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Guthrie Theater The Guthrie Theater, founded in 1963, is a center for theater performance, production, education, and professional training in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The concept of the theater was born in 1959 in a series of discussions among Sir Tyrone Gut ...

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Minneapolis, Minnesota Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...

. The following is a chronological list of the plays and performances that it has produced or presented. Production information from 1963 through the 2005–06 season is sourced primarily from ''The Guthrie Theater: Images, History, and Inside Stories'' and ''The Guthrie Theater''.

1960s

Artistic Directors:

Tyrone Guthrie Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 – 15 May 1971) was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at ...

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Joseph Anthony Joseph Anthony (born Joseph Deuster; May 24, 1912 – January 20, 1993) was an American playwright, actor, and director. He made his film acting debut in the 1934 film ''Hat, Coat, and Glove'' and his theatrical acting debut in a 1935 productio ...

, Edward Payson Call, Douglas Campbell, Tyrone Guthrie, Robert Lanchester, Philip Manor, John Olin, Stephen Porter,

Mel Shapiro Melvin Irwin Shapiro (December 16, 1935 – December 23, 2024) was an American theatre director, writer and academic. Life and career Shapiro was born in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1935. Trained at Carnegie-Mellon University, Shapiro began his ...

Alan Schneider Alan Schneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions. In 1984 he was honored with a Drama Desk Special Award for serving a wide range of playwrights. He directed t ...

Maurice Valency Maurice Valency (22 March 1903 – 28 September 1996) was a playwright, author, critic, and popular professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, best known for his award-winning adaptations of plays by Jean Giraudoux and Friedri ...

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Fran Bennett Fran Bennett (August 14, 1937 – September 12, 2021) was an American actress, known for her works in theater and on television. She portrayed the role of Mother Olivia Jefferson in a re-creation of the pilot episode of ''The Jeffersons'' in ' ...

, Raye Birk,

Zoe Caldwell Zoe Ada Caldwell (14 September 1933 – 16 February 2020) was an Australian actress. She was a four-time Tony Award winner, winning Best Featured Actress in a Play for '' Slapstick Tragedy'' (1966), and Best Actress in a Play for '' The Prim ...

, Douglas Campbell, Helen Carey,

Len Cariou Leonard Joseph Cariou (; born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian stage actor, singer and stage director. He gained prominence for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's musical '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barbe ...

Patricia Conolly Patricia Conolly (born 29 August 1933) is an Australian stage actress. Biography Conolly began her stage career in Australia where she grew up, and has performed in England in the West End, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Chichester Festi ...

Hume Cronyn Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. (July 18, 1911 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter and playwright. He appeared in many stage productions, television and film roles throughout his career, and garnered numerous accolades, includ ...

David Feldshuh David Mark Feldshuh (born January 31, 1944, New York City) is an American director, actor, writer, teacher, and practicing physician. His 1992 play ''Miss Evers' Boys'', based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the 1992 Puli ...

Rita Gam Rita Gam (born Rita Eleanore MacKay, April 2, 1927 – March 22, 2016) was an American film and television actress and documentary filmmaker. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Background Gam was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the da ...

Ellen Geer Ellen Geer is an American actress, professor, and theatre director. Personal life Geer was born in New York City, the daughter of actors Herta Ware and Will Geer. Her father was best-known for playing Grandpa Zebulon "Zeb" Walton on ''The Wal ...

Peter Michael Goetz Peter Michael Goetz (born December 10, 1941) is an American actor. Early life and education Goetz was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Esther L. and Irving A. Goetz, a construction engineer.George Grizzard George Cooper Grizzard Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American stage, television, and film actor. He was the recipient of a Grammy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award, among other accolades. Biography Early life and ...

Charles Keating Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (December 4, 1923 – March 31, 2014) was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for his role in the savings and loan sc ...

Linda Kelsey Linda Kelsey (born July 28, 1946) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Billie Newman on the CBS drama television series '' Lou Grant'' (1977–1982), which earned her three Golden Globe Award nominations and five Primetim ...

James Lawless James Lawless (born 19 August 1976) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science since January 2025. He served as a Minister of State from 2024 to 2025. He has ...

Michael Moriarty Michael Moriarty (born April 5, 1941) is an American-Canadian actor. He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his role as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 miniseries ''Holocaust'' and a Tony Award in 1974 for his performance in the ...

Robert Pastene Robert Pastene (January 29, 1918 – October 15, 1991) was an American actor who appeared films, television and on stage. He acted in a variety of television dramas during what is known as the Golden Age of Television throughout the 1950s and ...

, Richard Russell Ramos, Ken Ruta,

Gale Sondergaard Gale Sondergaard (born Edith Holm Sondergaard; February 15, 1899 – August 14, 1985) was an American actress. Sondergaard began her acting career in theater and progressed to films in 1936. She was the first recipient of the Academy Award ...

Jessica Tandy Jessie Alice Tandy (7 June 1909 – 11 September 1994) was a British actress. An icon in the film industry, she appeared in over 100 stage productions and had more than 60 roles in film and TV, receiving an Academy Award, four Tony Awards, a BAF ...

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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play (the ...

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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

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The Miser ''The Miser'' (; ) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris. This is a character com ...

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Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, ; ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the great writers in the French language and world liter ...

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Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; ; 29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, widely considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his b ...

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Death of a Salesman ''Death of a Salesman'' is a 1949 stage play written by the American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered on Broadway in February 1949, running for 742 performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s Brooklyn told through a ...

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Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...

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Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (1216–1281 ...

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George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

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The Glass Menagerie ''The Glass Menagerie'' is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mo ...

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Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three ...

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Volpone ''Volpone'' (, Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-perfo ...

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Ben Jonson Benjamin Jonson ( 11 June 1572 – ) was an English playwright, poet and actor. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satire, satirical ...

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Richard III Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch the House of York. His defeat and death at the Battle of Boswor ...

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The Way of the World ''The Way of the World'' is a play written by the English playwright William Congreve. It premiered in early March 1700 in the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. It is widely regarded as one of the best works of Restoration comedy ev ...

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William Congreve William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729) was an English playwright, satirist, poet, and Whig politician. He spent most of his career between London and Dublin, and was noted for his highly polished style of writing, being regard ...

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The Cherry Orchard ''The Cherry Orchard'' () is the last play by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. Written in 1903, it was first published by '' Znaniye'' (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Pu ...

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The Caucasian Chalk Circle ''The Caucasian Chalk Circle'' () is a play by the German modernist playwright Bertolt Brecht. An example of Brecht's epic theatre, the play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than the baby's wealthy b ...

