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Past Seasons

 

The 1950s and 60s

 
Year
Production
Director
1958-59
Kind Lady
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1959-60
Playboy of the Western World
D. P. Kelly
 
The Potting Shed
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1960-61
The Torch Bearers
D. P. Kelly
 
One Acts:
 
 
The Bald Soprano
 
 
A Phoenix Too Frequent
 
 
St. Joan: Trial Scene
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1961-62
Family Reunion
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1962-63
Twelfth Night
D. P. Kelly
 
Thunder Rock
D. P. Kelly
 
My Three Angels
D. P. Kelly
 
One Acts Directed by Students:
 
 
Grand Cham’s Diamond
R. Hornsey
 
A Lady in a Cage
D. Skilling
 
Two Gentlemen of Soho
A. Vanderhoven
 
 
 
1963-64
The Crucible
D. P. Kelly
 
Ring Around the Moon
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1964-65
As You Like It
D. P. Kelly
 
Hamlet
D. P. Kelly
 
An Evening of Readings
 
 
 
 
1966-67
Our Town
A. O. Klein
 
Thieves Carnival
D. P. Kelly
 
As You Like It
D. P. Kelly
 
One Acts directed by Students:
 
 
Pigeons
R. Stephens
 
A Resounding Tinkle
M. Monck
 
The Marriage Proposal
J. M. J. Gray
 
The Sandbox
B. Sinclair
 
 
 
1967-68
The Changeling
D. P. Kelly
 
Death of a Salesman
A. O. Klein
 
Sleeping Beauty
D. P. Kelly
 
Charley’s Aunt
G. Neilson
 
Endgame
D. P. Kelly
 
The Replacement
G. Neilson
 
One Acts Directed by Students:
 
 
Clown Who Ran Away
O. Veighey
 
Passion, Poison & Petrifaction
C. Kilpatrick
 
One-Man Masque
J. Labor
 
The Big Black Box
A. Stannard
 
 
 
1968-69
Introduction of the BFA Acting Program
 
 
Angels in Love
D. P. Kelly
 
Macbeth
V. Paul
 
Caucasian Chalk Circle
D. P. Kelly/G. Neilson
 
The Fantasticks
A. O. Klein
 
 
 
1969-70
The Miser
J. Hackett
 
Roar of the Greasepaint
B. Hiatt
 
The Hostage
V. Paul
 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 

The 1970s

 
 
Year
Production
Director
1970-71
Tiger at the Gates
V. Paul
 
Philadelphia, Here I Come
J. Hacket
 
Woyzeck
G. Neilson
 
 
 
1971-72
Romeo and Juliet
J. Benson
 
Arms and the Man
M. Harty (Guest)
 
The Flies
M. Piscator (Guest)
 
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
V. Paul
 
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
B. Hiatt
 
Waiting for Godot
 
 
 
 
1972-73
Ondine
J. Hacket
 
The Crucible
V. Paul
 
Three Men on a Horse
A. Ruscio
 
Juno and the Paycock
G. Neilson
 
 
 
1973-74
Summer and Smoke
V. Paul
 
Playboy of the Western World
D. P. Kelly
 
Little Murders
B. Garnett
 
Ring Round the Moon
J. Hackett
 
Three Sisters
V. Paul
 
 
 
1974-75
Twelfth Night
D. P. Kelly
 
Effect of Gamma Rays...
B. Garnett
 
Ah, Wilderness
R. Dorrell
 
Threepenny Opera
V. Paul
 
The Matchmaker
R. Hartman (Guest)
 
 
 
1975-76
As You Like It
D. P. Kelly
 
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
B. Garnett
 
The Ruling Class
V. Paul
 
Celebration
R. Dorrell
 
Anna K
T. Bond (Guest)
 
 
 
1976-77
The Lion in Winter
V. Paul
 
Indians
G. Neilson
 
Orpheus Descending
B. Garnett
 
Death Takes a Holiday
R. Dorrell
 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
C. Smith (Guest)
 
 
 
1977-78
The Changing Room
G. Neilson
 
How the Other Half Loves
G. Neilson
 
The Sea
V. Paul
 
Dirty Work at the Crossroads
R. Dorrell
 
After Magritte...
F. Canino (Guest)
 
 
 
1978-79
Not Now; Darling
G. Neilson
 
A Doll’s House
B. Garnett
 
You Can’t Take it With You
R. Dorrell
 
The Dandy Lion
J. Biros (Guest)
 
Nightwatch
D. P. Kelly
 
A Funny Thing Happened...
W. Pinnell
 
The Fighting Parson
K. McNair (Guest)
 
 
 
1979-80
Lady from Maxim’s
G. Neilson
 
The God Doctor
B. Garnett
 
The Rimers of Eldritch
R. Dorrell
 
Tricky Dicky Deuce...
B. Parker (Guest)
 
A Murder is Announced
V. Paul
 
Cabaret
W. Pinnell
 
The Imaginary Invalid
A. Stockwell (Guest)
 
 
 

The 1980s

 
 
