Portland Stage Co. - History of Portland Stage Company Productions

The 1970s ---> The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s		A History of Portland Stage Company Productions 1974-1975 *Hair* (Ragni, Rado, McDermott) dir: Jeffrey Posson, set, lights and costumes: Douglas Cumming. Jacques Brell is Alive and Well (Jacques Brell) dir: Ted Davis. *Decameron Tales* (Boccaccio) dir: Jeffrey Posson, sets: Craig Talbot. *The Body and the Wheel* (William Gibson) dir: John C. Edwards. *Scenes From American Life* (A.R. Gurney) dir: Jeffrey Posson, sets: Douglas Cummings. *Letting Go* (Anne Sexton) dir: Ted Davis. Summer Tour *Lovers and Other Strangers* (Taylor and Bologna) *Feiffer’s People* (Jules Feiffer) *Plaza Suite* (Neil Simon) 1975-1976 *Mark Twain Sketches* (Samuel Clemens) dir: Jeffrey Posson. *The Canterbury Tales* (Geoffrey Chaucer) dir: Jeffrey Posson. *A View From the Bridge* (Arthur Miller) dir: Ted Davis, Sets and lights: Dick Cook *Last of the Red Hot Lovers* (Neil Simon) dir: Michael Rafkin. *Present Laughter* (Alan Ayckbourn) dir: Peter Batchellor. *When You Comin’ Back, Red Rider?* (Mark Medoff) dir: Ted Davis. *Spoon River Anthology* (Edgar Lee Masters) dir: Jeffrey Posson. Tour *The Lovely Ladies of the Thirties* (Dorothy Parker) dir: Ted Davis. *A Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens) dir: Ted Davis/Jeffrey Posson. Summer Season & Tour *Luv* (Murray Schisgal) dir: Michael Rafkin. *Owl and the Pussycat* (Bill Manhoff) dir: Jeffrey Posson. *Relatively Speaking* (Alan Ayckbourn) dir: Ted Davis. *Oh Coward* (Noel Coward) dir: Ted Davis. *Look Back in Anger* (John Osborne) dir: David Penhale, sets: Richard Gonci. 1976-1977 *The Miser* (Moliere)dirs: Frank Goodman, Michael Rafkin, David Penhale, sets: Richard Gonci, costumes: Jeffrey Ullman. *The Killing of Sister George* (Frank Marcus) dir: Michael Rafkin, sets: Richard Gonci, costumes; Edith Cope. *The Real Inspector Hound & After Margritte* (Tom Stoppard) dir: Frank Goodman, sets and lights: Richard Gonci, costumes: Jeffrey Ullman. *A Streetcar Named Desire* (Tennessee Williams) dir: David Penhale, sets and lights: Minor Routes, costumes: Edith Cope, Penny VanMeir, sound: Frank Goodman. *Little Murders* (Jules Feiffer) dir: Frank Goodman, sets, lights and sound: company, costumes: Penny VanMeir. *The Homecoming* (Harold Pinter) dir: Jacqueline Roget, sets: company, lights: Richard W. VanVoris, costumes: Penny VanMeir, sound: Frank Goodman. Tour *Scratch* (Archibald McLeish) dir: Frank Goodman. Summer Tour *Luv* (Murray Schisgal) dir: Frank Goodman/ Charles Towers. *Feiffer’s People* (Jules Feiffer) dir: Jacqueline Weiss 1977-1978 *Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* (Edward Albee) dir: Susan Dunlap, sets and lights: Matthew Scott Freedman, costumes; Penny VanMeir. *Candida* (George Bernard Shaw) dir: Frank Goodman, sets and lights: Matthew Freedman, costumes: Jeffrey Ullman, sound: Frank Goodman. *The School for Wives* (Moliere) dir: Charles Towers, sets and lights: John Doepp, costumes: Jeffrey Ullman. *Waiting For Godot* (Samuel Beckett) dir: Jacqueline Weiss, sets: Matthew Scott Freedman, lights: Michael Roderick, costumes: Marcia Ridge. *The Play’s the Thing* (Ferenc Molnar, adapted by P.G. Wodehouse) dir: Frank Goodman, sets: David A. Dorwart, lights: Matthew Freedman, costumes: Jeffrey Ullman. *Jesse and The Bandit Queen* (David Freeman) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets: Matthew Freedman, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: company. Tour *Three One Acts: The Boor, The Swan, On the Harmfulness of Tobacco Road* (Anton Chekhov) dir: Frank Goodman, sets: Matthew Scott Freedman, costumes: Penny VanMeir. 1978-1979 *The Mandrake* (Niccolo Machiavelli) dir: Charles Towers, sets: Sparks Mellon, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: Mikhail Druhan. *The Runner Stumbles* (Milan Stitt) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets and lights: Matthew Freedman, costumes: Susan Dunlop. *The Importance of Being Earnest* (Oscar Wilde) dir: Patricia Riggin, sets: Sparks Mellon, lights: Al Saless, costumes: Polly Smith. *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (Tennessee Williams) dir: Charles Towers, sets: John Doepp, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: Linda Chambers Lee. *Crime on Goat Island* (Ugo Betti) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets and lights: Matthew Freedman, costumes: Susan Dunlop. *Play Strindberg* (Friedrich Durrenmatt ) & The Stronger (August Strindberg) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets: Matthew Freedman, lights and sound: Al Saless, costumes: Susan Dunlop. Tour *Winners* (Brian Friel) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets: Matthew Freedman, lights and sound: Al Saless, costumes: Susan Dunlop. 