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Flatbush Unitarian Church (1967-1969)
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Old First (1974-1984)
The Berkeley-Carroll Street School (1984-1987)
St. John-St. Matthew Emanuel Community Center (1987-1989)
Park Slope Neighborhood Family Center (1989-present)
*World Premiere Play
**World Premiere Musical
***New York Premiere
†First New York Revival
Flatbush Unitarian Church 1967-1969
Flatbush Unitarian-Universalist Church
Unitarian Building
Beverly Road at East 19th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11203
1967-1968
(Oct?) Nov. 3-Nov. 18, 1967: Apollo of Bellac by Jean Giraudoux / Not Enough Rope by Elaine May
Feb. 16-24, 1968: Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Apr. 8-Apr. (May?) 23, 1968: Dark of the Moon
by Howard Richardson and William Berney
1968-1969
Oct. 19-Nov. 9, 1968: The Hasty Heart
by John Patrick
Nov. 23-Dec. 8, 1968: The Subject Was Roses
by Frank Gilroy (scenery by Harvey Fierstein)
Jan. 31-Feb. 16, 1969: Witness for the Prosecution
by Agatha Christie
Mar. 14-30, 1969: Staircase
by Charles Dyer
May 8-18, 1969: Once Upon a Mattress
book by Jay Thompson ,Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer; lyrics by Marshall Barer; music by Mary Rodgers
St. Paul’s 1969-1971
St. Paul’s Community Theater
157 St. Paul’s Place at Church Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
1969-1970
Nov. 20-Dec. 7, 1970 (1969?): The Lion in Winter
by James Goldman
???? Southern Comfit
4 one-act plays by Tennessee Williams (A Perfect Analysis is Given by a Parrot, Auto-Da-Fé, This Property is Condemned, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton)
(orig. music by Martin Kreiner; sets by Harvey Fierstein)
Mar. 7-22, 1970: A Shot In the Dark
adapt. by Harry Kurnitz from “L’Idiote” by Marcel Achard
Apr. 1970: A View From the Bridge
by Arthur Miller (sets by Harvey Fierstein)
1970-1971
Nov.-Dec. 1970: Barefoot In the Park
by Neil Simon (cast include. Harvey Fierstein, also set designer)
Feb. 13-28, 1971: You Can’t Take It With You
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Mar. 20-Apr. 4, 1971: An Evening with Noël Coward (“Red Peppers”, Still Life, and Fumed Oak from Tonight at 8:30)
by Noël Coward
May 20-23, 1969: A Night at the Brooklyn Palace**
(variety show with “Dancers Unlimited”)
St. John’s 1971-1974
Memorial Presbyterian Church
186 St. John’s Place at 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
1971-1972
Dec. 2-12, 1971: Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Feb. 24-Mar. 4, 1972: The Madwoman of Chaillot
by Jean Giraudoux
Mar. 25, 1972: The Trouble Begins at 8:00 – An Evening with Mark Twain
a benefit performance with Randy Kim of Broadway’s Hair
Apr. 16-May 7, 1972: All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
June 10-11, 1972: Beauty and the Beast
adapt. by Ellen Stewart
1972-1973
Oct. 22-Nov. 5, 1972: Rhinoceros
by Ionesco
1972 (second show of season): Summertree
by Rob Cowen (w/Ellen Green)
1973 (third show of season): Dracula
dramatized by John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane
Mar. 24-Apr. 15, 1973: Blithe Spirit
by Noël Coward
Apr. 27-May 13, 1973 (1972?): Sleeping Beauty
(went on to play 321 Brooklyn, Museum)
Aug. 10-19, 1973: The Land of Jesters
(original children’s show performed free shows at Prospect Park Bandshell)
1973-1974
Oct. 21-Nov. 4, 1973: Under Milkwood
by Dylan Thomas
Dec. 14, 1973-Jan. 5, 1974: Ivan the Fool
by Leo Tolstoy
PERFORMED AT ST. JOHN’S BTW 1971 and 1973, EXACT YEARS NOT KNOWN:
