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Our HistoryNow in our 34th season, the People’s Light & Theatre Company is a non-profit, professional theatre founded in 1974 by Danny Fruchter, Meg Fruchter, Ken Marini, and Dick Keeler. These artists were committed to two ideals: long-term collaboration among artists with diverse aesthetics and active participation in the life of the immediate community. Today, these principles remain central to People’s Light through our mission and programming. Our artistic ensemble engages in significant community collaboration and continues to make connections with new audiences through our nationally recognized arts education program, Project Discovery. This program serves 35,000 young people each year through in-school residencies, student matinees that bring students from 20 high schools to the theatre twice each year for free, special projects tailored to specific youth communities, and a year-round
People’s Light has always made its home in Notable past productions include Lou Lippa’s two-part, six-hour adaptation of Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie, Karen Sunde’s Achilles: A Kabuki Play (both world premieres), and The Gospel at Colonus by Bob Telson and Lee Breuer. David Hare’s adaptation of Brecht’s The Life of Galileo had its American premiere on our stage, as did Grimm Tales, Beauty and the Beast, and More Grimm Tales from People’s Light has been the recipient of major grants from many national and local foundations and corporations, including The National Endowment for the Arts; AT&T:OnStage; NEA Shakespeare for a New Generation; The Open Society Institute; The Shubert Foundation; The Surdna Foundation; TCG New Generations and The Lila Wallace Reader’s Digest Fund; The Fund for New American Plays; Target Corporation; Wachovia Bank; The Pew Charitable Trusts; The William Penn Foundation; The Connelly Foundation; The ARAMARK Charitable Fund at the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program; Sunoco, Inc.; The Independence Foundation; ING; and PECO, an Exelon Company (see more listings under annual fund at the back of this program). Nationally, People’s Light holds a reputation for excellence and innovation. In the five-county 1974THE EMPEROR JONESBy Eugene O’Neill THE KIDBy Robert Coover A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGGBy Peter Nichols TOM PAINEBy Paul Foster 1975THE HOMECOMINGBy Harold Pinter THE EMPEROR JONESBy Eugene O’Neill A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGGBy Peter Nichols OF MICE AND MENBy John Steinbeck OTHELLOBy William Shakespeare NUDE WITH VIOLINBy Noel Coward THE ICEMAN COMETHBy Eugene O’Neill THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUANBy Bertolt Brecht 1976ARMS AND THE MANBy George Bernard Shaw JOHN BROWN’S BODYBy Stephen Vincent Benet MARAT/SADEBy Peter Weiss DEATH OF A SALESMANBy Arthur Miller 1976MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDRENBy Bertolt Brecht LENNYBy Julian Barry LA RONDEBy Arthur Schnitzler A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREBy Tennessee Williams 1977OLD TIMESBy Harold Pinter KITESBy Abigail Adams JESSE AND THE BANDIT QUEENBy David Freeman ANTIGONEBy Jean Anouilh PLAY IT AGAIN, SAMBy Woody Allen THE TAMING OF THE SHREWBy William Shakespeare THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANABy Tennessee Williams A THOUSAND CLOWNSBy Herb Gardner PETER