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Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...

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The Skin of Our Teeth ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' is a play by Thornton Wilder that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It opened on October 15, 1942, at the Shubert Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, before moving to the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway on November 18, ...

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Thornton Wilder Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' and for the plays ''Our Town'' and ''The Skin of Our Teeth'', and a U. ...

*'' The Dance of Death'' – by

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (; ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 pla ...

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As You Like It ''As You Like It'' is a pastoral Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wil ...

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Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of Realism (theatre), realism, earlier associated with ...

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The Shoemaker's Holiday ''The Shoemaker's Holiday or the Gentle Craft'' is an Elizabethan play written by Thomas Dekker. The play was first performed in 1599 by the Admiral's Men, and it falls into the subgenre of city comedy. The story features three subplots: an int ...

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Thieves' Carnival ''Le Bal des Voleurs'' (''Thieves' Carnival'') is a play written by French playwright Jean Anouilh, first staged at Théâtre des Arts, Paris on 17 August 1938. Later productions ''Thieves' Carnival'' was presented on the televised series ''The ...

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Jean Anouilh Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (; ; 23 June 1910 – 3 October 1987) was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 play ...

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Barrie Stavis Barrie Stavis (June 16, 1906 – February 2, 2007) was an American playwright. Educated at New Utrecht High School, Brooklyn, and Columbia University, he covered the Spanish Civil War from 1937 to 1939 as a foreign correspondent and served in the ...

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Oresteia The ''Oresteia'' () is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC, concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House ...

Aeschylus Aeschylus (, ; ; /524 – /455 BC) was an ancient Greece, ancient Greek Greek tragedy, tragedian often described as the father of tragedy. Academic knowledge of the genre begins with his work, and understanding of earlier Greek tragedy is large ...

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Friedrich Dürrenmatt Friedrich Dürrenmatt (; 5 January 1921 – 14 December 1990) was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant- ...

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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...

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Serjeant Musgrave's Dance ''Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, An Un-historical Parable'' is a play by English playwright John Arden, written in 1959 and premiered at the Royal Court Theatre on October 22 of that year. In Arden's introductory note to the text, he describes it a ...

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John Arden John Arden (26 October 1930 – 28 March 2012) was an English playwright who at his death was lauded as "one of the most significant British playwrights of the late 1950s and early 60s". Career Born in Barnsley, son of the manager of a glass ...

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The Master Builder ''The Master Builder'' () is a play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was first published in December 1892 and is regarded as one of Ibsen's more significant and revealing works. Performance The play was published by Gyldendal AS in C ...

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Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered ...

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The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui ''The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui'' (), subtitled "A parable play", is a 1941 play by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht. It chronicles the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional 1930s Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower ra ...

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Marc Connelly Marcus Cook Connelly (December 13, 1890 – December 21, 1980) was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist. He was a key member of the Algonquin Round Table, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930. Biogra ...

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She Stoops to Conquer ''She Stoops to Conquer'' is a comedy by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English-speaking world. It is one of the few plays ...

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Oliver Goldsmith Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish people, Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. A prolific author of various literature, he is regarded among the most versatile writers of the Georgian e ...

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Sławomir Mrożek Sławomir Mrożek (29 June 1930 – 15 August 2013) was a Polish dramatist, writer and cartoonist. Mrożek joined the Polish United Workers' Party during the reign of Stalinism in the People's Republic of Poland, and made a living as a politic ...

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Enrico IV ''Henry IV'' ( ) is an Italian play ''(Enrico IV)'' by Luigi Pirandello written in 1921 and premiered to general acclaim at the Teatro Manzoni in Milan on 24 February 1922. A study on madness with comic and tragic elements, it is about a man ...

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Luigi Pirandello Luigi Pirandello (; ; 28 June 1867 – 10 December 1936) was an Italians, Italian dramatist, novelist, poet, and short story writer whose greatest contributions were his plays. He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his bold and ...

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Little Murders ''Little Murders'' is a 1971 American black comedy film directed by Alan Arkin, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd. Based on the stage play of the same name by Jules Feiffer, it is the story of a ...

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Jules Feiffer Jules Ralph Feiffer ( ; January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for Pulitzer Prize for Editori ...

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Sam Shepard Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, ...

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The Indian Wants the Bronx ''The Indian Wants the Bronx'' is a one-act play by Israel Horovitz. Gupta, the Indian of the title, has just arrived in New York City from his native country to visit his son and speaks only a few words of English. While waiting for a bus to T ...

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Israel Horovitz Israel Horovitz (March 31, 1939 – November 9, 2020) was an American playwright, director, actor and co-founder of the Gloucester Stage Company in 1979. He served as artistic director until 2006 and later served on the board, ex officio and ...

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The Man with the Flower in his Mouth ''The Man With the Flower in His Mouth'' ( ) is a 1922 play by the Italian playwright Luigi Pirandello. It is particularly noteworthy for becoming, in 1930, the first piece of television drama ever to be produced in Britain, when a version was ...

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Julius Caesar Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caesar's civil wa ...

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S. J. Perelman Sidney Joseph Perelman (February 1, 1904 – October 17, 1979) was an American humorist and screenwriter. He is best known for his humorous short pieces written over many years for ''The New Yorker''. He also wrote for several other magazines, ...

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The Homecoming ''The Homecoming'' is a two-act play written in 1964 and published in 1965 by Harold Pinter. Its premières in London (1965) and New York (1967) were both directed by Sir Peter Hall. The original Broadway production won the 1967 Tony Award ...

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Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A List of Nobel laureates in Literature, Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramat ...

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Mourning Becomes Electra ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Ba ...

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Uncle Vanya ''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897, and first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstan ...

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The Alchemist An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy. Alchemist or Alchemyst may also refer to: Books and stories * ''The Alchemist'' (novel), the translated title of a 1988 allegorical novel by Paulo Coelho * ''The Alchemist'' (play), a play by Ben ...

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Leroi Jones Amiri Baraka (born Everett Leroy Jones; October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014), previously known as LeRoi Jones and Imamu Amear Baraka, was an American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays, and music criticism. He was the author of numerous b ...

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A Slight Ache ''A Slight Ache'' is a tragicomic play written by Harold Pinter in 1958 and first published by Methuen in London in 1961. It concerns a married couple's dreams and desires, focusing mostly on the husband's fears of the unknown, of growing ...

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Krapp's Last Tape ''Krapp's Last Tape'' is a 1958 one-act play, in English, by Samuel Beckett. With a cast of one man, it was written for Northern Irish actor Patrick Magee (actor), Patrick Magee and first titled "Magee monologue". It was inspired by Beckett's e ...

