The cast of Black Elk Speaks, a Denver Center Theatre Company world premiere. Photo by Dan McNeil

Denver Center Theatre Company Production History

Since its inception in 1979, the Denver Center Theatre Company has mounted more than 300 productions including nearly 90 world premieres. In celebration of this body of work, the Company received the 1998 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. The following is a list of our productions to date; our world premieres are noted with an asterisk (*) and our commissions are noted with a plus sign (+):

2010/11

The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan
From the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by Art Manke

The House of the Spirits*
Adapted by Caridad Svich from the novel by Isabel Allende
Directed by Jose Zayas

Bram Stoker's Dracula
Adapted by Charles Morey
From the novel by Bram Stoker
Directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb

Reckless
by Craig Lucas
Directed by Scott Schwartz

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Richard Hellesen
Music by David de Berry
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy


Map of Heaven*
by Michele Lowe
Directed by Evan Cabnet

The Catch*
by Ken Weitzman
Directed by Lou Jacob

A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kent Thompson

Traces
Created by The 7 Fingers (Les 7 doigts de la main)
Presented by Denver Center Attractions and Denver Center Theatre Company

Ruined
by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Seret Scott

Superior Donuts
by Tracy Letts
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

2009/10
The Voysey Inheritance
by Harley Granville-Barker
Adapted by David Mamet
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Israel Hicks

Well
by Lisa Kron
Directed by Christy Montour-Larson

Absurd Person Singular
By Alan Aykborn
Directed by Sabin Epstein

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Richard Hellesen
Music by David de Berry
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

When Tang Met Laika
by Rogelio Martinez
Directed by Terry Nolen

Eventide
by Eric Schmiedl
Based on the novel by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson

 

Mama Hated Diesels
by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman with additional material by Charles Weldon
Directed by Randal Myler
Musical Direction by Dan Wheetman

Othello
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kent Thomspon

Mariela in the Desert*
by Karen Zacarias
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

2008/2009
The Trip to Bountiful
By Horton Foote
Directed by Penny Metropulos

Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Kent Thompson

Glengarry Glen Ross
by David Mamet
Directed by Marco Barricelli

The Miracle Worker
by William Gibson
Directed by Art Manke

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Richard Hellesen
Music by David de Berry
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Inana*+
by Michele Lowe
Directed by Michael Pressman

Dusty and the Big Bad World*
by Cusi Cram
Directed by Kent Thompson

Richard III
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Jesse Berger

August Wilson’s Radio Golf
by August Wilson
Directed by Israel Hicks

A Prayer for Owen Meany
A novel by John Irving
Adapted by Simon Bent
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Sunsets and Margaritas*+
by José Cruz Gonzalez
Directed by Nicholas Avila

Quilters
by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
Music and Lyrics by Barbara Damashek
Directed by Penny Metropulos

2007/08
Third
by Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Wendy Goldberg

You Can't Take It With You
by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Directed by Penny Metropulos

The Diary of Anne Frank
By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Directed by Paul Mason Barnes

Pride and Prejudice
From the novel by Jane Austen
Adapted by Jon Jory
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Directed by Kent Thompson
(a co-production with Denver Center Attractions)

Our House*+
Conceived by Theresa Rebeck and Daniel Fish
Written by Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Daniel Fish

Lydia*+
by Octavio Solis
Directed by Juliette Carrillo

Plainsong*+
by Eric Schmiedl
Based upon the novel written by Kent Haruf
Directed by Kent Thompson

Gee’s Bend
by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by Kent Gash

The Merry Wives of Windsor
by William Shakespeare
Directed by David Ivers

Doubt
A Parable
by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Marion J. Caffey’s
3 Mo’ Divas A Musical Celebration of Class, Sass and Style
Musical supervision and arrangements by Joseph Joubert
Directed and choreographed by Marion J. Caffey

2006/07
Living Out

by Lisa Loomer
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg

Amadeus

By Peter Shaffer
Directed by Kent Thompson


Season's Greetings

By Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Gavin Cameron-Webb

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

The Pillowman

by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Anthony Powell

1001
*
by Jason Grote
Directed by Ethan McSweeney

King Lear
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Kent Thompson

Mrs. Warren's Profession

By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Pure Confidence

By Carlyle Brown
Directed by Kent Gash

The Sweetest Swing in Baseball

By Rebecca Gilman
Directed by Wendy C. Goldberg

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy


2005/06

All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy


A Flea in Her Ear

By Georges Feydeau
Translated by John Mortimer
Directed by Kent Thompson


September Shoes

By José Cruz Gonzalez
Directed by Amy Gonzalez

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Jesus Hates Me*
By Wayne Lemon
Directed by David McClendon