Jan. 30, ????: Winnie Wilson Puppet Players
Feb. 2 and 4, ????: Puppet Pandemonium
(Smopey Productions presented by The Gallery Players)
Dec. 19, ????: Hansel and Gretel
Old First 1974-1984
Old First Reformed Church
726 Carroll Street at 7th Avenue (126 7th Avenue)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
1973-1974 (continued)
Mar. 22-Apr. 6, 1973 (1974?): As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
May 24-June 15, 1973 (1974?): Nehemiah Hotep’s Raisin Farm**
by Barry Solowey and Burt Schuman
1974-1975
Oct. 31-Nov. 16, 1974: The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien, adapted and directed by Brian Curtis*
Dec. 20, 1974-Jan. 11, 1975: The Miller and His Men
(trad. melodrama with original music)
Feb. 14-March 1, 1975: Eurydice
by Anouilh
May 23-June 7, 1975: Sign on the Dotted Line**
by James L. Case
1975-1976
Sept. 5-20, 1975: The Navel Observatory*
by Bob Miles
Oct. 31-Nov. 15, 1975: The Imaginary Invalid
by Molière (with original music by Bob Miles)
Dec. 19, 1975-Jan. 3, 1976: Cinderella
(NYC premiere of orig. music and lyrics by Barry Solowey and Burt Schuman)
Feb. 20-Mar. 6, 1976: And Things That Go Bump in the Night
by Terrence McNally
Mar. 22, 1976 (1975?): Chamber Music
by Arthur Kopit (Workshop Production)
Mar. 26-Apr. 10, 1976: Three Plays for Children: The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs, Jack and the Varmint, and Jack the Tailor
Apr. 24, 1976 (2 perfs. 1 and 3pm): The World of Storytelling
with Jehan Clements
May 21-June 5, 1976: An Eagle Flies
(orig. bicentennial play which told story of Brooklyn’s involvement in the Revolutionary War)* by Madeline Lee
1976-1977
Oct. 8-30, 1976 (ext. from Oct. 23): A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Dec. 3-18, 1976: The Madwoman of Chaillot
by Jean Giraudoux
Jan. 28-Feb. 12, 1977: Volpone
by Robert Heller; adapt. Stafan Zweig
Mar. 18-Apr. 2, 1977: New Lamps for Old
by Nicholas Stuart Gray (cast included politician Charles Monaghan)
May 27-June 11, 1977: A Doll House
by Henrik Ibsen
1977-1978
Sept. 9-24, 1977: A Doctor Inspite of Himself by Molière / Pierrot of the Minute by Ernest Dowson
Oct. 21-Nov. 5, 1977: John Brown’s Body
by Stephen Vincent Benet (orig. music by Fenno Heath)
Dec. 2-Dec. 18, 1977: The Brooklyn Town Musicians**
book and lyrics by Richard Engquist; music by Barry Solowey
Jan. 1978: Workshop Productions (Riders To the Sea, Everyman and Death, The Day Roosevelt Died)
Jan. 20, 1978: A Woman on Ice*
(reading)
Jan. 27-Feb. 4, 1978: Pinocchio
Mar.-Apr. 1978: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
by Clark Gesner
May 19-June 4, 1978: Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
1978-1979
Sept. 8-17, 1978: Ten Little Indians
by Agatha Christie
Oct. 27-Nov. 12, 1978: The Boyfriend
by Sandy Wilson
Dec. 8-22, 1978: The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew***
by Robert Bolt
Jan. 19, 1979: Workshop Production “Gallery Glimpses” (Before Breakfast, On the Harmfulness of Tobacco, Humulus the Mute)
Jan. 26, 1979: Workshop Production Sellout
Mar. 23-Apr. 1, 1979: Antigone
by Jean Anouilh (World Premiere translation by Steven Kellman)
May 1979: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare (original music)
June 1-16, 1979: Self-Accusation
by Peter Handke (Inroads Theatre Film Production Company presented by The Gallery Players)
1979-1980
Sept. 9-23, 1979: The Play’s The Thing
by Ferenc Molnar, adapt. by P.G. Wodehouse
Nov. 23-Dec. 16, 1979: Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
Dec. 18-Jan. 4, 1979: Hat’s Off To Brooklyn!
