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Production History

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1999-2000 | 1998-1999 | 1997-1998 | 1996-1997 | 1995-1996

1994-1995 | 1993-1994 | 1992-1993 | 1991-1992 | 1990-1991

1999-2000 Season

Over the Tavern (West Coast Premiere)
Written by: Tom Dudzick
Directed by: John McCluggage

Desire Under the Elms
Written by: Eugene O'Neill
Directed by: Michael Butler

The Matchmaker
Written by: Thornton Wilder
Directed by: Timothy Near

Sons of Don Juan (West Coast Premiere)
Written by: John Piroman
Directed by: Amy Gonzalez
Starring: Robert Cuccioli

Love in the Title (U.S. Premiere in collaboration with Abbey Theatre)
Written by: Hugh Leonard
Directed by: Patrick Mason

Having Our Say
Written by: Emily Mann, Sarah Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth
Directed by: Tazewell Thompson

1998-1999 Season

Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "schmucks" (Bay Area Premiere)
Written by: Jon Robin Baitz
Directed by: John McCluggage

Three Days of Rain (Bay Area Premiere)
Written by: Richard Greenberg
Directed by: Timothy Near

12th Night, or “Flamenco what you will"
Written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Michael Butler

Legacy (World Premiere)
A musical based on Coming of Age by Studs Terkel
Book by: Ronnie Gilbert, Jon Marans
Score by Jeff Langley, Henry Mollicone
Directed by: Timothy Near

Sisters Matsumoto (World Premiere)
Written by: Philip Kan Gotanda
Directed by: Sharon Ott

Communicating Doors (West Coast Premiere)
Written by: Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by: John McCluggage

1997-1998 Season

Nixon's Nixon (West Coast Premiere)
Written by: Russell Lees
Directed by: Michael Butler

Thunder Knocking on the Door (West Coast Premiere)
Book by: Keith Glover
Directed by Timothy Near
World Premiere of Lyrics and Score
Lyrics and score by Chris Cain and Michael Butler
Choreographed by Keith Young

The Game of Love & Chance (West Coast Premiere)
Written by: Marivaux
Adapted by Stephen Wadsworth
Directed by: Timothy Douglas

Old Wicked Songs (Bay Area Premiere)
Written by: Jon Marans
Directed by: John McCluggage
Sound Design : Jeff Mockus

Icarus(World Premiere)
Written by: Edwin Sanchez
Directed by: Melia Bensussen

COLE!
Written by: Cole Porter, Alan Strachan, Benny Green
Directed by: Bick Goss

1996-1997 Season

The Caine Mutiny Court Martial
Written by: Herman Wouk
Directed by: Frank Dwyer

Holiday
Written by: Philip Barry
Directed by: Albert Takazauckas

Wallflowering (U.S. Premiere)
Written by: Peta Murray
Directed by: Timothy Near

Anna Christie
Written by: Eugene O'Neill
Directed by: Peggy Shannon

Laughter on the 23rd Floor (West Coast Premiere)
Written by: Neil Simon
Directed by: John McCluggage

The Lady's Not for Burning
Written by: Christopher Fry
Directed by: Timothy Near

1995-1996 Season

Blithe Spirit
by Noel Coward
Director: John McCluggage

La Posada Magica (Bay Area Premiere)
by Octavio Solis & Marcos Laya               
Director:  Norma Saldivar
Music Director: David Silva
Director of Children’s Chorus: Elena Robles

Mirandolina (West Coast Premiere)
by Carlo Goldoni            
Director: Timothy Near

The Sisters Rosensweig (West Coast Premiere)
by Wendy Wasserstein
Director: Joy Carlin

Miss Julie (West Coast Premiere of new adaptation by Emily Mann)
by August Strindberg
Original Music Composed by Baikida Carroll
Director: Timothy Near

Sylvia (Bay Area Premiere)
by A.R. Gurney
Director: John McCluggage

1994-1995 Season

Toys in the Attic
by Lillian Hellman                                                      
Director: Steven Albrezzi

The 1940's Radio Hour
by Walton Jones
Director: Timothy Near

Redwood Curtain (Bay Area Premiere)
by Lanford Wilson                                                       
Director: John McCluggage

The Elephant Man
by Bernard Pomerance
Director: Jenny Sullivan

Sleuth
by Anthony Shaffer
Director: Peggy Shannon

Later Life(West Coast Premiere)
by A.R. Gurney
Director: Timothy Near

1993-1994 Season

Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Director: Joy Carlin

Room Service
by John Murry & Allen Boretz
Director: John McCluggage

Lonely Planet (Bay Area Premiere)
by Steven Dietz
Director: Steven Dietz

On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) (Bay Area Premiere)
by Eric Overmyer           
Director: Timothy Near

The Seagull
by Anton Chekhov                                                        
New Adaptation by Nicholas Saunders & Frank Dwyer
Director: Timothy Near

Beehive: The 60's Musical (West Coast Premiere)
by Larry Gallagher
Director: Rick Seeber

1992-1993 Season

Banjo Dancing (West Coast Premiere)
by Stephen Wade
Director: Milton Kramer

Woody Guthrie's American Song (West Coast Premiere)
In conjunction with Berkeley Repertory Theatre
by Woody Guthrie & Peter Glazer
Director: Peter Glazer
Musical Director: Tony Marcus

Harvey
by Mary Chase
Director: John McCluggage

The Baby Dance (Bay Area Premiere)
by Jane Anderson            
Director: Timothy Near

The Innocents
by Henry James & William Archibald
Director:  John McCluggage

Rumors (Bay Area Premiere)
by Neil Simon                                                               
Director: Peggy Shannon

1991-1992 Season

The Little Foxes
by Lillian Hellman
Director: Timothy Near

The 1940's Radio Hour
by Walton Jones
Director: Timothy Near

My Visits with MGM (My Grandmother Marta) (Bay Area Premiere)
by Edit Villarreal           
Director: Peggy Shannon

Hay Fever
by Noel Coward
Director: John McCluggage

The Master Builder
by Henrik Ibsen
Translation by Jerry Turner
Director: Libby Appel

COLE! In the Still of the Night (West Coast Premiere)
Devised by Alan Strachman & Benny Green
Original Music Arrangement by William Roy
Director/Choreographer: Bick Goss                          
Music Director: Carl Danielsen

1990-1991 Season

Oedipus the King (Bay Area Premiere of adaptation by Stephen Berg)
by Sophocles
Translation by Stephen Berg & Diskin Clay
Director & Prologue Writer: Timothy Near

Closer Than Ever (West Coast Premiere)
by Richard Maltby Jr. & David Shire
Director & Choreographer: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Music Director: Gerald Sternbach

The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
Director: John McCluggage

Pick Up Ax (West Coast Premiere)
by Anthony Clarvoe
Director: John McCluggage

Fire in the Rain...Singer in the Storm (World Premiere)
by Holly Near
Director: Timothy Near

The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie
Director: Edward Stern