Gem of the Ocean

by August Wilson
Directed by Israel Hicks

Measure for Measure

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Kent Thompson

Ladies of the Camellias

by Lillian Groag
Directed by Casey Stang

The Clean House

by Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Wendy C. Goldber

After Ashley 

by Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Anthony Powell

Crowns

by Regina Taylor
Directed by Kent Gash


2004/05

The Misanthrope 

by Jean Baptiste Molière
Directed by Nagle Jackson

Dirty Story
by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Anthony Powell

A Boston Marriage

by David Mamet
Directed by David McClendont

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Laird Williamson

A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur

by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Laird Williamson

A Selfish Sacrifice*
by Charles F. (OyamO) Gordon
Based on the play A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by Israel Hicks

Oedipus Rex 

by Sophocles
Directed by Anthony Powell

The Madwoman

by Jean Giraudoux
Directed by Israel Hicks

Fire on the Mountain

by Randal Myler & Dan Wheetman
Directed by Randal Myler
 
 





2003/04

Almost Heaven: Songs and Stories of John Denver

Written and adapted by Peter Glazer
Songs by John Denver and others
Orchestrations, vocal arrangements and musical direction by Jeff Waxman
Directed by Randal Myler


Blue/Orange 

by Joe Penhall
Directed by Anthony Powell

Picnic

by William Inge
Directed by Nagle Jackson

Lobby Hero

by Kenneth Lonergan
Directed by David McClendon

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens
Adapted and Directed by Laird Williamson

A Streetcar Named Desire 

by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Israel Hicks

Visiting Mr. Green

by Jeff Baron
Directed by Anthony Powell

John Brown's Body

by Stephen Vincent Benét
Directed by Laird Williamson

Blithe Spirit

by Noel Coward
Directed by Nagle Jackson

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Anthony Powel

Nat King Cole & Me* 

by Gregory Porter
Directed by Randal Myler

The Skin of Our Teeth
by Thornton Wilder 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Behind the Broken Words
Devised by Roscoe Lee Browne and Anthony Zerbe

The Lonesome West

by Martin McDonagh

Directed by Anthony Powel

A Christmas Carol
 by Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Laird Williamson & Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

King Hedley II

by August Wilson
Directed by Israel Hicks

Bernice/Butterfly: A Two-Part Invention* 

by Nagle Jackson 

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Love's Labor's Lost

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Anthony Powell

Copenhagen

by Michael Frayn 

Directed by Anthony Powell

The Three Sisters

by Anton Chekhov 

In a new adaptation by James Warnick 

Directed by Donovan Marley

2 Pianos, 4 Hands

by Ted Dykstra & Richard Greenblatt

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Scapin or The Con Artist

by Jean Baptiste Molière 

Translated, Adapted and Directed by Nagle Jackson 



2001/02


Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostadt 

In a New Translation by Nagle Jackson

Directed by Nagle Jackson

A Skull in Connemara
 
by Martin McDonagh

Directed by Anthony Powell

Dinner With Friends 

by Donald Margulies 

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens 
Adapted by Laird Williamson & Dennis Powers 

Directed by Laird Williamso

Spinning Into Butter

by Rebecca Gilman

Directed by Donovan Marley

The Immigrant
Based on the play by Mark Harelik

Book by Mark Harelik

Lyrics by Sarah Knapp

Music by Steve M. Alper

Directed by Randal Myle

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Anthony Powell

Almost Heaven: 
Songs and Stories of John Denver* 

Written, adapted and directed by Peter Glazer

Songs by John Denver and others 

Orchestrations, vocal arrangements and musical direction by Jeff Waxman

Musical Consultation by Milt Okun

Jitney

Directed by Israel Hicks

Betrayal
 
by Harold Pinter 

Directed by Anthony Powell

Pierre* 

by Jeffrey Hatcher

Adapted from Herman Melville's Pierre or The Ambiguities

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy


2000/01


Tantalus*
by John Barton
with additional text by Colin Teevan 

Directed by Edward Hall and Peter Hall

The Show-Off

by George Kelley

Directed by Nagle Jackson

1933* 

Adapted by Randal Myler & Brockman Seawell
from the novel 1933 Was a Bad Year by John Fante