(at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall)
Feb. 1-17, 1980: Women in Tune
by Aubrey A. Cooke (transferred Off-Broadway’s Theater Off Park; went on to play L.A.)**
Apr. 11-27, 1980: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
????: See How They Run
by Philip King
1980-1981
Sept. 12-Sept. 28, 1980: Annie Get Your Gun
by Irving Berlin
Oct. 31-Nov. 16, 1980: Bell, Book and Candle
by John Van Druten
Jan. 9-25, 1981: Time Remembered*
by Michael Greaves
Feb. 13-28, 1981: Winter Workshops ’81
Feb. 13-14: Ray Rivera, jazz guitar; Barbara Moncure, piano
Feb. 20-21: scenes
Feb. 27-28: scenes
Apr. 24-May 10, 1981: Summer and Smoke
by Tennessee Williams
June 12-28, 1981: Merry-Go-Roundelay **
by Richard Engquist
Aug. 1981: Merry-Go-Roundelay**
(transfer to New York Stageworks, Manhattan)
by Richard Engquist
first 3 weekends of June, 1981: The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
1981-1982
Sept. 17-20, 1981: Godspell
book by John Michael Trebelak; music by Stephen Schwartz
(co-production with/benefit for Old First Church)
Oct. 23-Nov. 8, 1981: Edward, My Son*
by Robert Morley and Noel Langley
Dec. 11-20, 1981: A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens (adaptation by Hal Lynch)
Feb. 12-Mar. 7, 1982: Guys and Dolls
book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Apr. 1982: A Man For All Seasons
by Robert Bolt
May 12, 1982: Gallery Gaieties – An Anniversary Celebration
May 21-June 6, 1983: The School for Wives
by Molière
?????: Washington Square
1982-1983
Sept. 10-Oct. 3, 1982: Carnival
music and lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Michael Stewart
Oct. 29-Nov. 14, 1982: Murder After Hours (a/k/a The Hollow)
by Agatha Christie
Dec. 3-17, 1982: Workshops ’82
Dec. 3: The Man from Porlock, Slam the Door Softly, Action
Dec. 10: War and Peace
Dec. 17: The Brooklyn Dodgers Suit
Feb. 4-27, 1983: The Threepenny Opera
music by Kurt Weill; text/lyrics by Berthold Brecht; English adapt. by Marc Blitzstein
Apr. 8-24, 1983: The Lady’s Not For Burning
by Christopher Fry
May 20-June 5, 1983: Morning’s At Seven
by Paul Osborn
June 1983: Miss Kitty Takes to the Road
Jul. 15-24, 1983: A Woman on Ice
by Richard Engquist (????)
1983-1984
Sept. 9-Oct. 2, 1983: Once Upon a Mattress
book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer; lyrics by Marshall Barer; music by Mary Rodgers
Oct. 9-10, 1983: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
original version of the story by Puppetworks (is this Gallery???? or just use of space???)
Oct. 28-Nov. 13, 1983: The Passion of Dracula
by Bob Hall and David Richmond
Dec. 2-9, 1983: Workshops ’83 “Laboratory Theater”
Dec. 2: Coronation Day, Not I, Bus Stop
Dec. 9: Here We Are, Chocolate Cake, Swan Song
Feb. 3-19, 1984: A Thurber Carnival
by James Thurber
March 30-Apr. 29, 1984: Fiddler On the Roof
book and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; music by Jerry Bock
May 25-June 10, 1984: Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostrand
August 1984: Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostrand
(restaged at the Untermeyer Performing Arts Festival in Yonkers)
The Berkeley-Carroll Street School 1984-1987
181 Lincoln Place between 7th and 8th Avenues
Brooklyn, NY 11217
1984-1985
Sept. 21-23, 1984: Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been?
by Eric Bentley
Oct. 19-Nov. 11, 1984: The Most Happy Fella
by Frank Loesser
Dec. 7-16, 1984: “Playwrights Focus II” The Heart Within*
by Michael Greaves (subsequently produced at Beijing University in The People’s Republic of China)
Feb. 8-24, 1985: The Real Inspector Hound/After Magritte
by Tom Stoppard
Apr. 5-28, 1985: Camelot
book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; music by Frederick Loewe
(run included 2 Park Slope Civic Council benefit performances)
May 31-June 16, 1985: The Belle of Amherst
by William Luce
????The Slope Steps Out**????
May 31-June 9, 1985: Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
1985-1986
Sept. 6-29, 1985: Little Mary Sunshine
by Rick Besogan
Oct. 11-27, 1985: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Ken Kesey
(3rd in season) ????, 1985: Playwrights Focus III
(Tommy Knockers*, From This Day Forward)
Feb. 14-Mar. 2, 1986: The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
Apr. 12-May 4, 1986: The Music Man
by Meredith Willson
May 30-June 15, 1986: Chapter Two
by Neil Simon
June 1986: Swingin’ in the Breeze
(cabaret revue by Goodley and Haglin)
1986-1987
Sept. 1986: Swingin’ in the Breeze
(cabaret revue by Goodley and Haglin)
Oct. 17-Nov. 9, 1986: The Hostage
by Brendan Behan
Dec. 5-7, 1986: Playwrights Focus 4, prog. 1
(Ladies in Waiting* by Anne Creed; Ginger Snaps** by Nancy Seid, music and lyrics by Carl Catanzaro)
Dec. 13-14, 1986: Playwrights Focus 4, prog. 2
(Café Gruere* by Denis Meadows; Once Upon a Time in Southeast Brooklyn* by Maryrose Leggio)
Feb. 6-22, 1987: Major Barbara
by George Bernard Shaw
Apr. 17-May 10, 1987: Oliver!
