How it All Began

From 1966 to Today

Before incorporation, the members of Pittsford Musicals were parents and teachers in the Park Road PTSA. In the fall of 1966, as a surprise to the other parents and teachers, the group, led by Ruth Snelgrove, decided to put on a musical comedy, a lip-sync version of Bye, Bye Birdie.  The show was so well received that the group produced a second lip-sync show, The Pajama Game, the following year. A third lip-sync show, Bajour, was produced after incorporation in 1968 and was so financially successful, the group awarded its first scholarships to students at Pittsford and West High Schools. In 1969, the group decided to perform its first "live" production, The Music Man, complete with a singing and dancing cast and an orchestra.

As the group grew in size and reputation, the performance location changed from Park Road School to the Barker Road Junior High, to Pittsford Sutherland High School and then to Pittsford Mendon High School. In 2007 Pittsford Musicals returned to Pittsford Sutherland High School and in 2011 the Calkins Road Middle School Auditorium was utilized for our first spring show.  The group produced five spring shows in addition to fall shows, from 2011 to 2015.

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