1981-1990 Seasons
1989–1990
Right Mind
by George Coates Performance Works
Directed by George Coates
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Nagle Jackson
Directed by Sabin Epstein
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
Almost Like Being in Love
by Alan Jay Lerner
Directed by Paul Blake
Judevine
by David Budbill
Directed by Edward Hastings
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Directed by John C. Fletccher
Hapgood
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Joy Carlin
The Imaginary Invalid
by Molière
Directed by Laird Williamson
Burn This (Short) Burn This (Long)
by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Albert Takazauckas
1988–1989
Marco Millions
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Joy Carlin
Woman in Mind
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Sabin Epstein
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
Side by Side by Sondheim
by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Pail Blake
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
by August Wilson
Directed by Claude Purdy
When We Are Married
by J.B. Priestley
Directed by Edward Hastings
Saint Joan
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Michael Smuin
Nothing Sacred
by George F. Walker
Directed by Robert Woodruff
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Albert Takazauckas
1987–1988
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hastings
A Lie of the Mind
by Sam Shepard
Directed by Albert Takazauckas
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
The Floating Light Bulb
by Woody Allen
Directed by Albert Takazauckas
The Immigrant
by Mark Harelik
Directed by Sabin Epstein
Diamond Lil
by Mae West; adapted by Paul Blake and Dennis Powers
Directed by Paul Blake
The End of the World with Symposium to Follow
by Arthur Kopit
Directed by Laird Williamson
Golden Boy
by Clifford Odets
Directed by Joy Carlin
Feathers
by Aristophanes; adapted by Stanley R. Greenberg
Directed by John C. Fletcher
1986–1987
Sunday in the Park with George
music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine
Directed by Laird Williamson
The Doctor’s Dilemma
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Joy Carlin
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
The Floating Light Bulb
by Woody Allen
Directed by Albert Takazauckas
The Real Thing
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Edward Hastings
The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Jerome Kilty
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
by August Wilson
Directed by Claude Purdy
Faustus in Hell
by Nagle Jackson
Directed by Michael Smuin
1985–1986
The Majestic Kid
by Mark Medoff
Directed by Edward Hastings
Opera Comique
by Nagle Jackson
Directed by Nagle Jackson
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
'night, Mother
by Marsha Norman
Directed by Lawrence Hecht
You Never Can Tell
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Janice Hutchins
Private Lives
by Noël Coward
Directed Sabin Epstein
The Passion Cycle
by Anonymous (from The Wakefield Mystery Plays)
Directed by William Ball
The Lady's Not for Burning
by Christopher Fry
Directed by Joy Carlin
1984–1985
Old Times
by Harold Pinter
Directed by William Ball
The School for Wives
by Molière
Directed by Nagle Jackson
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
Translations
by Brian Friel
Directed by Lawrence Hecht
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Hastings
Our Town
by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Janice Hutchins and William Ball
Painting Churches
by Tina Howe
Directed by Janice Hutchins
Mass Appeal
by Bill C. Davis
Directed by Janice Hutchins and William Ball
1983–1984
Arms and the Man
by George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Allen Fletcher
Dial "M" for Murder
by Frederick Knott
Directed by Edward Hastings
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
John Gabriel Borkman
by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Allen Fletcher
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Directed by James Edmondson
Angels Fall
by Lanford Wilson
Directed by Edward Hastings
The Sleeping Prince
by Terrence Rattigan
Directed by James Edmondson
The Dolly
by Robert Locke
Directed by Lawrence Hecht
1982–1983
The Gin Game
by D. L. Coburn
Directed by James Edmondson
Dear Liar
by Jerome Kilty
Directed by James Edmondson
The Chalk Garden
by Enid Bagnold
Directed by Dakin Matthews
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Michael Langham and Helen Burns
Loot
by Joe Orton
Directed by Ken Ruta
Morning’s at Seven
by Paul Osborn
Directed by Allen Fletcher
The Holdup
by Marsha Norman
Directed by Edward Hastings
1981–1982
Richard II
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Elizabeth Huddle
I Remember Mama
by John Van Druten
Directed by Allen Fletcher
The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Tom Moore
The Admirable Crichton
by James M. Barrie
Directed by Michael Winters
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
Happy Landings
by William Hamilton
Directed by Edward Hastings
Black Comedy
by Peter Shaffer
Directed by James Edmondson
The Browning Version
by Terrence Rattigan
Directed by James Edmondson
Mourning Becomes Electra
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Allen Fletcher
Cat Among the Pigeons
by Georges Feydeau
Directed by Nagle Jackson
Another Part of the Forest
by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Allen Fletcher
1980–1981
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jerry Turner
Ghosts
by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Allen Fletcher
Hay Fever
by Noël Coward
Directed by Nagle Jackson
The Trojan War Will Not Take Place
by Jean Giraudoux
Directed by Jack O'Brien
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens; adapted by Dennis Powers and Laird Williamson
Directed by Laird Williamson
Another Part of the Forest
by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Allen Fletcher
The Rivals
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by David Hammond
The Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Tom Moore
The Little Foxes
by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Tom Moore