PANBy J.M. Barrie 1978CARNAL KNOWLEDGEBy Jules Feiffer THE GLASS MENAGERIEBy Tennessee Williams TWELFTH NIGHTBy William Shakespeare THE MISANTHROPEBy Moliere THE CHERRY ORCHARDBy Anton Chekhov ASHESBy David Rudkin BECKETBy Jean Anouilh SNOW LIGHTBy Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman 1979RASHOMONBy Faye and Michael Kanin MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHINGBy William Shakespeare STUFFINGS, LEMONADE, POSTCARDS3 one-act plays by James Prideaux WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?By Edward Albee THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUNDBy Tom Stoppard THE INFANCY OF THE TELEPHONEBy Allan Knee HEDDA GABLERBy Henrik Ibsen ROMEO AND JULIETBy William Shakespeare 1980SLEUTHBy Anthony Shaffer HAMLETBy William Shakespeare BLITHE SPIRITBy Noel Coward HOLY GHOSTSBy Romulus Linney AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BITBy George Bernard Shaw THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETSBy George Bernard Shaw THE INCA OF PERUSALEMBy George Bernard Shaw THE TEMPESTBy William Shakespeare TOYS IN THE ATTICBy Lillian Hellman TREASURE ISLANDBy Jules E. Goodman 1981MACBETHBy William Shakespeare WAIT UNTIL DARKBy Frederick Knott THE LEARNED LADIESBy Moliére CHUGBy Ken Jenkins EDEN COURTBy Murphy Guyer MY EARLY YEARSBy Charles Leipart ON BEING HITBy Clay Goss OPEN ADMISSIONSBy Shirley Lauro PRISONBREAKBy Louis Lippa RODEOBy Jane Martin THE UNDEFEATED RHUMBA CHAMPBy Charles Leipart ARMS AND THE MANBy George Bernard Shaw THE REAR COLUMNBy Simon Gray CHARLEY’S AUNTBy Brandon Thomas 1982THE SEA HORSEBy Edward J. Moore JULIUS CAESARBy William Shakespeare TARTUFFEBy Moliere A LESSON FROM ALOESBy Athol Fugard AMERICAN GARAGEBy Peter Maloney CEMETERY MAN/RUPERT’S BIRTHDAYBy Ken Jenkins DELUSIONS OF A GOVERNMENT WITNESSBy Louis Lippa THE GROVES OF ACADEMEBy Mark Stein IN THE GARDEN OF EDENBy Shirley Lauro THE INTERROGATIONBy Murphy Guyer LUNCHBREAKBy Robert Schenkkan PRECIOUS BLOODBy Frank South ROMANCEBy Charles Leipart SUBJECT ANIMALBy Larry Atlas TALLAHASSEEBy Michael Morin TALKING WITHBy Jane Martin THE PROPRIETORBy Louis Lippa THE MARRIAGE PROPOSALBy Anton Chekhov THE INTERLUDEBy George Bernard Shaw THE GIVING TREEBy Shel Silverstein A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALESBy Dylan Thomas, adapted by Louis Lippa WILLOW SONGBy Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman 1983THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTBy Oscar Wilde CLOSING NOTICEBy Judy Engles THE DREAM HOMEBy Mark Stein ELMO AND JUNE CONFRONT CONCEPTS MUCH LARGER THAN THEMSELVESBy Paul A. Barrosse HABITUAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEAR ENOUGHBy Kent Broadhurst POWDERBy Judy Engles THE SOUTHGATE PORTERBy Louis Lippa STORIESBy Murphy Guyer THE SURVIVALISTBy Robert Schenkkan THE VALUE OF NAMESBy Jeffrey Sweet THE WELFARE LADYBy Louis Lippa A STREETCAR NAMED DESIREBy Tennessee Williams NIGHT AND DAYBy Tom Stoppard HARVEYBy Mary Chase 1984ANTIGONEBy Jean Anouilh AT FIFTY, SHE DISCOVERED THE SEABy Denise Chalem THE BIRD OF ILL OMENBy Joseph Pintauro CITY LIGHTS – AN URBAN SPRAWLBy J. Rufus Caleb MALEK’S DEPENDENTSBy Gary Slezak LOVER’S LEAPBy Dick D. Zigun VALENTINES AND KILLER CHILIBy Kent R. Brown THE WAR BRIDESBy Terri Wagener THE AMERICAN CENTURYBy Murphy Guyer THE WORKROOMBy Jean-Claude Grumberg THE MISANTHROPEBy Moliére UNDER MILKWOODBy Dylan Thomas 1985AWAKE