1979-1980 *The Guardsman* (Ferenc Molnar) dir: Charles Towers, sets: John Doepp. *Ashes* (David Rudkin) dir: Patricia Riggin, sets and lights: Matthew Scott Freedman, costumes: Andria MacLean. *Otherwise Engaged* (Simon Gray) dir: Peter Frisch, sets: G. Robinson Whitten, lights: Matthew Freedman, costumes: Andria MacLean. *After the Fall* (Arthur Miller) dir: Charles Towers, sets: Matthew Freedman, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: Andria MacLean. *Cold Storage* (Ronald Ribman) dir: David Penhale, sets and costumes: Andria MacLean, lights: Matthew Freedman. *A Moon For the Misbegotten (* Eugene O’Neill) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets and lights: Matthew Freedman, costumes: Andria MacLean. Tour *The Man Thoreau* (Company) dir: Susan Dunlop, sets: Susan Shade, lights: Matthew Freedman, sound: Carl Pabst.
The 1970s The 1980s ---> The 1990s The 2000s To the top		1980-1981 *Sorrows of Stephen* (Peter Parnell) dir: Charles Towers, sets: John Doepp, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: Lynda Salsbury. *Faith Healer* (Brian Friel) dir: Jamie Brown, sets: Lisa Devlin, costumes: Lynda L. Salsbury. *A Child’s Christmas* (Company) dir: Charles Towers, sets: Lisa Devlin, costumes: Lynda L. Salsbury. *Old Times* (Harold Pinter) dir: Charles Towers, sets: Charles Kading, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: Lynda L. Salsbury. *Talley’s Folly* (Lanford Wilson) dir: David Penhale, sets and lights: John Doepp, costumes: Lynda L. Salsbury. *Island* (Book: Joe Bravaco & Larry Rosler; music and lyrics: Peter Link; conceived and developed by Brent Nicholson) dir: Evadne Giannini, choreographer: Allan Sobek, set and costumes: A. Christina Giannini, lights: Robert Strohmeier. *Sea Marks* (Gardner McKay) dir: John Stix, sets: Ken Foy, lights: Charles Towers, costumes: Lynda L. Salsbury, sound: John North. 1981-1982 *The Glass Menagerie* (Tennessee Williams) dir: Patricia Carmichael, sets and lights: John Doepp, costumes: Rachel Kurland. *Alterations* (Leigh Curran) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets and costumes: Leslie Taylor, lights: Dale Jordan. *Private Lives* (Noel Coward) dir: Edward Hermann, sets: John Doepp, lights: Dale Jordan. *The Sea Horse (* Edward Moore) dir: Gordon Edelstein, sets: John Doepp, lights: Gregg Marriner, costumes: Ellen McCartney. *The Death of a Miner* (Paula Cizmar) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Leslie Taylor, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Heidi Hollman. Play Readings *Crossings* (Barbara Schneider) *Old Soldiers* (Martin Jones) *Madonna of the Powder Room* (Paula Cizmer) *Luna Vista aka Firma Linda* (Douglas Gower) 1982-1983 *Getting Out* (Marsha Norman) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets and lights: John Doepp, costumes: Eren Ozker. *The Dining Room* (A.R. Gurney) dir: Lynn Polan, sets: Leslie Taylor, lights: Ann Wrightson, costumes: Heidi Hollman. *Gardenia* (John Guare) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Robert Wojewodski. *A Lesson From Aloes* (Athol Fugard) dir: Arden Fingerhut, sets: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Marie Anne Chiment. *How I Got That Story* (Amlin Gray) dir: Louis Rackoff, sets and costumes: Leslie Taylor, lights: Ann Wrightson. *Ecco!* (Gerry Bamman) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Marie Anne Chiment. Play Readings *Amends* (Marsha Sheiness) *National Anthems* (Dennis McIntyre) *Steeple Jack* (Dennis Reardon) *Vera With Kate* (Toni Press) 1983-1984 *Threepenny Opera* (Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill) dir: Barbara Rosoff, music dir: Lawrence Yurman, choreographer: Rachel Lampert, sets: Maxine Klein, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Barbara Forbes. *Crimes of The Heart* (Beth Henley) dir: Lynn Polan, sets: Leslie Taylor, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Barbara Forbes. *Native American* (Constance Congdon) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: John Doepp, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Martha Hally. *Fallen Angels* (Noel Coward) dir: Ron Lagomarsino, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Kevin Gallagher, costumes: Hope Hanafin. *Terra Nova* (Ted Tally) dirs: Barbara Rosoff and Arden Fingerhut, sets: John Conklin, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Martha Hally. *Madonna of the Powder Room* (Paula Cizmar) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Amanda Aldridge. Play Readings Loon Dance (Bill Borden) *Luna Vista* (Douglas Gower) *Apocryphal Stories,* *Exceptional Friends* (Paula Cizmar) Intern Company Tour *Tales in a Tea House* (Ellen Jones Smith) 1984-1985 *The Portable Pioneer & Prairie Show* (Music & Lyrics: Mel Marvin & David Chambers, Book David Chambers) dir: Stephen Zuckerman, sets: James Bakkom, lights: Curt Osterman, costumes: Martha Hally. *Goodbye Freddy* (Elizabeth Diggs) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Johiene