Production History
A legacy of artistic excellence
Since 1963, the Guthrie has fulfilled its mission to bring both classic and contemporary plays to the stage and connect the community we serve to one another and to the world. We’ve produced hundreds of plays, musicals and commissioned works under the leadership of eight visionary artistic directors. Explore their tenures and discover the Guthrie’s robust production history below.
Joseph Haj, 2015 – present
A Christmas Carol
The Heart Sellers
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Mousetrap
The Nacirema Society
Cabaret
The Importance of Being Earnest
by OSCAR WILDE
directed by DAVID IVERS
For the People
by TY DEFOE and LARISSA FASTHORSE
directed by MICHAEL JOHN GARCÉS
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by LAVINA JADHWANI
directed by ADDIE GORLIN-HAN
based on the original direction by JOSEPH HAJ
‘Art’
by YASMINA REZA
translated by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
directed by KIMBERLY SENIOR
Dial M for Murder
adapted by JEFFREY HATCHER
from the original by FREDERICK KNOTT
directed by TRACY BRIGDEN
The Guthrie Theater presents an Irish Repertory Theatre production
produced by Octopus Theatricals
On Beckett
conceived and performed by BILL IRWIN
Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II, Henry IV and Henry V
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
Skeleton Crew
by DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU
directed by AUSTENE VAN
Little Shop of Horrors
book and lyrics by HOWARD ASHMAN
music by ALAN MENKEN
based on the film by ROGER CORMAN, screenplay by CHARLES GRIFFITH
directed and choreographed by MARCIA MILGROM DODGE
The Guthrie Theater, in co-production with Goodman Theatre, presents
English
by SANAZ TOOSSI
directed by HAMID DEHGHANI
Vietgone
by QUI NGUYEN
original music by SHANE RETTIG
directed by MINA MORITA
The Guthrie Theater, in association with The Public Theater, presents
Sally & Tom
by SUZAN-LORI PARKS
directed by STEVE H. BROADNAX III
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by LAVINA JADHWANI
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
CUMMINS AND SCOULLAR'S
The Little Prince
drama by RICK CUMMINS and JOHN SCOULLAR
based on the book by ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
directed by DOMINIQUE SERRAND
Blues for an Alabama Sky
by PEARL CLEAGE
directed by NICOLE A. WATSON
The Guthrie Theater presents an Alley Theatre production of
Born With Teeth
by LIZ DUFFY ADAMS
directed by ROB MELROSE
Hamlet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S
Murder on the Orient Express
adapted for the stage by KEN LUDWIG
directed by RISA BRAININ
Into the Woods
music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
book by JAMES LAPINE
directed by SARNA LAPINE
Shane
by KAREN ZACARÍAS
adapted from the novel by JACK SCHAEFER
directed by BLAKE ROBISON
What the Constitution Means to Me
a play by HEIDI SCHRECK
directed by OLIVER BUTLER
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by LAVINA JADHWANI
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
The Tempest
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOE DOWLING
A Raisin in the Sun
by LORRAINE HANSBERRY
directed by AUSTENE VAN
Emma
by KATE HAMILL
based on the novel by JANE AUSTEN
directed by MEREDITH McDONOUGH
Sweat
by LYNN NOTTAGE
directed by TAMILLA WOODARD
The 2020–2021 Season reflects a year without in-person performances, which led to reaching audiences in new ways. Virtual programming and events connected broader communities during a time when the healing and inspiration theater provides was greatly needed.
The Guthrie Theater was a broadcast partner for the Berkeley Rep production of
It Can’t Happen Here
by TONY TACCONE and BENNETT S. COHEN
adapted from the novel by SINCLAIR LEWIS
sound design and music by PAUL JAMES PRENDERGAST
directed by LISA PETERSON
I AM
curated by SHAVUNDA BROWN
in partnership with MINNESOTA BLACK THEATER ARTISTS
A Breath for George
presented by NEW DAWN THEATRE COMPANY
STOOPIDITY
written and performed by DOMINO D’LORION (LADY CUMMEAL), MICHAEL McKITT and IAN McCARTHY
When Our Joy Matters
curated and produced by ASHAWNTI SAKINA FORD
presented by THE BLACK ENSEMBLE PLAYERS
PlayCo and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, in association with American Repertory Theater, Guthrie Theater and Oregon Shakespeare Festival, present
This is Who I Am
by AMIR NIZAR ZUABI
directed by EVREN ODCIKIN
The Guthrie Theater presents a Pomegranate Arts production of
Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce... Pandemic!
