Production History 1970s
Season 1979-1980
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The House of Bernard Alba
September 8 - October 13
By Federico Garcia Lorca; directed by Gayle Howard
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Bus Stop
November 3 - December 8
By William Inge; directed by Renée Peterson
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Bottom of the Ninth | World Premiere
January 18 - February 23
By Bradford Guthrie; directed by Will Marchetti
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A View from the Bridge
March 14 - April 12
By Arthur Miller; directed by Andrew Spathis
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The Importance of Being Earnest
May 3 - May 31
By Oscar Wilde; directed by Gayle Howard
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A Company of Wayward Saints
July 18 - August 3
By George Herman; directed by Gayle Howard
Season 1978-1979
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Room Service
September 15 - October 14
By John Murray and Allen Boretz; directed by Will Marchetti
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Lion in Winter
November 2 - December 9
By James Goldman; directed by Gayle Howard
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Caravan Theatre
December 22 - December 31
European Folklore; directed by Gayle Howard
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A Delicate Balance
January 19 - February 17
By Edward Albee; directed by Ben Dickson
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Vanities
March 9 - April 7
By Jack Heifner; directed by Renée Peterson
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Look Homeward, Angel
April 27 - June 2
By Ketti Frings; based on novel by Thomas Wolfe; directed by Will Marchetti
Season 1978
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Geography of a Horse Dreamer
January 27 - February 25
By Sam Shepard; directed by Richard Poe
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Footfalls
January 27 - February 25
By Samuel Beckett; directed by Richard Poe
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The Rainmaker
March 1 - March 31
By Richard N. Nash
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The Private Ear
April 1 - April 30
By Peter Shaffer; directed by Steve Riffkin
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The Public Eye
April 1 - April 30
By Peter Shaffer; directed by Steve Riffkin
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
May 1 - May 31
By William Shakespeare; directed by Daniel Tamm
Season 1977
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The Rainmaker
October 27 - November 26
By Richard N. Nash; directed by Will Marchetti
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Caravan Theatre
December 3 - December 31
European Folklore; directed by Gayle Howard
Season 1976
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The World of Carl Sandburg
By Norman Corwin
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Tom Paine
By Paul Foster
Season 1975-1976
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The Subject Was Roses
September 6 - September 27
By Frank Gilroy; directed by Sean David Bennett
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The Flowering Peach
October 25 - November 8
By Clifford Odel; directed by Sean David Bennett
Season 1974-1975
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Oh Kay
July 26 - July 24
Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse; music George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin; directed by Robert Bush
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The World of Art Hoppe | World Premiere
September 13 - October 5
Adapted by Russ Compton; directed by James Drew
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The Caretaker
October 25 - November 16
By Harold Pinter; directed by Nancy Ringler
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The Medium
October 25 - November 16
By Gian Carlo Menotti; directed by Jan Luergan
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The Member of the Wedding
January 10 - February 8
By Carson McCullers; directed by Dorothy Desrosiers
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From Berlin to Broadway
February 28 - March 29
By Kurt Weill; directed by Nancy Ringler
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Blithe Spirit
May 9 - May 31
By Noel Coward; directed by Lynn Arden
Season 1973-1974
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A Streetcar Named Desire
October 19 - November 24
By Tennessee Williams; directed by Paul Shepard
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Welcome to the Monkey House
February 15 - March 16
By Christoper Sergel, adapted from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.; directed by Robin Jackson
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Luv
May 4 - June 8
By Murray Schisgal; directed by Will Marchetti
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
By Gian Carlo Menotti
Season 1972-1973
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Oedipus Rex
October 5 - October 22
By Sophocles; directed by Martin Frick
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The Infernal Machine
October 27 - November 5
By Jean Cocteau; directed by Ellen Ernest Genese
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A Season's Special
November 17 - December 8
By John Balmer
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Moonchildren | West Coast Premiere
January 31 - February 17
By Michael Weller; directed by Sali Lieberman
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Acrobats and Line
February 1 - March 3
By Israel Horowitz
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The Ghost Train
March 1 - March 31
By Arnold Ridley
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The Rainmaker
By Richard N. Nash; directed by Will Marchetti
Season 1972
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Spoon River Anthology
May 19 - June 24
By Charles Aidman; adapted from poems by Edward Lee Masters; directed by Ellen Ernest
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Jaques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Conceived and translated by Eric, Mort, and Shuman Blau; music and lyrics by Jaques Brel
Season 1971-1972
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A Moon for the Misbegotten
January 1 - January 31
By Eugene O'Neil
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The Tenth Man
March 26 - April 24
By Paddy Chayersky; directed by Robert Adler
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The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
By Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
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Telemacus Clay
By Lewis John Carlino
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The Beggar's Opera
By John Gay; music, lyrics, and adaptation by John Balmer and William Douglas; directed by William Douglas