Connecting community
through music

Our mission: We create opportunities for people to share/showcase their passion through community productions

Our vision: We will strive to create a more inclusive community for music performance

Our values: Community, Inclusion, Culture

Our Executive

President: Jan Besse

Vice-President: Vacant

Treasurer: Ryan Riopay

Secretary: Megan Horne

Publicity: Adriana Putz, Deanna Patterson

Members-at-Large:  Adriana Putz, Deanna Patterson, Tyson Harvey, Jamie Young

Past President: Janet Wilson

Our History

Regina Lyric Musical Theatre, originally incorporated as Regina Lyric Light Opera Society, was born at a meeting held November 6, 1977, attended by about 30 people. The late Patricia Knox was the prime organizer of that meeting and she was its first president, a leading lady in several productions, and always a strong supporter of Lyric's activities. In addition to Patricia, the first executive consisted of Christine Tiller, Greta Charelbois, Hal Tate, Jean Freeman, John Huston and Walter Kalyn. Other founding members included Reverend Bud Harper and Reverend Stanley Sinclair, both of whom performed in Lyric shows; Bud also served as president. Another founding member, Jim Young, went on to serve as president and treasurer, and also performed in many Lyric shows.

Regina Lyric Musical Theatre's roots extend back to the Regina Amateur Operatic Society. This photo was taken of the cast of The Quaker Girl at Darke Hall in 1941. The second image shows the signatures of the actors on the back of the photograph.

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Our Past Shows

  • 1978HMS Pinafore

  • 1979The Red Mill

  • 1980The Pirates of Penzance

  • 1981Showboat

  • 1982The Mikado

  • 1983Fiddler on the Roof, The Pirates of Penzance

  • 1984The Gondoliers

  • 1985The Dancing Years, Brunch on Broadway

  • 1986Oklahoma!, Brunch with Noel Coward

  • 1987Guys & Dolls, Brunch on Broadway

  • 1988La Vie Parisienne, Brunch on Broadway

  • 1989The Music Man, Supper with the Music Men

  • 1990The Merry Widow, Trial by Jury

  • 1991Kiss Me Kate, Songs from Carousel

  • 1992The Boys from Syracuse, Past Years

  • 1993Die Fledermaus, Songs from Finian’s Rainbow, Some Enchanted Evening

  • 1994The Gondoliers, Songs from Brigadoon, We’ll Meet Again

  • 1995Hello, Dolly!, Songs from Oliver!, Regina Revisited

  • 1996The Mikado, Songs from Showboat, Company

  • 1997The Most Happy Fella, 20 Years of Lyric Shows, Baby

  • 1998By George–and Ira, too!, Brunch with Cole Porter, Bells Are Ringing

  • 1999A Little Night Music, Brunch with Irving Berlin

  • 2000Fiddler on the Roof, Brunch with Gilbert & Sullivan, The Apple Tree

  • 2001Guys & Dolls, How the West was Sung, Starting Here, Starting Now

  • 2002Lyric’s Silver Celebration Brunch, Carousel, Cole

  • 2003A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Brunch, Cabaret, Closer Than Ever

  • 2004Brunch With Lerner, Loewe & Lane, The Pajama Game, We’ll Meet Again

  • 2005Bravo Bernstein!, Sweeney Todd, Give Our Regards to Broadway: A Century of Musical Favorites

  • 2006Brunch…And All That Jazz, Candide, Broadway Divas

  • 2007With a Song in My Heart…The Music of Richard Rodgers, Oklahoma!, Songs That Won the War

  • 2008Thoroughly Modern Broadway, Seussical, Nunsense

  • 2009Everything’s Coming Up Roses, Follies, Tent Meeting

  • 2010I (Heart) Broadway, Gypsy, The Times, They Are A-Changin’

  • 2011From Camelot to Cabaret, Baby, You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown

  • 2012 – The Best of Broadway, Fly Me To The Moon, We’ll Meet Again, Puttin’ on the Ritz (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2013And the Oscar Goes To, When You Wish Upon a Star, The Magic of Music (The Lyric Singers), As Time Goes By: A Love Story with Music and Ghosts, Sing! (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2014The Golden Age of Broadway: From Oklahoma! to Fiddler on the Roof, Fiddler on the Roof, The Great Canadian Songbook (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2015All You Need is Love, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Groovin’ With the Lyric Singers (The Lyric Singers), The Great Canadian Songbook Vol II (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2016Isn’t it Romantic?, The Addams Family Musical, Unforgettable (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2017The British Are Coming!  The British Are Coming!, 9 to 5: The Musical, The Great Canadian Songbook Vol III (The Lyric Singers) 

  • 2018 – The British Are Coming ... Again!, Life Is a Cabaret, The Greatest Show: 21st Century Showstoppers from Stage and Screen (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2019 Broadway Divas, The Music Shoppe, Looney Lyrics: Comical and Novelty Songs from Broadway and Pop (The Lyric Singers)

  • 2020Broadway's Greatest Composers (The Lyric Singers), Little Women (cancelled due to COVID-19), Jingle Bell Rock Out

  • 2021 - Flip the Script: Broadway in Reverse (The Lyric Singers), Guilty Pleasures (The Lyric Singers), Little Women

  • 2022 - 45th Anniversary Sapphire Gala, Here Come the 70’s

  • 2023 - Love: The music of the Beatles and Burt Bacharach (The Lyric Singers), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast