play, The Odd Couple,

Out a’ Joint, The Cage

Red Heat (Arnold Schwarznegger, James Belushi)

Weeds (Nick Nolte) Gabriel’s Fire (James Earl Jones)

Will (Robert Conrad)

CTH CONTRIBUTIONS

• Over 20 years on Board of Directors (Membership and Patron Chair) • Directed 13 Shows • Co-Directed or assisted with 6 additional

shows • Actress in 7 CTH productions • Assisted at almost every audition during her

tenure • Patron, props, proofreader and choreographer

With Arnold Schwarzenegger

With James Earl Jones

With Nick Nolte

With Scott Bakula

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF - 1994

Kiss Me Kate -1994

Music Man - 1995

Hello Dolly - 1995

Our Town - 1996

Guys and Dolls - 1996

Lost in Yonkers - 1997

Annie - 1997

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying – 1998

Steppin Out – 1998

My Fair Lady - 1999

Miracle Worker - 2000

Joseph and the Amazing Color Dreamcoat - 2000

To Kill a

Mockingbird -

2003

The Man Who Came to Dinner 2004

Sound of Music - 2004

2005

Singin’ in the Rain - 2002

2005

2006

It’s a Wonderful Life - 2008

White Christmas - 2011

2014

Mary Poppins - 2015