In the summer of 2008, in a quaint barn in Dover, we produced our first original musical, In The Globe. At the time, we were not an official organization, but after the great success of the show planning quickly began. In January of 2009 we acquired official non-profit status in the state of Pennsylvania.

In May of 2009 we produced the popular Shakespeare show, As You Like It. This show kicked off our “Shakespeare in the Barn” program that is still growing today!  The summer after our first Shakespeare production we produced our second original musical, Laugh Clown, Laugh. This farce comedy was a hit in the community.

OrangeMite kicked off its 2010 season with an original Broadway revue, organized by Yvette Hershey, entitled Broadway 101. “Shakespeare in the Barn” had its second installment in May of 2010 when we performed The Comedy of Errors. In the summer of that year was the exciting world premiere of the acclaimed musical, Heavy Lies The Crown. Written by William Wolfgang and Jesse Rupp, and directed by Yvette Hershey, this musical was OrangeMite’s largest production to date. 

OrangeMite’s 2011 season brought three full length shows to our schedule for the first time: The Merchant of Venice, Starcross’d (A Musical Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet), and The Two Gentlemen of Verona.  During this season OrangeMite founded the Dover Community Orchestra which is scheduled to perform its holiday concert, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, this year to finish off our 2011 season.

The organization now is moving into its most exciting season yet. OrangeMite Studios will be producing three shows this season. The first will be part of our Shakespeare in The Barn program: The Taming of the Shrew. The second production will be the premier of an original musical comedy: The Adventures of the Mysterious Tigerman.  We will close next season with the original western, Vengeance for Hotspur.