by Lionel Bart
June 12-21, 1987: Cabaret ’87: Life Upon the (Wicked) Stage**
(cabaret revue with book and add. lyrics by Dean Haglin)
St. John-St. Matthew Emanuel Community Center 1987-1989
St. John-St. Matthew Emanuel Lutheran Church
415 7th Street (btw 6th and 7th Avenues)
Brooklyn, NY
1987-1988
Dec. 11-20, 1987: Playwrights Focus 5 (Park Bench* by Andrew Green)
Mar. 18-27, 1988: They’re Playing Our Song
book by Neil Simon; music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyrics by Carol Bayer Sager
Benefit Fundraiser
1988-1989
Sept. 16-25, 1988: Cabaret ’88 – A Musical Revue
Jan. 20-29, 1989: Playwrights Focus 6 (No White Knight* by Irene Miranker)
Benefit Fundraiser
Park Slope Neighborhood Family Center 1989-present
The Gallery Players Theater
199 14th Street (btw 4th and 5th Avenues)
Brooklyn, NY 11215
1989-1990
Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 1989: Actor’s Nightmare/Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You
by Christopher Durang
Nov. 3-19, 1989: The Dining Room
by A.R. Gurney, Jr.
Jan 8-17, 1989: Playwrights Focus 7 (The Morning Sun* by Alyn Hunter; All the Rest Is Talk* by Ron Clary)
Jan. 26-Feb. 11, 1990: Nuts
by Tom Topor
Mar. 23-Apr. 15, 1990: Man of La Mancha
book by Dale Wasserman; lyrics by Joe Darion; music by Mitch Leigh
May 4-20, 1990: Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
by Terrence McNally
June 15-24, 1990: Directions ’90 (Answers by Tom Topor; Scooter Thomas Makes it to the Top of the World by Peter Parnell; Memory Lane by Ronald L. Coombs)
July 13-Aug. 5, 1990: The Boys Next Door
by Tom Griffin
1990-1991
Sept. 7-29, 1990: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Oct. 26-Nov. 11, 1990: Barefoot in the Park
by Neil Simon
Dec. 7-16, 1990: Playwrights Focus 8 (Between the Lines* by Maurice Martorella; And the Rest of the Team* by David J. Bernstein; Shakespeare Lives on Avenue A* by Maurice Martorella)
Dec. 13-22, 1991: Playwrights Focus 9 (An Evening of Robert Kornhiser’s plays:
The Martha Washington* and The Assassination of Walter O’Malley*)
Jan. 25-Feb. 10, 1991: Witness for the Prosecution
by Agatha Christie
Mar. 15-Apr. 7, 1991: Company
book by George Furth; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Mar. 23-Apr. 6, 1991: Kaleidoscope
May 3-19, 1991: Wait Until Dark
by Frederick Knott
June 14-23, 1991: Directions ’91 (Ladies’ Man by Georges Feydeau;
A Train Going Somewhere by Gary Gardner; Herders by Michael Schwartz)
1991-1992
Plaza Suite
by Neil Simon
Oct. 25-Nov. 11, 1991: Sweet Charity
book by Neil Simon; music by Cy Coleman; lyrics by Dorothy Field
The Shadow Box
by Michael Cristofer
Mar. 20-Apr. 12, 1992: Over Here!
music and Lyrics by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman; book by Will Holt
Angel Street
by Rob Urbinati
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
by Ed Graczyk
1992-1993
June 12-28, ????: I Am A Camera
by John van Druten
Oct. 30-Nov. 22, 1992: The Threepenny Opera
music by Kurt Weill; text/lyrics by Berthold Brecht; English adapt. by Marc Blitzstein
Dec. 4-13, 1992: Playwrights Focus
February 5-21, 1993: Rebecca
by Daphne du Maurier
Mar. 19-Apr. 4, 1993: Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Honeymoon in Hades
(Phyllis Cohen, co-author)
Apr. 30-May 16, 1993: The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
June 11-27, 1993: A…My Name Is Alice
conceived by Joan Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd
July 16-Aug. 1, 1993: Scapin
by Molière
1993-1994
Sept. 10-Oct. 3, 1993: Funny Girl
music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bob Merrill
Oct. 15-31, 1993: Whose Life Is It Anyway?
by Brian Clark
Oct. 16-31, 1993: Great Shakes!