Amy's View

by David Hare

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare
Directed by Nagle Jackson

The Little Foxes

by Lillian Hellman

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

inna beginning*
Conceived by Gary Leon Hill, Jamie Horton & Lee Stametz

Written by Gary Leon Hill

Directed by Jamie Horton

Music by Lee Stametz

Uncle Vanya

by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Anthony Powell

Pork Pie: An Original Jazz Play* 

by Michael Genet

Directed by Israel Hicks
 



1999/2000


Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

by Moisés Kaufman

Directed by Laird Williamson

A Hotel on Marvin Gardens* 

Written and directed by Nagle Jackson

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

by Martin McDonagh 

Directed by Anthony Powel

Barrio Babies Music*
by Fernando Rivas
Book and Lyrics by Luis Santeiro 

Directed by Susana Tubert

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens 
Adapted
by Laird Williamson & Dennis Powers 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Waiting to be Invited*
by S.M. Shephard-Massat 

Directed by Israel Hicks

The Winter's Tale 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Laird Williamson

The Laramie Project* 

by Moisés Kaufman and members of Tectonic Theater Project 

Directed by Moisés Kaufman

The Cripple of Inishmaan 

by Martin McDonagh
Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Side Man 

by Warren Leight 

Directed by Randal Myler

Give 'Em a Bit of Mystery: Shakespeare and the Old Tradition*
Conceived, written and performed by Tony Church 

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

The Miser*
by Jean Baptiste Molière
Translated and directed by Nagle Jackson

1998/99


Travels With My Aunt 

by Graham Green

Adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Picasso at the Lapin Agile 

by Steve Martin

Directed by Randal Myler

The Last Night of Ballyhoo 

by Alfred Uhry

Directed by Anthony Powell

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens
Adapted for the stage by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

Dream on Monkey Mountain 

by Derek Walcott

Directed by Israel Hicks

The Rivals 

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Adapted and directed by Elizabeth Huddle

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde 

by Moisés Kaufman

Directed by Laird Williamson

The Tempest 
 
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Anthony Powell

Master Class 

by Terrence McNally

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Kingdom*
by Richard Helleson

Directed by Israel Hicks

The Elevation of Thieves*
Written and directed by Nagle Jackson 
 



1997/98


Mark Taper Forum’s production of

Nine Armenians
by Leslie Ayvazian

Directed by Gordon Davidson

The Servant of Two Masters*
by Carlo Goldoni

A new translation and adaptation by Sylvie Drake 

Directed by James Dunn

Misalliance 

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Anthony Powell

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens 
Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

Arena Stage’s production of

A Touch of the Poet 

by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Douglas Wager

Sylvia 

by A.R. Gurney

Directed by Randal Myler

Eliot Ness...In Cleveland* 

Book by Peter Ullian

Music and Lyrics by Robert Lindsey Nassif

Co-Adaptation and Additional Material by Nick Corley

Directed by Nick Corley

Valley Song 

by Athol Fugard

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Treasure Island* 

by Robert Louis Stevenson 

Adapted for the stage by Nagle Jackson

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Blues for an Alabama Sky 

by Pearl Cleage

Directed by Israel Hicks

Macbeth 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Anthony Powell

Taking Leave* 

by Nagle Jackson 

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Life is a Dream
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca 

Adapted and directed by Laird Williamson

Don Quixote* 

by Miguel de Cervantes 

Conecived, written and directed by Pavel Dobrusky and Luan Schooler 


1996/97


Arcadia 

by Tom Stoppard

Directed by Laird Williamson

Peter Pan, of the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up

by J.M. Barrie in a new version by John Caird and Trevor Nunn

Directed by Donovan Marley

Molly Sweeney 

by Brian Friel

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

A Christmas Carol 

by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

Seven Guitars 

by August Wilson

Directed by Israel Hicks

The Comedy of Errors 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by James Dunn

Three Tall Women 

by Edward Albee

Directed by Anthony Powell

One Foot on the Floor* 

by Jeffrey Hatcher 

Based on Georges Feydeau's Le Dindon 

Directed by Marcia Dodg

Clarence Day Jr.'s Life with Father
by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse 

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Racing Demon 

by David Hare

Directed by Anthony Powell

Fables* 

An International Collaboration Conceived, Written, Directed and Designed by Pavel Dobrusky and Per-Olav Sørensen


