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Production History
This is a list of all A.R.T. productions since the company moved from Yale to Harvard Square, in chronological order (if you're looking for a particular production, playwright, director, or designer, use your browser's Find On Page function to locate quickly). Dates at the end of each listing refer to first performance.
Season One: 1980
(March - August)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
with the music of Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen
Directed by Alvin Epstein
Musical direction by Daniel Stepner
Choreography by Carmen de Lavallade
Selected musical adaptations by Otto Werner Mueller
Sets by Tony Straiges
Costumes by Zach Brown
Lighting by Paul Gallo
March 20, 1980
Terry by Terry - World Premiere
by Mark Lieb
Directed by John Madden
Sets by Andrew Jackness
Costumes by Nan Cibula
Lighting by Paul Gallo
April 3, 1980
Happy End
Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
Original German play by Elisabeth Hauptmann
American adaptation and lyrics by Michael Feingold
Directed by Walton Jones
Music directed and conducted by Gary Fagin
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by William Ivey Long
Lighting by William Armstrong
April 26, 1980
The Inspector General
by Nikolai Gogol
A new translation by Sam Guckenheimer and Peter
Sellars
Directed by Peter Sellars
Sets by Adrianne Lobel
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
Lighting by Paul Gallo
May 22, 1980
Season Two: 1980-81
Loeb Stage
As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Sets by Tom Lynch
Costumes by Adrianne Lobel
Lighting by William Armstrong
Music composed and orchestrated by Paul Schierhorn
Music directed by Stephen Drury
September 13, 1980
Also performed as part of Jubilee 350 Celebration at City Hall Plaza,
Boston, and at the Loeb Drama Center.
The Berlin Requiem and The Seven Deadly Sins
Text by Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
The Berlin Requiem directed by Travis Preston
The Seven Deadly Sins directed by Alvin
Epstein
Choreographic Associate: Carmen de Lavallade
Translated by Michael Feingold
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Music directed by Gary Fagin
November 23, 1980
Lulu
by Frank Wedekind
A new translation and adaptation of Earth Spirit and Pandora's
Box by Michael Feingold
Directed by Lee Breuer
Production design by Adrianne Lobel
Costumes by Rita Ryack
Lighting by Paul Gallo
December 11, 1980
Has "Washington" Legs? - American Premiere
by Charles Wood
Directed by Michael Kustow
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by Nancy Thun
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Sound collages composed by Tim Mukherjee
"Washington" sequence directed by Midge McKenzie
January 22, 1981
The Marriage of Figaro
by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
A new translation and adaptation by Mark Lieb
Directed by Alvin Epstein
Set by Kate Edmunds
Costumes by Rita Ryack
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Music composed and directed by Stephen Drury
May 7, 1981
Corporate sponsorship by American Express Foundation.
Grownups - World Premiere
by Jules Feiffer
Directed by John Madden
Sets by Andrew Jackness
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
May 24, 1981
Corporate sponsorship by American Express Foundation.
At the Wilbur Theatre in Boston, October, 1980, the A.R.T. revived its
production of A Midsummer Night's Dream
They All Want to Play Hamlet, a production by TheatreWorks of Boston
Mummenschanz
An Evening with Luise Rainer, in a performance of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem Enoch Arden (Premiere)
Epstein and Schlamme Sing Blitzstein and Bernstein (Premiere)
Sganarelle - An evening of Molière Farces (The Flying
Doctor, The Forced Marriage, Sganarelle, and A
Dumb Show)
Directed by Andrei Serban
Translations by Albert Bermel
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Music arranged and directed by Stephen Drury
Adaptation and translation of A Dumb Show by Sandra Boynton,
Andrei Serban, Elizabeth
Swados, and members of the Sganarelle acting company
December 1, 1981
Corporate sponsorship by American Express Foundation.
Orlando
- American Stage Premiere [poster
available]
by George Friederich Handel
Libretto by Grazio Braccioli, after Orlando Furioso by Ariosto
Directed by Peter Sellars
Music directed by Craig Smith
Sets by Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz
Costumes by Rita Ryack
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
December 8, 1981
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
by Ronald Ribman
Directed by Adrian Hall
Sets by Kevin Rupnik
Costumes by Rita Ryack
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Based in part on the story Diary of a Superfluous Man by Ivan
Turgenev
January 22, 1982
Ghosts
[poster available]
by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and directed by Robert Brustein
Sets by Tony Straiges
Costumes by Rita Ryack
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
May 14, 1982
Orchids in the Moonlight - World Premiere
by Carlos Fuentes
Directed by Joanne Green
Sets by Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz
Costumes by Nan Cibula
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
June 4, 1982
1982 New Stages Series
True West
by Sam Shepard
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Kate Edmunds
Costumes by Nancy Thun
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
April 7, 1982
Rundown - World Premiere
by Robert Auletta
Directed by William Foeller
Sets by Kate Edmunds
Costumes by Nancy Thun
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Sound by Stephen Drury
April 15, 1982
TOURS:
FALL 1981: FIRST TOUR OF NORTHEASTERN STATES, including communities in seven states (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York) performing Molière's Sganarelle.
RESIDENCY, GOODMAN THEATRE, CHICAGO, May-June 1982, performing Sganarelle
SUMMER 1982: FIRST TOUR OF EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST, including major festivals
in Asti; Avignon; the Netherlands (Rotterdam and Amsterdam); Edinburgh;
Israel (Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jeruslem); BITEF (Belgrade and Ljubjana);
and London, where Sganarelle was filmed
by Britain's Channel 4 for television airing. The four productions performed
in repertory on tour were Sganarelle,
Lulu, Rundown,
and True West. (July-September)
Made possible in part by funding from American Express Foundation.
Loeb Stage
Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
A new translation by Jean-Claude van Itallie
Directed by Andrei Serban
Sets, costumes, and lighting by Beni Montressor
Original music by Richard Peaslee
November 26, 1982
'Night,
Mother - World Premiere [poster
available]
by Marsha Norman
Directed by Tom Moore
Sets and costumes by Heidi Landesman
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
December 10, 1982
Made possible in part by the Mass. Council on the Arts & Humanities/
New World Program.