conceived and performed by TAYLOR MAC
The Guthrie Theater in collaboration with Freestyle Films presents
Dickens’ Holiday Classic
adapted and directed by E.G. BAILEY and JOSEPH HAJ
from A Christmas Carol by CHARLES DICKENS
Missing Mississippi Moons
written and performed by ANTONIO DUKE
directed by ELLEN FENSTER
The Uprising Volume II: Black HERstory
a DARK MUSE PERFORMING ARTS production
written and directed by VANESSA BROOKE AGNES
Dining With the Ancestors
conceived by REGINA MARIE WILLIAMS
written by DAAIMAH MUBASHSHIR
directed by SIGNE V. HARRIDAY
Tears of a Willow
by OYA MAE DUCHESS
directed by ATLESE ROBINSON
Blackness Is… Arts Festival
presented by MN Black Theatre Circle in partnership with the Guthrie
Night One
- Opening Ceremony
- Brownbody by DENEANE RICHBURG/BROWNBODY
- Over My Head by AVERIE MITCHELL-BROWN
- Abiyamo (On Daughterhood) by TOLU KEHINDE
- With Love From Washington by DENZEL BELIN
- Talkback: DENEANE RICHBURG/BROWNBODY
Day Two
- Talkback: TOLU KEHINDE
- Talkback: AVERIE MITCHELL-BROWN
- Workshop: SLAY! with BRIAN BOSE
- Opening Ceremony
- DOOMSCROLL with MK & Tia! by RICARDO BEAIRD
- Colors of Classical Music Throughout HERstory by STEPHANIE HENRY
- Zen Is In (hip-hop performance)
- Black Thread: A Tribute to Ann Lowe by TIFFANY COOPER
- 21st Century Bomberas by TEARRA OSO
Day Three
- Talkback: RICARDO BEAIRD
- Workshop: Costumes with TREVOR BOWEN
- Opening Ceremony
- Greenwood 1964 by MOHAMMED ALI OJARIGI
- Still We Rise by ASHLEY DuBOSE
- The Things That Bind by NIEYA AMEZQUITA
- Moments to Arrive by MIKO S. SIMMONS
The Glass Menagerie
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
The Guthrie Theater presents a New Arab American Theater Works production of
Zafira and the Resistance
by KATHRYN HADDAD
directed by MALEK NAJJAR and ZEINA SALAME
Steel Magnolias
by ROBERT HARLING
directed by LISA ROTHE
The Guthrie Theater presents a Theater Mu production of
Fast Company
by CARLA CHING
directed by BRIAN BALCOM
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by LAUREN KEATING
Noura
by HEATHER RAFFO
directed by TAIBI MAGAR
The Guthrie Theater presents a Remote Theater Project production of
Grey Rock
written and directed by AMIR NIZAR ZUABI
The Guthrie Theater presents
Jogging
conceived and performed by HANANE HAJJ ALI
Twelfth Night
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by TOM QUAINTANCE
The Guthrie Theater presents a SITI Company production of
The Bacchae
by EURIPIDES
translation by AARON POOCHIGIAN
directed by ANNE BOGART
created and performed by SITI COMPANY
NOTE: The following productions were canceled due to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Guthrie Theater presents
CENTERPLAY
created and performed by VIE BOHEME
Emma
by KATE HAMILL
based on the novel by JANE AUSTEN
directed by MEREDITH McDONOUGH
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by BERTOLT BRECHT
translation by ALISTAIR BEATON
directed by JAMES A. WILLIAMS
presented by the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA/GUTHRIE THEATER B.F.A. ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM
Destiny of Desire
by KAREN ZACARÍAS
directed by JOSÉ LUIS VALENZUELA
Cabaret
book by JOE MASTEROFF
based on the play by JOHN VAN DRUTEN
and stories by CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD
music by JOHN KANDER
lyrics by FRED EBB
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
Sweat
by LYNN NOTTAGE
directed by TIMOTHY BOND
Spotlight Cabaret
performed by nine artists on nine nights
Frankenstein – Playing With Fire
by BARBARA FIELD (from the novel by MARY SHELLEY)
directed by ROB MELROSE
The Guthrie Theater presents PRIME Productions’
Two Degrees
by TIRA PALMQUIST
directed by SHELLI PLACE
Noises Off
by MICHAEL FRAYN
directed by MEREDITH McDONOUGH
The Guthrie Theater presents Interact Theater’s production of
Hot Funky Butt Jazz
created by the INTERACT ENSEMBLE
directed by JEANNE CALVIT
music and lyrics by AARON GABRIEL
in collaboration with New Orleans' musicians ZENA MOSES, JEREMY PHIPPS and EUGENE HARDING
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by LAUREN KEATING
The Great Leap
written by LAUREN YEE
directed by DESDEMONA CHIANG
The Guthrie Theater presents a Split Britches production of
Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)
performed by LOIS WEAVER and PEGGY SHAW
written by LOIS WEAVER, PEGGY SHAW and HANNAH MAXWELL
As You Like It
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by LAVINA JADHWANI
The Guthrie Theater presents Martha Graham Cracker’s
Lashed But Not Leashed
songs by DITO van REIGERSBERG, DAVID SWEENY, ELIZA HARDY JONES and VINCE FEDERICI
directed by JOANNA SETTLE
The Guthrie Theater presents
Hi, Are You Single?