1995/96
Romeo and Juliet 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Israel Hicks

You Never Can Tell 

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Nagle Jackson

The Last Yankee 

by Arthur Miller

Directed by Anthony Powell

A Christmas Carol 

by Charles Dickens 

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

Beethoven 'N' Pierrot* 

Conveived, Written, Designed and Directed by Pavel Dobrusky and Per-Olav Sørensen

Two Trains Running 

by August Wilson

Directed by Israel Hicks

A Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds 

by S. Ansky 

Adapted by Tony Kuchner

Directed by Melia Bensussen

The Dresser 

by Ronald Harwood 

Directed by Anthony Powell

Room Service 

by John Murray and Allen Boretz

Directed by James Dun

Galileo 

by Bertolt Brecht

Translated by Howard Brenton

Directed by Laird Williamson

Appalachian Strings* 
by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman 

Directed by Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman

Prelude to Lime Creek* 

Parts of a Novel and a Poem by Joe Henry

Songs Written by Joe Henry and Gary Burr

Devised and Directed by Anthony Zerbe 


1994/95


Black Elk Speaks 

Based on the Book by John G. Neihardt

Adapted by Christopher Sergel

Directed by Donovan Marley

Star Fever* 

Conveived, Designed and Directed by Pavel Dobrusky

Oleanna 

by David Mamet

Directed by Anthony Powell

A Christmas Carol 

by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

Coming of the Hurricane* 

by Keith Glover

Directed by Israel Hick

The Quick-Change Room* 

by Nagle Jackson

Music by Robert Sprayberry 

Directed by Paul Wiedner

Taming of the Shrew 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by James Dunn

The Education of Walter Kaufmann* 

by Kevin Kling

Directed by Michael Sommers

Imaginary Invalid* 

by Nagle Jackson

Directed by Nagle Jackson

It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues* 

by Charles Bevel, Lita Gaithers, Randal Myler, Ron Taylor and Dan Wheetman 

Directed by Randal Myler

Someone Who'll Watch Over Me 

by Frank McGuinness 

Directed by Anthony Powell

Marisol 

by Jose Rivera

Directed by Melia Bensussen

Man of the Moment 

by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Laird Williamson

1993/94 


Black Elk Speaks* 

Based on the Book by John G. Neihardt 

Adapted by Christopher Sergel

Directed by Donovan Marley

School for Wives 

by Jean-Baptise Molière

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Lips Together, Teeth Apart 

by Terrence McNally

Directed by Anthony Powell

A Christmas Carol 

by Charles Dickens 

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers

Directed by Laird Williamson

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 

by August Wilson

Directed by Israel Hicks

A Midsummer Night's Dream 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Laird Williamson

Life Lines* 

Conveived by Ann Guilbert and Randal Myler

Directed by Randal Myler

Home and Away 

by Kevin Kling

Directed by Steven Dietz

The Scarlet Letter* 

Based on the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Adapted by Phyllis Nagy
Directed by Jamie Horto

Stories* 
 
by Isabel Allende

Directed by Pavel Dobrosky and Per-Olav Sørense

Love, Janis* 

Inspired by the book by Laura Joplin

Adapted and Directed by Randay Myler 

Directed by Randal Myler

Dancing At Lughnasa 

by Brian Friel

Directed by Anthony Powell

Sacred Hoop 

Directed by Donovan Marley

Peter and the Wolf 

by Sergi Prokofiev

Directed by Donovan Marley

1992/93


The Grapes of Wrath 

Based on the novel by John Steinbeck

Adapted by Frank Falati

Directed by Donovan Marley

Candida 

by Bernard Shaw 

Directed by Anthony Powell

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers 

Directed by Laird Williamson

The Piano Lesson 

by August Wilson

Directed by Israel Hicks

A Quiet Little Wedding* 

Created by Laird Williamson from a comedy by Eugene Labiche and Marc Michel

Music Composed by Larry Delinger

Directed by Laird Williamson

Hedda Gabler 

by Henrik Ibsen
in a new English version by Douglas Hughes 

Based on a draft translation by Csanad Z. Siklos

Directed by Nagle Jackson

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court* 

by Mark Twain

Directed by Randal Myler

Bon Voyage* 

by Jeffrey Hatcher 

Music and Lyrics by Noel Coward

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

The Living* 

by Anthony Clarvoe

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Monte Carlo* 

by Lydia Stryk 

Directed by Jennifer McCray-Rincon

The Man Who Wrote Peter Pan 

Directed by John Fraser

Where I Live 

Conceived and directed by Charlie Oates 

Additional choreography by Elizabeth Benjamin

Directed by Charlie Oates 

 