by Robert Blue, Phyllis Cohen, and William Shakespeare*
(Theatre for the Next Generation Production)
Nov. 19-Dec. 5, 1993: Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Dec. 10-19, 1993: Doorknob Therapy: The Musical Cure*
by M.R. Goodley, Beth Ritson, and Karen Chase Cook
Jan. 14-30, 1994: The Lisbon Traviata***
by Terrence McNally (NYC Premiere of rev. version)
Feb. 11-27, 1994: Side by Side by Sondheim
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Mar. 18-Apr. 3, 1994: The Unexpected Guest
by Agatha Christie
Apr. 22-May 15, 1994: Pippin
book by Roger O. Hirson; music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
June 3-19, 1994: Relatively Speaking
by Alan Ayckbourn
The Burned Cliché
by Leslie Bloodworth (reading)
1994-1995
Sept. 9-Oct. 2, 1994: Cabaret
book by Joe Masteroff; lyrics by Fred Ebb; music by John Kander
Oct. 21-Nov. 6, 1994: Lips Together, Teeth Apart
by Terrence McNally
Spoon River: The Musical**
Feb. 24-Mar. 12, 1995: Marvin’s Room
by Scott McPherson
Arsenic and Old Lace
by Joseph Kesselring
Loot
Anything Goes
book by P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse; music and lyrics by Cole Porter
June 2-18, 1995: The Cherry Orchard
by Anton Chekhov
1995-1996
Sept. 15-Oct. 1, 1995: The Rink†
book by Terrence McNally; lyrics by Fred Ebb; music by John Kander
Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Dec. 2-17, 1995: The Odd Couple
by Neil Simon
Jan. 26-28, 1996: Dominic Does Bill
(Dominic Cuskern performs works of William Shakespeare)
Feb. 16-Mar. 3, 1996: Godspell
book by John Michael Trebelak; music by Stephen Schwartz
Jan. 6-21, 1996: Night Watch
by Lucille Fletcher
Mar. 16-31, 1996: Bent
by Martin Sherman
Apr. 27-May 19, 1996: Fiddler on the Roof
music by Jerry Bock; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; book by Joseph Stein
June 1-16, 1996: Other Summers, Other Songs
(revue by Dean Haglin)
1996-1997
Sept. 7-29, 1996: Oklahoma!
lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; music by Richard Rodgers
Oct. 12-27, 1996: Love! Valour! Compassion! †
by Terrence McNally
Nov. 16-Dec. 1, 1996: ‘night Mother
by Marsha Norman
Jan. 11-Feb. 2, 1997: Jesus Christ Superstar
book and lyrics by Tim Rice; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Feb. 15-Mar. 2, 1997: Room Service
by John Murray and Allen Borets
Mar. 22-Apr. 6, 1997: Sleuth
by Anthony Schaffer
Apr. 25-May 11, 1997: Old Scratch
by Kipp Erante Cheng
(co-production with Richard Foreman’s Ontological Theatre)
Apr. 26-May 18, 1997: Assassins†
book by John Weidman music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1997-1998
Sept. 6-28, 1997: My Fair Lady
book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; music by Frederick Loewe
Oct. 18-Nov. 2, 1997: Dracula
dramatized by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
Nov. 15-Dec. 7, 1997: Waiting for Godot
by Samuel Beckett
Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 1998: West Side Story
book by Arthur Laurents; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; music by Leonard Bernstein
Feb. 14-Mar. 1, 1998: A Winter’s Tale
by William Shakespeare
Mar. 21-Apr. 5, 1998: The Sisters Rosensweig
by Wendy Wasserstein
Apr. 25-May 17, 1998: Sweeney Todd
book by Hugh Wheeler; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
June 4-28, 1998: 1st Annual Black Box New Play Festival
1998-1999
Sept. 12-Oct. 4, 1998: Guys and Dolls
book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows; music and lyrics by Frank Loesser
Oct. 24-Nov. 8, 1998: Angels in America – Millennium Approaches
by Tony Kushner
Dec. 5-20, 1998: Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
by Frank McGuinness
Jan. 9-24, 1999: Kafka’s Dick
by Alan Bennett
Feb. 13-Mar. 7, 1999: The Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Mar. 20-Apr. 11, 1999: An Enemy of the People
by Henrik Ibsen
May 1-23, 1999: Kiss of the Spiderwoman†
book by Terrence McNally; lyrics by Fred Ebb; music by John Kander
June 1999: 2nd Annual Black Box New Play Festival
1999-2000
Sept. 19-Oct. 10, 1999: Into the Woods
book by James Lapine; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Oct. 20-Nov. 14, 1999: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
Dec. 4-19, 1999: Comedy of Errors
by William Shakespeare
Jan. 8-23, 2000: Travels with My Aunt
by Graham Greene
Feb. 12-Mar. 5, 2000: Grand Hotel
book by Luther Davis; lyrics by Robert Wright; music by George Forrest
additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston
Mar. 25-Apr. 9, 2000: The Philadelphia Story
by Philip Barry
Apr. 29-May 21, 2000: Big River
book by William Hauptman; music and lyrics by Roger Miller
June 2000: 3rd Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2000-2001
Sept. 9-24, 2000: Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
Oct. 14-Nov. 5, 2000: Falsettoland
