List of productions at the Mark Taper Forum
The following is a list of productions at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, California.
1960s
1967 (Premiere Season)
The Devils (West Coast Premiere) Written by John Whiting; Director by Gordon Davidson
The Sorrows of Frederick (World Premiere) Written by Romulus Linney; Directed by Albert Marre
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi (West Coast Premiere) Written by Friederich Dürrenmatt; Directed by Malcolm Black
Who's Happy Now (World Premiere) Written by Oliver Hailey; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1968
The Miser by Molière; Directed by Douglas Campbell.
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Heinar Kipphardt (American Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson
Camino Real by Tennessee Williams; Directed by Milton Katselas
The Golden Fleece by A. R. Gurney, Jr. (World Premiere); Directed by Jered Barclay
Muzeeka by John Guare (World Premiere); Directed by Edward Parone.
1969
The House of Atreus by Aeschylus; Directed by Tyrone Guthrie
in repertory with:
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht; Directed by Edward Payson Call
The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God by Bernard Shaw (World Premiere) Adapted for the stage by Christopher Isherwood; Directed by Lamont Johnson
Chemin de Fer by Georges Feydeau (American Premiere); Directed by Stephen Porter
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov; Directed by Harold Clurman
1970s
1970
Murderous Angels by Conor Cruise O’Brien (World Premiere); Directed by Gordon Davidson
Crystal & Fox by Brian Friel (American Premiere); Directed by Hilton Edwards
Paul Sills’ Story Theatre devised and directed by Paul Sills
The Dream on Monkey Mountain (World Premiere) by Derek Walcott; Directed by Michael A. Schultz
Rosebloom (World Premiere) by Harvey Perr; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1971
Metamorphoses (World Premiere) by Ovid, adapted by Paul Sills and Arnold Weinstein; Directed by Paul Sills
Othello by William Shakespeare; Directed by John Berry
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (World Premiere) by Daniel Berrigan, S.J.; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw; Directed by Edward Parone
Godspell (West Coast Premiere) by John-Michael Tebelak and Stephen Schwartz; Directed by John-Michael Tebelak
1972
McKenna/MacGowran (Here Are Ladies by Joyce, Shaw, O’Casey, Yeats, Synge, Stephens, Beckett, etc.; Directed by Sean Kenny and The Works of Beckett by Samuel Beckett; Directed by Jack MacGowran)
Volpone by Ben Jonson;Directed by Edward Parone.
Old Times (West Coast Premiere) by Harold Pinter; Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope (West Coast Premiere) by Micki Grant; Conceived and directed by Vinnette Carroll.
Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1973
Mass (West Coast Premiere) by Leonard Bernstein; Directed by Gordon Davidson.
The Mind with the Dirty Man (World Premiere) by Jules Tasca; Directed by Edward Parone.
Forget-Me-Not Lane (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Nichols; Directed by Arvin Brown.
The Hot l Baltimore (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason.
Brecht: Sacred & Profane (West Coast Premiere) (The Mahagonny Songplay by Bertolt Brecht, music by Kurt Weill, and The Measures Taken by Bertolt Brecht Music by Hanns Eisler); Directed by Edward Payson Call
1974/1975
Hamlet by William Shakespeare; Directed by Gordon Davidson
The Charlatan (World Premiere) by Derek Walcott; Music by Galt MacDermot; Directed by Mel Shapiro
Savages (American Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Juno and the Paycock by Seán O'Casey; Directed by George Seaton
1975 Special Spring Celebration
Me and Bessie (World Premiere) Book by Will Holt; Concept by Linda Hopkins; Directed by Robert Greenwald
Sizwe Banzi is Dead and The Island (West Coast Premiere) by Athol Fugard, Winston Ntshona and John Kani; Directed by Athol Fugard
1975/1976
Once in a Lifetime by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart; Directed by Edward Parone
Too Much Johnson (World Premiere) by William Gillette; Directed by Gordon Davidson
in repertory with
The Shadow Box by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson
The Duchess of Malfi (West Coast Premiere) by John Webster; Directed by Howard Sackler
Four Plays in Repertory:
Ashes (American Premiere) by David Rudkin; Directed by Edward Parone
Cross Country (World Premiere) by Susan Miller; Directed by Vickie Rue
And Where She Stops Nobody Knows (World Premiere) by Oliver Hailey; Directed by Gordon Davidson.