 

1991/92

 

 

The Rose Tattoo 

by Tennessee Williams 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Other People's Money 

by Jerry Sterner

Directed by Donovan Marley

Home 

by Samm-Art Williams 

Directed by Israel Hicks

A Christmas Carol 

by Charles Dickens

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Julius Caesar 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Laird Williamson

To Kill a Mockingbird 

Based on the book by Harper Lee

Dramatized by Christopher Sergel

Directed by Randal Myler

Tartuffe 

by Jean-Baptiste Molière

English Verse Translation by Richard Wilbur

Directed by Nagle Jackson

Arsenic and Old Lace 

by Joseph Kesselring 

Directed by Randal Myler

Wolf-Man* 

by Elizabeth Egloff

Directed by Evan Yionoulis

Uncertainty* 

by Garrison Esst

Directed by Anthony Powell

Evil Little Thoughts* 

by Mark D. Kaufmann

Directed by Israel Hicks

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?* 

A musical play based on the novel by Horace McCoy

Book and Lyrics by Nagle Jackson 

Music by Robert Sprayberry

Directed by Alan Bailey

What Fools These Mortals Be 

A compilation of selections from the works of William Shakespeare

Directed by Anthony Powell

1990/91 


The Man Who Came to Dinner 

by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart

Directed by Donovan Marley

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens 

Adapted by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Joe Turner's Come and Gone 

by August Wilson

Directed by Israel Hicks

Twelfth Night 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Laird Williamson

The American Clock 

by Arthur Miller

Directed by Randal Myler

Miss Julie 

by August Strindberg

Adapted by Romulus Linney 

Directed by Donovan Marley

Okiboji* 

by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller 

Directed by Frank Georgianna

Back to the Blanket* 

by Gary Leon Hill

Directed by Roberta Levitow

New Business* 

by Tom Williams

Directed by Steven Dietz

Junk Bonds* 

by Thomas Babe

Directed by Anthony Powell

Back to Back 

by Al Brown

Directed by Randal Myler

1989/90 


Desire Under the Elms 

by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Donovan Marley

Saint Joan 

by George Bernard Shaw

Directed by Laird Williamson

A Little Night Music 

Book by Hugh Wheeler

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Three Men on a Horse 

by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott

Directed by Randal Myler

Fences 

by August Wilson

Directed by Israel Hicks

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* 

by Mark Twain

Adapted and directed by Randal Myler

Henry IV, Parts I & II 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Dakin Matthews

The Road to Mecca 

by Athol Fugard

Directed by Frank Georgiann

Animal Fair* 

Book, Music and Lyrics by Clark Gesner 

Directed by Stephen Stettler

Mine Alone* 

by Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller 

Directed by Frank Georgiann

Ready for the River* 

by Neal Bell

Directed by Gitta Honneger

Soundbite* 

by Gary Leon Hill

Directed by Donovan Marley

One on One Basketball Play 

Directed by Randal Myler

1988/89 


I'm Not Rappaport 

by Herb Gardner 

Directed by Frank Georgianna

Waiting for Godot 

by Samuel Beckett 

Directed by Randal Myler

Carousel 

Music by Richard Rodgers
 
Lyrics and Book by Oscar Hammerstein II

Directed by Donovan Marley

The Matchmaker 

by Thorntom Wilder

Directed by Laird Williamson

Peter Pan, Or the Boy Who Would Not Grow Up

by J.M. Barrie 

Directed by Randal Myler

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 

by Tennessee Williams

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Darkside* 

by Ken Jones

Directed by Jared Sakren

King Lear 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Donovan Marley

Robert Garner/Center Attractions in association with The Market Theatre Company of Johannesburg, South Africa presented 
You Strike the Woman, You Strike the Rock 
 

Conveived and written by Nomvola Qosha, Itumelengwa, Lehulere, Xolan Sept, Thobeka Maghutyana and Poppy Tsira
Directed by Phyllis Klotz

Exclusive Circles* 

by Kendrew Lascelles

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Child of Luck* 

by Donald Freed 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Company 

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by George Furth

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Cuentos 

by Carlos Morton and Angel Vigil

Directed by Randal Myler

1987/88


Koozy's Piece* 

by Frank X. Hogan 

Directed by Randal Myler

Veterans’ Day* 

by Donald Freed 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Guys and Dolls 