book by James Lapine; music and lyrics by William Finn
Dec. 2-17, 2000: A Lie of the Mind
by Sam Shepard
Jan. 13-28, 2001: The Gondoliers
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Feb. 17-Mar. 4, 2001: Animal Fair
(East-coast premiere)
by Clark Gesner
Mar. 24-Apr. 8, 2001: The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
Apr. 28-May 20, 2001: She Loves Me
book by Joe Masteroff; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; music by Jerry Bock
May 31-June 24, 2001: 4th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2001-2002
Sept. 8-30, 2001: The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
by John Bishop
Oct. 20-Nov. 11, 2001: The Student Prince
book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly; music by Sigmund Romberg
Dec. 1-16, 2001: Anna Christie
by Eugene O’Neill
Jan. 12-Feb. 3, 2002: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
book and lyrics by Tim Rice; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Feb. 23-Mar. 10, 2002: Over the River and Through the Woods
by Joe DiPietro
Mar. 30-Apr. 14, 2002: The Front Page
by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
May 4-19, 2002: Floyd Collins†
book by Tina Landau; music and lyrics by Adam Guettel
May 30-June 23, 2002: 5th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2002-2003
Sept. 7-29, 2002: The Most Happy Fella
by Frank Loesser
Oct. 19-Nov. 10, 2002: Deathtrap
by Ira Levin
Dec. 7-22, 2002: Fuddy Meers
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Jan. 11-Feb. 2, 2003: Don’t Call Us…**
original revue
Feb. 22-Mar. 9, 2003: The Beauty Queen of Leenane
by Martin McDonagh
Mar. 29-Apr. 13, 2003: The Misanthrope
by Molière
May 3-18, 2003: Chess
music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus; lyrics by Tim Rice; book by Richard Nelson
May 29-June 22, 2003: 6th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2003-2004
Sept. 6-21, 2003: Bedroom Farce
by Alan Ayckbourn
Oct. 11-Nov. 2, 2003: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Rupert Holmes (2003 OOBR Award Winner)
Nov. 29-Dec. 14, 2003: Holiday
by Philip Barry
Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 2004: You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown (original version)
by Clark Gesner
Feb. 27-Mar. 7, 2004: Lobby Hero
by Kenneth Lonergan
Mar. 27-Apr. 11, 2004: The Weir
by Conor McPherson
May 1-23, 2004: Merrily We Roll Along
book by George Furth; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
June 3-27, 2004: 7th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2004-2005
Sept. 11-26, 2004: Cloud Nine
by Caryl Churchill
Oct. 16-Nov. 7, 2004: Hair
book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado; music by Galt MacDermot
Nov. 27-Dec. 12, 2004: Side Man
by Warren Leight
Jan. 8-30, 2005: The Spitfire Grill
lyrics by Fred Alley; music and book by James Valcq
Feb. 19-Mar. 6, 2005: The School for Scandal
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Mar. 26-Apr. 10, 2005: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
by Jess Borgeson, Adam Long, and Daniel Singer
Apr. 30-May 22: The Full Monty†
book by Terrence McNally; music and lyrics by David Yazbek
June 2-26, 2005: 8th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2005-2006
Sept. 10-25, 2005: The Laramie Project
by Moisés Kaufman and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project
Oct. 15-Nov. 6, 2005: The Fantasticks
book and lyrics by Tom Jones; music by Harvey Schmidt
Nov. 26-Dec. 11, 2005: The Marriage of Bette and Boo
by Christopher Durang
Jan. 14-29, 2006: As You Like It
by William Shakespeare
Feb. 18-Mar. 12, 2006: Side Show
book and lyrics by Bill Russell; music by Henry Krieger
Apr. 1-16, 2006: Take Me Out
by Richard Greenberg
May 6-28, 2006: Once On This Island
book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; music by Stephen Flaherty
June 8-25, 2006: 9th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2006-2007
Sept. 9-24, 2006: The Actor’s Nightmare and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You
by Christopher Durang
Oct. 14-Nov. 5, 2006: Urinetown, The Musical
book by Greg Kotis; lyrics by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann; music by Mark Hollmann
Nov. 25-Dec. 10, 2006: Torch Song Trilogy
by Harvey Fierstein
Jan. 13-28, 2007: Dedication or The Stuff Of Dreams†
by Terrence McNally
Feb. 17-Mar. 11, 2007: Violet
book and lyrics by Brian Crawley; music by Jeanine Tesori
Mar. 31-Apr. 15, 2007: The Learned Ladies
by Molière; translated by Richard Wilbur
May 5-27, 2007: Victor/Victoria†
book by Blake Edwards; lyrics by Leslie Bricusse; music by Henry Mancini; additional Music by Frank Wildhorn
June 7-24, 2007: 10th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2007-2008
Sept. 15-30, 2007: Six Degrees of Separation
by John Guare
Oct. 20-Nov. 4, 2007: Yank!