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Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

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Brendan Behan Brendan Francis Aidan Behan (christened Francis Behan) ( ; ; 9 February 1923 – 20 March 1964) was an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and Irish Republican, an activist who wrote in both English and Irish. His widely ackno ...

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1970s

Artistic Directors: no named artistic director (1970),

Michael Langham Michael Seymour Langham (22 August 1919 – 15 January 2011) was an English director and actor, who spent much of his career living and working in Canada and the United States. He was educated at Radley College and studied law at the Univers ...

(1971–77), Alvin Epstein (1978–80) Stages: Thrust stage on Vineland Place, The Other Place, Guthrie 2 on the

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

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Rae Allen Rae Julia Theresa Abruzzo (July 3, 1926 – April 6, 2022), professionally known as Rae Allen, was an American actress of stage, film and television. Her career spanned some seventy years and eight decades. Allen started her career in theatre i ...

, Michael Bawtree, Robert Benedetti,

Michael Blakemore Michael Howell Blakemore AO OBE (18 June 1928 – 10 December 2023) was an Australian actor, writer and theatre director who also made some films. A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to ...

Eric Christmas Eric Cuthbert Christmas (19 March 1916 – 22 July 2000) was an English actor, with over 40 films and numerous television roles to his credit. He is probably best known for his role as Mr. Carter, the principal of Angel Beach High School, in t ...

, Jon Cranney, Ron Daniels,

Anatoly Efros Anatoly Vasilievich Efros (; July 3, 1925, Kharkiv – January 13, 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet theatre and film director. He was a leading interpreter of Russian classics during the Era of Stagnation and "received numerous awards for creative exce ...

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, Edward Gilbert, Thomas Gruenewald, Adrian Hall, Nick Havinga,

Israel Hicks Israel Theo Hicks (August 23, 1943 – July 3, 2010) was an American theatre director who produced works at regional theaters around the country and Off Broadway, and was best known for his stagings of the entire series of plays by August Wil ...

John Hirsch John Stephen Hirsch, OC (; May 1, 1930 – August 1, 1989) was a Hungarian-Canadian theatre director. He was born in Siófok, Hungary to József and Ilona Hirsch, both of whom were murdered in the Holocaust along with his younger brother I ...

, Stephen Kanee, Michael Langham, Eugene Lion, Thomas MacAnna,

Robert David MacDonald Robert David MacDonald (27 August 1929 – 19 May 2004) was a Scottish playwright, translator and theatre director. Early life Robert David MacDonald was born in Elgin, in Morayshire, Scotland on 27 August 1929, the son of a doctor and a toba ...

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Steven Robman Steven I. "Steve" Robman (born September 27, 1944) is an American television and theatre director/ producer. Biography Steve Robman graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California (1962), University of California, Berke ...

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Kenneth Welsh Kenneth Clifford Welsh, (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian actor, who made over 300 stage, film, and television appearances over a nearly 60-year career. Educated at the National Theatre School, he was a member of the Stratford S ...

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James Blendick James Blendick (born 1941 - died 2012) was a Canadian character actor. He was best known for his 30-year-long association with the Stratford Festival. Career Among the productions in which he has performed leads are ''Much Ado About Nothing'', '' ...

Blair Brown Bonnie Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American theater, film and television actress. She has had a number of high-profile roles, including in the play ''Copenhagen'' on Broadway (for which she won a Tony Award in 2000), the leading ...

Barbara Bryne Barbara Bryne (1 April 1929 – 2 May 2023) was a British-American actress of film, theatre and television. Onstage she appeared in comedy, dramatic and musical production of Broadway and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Li ...

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Jeff Chandler Jeff Chandler (born Ira Grossel; December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961) was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Cochise in '' Broken Arrow'' (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting ...

Tovah Feldshuh Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for fifty years, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for ''Holoca ...

Peter Michael Goetz Peter Michael Goetz (born December 10, 1941) is an American actor. Early life and education Goetz was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Esther L. and Irving A. Goetz, a construction engineer.Charles Keating Charles Humphrey Keating Jr. (December 4, 1923 – March 31, 2014) was an American sportsman, lawyer, real estate developer, banker, financier, conservative activist, and convicted felon best known for his role in the savings and loan sc ...

Nicholas Kepros Nicholas Kepros (November 8, 1932 – January 26, 2023) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was known for playing the role of Joseph II in the Broadway play ''Amadeus'', for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Ou ...

Mark Lamos Mark Lamos (born March 10, 1946) is an American theatre and opera director, producer and actor. Under his direction, Hartford Stage won the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and he has been nominated for two other Tonys. For mor ...

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Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American actor. He eschewed the career of a traditional film star by making the stage the focal point of his career, appearing frequently on Broadway. He has received four Tony Awards (out of ...

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Dianne Wiest Dianne Evelyn Wiest (; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986's ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' and 1994's '' Bullets Over Broadway'' (both directed by Woody Allen), one Gold ...

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The Venetian Twins ''The Venetian Twins'' (, or "The two Venetian twins") is a 1747 play by Carlo Goldoni, based on Plautus's ''Menaechmi''. It was performed by Il Teatro Stabile of Genoa at the 1965 Edinburgh International Festival, directed by Luigi Squarzina ...

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Carlo Goldoni Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (, also , ; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays ...

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Lonne Elder III Lonne Elder III (December 26, 1927 – June 11, 1996) was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Elder was one of the leading African-American figures who informed the New York theater world with social and political consciousness. ...

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The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

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A Man's a Man A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient ...

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*'' A Play'' – by

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Soviet and Russian author and Soviet dissidents, dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gulag pris ...

, adapted by

Paul Avila Mayer Paul Avila Mayer (May 28, 1928 – July 10, 2009) was an American television writer and producer. Personal life Mayer was born May 28, 1928, in Los Angeles, the son of Edwin Justus Mayer and Frances O'Neill. He was married to actress and com ...

The Other Place

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Silence Silence is the absence of ambient hearing, audible sound, the emission of sounds of such low sound intensity, intensity that they do not draw attention to themselves, or the state of having ceased to produce sounds; this latter sense can be exten ...

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Landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or human-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes th ...

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*'' Don Pimperlin's Love of Belisa in His Garden'' – by

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936) was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a g ...

*''Kumaliza'' – by C.L. Burton *''

The Madness of Lady Bright ''The Madness of Lady Bright'' is a short play by Lanford Wilson, among the earliest of the gay theatre movement. The play was first performed at Joe Cino's Caffe Cino in May 1964. It then toured internationally, and has appeared in revivals to ...