written and performed by RYAN J. HADDAD
directed by LAURA SAVIA
Cyrano de Bergerac
by EDMOND ROSTAND
adapted and directed by JOSEPH HAJ
The Guthrie Theater, in co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, presents
Metamorphoses
based on the myths of OVID
written and directed by MARY ZIMMERMAN
from the translation by DAVID R. SLAVITT
Boudica
by TRISTAN BERNAYS
directed by TIFFANY NICHOLE GREENE
presented by the UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA/GUTHRIE THEATER B.F.A. ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAM
The Guthrie Theater presents a Full Circle Theater production of
Caught
by CHRISTOPHER CHEN
directed by RICK SHIOMI
Guys and Dolls
A Musical Fable of Broadway
based on a story and characters of DAMON RUNYON
music and lyrics by FRANK LOESSER
book by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS
directed by KENT GASH
The Guthrie Theater presents
Leaves of Grass – Illuminated
written and performed by PATRICK SCULLY
from the text by WALT WHITMAN
Floyd’s
by LYNN NOTTAGE
directed by KATE WHORISKEY
The Guthrie Theater presents the ArtsEmerson production of
Mala
written and performed by MELINDA LOPEZ
directed by DAVID DOWER
dramaturgy by P. CARL
Romeo and Juliet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
The Guthrie Theater presents the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project’s
Birds Sing Differently Here
created by DYLAN FRESCO, TAOUS CLAIRE KHAZEM and IRAQI VOICES PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
directed by TAOUS CLAIRE KHAZEM
Watch on the Rhine
by LILLIAN HELLMAN
directed by LISA PETERSON
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by LAUREN KEATING
Blithe Spirit
by NOËL COWARD
directed by DAVID IVERS
Indecent
by PAULA VOGEL
directed by WENDY C. GOLDBERG
Solo Emerging Artist Celebration
featuring ANTONIO DUKE, A.P. LOOZE and IFRAH MANSOUR
Familiar
by DANAI GURIRA
directed by TAIBI MAGAR
An Enemy of the People
by HENRIK IBSEN
a new adaptation by BRAD BIRCH
directed by LYNDSEY TURNER
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
by TODD KREIDLER
based on the screenplay Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner by WILLIAM ROSE
directed by TIMOTHY BOND
BAD NEWS! i was there...
created and directed by JoANNE AKALAITIS
original music by BRUCE ODLAND
The Guthrie Theater presents a Full Circle Theater production of
Under This Roof
by BARBARA KINGSLEY
directed by JAMES A. WILLIAMS
Not Every Mountain
a workshop performance created by RUDE MECHS and ensemble
The Legend of Georgia McBride
by MATTHEW LOPEZ
directed by JEFFREY MEANZA
West Side Story
based on a conception by JEROME ROBBINS
book by ARTHUR LAURENTS
music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
Sense and Sensibility
adapted by KATE HAMILL
based on the novel by JANE AUSTEN
directed by SARAH RASMUSSEN
The Guthrie Theater presents zAmya Theater Project’s
Home Street Home Minneapolis
written by the ZAMYA THEATER TROUPE
with playwright JOSEF EVANS
directed by MAREN WARD
The Parchman Hour
by MIKE WILEY
directed by PATRICIA McGREGOR
Hold These Truths
by JEANNE SAKATA
directed by LISA ROTHE
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE CHVALA
The Lion in Winter
by JAMES GOLDMAN
directed by KEVIN MORIARTY
The Guthrie Theater presents a 7th House Theater production of
The Passage or What Comes of Searching in the Dark
book, music and lyrics by DAVID DARROW
The Guthrie Theater presents a Transatlantic Love Affair production of
Promise Land
conceived by DIOGO LOPES and created by the ensemble
directed by DIOGO LOPES and ISABEL NELSON
The Royal Family
by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN and EDNA FERBER
directed by RACHEL CHAVKIN
King Lear
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
We Are Proud to Present
a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915
by JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY
directed by TAIBI MAGAR
The Guthrie Theater presents The Telling Project’s
She Went to War
The Guthrie WorldStage Series presents
Battlefield
based on the Mahabharata and the play by JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE
adapted and directed by PETER BROOK and collaborator MARIE-HÉLÈNE ESTIENNE
Toni Morrison’s
The Bluest Eye
adapted by LYDIA R. DIAMOND
directed by LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ
The Guthrie Theater presents a Mu Performing Arts production of
Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery
by LLOYD SUH
directed by RANDY REYES
Refugia
an original idea developed by THE MOVING COMPANY
directed by DOMINIQUE SERRAND
Sunday in the Park With George
music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
book by JAMES LAPINE
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
The Guthrie Theater presents
The New Griots Festival
Native Gardens
by KAREN ZACARÍAS
directed by BLAKE ROBISON
The Holler Sessions
written and performed by FRANK BOYD
originally co-directed by RACHEL CHAVKIN
To Kill a Mockingbird
adapted by CHRISTOPHER SERGEL
based on the novel by HARPER LEE
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
The Guthrie WorldStage Series presents the Actors Touring Company’s production of
The Events
directed by RAMIN GRAY
written by DAVID GREIG
music by JOHN BROWNE
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE CHVALA
The Cocoanuts
music and lyrics by IRVING BERLIN
book by GEORGE S. KAUFMAN
adapted by MARK BEDARD
musical adaptation by GREGG COFFIN
directed by DAVID IVERS
The Guthrie Theater, in association with Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Folger Theatre, presents
Pericles
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
The Guthrie Theater, in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company, presents
The Critic
by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
adapted by JEFFREY HATCHER
and
The Real Inspector Hound
by TOM STOPPARD
directed by MICHAEL KAHN
Harvey
by MARY CHASE
directed by LIBBY APPEL
Trouble in Mind
by ALICE CHILDRESS
directed by VALERIE CURTIS-NEWTON
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s
South Pacific
music by RICHARD RODGERS
lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
book by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II and JOSHUA LOGAN
adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Tales of the South Pacific by JAMES A. MICHENER
directed by JOSEPH HAJ
Disgraced
by AYAD AKHTAR
directed by MARCELA LORCA
Joe Dowling, 1995–2015
The White Snake
written and directed by MARY ZIMMERMAN
based on the classic Chinese fable
The Heidi Chronicles
by WENDY WASSERSTEIN
directed by LEIGH SILVERMAN
The Guthrie Theater presents an Odyssey Theatre Ensemble production of
A Steady Rain
by KEITH HUFF
directed by JEFF PERRY
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE CHVALA
The Cocktail Hour
by A.R. GURNEY
directed by MARIA AITKEN
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
adapted by JEFFREY HATCHER
from the novel by MARK TWAIN
directed by IAN BELKNAP
and
Macbeth
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by DEVIN BRAIN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOE DOWLING and DAVID BOLGER
The Guthrie Theater, in co-production with American Conservatory Theater, presents
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
by ANNE WASHBURN
score by MICHAEL FRIEDMAN
lyrics by ANNE WASHBURN
directed by MARK RUCKER
The Crucible
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by JOE DOWLING
Juno and the Paycock
by SEÁN O’CASEY
directed by JOE DOWLING
Choir Boy
by TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY
directed by PETER ROTHSTEIN
Meredith Willson’s
The Music Man
book, music and lyrics by MEREDITH WILLSON
story by MEREDITH WILLSON and FRANKLIN LACEY
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
Stage Kiss
by SARAH RUHL
directed by CASEY STANGL
Uncle Vanya
by ANTON CHEKHOV
in a version by BRIAN FRIEL
directed by JOE DOWLING
Tribes
by NINA RAINE
directed by WENDY C. GOLDBERG
An Iliad (revival)
adapted from HOMER by LISA PETERSON and DENIS O’HARE
translation by ROBERT FAGLES
directed by BENJAMIN McGOVERN
Skiing on Broken Glass
by DAVID GOLDSTEIN
directed by JOE DOWLING
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE CHVALA
Born Yesterday
by GARSON KANIN
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
The Guthrie WorldStage Series presents a Kneehigh production of
Tristan and Yseult
adapted and directed by EMMA RICE
written by ANNA MARIA MURPHY and CARL GROSE
Freud’s Last Session
by MARK ST. GERMAIN
directed by ROB MELROSE
Othello
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MARION McCLINTON
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
Hamlet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by IAN BELKNAP
and
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by TOM STOPPARD
directed by JOHN RANDO
Crimes of the Heart
by BETH HENLEY
directed by MARCELA LORCA
The Guthrie WorldStage Series presents an Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre Bolton production of
Our Country’s Good
by TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER
based on The Playmaker by THOMAS KENEALLY
directed by MAX STAFFORD-CLARK
My Fair Lady
book and lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER
music by FREDERICK LOEWE
based on Pygmalion by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by JOE DOWLING
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
by CHRISTOPHER DURANG
directed by JOEL SASS
Tales From Hollywood
by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
directed by ETHAN McSWEENY
Appomattox
by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
directed by DAVID ESBJORNSON
Embers
by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
based on the novel by SÁNDOR MÁRAI
as translated by CAROL BROWN JANEWAY
directed by JOE DOWLING
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE CHVALA
The Guthrie Theater presents the Yale Repertory Theatre production of
The Servant of Two Masters
by CARLO GOLDONI
adapted by CONSTANCE CONGDON
from a translation by CHRISTINA SIBUL
directed by CHRISTOPHER BAYES
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
As You Like It
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by DAN ROTHENBERG
Long Day's Journey Into Night
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by JOE DOWLING
Other Desert Cities
by JON ROBIN BAITZ
directed by PETER ROTHSTEIN
The Guthrie WorldStage Series presents Propeller’s productions of
Twelfth Night and The Taming of the Shrew
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by EDWARD HALL
Nice Fish
written by MARK RYLANCE and LOUIS JENKINS
directed by MARK RYLANCE with CLAIRE van KAMPEN
The Primrose Path
by CRISPIN WHITTELL
based on the novel Home of the Gentry by IVAN TURGENEV
directed by ROGER REES
An Iliad
adapted from HOMER by LISA PETERSON and DENIS O’HARE
translation by ROBERT FAGLES
directed by BENJAMIN McGOVERN
Clybourne Park
by BRUCE NORRIS
directed by LISA PETERSON
Pride and Prejudice
adapted for the stage by SIMON READE
based on the novel by JANE AUSTEN
directed by JOE DOWLING
Much Ado About Nothing
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOE DOWLING
The Burial at Thebes
by SEAMUS HEANEY
based on Antigone by SOPHOCLES
directed by MARCELA LORCA
The Edge of Our Bodies
by ADAM RAPP
directed by BENJAMIN McGOVERN
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE DOWLING
Charley’s Aunt
by BRANDON THOMAS
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
Julius Caesar
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by ROB MELROSE
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by LISA PETERSON
End of the Rainbow
by PETER QUILTER
directed by TERRY JOHNSON
The Birds
by CONOR McPHERSON
from the short story by DAPHNE du MAURIER
directed by HENRY WISHCAMPER
Hay Fever
by NOËL COWARD
directed by CHRISTOPHER LUSCOMBE
Time Stands Still
by DONALD MARGULIES
directed by JOE DOWLING
The Guthrie Theater presents a Penumbra Theatre production of
The Amen Corner
by JAMES BALDWIN
directed by LOU BELLAMY
Roman Holiday
music and lyrics by COLE PORTER
book by PAUL BLAKE
based on the Paramount Pictures motion picture
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
The Sunshine Boys
by NEIL SIMON
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
The Master Butchers Singing Club
by MARSHA NORMAN
based on the novel by LOUISE ERDRICH
developed and directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
The 39 Steps
adapted by PATRICK BARLOW
from the novel by JOHN BUCHAN
from the ALFRED HITCHCOCK film
licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited
and an original concept by SIMON CORBLE and NOBBY DIMON
directed by JOEL SASS
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by CRISPIN WHITTELL
directed by JOE DOWLING
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
Romeo and Juliet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by PENNY METROPULOS
and
The Comedy of Errors
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by IAN BELKNAP
The Winter’s Tale
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JONATHAN MUNBY
Arms and the Man
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by ETHAN McSWEENY
Arsenic and Old Lace
by JOSEPH KESSELRING
directed by JOE DOWLING
God of Carnage
by YASMINA REZA
translation by CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
Gilbert and Sullivan’s
H.M.S. Pinafore
directed by JOE DOWLING
The Guthrie Theater presents
Ella
book by JEFFREY HATCHER
conceived by ROB RUGGIERO and DYKE GARRISON
musical supervision and arrangements by DANNY HOLGATE
directed by ROB RUGGIERO
The Importance of Being Earnest
by OSCAR WILDE
directed by JOE DOWLING
Faith Healer
by BRIAN FRIEL
directed by JOE DOWLING
associate director BENJAMIN McGOVERN
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
Romeo and Juliet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by PENNY METROPULOS
and
Macbeth
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOE DOWLING
The Guthrie’s WorldStage Series presents Kneehigh Theatre’s production of
Noël Coward’s
Brief Encounter
originally produced by DAVID PUGH, DAFYDD ROGERS and CINEWORLD
adapted and directed by EMMA RICE
M. Butterfly
by DAVID HENRY HWANG
directed by PETER ROTHSTEIN
Circle Mirror Transformation
by ANNIE BAKER
directed by BENJAMIN McGOVERN
Dollhouse
by REBECCA GILMAN
based on A Doll’s House by HENRIK IBSEN
directed by WENDY C. GOLDBERG
A Streetcar Named Desire
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
The Scottsboro Boys
music and lyrics by JOHN KANDER and FRED EBB
book by DAVID THOMPSON
direction and choreography by SUSAN STROMAN
Little House on the Prairie
book by RACHEL SHEINKIN
music by RACHEL PORTMAN
lyrics by DONNA DI NOVELLI
based on the Little House books by LAURA INGALLS WILDER
directed by FRANCESCA ZAMBELLO
A View From the Bridge
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by ETHAN McSWEENY
The Caretaker
by HAROLD PINTER
directed by BENJAMIN McGOVERN
Shadowlands
by WILLIAM NICHOLSON
directed by JOE DOWLING
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
Edward Albee’s
A Delicate Balance
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
The Acting Company, in association with the Guthrie Theater, presents
Henry V
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by DAVIS McCALLUM
and
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOE DOWLING
Happy Days
by SAMUEL BECKETT
directed by ROB MELROSE
Caroline, or Change
book and lyrics by TONY KUSHNER
music by JEANINE TESORI
directed by MARCELA LORCA
The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide
to Capitalism and Socialism With a Key to the Scriptures
by TONY KUSHNER
directed by MICHAEL GREIF
Tiny Kushner: An Evening of Short Plays
by TONY KUSHNER
directed by TONY TACCONE
When We Are Married
by J.B. PRIESTLEY
directed by JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY
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 Ugly One
by MARIUS von MAYENBURG
translation by MAJA ZADE
directed by BENJAMIN McGOVERN
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
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 The Long Christmas Dinner by THORNTON WILDER
directed by BILL RAUCH and MICHAEL JOHN GARCÉS
Lost in Yonkers
by NEIL SIMON
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
Edgardo Mine
by ALFRED UHRY
based on 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
His Girl Friday
adapted by JOHN GUARE
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
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted 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
Death of a Salesman
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by JOE DOWLING
Lady With a Lapdog
by ANTON CHEKHOV
translation 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
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
Oedipus
by ELLEN McLAUGHLIN
based on the play by SOPHOCLES
directed by LISA PETERSON
Pericles
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
adapted and directed by JOEL SASS
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
Pride and Prejudice
by JANE AUSTEN
adapted by JAMES MAXWELL and 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
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
Crowns
by REGINA TAYLOR
directed by TIMOTHY BOND
Boston Marriage
by DAVID MAMET
directed by DOUG MERCER
Othello (tour)
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
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 EUGÈNE IONESCO
directed by DANIEL AUKIN
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted 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
The Stuff of Dreams (tour)
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
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
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
Anthony and Cleopatra
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MARK LAMOS
Thief River
by LEE BLESSING
directed by ETHAN McSWEENY
Ah, Wilderness! (tour)
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by DOUGLAS WAGER
The Canterbury Tales
by GEOFFREY CHAUCER
adapted by MICHAEL BOGDANOV with additional material by KEVIN KLING
directed by MICHAEL BOGDANOV
All My Sons
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by JOE DOWLING
Twelfth Night
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOE DOWLING
Hedda Gabler
by HENRIK IBSEN
directed by DAVID ESBJORNSON
To Fool the Eye
based on Léocadia by JEAN ANOUILH
adapted 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
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by SARI KETTER
Blood Wedding
by FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA
directed by MARCELA LORCA
Molly Sweeney (tour)
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
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 SCHÖNBERG