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Sets by Tony Straiges
Costumes by Kevin Rupnik
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
January 14, 1983
Boys
From Syracuse [poster available]
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Book by George Abbott
Based on William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors
Directed by Alvin Epstein
Music arranged and directed by Paul Schierhorn
Conducted by Tom Gilligan
Choreography by Kathryn Posin
Sets by Tom Lynch
Costumes by Nancy Thun
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
February 18, 1983
The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by Jonathan Miller
Sets by Patrick Robertson
Costumes by Rosemary Vercoe
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
May 12, 1983
Footfalls
and Rockaby [poster available]
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by John Grant Phillips
Sets by Don Soule
Costumes by Lynn Jeffery
Lighting by Thom Palm
Sound by Randolph Head
April 15, 1983
Baby with the Bathwater - World Premiere
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Mark Linn-Baker
Sets by Don Soule
Costumes by Elizabeth Perlman
Lighting by Thom Palm
Sound by Randolph Head
March 31, 1983
Hughie [poster available]
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Bill Foeller
Sets by Don Soule
Costumes by Lynn Jeffery
Lighting by Thom Palm
Sound by Randolph Head
April 7, 1983
PRIZES:
Marsha Norman's 'Night, Mother received Pulitzer Prize for Drama; first time in history of prize that the award was given to a play based on a production outside New York City.
Fall Festival
Philippe Genty Company
Loeb Stage
Measure for Measure
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Sets by Douglas Stein
Costumes by Kurt Wilhelm
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Music composed and directed by William Uttley
November 25, 1983
A Moon for the Misbegotten
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by David Leveaux
Sets and costumes by Brien Vahey
Lighting by Donald Edmund Thomas
Original music by Stephen Endelman
December 9, 1983
Traveler
in the Dark - World Premiere [poster
available]
by Marsha Norman
Directed by Tom Moore
Sets by Heidi Landesman
Costumes by Robert Blackman
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
February 3, 1984
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - World Premiere
Music and lyrics by Roger Miller
Book by William Hauptman
Directed by Des McAnuff
Sets by Heidi Landesman
Costumes by Patricia McGourty
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Sound by Randolph Head
Orchestrations, vocal arrangements and musical direction by Michael
S. Roth
February 17, 1984
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello
A new adaptation by Robert Brustein and
the Company
Directed by Robert Brustein
Sets and costumes by Michael H. Yeargan
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
May 11, 1984
See also: Production Home Page
(1996-97 revival)
1984 New Stages Series
Angel City
by Sam Shepard
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Kate Edmunds
Costumes by Lynn Jeffery and Elizabeth Perlman
Lighting by Thom Palm
April 2, 1984
Strokes - World Premiere
by Leslie Glass
Directed by Philip Cates
Sets by Kate Edmunds
Costumes by Elizabeth Perlman and Lynn Jeffery
Lighting by Thom Palm
April 11, 1984
Holy Wars - Morroco and The Road to Jerusalem
- World Premiere
by Allan Havis
Directed by Gerald Chapman
Sets by Kate Edmunds
Costumes by Lynn Jeffery and Elizabeth Perlman
Lighting by Thom Palm
April 5, 1984
TOURS:
SECOND SEVEN-STATE TOUR OF NORTHEAST (Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut), performing The School for Scandal (October 1983)
INTERNATIONAL FORTNIGHT OF THEATRE, QUEBEC: Performed The School for Scandal and Sganarelle in repertory (June 1984)
1984 OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES: Performed The
School for Scandal and Sganarelle
in repertory (June/July 1984)
Made possible in part by corporate sponsorship of United Technologies
of Hartford, CT and Leading Edge Products of Canton, MA.
Fall Festival
Six Characters in Search of an Author
See original production
October 2, 1984
The King Stag
by Carlo Gozzi
English version by Albert Bermel
Directed by Andrei Serban
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes, masks, and puppetry by Julie
Taymor
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Original music by Elliot Goldenthal
November 23, 1984
See also: Production Home Page (1996-97
revival)
Endgame
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
Set by Douglas Stein
Costumes by Kurt Wilhelm
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Prelude to Endgame and incidental music by Philip Glass
Music produced by Kurt Munkacsi
December 7, 1984
Jacques And His Master - American Premiere
by Milan Kundera
English translation by Michael Henry Heim
Directed by Susan Sontag
Set by Douglas Stein
Costumes by Jane Greenwood
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Original music by Elizabeth Swados
January 11, 1985
the CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when it is down - American
Premiere
Act III, Scene E by Robert Wilson
Act IV, Scene A and Epilogue by Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller
English translation of Act IV, Scene A and Epilogue by Christopher Martin
and Daniel Woker
Directed by Robert Wilson
Sets by Robert Wilson and Tom Kamm
Costumes by Yoshio Yabara
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton and Robert Wilson
Compositions and Sound by Hans Peter Kuhn
Assistant to the director Ann-Christin Rommen
February 22, 1985
Produced in association with Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art
through a grant from the New Works Program of the Mass. Council on the
Arts & Humanities; a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts;
and a grant from Charlene B. Engelhard through the Charles Engelhard
Foundation. the CIVIL warS was also supported by a special
grant from CITICORP/CITIBANK
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jerome Kilty
Set by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by Constance R. Wexler
Lighting by Spencer Mosse
Music by Conrad Susa
May 10, 1985
1985 New Stages Series
Gillette - World Premiere [poster
available]
by William Hauptman
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Karen Schultz
Costumes by Lynn Jeffery
Lighting by Thom Palm
Sound by Randolph Head
March 27, 1984
Claptrap
[poster available]
by Ken Friedman
Directed by Robert Drivas
Set by Karen Schultz
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by Thom Palm
Sound by Randolph Head
April 3, 1985
TOURS:
NATIONAL TOUR: Month-long, ten-state (Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ohio) tour, performing Sganarelle and Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sept./Oct. 1984)
RESIDENCY, GOODMAN THEATRE,
CHICAGO: June/July 1985, performing Six Characters
in Search of an Author.
PRIZES:
A.R.T. American premiere production of a section of Robert Wilson's the
CIVIL warS unanimous choice of Pulitzer Prize Jury.
Fall Festival
The King Stag
See original production
September 6, 1985
Six Characters in Search of an Author
See original production
September 12, 1985
The Garden of Earthly Delights
a Dance Piece by Martha Clarke based
on a painting by Bosch, produced by the Music Theatre Group/Lenox Arts
Center
September 25, 1985
Loeb Stage
The
Changeling [poster available]
by Thomas Middleton
Directed by Robert Brustein
Sets and costumes by Michael H. Yeargan
Lighting by Richard Riddell
November 22, 1985
The Juniper Tree - World Premiere
An opera by Philip Glass and Robert Moran
Libretto by Arthur Yorinks
Based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm
Directed by Andrei Serban
Sets and costumes by Michael H. Yeargan
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
December 6, 1985
Made possible in part by special grants from CITICORP/CITIBANK, AT&T,
and Charlene B. Engelhard through the Charles Engelhard Foundation.