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov; Directed by Edward Parone
1976/1977
The Robber Bridegroom (West Coast Premiere) Book and lyrics by Alfred Uhry; Music by Robert Waldman; Directed by Gerald Freedman
Ice (World Premiere) by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Jeff Bleckner
Vanities (West Coast Premiere) by Jack Heifner; Directed by Garland Wright
Travesties (West Coast Premiere) by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Edward Parone
in repertory with
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Directed by Edward Parone.
10th Anniversary Repertory Festival
A History of the American Film (West Coast Premiere) by Christopher Durang; Directed by Peter Mark Schifter.
Angel City by Sam Shepard; Directed by Robert Calhoun
Leander Stillwell (World Premiere) by David Rush; Directed by John Dennis.
Bugs/Guns by Doris Baizley; Music by Harry Aguado; Directed by John Dennis
1977/1978
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf (West Coast Premiere) by Ntozake Shangé; Directed by Oz Scott
Comedians (West Coast Premiere) by Trevor Griffiths; Directed by Edward Parone.
Getting Out (West Coast Premiere) by Marsha Norman; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Black Angel by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1978/1979
Zoot Suit (World Premiere) by Luis Valdez; Directed by Luis Valdez
Dusa, Fish, Stas & Vi (American Premiere) by Pam Gems; Directed by Edward Parone
Terra Nova (West Coast Premiere) by Ted Tally; Directed by Gordon Davidson
The Tempest by William Shakespeare; Directed by John Hirsch
1979/1980
Talley's Folly (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason; in repertory with
5th of July by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason
Children of a Lesser God (World Premiere) by Mark Medoff; Directed by Gordon Davidson
I Ought To Be In Pictures (World Premiere) by Neil Simon; Directed by Herbert Ross
Says I, Says He (West Coast Premiere) by Ron Hutchinson; Directed by Steven Robman
Division Street (World Premiere) by Steve Tesich; Directed by Tom Moore
1980s
1980/1981
The Lady and the Clarinet (World Premiere) by Michael Cristofer; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Billy Bishop Goes To War (West Coast Premiere) by John Gray in collaboration with Eric Peterson; Directed by John Gray
Hoagy, Bix and Wolfgang Beethoven Bunkhaus (American Premiere) by Adrian Mitchell; Directed by Steven Robman
Tintypes (West Coast Premiere) by Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Pearle; Directed by Gary Pearle
Chekhov in Yalta (World Premiere) by John Driver and Jeffrey Haddow; Directed Ellis Rabb and Gordon Davidson in repertory with
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; Directed by Ellis Rabb and Diana Maddox
1981/1982
A Lesson From Aloes (West Coast Premiere) by Athol Fugard; Directed by Daniel Petrie.
A Tale Told (West Coast Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason
Number Our Days (World Premiere) by Suzanne Grossmann; Based on the book by Barbara Myerhoff; Conceived and directed by John Hirsch
Tales From Hollywood (World Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson
A Flea in Her Ear by Georges Feydeau A new adaptation by Suzanne Grossmann and Paxton Whitehead; Directed by Tom Moore in repertory with
The Misanthrope by Molière; English verse translation by Richard Wilbur; Directed by Diana Maddox
1982/1983
A Soldier's Play (West Coast Premiere) by Charles Fuller; Directed by Douglas Turner Ward
Metamorphosis (American Premiere) by Franz Kafka; Adapted and directed by Steven Berkoff
Accidental Death of an Anarchist (West Coast Premiere) by Dario Fo; Adapted by John Lahr; Directed by Mel Shapiro
Grown Ups (West Coast Premiere) by Jules Feiffer; Directed by John Madden
A Month in the Country by Ivan Turgenev; Adapted by Willis Bell; Directed by Tom Moore; in repertory with
Richard III by William Shakespeare; Directed by Diana Maddox
1983/1984
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams; Directed by José Quintero
An American Comedy (World Premiere) by Richard Nelson; Directed by John Madden
Quilters (West Coast Premiere) by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek; Music, lyrics and entire production directed by Barbara Damashek.
