This is part 3 in a 7-part series leading up to our 35th anniversary celebration. Each post reflects upon 5 years of APT history, as well as what was going on in the world around us.
What was happening at APT
October 1990: APT launches a post-season touring production
October 1991: David Frank is appointed Artistic Director
June 1992: New dressing rooms for the acting company are completed
September 1994: APT acquires adjacent property along Golf Course Road
Plays produced
An Enemy of the People (2 times); As You Like It; The Beaux' Stratagem; The Comedy of Errors; Hamlet; Macbeth; The Merchant of Venice; A Midsummer Night's Dream; King Henry IV, Part I; The Learned Ladies; Much Ado About Nothing; Othello; Our Town [pictured above]; The Proposal, Et Cetera!; The School for Wives; The Taming of the Shrew; Tartuffe; The Tempest; The Winter's Tale
What was happening in the world
The Berlin Wall comes down
Nelson Mandela is freed from prison in South Africa, later elected president
The Hubble Telescope is unveiled
The USSR dissolves and the Cold War ends
Bill Clinton is elected U.S. President
Pop culture
Movies: Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Forrest Gump
TV:Seinfeld,Home Improvement,Full House
Broadway:Lost in Yonkers,Angels in America,Kiss of the Spider Woman
Music: "Tears in Heaven," "I Will Always Love You," "Ice Ice Baby"
Average price of gasoline
$1.23 per gallon
Part 1: 1980-1984
Part 2: 1985-1989
Part 4: 1994-1999
Part 5: 2000-2004
Part 6: 2005-2009
Part 7: 2010-2014