From "Pittsburgh Playhouse: A Failed Dream, 1934-1974," a 10-page personal history by Richard E. Rauh

To end his short, informal personal history of the Pittsburgh Playhouse, never published but circulated to friends, Richard Rauh appended the following list of "actors, actresses, directors, lighting designers, costumers and set designers . . . It is hardly complete, and if I have left anyone out," he noted, "I apologize. Everyone from 1934 to 1973 contributed to the phenomenon of this Pittsburgh theater."

(I duplicate this list here in the same order as Richard compiled it, as a trip-down-memory-lane treat for the many Pittsburghers who remember the Playhouse in its prime. If you have corrections or additions, send them to me at crawson@post-gazette.com or c/o Post-Gazette, 34 Blvd. Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. -- Chris Rawson, PG theater editor)

John Johns, Ed Komperda, Elise Cox, William Putch, J. English Smith, Alma Lind, Robert Nellis, Helen Wayne Rauh, Dorothy Scott, Edward Mack, Pearl Hipps, Charles Gaynor, Helen Lake, Jenny Lou Law, Eileen Letchworth, Will Disney, Robert Parks, Allan Pinsker, William Glennon, Jay Loney, Bill Thunhurst, Richard Walsh, Nat Elbaum, Glora Abdou, Robert Gill, Florence Sando, Polly Rowles, Judy Knaiz, Florence Lacey, Don Wadsworth, Don Brockett, Doris Hackney, Lincoln Maazel, Jerry Morris, Judy O'Dea, Richard Galuppi, Anne Muffly, Cecil Kitcat, Rosemary Meyerjack, Josephine Chase, Jay Doyle, Thom Thomas, Barbara Cloud, Connie Schneider, James Reed Lawlor, Darrel Zwerling, John Hickton, Max Jacobwitz, Hank Stohl, Marcie Feiner, William Skelton, John Ziegler, John Krich, Raymond Laine, Eddie Steinfeld, Eugene Reidmiler, Ellsworth Gerringer, Freda Alber, Hugh Rose, Steve Levicky, Lane Merrill, Mel Pitler, Sammy Schwartz, Marjorie McCann, Barbara Russell, Theodore Viehman, Helen Stout, Lu Berry, Gino Conte, David Crantz, Mitzi Steiner, Don Sommer, Charles Hettinger, Sally Irwin, Herbert Gellendre, Fred Burleigh, Jay Gould, John Trent, Meyer Berger, Ted McLain, Ruth Nirella, John Phifer, Esther Ebenhoe, Pepe Walk, G. Ross Berger, Al Checco, Rege Cordic, Carl Betz, Jack Price, William Eythe, Robert Bardwell, Frank Bollinger, Patti Little, Tom Wilmot, Kathryn Riehl, Nancy Steigerwalt, Stephanie Diamond (Cohen), Phyllis Ann Love, Lenora Nemetz, Paul Greeno, Mary Ellen Kennedy, Jerry Communale, Vic Mangan, Jennifer Ford, George Ball, Soralie Goldfarb, Eleanor Schano, Irene Cowan, Martin Pochapin, Miriam Cherin, Wayne Claeren, Pat Simmons, Joe Franze, Frank Childs, Joe Nassif, Vincente Minetti, Alan Clarey, Ken Costigan, Wayne Brinda, Bety Aberlin, Mark Pirolo, Ira Stoller, Sue Carroll, Roy Backes, Lynne Schulz Franks, Roger Cox, Audrey Roth, Linda Holeva, Peggy Greenberg, Gregory Lehane, Nann Mogg, Barbara Block, David Emge, Leonard Feldman, Nancy Chesney, Fred McCarren, Bingo O'Malley, Donna Pelc, Betty Gillett, Dan Mooney, Peggy Ann Hughes, Carol DePaul, George Eisenhower, Val Meyer, Jay Dantry, Ricki Wertz, Fairy Clutter, Jerry Wenneker, Betty Diskin, Herman McClain, Ben Tatar, Margo Lovelace, Malcolm Toy, William Ross, Tom Struthers, Stanley Harrison, John Tillinghast, Char Howard, Milton Katselas, Duncan Noble, Robert Cothran, James Moser, Gene Ray, Josie Tutsie, Claude Woolman, Renee Rogoff, Cynthis Krich, Zelda and Arthur Wilmurt, John Simpson, Tony Polito, Al Alu, Paul Bernath, Rhea Cobb, Ron Georgescu, Ron Riehl, Esther Lapiduss, Janice Norris, Tom Gaydos, Maree Gray Palmer, June Buzzelli, Josephine Chianese, Lucy Sirbert, Jack Brown, Orrin Redfield, Ken Sternlight, Ken Welch, Elizabeth Birbari, Sterling Yates, Lynn George, Mary Lewis, Christy Hatcher, Winkie