For production history between 2001 and present day, please visit our season archive.
1973-74 Season – Westtown School, producing as “The Hedgerow Company”
THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNING By Christopher Fry
INDIANS By Arthur Kopit
1974-75 Season – Strode’s Mill
THE EMPEROR JONES By Eugene O’Neill
THE KID By Robert Coover
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG By Peter Nichols
TOM PAINE By Paul Foster
1975-76 Season – Strode’s Mill
THE HOMECOMING By Harold Pinter
THE EMPEROR JONES By Eugene O’Neill
A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG By Peter Nichols
OF MICE AND MEN By John Steinbeck
OTHELLO By William Shakespeare
NUDE WITH VIOLIN By Noel Coward
THE ICEMAN COMETH By Eugene O’Neill
THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN By Bertolt Brecht
Elementary School Tour: THE FRIENDLY BEASTS by Margaret Denithorne, music & lyrics by David Eckman; AMERICAN SALAD company collaboration, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1976-77 Season – Strode’s Mill
ARMS AND THE MAN By George Bernard Shaw
JOHN BROWN’S BODY By Stephen Vincent Benet
MARAT/SADE By Peter Weiss
DEATH OF A SALESMAN By Arthur Miller
1976-77 Season – Yellow Springs
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN By Bertolt Brecht
LENNY By Julian Barry
LA RONDE By Arthur Schnitzler
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE By Tennessee Williams
Elementary School Tour: THE INCREDIBLE MACHINE By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman; OLD SHOES By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1977-78 Season – Yellow Springs
OLD TIMES By Harold Pinter
KITES By Abigail Adams
JESSE AND THE BANDIT QUEEN By David Freeman
ANTIGONE By Jean Anouilh
PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM By Woody Allen
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW By William Shakespeare
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA By Tennessee Williams
A THOUSAND CLOWNS By Herb Gardner
PETER PAN By J.M. Barrie, adapted by Abigail Adams
Prison tour: THE VISE by Luigi Pirandello
Elementary School Tour: OLD SHOES by Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman; STRAWBERRY SPIDERS by Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
High School Performances: NIGHT OF THE IGUANA by Tennessee Williams; A THOUSAND CLOWNS by Herb Gardner; PETER PAN by J.M. Barrie, adapted by Abigail Adams
1978-79 Season – Yellow Springs
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE By Jules Feiffer
THE GLASS MENAGERIE By Tennessee Williams
TWELFTH NIGHT By William Shakespeare
THE MISANTHROPE By Moliére
THE CHERRY ORCHARD By Anton Chekhov
ASHES By David Rudkin
BECKET By Jean Anouilh
SNOW LIGHT By Abigail Adams
Elementary School Tour: WHERE’S THE GUY IN THE MIRROR?
1979-80 Season - First Season in Malvern
RASHOMON By Fay & Michael Kanin
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING By William Shakespeare
STUFFINGS, LEMONADE, POSTCARDS (3 one-act plays) By James Prideaux
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? By Edward Albee
THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND By Tom Stoppard
THE INFANCY OF THE TELEPHONE By Allan Knee
HEDDA GABLER By Henrik Ibsen
ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare
SLEUTH By Anthony Shaffer
HAMLET By William Shakespeare
BLITHE SPIRIT By Noel Coward
HOLY GHOSTS By Romulus Linney
THE FRONTIERS OF FARCE (3 plays) By George Bernard Shaw: AUGUSTUS DOES HIS BIT, THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS, THE INCA OF PERUSALEM
1980-1981 Season
THE TEMPEST By William Shakespeare
TOYS IN THE ATTIC By Lillian Hellman
TREASURE ISLAND Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
MACBETH By William Shakespeare
WAIT UNTIL DARK By Frederick Knott
THE LEARNED LADIES By Moliére, translated by Richard Wilbur