directed by CONNELL MORRISON
Mr. Peters’ Connections
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by JAMES HOUGHTON
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted 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
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (tour)
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
The Importance of Being Earnest
by OSCAR WILDE
directed by JOE DOWLING
A Month in the Country
by BRIAN FRIEL after the play by IVAN TURGENEV
directed by MARK BROKAW
Molly Sweeney
by BRIAN FRIEL
directed by JOE DOWLING
The Venetian Twins
by CARLO GOLDONI
adapted 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
adapted 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
You Can’t Take It With You
by GEORGE KAUFMAN and MOSS HART
directed by DOUGLAS C. WAGER
Blithe Spirit
by NOËL COWARD
directed by JOE DOWLING
Racing Demon
by DAVID HARE
directed by MARK BROKAW
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted 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
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
adapted 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
Garland Wright, 1986–1995
King Lear
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Royal Family
by GEORGE KAUFMAN and EDNA FERBER
directed by SARI KETTER
Short Play Series
Tone Clusters
by JOYCE CAROL OATES
and
Naomi in the Living Room
by CHRISTOPHER DURANG
and
The Zoo Story
by EDWARD ALBEE
directed by RISA BRAININ
The Firebugs
by MAX FRISCH
directed by DAVID GORDON
Old Times
by HAROLD PINTER
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Big White Fog
by THEODORE WARD
directed by LOU BELLAMY
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RISA BRAININ
Babes in Arms
by RICHARD RODGERS and LORENZ HART
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Rover
by APHRA BEHN
directed by JoANNE AKALAITIS
The Play’s the Thing
by FERENC MOLNÁR
adapted by P.G. WODEHOUSE
directed by MICHAEL ENGLER
Home
by DAVID STOREY
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Broken Jug
by HEINRICH von KLEIST
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
As You Like It
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by SARI KETTER
Macbeth
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by KRISTOFFER TABORI
K: Impressions of The Trial
by FRANZ KAFKA
adapted and directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Too Clever by Half
by ALEXANDER OSTROVSKY
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Naga Mandala
by GIRISH KARNAD
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Triumph of Love
by PIERRE de MARIVAUX
directed by DOMINIQUE SERRAND
Othello
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by LAIRD WILLIAMSON
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by SARI KETTER
A Woman of No Importance
by OSCAR WILDE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Dream on Monkey Mountain
by DEREK WALCOTT
directed by BILL T. JONES
The Clytemnestra Project
Iphigeneia at Aulis
by EURIPIDES
and
Agamemnon
by AESCHYLUS
and
Electra
by SOPHOCLES
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Private Lives
by NOËL COWARD
directed by MICHAEL ENGLER
The Winter’s Tale
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by DOUGLAS HUGHES
The Seagull
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by SARI KETTER
The Good Hope
by HERMAN HEIJERMANS
directed by BARTLETT SHER
Death of a Salesman
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by SHELDON EPPS
The Man Who Came to Dinner
by GEORGE KAUFMAN and MOSS HART
directed by LAIRD WILLIAMSON
The Illusion
by PIERRE CORNEILLE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Fantasio
by ALFRED de MUSSET
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Tempest
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JENNIFER TIPTON
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by SARI KETTER
Marat/Sade
by PETER WEISS
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The History Plays
Richard II
and
Henry IV
and
Henry V
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT and CHARLES NEWELL
The Skin of Our Teeth
by THORNTON WILDER
directed by ROBERT WOODRUFF
The Front Page
by BEN HECHT and CHARLES MacARTHUR
directed by DOUGLAS HUGHES
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RICHARD OOMS
Medea
by EURIPIDES
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Harvey
by MARY CHASE
directed by DOUGLAS HUGHES
Uncle Vanya
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Duchess of Malfi
by JOHN WEBSTER
directed by MICHAEL KAHN
Volpone
by BEN JONSON
directed by STAN WOJEWODSKI, JR.
The Screens
by JEAN GENET
directed by JoANNE AKALAITIS
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RICHARD OOMS
Candide
by HUGH WHEELER and LEONARD BERNSTEIN
adapted from VOLTAIRE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Glass Menagerie
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by VIVIAN MATALON
The Imaginary Invalid
by MOLIÈRE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Frankenstein – Playing With Fire
by BARBARA FIELD (from the novel by MARY SHELLEY)
directed by MICHAEL MAGGIO
Hamlet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Wild Duck
by HENRIK IBSEN
directed by LUCIAN PINTILIE
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RICHARD OOMS
Pravda
by DAVID HARE and HOWARD BRENTON
directed by ROBERT FALLS
The Misanthrope
by MOLIÈRE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Piggy Bank
by EUGÈNE LABICHE and A. DELACOUR
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Bacchae
by EURIPIDES
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
The House of Bernarda Alba
by FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA
directed by LES WATERS
Leon & Lena (and lenz)
by GEORG BÜCHNER
directed by JoANNE AKALAITIS
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RICHARD OOMS
Richard III
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Saint Joan
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by PATRICK MASON
The Merry Wives of Windsor
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by DEREK GOLDBY
The Birthday Party
by HAROLD PINTER
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
On the Verge
by ERIC OVERMYER
directed by STAN WOJEWODSKI, JR.
