Guthrie Theater

2007-08 Season

Private Lives
by Noël Coward
directed by Peter Rothstein

Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
adapted for the stage by Alan Stanford
directed by John Miller-Stephany

The Home Place
by Brian Friel
directed by Joe Dowling

Pen
by David Marshall Grant
directed by Rob Melrose

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
adapted by Barbara Field
directed by Gary Gisselman

Peer Gynt
translated and adapted by Robert Bly
from the original by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Tim Carroll

Third
by Wendy Wasserstein
directed by Casey Stangl

9 Parts of Desire
by Heather Raffo
directed by Joel Sass

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

The Secret Fall of Constance Wilde
by Thomas Kilroy
directed by Marcela Lorca

After a Hundred Years
by Naomi Iizuka
directed by Lisa Portes

The Government Inspector
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
from the original by Nikolai Gogol
directed by Joe Dowling

2006-07 Season

F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby
adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
directed by David Esbjornson

The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Joe Dowling

The Falls
by Jeffrey Hatcher
inspired by Thornton Wilder's The Long Christmas Dinner
directed by Bill Rauch and Michael John Garces

Lost in Yonkers
by Neil Simon
directed by Gary Gisselman

Edgardo Mine
by Alfred Uhry
based on the book The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara by David I. Kertzer
directed by Mark Lamos

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
adapted by Barbara Field
directed by Gary Gisselman

The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
directed by Joe Dowling

The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Major Barbara
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Lisa Peterson

Boats on a River
by Julie Marie Myatt
directed by Michael Bigelow Dixon

1776
music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards
book by Peter Stone
based on a concept by Sherman Edwards
directed by John Miller-Stephany

2005-06 Season

His Girl Friday
by John Guare (adapt. from The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur and the Columbia Pictures film)
directed by Joe Dowling

The Constant Wife
by W. Somerset Maugham
directed by John Miller-Stephany

Intimate Apparel
by Lynn Nottage
directed by Timothy Bond

Freezing Paradise: An Evening with Kevin Kling
by Kevin Kling

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Gary Gisselman

The People's Temple
by Leigh Fondakowski
with Greg Pierotti, Stephen Wangh and Margo Hall
directed by Leigh Fondakowski

Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

2004-05 Season

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
directed by Joe Dowling

Lady with a Lapdog
by Anton Chekhov (trans. by Julia Smeliansky and Ryan McKittrick)
directed by Kama Ginkas

Pygmalion
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Casey Stangl

The Sex Habits of American Women
by Julie Marie Myatt
directed by Michael Bigelow Dixon

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Gary Gisselman

Oedipus
by Ellen McLaughlin (based on Sophocles' play)
directed by Lisa Peterson

Pericles
by William Shakespeare (adapt. by Joel Sass)
directed by Joel Sass

Tour Freezing Paradise: an evening with Kevin Kling
directed by Kevin Kling

As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

She Loves Me
by Joe Masteroff, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
directed by John Miller-Stephany

A Body of Water
by Lee Blessing
directed by Ethan McSweeny

2003-04 Season

Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen (adapt. by James Maxwell, revised by Alan Stanford)
directed by Joe Dowling

Nickel and Dimed
by Joan Holden
directed by Bill Rauch

The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
directed by John Miller-Stephany

Othello
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Gary Gisselman

Crowns
by Regina Taylor
directed by Timothy Bond

Boston Marriage
by David Mamet
directed by Doug Mercer

Tour Othello
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
directed by Ethan McSweeny

The Pirates of Penzance
by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
directed by Joe Dowling

Blue/Orange
by Joe Penhall
directed by Casey Stangl

2002-03 Season

Resurrection Blues
by Arthur Miller
directed by David Esbjornson

Good Boys
by Jane Martin
directed by Jon Jory

The Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
directed by Dominique Serrand

The Chairs
by Eugene Ionesco
directed by Daniel Aukin

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Gary Gisselman

Mrs. Warren's Profession
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Lisa Peterson