Based on a story and characters by Damon Runyon

Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

Directed by Donovan Marley

Holiday Memories
Part I: A Child's Christmas in Wales*
Based on a story by Dylan Thomas

Adapted for the stage by Jeremy Brooks and Adrian Mitchell

Directed by Randal Myler
and
Holiday Memories

Part II: A Christmas Memory* 

by Truman Capote

Directed by Randal Myler

Two Gentlemen of Verona 

by WIlliam Shakespeare 

Directed by Laird Williamson

The Price 

by Arthur Miller

Directed by Frank Georgianna

A Lie of the Mind 

by Sam Shepard

Directed by Donovan Marley

Trophy Hunters* 

by Kendrew Lascelles 

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Long Day's Journey into Night

by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Malcolm Morrison

Table Manners 

by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Malcom Morrison

The Colored Museum
by George Wolfe

Directed by Andre DeShields

Man of La Mancha 

by Dale Wasserman

Music by Mitch Leigh

Lyrics by Joe Darion

Directed by Donovan Marley

The Newcomer 

by Janet Thomas 

Directed by Randal Myler

1986/87


Goodnight, Texas*
by Terry Dodd

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

The World of Mirth* 

by Murphy Guyer 

Directed by Peter Hackett

Don Juan in Hell 

by George Bernard Shaw 

Directed by Ann McNaughton

Man and Superman 

by George Bernard Shaw 

Directed by Dakin Matthews

South Pacific

Music by Richard Rodgers

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan 

Directed by Donovan Marley

House of Flowers 

Book by Truman Capote 

Music by Harold Arle 

Lyrics by Harold Arlen and Truman Capote

Directed by Donald McKayle

Playboy of the Western World 

by John Millington Synge

Directed by Donovan Marley

Coriolanus 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Laird Williamson 



Shooting Stars*
by Molly Newman

Directed by Randal Myler

Orphans 

by Lyle Kessler

Directed by Frank Georgianna

Rachel's Fate* 

by Larry Ketron

Directed by Murphey Guye

Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams* 

Compiled by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik

Directed by Randal Myler

My Cup Ranneth Over 

by Robert Patrick

Directed by Randal Myler

1985/86 


Petrified Forest 

by Robert E. Sherwood

Directed by Peter Hackett

Woman Without a Name*
by Romulus Linney 

Directed by Donovan Marley

Pygmalion 

by George Bernard Shaw 

Directed by James Moll

Christmas Miracles* 

by Laird Williamson and Dennis Powers 

Directed by Laird Williamson

Purlie 

Music by Gary Geld

Lyrics by Peter Udell

Book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose and Peter Udell

Directed by Randal Myler

The Emperor Jones 

by Eugene O'Neill

Directed by Donald McKayle

When the Sun Slides* 

by Stephen Davis Parks 

Directed by Donovan Marley

The Immigrant 

by Mark Harelik and Randal Myler

Directed by Randal Myler

The Cherry Orchard 

by Anton Chekhov

Directed by Garland Wright

Pleasuring Ground* 

by Frank X. Hogan 

Directed by Peter Hackett

Hope of the Future* 

by Shannon Keith Kelley

Directed by Randal Myler

Circe & Bravo* 

by Donald Freed 

Directed by Laird Williamson

1984/85


They Knew What They Wanted 

by Sidney Howard

Directed by James Moll Ringers* 

by Frank X. Hogan

Directed by Donovan Marle

Hamlet 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Allen Fletcher

The Time of Your Life 

by William Saroyan

Directed by Donovan Marley

Lahr and Mercedes (Max & Maxie)* 

by James McLure

Directed by Peter Hackett

Design for Living 

by Noel Coward 

Directed by Allen Fletcher

Pericles 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Laird Williamson

The Immigrant: A Hamilton County Album*
by Mark Harelik

Directed by Randal Myler

Painting Churches 

by Tina Howe 

Directed by Peter Hackett

Accidental Death of an Anarchist 

by Dario Fo

Directed by Caroline Eves

The Female Entertainer*
by Elizabeth Levin

Directed by Edward Payson Call

Don Juan 

by Jean-Baptiste Molière

Directed by Garland Wright

The Apple Tree 

by Mark Twain

Directed by Randal Myler

1983/84


Spokesong 

by Jimmy Kennedy and Stewart Parker

Directed by Peter Hackett

Cyrano de Bergerac 

by Edmond Rostand 

Directed by Wallace Chappell

The Front Page 

by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur 

Directed by Jerry Zaks

The Night of the Iguana 

by Tennessee Williams 

Directed by Walter Schoen

Romeo and Juliet 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Caroline Eves