The Balcony
by Jean Genet
A new translation by Jean-Claude van Itallie
Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
Sets by George Tsypin
Costumes by Kristi Zea
Lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Music by Ruben Blades
Choreography by Johanna Boyce
Sound by Peter Michael Sullivan
Wigs and makeup by Bobby Miller
Assistant Director: Peter Confalone
January 15, 1986
Alcestis
Adapted by Robert Wilson from a play by Euripides as translated
by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald with additional text by Heiner
Müller
Description of a Picture translated by Carl Weber
Epilogue, Japanese Kyogen
The Birdcatcher in Hell, translated by Mark Oshima
Music by Laurie Anderson
Conceived, directed and designed by Robert Wilson
Sets by Tom Kamm and Robert Wilson
Costumes by John Conklin
Lighting by Jermifer Tipton and Robert Wilson
Movement by Suzushi Hanayagi
Audio environment by Hans Peter Kuhn Assistant Director: Ann-Christin
Rommen
March 7, 1986
Olympian Games
based on Ovid's Metamorphosis
Book and lyrics by Kenneth Cavander and Barbara Damashek
Directed by Barbara Damashek
Music composed by Barbara Damashek Sets and costumes by Alexander Okun
Lighting by Spencer Mosse
May 9, 1986
The Day Room - World Premiere [poster available]
by Don DeLillo
Directed by Michael Bloom
Sets by Loy Arcenas
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by Richard Riddell
April 8, 1986
Tutta Casa, Letto, E Chiesa (It's all bed, board, and church)
(not developed at AR.T.) [poster available]
by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Directed by Dario Fo
Performed by Franca Rame
Onstage translator for Ms. Rame: Maria Consagra
Set and lighting by Lino Avolio
May 2, 1986
Mistero
Buffo (a comic mystery) - American Premiere [poster
available]
(not developed at A.R.T.)
Written, staged, and performed by Dario Fo
English Supertitle translation by Stuart Hodd, Ron
Jenkins, and Walter Valeri
Onstage Translator for Mr. Fo: Ron Jenkins
Set and Lighting by Lino Avolio
May 11, 1986
TOURS:
VENICE BIENNALE: Performed The King Stag, Sept./Oct. 1985, at the Theatre Malibran, Venice
PRIZES:
1985 JUJAMCYN PRIZE for outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent for the theatre.
Fall Festival
The King Stag
See original production
See 1996-97 revival
August 29, 1986
the Knee Plays (not developed at A. R .T.)
A section of Robert Wilson's the CIVIL warS,
with music by David Byrne
September 23, 1986
Tonight We Improvise
by Luigi Pirandello
Adapted and directed by Robert Brustein
Video sequences directed by Frederick Wiseman
Sets and costumes by Michael H. Yeargan
Lighting by Stephen Strawbridge
November 28, 1986
Major funding by the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust.
End of the World with Symposium to Follow
by Arthur Kopit
Directed by Richard Foreman
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by Lindsay W. Davis
Lighting by Stephen Strawbridge
December 12, 1986
Sweet
Table at the Richelieu - World Premiere [poster
available]
by Ronald Ribman
Directed by Andrei Serban
Sets and Costumes by John Conklin
Lighting by Howell Binkley
February 6, 1987
The Day Room [poster available]
See original production in the 1985-86 New Stages
series
Restaged by David Wheeler
February 18, 1987
The
Good Woman of Setzuan [poster available]
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Eric Bentley
Directed by Andrei Serban
Music by Elizabeth Swados
Sets by Jeff Muskovin
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Movement by Thom Molinaro
Associate Director: Charles Otte
May 15, 1987
Major funding by the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust.
Archangels Don't Play Pinball - American Premiere
by Dario Fo
Translated by Ron Jenkins
Directed by Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Sets and Costumes by Dario Fo
Lighting by Robert M. Wierzel
Music by Fiorenzo Carpi
Sound by Stephen Santomenna
Associate Director: Arturo Corso
Assistant Director: Ron Jenkins
June 5, 1987
1987 New Stages Series
(Made possible by the generous support of Lechmere,
Inc.)
The Cannibal Masque (The Cannibal Masque and A Serpent's
Egg) - World Premiere
by Ronald Ribman
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Loy Arcenas
Costumes by Christine Joly de Lotbiniere
Lighting by Frank Butler
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
April 5, 1987
Mrs. Sorkin Presents . . . ("Ubu Lear" and Other Peerless
Classics)- World Premiere
by Christopher Durang
Directed by R.J. Cutler and Wesley Savick
Sets by Loy Arcenas
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by Frank Butler
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
Music by Richard Peaslee
Music Directed by Paul Brusiloff
April 8, 1987
Late Night Cabaret
The Case of the Danish Prince
by Miles Kington
Directed by Wesley Savick
Lighting by Frank Butler
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
April 17, 1987
The Skinhead Hamlet
by Richard Curtis
Directed by Wesley Savick
Lighting by Frank Butler
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
TOURS:
FESTIVAL D'AUTOMNE, PARIS: Performed Robert Wilson's Alcestis, September 1986.
WEST COAST: Three-week, four-city tour of California (University of California
at Davis; The Doolittle Theatre, Los Angeles; La
Jolla Playhouse, University of California at San Diego; and Memorial
Auditorium, Stanford University, Palo Alto), performing The
King Stag and The Day Room, October
3 - 18
PRIZES:
1986 Antoinette Perry "Tony" Award for continued excellence in
resident theatre.
Best in France for 1986
A.R.T. production of Robert Wilson's Alcestis voted Best Foreign Work
seen in France by French Drama Critics Association.
Le Cirque Imaginaire (not developed at A.R.T.)
Conceived and performed by Jean-Baptiste Thierree and Victoria Chaplin
September 8, 1987
Six Characters in Search of an Author
See original production
September 26, 1987
The Good Woman of Setzuan [poster available]
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Eric Bentley
Directed by Andrei Serban
Music by Elizabeth Swados
Sets by Jeff Muskovin
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Movement by Thom Molinaro
October 2, 1987
Gillette
[poster available]
by William Hauptman
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Loy Arcenas
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Sound Design by Stephen D. Santomenna
November 27, 1987
Major funding from Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund
Right
You Are (If You Think You Are) [poster
available]
by Luigi Pirandello
Adapted and directed by Robert Brustein
Sets by Michael H. Yeargan
Costumes by Christine Joly de Lotbiniere
Lighting by Richard Riddell
December 11, 1987
Major funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Eleanor Naylor
Dana Charitable Trust.
