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Production History

2006/2007

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
By William Inge
Directed by Artistic Director Damon Kiely

It's a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play
By Joe Landry
Directed by Marty Higginbotham

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!
Music by Richard Rodgers
Musical Direction by Malcolm Ruhl
Choreography by Wilfredo Rivera
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs
Original Dances by Agnes de Mille
Directed by Artistic Director Damon Kiely

Half of Plenty
By Lisa Dillman
Directed by William Payne

2005/2006

HERITAGE
Brett Neveu
Directed by Edward Sobel

ST. SCARLET
Julia Jordan
Directed by Rick Snyder

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
Adapted by Joe Landry from the film by Frank Capra
Directed by Marty Higginbotham

ORPHEUS DESCENDING
Tennessee Williams
Directed by Damon Kiely

2004/2005

A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
Arthur Miller
Directed by Damon Kiely

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY
Adapted by Joe Landry from the film by Frank Capra
Directed by Marty Higginbotham

KID-SIMPLE
Jordan Harrison
Directed by Damon Kiely

LIVING OUT
Lisa Loomer
Directed by Cecilie Keenan
(co-produced with Teatro Vista)

2003/2004

TINTYPES
Scott Joplin, George M. Cohan, John Phillip Sousa and Others
Directed by Mikhael Tara Garver

ANGEL CITY
Sam Shepard
Directed by Damon Kiely

AMERICAN DEAD
Brett Neveu
Directed by Edward Sobel

STRICTLY DISHONORABLE
Preston Sturges
Directed by Damon Kiely

2002/2003

QUAKE
Melanie Marnich
Directed by William Payne

WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, JIMMY STEWART?
Art Shay
Directed by Mike Nussbaum

TWO ROOMS
Lee Blessing
Directed by Brian Russell

THE HAIRY APE
Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Damon Kiely

2001/2002

A LIE OF THE MIND
Sam Shepard
Directed by Brian Russell

FLUNG
Lisa Dillman
Directed by Susan Nussbaum

THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL
Horton Foote
Directed by Sarah Whitney

2000/2001

ENDGAME
Samuel Beckett
Directed by Nicholas Rudall

WORKING
Adapted by Stephen Schwartz & Nina Faso
Directed by Brian Russell

VICK'S BOY
Ben Bettenbender
Directed by Richard Shavzin

CATCH 22
Joseph Heller
Directed by John Mohrlein

1999/2000

THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
Thornton Wilder
Directed by William Payne

AMERICAN BUFFALO
David Mamet
Directed by Brian Russell

MEDEA
Euripides, new translation by Nicholas Rudall
Directed by Brian Russell

THE MINEOLA TWINS
Paula Vogel
Directed by Kim Rubenstein

1998/1999

THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Directed by Brian Russell

ONE DAY ONLY
Edward Mast
Directed by Brian Russell

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mark R. Giesser
Directed by Michael Halberstam

BELOW THE BELT
Richard Dresser
Directed by Edward Sobel

1997/1998

A STONE CARVER
William Mastrosimone
Directed by William Payne

SCAPIN
Moliere, adapted by Bill Irwin & Mark O'Donnell
Directed by Brian Russell

BUS STOP
William Inge
Directed by Cecilie Keenan

THE MILLION BELLS OF OCEAN
Andrew Micheli
Edward Mast
Directed by Brian Russell

1996/1997

THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
Directed by Brian Russell

DON'T DISAPPOINT CAPTAIN JANUARY
Joseph Urbinato
(co-produced with Premiere Productions)

STALAG 17
Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski
Directed by Louis Contey
(co-produced with Harvest Productions)

TRAIN OF THOUGHT
Andrew Micheli

TOYS IN THE ATTIC
Directed by Cecilie Keenan

1995/1996

KEELY AND DU
Jane Martin

TOM AND JERRY
Rick Cleveland

THE HOMAGE THAT FOLLOWS
Mark Medoff
Directed by Brian Russell

1994

MONSTERS III: THE EL RIDE
various authors

ON THE WATERFRONT
Budd Schulberg & Stan Silverman
Directed by Douglas L. Hartzell

1993

FOOD FROM TRASH
Gary Leon Hill
Directed by William Payne

1992

MONSTERS II: VISITING HOURS
David Mamet, Paula Killen, Richard Strand, Nicholas Patricca, et al.

1991

MONSTERS: GLIMPSES OF URBAN LUNACY
Doug Post, Dwight Okita, Cynthia Caponera, et al

1989/1990

DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS
Eugene O'Neill

PEACEKEEPER
Keith Reddin

1988

BAD MOON
Rick Cleveland
Directed by William Payne

1987

SUMMER BRAVE
William Inge

THE HAIRY APE
Eugene O'Neill
Directed by William Payne

1986

GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER and HAWK MOON
Sam Shepard
Directed by William Payne

1985

DOGMAN'S LAST STAND
Rick Cleveland
Directed by William Payne
(co-produced with Victory Gardens Theater)