The Importance of Being Earnest 

by Oscar Wilde

Directed by John Broome

Trumpets & Drums 

by Bertolt Brecht

Directed by Barbara Damascek

Crossfire 

by Ted Gross

Directed by Bruce K. Sevy

Darwin's Sleepless Night 

by Merle Kessler

Directed by Bill Allard

Doorplay 

by Sally Baker

Directed by Dan Hiester

On the Verge 

by Eric Overmyer

Directed by Roberta Levitow

Hyde in Hollywood 

by Peter Parnell

Directed by Peter Hackett

Smokerings Chekhov 

Directed by Dan Hiester

Arms and the Man 

by Bernard Shaw

Directed by Walter Schoen

1982/83 


Quilters* 

by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek

Directed by Barbara Damascek

The Tempest

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Edward Payson Call

The Hostage 

by Brendan Behan 

Directed by Donovan Marley

Arms and the Man 

by George Bernard Shaw 

Directed by Edward Hastings

Of Mice and Men 

by John Steinbeck

Directed by Richard Gee

The Three Sisters 

by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 

Directed by Edward Payson Call

The Taming of the Shrew 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Barbara Damascek

Runstone Hill 

by Laura Shamas

Directed by Jane Page

Survivors 

Directed by Dan Hiester

Runaway Truck Ramp 

Directed by Paul Redfor

Waiting for Lefty 

by Clifford Odets

Directed by Walter Schoe

Is Denver Burning? 

by Allen Dumas, Julian Gamble, Jeffrey Harms, Julian McAndrew, Bill Peters, Paul Schierhorn, Rory Seeber, Steve Stajich and Edith Weiss

Directed by Bill Peters

A Physician in Spite of Himself 

by Jean-Baptiste Moliére 

Directed by Peter Hackett

1981/82


Androcles and the Lion 

by Bernard Shaw

Directed by Edward Payson Call

Tartuffe 

by Jean-Baptiste Molière

Directed by Richard Russell Ramos

Enemy of the People 

by Henrik Ibsen 

Directed by Michael Lessac

The World of Sam Shepard 

Directed by Mark Cuddy

Much Ado About Nothing 

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Edward Payson Call

Antigone

by Jean Anouilh

Directed by Larry Arrick

6-4-3 A Double Play*
Directed by George Touliatos

Buckhorn Exchanges
by Craig Volk

Directed by Peter Hackett

Quilters 

by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek

Directed by Barbara Damaschek

Denver Messiah 
by Frank X. Hogan

Directed by Walter Schoen

A Ballad of Colorado 

by Mark Cuddy and Cast

Directed by Mark Cuddy

1980/81 


Henry IV, Part I 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Edward Payson Call

Under Milk Wood 

by Dylan Thomas

Directed by Kenneth Walsh

Misalliance 

by George Bernard Shaw 

Directed by Jerome Kilty

Loot 

by Joe Orton 

Directed by Stuart Vaughan

Medea 

by Robinson Jeffers 

Directed by Edward Payson Call

Wings 

by Arthur Kopit 

Directed by Laird Williamson

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

by Abe Burrows and Frank Loesser 

Directed by Edward Payson Call

The Seahorse 

by Edward J. Moore

Directed by Walter Schoen

Con Safos 

by Angel Vigil

Directed by Angel Vigil

Latent Images 

by David Jones and Mark Cuddy 

Directed by Mark Cuddy

Daniel Rocket 

by Peter Parnell

Directed by Peter Hackett

Starting Here, Starting Now 

by Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire

Directed by Jerry Webb

1979/80 


The Caucasian Chalk Circle 

by Bertolt Brecht

Directed by Edward Payson Call

Moby Dick – Rehearsed 

by Orson Welles

Based on the novel by Herman Melville 

Directed by William Woodma

The Learned Ladies 

by Jean-Baptiste Moliére 

Directed by Gene Lesser

Passing Game 

by Steve Tesich 

Directed by Edward Payson Cal

A Midsummer Night's Dream 

by William Shakespeare 

Directed by Gene Lesser