Year
Production
Director
1980-81
Waltz of the Toreadors
R. Dorrell
 
He To Hecuba
G. Neilson
 
The Emperor’s Nightingale
R. Dorrell
 
Les Belles Soeurs
V. Paul
 
Company
W. Pinnell
 
Madwoman of Chaillot
B. Garnett
 
Forever Yours, Mary Lou
B. Garnett
 
Zastrozzi
V. Paul
 
 
 
1981-82
Importance of Being Earnest
G. Neilson
 
Under Milwood
V. Paul
 
The Hollow
R. Dorrell
 
Chicago
W. Pinnell
 
Equus
V. Paul
 
Il Campiello
A. Stockwell (Guest)
 
 
 
1982-83
Bedroom Farce
V. Chapman (Guest)
 
Major Barbara
B. Garnett
 
The Christmas Nutcracker
R. Dorrell
 
Blood Relations
V. Paul
 
Canterbury Tales
W. Pinnell
 
Spratt
V. Paul
 
The Shadow Box
B. Garnett
 
3 by Tenn
B. Garnett/V. Paul
 
 
 
1983-84
Absurd Person Singular
B. Garnett
 
Ten Lost Years
T. Tweed (Guest)
 
The Lion Who Wouldn’t
R. Dorrell
 
The Elephant Man
V. Paul
 
The Robger Bridegroom
B. Garnett
 
Chamber Music
R. Dorrell
 
Moonchildren
D. Mady Kelly
 
Ten Lost Years
T. Tweed (Guest)
 
 
 
1984-85
The Country Wife
J. Hackett
 
The Miracle Worker
D. Mady Kelly
 
The Magic Apple
R. Dorrell
 
Summer and Smoke
B. Garnett
 
The Boyfriend
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1985-86
Come Back to the 5 & Dime...
V. Paul
 
The Wayside Motor Inn
B. Garnett
 
Once Upon a Mattress
R. E. Dorrell
 
Picnic
D. Mady Kelly
 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1986-87
Back to Beulah
D. Mady Kelly
 
Jitters
R. E. Dorrell
 
Grease
R. Stephens
 
Whose Life is it Anyway?
B. Garnett
 
When You Coming Back, Red Ryder?
W. Pinnell
 
The Hollow Crown
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1987-88
Taming of the Shrew
R. E. Dorrell
 
My Sister in This House
W. Pinnell
 
Children of a Lesser God
D. Mady Kelly
 
Look Back in Anger
B. Garnett
 
Guys and Dolls
D. P. Kelly
 
 
 
1988-89
Educating Rita
D. Mady Kelly
 
Romeo and Juliet
T. Tweed (Guest)
 
Quiet in the Land
V. Paul
 
Our Town
W. Pinnell
 
Brighton Beach Memoirs
D. Mady Kelly
 
Joseph and the Amazing...
J. White (Guest)
 
 
 
1989-90
Room Service
W. Pinnell
 
The Real World?
D. Mady Kelly
 
Love’s Labour’s Lost
M. Shamata (Guest)
 
A Lie of the Mind
R. McKenna
 
Fiddler on the Roof
M. Fletcher (Guest)
 
 
 

The 1990s

 
 
Year
Production
Director
1990-91
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii
D. Mady Kelly
 
Macbeth
R. Vance Paul
 
Dames at Sea
P. Hennessy Laing
 
The Dining Room
W. Pinnell
 
Topgirls
D. Cottreau
 
Bent
R. Stephens
 
Jacques Brel is Alive...
V. Strombergs (Guest)
 
 
 
1991-92
Lysistrata
W. Pinnell
 
The Passion of Dracula
R. Stephens
 
The Threepenny Opera
L. Seligman (Guest)
 
Salt-Water Moon
W. Pinnell
 
The Lady’s Not for Burning
A. O. Klein
 
Farther West
D. Belshaw
 
Pippin
P. Hennessy Laing
 
 
 
1992-93
The Doctor in Spite of Himself
W. Pinnell
 
Goodnight Desdemona...
P. Hennessy Laing
 
Into the Woods
R. Menzies
 
Our Country’s Good
A. O. Klein
 
The House of Bernarda Alba
R. Carley
 
Girls in the Gang
D. Belshaw
 
Cross Border
B. Warren
 
Enemy to the People
English Shakespeare Co.
 