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Lanford Wilson Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937March 24, 2011) was an American playwright. His work, as described by ''The New York Times'', was "earthy, realist, greatly admired ndwidely performed". Fox, Margalit"Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwrigh ...

*''Stars and Stripes Forever'' – by Fred Gaines *''The Labyrinth'' – by

Fernando Arrabal Fernando Arrabal Terán (; ; born August 11, 1932) is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterra ...

*''Winners'' – by

Brian Friel Brian Patrick Friel (c. 9 January 1929 – 2 October 2015) was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. (subscription requ ...

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Baal Baal (), or Baʻal, was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The ...

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*''Encore'', ''Food for Thought'', and ''A Mild Case of Death'' – by David Korr *''Madam Popov'' and ''Wet Dream by God'' – by Gladden Schrock

1971–72

Vineland Place

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Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist. A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th ce ...

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Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (, , ; 1 April 1868 – 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism and is known best for his 1897 play ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. Rostand's romantic plays contrasted with th ...

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The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunke ...

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A Touch of the Poet ''A Touch of the Poet'' is a Play (theatre), play by Eugene O'Neill completed in 1942 but not performed until 1958, after his death. It and its sequel, ''More Stately Mansions'', were intended to be part of a nine-play cycle entitled ''A Tale ...

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Misalliance Misalliance may refer to: * Misalliance (play), a play by Bernard Shaw ** Misalliance (Playhouse 90), a US television play based on Shaw's work * Mésalliance, a marriage to an unsuitable partner {{dab ...

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The Diary of a Scoundrel ''Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man'' (; translit. Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty), sometimes published in English under the title ''Too Clever By Half'', is a five- act comedy by Aleksandr Ostrovsky.Brockett and Hildy (2003, 370). ...

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Aleksandr Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 original plays, Ostrovsky "almost single-handedly created a Russian national repe ...

On tour

*''Fables Here and Then'' – by

and Guthrie actors

1972–73

Vineland Place

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A Midsummer Night's Dream ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' is a Comedy (drama), comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596. The play is set in Athens, and consists of several subplots that revolve around the marriage of Theseus and Hippolyta. One s ...

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Of Mice and Men ''Of Mice and Men'' is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant worker, migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California ...

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John Steinbeck John Ernst Steinbeck ( ; February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social percep ...

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The Relapse ''The Relapse, or, Virtue in Danger'' is a Restoration comedy from 1696 written by John Vanbrugh. The play is a sequel to Colley Cibber's '' Love's Last Shift, or, The Fool in Fashion''. In Cibber's ''Love's Last Shift'', a free-living Re ...

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Sir John Vanbrugh Sir John Vanbrugh (; 24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect, dramatist and herald, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restorat ...

*'' An Italian Straw Hat'' – by

Eugène Labiche Eugène Marin Labiche (; 6 May 181522 January 1888) was a French dramatist. He remains famous for his contribution to the vaudeville genre and his passionate and domestic pochades. In the 1860s, he reached his peak with a series of successe ...

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Oedipus the King ''Oedipus Rex'', also known by its Greek title, ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' (, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. While some scholars have argued that the play was first performed , this is highly uncertain. Originally, to ...

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Sophocles Sophocles ( 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC)Sommerstein (2002), p. 41. was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those ...

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A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...

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Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

*'' Cyrano'', a new musical version – book and lyrics by

Anthony Burgess John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his Utopian and dystopian fiction, dy ...

, music by Michael J. Lewis

On tour

*''

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1973–74

Vineland Place

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Becket ''Becket or The Honour of God'' (), often shortened to ''Becket'', is a 1959 stage play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in ...

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The Government Inspector ''The Government Inspector'', also known as ''The Inspector General'' (, literally: "Inspector"), is a satirical play by Russian dramatist and novelist Nikolai Gogol. Originally published in 1836, the play was revised for an 1842 edition. Base ...

'' – by Nikolai Gogol *''Juno and the Paycock'' – by Seán O'Casey *''I, Said the Fly'' – by June Havoc *''Waiting for Godot'' – by

*''The Merchant of Venice'' – by

*''The Miracle Man (play), The Miracle Man'' – by Erik Brogger, adapted from

On tour

*''The Portable Pioneer and Prairie Show'' – by David Chambers and Mel Marvin

1974–75

Vineland Place

*''King Lear'' – by

*''Love's Labour's Lost'' – by

*''The Crucible'' – by

*''Tartuffe'' – by

*''The School for Scandal'' – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

On tour

*''Everyman'' – by Anonymous

1975–76

Vineland Place

*''Arsenic and Old Lace (play), Arsenic and Old Lace'' – by Joseph Kesselring *''The Caretaker (play), The Caretaker'' – by

*''A Streetcar Named Desire (play), A Streetcar Named Desire'' – by

*''Loot (play), Loot'' – by Joe Orton *''Mother Courage'' – by

*''Under Milk Wood'' – by Dylan Thomas *''Private Lives'' – by Noël Coward *''

'' – by

*''Measure for Measure'' – by

1976–77

Vineland Place

*''The Matchmaker'' – by

*''Doctor Faustus (play), Doctor Faustus'' – by Christopher Marlowe *''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' – by

*''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' – by Tom Stoppard *''An Enemy of the People'' – by

*''The Winter's Tale'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The National Health (play), The National Health'' – by Peter Nichols (playwright), Peter Nichols

Guthrie 2

*''The Collected Works of Billy the Kid'' – by Michael Ondaatje *''The Future Pit'' – by Menzies McKillop *''Anulla Allen – Autobiography of a Survivor'' – by Emily Mann and Anulla Allen *Triple bill: **''Cold'' – by Michael Casale **''Glutt'' – by Gladden Schrock **''Waterman'' – by Frank B. Ford *''Pilk's Madhouse'' – adapted by Ken Campbell *''Up the Seminole'' – by Keane Bonath *''Hello and Goodbye'' – by Athol Fugard *''Open Shut'' – by Robert Hellman

On tour

*''A Party for Two'' – by Dominique Serrand and Barbara Berlovitz

1977–78

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' – by

*''La Ronde (play), La Ronde'' – by Arthur Schnitzler *''Catsplay'' – by István Örkény *''The White Devil'' – by John Webster *''Design for Living'' – by Noël Coward *''

'' – by

*''Pantagleize'' – by Michel de Ghelderode

Guthrie 2

*''Ashes'' – by David Rudkin *''Mouth on Fire'', ''Not I'', ''Play'', and ''

