For the 1898 season the theatre continued to have a resident stock company and George Edeson returned as director for the season.
Theatre Staff:
- Mrs. John Elitch, Jr., Proprietor and Manager
- George R. Edeson, Stage Director
- George Hillyer, Scenic Artist
- Charles Schilling, Assistant Manager
- Joe Newman, Treasurer and Press Representative
- Raffaelo Cavallo, Musical Director
Resident Company:
- Margaret Dibdin
- Laura Alberta
- Meta Maynard
- Daisy Lovering
- Leonora Bradley
- Walter Edwards
- Harry Leighton
- Thomas W. Ross
- W. N. Wadsworth
- Dewitt C. Jennings
- Ray Southard
- Robert E. Bell
Productions:
- Week of May 28: Esmeralda, by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gillette (1880).
- Week of June 6: The Rival Candidates, by Charles T. Dazey and I. N. Morris (1894).
- Week of June 12: A Gilded Fool, by Henry Guy Carleton (1892).
- Week of June 19: The Westerner, by Edward E. Rose (1889).
- Week of June 26: Three Hats by Hennequin, adapted by Arthur Shirley (1896).
- Week of July 3: Ferncliff, by William Haworth (1884).
- Week of July 10: The Social Swim, adapted from Sardou by Clyde Fitch (1893).
- Week of July 17: Christopher, Junior, by Madeleine Lucette Ryley (1895).
- Week of July 24: Doctor Bill, by Hamilton Aide, Adapted from Albert Carre.
- Week of July 31: A Gold Mine, by Brander Matthews and George H. Jessop (1887).
- Week of Aug. 7: That Dinner at Olympia, adapted by George R. Edeson, and vaudeville specialties: Lozelle, “king of the air”; Mlle. Adele, Parisian shadowgraphist; and Nilsson’s Aerial Ballet.
- Week of Aug. 14: Doherty’s Canine Circus; Rockett). Brothers, musicians; George C. Davis, comedian; Drawee, juggler; Frank and Dan, comedians; one-act play, His Father’s Wife, with Harry Leighton.
- Week of Aug. 21: Martinetti Family, acrobats; Bonne’s Tyrolean Troubadors; Devere and Kenwick, comedy sketch; Drawee; George C. Davis; Doherty’s Canine Circus; Rockett Brothers.
- Week of Aug. 28: Variety Specialties, featuring Bronson and Lewis; Ray Southard; Martinetti Brothers; Sisters Grierson, singers and dancers; Kinzo Kanako; Moore and Karcher, musical comedy artists; Leisenring Children, and A Warm Member, one-act play.
- Sunday, Sept. 11: Benefit for Charles Schilling: Grierson Sisters; Devere and Kenwick; Ray Southard; Flossie Schradsky and Hannah Leech; the Sandfords; Martinetti Family.