Rhinoceros
by EUGÈNE IONESCO
directed by KAZIMIERZ BRAUN
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RICHARD OOMS
Double Infidelities
by PIERRE de MARIVAUX
directed by WILLIAM GASKILL
The Gospel at Colonus
conceived, adapted and directed by LEE BREUER
from Oedipus at Colonus by SOPHOCLES
music composed, arranged and directed by BOB TELSON
Liviu Ciulei, 1980–1985
Great Expectations
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
Cyrano de Bergerac
by EDMOND ROSTAND
directed by EDWARD GILBERT
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
Candida
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by WILLIAM GASKILL
Execution of Justice
by EMILY MANN
directed by EMILY MANN
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by HOWARD DALLIN
On the Razzle
by TOM STOPPARD
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
The Rainmaker
by N. RICHARD NASH
directed by TIMOTHY NEAR
A Soldier’s Play
by CHARLES FULLER
directed by DOUGLAS TURNER WARD
Hang on to Me
book by MAX GORKY
songs by GEORGE and IRA GERSHWIN
directed by PETER SELLARS
Three Sisters
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
Tartuffe
by MOLIÈRE
directed by LUCIAN PINTILIE
’night, Mother
by MARSHA NORMAN
directed by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE
Twelfth Night
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE
Anything Goes
by COLE PORTER
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Master Harold ... and the Boys
by ATHOL FUGARD
directed by ATHOL FUGARD
The Threepenny Opera
by BERTOLT BRECHT and KURT WEILL
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
Guys and Dolls
A Musical Fable of Broadway
based on a story and characters of DAMON RUNYON
music and lyrics by FRANK LOESSER
book by JO SWERLING and ABE BURROWS
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Entertainer
by JOHN OSBORNE
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL
The Seagull
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by LUCIAN PINTILIE
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE
The Importance of Being Earnest
by OSCAR WILDE
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Hedda Gabler
by HENRIK IBSEN
directed by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE
Summer Vacation Madness
by CARLO GOLDONI
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
Requiem for a Nun
by WILLIAM FAULKNER
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
The Marriage of Figaro
by BEAUMARCHAIS
directed by ANDREI SERBAN
Room Service
by JOHN MURRAY and ALLEN BORETZ
directed by HAROLD STONE
Heartbreak House
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by CHRISTOPHER MARKLE
Entertaining Mr Sloane
by JOE ORTON
directed by GARY GISSELMAN
Peer Gynt
by HENRIK IBSEN
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
The Tempest
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
Don Juan
by MOLIÈRE
directed by RICHARD FOREMAN
Our Town
by THORNTON WILDER
directed by ALAN SCHNEIDER
Foxfire
by HUME CRONYN and SUSAN COOPER
directed by MARSHALL MASON
Eve of Retirement
by THOMAS BERNHARD
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
Eli: A Mystery Play
by NELLY SACHS
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by JON CRANNEY
Candide
by VOLTAIRE
adapted by LEN JENKIN
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
As You Like It
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by LIVIU CIULEI
Alvin Epstein, 1978–1980
Wild Oats
by JOHN O’KEEFFE
directed by KENNETH FRANKEL
Camille
by ALEXANDRE DUMAS FILS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
The Tavern
by GEORGE M. COHAN
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
Desire Under the Elms
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by GEORGE KEATHLEY
Mary Stuart
by FRIEDRICH von SCHILLER
directed by GARLAND WRIGHT
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by TONY MOCKUS
Arms and the Man
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Macbeth
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by EDWARDS HASTINGS
The Rivals
by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
directed by ALVIN EPSTEIN
Right of Way
by RICHARD LEES
directed by STEVEN ROBMAN
The Glass Menagerie
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by EMILY MANN
Monsieur de Molière
by MIKHAIL BULGAKOV
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by ANATOLY EFROS
Endgame
by SAMUEL BECKETT
directed by RAE ALLEN
Romeo and Juliet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by RON DANIELS
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by RICHARD RUSSELL RAMOS
You Can’t Take It With You
by GEORGE KAUFMAN and MOSS HART
directed by EDWARD GILBERT
The Pretenders
by HENRIK IBSEN
adapted by MICHAEL FEINGOLD
directed by ALVIN EPSTEIN
Teibele and Her Demon
by ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER and EVE FRIEDMAN
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
Boy Meets Girl
by BELLA and SAMUEL SPEWACK
directed by PETER MARK SCHIFTER
Bonjour, Là, Bonjour
by MICHEL TREMBLAY
directed by STEVEN ROBMAN
Hamlet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
Marriage
by NIKOLAI GOGOL
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by ANATOLY EFROS
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
The Beggar’s Opera
by JOHN GAY
directed by ALVIN EPSTEIN
Michael Langham, 1971–1977
She Stoops to Conquer
by OLIVER GOLDSMITH
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
A Moon for the Misbegotten
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by NICK HAVINGA
La Ronde
by ARTHUR SCHNITZLER
directed by KEN RUTA
Catsplay
by ISTVÁN ÖRKÉNY
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
The White Devil
by JOHN WEBSTER
directed by MICHAEL BLAKEMORE
Design for Living
by NOËL COWARD
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by JON CRANNEY
Pantagleize
by MICHEL de GHELDERODE
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
The Matchmaker
by THORNTON WILDER
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Doctor Faustus
by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE
directed by KEN RUTA
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by TOM STOPPARD
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
An Enemy of the People
by HENRIK IBSEN
directed by ADRIAN HALL
The Winter’s Tale