AND SING!By Clifford Odets TAKEN IN MARRIAGEBy Thomas Babe THE LOVE SUICIDE AT SCHOFIELD BARRACKSBy Romulus Linney SLEEPING BEAUTYBy Laurence Klavan THE TATTLERBy Terri Wagener THE DEFECTORBy Louis Lippa WHAT LEONA FIGURED OUTBy David J. Hill BOESMAN AND LENABy Athol Fugard YOU NEVER CAN TELLBy George Bernard Shaw 1986THE DIVINERSBy Jim Leonard, Jr. SUMMERFOLKBy Maxim Gorky INHERIT THE WINDBy Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee KABUKI OTHELLOBy Karen Sunde WAITING FOR GODOTBy Samuel Beckett THE CHALK GARDENBy Enid Bagnold 1987WHAT THE BUTLER SAWBy Joe Orton AMERICAN BUFFALOBy David Mamet THE STONE HOUSEBy Louis Lippa AH, WILDERNESS!By Eugene O’Neill A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEURBy Tennessee Williams HAMLETBy William Shakespeare 1988ORGASMO ADULTO ESCAPES FROM THE ZOOBy Franca Rama and Dario Fo A DOLL HOUSEBy Henrik Ibsen, acting version by Lee Devin MRS. CALIFORNIABy Doris Baizley ORGASMO ADULTO ESCAPES FROM THE ZOOBy Franca Rama and Dario Fo SECOND LADYBy M. Kilburg Reedy SWINEBy Drury Pifer LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILLBy Lanie Robertson OEDIPUSBy Sophocles MIDDLE OF THE NIGHTBy Paddy Chayefsky 1989THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEPBy Charles Ludlam, a production of the Wilma Theatre THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIEBy John Olive ZIG ZAG ZELDABy Drury Pifer THE TEMPTATION OF MADDIE GRAHAMBy Phyllis Purscell ONCE IN DOUBTBy Raymond J. Barry THE TRAVELING LADYBy Horton Foote 1990THE LAST GOOD MOMENT OF LILY BAKERBy Russell Davis THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS WORKSBy Ernest Joselovitz BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WARBy John Gray with Eric Peterson OUR TOWNBy Thornton Wilder AS YOU LIKE ITBy William Shakespeare 1991BANJO DANCINGBy Stephen Wade SISTER CARRIEBy Louis Lippa PVT. WARSBy James McClure AMERICAN WELCOMEBy Brian Friel RUSSIAN STRIPBy Drury Pifer WHAT LEONA FIGURED OUTBy David J. Hill RUPERT’S BIRTHDAYBy Ken Jenkins FROM THE ASHESBy Robert Smythe and Mum Puppettheatre ANTON, HIMSELF and MASHA, TOOBy Karen Sunde THE OLD LADY SHOWS HER MEDALSBy J.M. Barrie A BETROTHALBy Lanford Wilson CHINAMENBy Michael Frayn ONE FOR THE ROADBy Harold Pinter MINNESOTABy George Sand TRIFLESBy Susan Glaspell TWELFTH NIGHTBy William Shakespeare ACHILLESBy Karen Sunde A CHRISTMAS CAROLBy Charles Dickens 1992TALLEY’S FOLLYBy Lanford Wilson MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!By Athol Fugard ON THE WAY HOMEWritten, collected, and performed by Stephen Wade ROMAN FEVERBy Hugh Leonard THE MAN WITH THE FLOWER IN HIS MOUTHBy Luigi Pirandello THE HAPPY JOURNEY TO TRENTON AND CAMDENBy Thornton Wilder DUTCHMANBy Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) THE WOODMAN AND THE GOBLINSBy Don Nigro CHICKSBy Grace McKeaney MOLLY AND JAMESBy Sheila Walsh BUS RILEY’S BACK IN TOWNBy William Inge THE AMERICAN CENTURYBy Murphy Guyer THE REALISTSWritten and Directed by Murphy Guyer THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDERBy Kent Broadhurst POSTCARDSBy Carol Mack SONGS FROM AN ITALIAN NEIGHBORHOODWritten by Louis Lippa OUR LADY OF THE ALLEYDirected by Ken Marini LA PUTANA: A ROMANCEDirected by Louis Lippa THE SICILIAN WIFEDirected by Paul Meshejian IMMIGRANTSDirected by Ken Marini THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLDBy John Millington Synge THE WIZARD OF HIP (or When in