Quartet
[poster available]
by Heiner Müller
Translated by Carl Weber
Based on Les Liaisons dangereuses
by Choderlos de Laclos
Directed by Robert Wilson
Music composed and adapted by Martin Pearlman
Sets by Robert Wilson
Costumes by Frida Parmegianni
Lighting by Howell Binkley and Robert
Wilson
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
Assistant Director Jane Perry
February 5, 1988
Major funding by the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities
Art Exchange Program and the Ford Foundation.
The
Fall of the House of Usher - World Premiere [poster
available]
Music by Philip Glass
Libretto by Arthur Yorinks
Based on a tale by Edgar Allan Poe
Music directed and conducted by Richard Pittman
Directed by Richard Foreman
Set design by Richard Foreman
Costumes by Patricia Zipprodt
Lighting by Richard Riddell
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
May 13, 1988
Major funding by the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Council on
the Arts and Humanities New Works Program, the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable
Trust, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, Inc., and the National Endowment
for the Arts Opera Musical Theatre Program.
'Tis
Pity She's a Whore [poster available]
by John Ford
Directed by Michael Kahn
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Frances Aronson
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
Fights directed by David S. Leong
May 27, 1988
Major funding by the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust, the Ford
Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The residency of Michael
Kahn as Norma Brustein Guest Director is made possible by the generous
endowment grant of Susan Morse Hilles.
Spring Festival
Two by Pirandello:
Six Characters in Search of an Author
Right You Are (If You Think You Are)
March 17, 1988
Two Works in Progress:
City of Amateurs
Written and directed by Richard Foreman with members of the A.R.T.
Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard
Sueños
Adapted and directed by Ruth Maleczech
Produced by Mabou Mines and Boston Musica Viva
March 30, 1988
Life and Fate
Based on a chapter in the novel by Vasily Grossman
Directed by Frederick Wiseman with Ruth Maleczech
May 10, 1988
1988 New Stages Series
(Made possible by the generous support of Lechmere,
Inc.)
Big Time: Scenes from a Service Economy
by Keith Reddin
Directed by Steven Schachter
Sets by Bill Clarke
Costumes by Ellen McCarmey
Lighting by Thom Palm
Sound by Stephen D. Santomena
April 6, 1988
Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Vlada Chernomordik
Adapted by David Mamet
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Bill Clarke
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Thom Palm
April 13, 1988
TOURS:
THE FIRST NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR THE ARTS: (July 1 - 30) Sponsored by AT&T: OnStage and the Joyce Theatre Foundation: Six Characters in Search of an Author and Big Time: Scenes from a Service Economy
TEATRO ESPANOL: Made possible with support from the U S.-Spanish Joint Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation, the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities Art Exchange Program, the Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals, a joint initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation the U.S. Information Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, American Airlines and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company: Six Characters in Search of an Author and The King Stag
The King Stag
See original production
September 15, 1988
Alec McCowen, Shakespeare, Cole, & Co. - World Premiere
September
20, 1988
Satirical Subversives, A Festival of Election Year Comedy, Culture,
and Politics:
Mort Sahl In Concert
Paul Zaloom in The House of Horror
Eric Bogosian in Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll
September 29, 1988
The
Serpent Woman [poster available]
by Carlo Gozzi
Translated by Albert Bermel
Directed by Andrei Serban
Sets, costumes, masks, and puppets by Setsu Asakura
Lighting by Victor En Yu Tan
November 26, 1988
Major funding by the Ford Foundation, the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest
Fund and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts & Humanities New Works
Program.
Platonov
[poster available]
by Anton Chekhov
Adapted and directed by Liviu Ciulei
Translated by Mark Leib
Sets by Liviu Ciulei
Costumes by Smaranda Branescu
Lighting by Richard Riddell
December 16, 1988
Major funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Eleanor Naylor
Dana Charitable Trust.
Mastergate
- World Premiere [poster available]
by Larry Gelbart
Directed by Michael Engler
Sets by Philipp Jung
Costumes by Candice Donnelly
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
February 3, 1989
Major funding by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund
The
Miser [poster available]
by Molière
Directed by Andrei Serban
Translated by Albert Bermel
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Judith Anne Dolan
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
Movement Coach: Thom Molinaro
May 12, 1989
Major funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Eleanor Naylor
Dana Charitable Trust
Life
Is A Dream [poster available]
by Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Directed by Anne Bogart
Translated by Edwin Honig
Sets by Loy Arcenas
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Richard Riddell
Music composed by Matthias Gohl
Sound by Staphen D. Santomena and Matthias Gohl
May 28, 1989
Major funding by the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
and the Eleanor Naylor Dana Charitable Trust
1989 New Stages Series
In Twilight: Tales From Chekhov
by Anton Chekhov
Directed and adapted to the stage by Tina Landau
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Christine Joly de Lotbiniere
Lighting by John R. Malinowski
Original music composed and performed by Scott Frankel
March 29, 1989
Two by Korder: Fun and Nobody
by Howard Korder
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by Peter West
Sound by Stephen D. Santomenna
April 12, 1989
Summer 1989
The Boys Next Door
by Tom Griffin
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Robert D. Soule
Costumes by Bill Lane
Lighting by John F. Custer
July 12, 1989
TOURS:
SERIOUS FUN! FESTIVAL: Lincoln Center, New York (July 14 - August 3)
The Fall of the House of Usher
Fall Festival
