Past Productions
Season: 2009-2010
“Dreamscapes”
Main Stage Productions
The Big Funk
John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Dr. Scott Irelan
October 16-18 & 23-25, 2009
The Secret Garden
Music by Lucy Simon
Book and lyrics by Marsha Norman
Directed by Jeffrey Coussens
January 29-31 & February 5-7, 2010
The Seagull
Anton Chekov – an American version by Dakin Matthews
Directed by Mark Hurty
April 30 – May 2 & May 7-9, 2010
Season: 2008-2009
“All the World’s a Stage”
Main Stage Productions
Blood Wedding
Federico García Lorca
Directed by Jeffrey Coussens
October 17-19 & 24-26, 2008
The Learned Ladies
Molière
Directed by Donna McNider Hare
January 30-February 1 & February 6-8, 2009
Omniscience
Tim Carlson
Directed by Scott Irelan
May 1-3 & 8-10, 2009
Season: 2007-2008
“A Season of Romance”
Main Stage Productions
The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 26-28 and November 2-4, 2007 (Fall Term)
The Fantasticks
music by Harvey Schmidt, book and lyrics by Tom Jones
Directed By Mark Hurty
February 8-10 and 14-16, 2008 (Winter Term)
Romance Language
Peter Parnell
Directed By Mike Heather
May 2-4 and 9-11 2008 (Spring Term)
Season: 2006-2007
“Issues of Our Times”
Main Stage Productions
Nickel & Dimed
Joan Holden
Directed By Cori Veverka
October 27-29 and November 3-5, 2006 (Fall Term)
Dead Man Walking
Tim Robbins
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
February 2-4 and 9-11, 2007 (Winter Term)
Stuff Happens
David Hare
Directed By Dr. Scott Magelssen
April 27-29 and May 4-6, 2007 (Spring Term)
Season: 2005-2006
“The Masks of Comedy”
Main Stage Productions
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Directed By Scott Magelssen
October 29-30 and November 4-6, 2005 (Fall Term)
The Miser
Moliere
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
February 3-5 and 10-12, 2006 (Winter Term)
The Real Inspector Hound
Tom Stoppard
Directed By Cori Veverka
April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2006 (Spring Term)
Black Comedy
Peter Shaffer
Directed By Mark Hurty
April 28-30 and May 5-7, 2006 (Spring Term)
Season: 2004-2005
“Stages for the Ages”
Main Stage Productions
Children of Eden
Stephen Schwartz
Directed By Mark Hurty
October 29-31 and November 3-7, 2004 (Fall Term)
Storm and Stress
Freidrich Maximilian Klinger
Directed By Scott Magelssen
February 4-6, 9-11 and 13, 2005 (Winter Term)
The Laramie Project
Moises Kaufman
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 29, 30 and May 1, 4-8, 2005 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Edward Albee Plays With your Mind
Edward Albee
Play Production Class
February 18 and 19, 2005
Not in My Name
The Living Theatre of New York
Living Theatre Troupe
April 7, 2005
Season: 2003-2004
“Contexts and Connections”
Main Stage Productions
Rashomon
Fay and Michael Kanin
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 24-25, 30-31 and November 1, 2003 (Fall Term)
An American Daughter
Wendy Wasserstein
Directed By Mark Hurty
February 6-8 and 12-14, 2004 (Winter Term)
Quilters
Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 30 and May 1, 6-8, 2004 (Spring Term)
Season: 2002-2003
“The American Experience”
Main Stage Productions
George Washington Slept Here
Moss Hart and George Kaufman
Directed By Rachel Lindhart
October 25-27, 31 and November 1 and 2, 2002 (Fall Term)
Allison’s House
Susan Glaspell
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
February 7-6 and 13-15, 2003 (Winter Term)
Picnic
William Inge
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
May 2-4 and 8-10, 2003 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Spinning Into Butter
Rebecca Gilman
Directed By Chris Jansen
September 13-15, 2002
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
Moises Kaufman
Directed By Scott Magelssen
April 1-4, 2003
Season: 2001-2002
“A Woman’s Place”
Main Stage Productions
My Name Is Alice
Jean Micklin Silver and Julianne Boyd
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 26-28 and November 1-3, 2001 (Fall Term)
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen
Directed By Mark Cosdon
February 1-3 and 7-9, 2002 (Winter Term)
Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Christopher Hampton
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 26-28 and May 2-4, 2002 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
A Woman’s Place in the Real World
Senior Studio
February 17, 2002
Season: 2000-2001
“Satirizing the Sacred”
Main Stage Productions
The Visit
Friederich Durenmatt
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 27
29 and November 2-4, 2000 (Fall Term)
The Marriage of Better and Bob
Christopher Durang
Directed By Mark Cosdon
February 2-4 and 8-10, 2001 (Winter Term)
The Sisterhood
Moliere
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 27-29 and May 3-5, 2001 (Spring Term)
Season: 1999-2000
“Mysterious Times”
Main Stage Productions
Seven Keys to Baldpate
George M. Cohan
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 29-31 and November 4-6, 1999 (Fall Term)
Private Eyes
Steven Dietz
Directed By Mark Cosdon
February 4-6 and 10-12, 2000 (Winter Term)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Rupert Holmes
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
May 5-7 and 11-13, 2000 (Spring Term)
Season: 1998-1999
“Mask & Identity”
Main Stage Productions
Charley’s Aunt
Brandon Thomas
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 23-25, 30, 31 and November 1, 1998 (Fall Term)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Bertolt Brecht
Directed By Debbie Alley
February 5-7, 11-13, 1999 (Winter Term)
The Comedy of Errors
Williams Shakespeare