Doubt Slam Dunk)Written and Performed by Thomas W. Jones II A CHRISTMAS CAROLBy Charles Dickens 1993FAITH HEALERBy Brian Friel A RAISIN IN THE SUNBy Lorraine Hansberry JOHN BROWN’S BODYBy Stephen Vincent Benet THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNESTBy Oscar Wilde OUR TOWNBy Thornton Wilder GLENGARRY GLEN ROSSBy David Mamet PETER PANBy J.M. Barrie 1994FOOL FOR LOVEBy Sam Shepard JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE & WELL & LIVING IN PARISBased on Brel’s lyrics & commentary ROMEO AND JULIETBy William Shakespeare THREE HOTELSBy Jon Robin Baitz SIGN OF THE LIZARDBy Louis Lippa THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBABy Federico Garcia Lorca WIND IN THE WILLOWSBy Kenneth Grahame MISALLIANCEBy George Bernard Shaw 1995DISTANT FIRESBy Kevin Heelan THE LAST YANKEEBy Arthur Miller I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHINGBy Arthur Miller WOMEN SPEAKBy Jane Martin (with excerpts from her play Vital Signs) HALF AN HOURBy J.M. Barrie IN THE SHADOW OF THE GLENBy John Millington Synge HIT-AND-RUNBy Joseph Hart SHASTA RUEBy Jane Martin SURE THINGBy David Ives NOT AS BAD AS THEY SEEMBy Peter Barnes MORE THAN A TOUCH OF ZENBy Peter Barnes THE LIFE OF GALILEOBy Bertolt Brecht, MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULDBy Charlotte Keatley GRIMM TALESBy Brothers Grimm 1996TARTUFFEBy Moliére FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUFBy Ntozake Shange FALSETTOSBy William Finn and James Lapine VOIR DIREBy Joe Sutton HUSH: AN INTERVIEW WITH AMERICA (first production of the Family Series)By James Still ARABIAN NIGHTSAdapted By Abigail Adams & Alda Cortese1997VALLEY SONGBy Athol Fugard THE TEMPESTBy William Shakespeare BREAKING SPELLSWritten & Directed by Abigail Adams ABUNDANCEBy Beth Henley HAVE IT YOUR WAY!By Luigi Pirandello A PERFECT GANESHBy Terrence McNally CROW AND WEASELAdapted by Jim Leonard, Jr. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST1998TINY ISLANDBy Michael Hollinger MEASURE FOR MEASURE PDBy William Shakespeare THE ICARUS BOXBy Kathryn Petersen JACK AND JILLBy Jane Martin HEARTBREAK HOUSEBy George Bernard Shaw HARD TIMES PDBy Charles Dickens FISHESBy Diana Son MORE GRIMM TALESBy The Brothers Grimm 1999SACCO AND VANZETTI: A VAUDEVILLEBy Louis Lippa AS YOU LIKE IT PDBy William Shakespeare THROUGH THE GLASS LOOKINGBy Kathryn Petersen SALLY’S GONE, SHE LEFT HER NAMEBy Russell Davis A FLEA IN HER EARBy Georges Feydeau RELATIVITYBy the New Voices Ensemble ECCENTRICSBy Benjamin Lloyd THE VELOCITY OF GARYBy James Still THE RAINDOORBy Russell Hoban THE CONVENTION OF CARTOGRAPHYBy W. David Hancock STANDING ALONEBy Larry Grant Malvern INTO THE NIGHT WITH NICKIBy Russell Davis THE MAGIC STORYMAKERBy Maurice Berger LAST TRAIN TO NIBROCBy Arlene Hutton BED AMONG THE LENTILSBy Alan Bennett DAUGHTERS OF EDWARD D. BOITBy Don Nigro SPECTERBy Don Nigro NUNCA MASBy Ceal Phelan THE ROAD TO MECCABy Athol Fugard A VILLAGE FABLEBy James Still THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIOBy Carlo Collodi 2000THE HOPE ZONEBy Kevin Heelan THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK PDBy Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett AFTERNOON OF THE ELVESBy Y York DIMLY PERCEIVED THREATS TO THE SYSTEMBy Jon Klein THE SKIN OF OUR TEETHBy Thornton Wilder HEARTS: THE FORWARD OBSERVERBy Willy Holtzman STANDING ALONEBy Larry Grant Malvern THE MEMORY OF WATERBy Shelagh