Papandreas, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Martha Hally. *Misalliance* (George Bernard Shaw) dir: Art Wolff, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Kiki Smith. *‘Night Mother* (Marsha Norman) dir: Arden Fingerhut, sets: Laura Maurer, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Deborah Shippee-O’Brien. Cloud 9 (Caryl Churchill) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: George Typsin, lights: Jeff Davis, costumes: David Murin. *Member of the Wedding* (Carson McCullers) dir: Wendy Chapin, sets: John Doepp, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Martha Hally. Play Readings American Beef (Elizabeth Diggs) *Maiden Stakes* (David Libman) Intern Company Tour *Tales in a Teahouse* (Ellen Jones Smith) *The Legend of the Icebirds* (Paula Cizmar) 1985-1986 *Billy Bishop Goes to War* (John Gray & Eric Peterson) dir: Mitchell Ivers, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Deborah Shippee-O’Brien. *Holiday* (Philip Barry) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: John Falabella, lights: Jeff Davis, costumes: David Murin. *Master Harold and the Boys* (Athol Fugard) dir: Alma Becker, sets: Tim Thomas & Laura Maurer, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Martha Hally. *Levitation* (Timothy Mason) dir: Munson Hicks, sets: John Doepp, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Deborah Shippee-O’Brien. *Curse of the Starving Class* (Sam Shepard) dir: Mel Marvin, sets: John Jensen, lights: Frances Aronson, costumes: Martha Hally. *The Cherry Orchard* (Anton Chekhov, translator: Trevor Griffiths) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: George Typsin, lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Martha Hally. Intern Company Tour *Legend of Icebergs* (Paula Cizmar) *Odyssey To Zolex* (Elizabeth Diggs) 1986-1987 *Year of the Duck* (Israel Horovitz) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Patricia Woodbridge, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Mimi Maxmen. *Handy Dandy* (William Gibson) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: Jennifer Gallagher, lights: Jackie Manassee, costumes: Susan Hirschfield. *The Real Thing* (Tom Stoppard) dir: Mel Marvin, sets: Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, lights: Donald Holder, costumes: Martha Hally. *Stuff As Dreams Are Made On* Conceived, directed and performed by Fred Curchack. *Long Days Journey Into Night* (Eugene O’Neill) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets and lights: Arden Fingerhut, costumes: Susan Tsu. *Fifth of July* (Lanford Wilson) dir: Barbara Rosoff, sets: John Doepp, lights: Donald Holder, costumes: Martha Hally. Play Readings Action (Sam Shepard) *International Stud* (Harvey Fierstein) Intern Company Tour *Odyssey To Zolex* (Elizabeth Diggs) *The Kangaroo’s Tale* (Martin Jones) 1987-1988 *Seascape* (Edward Albee) dir: Tom Prewitt, sets and costumes: G.W. Mercer, lights: Jackie Manassee. *Tartuffe* (Moliere, translator: (Donald M. Frame) dir: Michael Engler, sets: Christopher Barecca, lights: Don Holder, costumes: Candice Donnelly. *Orphans* (Lyle Kessler) dir: Phill Killian, sets: Michael Smith, lights: Stephen Strawbridge, costumes: Catherine Zuber, music: Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays. *Hard Times* (Charles Dickens) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Christopher Barecca, lights: Stephen Strawbridge, costumes: Martha Hally, music: Thomas Cabaniss. *Painting Churches* (Tina Howe) dir: Evan Yionoulis, sets: Charles McCarry, lights: Don Holder, costumes: Ellen McCarthy. *Sharon and Billy* (Alan Bowne) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Derek McLane, lights: Robert Wierzel, costumes: Catherine Zuber. Play Readings Apocalyptic Butterflies (Wendy MacLeod) *Domino Courts* (William Hauptmann) *The Voice of the Prairie* (John Olive) *Ourselves Alone* (Anne Devlin) *Of the Best Family* (Leroy Clark) *The Woolgatherer* (William Mastrosimone) *White Trash* (D. Travis Stewart) Intern Company Tour *Rules of Engagement* (Thom Watson) *The Kryptonite Kid* (Randy-Michael Testa) 1988-1989 *A Walk in the Woods* (Lee Blessing) dir: Paul Moser, sets: Derek McLane, lights: Stuart Duke, costumes: Catherine Zuber. *Benefactors* (Michael Frayn) dir: Charles Karchmer, sets: Michael Miller, lights: Robert Wierzel, costumes: Deborah Shaw. The Hostage (Brendan Behan) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Scott Bradley, lights: Peter Kozerowski, costumes: Martha Hally. *Ghosts* (Henrik Ibsen) dir: Mel Marvin, sets: Michael Yergen, lights: Don Holder, costumes: Martha Hally. *Inside Out* (Willie Holtzman) dir: John Pynchon Holmes, sets: Phillip Jung, lights: Michael Chybowski, costumes: Ellen McCartney, sound: Tom Gould. *Breaking the Silence* (Stephen Poliakioff) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Christopher Barecca, lights: Stephen Strawbridge, costumes: Catherine Zuber, sound: Stephen Santomenna. Play Readings *Dog Logic* (Tom Strelich) *Duck Variations* (David Mamet) *Christmas Turkey* (Company developed) *Housewarming* (Terry Dodd) *Rockaby* (Samuel Beckett) *Ohio Impromptu* (Samuel Beckett) *Dark River* (Martin Jones) *A Narrow Bed* (Ellen McLaughlin) *Split* (Michael Weller) 1989-1990 A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (Peter Nichols) dir: Pamela Berlin, sets: Michael Ganio, lights: David Noling, costumes: Deborah Shaw. *Accidental Death of an Anarchist* (Dario Fo) dir: William Foeller, sets: Ray Kluga, lights: Christopher Akerlind, costumes: Claudia Brown. *Sizwe Bansi is Dead and The Island* (Athol Fugard) dir: Liz Diamond, sets: Anita Stewart, lights: Pat Dignan, costumes: Sally J. Lesser. *Twelfth Night* (William Shakespeare) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Christopher Barecca, lights: Karl E. Haas, costumes: Claudia Brown. *Driving Miss Daisy* (Alfred Uhry) dir: Paul Moser, sets: Derek McLane, lights: David Noling, costumes: Connie Singer. *Little Egypt* (Lynn Siefert) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Russell Parkman, lights: Stuart Duke, costumes: Candace Donnelly, sound: Tom Gould. A Little Festival of the Unexpected *Terminal Hip* (Mac Wellman) *A Play Called Not and Now* (Gertrude Stein, adapted by Cheryl Faver) *1000 Avant-garde Plays* (Kenneth Koch) Play Readings *Laughing Matters* (Company Developed) *Hunting Cockroaches* (Janusz Glowacki) *The Journals of Athol Fugard* (Fugard) *Shake Scenes* (William Chance) *Maine Lives On Stage* (Community) *Minnesota Moon* (John Olive)
The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s ---> The 2000s To the top		1990-1991 *Loot* (Joe Orton) dir: Stephen Stettler, sets: Michael Canio, lights: Stuart Duke, costumes: Martha Hally. *A Man’s A Man* (Bertolt Brecht) dir: Liz Diamond, sets: Bill Stabile & Richard Cordtz, lights: Beverly Emmons, costumes: Sally J. Lesser, sound: Daniel Schreier. *Miss Julie* (August Strindberg) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Anita Stewart, lights: Christopher Akerlind, costumes: Martha Hally, music: Thomas Cabaniss. *Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill* (Lanie Robertson) dir: Victoria Bussert, sets: Russell Borski, lights: Mary Jo Dondlinger, costumes: Susan Brown. *Mirandolina* (Goldoni, adaptation Melissa Cooper) dir: Evan Yionaoulis, sets: James Youmans, lights: Don Holder, costumes: Teresa Snider-Stein, music: Mike Yionoulis. *Wolf at the Door* (Erik Ehn) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Christopher Barecca, lights: Christopher Akerlind, costumes: Susan Brown, sound: David Budries. 2nd Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *Gertrude Stein Melodies* (composed and performed by Al Carmines) *Mix* (Otrabanda Company - Roger Babb and Louis Smith, live sound and music : ‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny) *Justine* (Marquis de Sade, adapted by Leon Katz) *The House of Mighty Mother That Travels Across the Sky* (written and performed by Lois Smith) 1991-1992 Summer Revival : Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Lanie Robertson) dir: Victoria Bussert, sets: Russell Borski, lights: Mary Jo Dondlinger, costumes: Susan Brown. *Goblin Market* (Polly Pen & Peggy Harmon) dir: Evan Yionoulis, sets: Skip Mercer, lights: Scott Zielinski, costumes: Teresa Snider-Stein, music: Daniel Stucco. *My Children, My Africa* (Athol Fugard) dir: John Pynchon Holmes, sets: Deb Booth, lights: Steve Shelley, costumes: Susan Brown, sound: Tom Gould. *The Mandrake* (Niccolo Machiavelli, adaptation: Wallace Shawn) dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Anita Stewart, lights: Christopher Akerlind, costumes: Martha Hally & Susan Brown. *Fool For Love* (Sam Shepard) dir: Rob Greenburg, sets: Russell Parkman, lights: Christopher Akerlind, costumes: Anita Stewart, sound: John Gromada. *The Substance of Fire* (Jon Robin-Baitz) Co-production with Dallas Theatre Center,dir: Richard Hamburger, sets: Anita Stewart and David Birn, lights: Christopher Akerlind, costumes: Donna Kress, sound: David Budries. 3rd Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *Christina Alberta’s Father* (adapted by Polly Pen) *Untitled--Lindburgh* (John Reeves) *Airtime* (Otrabanda Company) 1992-1993 *On the Verge* (Eric Overmeyer) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Candice Cain, Lights: Mimi Sherin, Sound: Rob Gorton. *Holiday Memories* (Truman Capote, stage version by Russell Vandenbroucke) dir: Tom Prewitt, sets and costumes: Anita Stewart, lights: Chris Akerlind, sound: Erich Stratmann. *Hedda Gabler* (Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Gerry Bamman and Irene B. Berman) dir: Roberta Levitow, sets: Rosario Provenza, costumes: Tom Broecker, lights: Robert Wierzel, sound: Mitchell Greenhill. *The Baltimore Waltz* (Paula Vogel) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Debra Booth, costumes: Susan Picinich, lights: Dan Kotlowitz, sound: James van Bergen. *The Mystery of Irma Vep* (Charles Ludlam) dir: Davis Hall, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Tom Broecker, lights: Scott Zielinski. *Boarders of Loyalty* (Michael Henry Brown) dir: Marion McClintock, sets: Jim Noone, costumes: Elsa Ward, lights: Kenneth Posner. 