by David Zellnik and Joseph Zellnik
Dec. 1-16, 2007: The Santaland Diaries
by David Sedaris
Feb. 2-24, 2008: The Wild Party
by Andrew Lippa
Mar. 15-30, 2008: Lysistrata
by Aristophanes
Apr. 26-May 18, 2008: Man of La Mancha
book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, lyrics by Joe Darion
June 5-29, 2008: 11th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2008-2009
Sept. 13-28, 2008: The Underpants
by Carl Sternheim, adapted by Steve Martin
Oct. 18-Nov. 9, 2008: Like You Like It
book and lyrics by Sammy Buck; music by Daniel S. Acquisto
Dec. 6-21, 2008: A Tuna Christmas
by Ed Howard, Joe Sears and Jaston Williams
Jan. 31-Feb. 22, 2009: Thoroughly Modern Millie
book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan; new music by Jeanine Tesori; new lyrics by Dick Scanlan
Mar. 14-29, 2009: Bus Stop
by William Inge
May 2-24, 2009: The Who’s Tommy
music and lyrics by Pete Townshend; book by Des McAnuff and Pete Townshend; additional music and lyrics by John Entwistle and Keith Moon
June 4-28, 2009: The 12th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2009-2010
Sept. 12-27, 2009: House of Blue Leaves
by John Guare
Oct. 24-Nov. 15, 2009: Top of the Heap
music by Jeffrey Lodin, book and lyrics by William Squier
Dec. 5-20, 2009: Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge
by Christopher Durang
Jan. 30-Feb. 21, 2010: Caroline, or Change†
book and lyrics by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori
Mar. 20-Apr. 4, 2010: The Crucible
May 1-23, 2010: City of Angels
music by Cy Coleman; lyrics by David Zippel; book by Larry Gelbart
June 3-27, 2010: The 13th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2010-2011
July 22-Aug. 1, 2010: Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 11-26, 2010: What the Butler Saw
by Joe Orton
Oct. 23-Nov. 14, 2010: Reefer Madness
music by Dan Studney; lyrics by Kevin Murphy; book by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney
Dec. 4-19, 2010: Dancing at Lughnasa
by Brian Friel
Jan. 29-Feb. 20, 2011: The Drowsy Chaperone
music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison; book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar
Mar. 19-Apr. 3, 2011: Jitney
by August Wilson
Apr. 30-May 22, 2011: Oliver!