The Genius (American Premiere) by Howard Brenton; Directed by Ben Levit
Three plays in repertory:
The American Clock: A Mural for the Theatre (West Coast Premiere) a new version by Arthur Miller; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Wild Oats: A Romance of the Old West (World Premiere) newly adapted from John O’Keeffe’s play by James McLure; Directed by Tom Moore
Moby Dick—Rehearsed by Orson Welles; Directed by Edward Payson Call
1984/1985
Viva Vittorio! (American Premiere) conceived and directed by Vittorio Gassman
The Hands of Its Enemy (World Premiere) by Mark Medoff; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Passion Play (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Nichols; Directed by Gwen Arner
Traveler in the Dark (West Coast Premiere) by Marsha Norman; Directed by Gordon Davidson
In the Belly of the Beast by Jack Henry Abbott; Adapted by Adrian Hall; Further adapted by Robert Woodruff; Directed by Robert Woodruff
Undiscovered Country (West Coast Premiere) by Arthur Schnitzler in a version by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Ken Ruta in repertory with
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare; Directed by Robert Egan
1985/1986
The Beautiful Lady (West Coast Premiere) by Elizabeth Swados and Paul Schmidt; Music, lyrics and direction by Elizabeth Swados.
Romance Language (West Coast Premiere) by Peter Parnell; Directed by Sheldon Larry
'night, Mother by Marsha Norman; Directed by Tom Moore
Three plays in repertory:
Green Card (World Premiere) written and directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen in a version by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Robert Egan
1986/1987
Asinamali! (Special Event) written and directed by Mbongeni Ngema
The Immigrant—A Hamilton County Album (West Coast Premiere) by Mark Harelik; Directed by Randal Myler
Ghetto (English Language Premiere) by Joshua Sobol; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Burn This (World Premiere) by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Marshall W. Mason
The Traveler (World Premiere) by Jean-Claude van Itallie; Directed by Steven Kent
Roza (West Coast Premiere) book and lyrics by Julian More; Music by Gilbert Becaud; based on “La Vie Devant Soi” by Romain Gary; Directed by Harold Prince
Loot by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger; in repertory with
Entertaining Mr. Sloane by Joe Orton; Directed by John Tillinger
1987/1988
Babbitt: a marriage (World Premiere) Based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis; Adapted by Ron Hutchinson; Music composed and adapted by Mel Marvin; Directed by Steven Robman.
Hunting Cockroaches (West Coast Premiere) by Janusz Glowacki; Directed by Arthur Penn
A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard; Directed by Robert Woodruff
Made in Bangkok (American Premiere) by Anthony Minghella; Directed by Robert Egan
The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe; Directed by L. Kenneth Richardson
Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams (West Coast Premiere) by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik; Directed by Randal Myler
1988/1989
Nothing Sacred (United States Premiere) by George F. Walker Based on the novel [[Fathers Sons]] by Ivan Turgenev; Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (West Coast Premiere) by Terrence McNally; Directed by Paul Benedict
Dutch Landscape (World Premiere) by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Sansei (World Premiere) created by Hiroshima; Developed and directed by Robert Egan.
Stand-Up Tragedy (World Premiere) by Bill Cain; Directed by Ron Link
Temptation (West Coast Premiere) by Václav Havel; Directed by Richard Jordan
1989/1990
Our Country’s Good (American Premiere) by Timberlake Wertenbaker; Based on the novel The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally; Co-directed by Max Stafford-Clark and Les Waters
Mystery of the Rose Bouquet (American Premiere) by Manuel Puig; Translated by Allan Baker; American adaptation by Jeremy Lawrence; Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare; Directed by Kenneth Branagh; in repertory with
King Lear by William Shakespeare; Directed by Kenneth Branagh (The American debut of The Renaissance Theatre Company’s productions
50/60 Vision: Plays and Playwrights That Changed The Theatre (Thirteen Plays in Repertory); Conceived and produced by Edward Parone; Plays by Edward Albee, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Samuel Beckett, Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Harold Pinter and Sam Shepard; Directed by Michael Arabian, Peter C. Brosius, Daniel O’Connor, Carey Perloff and Ethan Silverman
Aristocrats (West Coast Premiere) by Brian Friel; Directed by Robert Egan
Miss Evers' Boys (West Coast Premiere) by David Feldshuh; Directed by Irene Lewis
1990s
1990/1991
Hope of the Heart (World Premiere) by Adrian Hall; Adapted from the writings of Robert Penn Warren; Directed by Adrian Hall.