4th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *Sabina* (Willy Holzman) *Partial Objects* (Sherry Kramer) *Scopophilia* (Nicky Silver) *Corner Store Geography* (performed by Han Ong) *Blown Sideways Through Life* (performed by Claudia Shear) 1993-1994 *Arms and the Man* (George Bernard Shaw) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Judy Gailen, costumes: Tom Broecker, lights: Chris Akerlind,sound: Jim van Bergen. *Holiday Memories* (Truman Capote, stage version by Russell Vandenbroucke) dir: Tom Prewitt, sets and costumes: Anita Stewart, lights: Chris Akerlind, sound: Erich Stratmann. *Three Postcards* (Craig Lucas and Craig Carnelia) dir: Greg Leaming, musical dir: Douglas Coates, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Sue Picinich, lights: Dan Kotlowitz, choreographer: Daniel McCusker. *Happy Days* (Samuel Beckett) dir: Jackson Phippen, sets and costumes: Debra Booth, lights: Kenneth Posner. *Oleanna* (David Mamet) dir: Melia Bensussen, sets and costumes: Linda Buchanan, lights: Dan Kotlowitz. *Losing Father’s Body* (Constance Congdon) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Tom Broecker, lights: Chris Akerlind, sound: Jim van Bergen. 5th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *Tales From the Time of the Plague* (Lynne Alvarez) *Church of the Sole Survivor* (Keith Curran) *This Day and Age* (Roger Rueff) *The Promotion, The Sunshine’s Glorious Bird, The Man in the Moon* (performed by John O’Keefe) *The Dark Clown* (performed by Michael Trautman *She’s Just Away!* (performed by Rae C. Wright) 1994-1995 *The Illusion* (Pierre Corneille, adapted by Tony Kushner) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Debra Booth, costumes: David Zinn, lights: Dan Kotlowitz, sound: Brian Hallas. *Avner the Eccentric* starring Avner Eisenberg. *Sight Unseen* (Donald Margulies) dir: Mark Nelson, sets: Bill Clarke, costumes: Sue Picinich, lights: Nancy Schertler, sound: Michael Roth. *Church of the Sole Survivor* (Keith Curran) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Marcia Whitney, lights: Mark McCullough, sound: Thomas Ciufo. *Intimate Exchanges* (Alan Ayckbourn) dir: Vivian Matalon, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: David Loveless, lights: Richard Nelson. *Mrs. Warren’s Profession* (George Bernard Shaw) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Judy Gailen, costumes: David Zinn, lights: Dan Wagner. 6th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *The Lover* (Elizabeth Egloff) *Shooting in Madrid* (Tug Yourgrau) *The Turn of the Screw* (Henry James adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher) *Faggot with a Gun* (performed by Mark Davis) *She’s Just Away!* (performed by Rae C. Wright) 1995-1996 *Othello* (William Shakespeare) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Mary Myers, lights: Dan Kotlowitz, sound: Brian Hallas. *Banjo Dancing* (Stephen Wade) performed: Stephen Wade. *The Turn of the Screw* (Henry James, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher) dir: Greg Leaming, sets and costumes: Judy Gailen, lights: Dan Kotlowitz. *From the Mississippi Delta* (Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland) dir: Caroline Jackson Smith, sets: Ed Haines, costumes: Judy Gailen, lights: William Grant III. *Beast on the Moon* (Richard Kalinoski) dir: John Rando, sets and costumes: Anita Stewart, lights: Chris Akerlind. *Private Lives* (Noel Coward) dir: Greg Leaming, sets: Rob Odorisio, costumes: Sue Picinich. 7th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *As Bees In Honey Drown* (Douglas Carter Beane) *Under The Skin* (Susan Yankowitz) *Blood SHOCK Boogie* (Daniel Alexander Jones) *The Flood* (performed by Anne Galjour) *Men Die Sooner* (performed by Tom Cayler) 1996-1997 *Scapin* (Molière) adapted: Andrei Belgrader & Shelley Berc,dir: Bartlett Sher. *A Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens) adapted: Portland Stage Company,dir: Chris Akerlind, Dawn McAndrews and Anita Stewart. *Sylvia* (A.R. Gurney) dir: Wendy Liscow, co-production: George Street Playhouse. *Valley Song* (Athol Fugard) dir: Kaia Calhoun. *Iphigenia and Other Daughters* (Ellen McLaughlin) dir: Christopher Grabowski. *The Glass Menagerie* (Tennessee Williams) dir: Jonathan Moscone. From Away Festival: International Playwrights Festival *Don’t Delay Anymore Manuela* (Juan Carlos Orihuela of Bolivia) *Clark in Sarajevo* (Catherine Zimdahl of Australia) *Dies Ira* (Zanina Mircevska of Macedonia) 8th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *The Fire Eater* (Brighde Mullins) dir: Christopher Grabowski. *The Adventures of Herculina* (Kira Obolensky) dir: by Jessica Bauman. *Gum* (Karen Hartman) dir: Matthew Arbour. *The Shoulder* : *A Chamber Opera* (libretto: Dan Hurlin) score: Dan Moses Schrierdir: Dan Hurlin. 