The Boys Next Door
See original production
August 24, 1989
Tru
An American Comedy
Written and directed by Jay Presson Allen from the words and works of
Truman Capote
Sets by David Mitchell
Costumes by Sarah Edwards
Lighting by Ken Billington & Jason Kantrowitz
Sound by Otts Munderloh
September 6, 1989
1000 Airplanes on the Roof
by David Henry Hwang
Directed and composed by Philip Glass
Sets and projections by Jerome Sirlin
Lighting by Robert Wierzel
Sound by Kurt Munkacsi
September 18, 1989
More Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
Written and performed by Eric Bogosian
Directed by Jo Bonney
October 6, 1989
The
Bald Soprano and The Chairs [poster available]
by Eugene Ionesco
Translated by Donald Watson
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Sets by Anita Stewart
Costumes by Candice Donnelly
Lighting by Stephen Strawbndge
Sound by Maribeth Back
November 24, 1989
Twelfth
Night [poster available]
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Andrei Serban
Music Composed by Mel Marvin
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Sound by Maribeth Back
December 8, 1989
Major
Barbara [poster available]
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Michael Engler
Sets by Philipp Jung
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Sound by Maribeth Back
January 26, 1990
The
Father [poster available]
by August Strindberg
Adapted and directed by Robert Brustein
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Dunya Ramicova
Lighting by Richard Riddell
Sound by Maribeth Back
February 9, 1990
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Directed by Slobodan Unkovski
Music by Mel Marvin
Sets by Meta Hocevar
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Richard Riddell
Sound by Maribeth Back
May 11, 1990
1990 New Stages Series
Road to Nirvana
by Arthur Kopit
Directed by Michael Bloom
Sets by Scott Bradley
Costumes by Ellen McCartney
Lighting by Peter West
Sound by Maribeth Back
March 28, 1990
The Lost Boys
by Allan Knee
Directed by Jerome Kilty
Sets by Scott Bradley
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Maribeth Back
April 5, 1990
Summer 1990
The Moscow Taganka Theatre production of Phaedra
by Marina Tsvetaeva
Scenic adaption and direction by Roman Viktyuk
Choreography by Valentin Gneushev
Design by Vladimir Boer
Music by Edison Denisov
June 16, 1990
Le Cirque Imaginaire
See earlier performance
June 26, 1990
The Island of Anyplace [Production Home Page]
(most recent or upcoming revival)
by Charles Marz
Directed by Thomas Derrah
Music by Barry Rocklin
Sets and costumes by Scott Bradley
Lighting by John Ambrosone
July 29, 1990
TOURS:
MITSUI FESTIVAL: (June 8 - 10) Made possible by major funding from the Japan/United States Friendship Commission, the Asian Cultural Council, and the Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions (a joint initiative of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the U.S. Information Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts), and additional support from Yamaha Corporation of Japan: The King Stag
Fall Festival
The King Stag
See original production
August 23, 1990
We Keep Our Victims Ready
Written, performed, and directed by
Karen Finley
September 4, 1990
The CSC Repertory production of
Rameau's Nephew
by Denis Diderot
Adapted by Shelley Berc & Andrei
Belgrader
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Sets by Anita Stewart
Costumes by Candice Donnelly
Lighting by Robert Wierzel
Sound by William Uttley
September 9, 1990
The Island of Anyplace
See original production
September 22, 1990
Loeb
Stage
The Homecoming [poster available]
by Harold Pinter
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Frances Aronson
Sound by Maribeth Back
November 23, 1990
Once in a Lifetime [poster available]
by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Directed
by Anne Bogart
Sets by Loy Arcenas
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Sound by Maribeth Back
December 7, 1990
The residency of Anne Bogart as Norma Brustein Guest Director was made
possible by the generous endowment grant of Susan Morse Hilles
When We Dead Awaken
by Henrik Ibsen
English version by Robert Brustein
Adapted and directed by Robert Wilson
Sets by Robert Wilson and John Conklin
Costumes by John Conklin
Lighting by Stephen Strawbridge and Robert Wilson
Sound Environment by Hans Peter Kuhn Songs by Charles "Honi" Coles
Assistant Director: Ann-Christin Rommen
February 8, 1991
In collaboration with the Alley Theatre, Houston, and AT&T: On Stage
King
Lear [poster available]
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Adrian Hall
Sets by Eugene Lee
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Natasha Katz
Music by Richard Cumming
Fight Choreography by William Finlay
May 10, 1991
Power
Failure - World Premiere [poster
available]
by Larry Gelbart
Directed by Michael Engler
Sets by Philipp Jung
Costumes by Candice Donnelly
Lighting by Natasha Katz
Sound by Maribeth Back
May 24, 1991
This production is a recipient of a grant award for New American Plays
from the W. Alton Jones Foundation.
The Writing Game - American Premiere by David Lodge
Directed by Michael Bloom
Sets by Bill Clarke
Costumes by Ellen McCartney
Lighting by Richard Riddell
Sound by Maribeth Back
March 14, 1991
Steel - World Premiere
by Derek Walcott
Music and musical drection by Galt MacDermot
Directed by Robert Scanlan and Derek Walcott
Choreography and musical staging by Mary Barnett
Sets by Richard Montgomery
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Richard Riddell
Sound by Maribeth Back
April 3, 1991
Major funding provided by the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund for the
development and production of Steel. Additional support
provided by The Fund for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the
Ford Foundation. Presented in association with the American
Music Theatre Festival.
Summer 1991
The Island of Anyplace
See original production
July 29, 1991
Le
Cirque Invisible [poster available]
Created and performed by Victoria Chaplin & Jean Baptiste Thierree,
with James Spencer Thierree
August 13, 1991
TOURS:
RESIDENCY, ALLEY THEATRE, HOUSTON, The King Stag, September 1-30,1990
ANNENBERG CENTER, PHILADELPHIA The King Stag, October 3-7, 1990
AMERICAN MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL, PHILADELPHIA Steel, April 26 - May 11, 1991
ALLEY THEATRE, HOUSTON When We Dead Awaken, May 22-26, 1991
Fall Festival
The Mysteries and What's So Funny?