 
 
1993-94
A Day in Hollywood...
P. Hennessy Laing
 
Leaving Home
W. Pinnell
 
The Love of the Nightingale
A. Martin-Smith/L. Saligman
 
As You Like It
B. Warren
 
Dreaming and Duelling
D. Mady Kelly
 
On The Town
C. Smith
 
 
 
1994-95
Charley’s Aunt
C. Eldridge
 
The Crucible
A. O. Klein
 
Godspell
V. Strombergs (Guest)
 
And Then There Were None
L. Walsh
 
The Diary of Anne Frank
S. Turnbull
 
Kiss Me Kate
C. Smith (Guest)
 
The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe
D. MacKinnon
 
 
 
1995-96
Lend Me a Tenor
S. Turnbull
 
The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon
A. O. Klein
 
Steppin’ Out
C. Smith (Guest)
 
The Children’s Hour
L. Walsh
 
Carousel
S. Woodjetts (Guest)
 
 
 
1996-97
You Can’t Take it With You
A. O. Klein
 
Blood Relations
L. Walsh
 
Steel Magnolias
P. Hennessy Laing
 
An Enemy of the People
W. Pinnell
 
Babes in Arms
L. Kennedy (Guest)
 
Jacob Two-Two and the Hooded Fang
S. Turnbull (Guest)
 
 
 
1997-98
The Importance of Being Earnest
A. O. Klein
 
Bonjour, La, Bonjour
D. Mady Kelly
 
Blithe Spirit
L. Walsh
 
Rumors
W. Pinnell
 
Mystery of Edwin Drood
S. Woodjetts (Guest)
 
The Secret Garden
P. Hennessy Laing
 
 
 
1998-99
Twelfth Night
A. O. Klein
 
Dancing at Lughnasa
L. Walsh
 
A Christmas Carol
B. Taylor
 
Silver Dagger
W. Pinnell
 
The Gondoliers
T. Mata
 
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
D. Mady Kelly
 
 
 
1999-00
She Stoops to Conquer
L. Walsh
 
Jacob’s Wake
A. O. Klein
 
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
M. Keating
 
The Odd Couple
W. Pinnell
 
The Boys from Syracuse
Geoffrey Whynot (Guest)
 
A Doll’s House
D. Mady Kelly
 
 
 

The 2000s

 
 
Year
Production
Director
2000-01
Way of the World
Brian Taylor
 
 
The Last Real Summer
William Pinnell
 
Playboy of the Western World
Michael Keating
 
Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
Lionel Walsh
 
Company
Jim Guedo (Guest)
 
Three Sisters
Brian Taylor
 
 
 
2001-02
Pride and Prejudice
Brian Taylor
 
Waiting for the Parade
Michael Keating
 
Shooting Stars
William Pinnell
 
Crimes of the Heart
Lionel Walsh
 
City of Angels
Jim Guedo (Guest)
 
Arsenic and Old Lace
Brian Taylor
 
 
 
2002-03
It's Only a Play
Suzanne Turnbull (Guest)
 
Macbeth
Brian Rintoul
 
Jake's Women
William Pinnell
 
The Hollow
Michael Keating
 
Into the Woods
David Savoy (Guest)
 
Our Country's Good
Brian Taylor
 
 
 
2003-04
Nurse Jane Goes to Hawaii
Brian Rintoul
 
Mad Forest
Brian Taylor
 
Bedroom Farce
Owen Klein
 
Twelve Angry Jurors
William Pinnell
 
Once Upon a Mattress
David Savoy (Guest)
 
Escape From Happiness
Brian Taylor
 
 
 
2004-05
Les Belles Soeurs
Suzanne Turnbull
 
Scenes and Revelations
William Pinnell
 
Little Women
Glen Gaston
 
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Brian Rintoul
 
Come Back to the 5 & Dime...
David Savoy
 
As You Like It
Brian Taylor
 
 
 
2005-06
Barefoot in the Park
William Pinnell
 
The Memory of Water
Brian Taylor
 
The Heiress
Brian Rintoul
 
The Mousetrap
Renee Baillargeon
 
Unity (1918)
Sonia Norris
 
Stepping Out
David Savoy
 
 
 
2006-07
That Summer
William Pinnell
 
The Sea
Brian Rintoul
 
The Women
Rod Ceballos
 
Appointment With Death
Brian Taylor
 
7 Stories
Sonia Norris
 
Steel Magnolias
Rick Kish
 
 
 
2007-08
Rumors
William Pinnell
 
Age of Arousal
Deborah Cottreau
 
The Norbals
Michael Dobbin
 
Jitters
Brian Taylor
 
Ravenscroft
Rod Ceballos
 
An Ideal Husband
Brian Rintoul
 
 
 
2008-09
Measure for Measure
Brian Rintoul
 
Don Juan on Trial
William Pinnell
 
A Murder is Announced
David Savoy
 
Widows
Daniel Wozniak
 
The Man of Mode
Rod Ceballos
 
Goodnight Desdemona…
Brian Taylor
     
2009-10 Noises Off Brian Taylor
  Emma's Child William Pinnell
  Heartbreak House Brian Rintoul
  Jenny's House of Joy Brian Taylor
  Picnic Lee Wilson
  Lysistrata Daniel Wozniak
   

The 2010s

   
Year Production Director
2010-11 A Midsummer Night's Dream Brian Rintoul
  PostMortem William Pinnell
  Smash Liza Balkan
  And Then There Were None Jim Warren
  Hedda Gabler Lee Wilson
  Arcadia Brian Taylor
     
2011-12 Much Ado About Nothing Brian Taylor
  Chameleon William Pinnell
  Crimes of the Heart Liza Balkan
  Emma Jim Warren
  The Seagull J.Ed Araiza
  Some Girl(s) Brian Taylor