Miller, Marilyn Gleason, Rod Carter, Ronald Satlof, Bill Mendlow, Baker Salisbury, Word Baker, Marshall Booth, Mariam Lewis, Helen Carson, Noel Riggs, Lew Hutchinson, Joe Coyle, Tom Savini, Jay Christopher, Trudy Scott, Bert Carr, Bob Jones, Eric Head, June Tatoian, Ed West, Ruth Cotton, Daina Talborg, Rito Braunstein, Fred Kelly, James Rosenberg, Richard Rauh, John Meyer, Norma Shea, Jules Pross, Jane Van Duser, Shirley Mae Brown, Edward Blaine, John J. Davis, Margaret Doescher, Freeman M. Hammond, Henry Boettcher, James Thurner, Richard Evans, Ray Perry, Virginia Heller, Ellen Peterson, James Berry, Diana Disney, Harrison Shields, Leland Starnes, Robert Bartel, Joe Schad, Paul Draper, Jim Chestnutt, Enrico Bello, Barbara Orwid, Julie Stevens, Gene Tyrnauer, Harvey Miller, Susie Tsu, Wendy Mackenzie, Gay Lavi, Carver Cllins, Shirley Buttitta, Jim Longo, Bill Burchinal, Tom Vawter, Dorothy Clavin, John Nagy, Mabel Pryor, Marian Ratner, Iris Ratner, Fred Grossinger, Al Spindelman, Michael Wyckoff, Michael Murtaugh, Harry Lantz, Joye Wichert, Mary Hardwick, Norman Twigger, Betty Quarrie, Janice Miller, Al Thompkins, Harriet Allen, Frank Bayer, Gretchen Evans, David Bray, Jim Huff, Gretchen Hauser, John Seitz, Ray Sangelo, Shirley Gusky, Al Violi, Rita Unger, Florence Henry, Marx Hartman, Dorothy Fisher, Robert Lurie, Jayne Carvel, Martin Fallon, Milton Hahn, John McQuade, Frank Furlong, Muriel Brassler, Carmen Bonacci, Norman Porter, Maurice Tobin, Ben Sufrin, Ken Peters, Carl Dozer, Charles Scovel, Frank Snyder, John Kirby, Virginia Irwin, Henry Patterson, Richard Murphy, Mary Ducey, Robert Wellwood, Perry Jubelirer, Mary Ackerman, Steve Zulick, Frank Strang, Betty Oliver, Joan Doverspike, William Bazerman, Barbara Burns, David Linn, Walter Cree, Stanley Lewandowski, Maryan McClain, John Anderson, Lois Raeder, Warren Dana, Marion Leslie, Tom Dennis, Bill Leech, Genevieve Jones, Kitty Muldoon, Gwen Sarver, Leon Ward, Jack Withum, Dick Bendl, John Kozek, Don Stewart, Ethel Schacter, Russell Whitney, Robert Lintner, Elizabeth Challingsworth, Mel Davidson, Matt Murdoch, Barbara Dagenhard, Marty Speer, Pam Murphy, Elliot Alber, Judith Mihalyi, Forrest Sears, Robert Gallaway, Jerry Landis, Karen Prunzik, Ted Scheuch, Robert Baker, Frank Klingensmith, Peggy Wieland, Gary Mitchell, Paul Mochnik, Carol Lorenz, James Noble, Ron Dobkin, Gretchen Oehler, William Pappas, Carolee Campbell, Marshall Efron, Jackie Nicholl, Harold Scott, Lee Ann Fahey, Barry Rago, Don Craig, Ginger Harmon, Howard Witt, Bob Carroll, Joanne Pasquinelli, Peter Frisch, Dan Frezza, Dean Hyland, Jamie Eisner, Marilyn O'Connell, Dean Roberts, Jim Steliotes, Nicholas and Mary Petrov, Jack Axelrod, Max Gulack, John Towey, Sue Sager, Mary Ann Dent, Paul Kawecki, Richard McCarthy, Kay Mitchell, Wayne Cook, Libby Petrollas, Harold Guttman, Connie Barber, Rudy Ricci, Russ Streiner, Frank Richmond, Norman Bloom, Janet McDonald, Phyllis Penfield, Robert Donahue, Arden Camphire, Larry Whiteley, Jack Rhoades, Larue Watts, Karen Meussner, Jaybe Clodfelter, Bernie Engle, Dick Dupont, Robert Delaney, Marien Hailey, Alan Rosenbloom, Roni Perlit, Shirley Jones, Charles Matthews, Mel Shapiro, John Russell Brown, Larry Carra, Jon Jory, Alan Fletcher, John Ulmer, Ian Cadenhead, Evelyn Pearson, Louise Hewitt, Billie Mulvihill, Johanna Lawrence, Anita Heh, Zane Knauss, Victor Pelles, Chuck Kindl, Norman Fagan, Robert Bonaventura, June Helmers, Elaine Nedlick, John Amplas, Pat Campbell, Richard Doyle, Lee Tommarello, Jackie LaRocca, Joann Dalsass, Ronnie DeMarco, Bil Richards, Bill Laine, Nancy Cook, Herb Gilbert, Rick Weinbrenner, Kelly Jean Peters, Jay Brooks, Jo Bender, Joe Cellini, Angela Cook.