The First Annual New Play Festival (8 plays)
Elementary School Tour: FEATHERS AND FINS by Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1981-1982 Season
ARMS AND THE MAN By George Bernard Shaw
THE REAR COLUMN By Simon Gray
CHARLEY’S AUNT By Brandon Thomas
THE SEA HORSE By Edward Moore
JULIUS CAESAR By William Shakespeare
TARTUFFE By Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur
A LESSON FROM ALOES By Athol Fugard
The Second Annual New Play Festival (11 plays)
1982-1983 Season
TALKING WITH By Jane Martin
THE PROPRIETOR By Louis Lippa
“WARM HEARTS”: THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL By Anton Chekhov
THE INTERLUDE By George Bernard Shaw
THE GIVING TREE By Shel Silverstein
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES By Dylan Thomas, adapted by Louis Lippa
WILLOW SONG Based on The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Abigail Adams
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST By Oscar Wilde
The Third Annual New Play Festival (10 plays)
Elementary School tour: WILLOW SONG Based on The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1983-1984 Season
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE By Tennessee Williams
NIGHT AND DAY By Tom Stoppard
HARVEY By Mary Chase
ANTIGONE By Jean Anouilh
The Fourth Annual New Play Festival (9 plays)
Elementary School Tour: THERE WILL ALWAYS BE NOW By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1984-1985 Season
THE WORKROOM By Jean-Claude Grumberg, American version by Daniel A. Stein & Sara O’Connor
THE MISANTHROPE By Moliére, translated by Richard Wilbur
UNDER MILKWOOD By Dylan Thomas
AWAKE AND SING! By Clifford Odets
TAKEN IN MARRIAGE By Thomas Babe
The Fifth Annual New Play Festival (5 plays)
Elementary School Tour: HEADS AND TALES by Robert Smythe, Peter Wray, & Julie DeFeo
1985-1986 Season
BOESMAN AND LENA By Athol Fugard
YOU NEVER CAN TELL By George Bernard Shaw
THE DIVINERS By Jim Leonard, Jr.
SUMMERFOLK By Maxim Gorky, translated by Margaret Wettlin, acting version by Lee Devin
1986-1987 Season
KABUKI OTHELLO Conceived by Shozo Sato, written by Karen Sunde
WAITING FOR GODOT By Samuel Beckett
THE CHALK GARDEN By Enid Bagnold
WHAT THE BUTLER SAW By Joe Orton
AMERICAN BUFFALO By David Mamet
THE STONE HOUSE By Louis Lippa
AH, WILDERNESS! By Eugene O’Neill
INHERIT THE WIND by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
Prison Tour: THE TIES THAT BIND By Greg Alexander in collaboration with Sean McKinley
Elementary School Tour: BAD CATS By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
High School Tour: THE TIES THAT BIND By Greg Alexander in collaboration with Sean McKinley; AMAZING GRACE By Lee Devin
1987-1988 Season
A LOVELY SUNDAY FOR CREVE COEUR By Tennessee Williams
HAMLET By William Shakespeare
ORGASMO ADULTO ESCAPES FROM THE ZOO By Franca Rame & Dario Fo
A DOLL HOUSE By Henrik Ibsen, acting version by Lee Devin
MRS. CALIFORNIA By Doris Baizley
CURTAIN WARMERS (3 short plays)
Project Discovery High School Performances: HAMLET By William Shakespeare; A DOLL HOUSE By Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Lee Devin
Prison Tour: THE NIGHT THE EAGLE FLIES By Greg Alexander
Elementary School Tour: KOCHU-BARU’S PARADE By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
High School Tour: THE NIGHT THE EAGLE FLIES By Greg Alexander
1988-1989 Season
LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR & GRILL A production of the Attic Theatre, by Lanie Robertson
OEDIPUS By Sophocles, adapted by Abigail Adams & Lee Devin
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT By Paddy Chayefsky
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP A production of the Wilma Theatre, by Charles Ludlam
THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE By John Olive
ZIG ZAG ZELDA A production of the First Stage Company, by Drury Pifer
THE TEMPTATION OF MADDIE GRAHAM By Phyllis Purscell