Written and directed by David Gordon
Music by Philip Glass
Visual design by Red Grooms
Lighting by Dan Kotlowitz
Sound by David Meschter
Produced by Jedediah Wheeler
September 4, 1991
A Room of One's Own
Adapted and directed by Patrick Garland
with Eileen Atkins as Virginia Woolf
September 24, 1991
Winter 1991
The Island of Anyplace
See original production
December 27-30, 1991
Loeb Stage
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ron Daniels
Set and costumes by Antony McDonald
Lighting by Frances Aronson
Original music by Claire van Kampen
Sound by Maribeth Back
Fight choreography by Alexis Denisof
November 22, 1991
Misalliance
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Christopher Ackerlind
Sound by Maribeth Back
January 17, 1992
The
Seagull [poster available]
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Ron Daniels
Adapted by Robert Brustein from George Calderon's
Translation
Sets by Antony MacDonald
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by James F. Ingalls
Original music by Claire van Kampen
Sound by Maribeth Back
February 14, 1992
Hedda
Gabler [poster available]
by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Adrian Hall
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Natasha Katz
Sound by Maribeth Back
May 1, 1992
The
Servant of Two Masters [poster available]
by Carlo Goldoni
Adapted by Shelley Berc and Andrei
Belgrader
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Sets by Anita Stewart
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Natasha Katz
Sound by Maribeth Back
May 29, 1992
1992 New Stages Series
Media
Amok - World Premiere [poster available]
by Christopher Durang
Directed by Les Waters
Sets by Bill Clark
Costumes by Christine Joly de Lotbiniere
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Maribeth Back
March 26, 1992
Oleanna - World Premiere [poster available]
A Back Bay Theater Company Production
Written and directed by David Mamet
Sets by Michael Merritt
Costumes by Harriet Voyt
Lighting by Kevin Rigdon
Sound by Maribeth Back
May 1, 1992
Spring 1992
The Island of Anyplace
See original production
June 10-11, 1992
TOURS:
21st INTERNATlONAL BIENNAL OF SAO PAULO, Teatro Municipal, Sao Paulo, Brazil When We Dead Awaken, October 4-9, 1991
Fall Festival
Amphigorey: The Musical
Book & Lyrics by Edward Gorey
Music by Peter Golub
Scenic design by Edward Gorey
Costumes by Kelly Lamb & James Hammer
Original lighting by Roger Morgan
Sound by Theater Sound
August 26, 1992
Dog Show
Written and performed by Eric Bogosian
Directed by Jo Bonney
September 9, 1992
Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo
Book by Hilary Blecher
Monologues & lyrics by Migdalia Cruz
Music by Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Scenic design by Andrew Jackness
Costumes by Ann Roth & Robert de Mora
Lighting by Robert Wierzel
Sound by Theater Sound
September 16, 1992
Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities
Conceived, written and performed by Anna
Deavere Smith
Projections by Wendall K. Harrington
Original Music by Joseph Jarman
Costumes by Candice Donnelly
Lighting by John Ambrosone
September 29, 1992
Loeb Stage
Black
Snow - American Premiere [poster
available]
by Keith Dewhurst
Based on the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov
Directed by Richard Jones
Set and costumes by Antony McDonald
Lighting by Scott Zielinski
Sound by Maribeth Back
November 27, 1992
Heartbreak
House [poster available]
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Sound by Maribeth Back
January 2, 1993
Dream
of the Red Spider - World Premiere [poster
available]
by Ronald Ribman
Directed by Ron Daniels
Sets by Riccardo Hernandez
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Frances Aronson
Sound by Maribeth Back
February 5, 1993
The Caretaker
by Harold Pinter
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber & Kenneth
Mooney
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Maribeth Back
March 17, 1993
Orphèe - World Premiere
Opera by Philip Glass
Based upon the scenario by Jean Cocteau
Adaptation by Philip Glass
Directed by Francesca Zambello
Music director/conductor Martin Goldray
Sets by Robert Israel
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Pat Collins
Sound by Maribeth Back
May 14, 1993
Cakewalk
- World Premiere [poster available]
by Peter Feibleman
Directed by Ron Daniels
Sets by Tony Streiges
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Sound by Maribeth Back
Incidental music by Carly Simon Arranged and produced by Matthias Gohl
May 28, 1993
New Stages
Silence, Cunning, Exile - World Premiere
by Stuart Greenman
Directed by Ron Daniels
Sets by Christine Jones
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Maribeth Back
April 1, 1993
The L.A. Plays - World Premiere
by Han Ong
Directed by Steven Maler
Sets by Christine Jones
Costumes by Gail A. Buckley
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Music & sound design by Don Dinicola
April 8, 1993
Those the River Keeps
by David Rabe
Directed by David Rabe
Sets by Loren Shemman
Costumes by Gail A. Buckley
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Chris Walker
May 6, 1993
At Zero Church Street Space
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Alvin Epstein
Music and sound design by Don Dinicola
Costume design & coordination by Karen
Eister
Lighting by John Ambrosone
June 24, 1993
Summer 1993
The Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete Works of Shakespeare (Abridged) & The Complete History of America (Abridged) created and performed by Reed Martin, Adam Long, & Austin Tichenor July 6, 1993
Fall Festival
Le Cirque Invisible [poster available]
Created and performed by Victoria Chaplin & Jean Baptiste Thierree,
with James Spencer Thierree
August 17, 1993
Time on Fire
Written and performed by Evan Handler
Directed by Marcia Jean Kurtz
September 7-19, 1993
A Certain Level of Denial
Written, directed, and performed by Karen Finley
September 20-21, 1993
Dog Show: Pounding Nails in the Floor with my Forehead
Written and performed by Eric Bogosian
Directed by Jo Bonney
September 22-26, 1993
The Late Great Ladies of Blues & Jazz
Conceived, written, and performed by Sandra Reaves
with the All Star Jazz Band
September 28 - October 9, 1993
Loeb Stage
Henry
IV, Parts 1 & 2 [poster available]
by William Shakespeare
Adapted by Robert Brustein
Directed by Ron Daniels
Sets by John Conklin
Costumes by Gabriel Berry
Lighting by Frances Aronson
Music by Bruce Odland
Fight choreography by Jenny Breen
November 26, 1993
What
the Butler Saw [poster available]
by Joe Orton
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Christopher Walker
January 7, 1994
The
Cherry Orchard [poster available]
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Ron Daniels
Sets by George Tsypin
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Howell Binkley
Sound by Christopher Walker
January 21, 1994
A
Touch of the Poet [poster available]
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Joe Dowling
Sets by Derek McLane
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Frances Aronson
Sound by Christopher Walker
March 4, 1994
Shlemiel
the First - World Premiere [poster
available] [Production Home
Page] (fall 1997 revival)
Conceived and adapted by Robert Brustein
from Isaac Bashevis Singer's play
Music composed and adapted by Hankus Netsky
with additional music by Zalmen Mlotek
Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein
Music directed by Zalmen Mlotek
Directed and choreographed by David Gordon
Sets by Robert Israel
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by Peter Kaczorowski
Sound by Christopher Walker
May 13, 1994
Shlemiel the Firstis part of CrossCurrents,
a major multi-year initiative of the A.R.T. and the American
Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia
designed to create and sustain a body of new music theatre works. CrossCurrents
is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. Shlemiel the First
was made possible, in part, by a generous award for new work from the
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust. Major gifts for the production
were received from Myra H. and Robert K. Kraft, and Lizbeth and George
Krupp. Additional support was provided by the National Endowment for the
Arts/Opera-Musical Theatre Program, Barbara and Steven Grossman, Dr. and
Mrs. Martin Peretz, and the Dorot Foundation. Shlemiel the First
was produced in association with Lincoln Center Productions.
