Avon Summer Theater began in the late 1950's as an Avon Public School summer music and arts program developed by Avon High School teachers Joseph Donato, Paul McMahon, and Fran Lynch. In 1961 they produced their first musical, The King and I. In the summers following, they continued their summer musical tradition with productions of Peter Pan,
Carousel, Annie Get Your Gun and more. The summer theater torch was then passed to many others over the years, leading to this summer's 57th musical.

Celebrating 57 Years of Continual Summer Theater Productions

1961     The King and I
1962     Carousel
1963     The Sound of Music
1964     Oklahoma
1965     The King and I
1966     Carousel
1967     The Music Man
1968     Peter Pan
1969     Bye Bye Birdie
1970     unknown
1971     Fiddler on the Roof
1972     Oklahoma
1973     Peter Pan
1974     Bye Bye Birdie
1975     No No Nannette
1976     George M
1977     Annie Get Your Gun
1978     Oklahoma
1979     Oliver
1980     Fiddler on the Roof
1981     Bye Bye Birdie
1982     The Music Man
1983     Peter Pan
1984     Carousel
1985     No, No, Nannette
1986     The King and I
1987     The Music Man
1988     Bye Bye Birdie
1989     Annie Get Your Gun
1990     Fiddler on the Roof
1991     Oliver
1992     Carousel
1993     The Music Man
1994     The KIng and I
1995     Oklahoma
1996     Fiddler on the Roof
1997     Annie
1998     Some Enchanted Evening
1999     Bye Bye Birdie
2000    The Sound of Music
2001    Grease 
2002    The Wizard of Oz
2003    Footloose
2004    Anything Goes
2005    Guys and Dolls
2006    Beauty and the Beast
2007    High School Musical (at Canton High School)
2008    Seussical
2009    Les Miserables
2010    Bye Bye Birdie
2011    The Wiz
2012    Once Upon a Mattress
2013    The Sound of Music
2014    Rent, School Edition
2015    Once on this Island
2016    The Wedding Singer
2017    Loserville