1997-1998 *Das Barbecü* (Scott Warrender & Jim Luigs) dir: Jonathan Moscone. *Romeo & Juliet* (William Shakespeare) dir: Bartlett Sher. *Rameau’s Nephew* (Denis Diderot) translation: Andrei Belgrader & Shelley Bercdir: Kurt Jackson. *A Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens) adapt: Portland Stage Companydir: Ron Botting. *The Jealous Husband & The Flying Doctor* (Moliere) translation: Albert Bermel dir: Chris Akerlind. *Spunk* (Zora Neale Hurston)adapt: George C. Wolfe, dir: Beverly Smith-Dawson. *Culture of Desire* conceived and dir: by Anne Bogart, world premiere. *The Loman Family Picnic* (Donald Margulies) dir: Jonathan Moscone. From Away Festival: International Playwrights Festival *Slap/ Turn, Dig, Chewing Gum* (Kirpal Singh of Singapore) dir: Matthew Arbor. *Like the Dance of the Dolphin in the Ocean, Abyss, Epilogue, I Write the Life of a Woman.* (Lourdes Espinola of Paraguay) dir: Dawn McAndrews. *Venice* (Jorge Accame of Argentina) dir: Bartlett Sher. *Frightbite* (Pal Bekes of Hungary) dir: Matthew Arbour. *Unlimited* (Mohamed Metwalli of Egypt) dir: Bartlett Sher. *The Girl Who Sings Waterfalls* (Bernadette Hall of New Zealand) dir: Dawn McAndrews. 9th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *A Bicycle Country* (Nilo Cruz) dir: Matthew Arbour. *Leaving Queens* (book and lyrics: Kate Moira Ryan, music: Kim D. Sherman) dir: Bartlett Sher. *Manifest* (Brian Silberman) dir: Christopher Grabowski. *The Shaneequa Chronicles* written and performed (Stephanie Berry) dir: Dawn McAndrews. 1998-1999 *Master Class* (Terrence McNally) dir: Charles Abbott. *The Importance of Being Earnest* (Oscar Wilde) dir: Sari Ketter. *Having Our Say* (Emily Mann) dir: Stephanie Berry. *A Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens) adapt: Portland Stage Company, dir: Anita Stewart. *Nora* (Henrik Ibsen)adapted by: Ingmar Bergmandir: Bart Sher. *Manifest* (Brian Silberman) dir: Chris Grabowski, world premier. *The Tales of Washington Irving* (adapt: Bart Sher and Peter Still) dir: Bart Sher, world premier. *Three Tall Women* (Edward Albee) dir: Jonathan Moscone. From Away Festival: International Playwrights Festival *Towards Denmark- an extended monologue* (Beatrice Kobow of Denmark) dir: Dawn McAndrews *The Seducer’s Diary* -excerpt (Andras Nagy of Hungary) dir: Matthew Arbour *Today My Mother Should Have Turned 48., Life in Common, Photograph 1965, To Wake You Up* (Fabian Casas of Argentina) dir: Matthew Arbour *Tanya-Tanya* (excerpt) (Olga Stanislavovna Mukhina of Russia) dir: Simone Federman *Poem* (Andras Petocz of Hungary) dir: Christopher Garbowski *At My Old Man’s Bedside, Desert, Chacarita Train Crossing, Hegel* (Fabian Casas of Argentina) dir: Matthew Arbour *A New Piece* (Mohmoud Shuquair of Palastine) dir: Bartlett Sher 10th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *The Pavillion* (Carol Wright) dir: Sharon Posner *Girl’s Guide to the Divine Comedy* (Shelley Berc) dir: by Chris Grabowski *Looking for Love* (Terrance Vorwald) dir: Matthew Arbour *First Lady* (Erica Christ) dir: Joanthan Moscone *Terminal Exit, Quasi un Fantasia,Captain 11* (Joseph Goodrich) dir: Nick Faust 1999-2000 *Blithe Spirit* (Noel Coward) dir: Sari Ketter *Nixon’s Nixon* (Russel Lees) dir: Michael Rafkin *A Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens) adapt: Portland Stage Company, dir: Anita Stewart *Collected Stories* (Donald Margules) dir: Christopher Grabowski *Waiting for Godot(Samuel Beckett) dir:* Michael Schwartz *Travels with My Aunt* (Giles Havergal) dir: Jean Randich *Blues for an Alabama Sky* (Pearl Cleage) dir: Lenora Pace 11th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *The Archaeology of Dreams* (Caridad Svich) dir: Davis Robinson *Do You Want to Know a Secret?* (Daniel Pinkerton) dir: Padraic Lillis *Dog Act* (Liz Duffy Adams) dir: Lisa DiFranza *Hallowed Ground* (Laura Harrington) dir: R.J. McComish