The Dragon’s Trilogy by Marie Brassard, Jean Casault, Lorraine Côté, Marie Gignac, Robert Lepage, Marie Michaud; directed by Robert Lepage (Special Event - Los Angeles Festival, Macgowan Hall, UCLA)
The Lisbon Traviata (West Coast Premiere)by Terrence McNally; Directed by John Tillinger
The Wash by Philip Kan Gotanda; Directed by Sharon Ott
Jelly's Last Jam (World Premiere)book by George C. Wolfe, Music by Jelly Roll Morton, Musical Adaptation and Additional Composition by Luther Henderson, Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead; Directed by George C. Wolfe
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare; Directed by Oskar Eustis
The Fever written and performed by Wallace Shawn at MOCA’s Ahmanson Auditorium (Special Event) May 21-June 1, 1991
Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll written and performed by Eric Bogosian; Directed by Jo Bonney (Special Event)
Widows (World Premiere) based on the novel by Ariel Dorfman; Adapted for the stage by Ariel Dorfman and Tony Kushner; Directed by Robert Egan
1991/1992
Spunk (West Coast Premiere)by Zora Neale Hurston; Adapted and directed by George C. Wolfe; Music by Chic Street Man
Henceforward... (West Coast Premiere) by Alan Ayckbourn; Directed by Tom Moore
The Kentucky Cycle by Robert Schenkkan; Directed by Warner Shook
Richard II by William Shakespeare; Directed by Robert Egan
Unfinished Stories (World Premiere) by Sybille Pearson; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Fire in the Rain...Singer in the Storm written and performed by Holly Near; Conceived and developed by Timothy Near and Holly Near; Directed by Timothy Near
1992/1993
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part One – Millennium Approaches by Tony Kushner; Directed by Oskar Eustis with Tony Taccone
Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, Part Two – Perestroika (World Premiere) by Tony Kushner; Directed by Oskar Eustis with Tony Taccone
The Substance of Fire by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Daniel Sullivan.
Scenes from an Execution (American Premiere) by Howard Barker; Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 On the Road: A Search for American Character (World Premiere) conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith; Directed by Emily Mann
Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally; Directed by John Tillinger
1993/1994
Fall Festival:
The Persians by Aeschylus; A Modern Version by Robert Auletta (American Premiere); Music composed and performed by Hamza El Din; Directed by Peter Sellars
Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead written and performed by Eric Bogosian; Directed by Jo Bonney
Carpa Clash written and performed by Culture Clash—Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza; Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela with
Mimi’s Monologue written and performed by Marga Gomez; Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela
Subscription Season:
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman; Directed by Robert Egan
The Wood Demon by Anton Chekhov; in a world premiere translation by Nicholas Saunders and Frank Dwyer; Directed by Frank Dwyer
Bandido! (World Premiere) by Luis Valdez; Music by Lalo Schifrin; Lyrics by Luis Valdez; Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela
The Waiting Room (World Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by David Schweizer
1994/1995
Floating Islands, Part One - The Family Business: The Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa and In the Eye of the Hurricane (World Premiere) by Eduardo Machado; Directed by Oskar Eustis
Floating Islands, Part Two - After the Revolution Fabiola and Broken Eggs (World Premiere) by Eduardo Machado; Directed by Oskar Eustis
Black Elk Speaks (West Coast Premiere) adapted by Christopher Sergel. Based on the book by John G. Neihardt; Directed by Donovan Marley
Three Hotels by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Joe Mantello
Master Class (West Coast Premiere) by Terrence McNally; Directed by Leonard Foglia
Hysteria (American Premiere) by Terry Johnson; Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
1995/1996
Slavs! (West Coast Premiere Production) by Tony Kushner; Directed by Michael Greif
The Family Business (West Coast Premiere) written, directed and choreographed by Ain Gordon and David Gordon
Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women; Directed by Lawrence Sacharow
Blade to the Heat (West Coast Premiere) by Oliver Mayer; Directed by Ron Link
Psychopathia Sexualis by John Patrick Shanley; Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Changes of Heart by Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux; Translated, adapted and directed by Stephen Wadsworth
1996/1997
Having Our Say by Emily Mann; Adapted from the book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth; Directed by Walter Dallas
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel; Directed by Gwen Arner
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard; Directed by Robert Egan