A.R.T. New Stages
The America Play
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Marcus Stern
Sets by Allison Koturbash
Costumes by Gail Astrid Buckley
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Christopher Walker
March 31, 1994
Hot 'n' Throbbing - World Premiere
by Paula Vogel
Directed by Anne Bogart
Sets by Christine Jones
Costumes by Jenny Fulton
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Christopher Walker
April 14, 1994
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
by Steve Martin
Directed by David Wheeler
Sets by Christine Jones
Costumes by Catherine Zuber
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Sound by Christopher Walker
April 28, 1994
Spring 1994
The Island of Anyplace
See original production
May 31, June 1, 2, 1994
Summer 1994
Ennio Marchetto
Written, directed, and performed by Ennio Marchetto
June 14-26, 1994
El Tricicle in Slastic
written, directed, and performed by Joan Garcia, Paco Mir, Carles
Sans
June 21 - July 3, 1994
Mump & Smoot
in Caged and Ferno
written, created and performed by Michael Kennard and John Turner
July 7 - 24, 1994
TOURS:
SERIOUS FUN FESTIVAL, Lincoln Center (John Jay Theatre), New York
Shlemiel the First
See original production
July 5-10, 1994
The Reduced Shakespeare Company in The Complete History of
America (Abridged)
Created and performed by Reed Martin, Adam Long, & Austin Tichenor
August 24 - September 3, 1994
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
See original production
September 6 -17, 1994
Shlemiel the First
See original production
September 21- October 8, 1994
At Zero Church Street
An Evening of Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape, A Piece of Monologue, Ohio
Impromptu
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Robert Scanlan
Sets by Lauren Ariel Bon
Costumes by Karen Eister
Lighting by John Ambrosone
Original music and sound design by Christopher
Walker
September 21, 1994
Loeb Stage
The
Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides [poster
available]
[Production Home Page]
English version by Robert Auletta from
the trilogy by Aeschylus
Directed by François Rochaix
Set Design by Robert Dahlstrom
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Mimi Jordan Sherin
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
November 25, 1994
Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by David Wheeler
Set Design by Derek McLane
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
January 13, 1995
Henry
V [poster available]
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ron Daniels
Set Design by John Conklin
Costume Design by Gabriel Berry
Lighting Design by Frances Aronson
Music and Sound Design by Bruce Odland
February 17, 1995
The
Threepenny Opera [poster available]
[Production Home Page]
by Bertolt Brecht
Music by Kurt Weill
Book translated by Michael Feingold
Lyrics translated by Jeremy Sams
Directed by Ron Daniels
Musical Direction by Craig Smith
Set Design by Michael H. Yeargan
Costume Design by Gabriel Berry
Lighting Design by Anne Militello
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
May 12, 1995
Ubu
Rock - World Premiere [poster available]
[Production Home Page]
by Shelley Berc & Andrei
Belgrader
based on Alfred Jarry's play
Music and Lyrics by Rusty Magee
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Set Design by Andrei Both
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
June 2, 1995
1995 New Stages Series
at the C. Walsh Theatre, Suffolk University
The Cryptogram - American Premiere
Written and Directed by David Mamet
Set Design by John Lee Beatty
Costume Design by Harriet Voyt
Lighting Design by Dennis Parichy
February 2, 1995
The Reduced Shakespeare Company in
THE BIBLE: The Complete Word of God (abridged)
April 18, 1995
at the Hasty Pudding Theatre
Demons - World Stage Premiere
by Robert Brustein
Directed by Francesca Zambello
Set Design by Alison Koturbash
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
March 30, 1995
Accident - World Premiere
by Carol K. Mack
Directed by Marcus Stern
Set Design by Allison Koturbash
Costume Design by Gail Buckley
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
April 6, 1995
Summer 1995
The King Stag
See original production for full credits
Lighting adapted by John Ambrosone
Sound adapted by Christopher Walker
Production restaged by John Grant-Phillips
July 27, 1995
TOURS:
BOCA RATON, CORAL SPRINGS, LAKE WORTH, PALM BEACH, FT. LADUERDALE, (FLORIDA) Shlemiel the First, January 12 - March 12, 1995
AMERICAN MUSIC THEATER FESTIVAL, Philadelphia, PA Shlemiel the First March 23- April 2, 1995
STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Stamford, CT Shlemiel the First April 4-16, 1995
THE TAIPEI INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL, Taipei, Taiwan Six Characters in Search of an Author, September 23 - 25, 1995, The King Stag, September 28-30, 1995
Fall Festival
The Late Great Ladies of Blues and Jazz
Conceived, written, and performed by
Sandra Reaves with the All Star Jazz Band
September 5-10, 1995
The American Chestnut
Created and performed by Karen Finley
September 12-17, 1995
Citizen Reno
Written and performed by Reno
September 17, 18, 25, 1995
Don't Smoke in Bed!
An Evening of 20th Century Song
Performed by Marianne Faithfull
September 19 - October 1, 1995
101 Humiliating Stories
Written and performed by Lisa Kron
September 2, 4, 6, 7, 1995
Lillian
Written and performed by David Cale
October 3, 5, 6, 7, 1995
At the Loeb Experimental Theatre
Winter Circus [Production Home Page]
A New Dance-Theatre Work
Choreographed and directed by Amy Spencer
& Richard Colton
September 12-17, 1995
At Zero Church Street Performance Space
Beckett Trio: [Production Home Page]
Eh Joe - Ghost Trio - Nacht und Tråume
by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Robert Scanlan
Video Production by Glenn Litton
Set Design by John Ambrosone
Costume Design by Karen Eister
Sound Design & Original Music by Christopher
Walker
September 14-24, 1995
Loeb Stage
The
Tempest [poster available] [Production
Home Page]
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ron Daniels
Set Design by John Conklin
Costume Design by Gabriel Berry
Lighting Design by Chris Parry
Original Music & Sound Design by Bruce
Odland
Choreography by Amy Spencer & Richard
Colton
November 24, 1995
Buried Child [Production Home Page]
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Marcus Stern
Set Design by Allison Koturbash
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Marcus Stern & Christopher
Walker
January 5, 1996
Tartuffe
[poster available] [production_
home_page]
by Molière
Modern adaptation by Robert Auletta
Directed by François Rochaix
Set Design by Robert Israel
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Mimi Jordan Sherin
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
February 9, 1996
The
Naked Eye [poster available] [production_
home_page]
by Paul Rudnick
Directed by Christopher Ashley
Set Design by Derek McLane
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Don Holder
Projections by Wendall K. Harrington
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
Composer & Music Coordinator Mark Bennett
May 10, 1996
Long Day's Journey
Into Night [poster available]
[production_ home_page]
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Ron Daniels
Set Design by Michael H. Yeargan
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Frances Aronson
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
May 23, 1996
1996 New Stages Series at the Hasty Pudding Theatre
Slaughter City - American Premiere [production_
home_page]
by Naomi Wallace
Directed by Ron Daniels
Set & Costume Design by Ashley Martin-Davis
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Original Sound Score by Glyn Perrin
Additional Sound Design by Christopher Walker
March 28, 1996
Alice in Bed - American Premiere [Production Home Page]
by Susan Sontag
Directed by Bob McGrath
Set Design by Laurie Olinder & Fred
Tietz
Film by Bill Morrison
Costume Design by Susan Anderson
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
with Compositions by James Farmer
April 11, 1996
Alice in Bed is the recipient of a grant award for New American
Plays from the W. Alton Jones Foundation.