'' – by

*''The Conversion of Aaron Weiss'' – by Mark Medoff *''Dear Liar'' – by Jerome Kilty *''Dark Pony'' and ''Reunion'' – by David Mamet

On tour

*''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' – by

*''Clowns, Lovers & Kings'' – by Tom Hegg and Susan Dafoe

1978–79

Vineland Place

*''The Pretenders (play), The Pretenders'' – by

*''Teibele and Her Demon'' – by Isaac Bashevis Singer and Eve Friedman *''Boy Meets Girl (play), Boy Meets Girl'' – by Samuel and Bella Spewack *''Bonjour, là, bonjour'' – by Michel Tremblay *''

'' – by

*''Marriage (play), Marriage'' – by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Barbara Field *''

'' – by

*''The Beggar's Opera'' – by John Gay

Guthrie 2

*''Flashbacks: Christmas Past, Christmas Present'' – adapted by Scott Rubsam and Gail Smogard *''My Cup Runneth Over'' – by Robert Patrick (playwright), Robert Patrick *''Surprise, Surprise'' – by Michel Tremblay *''Vienna Notes'' – by Richard Nelson (playwright), Richard Nelson *''Litko'' – by David Mamet *''On Mount Chimbarazo'' – by Tankred Dorst *''Angel, Honey, Baby, Darling Dear'' – by Robert Patrick (playwright), Robert Patrick *''A Kurt Weill Cabaret'' *''Martha Schlamme in Concert'' *''Little Eyolf'' – by

*''Émigrés'' – by

On tour

*''Marriage (play), Marriage'' – by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Barbara Field

1979–80

Vineland Place

*''The Rivals'' – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan *''Right of Way (play), Right of Way'' – by Richard Lees *''

'' – by

*''Monsieur de Molière'' – by Mikhail Bulgakov *''Endgame (play), Endgame'' – by

*''Romeo and Juliet'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''You Can't Take It with You (play), You Can't Take It With You'' – by George Kaufman and Moss Hart

On tour

*''

'' – by

*''Americana'' – adapted by Scott Rubsam *''I Remember'' – by Stephen Willems *''Even as the Sun'' – by Warren Green (playwright), Warren Green

1980s

Artistic Directors: Liviu Ciulei (1980–85), Garland Wright (1985–95) Stages: Thrust stage on Vineland Place, Guthrie Lab (black box) in the North Loop, Minneapolis, Warehouse District Directors (Vineland Place): JoAnne Akalaitis, Kazimierz Braun, Lee Breuer, Edward Payson Call, Liviu Ciulei, Jon Cranney, Howard Dallin, Robert Falls, Richard Foreman, Kenneth Frankel, Athol Fugard, William Gaskill, Edward Gilbert, Gary Gisselman, Derek Goldby, Edward Hastings (director), Edward Hastings, Douglas Hughes, Michael Kahn (theatre director), Michael Kahn, Stephen Kanee, George Keathley (theater director), George Keathley,

, Michael Maggio, Emily Mann, Christopher Markle, Marshall W. Mason, Patrick Mason (theatre director), Patrick Mason, Vivian Matalon, Tony Mockus, Timothy Near, Richard Ooms, Lucian Pintilie, Peter Sellars, Andrei Şerban, Harold Stone (director), Harold Stone, Douglas Turner Ward, Les Waters, Stan Wojewodski Jr., Garland Wright

1980–81

Vineland Place

*''Wild Oats (play), Wild Oats'' – by John O'Keeffe (Irish writer), John O'Keefe *''The Lady of the Camellias, Camille'' – by Alexandre Dumas, fils *''The Tavern (play), The Tavern'' – by George M. Cohan *''Desire Under the Elms'' – by

*''Mary Stuart (Schiller play), Mary Stuart'' – by Friedrich Schiller *''

'' – by

*''Arms and the Man'' – by

*''Macbeth'' – by

On tour

*''The Tavern (play), The Tavern'' – by George M. Cohan *''

'' – by

, adapted by Stephen Willems *''Soldiering'' – by Stephen Willems

1981–82

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''Dom Juan, Don Juan'' – by

*''Our Town'' – by

*''Foxfire (play), Foxfire'' – by

and Susan Cooper *''Eve of Retirement'' – by Thomas Bernhard *''Eli: A Mystery Play'' – by Nelly Sachs *''

'' – by

*''Candide'' – by Len Jenkin, adapted from Candide, the novel by Voltaire *''

'' – by

On tour

*''The Rainmaker (play), The Rainmaker'' – by N. Richard Nash *''Trouble Begins at Eight: A Mark Twain Offering'' – by Christopher Markle

1982–83

Vineland Place

*''Summer Vacation Madness'' – by

*''Requiem for a Nun'' – by William Faulkner *''The Marriage of Figaro'' – by Beaumarchais *''Room Service (play), Room Service'' – by Jon Murray and Allen Boretz *''Heartbreak House'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Entertaining Mr. Sloane'' – by Joe Orton *''Peer Gynt'' – by

On tour

*''Talley's Folly'' – by

1983–84

Vineland Place

*''"Master Harold"...and the Boys'' – by Athol Fugard *''The Threepenny Opera'' – by

and Kurt Weill *''Guys and Dolls (musical), Guys and Dolls'' – by Damon Runyon *''The Entertainer (play), The Entertainer'' – by John Osborne *''The Seagull'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The Importance of Being Earnest'' – by Oscar Wilde *''Hedda Gabler'' – by

On tour

*''The Importance of Being Earnest'' – by Oscar Wilde

1984–85

Vineland Place

*''A Soldier's Play'' – by Charles Fuller *''Hang on to Me'' – songs by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, book by Maxim Gorky *''Three Sisters (play), Three Sisters'' – by

*''Tartuffe'' – by

*'''Night Mother'' – by Marsha Norman *''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Anything Goes'' – by Cole Porter

On tour

*''Foxfire (play), Foxfire'' – by

and Susan Cooper

1985–86

Vineland Place

*''Great Expectations'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Candida (play), Candida'' – by

*''Execution of Justice'' – by Emily Mann *''

'' – by

*''On the Razzle (play), On the Razzle'' – by Tom Stoppard *''The Rainmaker (play), The Rainmaker'' – by N. Richard Nash

On tour

*''Great Expectations'' – by

, adapted by Barbara Field

1986–87

Vineland Place

*'' Saint Joan'' – by

*''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' – by

*''The Birthday Party (play), The Birthday Party'' – by

*''On the Verge (play), On the Verge'' – by Eric Overmeyer *''Rhinoceros (play), Rhinoceros'' – by Eugène Ionesco *''