Valley Song written and directed by Athol Fugard
New Theatre For Now on the Mainstage, A 30th Anniversary Festival:
Demonology (West Coast Premiere) by Kelly Stuart; Directed by David Schweizer
The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite (West Coast Premiere)by Quincy Long; Directed by David Schweizer
The Street of the Sun (World Premiere) by José Rivera; Directed by David Esbjornson
Mules (American Premiere) by Winsome Pinnock; Directed by Lisa Peterson
Nine Armenians by Leslie Ayvazian; Directed by Gordon Davidson
1997/1998
Skylight (West Coast Premiere) by David Hare; Directed by Robert Egan
Room Service by John Murray and Allen Boretz; Adapted and performed by The Flying Karamazov Brothers with Paul Magid and Robert Woodruff; Directed by Robert Woodruff
Neat written and performed by Charlayne Woodard; Directed by Daniel Sullivan
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde written and directed by Moisés Kaufman
Dealer’s Choice (West Coast Premiere) by Patrick Marber; Directed by Robert Egan
The Cider House Rules: A new play in two parts Adapted by Peter Parnell from the novel by John Irving; Conceived and directed by Tom Hulce and Jane Jones
1998-1999
Putting It Together: A Musical Review Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Directed by Eric D. Shaeffer; Musical Staging by Bob Avian; Presented in association with Cameron Mackintosh
- Starring John Barrowman, Carol Burnett, Susan Egan, John McCook and Bronson Pinchot
Tongue of a Bird by Ellen McLaughlin; Directed by Lisa Peterson; A co-production with Joseph Papp’s Public Theater
- Starring Cherry Jones, Ashley Johnson, Marian Seldes, Sharon Lawrence and Diane Venora
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel; Directed by Mark Brokaw
- Starring Molly Ringwald and Brian Kerwin
House Arrest: An Introgression (Special Event) A work in progress written and directed by Anna Deavere Smith
Enigma Variations (American Premiere) by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt; Translated by Roeg Jacob; Directed by Daniel Roussel
Hughie by Eugene O’Neill; Directed by Al Pacino
- Starring Al Pacino and Paul Benedict
The First Picture Show (World Premiere Production) by Ain Gordon and David Gordon; Music by Jeanine Tesori; Directed by David Gordon; Presented in association with American Conservatory Theater.
1999/2000
Space (West Coast Premiere) written and directed by Tina Landau
Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party (World Premiere); Directed by John Rando
August Wilson’s Jitney (West Coast Premiere) Directed by Marion McClinton
Metamorphoses A new play based on the myths of Ovid; Written and directed by Mary Zimmerman
The Poison Tree (World Premiere) by Robert Glaudini; Directed by Robert Egan
Expecting Isabel (West Coast Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by Douglas C. Wager
2000s
2000/2001
August Wilson’s King Hedley II Directed by Marion McClinton.
Closer by Patrick Marber; Directed by Robert Egan
Glimmer, Glimmer and Shine (West Coast Premiere) by Warren Leight; Directed by Evan Yionoulis.
QED (World Premiere) A New Play by Peter Parnell; Inspired by writings of Richard Feynman and Ralph Leighton’s “Tuva or Bust!"; Directed by Gordon Davidson
The Body of Bourne (World Premiere) by John Belluso; Directed by Lisa Peterson.
In Real Life (World Premiere Production) written and performed by Charlayne Woodard; Directed by Daniel Sullivan.
in repertory with
Another American: Asking and Telling written and performed by Marc Wolf; Directed by Joe Mantello
2001/2002
Flower Drum Song Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Book by David Henry Hwang; Based on the original by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields; Based on the novel by C.Y. Lee; Directed and Choreographed by Robert Longbottom (World Premiere of the Musical’s New Book)
Copenhagen (West Coast Premiere) by Michael Frayn; Directed by Michael Blakemore; By arrangement with Michael Codron, Lee Dean and The Royal National Theatre
My Old Lady (West Coast Premiere) by Israel Horovitz; Directed by David Esbjornson; Presented by CTG/Mark Taper Forum at the James A. Doolittle Theatre; part of Taper subscription series
The Molière Comedies: The School for Husbands and The Imaginary Cuckold by Molière; Translated by Richard Wilbur; Directed by Brian Bedford
Sorrows and Rejoicings (West Coast Premiere) Written and directed by Athol Fugard
The House of Bernarda Alba (West Coast Premiere) by Federico García Lorca; In a new adaptation by Chay Yew; Directed by Lisa Peterson
2002/2003
Nickel and Dimed (World Premiere Production) by Joan Holden; Based on the book by Barbara Ehrenreich; Directed by Bartlett Sher
Big River Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller; Book by William Hauptman; Adapted from the novel by Mark Twain; Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun
Living Out (World Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by Bill Rauch
Ten Unknowns (West Coast Premiere) by Jon Robin Baitz; Directed by Robert Egan