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA FIELD
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
The National Health
by PETER NICHOLS
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Arsenic and Old Lace
by JOSEPH KESSELRING
directed by THOMAS GRUENEWALD
The Caretaker
by HAROLD PINTER
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
A Streetcar Named Desire
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by KEN RUTA
Loot
by JOE ORTON
directed by TOM MOORE
Mother Courage and Her Children
by BERTOLT BRECHT
adapted by ROBERT HELLMAN
directed by EUGENE LION
Under Milk Wood
by DYLAN THOMAS
directed by KENNETH WALSH
Private Lives
by NOËL COWARD
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by BARBARA NOSANOW
directed by STEPHEN KANEE
Measure for Measure
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
King Lear
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Love’s Labour’s Lost
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
The Crucible
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by LEN CARIOU
Tartuffe
by MOLIÈRE
directed by MICHAEL BAWTREE
The School for Scandal
by RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Becket
by JEAN ANOUILH
adapted by LUCIENNE HILL
directed by DAVID FELDSHUH
Oedipus the King
by SOPHOCLES
adapted by ANTHONY BURGESS
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
The Government Inspector
by NIKOLAI GOGOL
adapted by PETER RABY
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Juno and the Paycock
by SEÁN O’CASEY
directed by TOMÁS MAC ANNA
I, Said the Fly
by JUNE HAVOC
directed by ERIC CHRISTMAS
Waiting for Godot
by SAMUEL BECKETT
directed by EUGENE LION
The Merchant of Venice
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
The Miracle Man
by ERIK BROGGER
adapted from MOLIÈRE
directed by JOSEPH RASSULO
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by JOHN HIRSCH
Of Mice and Men
by JOHN STEINBECK
directed by LEN CARIOU
The Relapse
by SIR JOHN VANBRUGH
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
An Italian Straw Hat
by EUGÈNE LABICHE and MARC MICHEL
directed by DAVID FELDSHUH
Oedipus the King
by SOPHOCLES
adapted by ANTHONY BURGESS
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
A Christmas Carol
by CHARLES DICKENS
adapted by DAVID FELDSHUH and DAVID BALL
directed by DAVID FELDSHUH
Cyrano
A New Musical Version
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Cyrano de Bergerac
by EDMOND ROSTAND
adapted by ANTHONY BURGESS
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
The Taming of the Shrew
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
A Touch of the Poet
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by DAVID WHEELER
Misalliance
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by EDWARD GILBERT
The Diary of a Scoundrel
by ALEXANDER OSTROVSKY
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Interim, 1968–1970
The Venetian Twins
by CARLO GOLDONI
adapted and directed by ROBERT DAVID MacDONALD
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
by LONNE ELDER III
directed by ISRAEL HICKS
The Tempest
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by PHILIP MINOR
A Man’s a Man
by BERTOLT BRECHT
directed by JOHN HIRSCH
A Play
by ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
adapted by PAUL AVILA MAYER
directed by MICHAEL LANGHAM
Julius Caesar
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL
The Beauty Part
by S.J. PERELMAN
directed by PHILIP MINOR
The Homecoming
by HAROLD PINTER
directed by JOSEPH ANTHONY
Mourning Becomes Electra
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by MEL SHAPIRO
Uncle Vanya
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
Twelfth Night
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by ROBERT LANCHESTER
Serjeant Musgrave’s Dance
by JOHN ARDEN
directed by MEL SHAPIRO
The Master Builder
by HENRIK IBSEN
adapted by EMLYN WILLIAMS
directed by STEPHEN PORTER
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by BERTOLT BRECHT
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL
Merton of the Movies
by MARC CONNELLY and GEORGE KAUFMAN
directed by MEL SHAPIRO
The House of Atreus (revival)
based on Oresteia by AESCHYLUS
adapted by JOHN LEWIN
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
Douglas Campbell, 1966–1967
The Shoemaker’s Holiday
by THOMAS DEKKER
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL and JOHN OLON-SCRYMGEOUR
Thieves’ Carnival
by JEAN ANOUILH
directed by STEPHEN PORTER
Harpers Ferry
by BARRIE STAVIS
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
The House of Atreus
based on Oresteia by AESCHYLUS
adapted by JOHN LEWIN
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
The Visit
by FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT
adapted by MAURICE VALENCY
directed by MEL SHAPIRO
The Skin of Our Teeth
by THORNTON WILDER
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
The Dance of Death
by AUGUST STRINDBERG
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
As You Like It
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL
The Doctor’s Dilemma
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
S.S. Glencairn
by EUGENE O’NEILL
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL and DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
Tyrone Guthrie, 1963–1965
Richard III
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
The Way of the World
by WILLIAM CONGREVE
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
The Cherry Orchard
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
by BERTOLT BRECHT
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL
The Miser
by MOLIÈRE
directed by EDWARD PAYSON CALL
Henry V
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
Saint Joan
by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
The Glass Menagerie
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by ALAN SCHNEIDER
Volpone
by BEN JONSON
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
Hamlet
by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
The Miser
by MOLIÈRE
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
Three Sisters
by ANTON CHEKHOV
directed by TYRONE GUTHRIE
Death of a Salesman
by ARTHUR MILLER
directed by DOUGLAS CAMPBELL
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