Wintertime
by Charles L. Mee
directed by John Miller-Stephany

Tour The Stuff of Dreams
by Bill Corbett
directed by Jef Hall-Flavin

Six Degrees of Separation
by John Guare
directed by Ethan McSweeny

Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
directed by Joe Dowling

Top Girls
by Caryl Churchill
directed by Casey Stangl

2001-02 Season

Amadeus
by Peter Shaffer
directed by Joe Dowling

The Carpetbagger's Children
by Horton Foote
directed by Michael Wilson

Da
by Hugh Leonard
directed by Doug Hughes

Merrily We Roll Along
by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth
directed by John Miller-Stephany

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Gary Gisselman

Anthony & Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
directed by Mark Lamos

Thief River
by Lee Blessing
directed by Ethan McSweeny

Tour Ah Wilderness!
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Douglas Wager

The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
(adapt. by Michael Bogdanov with additional material by Kevin Kling)
directed by Michael Bogdanov

All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
directed by Joe Dowling

2000-01 Season

Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by David Esbjornson

To Fool the Eye
by Jean Anouilh's Leocadia (adapt. by Jeffrey Hatcher)
directed by John Miller-Stephany

The Invention of Love
by Tom Stoppard
directed by Joe Dowling

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Sari Ketter

Blood Wedding
by Federico Garcia Lorca
directed by Marcela Lorca

Tour Molly Sweeney
by Brian Friel
directed by Joe Dowling

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
directed by David Esbjornson

In the Blood
by Suzan-Lori Parks
directed by Timothy Douglas

Once in a Lifetime
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
directed by Douglas C. Wager

1999-2000 Season

Sweeney Todd
by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
directed by John Miller-Stephany

The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
directed by Joe Dowling

Ah, Wilderness!
by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Douglas C. Wager

Martin Guerre
by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg
directed by Connell Morrison

Mr. Peters' Connections
by Arthur Miller
directed by James Houghton

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Sari Ketter

Misalliance
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Neil Munro

Lake Hollywood
by John Guare
directed by Itamar Kubovy

Tour A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

The Darker Face of the Earth
by Rita Dove
directed by Lou Bellamy

The Plough and the Stars
by Sean O'Casey
directed by Joe Dowling

Side Man
by Warren Leight
directed by Ethan McSweeny

1998-99 Season

The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by Joe Dowling

A Month in the Country
by Brian Friel, after Ivan Turgenev
directed by Mark Brokaw

Molly Sweeney
by Brian Friel
directed by Joe Dowling

The Venetian Twins
by Carlo Goldoni (adapt. by Michael Bogdanov with additional material by Kevin Kling)
directed by Michael Bogdanov

Gross Indecency
by Moisés Kaufman
directed by Ethan McSweeny

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Sari Ketter

The Magic Fire
by Lillian Garrett-Groag
directed by Libby Appel

Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Lysistrata
by Aristophanes
directed by Wendy Knox

Summer and Smoke
by Tennessee Williams
directed by David Esbjornson

1997-98 Season

You Can't Take It With You
by George Kaufman and Moss Hart
directed by Douglas C. Wager

Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
directed by Joe Dowling

Racing Demon
by David Hare
directed by Mark Brokaw

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Sari Ketter

The Playboy of the Western World
by John Millington Synge
directed by Joe Dowling

Thunder Knocking on the Door
by Keith Glover
directed by Marion McClinton

Black No More
by Syl Jones
directed by Tazwell Thompson

Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

1996-97 Season

The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
directed by Joe Dowling

She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith
directed by Douglas Hughes

Philadelphia, Here I Come!
by Brian Friel
directed by Joe Dowling

Simpatico
by Sam Shepard
directed by Gary Gisselman

A Doll's House
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Michael Langham

Mystery of the Rose Bouquet
by Manuel Puig
directed by Risa Brainin

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adapt. by Barbara Field)
directed by Sari Ketter

The Price
by Arthur Miller
directed by David Thacker

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling

Many Colors Make the Thunder-King
by Femi Osofisan
directed by Bartlett Sher