Slanguage (West Coast Premiere) by UNIVERSES; directed by Jo Bonney
Chavez Ravine (World Premiere) Written and performed by Culture Clash; Directed by Lisa Peterson
August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (World Premiere Production); Directed by Marion McClinton
2003/2004
Homebody/Kabul by Tony Kushner; Directed by Frank Galati; Presented in association with Steppenwolf Theatre Company
Like Jazz (World Premiere) Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman; Written by Larry Gelbart; Musical Staging and Choreography by Patricia Birch; Directed by Gordon Davidson; Presented in association with Transamerica
Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks; Directed by George C. Wolfe; Presented in association with Seattle Repertory Theatre
The Talking Cure (American Premiere) by Christopher Hampton; Directed by Gordon Davidson
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones; Directed by Neel Keller
Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage; Directed by Dan Sullivan; Presented in association with Roundabout Theatre Company
2004/2005
Nothing But The Truth (West Coast Premiere) by John Kani; Directed by Janice Honeyman
The School for Scandal by Richard Brisley Sheridan; Directed by Brian Bedford
Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Directed by Warner Shook
Electricidad (West Coast Premiere) by Luis Alfaro; Based on Sophocles’ “Electra”; Directed by Lisa Peterson
Stuff Happens (American Premiere) by David Hare; Directed by Gordon Davidson
August Wilson’s Radio Golf (World Premiere Production); Directed by Kenny Leon
2005/2006
Romance (West Coast Premiere) by David Mamet; The Atlantic Theater Company production;Directed by Neil Pepe
Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates (World Premiere) by Robert Schenkkan; Directed by Gregory Boyd
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov; Adapted by Martin Sherman; Directed by Sean Mathias
iWitness (American Premiere) by Joshua Sobol; Adapted by Barry Edelstein from an English Language Version by Joshua Sobol. Directed by Barry Edelstein
Without Walls by Alfred Uhry; Directed by Christopher Ashley
Water & Power (World Premiere); Written by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash; Directed by Lisa Peterson
2006/2007
Doubt by John Patrick Shanley; Directed by Doug Hughes; Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre
Nightingale (American Premiere) Written and performed by Lynn Redgrave; Directed by Joseph Hardy
13 (World Premiere) Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Book by Dan Elish; Directed by Todd Graff
Distracted (World Premiere) by Lisa Loomer; Directed by Leonard Foglia
Yellow Face (World Premiere) by David Henry Hwang; Directed by Leigh Silverman; Presented in association with the Public Theater and East West Players
2007/2008
The History Boys by Alan Bennett; Directed by Paul Miller; Original Direction by Nicholas Hytner; Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre.
Sweeney Todd Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler; From an Adaptation by Christopher Bond; Music Orchestrated by Sarah Travis; Directed and Designed by John Doyle; Presented at the Ahmanson Theatre
The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare; Directed by Nicholas Martin
The School of Night (American Premiere) by Peter Whelan; Directed by Bill Alexander
2009
Pippin Book by Roger O. Hirson; Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Calhoun; Co-produced with Deaf West Theatre
Lydia by Octavio Solis; Directed by Juliette Carrillo
Oleanna by David Mamet; Directed by Dough Hughes
- Starring: Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles
Parade Book by Alfred Uhry; Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown; Directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford Presented in associate with the Donmar Warehouse
- Starring: T.R. Knight, Lara Pulver, Charlotte d'Amboise, Christian Hoff, Phoebe Strole
Palestine, New Mexico (World Premiere) by Richard Montoya for Culture Clash; Directed by Lisa Peterson
2010s
2010
The Subject Was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy; Directed by Neil Pepe
- Starring Martin Sheen, Frances Conroy and Brian Geraghty
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo by Rajiv Joseph; Directed by Moisés Kaufman
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh; Directed by Wilson Milam
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams; Directed by Gordon Edelstein
- Starring Judith Ivey
Randy Newman's Harps and Angels Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman; Conceived by Jack Viertel; Musical Staging by Warren Carlyle; Directed by Jerry Zaks
2011
Stories by Heart featuring the works of P.G. Wodehouse and Ring Lardner; Conceived, written and performed by John Lithgow
33 Variations written and directed by Moisés Kaufman
- Starring Jane Fonda
Burn This by Lanford Wilson; Directed by Nicholas Martin
Above the Call; Beyond the Duty written and performed by James McEachin; NOTE: This production was not part of the official MTF season.