June 2-26, 2011: The 14th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2011-2012
July 21-31, 2011: Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 10-25, 2011: The Little Dog Laughed†
by Douglas Carter Beane
Oct. 22-Nov. 12, 2011: Little Shop of Horrors
book and lyrics by Howard Ashman; music by Alan Menken
Dec. 3-18, 2011: Reckless
by Craig Lucas
Jan. 28-Feb. 19, 2012: A Man of No Importance
book by Terrence McNally; music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Mar. 17-Apr. 1, 2012: A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
Apr. 28-May 20, 2012: Wonderful Town
music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Choodrov
May 31-June 24, 2012: The 15th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2012-2013
July 19-Aug. 5, 2012: Othello
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 8-23, 2012: Lend Me a Tenor
by Ken Ludwig
Oct. 20-Nov. 11, 2012: Company
book by George Furth; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Dec. 8-23, 2012: The History Boys
by Alan Bennett
Jan. 26-Feb. 17, 2013: Parade
book by Alfred Uhry; music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Mar. 16-31, 2013: Master Class
by Terrence McNally
Apr. 27-May 19, 2013: Dreamgirls
book and lyrics by Tom Eyen; music by Henry Krieger
May 31-June 24, 2013: 16th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2013-2014
July 18-Aug. 4, 2013: The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 7-22, 2013: Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Oct. 19-Nov. 10, 2013: The Pajama Game
book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell; music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
Dec. 7-22, 2013: Equus
by Peter Shaffer
Jan. 25-Feb. 16, 2014: A Little Night Music
book by Hugh Wheeler; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Mar. 15-30, 2014: Medea
by Euripides, translation by Robin Robertson
Apr. 26-May 18, 2014: Rent
book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson
May 29-June 22, 2014: The 17th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
July 17-Aug. 3, 2014: Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 13-Oct. 5, 2014: Next to Normal
music by Tom Kitt; book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey
Oct. 25-Nov. 9, 2014: Proof
by David Auburn
Dec. 6-21, 2014: Jerry’s Girls
music and lyrics by Jerry Herman; concepts by Larry Alford, Wayne Cilento and Jerry Herman
Jan. 17-Feb. 1, 2015: Run For Your Wife
by Ray Cooney
Mar. 7-29, 2015: The Baker’s Wife
book by Joseph Stein; music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; based on the film La Femme de Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono
Apr. 25-May 17, 2015: Evita
lyrics by Tim Rice; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
May 28-June 21, 2015: The 18th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
July 16-Aug. 2, 2015: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 12-Oct. 4, 2015: Godspell
music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; book by John-Michael Tebelak
Oct. 24-Nov. 8, 2015: The Piano Lesson
by August Wilson
Dec. 5-20, 2015: It Runs in the Family
by Ray Cooney
Jan. 30-Feb. 21, 2016: Seussical
book by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens; music by Stephen Flaherty; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Mar. 12-27, 2016: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by Dale Wasserman
Apr. 23-May 15, 2016: In the Heights
music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda; book by Quiara Alegria Hudes
June 2-26, 2016: The 19th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
2016-2017 (50th Anniversary Season)
July 14-31, 2016: Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 17-Oct. 9, 2016: Gypsy
book by Arthur Laurents; music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Oct. 29-Nov. 13, 2016: The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
Dec. 3-18, 2016: A Few Good Men
by Aaron Sorkin
Jan. 26-Feb. 18, 2017: Marry Me a Little
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Jan. 28-Feb. 19, 2017: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
book, music and lyrics by Clark Gesner
Mar. 11-26, 2017: Sweet Bird of Youth
by Tennessee Williams
Apr. 22-May 14, 2017: Ragtime
book by Terrence McNally; lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; music by Stephen Flaherty
June 1-25, 2017: The 20th Annual Black Box New Play Festival
July 13-30, 2017: Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 16-Oct. 8, 2017: Annie
book by Thomas Meehan; music by Charles Strouse; lyrics by Martin Charnin
Oct. 28-Nov. 12, 2017: The Elephant Man
by Bernard Pomerance
Dec. 1-17, 2017: It Shoulda Been You
book and lyrics by Brian Hargrove; music by Barbara Anselmi
Jan. 27-Feb. 18, 2018: A New Brain
music and lyrics by William Finn; book by William Finn and James Lapine
Mar. 10-25, 2018: Plaza Suite
by Neil Simon
Apr: 21-May 13, 2018: Chess
book by Richard Nelson; lyrics by Tim Rice; music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson
May 31-June 17, 2018: The 21st Annual Black Box New Play Festival
July 14-29, 2018: Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare
Sept. 8-30, 2018: A Chorus Line
music by Marvin Hamlisch; lyrics by Edward Kleban; book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante
Oct. 20-Nov. 4, 2018: Anna in the Tropics
by Nilo Cruz
Dec. 1-16, 2018: Appointment with Death
by Agatha Christie
Jan. 10-27, 2019: The 22nd Annual Black Box New Play Festival
Feb. 22-Mar 17, 2019: Once Upon a Mattress
music by Mary Rodgers; lyrics by Marshall Barer; book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer
Apr. 13-28, 2019: Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
May 18-June 9, 2019: Spring Awakening
music by Duncan Sheik; book and lyrics by Steven Sater
July 13-28, 2019: The Tempest
by William Shakespeare
2019-2020
2020-2021
2021-2022
2022-2023
2023-2024
2024-2025
Metamorphoses
by Mary Zimmerman
Kinky Boots
Music & Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper; book by Harvey Fierstein
Black Box New Play Festival
Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Something Rotten
Music & Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick; Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
2025-2026
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