'' – by

*''Double Inconstancy, Double Infidelities'' – by Pierre Marivaux *''The Gospel at Colonus'' – by Lee Breuer

1987–88

Vineland Place

*''The Misanthrope'' – by

*''The Piggy Bank'' – by

& Alfred Delacour *''The Bacchae'' – by Euripides *''The House of Bernarda Alba'' – by

*''Leonce and Lena, Leon & Lena (and Lenz)'' – by Georg Buchner *''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

1988–89

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''Le Malade imaginaire, The Imaginary Invalid'' – by

*''Frankenstein – Playing with Fire'' – by Barbara Field *''

'' – by

*''The Wild Duck'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Pravda (play), Pravda'' – by David Hare (dramatist), David Hare and Howard Brenton

Guthrie Lab

*''Cymbeline'' – by

1989–90

Vineland Place

*''Harvey (play), Harvey'' – by Mary Coyle Chase, Mary Chase *''

'' – by

*''The Duchess of Malfi'' – by John Webster *''

'' – by

*''The Screens'' – by Jean Genet *''

'' – by

*''Candide (musical), Candide'' – by Hugh Wheeler and Leonard Bernstein

Guthrie Lab

*''Measure for Measure'' – by

1990s

Artistic Directors: Garland Wright (1985–95), Joe Dowling (1995–2015) Stages: Thrust stage on Vineland Place, Guthrie Lab (black box) Directors (Vineland Place): JoAnne Akalaitis, Libby Appel, Lou Bellamy, Michael Bogdanov, Risa Brainin, Mark Brokaw, Joe Dowling, Michael Engler, Sheldon Epps, David Esbjornson, David Gordon, Douglas Hughes, Bill T. Jones, Sari Ketter,

, Marion McClinton, Conall Morrison, Neil Munro (actor), Neil Munro, Charles Newell, Richard Ooms, Dominique Serrand, Bartlett Sher, Kristoffer Tabori, David Thacker, Jennifer Tipton, Douglas C. Wager, Laird Williamson, Robert Woodruff (director), Robert Woodruff, Garland Wright

1990–91

Vineland Place

*''Richard II (play), Richard II'' – by

*''Henry IV, Part 1'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The Front Page'' – by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur *''

'' – by

*''Medea (play), Medea'' – by Euripides

Guthrie Lab

*''Troilus and Cressida'' – by

1991–92

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''The Man Who Came to Dinner'' – by George Kaufman and Moss Hart *''L'Illusion Comique, The Illusion'' – by Pierre Corneille *''Fantasio'' – by Alfred de Musset *''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Marat/Sade'' – by Peter Weiss

Guthrie Lab

*''Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Pericles'' – by

1992–93

Vineland Place

*''Iphigeneia at Aulis'' – by Euripides *''Agamemnon (play), Agamemnon'' – by

*''Electra (Sophocles), Electra'' – by

*''Private Lives'' – by Noël Coward *''The Winter's Tale'' – by

*''The Seagull'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The Good Hope (play), The Good Hope'' – by Herman Heijermans

Guthrie Lab

*''The Merchant of Venice'' – by

1993–94

Vineland Place

*''Enough Stupidity in Every Wise Man, Too Clever by Half'' – by Alexander Ostrovski *''Naga Mandala'' – by Girish Karnad *''The Triumph of Love (play), The Triumph of Love'' – by Pierre Marivaux *''Othello'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''A Woman of No Importance'' – by Oscar Wilde *''Dream on Monkey Mountain'' – by Derek Walcott

Guthrie Lab

*''Peer Gynt'' – by

1994–95

Vineland Place

*''The Rover (play), The Rover'' – by Aphra Behn *''The Play's the Thing (play), The Play's the Thing'' – by Ferenc Molnár *''Home (Storey play), Home'' – by David Storey *''The Broken Jug'' – by Heinrich von Kleist *''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Macbeth'' – by

*''K: Impressions of The Trial'' – by Franz Kafka

Guthrie Lab

*''Mother Courage and Her Children'' – by

1995–96

Vineland Place

*''King Lear'' – by

*''The Royal Family (play), The Royal Family'' – by George Kaufman and Edna Ferber *''The Firebugs'' – by Max Frisch *''Big White Fog'' – by Theodore Ward *''

'' – by

*''Babes in Arms'' – by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Guthrie Lab

*''Short Plays'': **''Tone Clusters'' – by Joyce Carol Oates **''Naomi in the Living Room'' – by Christopher Durang **''The Zoo Story'' – by Edward Albee *''Old Times'' – by

*''K: Impressions of The Trial'' (revival) – by Franz Kafka

1996–97

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Philadelphia, Here I Come!'' – by

*''A Doll's House'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The Price (play), The Price'' – by

*''

'' – by

Guthrie Lab

*''Simpatico (play), Simpatico'' – by

*''Mystery of the Rose Bouquet'' – by Manuel Puig *''Many Colors Make the Thunder-King'' – by Femi Osofisan

1997–98

Vineland Place

*''You Can't Take It with You (play), You Can't Take It with You'' – by George Kaufman and Moss Hart *''Blithe Spirit (play), Blithe Spirit'' – by Noël Coward *''Racing Demon (play), Racing Demon'' – by David Hare (dramatist), David Hare *''

'' – by

*''The Playboy of the Western World'' – by John Millington Synge *''Thunder Knocking on the Door'' – by Keith Glover *''Much Ado About Nothing'' – by

Guthrie Lab

*''Black No More (play), Black No More'' – by Syl Jones

1998–99

Vineland Place

*''The Importance of Being Earnest'' – by Oscar Wilde *''A Month in the Country (play), A Month in the Country'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The Magic Fire'' – by Lillian Garrett-Groag *''

'' – by

*''Summer and Smoke'' – by

Guthrie Lab

*''Molly Sweeney'' – by

*''Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Gross Indecency'' – by Moisés Kaufman *''Lysistrata'' – by Aristophanes

1999–2000

Vineland Place

*''The School for Scandal'' – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan *''Ah, Wilderness!'' – by

*''Martin Guerre'' – by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg *''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''The Darker Face of the Earth'' – by Rita Dove *''The Plough and the Stars'' – by Seán O'Casey

Guthrie Lab

*''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd'' – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler *''Mr. Peters' Connections'' – by

*''Lake Hollywood'' – by John Guare *''Side Man'' – by Warren Leight

On tour

*''

