William Putch News

David Hemsley Caldwell has joined Totem Pole Playhouse as Artistic Director and he is joined by James Nadeau as Interim Executive Director. The appointments were announced January 4, 2021 by Kevin Schoenberger, Chair of the Board of Directors.

Veteran director JOHN PUTCH'S new independent film will unspool at the 21st annual Long Island festival on July 22nd to begin the week of films in competition.

Veteran director JOHN PUTCH'S new independent film will unspool at the 21st annual Long Island festival on July 22nd to begin the week of films in competition.

The Broadway community mourns the loss of celebrated film, stage, and television actress Jean Stapleton, who passed away on Friday at age 90. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in her memory tomorrow, June 5th, at exactly 8:00 p.m. for one minute.

Iconic television and Broadway actress Jean Stapleton passed away peacefully of natural causes on May 31st, 2013 at her home in New York City. She was surrounded by friends and her immediate family.

TOTEM POLE CONTINUES ITS MOMENTUM WITH 45 Seconds from Broadway June 15 - 27, 2010. Directed by John Putch

Totem Pole Playhouse continues to build its artistic momentum in its 60th Anniversary Season as it presents Neil Simon's hilarious 45 Seconds From Broadway, starring a stellar ensemble of some of the most accomplished actors ever to grace its stage.

Totem Pole Playhouse continues to build its artistic momentum in its 60th Anniversary Season as it presents Neil Simon's hilarious 45 Seconds From Broadway, starring a stellar ensemble of some of the most accomplished actors ever to grace its stage.

TOTEM POLE CONTINUES ITS MOMENTUM WITH 45 Seconds from Broadway June 15 - 27, 2010. Directed by John Putch

Totem Pole Playhouse continues to build its artistic momentum in its 60th Anniversary Season as it presents Neil Simon's hilarious 45 Seconds From Broadway, starring a stellar ensemble of some of the most accomplished actors ever to grace its stage.

After 23 years of guiding Totem Pole Playhouse into national prominence as a premiere professional summer theatre, Carl Schurr and Wil Love are stepping down at the end of the 2008 season. As Producing Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director, respectively, this theatrical duo has produced, directed and acted in well over one hundred productions since assuming their current positions in 1985. Ray Ficca, long time friend of Schurr and Love and a resident company member at the Playhouse will become the artistic director in September of this year.