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2007-2008
All's Well That Ends Well
April 11 – April 25, 2008
By William Shakespeare
  • Press Release
• Reviews
• Photos

The Crucible
March 28 – April 27, 2008
By Arthur Miller

• Press Release
• Reviews
• Photos
A Christmas Carol
November 23 – December 23, 2007
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Andrew May
  • Press Release

Measure for Measure
Performed in repertory with Arsenic and Old Lace
October 5 – October 19, 2007
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Risa Brainin

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

Arsenic and Old Lace
Performed in repertory with Measure for Measure
September 21 – October 21, 2007
Book by Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Drew Barr

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
2006-2007
Hay Fever
March 16 – April 21, 2007
By Noel Coward
Directed by Charles Fee
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

The Tempest
March 30 – April 20, 2007
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Andrew May

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

A Christmas Carol
November 24 – December 23, 2006
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Andrew May
  • Press Release
• Playnotes

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Performed in repertory with Love’s Labour’s Lost
September 15 – October 21, 2006
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Directed by Victoria Bussert

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

Love’s Labour’s Lost
Performed in repertory with A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
September 29 – October 20, 2006
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Drew Barr

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
2005
A Christmas Carol
November 25 – December 23, 2005
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Andrew May
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
As You Like It
Performed in repertory with Amadeus
September 16 – October 22, 2005
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Risa Brainin
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
Amadeus
Performed in repertory with As You Like It
September 16 – October 22, 2005
By Peter Shaffer
Directed by Gordon Reinhart
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

You Can’t Take It With You
Performed in repertory with The Merry Wives of Windsor
July 29 – September 3, 2005
By Moss Hart & George Kaufman
Directed by Drew Barr

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Performed in repertory with You Can’t Take It With You
July 29 – September 3, 2005
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sari Ketter

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
2004
A Christmas Carol
November 26 – December 23, 2004
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Andrew May
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
Julius Caesar
Performed in repertory with The Importance of Being Earnest
September 10 – October 16, 2004
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Risa Brainin
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
The Importance of Being Earnest
Performed in repertory with Julius Caesar
September 10 – October 16, 2004
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Charles Fee
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
Performed in repertory with The Taming of the Shrew
July 16 – August 22, 2004
By Adam Long, Daniel Singer & Jess Winfield
Directed by Charles Fee

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos

The Taming of the Shrew
Performed in repertory with The Complete Works…
July 16 – August 22, 2004
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Drew Barr

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
2003-2004

Hamlet
Performed in repertory with Tartuffe
October 10 – November 9, 2003
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Charles Fee

• Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
Tartuffe
Performed in repertory with Hamlet
October 10 – November 9, 2003
By Moliére
Directed by Drew Barr
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Reviews
• Photos
A Christmas Carol
November 28 – December 21, 2003
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Victoria Bussert
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
Private Lives
January 22 – February 1, 2004
By Noel Coward
Directed by Victoria Bussert
  • Press Release
• Playnotes
• Photos
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America
April 28 – May 29, 2004
By Joan Holden
Based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Reviews
• Photos
2002-2003

Much Ado About Nothing
October 23 – November 3, 2002
by William Shakespeare

• Reviews
• Photos

Anything Goes
January 21 – February 2, 2003
Book by Guy Bolton, P.G.Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Originally staged by Howard Lindsay
 

• Press Release
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Arms And The Man
March 12 – 23, 2003
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Charles Fee
 

• Press Release
• Review
• Photos

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
April 30 – May 18, 2003
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Charles Fee
 

• Press Release
• Reviews

A Christmas Carol
November 29 – December 22, 2002
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and Directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Shelley Butler
 

• Reviews
• Photos

2001-2002 

Lone Star Love or, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas
A Musical Western Based on the Play by William Shakespeare
October 18-November 4, 2001
Conceived and Adapted by John L. Haber

Music and Lyrics by John Herrick
With Contributions from Michael Bogdanov, Bland Simpson and Tommy Thompson
Directed by Michael Bogdanov