ONCE IN DOUBT By Raymond J. Barry
Project Discovery High School Performances: OEDIPUS By Sophocles, adapted by Abigail Adams & Lee Devin; THE VOICE OF THE PRAIRIE By John Olive
Elementary School Tour: DREAM DEMONS By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1989-1990 Season
“JAZZ IS…” A musical event featuring Miche Braden & Harold McKinney
THE TRAVELING LADY By Horton Foote
THE LAST GOOD MOMENT OF LILY BAKER By Russell Davis
THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS WORKS By Ernest Joselovitz
BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR A production of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, by John Gray with Eric Peterson
OUR TOWN By Thornton Wilder
Project Discovery High School Performances: Informance of SISTER CARRIE By Louis Lippa; THE TRAVELING LADY By Horton Foote
Elementary School Tour: THE LOCKED KINGDOM By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1990-1991 Season
AS YOU LIKE IT A production of the Arden Theatre Company, by William Shakespeare
“JAZZ IS...TOO” A musical event featuring Miche Braden & Harold McKinney
BANJO DANCING A production of Merrywang, Inc., by Stephen Wade & Milton Kramer
SISTER CARRIE By Theodore Dreiser, adapted by Louis Lippa
The 1991 ShortStuff Festival (14 plays)
Project Discovery High School Performances: OUR TOWN By Thornton Wilder; SISTER CARRIE By Louis Lippa, adapted from the novel by Theodore Dreiser
Elementary School Tour: EARTH FOR SALE By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1991-1992 Season
ACHILLES By Karen Sunde
A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Charles Dickens, adapted by Peter DeLaurier
TALLEY’S FOLLY A production of the Arden Theatre Company, by Lanford Wilson
MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! By Athol Fugard
ON THE WAY HOME A production of Merrywang, Inc., written & collected by Stephen Wade
The 1992 ShortStuff Festival (13 plays)
Project Discovery High School Performances: TWELFTH NIGHT By William Shakespeare; MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! By Athol Fugard
Elementary School Tour: RIVER DRAGONS By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1992-1993 Season
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD By John Millington Synge
THE WIZARD OF HIP A production of the Jomandi Theatre Company, by Thomas W. Jones
A CHRISTMAS CAROL By Charles Dickens, adapted by Peter DeLaurier
FAITH HEALER By Brian Friel
A RAISIN IN THE SUN By Lorraine Hansberry
JOHN BROWN’S BODY By Stephen Vincent Benet
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST By Oscar Wilde
FREE FEST featuring OUR TOWN By Thornton Wilder
Project Discovery High School Performances: THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD By J.M. Synge; A RAISIN IN THE SUN By Lorraine Hansberry
Elementary School Tour: THE SECRET SONGS OF CASSIDY FLYNN By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by Jay Ansill
High School Tour: ANTIGONE By Sophocles
1993-1994 Season
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS By David Mamet
PETER PAN By J. M. Barrie
FOOL FOR LOVE By Sam Shepard
JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE & WELL & LIVING IN PARIS A production of the Arden Theatre Company, by Eric Blau & Mort Shuman
ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare
THREE HOTELS By Jon Robin Baitz
FREE FEST featuring ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare, adapted by Danny Fruchter & Bobby Jones
Project Discovery High School Performances: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST By Oscar Wilde; ROMEO AND JULIET By William Shakespeare
Elementary School Tour: THE NOT-YET-WISE WIZARDS OF WU By Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman & Jelani Msingu
1994-1995 Season
SIGN OF THE LIZARD By Louis Lippa