'' – by

2000s

Artistic Director: Joe Dowling (1995–2015) Stages: Thrust stage on Vineland Place, Guthrie Lab, Wurtele Thrust Stage, McGuire Proscenium Stage, Dowling Studio (black box) Directors Thrust stage: Michael Bogdanov, Timothy Bond, Tim Carroll, Joe Dowling, David Esbjornson, Leigh Fondakowski, Gary Gisselman, Doug Hughes, Sari Ketter,

, Marcela Lorca, Ethan McSweeny, John Miller-Stephany, Lisa Peterson, Peter Rothstein, Dominique Serrand, Casey Stangl, Douglas C. Wager McGuire Proscenium Stage: Joe Dowling, Gary Gisselman, Wendy C. Goldberg, Michael Greif,

, Marcela Lorca, Lisa Peterson, Peter Rothstein, Rob Ruggiero, Casey Stangl, Susan Stroman, Francesca Zambello

2000–01

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''Hedda Gabler'' – by

*''To Fool the Eye'' – adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher of ''Léocadia'' by

*''

'' – by

*''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' – by Edward Albee *''

'' – by

(a Royal National Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Once in a Lifetime (play), Once in a Lifetime'' – by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

Guthrie Lab

*''The Invention of Love'' – by Tom Stoppard *''Blood Wedding (play), Blood Wedding'' – by

*''In the Blood (play), In the Blood'' – by Suzan-Lori Parks

On tour

*''Molly Sweeney'' – by

season play guides

2001–02

Vineland Place

*''Amadeus (play), Amadeus'' – by Peter Shaffer *''Da (play), Da'' – by Hugh Leonard *''

'' – by

*''Antony and Cleopatra'' – by

*''The Canterbury Tales'' – by Geoffrey Chaucer *''All My Sons'' – by

Guthrie Lab

*''The Carpetbagger's Children'' – by Horton Foote *''Merrily We Roll Along (musical), Merrily We Roll Along'' – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by George Furth *''Thief River (play), Thief River'' – by Lee Blessing

On tour

*''Ah, Wilderness!'' – by

season play guides

2002–03

Vineland Place

*''Resurrection Blues'' – by

*''The Comedy of Errors'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Mrs. Warren's Profession'' – by

*''Six Degrees of Separation (play), Six Degrees of Separation'' – by John Guare *''Three Sisters (play), Three Sisters'' – by

Guthrie Lab

*''Good Boys'' – by Jane Martin *''The Chairs'' – by Eugène Ionesco *''Wintertime (play), Wintertime'' – by Charles L. Mee *''Top Girls'' – by Caryl Churchill

On tour

*''The Stuff of Dreams'' – by Bill Corbett
season play guides

2003–04

Vineland Place

*''Pride and Prejudice'' – by Jane Austen *''The Night of the Iguana'' – by

*''

'' – by

(a Shakespeare's Globe production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''

'' – by

*''Crowns (play), Crowns'' – by Regina Taylor *''Romeo and Juliet'' – by

*''The Pirates of Penzance'' – by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan

Guthrie Lab

*''Nickel and Dimed'' – by Joan Holden *''Othello'' – by

*''Boston Marriage (play), Boston Marriage'' – by David Mamet *''Blue/Orange'' – by Joe Penhall

Riverfront site of future (2006) theater building

*''Carmen Funebre'' – by production ensemble (a Teatr Biuro Podróży production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series and the Walker Arts Center)

On tour

*''Othello'' – by

season play guides

2004–05

Vineland Place

*''

'' – by

*''Pygmalion (play), Pygmalion'' – by

*''

'' – by

*''Oedipus'' – by Ellen McLaughlin *''

'' – by

*''She Loves Me'' – music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, book by Joe Masteroff

Guthrie Lab

*''Lady with a Lapdog'' – by

*''4.48 Psychosis'' – by Sarah Kane (a Royal Court Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The Sex Habits of American Women'' – by Julie Marie Myatt *''Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Pericles'' – by

*''The Notebook'' and ''The Proof'' – by Agota Kristof (a De Onderneming Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''A Body of Water'' – by Lee Blessing

On tour

*''

'' – by

*''Freezing Paradise: An Evening with Kevin Kling'' – by Kevin Kling
season play guides

2005–06

Vineland Place

*''His Girl Friday'' – by John Guare *''The Constant Wife'' – by W. Somerset Maugham *''Intimate Apparel (play), Intimate Apparel'' – by Lynn Nottage *''Measure for Measure'' – by

(a Shakespeare's Globe production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''

'' – by

*''The People's Temple (play), The People's Temple'' – by Leigh Fondakowski *''

'' – by

Guthrie Lab

*''Macbeth'' – by

(an Out of Joint Theatre Company production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series)

Pantages Theatre

*''Servant of Two Masters, Arlecchino: Servant of Two Masters'' – by

(a Piccolo Teatro (Milan), Piccolo Teatro di Milano production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series)
season play guides

2006–07

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''The Great Gatsby'' – by F. Scott Fitzgerald *''Lost in Yonkers'' – by Neil Simon *''

'' – by

*''The Merchant of Venice'' – by

*''1776 (musical), 1776'' – music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards, book by Peter Stone (writer), Peter Stone

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''DruidSynge'' – by John Millington Synge (a Druid Theatre Company production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The Real Thing (play), The Real Thing'' – by Tom Stoppard *''Edgardo Mine'' – by Alfred Uhry *''

'' – by

*''Major Barbara (play), Major Barbara'' – by

Dowling Studio

*''The Falls (play), The Falls'' – by Jeffrey Hatcher *''Circle Around the Island'' – by Marcus Quiniones *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2007: **''Lizards ...'' by Megan Mostyn-Brown **''Shadowgrass'' by Dan Dietz *''Boats on a River'' – by Julie Marie Myatt
season play guides

2007–08

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Jane Eyre'' – by Charlotte Brontë, adapted by Alan Stanford *''King Lear'' – by

(a Royal Shakespeare Company production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The Seagull'' – by Anton Chekov (a Royal Shakespeare Company production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''

'' – by

, adapted by Barbara Field *''Peer Gynt'' – by

, translated and adapted by Robert Bly *''

'' – by

*''

'' – by Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Private Lives'' – by Noël Coward *''The Home Place'' – by

*''Third (play), Third'' – by Wendy Wasserstein *'' Secret Fall of Constance Wilde'' – by Thomas Kilroy