TOURS:
JOURNÈES BECKETT, Strasbourg, France: Beckett Trio: Eh joe, Ghost Trio, Nacht und Tråume April 3-4, 1996
STAMFORD CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Stamford, CT: Long Day's Journey Into Night, May 7-19, 1996
Loeb Stage
The
Wild Duck [poster available] [Production
Home Page]
by Henrik Ibsen
New Adaptation by Robert Brustein
Directed by François Rochaix
Set Design by Jean-Claude Maret
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Michael Chybowski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
November 22, 1996
Six Characters in Search of an Author
See original production for full credits
Lighting adapted by John Ambrosone
Sound adapted by Christopher Walker
December 5, 1996
The King Stag
See original production for full credits
Lighting adapted by John Ambrosone
Sound adapted by Christopher Walker
Production restaged by John Grant-Phillips
December 11, 1996
Woyzeck
[poster available] [Production
Home Page]
by Georg Büchner
New Translation by Gideon Lester
Directed by Marcus Stern
Set Design by Allison Koturbash
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Scott Zielinski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker &
Marcus Stern
January 31, 1997
The
Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - World Premiere [poster
available] [Production Home
Page]
by John Moran
Directed by Bob McGrath
Set Design by Laurie Olinder & Fred
Tietz
Slide Design by Laurie Olinder
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Howard S. Thies
Films by Anthony Chase
February 21, 1997
Man & Superman - [poster available]
[Production Home Page]
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by David Wheeler
Set Design by Christine Jones
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by David Remedios
May 9, 1997
1996-97 New Stages Series
at the C. Walsh Theatre at Suffolk University
Punch and Judy Get Divorced - American Premiere [Production Home Page]
by David Gordon and Ain
Gordon
Music by Edward Barnes
Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein, David
Gordon, and Ain Gordon
Directed and Choreographed by David Gordon
Set Design by David Gordon
Costume Design by Adelle Lutz
Lighting Design by Stan Pressner
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
Musical Direction by Alan Johnson
October 25, 1996
When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) - World Premiere
Production [Production Home Page]
by Joseph Chaikin & Sam
Shepard
Directed by Joseph Chaikin
Set Design by Christine Jones
Costume Design by Mary Brecht
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
Music Composition by Woody Regan
March 26, 1997
The Old Neighborhood - World Premiere [Production Home Page]
by David Mamet
Directed by Scott Zigler
Set Design by Kevin Rigdon
Costume Design by Harriet Voyt
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
April 11, 1997
TOURS:
GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, Los Angeles, CA
Shlemiel the First
See original production
May 14 - June 8, 1997
Fall Performances
Shlemiel the First
See original production
September 9-28, 1997
Loeb Stage
The
Bacchae [poster available] [Production
Home Page]
by Euripides
New Translation by Paul Schmidt
Directed by François Rochaix
Set Design by Jean-Claude Maret
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Michael Chybowski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
Movement by Amy Spencer and Richard
Colton
November 21, 1997
Peter
Pan and Wendy - World Premiere [poster
available] [Production Home Page]
a play based on the novel by J.M. Barrie
Conceived by Marcus Stern and Elizabeth
Egloff
Written by Elizabeth Egloff
Directed by Marcus Stern
Set Design by Allison Koturbash
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Scott Zielinski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker &
Marcus Stern
December 12, 1997
The
Taming of the Shrew [poster available]
[Production Home Page]
by William Shakespeare
Adapted & Directed by Andrei Serban
Movement by Amy Spencer and Richard
Colton
Set Design by Christine Jones
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Michael Chybowski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
January 30, 1998
In
the Jungle of Cities [poster available]
[Production Home Page]
by Bertolt Brecht
New Translation by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Robert Woodruff
Set Design by Robert Pyzocha
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Michael Chybowski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
February 20, 1998
The Imaginary
Invalid [poster available] [Production
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by Molière
Translated and Adapted by Shelley Berc
& Andrei Belgrader
Incidental Music and Lyrics by Rusty Magee
Directed by Andrei Belgrader
Movement by Richard Colton
Set Design by Anita Stewart
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by Michael Chybowski
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
May 8, 1998
1996-97 New Stages Series
at the C. Walsh Theatre at Suffolk University
2.5 Minute Ride [description
and links]
written and performed by Lisa Kron
January 6-18, 1998
at the Hasty Pudding Theatre
Albee's Men [Production Home Page]
excerpted from the works of Edward Albee
created by Glyn O'Malley and Stephen
Rowe
performed by Stephen Rowe
directed by Glyn O'Malley
March 24, 1998
Nobody Dies on Friday - World Premiere [Production Home Page]
Written by Robert Brustein
Directed by David Wheeler
Set Design by Michael Griggs
Costume Design by Catherine Zuber
Lighting Design by John Ambrosone
Sound Design by Christopher Walker
April 16, 1998
TOURS:
CHEKHOV INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL, Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, Moscow, Russia: Six Characters in Search of an Author, March 26-28, 1998; When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) March 28-29, 1998; The King Stag, March 31 - April 1, 1998
1998 SINGAPORE FESTIVAL OF ARTS, Jubilee Hall, Singapore: When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) June 5-7, 1998; Nobody Dies on Friday, June 9-11, 1998
Fall 1998
How I Learned to Drive [Production Home Page]
by Paula Vogel
directed by David Wheeler
set design by J. Michael Griggs
costume design by Viola McKenthuen
lighting design by John Ambrosone
sound design by David Remedios
September 18, 1998
Nobody Dies on Friday
See original production
September 30, 1998
Subscription Season
The Marriage of Bette and Boo [Production Home Page]
by Christopher Durang
directed by Marcus Stern
set design by Molly Hughes
costume design by Karen Eister
lighting design by John Ambrosone
sound design by John Huntington
October 16 - November 8, 1999
Hasty Pudding Theatre
Phaedra
[poster available] [Production
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by Jean Racine
translated/adapted by Paul Schmidt
directed by Liz Diamond
set design by Riccardo Hernandez
costume design by Catherine Zuber
lighting design by Michael Chybowski
sound design by Christopher Walker
November 27, 1998
- January 14, 1999
Loeb Drama Center
The
Merchant of Venice [poster available]
[Production Home Page]
by William Shakespeare
directed by Andrei Serban
original music by Elizabeth Swados
set design by Christine Jones
screen designs by Marielle Bancou & William Bonnell
costume design by Catherine Zuber
lighting design by Michael Chybowski
sound design by Christopher Walker
musical direction by Michael Friedman
December 11, 1998 - January 24, 1999
Loeb Drama Center
Valparaiso - World Premiere [