Joan Van Ark appeared at the Historic Elitch Theatre in 1960, when she was just 17 and had recently graduated from Fairview High School (Boulder, Colorado). She played Reese Flood in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs and Anna Roosevelt Sunrise at Campobello (play).
In 1971, Van Ark opened on Broadway in The School for Wives, a role for which she would receive a Tony nomination.
Seasons at the Theatre
- 1960
