<P> In 2004, after the theater had finished renovations it began a program called "Adopt a Seat ." It is a program for theater patrons that allows them to have their name, or the name of someone they want to honor, placed on the seating chart plaque that is located in the lobby . Patrons who wish to participate in this program are asked to donate $1000 to the operating budget and can do so over a three - year period . As of now, over one hundred patrons have agreed to participate in the Adopt - A-Seat program and the money has helped The Little Theatre with the cost of renovations and putting on shows . </P> <P> Many different actors, both famous and relatively unknown, have shown up on stage throughout the many seasons of the theater in Sullivan . In 1959, the theater became a part of the Actors' Equity Association and began featuring easily recognizable stars who were Equity members, along with others who were not Equity members . Guy Little, Jr. would choose his cast members, both Equity and non-Equity, from auditions in New York and Chicago during the off seasons . He averaged approximately thirty - five performers per show . A few of the bigger - name stars that have been seen on stage are Alan Alda, Ruth Warrick, Rosemary Prinz, Margaret Hamilton, Eddie Bracken, Joe E. Brown, Margaret Truman, Ann B. Davis, Don Hastings, John Carradine, Dennis Weaver, Robert Reed, Cesar Romero, Betty Ann Grove, Patricia Morrison, Ron Ely, Betty Grable, Virginia Graham, Bill Hayes, Ann Miller, Jean - Pierre Aumont, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Robert Newman, and many more . </P> <P> The Little Theatre offered few famous performers after Guy Little left in 1978 . In recent years, Cindy Williams, and Eddie Mekka performed . </P> <P> Rosemary Prinz was a regular summer actress at the Little Theatre during the peak of her career . She performed in 1961, 1963 - 1967, 1969, 1972 - 1975, 1977, and 1982 . She made her debut on Broadway in 1952 and had a role on the television show As the World Turns from 1956 to 1968 . </P>

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