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 30 and May 1-2, 6-8, 1999 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Senior Studio 1999 | Scenes from the following productions:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Rivals
The Misanthrope
Kennedy’s Children
Oedipus Rex
All Gods Chillun Got Wings
Electra
The Taming Of the Shrew
A Chorus Line
The Entertainers
A Death of a Salesman
Say goodnight, Gracie
The Bald Soprano
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll
Season: 1997-1998
“The Past in the Present”
Main Stage Productions
Sunday in the Park with George
Stephen Sondheim & James Lapine
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 24-26, 30, 31 and November 1, 1997 (Fall Term)
On the Verge: The Geography of Yearning
Eric Overmyer
Directed By Steven Vincent
February 6-14, 1998 (Winter Term)
Arcadia
Tom Stoppard
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
May 1-3 and 7-9, 1998 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Annual Evening of Student Produced Short Plays
March 14 & 15, 1998
Sure Thing | David Ives
Directed By Laura Wheeler
Anything for You | Cathy Celesia
Directed By Laura Wheeler
The Battle of Bull Run Always Makes me Cry | Carole Reale
Directed By Nicole Terranova
Words, Words, Words | David Ives
Directed By Bryan Peterson
Picasso at the Lapin Agile | Steve Martin
Directed By Nathan Berish
Season: 1996-1997
“Heroic Acts”
Main Stage Productions
Kingdom Come
Amlin Gray
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 25-27, & 31 and November 1 and 2, 1996 (Fall Term)
The Curious Savage
John Patrick
Directed By Steven Vincent
February 7-9 and 13-15 (Winter Term)
Cyrano De Bergerac
Edmond Rostand
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
May 2-4 and 8-10, 1997 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Two Rooms
Lee Blessing
Directed By Steven Vincent
September 13-15 (Fall Term)
Short Play Festival
March 14 & 15, 1997
The Long Goodbye
Tennessee Williams
Directed By Jason Heider
The Property is Condemned
Tennessee Williams
Directed By Jan Herdklotz
The Lady of Larkspur Lotion
Tennessee Williams
Directed By Bryan Peterson
Amicable Parting
George Kauffman & Leueen MacGrath
Directed By Jeff DeLeon
Season: 1995-1996
Main Stage Productions
The Time of Your Life
William Saroyan
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
November 2-4 and 9-11, 1995 (Fall Term)
Assassins
John Weidman
Directed By Timothy Troy
February 2-4 and 8-10, 1996 (Winter Term)
Ghosts
Henrik Ibsen
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 26-28 and May 2-4, 1996 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Oleanna
David Mamet
Directed By Timothy Troy
September 15, 16, & 17, 1995
An Evening of Peter Shaffer
The White Liars | Directed By Shawn Pace
The Public Eye | Directed By Susan M. Vairus
Black Comedy | Directed By Terry Green
December 15, 16 & 17, 1995
Season: 1994-1995
Main Stage Productions
The Passion of the Dracula
Robert Hall and David Richmond
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 28-30 and November 3-5 (Fall Term)
Game of Love and Chance
Marivaux
Directed By Timothy Troy
February 3-5 and 9-11 (Winter Term)
The Trojan Women
Jean Paul Sartre
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 20-222 and 27-29 (Spring Term)
Other Productions
Purple Breasts
Lindstrom, Symon, Markus, McMahon, Paterson
Directed By Jeffrey Coussesns
September 16 and 17
Endgame
Samuel Beckett
Directed By Kenneth Johnson
December 9 and 10
Season: 1993-1994
Main Stage Productions
Equus
Peter Shaffer
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 29-30 and November 1, 4-6 (Fall Term)
Other Productions
Evening of Anton Chekhov
The Harmfulness of Tabacco | Directed By Minda Powers
The Professor’s Wife | Directed By Tony Macaluso
A Marriage Proposal | Directed By Minda Powers
The Brute | Directed By William Franke
December 12 and 13
Season: 1992-1993
Main Stage Productions
Blithe Spirit
Noel Coward
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 30-31 and November 1, 5-7 (Fall Term)
The Diviners
Jim Leonard
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
February 5-7 and 11-13 (Winter Term)
Othello
William Shakespeare
Directed By Debbie Alley
April 30 and May 1-2, 6-8 (Spring Term)
Season: 1991-1992
Main Stage Productions
You Can’t Take It With You
Moss Hart and George Kaufman
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
(Fall Term)
Winter Festival of Short Plays
Hopscotch | Israel Horovitz
The Former One-on-One Basketball Champion | Israel Horovitz
The Blood Knot | Athol Fugard
On Tidy Endings | Harvey Fierstein
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
February 6-8 and 13-15 (Winter Term)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
(Spring Term)
Season: 1989-1990
Main Stage Productions
Our Town
Thornton Wilder
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
October 27-29 and November 2-4 (Fall Term)
Tartuffe
Moliere
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
April 27-29 and May 3-5 (Spring Term)
Season: 1988-1989
Main Stage Productions
And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson
Jim Leonard
Directed By Jeffrey Coussens
February 3-5 and 9-11 (Winter Term)
Season: 1986-1987
Main Stage Productions
Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
Directed By Mary Dellasega
February 6-8 and 12-14 (Winter Term)
Season: 1985-1986
Main Stage Productions
A Midsummer Nights Dream
William Shakespeare
Directed By Mary Dellasega
November 1, 2 and 7-10 (Fall Term)
Season: 1984-1985
Main Stage Productions
The Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen
Directed By Dr. Sandra Hardy
February 1-3 and 8-10 (Winter Term)
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