The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 2000s ---> To the top		2000-2001 *Gaslight* (Patrick Hamilton) Sept. 26 to Oct. 22, 2000, dir: Michael Rafkin, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Barbara Truex *The Road to Mecca* (Athol Fugard) Oct. 31 to Nov. 19, 2000, dir: Maura Hanlon, set and costumes: Judy Gailen, sculptor: Susan Bickford, lighting: Trevor Norton, sound: Stephen G. Smith *A Christmas Carol* (Charles Dickens) adapt: Portland Stage Company, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, music director & composer: Peter John Still *Leaving Queens* (book/lyrics - Kate Moira Ryan, music - Kim D. Sherman) Jan. 30 to Feb. 18, 2001, dir: Allison Narver, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Louisa Thompson, lighting: Jennifer Tipton, music director: Paul J. Ascenzo *The Compleat Works of Willm Shkspr (Abridged)* (Long, Singer, and Winfield) Mar. 6 to Apr. 1, 2001, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Joel O. Thayer, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Joseph Boucher *Wit* (Margaret Edson) Apr. 10 to May 6, 2001, dir: Drew Barr, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Mary Louise Geiger From Away Festival: International Playwrights Festival *Pigtown* (Mike Finn of Ireland) *In the Dark* (Motti Lerner of Israel) *The Lion of Zabuku* (Pascal Mugarra of Uganda) *Madrid Sucks* (Martin Rejtman of Argentina) 12th Annual Little Festival of the Unexpected *Dr. Sam Is Under Your Bed* (Prudence Wright Holmes) dir. Kent Paul *The Bathtub Diaries* (Laura Harrington) dir. Davis Robinson *Apocalypso!* (William Donnelly) dir. R.J. McComish *Kidding Jane* (W. August Schulenburg) dir: Lisa DiFranza 2001-2002 *The Misanthrope* (Moliere) Oct. 2 to Oct 22, 2001, dir: Drew Barr, sets; Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Peter Ksander Betrayal (Harold Pinter) Oct. 30 to Nov 18, 2001, dir. Eleanor Holdridge, sets: Anita Steward, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Les Dickert, sound: John Giles. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) Nov. 30 to Dec. 24, 2001, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, music dir. Edward Reichert, music: Peter John Still. Hallowed Ground (Laura Harrington) Jan. 29 to Feb 17, 2002, dir. Martha Banta, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Jill B. C. DuBoff. *A Perfect Ganesh* (Terrence McNally) Mar. 5 to Mar. 24, 2002, dir: Lisa DiFranza, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: John Giles. Art (Yasmina Reza) Apr. 9 to May 5, 2002, dir. Michael Rafkin, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn 2002-2003 *Arcadia* (Tom Stoppard) Oct. 1 to Oct. 20, 2002, dir: Lucy Smith Conroy, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Jill DuBoff. Sleuth (Anthony Shaffer) Oct. 29 to Nov. 24, 2002, dir: Samuel Buggeln, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Farley Whitfield, sound: Christopher Fitze, make up: Luise Hill, fight choreography: Richard Hedderman. A Christmas Carol (based on the tale by Charles Dickens) Dec. 6 to Dec 24, 2002. dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, music dir: Edward Reichert, music: Peter John Still. Triple Espresso, a special presentation (Bill Arnold, Michael Pearce Donley and Bob Stromberg) Jan. 7 to Jan. 26, 2003. True West (Sam Shepard) Feb. 4 to Feb. 23, 2002, dir: Paul Mullins, sets: Judy Gailen, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze, fight choreography: Richard Hedderman. Copenhagen (Michael Frayn) Mar. 4 to March 23, 2003, dir: Michael Rafkin, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Heather Hutton, sound: Christopher Fitze. Fences (August Wilson) April 8 to April 27, 2003, dir: Ron OJ Parson, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze. Little Festival of the Unexpected: April 23-26, 2003 Readings of: Almost, Maine by John Cariani; Fall of the House of Glass by Laura Shaine Cunningham; Women & the Sea by Shelley Berc and Anita Stewart 2003-2004 *The Comedy of Errors* (William Shakespeare) Sept. 23 to Oct. 19, 2003, dir: Michael Schwartz, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Kim Gill, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze Proof (David Auburn) Oct. 28 to Nov. 23, 2003, dir: Michael Rafkin, sets and costumes: Anita Stewart, lighting: Michael Reidy, music: George Andoniadis, sound: Christopher Fitze A Christmas Carol (based on the tale by Charles Dickens) Dec, 4 to Dec. 24, 2003, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, associate dir: RJ McComish, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze, music dir: Edward Reichert, music: Peter John Still Lend Me a Tenor (Ken Ludwig) Jan. 27 to Feb. 22, 2004, dir: Drew Barr, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Heather Hutton, sound: Christopher Fitze Looking Over the President’s Shoulder (James Still) March 2 to March 21, 2004, dir: Regge Life, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Julie McMurry, lighting: Heather Hutton, sound: Christopher Fitze American Buffalo (David Mamet) March 30 to April 18, 2004, dir: Tony Giordano, sets: Leiko Fuseya, costumes: Julie McMurry, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze Women and the Sea (Shelley Berc and Anita Stewart) April 27 to May 23, 2004, dir: Anita Stewart, sets: Michelle Gaston, costumes: Helen Rassmusen, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze, music: George Andoniadis. Little Festival of the Unexpected May 11 to May 15, 2004 Readings of: Yemaya’s Belly by Quiara Alegria Hudes — winner of the 2004 Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights, Remud by William Donnelly, Wonderland by David Valdes Greenwood 2004-2005 The Lion in Winter (James Goldman) Sept. 28 to Oct. 17, 2004, dir. Tony Giordano, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Julie McMurry, lighting: Tyler Micoleau, sound: Christopher Fitze. Almost, Maine (John Cariani) Oct. 24 to Nov. 21, 2004, dir. Gabriel Barre, sets: James Youman, costumes: Pamela Scofield, lighting: Tim Hunter, sound: Christopher Fitze, music: Julian Fleisher. A Christmas Carol (based on the tale by Charles Dickens) Dec. 3 to Dec. 24, 2004, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze, music dir: Edward Reichert, music: Peter John Still. The Foreigner (Larry Shue) Jan. 25 to Feb. 20, 2005, dir. Lisa DiFranza, sets: Helen Rasmussen, costumes: Julie McMurry, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Chritsopher Fitze. Yemaya’s Belly (Quiara Alegria Hudes) March 1 to March 20, 2005, dir. Peter Sampieri, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Susan Picinich, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze, music: Shamou. The Woman in Black (Stephen Mallatratt) March 29 to April 17, 2005, dir. Drew Barr, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Julie McMurry, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Peter John Still. Dinner with Friends (Donald Margulies) April 26 to May 15, 2005, dir. Michael Rafkin, sets and costumes: Anita Stewart, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze. Little Festival of the Unexpected May 4 to May 7, 2005 Readings of: The View from Tall by Caitlin Parrish; The Book of Hours by Laura Harrington; Wet, or Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitudes by Liz Duffy Adams 2005-2006 Lettice & Lovage (Peter Shaffer) Sept. 27 to Oct. 23, 2005, dir: Paul Mullins, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Frank Champa, lighting: Michael Giannitti, sound: Christopher Fitze. Lobby Hero (Kenneth Lonergan) Nov. 1 to Nov. 20, 2005, dir: Christopher Grabowski, sets: Blythe R.D. Quinlan, costumes: Jodi Ozimek, lighting: Bryan Keller, sound:Christopher Fitze A Christmas Carol (based on the tale by Charles Dickens) Dec. 2 to Dec. 24, 2005, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins; Julie McMurry; Marynbeth Sousa-Wynn, lighting: Bryon Winn, music dir: Edward Reichert, music: Peter John Still. Rough Crossing (Tom Stoppard) Jan. 24 to Feb. 19, 2006, dir: Michael Rafkin, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Gregg Carville, music: Julian Fleisher. I Am My Own Wife (Doug Wright) Feb. 28 to March 26, 2006, dir: Drew Barr, costumes and sets: Anita Stewart, lighting: Gregg Carville, sound: Seth Asa Sengel based on the sound design of Peter John Still. The Price (Arthur Miller) April 4 to April 23, 2006, dir: Lisa DiFranza, sets and lighting: Bryon Winn, costumes: Patrick Dullea, sound: Christopher Fitze. Syncopation (Allan Knee) May 2 to May 21, 2006, dir: John Hadden, choreography: Gwyneth Jones, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Kathleen Brown, lighting: Tyler Micoleau, sound: Gregg Carville, music research: J. Hagenbuckle. Little Festival of the Unexpected: May 9 to May 13, 2006 Readings of: Monopoly! by Mike Daisey, Water Stories from the Mojave Desert by Brighde Mullins, Longfellow: A Life In Words by Daniel Noel, Marvel by Joshua Scher 2006-2007 Over The Tavern (Tom Dudzick) Sept. 26 to Oct. 22, 2006, dir. Lisa DiFranza, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Kathleen Brown, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Christopher Fitze. Two Rooms (Lee Blessing) Oct. 31 to Nov. 19, 2006, dir: Drew Barr, sets: Russell Metheny, costumes: Jodi Ozimek, lighting: Rick Martin, sounds: Peter John Still. A Christmas Carol (based on the tale by Charles Dickens) Nov 30 to Dec. 24, 2006, dir and sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins; Susan Thomas, lighting: Bryon Winn, music dir: Edward Reichert, music: Peter John Still. Noises Off (Michael Frayn) Jan. 23 to Feb. 18, 2007, dir. Samuel Buggeln, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Frank Champa, lighting: Gregg Carville, sound: Christopher Fitze. Iron Kisses (James Still) Feb. 27 to Mar. 18, 2007, dir. Risa Brainin, sets and costumes: Anita Stewart, lighting: Michael Klaers, composer: Hans Indigo Spencer. Intimate Apparel (Lynn Nottage) Mar. 27 to Apr. 22, 2007, dir. Lucy Smith Conroy, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Jacqueline Firkins, lighting: Bryon Winn, sound: Matt Cost. Augusta (Richard Dresser) May 1 to May 20, 2007, dir. Michael Rafkin, sets: Anita Stewart, costumes: Susan Picinich, lighting: Gregg Carville, sound: Stephen Swift. Little Festival of the Unexpected: May 8 to May 12, 2006 Readings of: Magnetic North by William Donnelly, The Owl Girl by Monica Raymond, Longfellow: A Life In Words by Daniel Noel To the top