 

• Reviews
• Photos

…Love, Langston
A Collage of Poetry and Short Stories by Langston Hughes
January 24-February 10, 2002
Music by Loni Berry
Adapted and Directed by Loni Berry
 

 

A Moon for the Misbegotten
March 14-March 30, 2002
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by James Bundy
 

• Review
• Photos

Romeo and Juliet
May 2-May 19, 2002
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Daniel Fish
 

• Reviews
• Photos

A Christmas Carol
November 28-December 23, 2001
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Shelley Butler
 

 

2000-2001 
Macbeth
October 19-November 5, 2000
By William Shakespeare
Directed by James Bundy
 

• Review

Gypsy
January 25-February 11, 2001
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Soundhein
Directed by Victoria Bussert
 

• Press Release
• Review

From the Mississippi Delta
A True Story by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland
March 15-April 1, 2001
 

• Press Release
• Review

Peter Pan
May 3-May 20, 2001
By Sir James M. Barrie
Adapted By Alison Carey
Directed by Bill Rauch
 

 

A Christmas Carol
November 29-December 24, 2000
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by James Bundy
 

 

1999-2000

Thunder Knocking on the Door
October 14-31, 1999
By Keith Glover
Original music and lyrics by Keb’ Mo’ and Anderson Edwards
Directed by Keith Glover

 

 

   
The Wild Duck
January 27-February 13, 2000
By Henrik Ibsen
World premiere adaptation by Anthony Clarvoe
Directed by Bill Rauch
 

 

   
Twelfth Night
March 16-April 2, 2000
By William Shakespeare
Orginal Score by Adam Wernick
Directed by Daniel Fish
 

• Review
• Photos

   
Travels With My Aunt
April 27-May 14, 2000
Based on the novel by Graham Greene
Adapted by Giles Havergal
Directed by James Bundy
 

 

   
A Christmas Carol
December 1-26, 1999
By Charles Dickens
Adapted and directed by Gerald Freedman
Staged by James Bundy
 

 

1998-1999 
1997-1998 
Richard III
October 15-November 1, 1998
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Bartlett Sher
 

The Tempest
October 2-19, 1997
By William Shakespeare

   
A Little Night Music
January 28-February 14, 1999
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
 

Fallen Angels
January 29-February 15, 1998
By Noel Coward

   
A Raisin in the Sun
March 18-April 3, 1999
By Lorraine Hansberry
 

The Most Happy Fella
March 19-April 5, 1998
Based on Sidney Howard’s They Know What They Wanted
Book, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser

   
The Beauty Queen of Leenane
May 13-30, 1999
By Martin McDonagh
 

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
May 7-24, 1998
By Edward Albee

   
A Christmas Carol
10th Anniversary
December 2-27, 1998
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Gerald Freedman
 

A Christmas Carol
December 3-27, 1997
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Gerald Freedman

1996-1997 
1995-1996 
She Loves Me
October 10-27,1996
Book by Joe Masteroff
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Based on a play by Miklos Laszlo
Directed by Victoria Bussert
 

The School For Scandal
October 12-28, 1995
By Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by Gerald Freedman

   
Antony & Cleopatra
January 30-February 16, 1997
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Gerald Freedman
 

As You Like It
January 25-February 10, 1996
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Victoria Bussert

   
What the Butler Saw
March 20-April 6, 1997
By Joe Orton
Directed by Michael Breault
 

The Dybbuk
February 29-March 16, 1996
By S. Ansky
Directed by Gerald Freedman

   
The Glass Menagerie
May 15-June 1, 1997
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Gerald Freedman
 

Blithe Spirit
May 9-25, 1996
By Noel Coward
Directed by Victoria Bussert

   
A Christmas Carol
December 4-28, 1996
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Gerald Freedman
Staged by Victoria Bussert
 

A Christmas Carol
November 29-December 24, 1995
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Gerald Freedman