Marvin Martin was well-known in the community for writing and directing the 6th grade play. Some of these were also made into slide-tape presentations and he made one of the scripts into a children's novel. He directed 38 plays between 1958 and 1983 (in some years he directed more than one play).
- 1958 - The Song of Hiawatha (filmed as a movie)
- 1959 - A Christmas Carol
- 1960 - The Wizard of Oz
- 1961 - Tom Sawyer
- 1962 - Peter Pan
- 1963 - The Thinking Machine
- 1964 - Hansel and Gretel
- 1964 - The Plain Princess and the Lazy Prince
- 1964 - The Night the Bed Fell
- 1965 - The Phantom Tollbooth
- 1966 - The Wizard of Oz
- 1967 - Hansel and Gretel
- 1967 - A Wrinkle in Time
- 1967 - Snow White
- 1968 - Peter Pan
- 1969 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- 1969 - The Thinking Machine
- 1970 - The Christmas Machine
- 1970 - The Giant Shrinker
- 1971 - The Giant Shrinker (a series of 17 slide-tape programs)
- 1972 - Fables for Our Time
- 1973 - You’re Out of Your Mind, Charlie Brown!
- 1973 - The Wizard of Oz
- 1974 - Fractured Fables
- 1974 - The Wonderful Technicolor Dream Machine
- 1975 - What Do You Feed a Reindeer, Charlie Brown?
- 1975 - Tom Sawyer
- 1976 - A Christmas Carol
- 1976 - The Giant Shrinker
- 1977 - Fables for Our Time
- 1977 - The Ark Is Sinking
- 1978 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- 1979 - The Wonderful Technicolor Dream Machine
- 1979 - The Giant Shrinker
- 1980 - The Thurber Carnival
- 1980 - What Do You Feed a Reindeer, Charlie Brown?
- 1981 - The Ark Is Sinking
- 1982 - Tom Sawyer
- 1983 - You’re Out of Your Mind, Charlie Brown!
Picture from a production of The Giant Shrinker:
Picture from a production of The Wonderful Technicolor Dream Machine:
***Please note: this website is for educational purposes only. ©2017 Jonathon Podolsky