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA By Federico Garcia Lorca
WIND IN THE WILLOWS By Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Abigail Adams
MISALLIANCE By George Bernard Shaw
DISTANT FIRES By Kevin Heelan
The 1995 Short Stuff Festival (10 plays)
FREE FEST featuring THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS Adapted by Lee Breuer, music by Bob Telson
Project Discovery High School Performances: THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA By Federico Garcia Lorca; MISALLIANCE by George Bernard Shaw
Elementary School Tour: WIND IN THE WILLOWS By Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Abigail Adams, music & lyrics by David Eckman
1995-1996 Season
THE LIFE OF GALILEO By Bertolt Brecht, translated & adapted by David Hare
GRIMM TALES By The Brothers Grimm, adapted by Carol Ann Duffy, conceived by Abigail Adams & William Yalowitz, dramatized by Tim Supples
MY MOTHER SAID I NEVER SHOULD By Charlotte Keatley
TARTUFFE By Moliére, translated by Richard Wilbur
FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF A co-production with the St. Louis Black Repertory Company, by Ntozake Shange
FALSETTOS A production of the Arden Theatre Company, by William Finn & James Lapine
Project Discovery High School Performances: GOSPEL AT COLONUS adapted by Lee Breuer; TARTUFFE By Moliere
1996-1997 Season
VOIR DIRE By Joe Sutton
HUSH: AN INTERVIEW WITH AMERICA By James Still
ARABIAN NIGHTS Adapted by Abigail Adams & Alda Cortese
VALLEY SONG By Athol Fugard
THE TEMPEST By William Shakespeare
BREAKING SPELLS By Abigail Adams
ABUNDANCE By Beth Henley
HAVE IT YOUR WAY! By Luigi Pirandello, translated & adapted by Louis Lippa
Project Discovery High School Performances: VOIR DIRE by Joe Sutton; THE TEMPEST By William Shakespeare
Elementary School Tour: BREAKING SPELLS By Abigail Adams, music by Paul Arslanian
1997-1998 Season
A PERFECT GANESH By Terrence McNally
CROW AND WEASEL By Jim Leonard, Jr. from a story by Barry Lopez
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Adapted by Laurence Boswell
TINY ISLAND By Michal Hollinger
MEASURE FOR MEASURE By William Shakespeare
THE ICARUS BOX Written by Kathryn Petersen, conceived by David Bradley, Kathryn Petersen & William Yalowitz
JACK AND JILL By Jane Martin
HEARTBREAK HOUSE By George Bernard Shaw
Project Discovery High School Performances: Shakespeare: Why? by Abigail Adams and company; MEASURE FOR MEASURE By William Shakespeare
Elementary School Tour: THE ICARUS BOX conceived by David Bradley, Kathryn Petersen, & William Yalowitz
1998-1999 Season
HARD TIMES By Charles Dickens, adapted by Stephen Jeffreys
FISHES By Diana Son
MORE GRIMM TALES By Carol Ann Duffy & Tim Supple
SACCO AND VANZETTI: A VAUDEVILLE By Louis Lippa
AS YOU LIKE IT By William Shakespeare
THROUGH THE GLASS LOOKING By Kathryn Petersen
SALLY’S GONE, SHE LEFT HER NAME By Russell Davis
A FLEA IN HER EAR By Georges Feydeau, adapted by Jean-Marie Besset & Mark O’Donnell
The First Annual Outside the Box Festival (13 plays)
Project Discovery High School Performances: HARD TIMES By Charles Dickens, adapted by Stephen Jeffreys; AS YOU LIKE IT By William Shakespeare
Elementary School Tour: THROUGH THE GLASS LOOKING By Kathryn Petersen
1999-2000 Season
THE ROAD TO MECCA By Athol Fugard
A VILLAGE FABLE By James Still
THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO By Carlo Collodi, adapted by Louis Lippa
THE HOPE ZONE By Kevin Heelan
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman
AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES By Y York, adapted from the novel by Janet Taylor Lisle
DIMLY PERCEIVED THREATS TO THE SYSTEM By Jon Klein
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH By Thornton Wilder
Project Discovery High School Performances: THE ROAD TO MECCA By Athol Fugard; THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett, adapted by Wendy Kesselman