Stephenson A CHRISTMAS CAROLBy Charles Dickens 2001THE MUSIC LESSONBy Tammy Ryan MACBETH PDBy William Shakespeare THE THOUGHTS AND TRAVELS OF NICKIBy Russell Davis BOOK OF DAYSBy Lanford Wilson AGAMEMNONBy Aeschylus BACK IN THE DAYBy William Dawe and Aisha Hobbs, with additional material by Nadira Beard BENIGN MISCHIEFCreated by the Acting Company CLOWNFOUNDED FOOLOCRACYCreated by David MacMurray Smith and the Ensemble DICK WHITTINGTON (AND HIS CAT) – AN ENGLISH PANTOMIME DOGAdapted by Gary Smith THE GREEN WORLDBased on the story The Twelve Dancing Princesses I DREAM BEFORE I TAKE THE STANDBy Arlene Hutton THE LOVE SONG OF J. ALFRED PRUFROCKAdapted by Louis Lippa NORMALCYBy Don Nigro PRETTY FIREBy Charlayne Woodard Q1: HAMLETConceived by Benjamin Lloyd, with original material by Benjamin Lloyd & K.C. Nocero QUINT AND MISS JESSEL AT BLYBy Don Nigro RAISE YOUR HAND: STAND-UP COMEDYCreated by Tom Teti A ROOM OF ONE’S OWNAdapted from the essay by Virginia Woolf LES TROIS DUMASBy Charles Smith PLAYHOUSE CREATURESBy April De Angelis A CHRISTMAS CAROLBy Charles Dickens 2002THE DREAMING OF ALOYSIUS IN HIS SEARCH FOR GODBy Louis Lippa THE MERCHANT OF VENICE PDBy William Shakespeare THE SECRET GARDENBy Frances Hodgson Burnett HE HELD ME GRANDBy James Still CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOMBy Mark St. Germain THE LITTLE FOXES PDBy Lillian Hellman A DELICATE BALANCEBy Edward Albee A CHRISTMAS CAROLBy Charles Dickens 2003IN THE BLOODBy Suzan-Lori Parks A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE PDBy Arthur Miller THE LITTLE PRINCEBy Rick Cummins & John Scoullar ONCE IN A LIFETIMEBy George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart THE LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD SHOWBy Russell Davis LOOKING OVER THE PRESIDENT’S SHOULDERWritten & Directed by James Still MIDONSWritten and Directed by Lillian Groag THE FANTASTICKSAdapted from Les Romanesques by Edmond Rostand ARTHUR’S STONE, MERLIN’S FIREBy Kathryn Petersen 2004HOLESWritten by Louis Sachar PRETTY FIREBy Charlayne Woodard JULIUS CAESAR PDBy William Shakespeare THE FORGIVING HARVESTBy Y York BORN YESTERDAYBy Garson Kanin STRING OF PEARLSBy Michele Lowe THE MISER PDBy Moliere AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYSAdapted by Mark Brown SLEEPING BEAUTY-A COMIC PANTO IN THE BRITISH STYLEAdapted by Kathryn Petersen and Vince di Mura 2005A HIGHER PLACE IN HEAVENBy Pamela Parker A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM PDBy William Shakespeare JUNGALBOOKBy Edward Mast THE O’CONNER GIRLSBy Katie Forgette 30FEST-A Festival of Short PlaysCURTAIN WARMERS: JUST THE TWO OF US
THE MAIN EVENT: QUALITY TIME
LATE NIGHT A: IRON KISSES
LATE NIGHT B: FAMILY RHYTHMS
THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDINGBy Carson McCullers JASON AND THE GOLDEN FLEECEBy John Olive JACK & THE BEANSTALK-AN AMERICAN PANTOBook & Lyrics by Kathryn Petersen 2006FABULATIONBy Lynn Nottage THE CRUCIBLEBy Arthur Miller YEMAYA’S BELLYBy Quiara Alegría Hudes THE MAN FROM NEBRASKABy Tracy Letts THE FOREIGNERBy Larry Shue THE IMAGINARY INVALIDBy James Magruder SOMETHING YOU DIDBy Willy Holtzman ROBIN HOOD, A PANTOBook & Lyrics by Kathryn Petersen 2007ANNE OF GREEN GABLESBook by L.M. Montgomery TUESDAYS WITH MORRIEBook by Mitch Albom TWELFTH NIGHTBy William Shakespeare THE GIVERAdapted by Eric Coble SPLITTIN’ THE RAFTBy Scott Kaiser HUMBLE BOYBy Charlotte Jones |