Dowling Studio

*''Pen (play), Pen'' – by David Marshall Grant *''9 Parts of Desire'' – by Heather Raffo *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2008: **''Be Here Now'' – by Carson Kreitzer **''When I Was a Ghost'' – by Deborah Stein **''The End'' – by Sheri Wilner *''French Twist'' – choreographed by Joe Chvala (a Flying Foot Forum production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The Ugly One'' – by Marius von Mayenburg, translated by Maja Zade *''After a Hundred Years'' – by Naomi Iizuka]
season play guides

2008–09

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''A View from the Bridge'' – by

*''

'' – by

, adapted by Barbara Field *''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' – by

*''Caroline, or Change'' – book and lyrics by Tony Kushner, music by Jeanine Tesori *''When We Are Married'' – by J. B. Priestley

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Little House on the Prairie (musical), Little House on the Prairie'' – based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, book by Rachel Sheinkin, music by Rachel Portman, lyrics by Donna di Novelli *''Shadowlands (1985 film), Shadowlands'' – by William Nicholson (writer), William Nicholson *''A Delicate Balance (play), A Delicate Balance'' – by Edward Albee *''The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures'' – by Tony Kushner

Dowling Studio

*''Old Wicked Songs'' – by Jon Marans (a Theater Latté Da production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The Caretaker (play), The Caretaker'' – by

*''Blackbird (play), Blackbird'' – by David Harrower (a Pillsbury House Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''

'' – by

, co-production with The Acting Company *''Happy Days (play), Happy Days'' – by

*''By the Bog of Cats'' – by Marina Carr (a Frank Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2009: **''Writer 1272'' – by Vincent Delaney **''What May Fall'' – by Peter Gil-Sheridan *''Tiny Kushner: An evening of short plays by Tony Kushner'' *''My Father's Bookshelf'' – a collaborative creation by Live Action Set (a Live Action Set production presented by the Guthrie Theater)
season play guides

2009–10

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''The Importance of Being Earnest'' – by Oscar Wilde *''

'' – by

, adapted by Barbara Field *''Macbeth'' – by

*''M. Butterfly'' – by David Henry Hwang *''A Streetcar Named Desire (play), A Streetcar Named Desire'' – by

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Ella'' – book by Jeffrey Hatcher, conceived by Rob Ruggiero and Dyke Garrison *''Faith Healer'' – by

*''Romeo and Juliet'' – by

, co-production with The Acting Company *''Brief Encounter'' – by Noël Coward, adapted by Emma Rice (director), Emma Rice (a Kneehigh Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''Dollhouse'' – by Rebecca Gilman, based on A Doll's House by

*''The Scottsboro Boys (musical), The Scottsboro Boys'' – music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by David Thompson

Dowling Studio

*''Super Monkey'' – by production ensemble (a Jon Ferguson Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Tales from the Book of Longing'' – concept by Stuart Pimsler and Suzanne Costello (a Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Northern Lights/Southern Cross: Tales from the Other Side of the World'' – by Kevin Kling, music by Pat Rix (an Interact Theater production in collaboration with Tutti Ensemble presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Violet (musical), Violet'' – music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics and book by Brian Crawley, based on "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts (a Theater Latte Da production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Coward's Women'' – music by Noël Coward, concept by Michael Todaro (a Producing House production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Yellow Face (play), Yellow Face'' – by David Henry Hwang (a Mu Performing Arts production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2010: **''Tiny Disasters'' – by Cory Hinkle and the cast and director *''Circle Mirror Transformation'' – by Annie Baker

Walker Art Center's McGuire Theater

*''The Walworth Farce'' – by Enda Walsh (a Druid Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series and the Walker Art Center)
season play guides

2010s

Artistic Directors: Joe Dowling (1995–2015), Joseph Haj (2015–present) Stages: Wurtele Thrust Stage, McGuire Proscenium Stage, Dowling Studio Directors Wurtele Thrust Stage: Libby Appel, Lou Bellamy, Lileana Blain-Cruz, David Bolger, Timothy Bond, Gary Gisselman, Joe Chvala, Joe Dowling, Wendy Goldberg, Joseph Haj, Lavina Jadhwani, Lauren Keating, Marcela Lorca, Christopher Luscombe, Marion McClinton, Ethan McSweeny, Rob Melrose, John Miller-Stephany, Jonathan Munby, Lisa Peterson, Roger Rees, Sarah Rasmussen, Blake Robison, Leigh Silverman, Francesca Zambello, Mary Zimmerman McGuire Proscenium Stage: Maria Aitken, Christopher Bayes, Ian Belknap, Lou Bellamy, Desdemona Chiang, Rachel Chavkin, Valerie Curtis-Newton, Joe Dowling, David Esbjornson, Wendy Goldberg, Ramin Gray, Joseph Haj, David Ivers, Terry Johnson, Michael Kahn (theatre director), Michael Kahn, Marcela Lorca, Taibi Magar, Meredith McDonough, Patricia McGregor, Ethan McSweeny, Jeffrey Meanza, John Miller-Stephany, Lisa Peterson, John Rando, Emma Rice, Lisa Rothe, Peter Rothstein, Mark Rucker, Mark Rylance, Joel Sass, Dominique Serrand, Casey Stangl, Max Stafford-Clark, Lyndsey Turner, Claire van Kampen, Kate Whoriskey, Mary Zimmerman

2010–11

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''The Master Butchers Singing Club'' – adapted by Marsha Norman from The Master Butchers Singing Club, the book by Louise Erdrich *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''The Winter's Tale'' – by

*''Arsenic and Old Lace (play), Arsenic and Old Lace'' – by Joseph Kesselring *''H.M.S. Pinafore'' – by Gilbert and Sullivan

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''The Great Game: Afghanistan'' – by Richard Bean, Lee Blessing, David Edgar, David Greig, Amit Gupta, Ron Hutchinson (screenwriter), Ron Hutchinson, Stephen Jeffreys, Abi Morgan, Ben Ockrent, Simon Stephens, Colin Teevan and Joy Wilkinson (a Tricycle Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The 39 Steps (play), The 39 Steps'' – adapted by Patrick Barlow *''Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'' – by August Wilson (a Penumbra Theatre Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Arms and the Man'' – by

*''God of Carnage'' – by Yasmina Reza

Dowling Studio

*''Cowboy Versus Samurai'' – by Michael Golamco (a Mu Performing Arts production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Little Eyes'' – by Cory Hinkle (a Workhaus Collective production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Song of Extinction'' – by EM Lewis (a Theater Latté Da production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Heaven'' – music by Chan Poling (a Flying Foot Forum production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2011: **''THE ORESTEIA VARIATIONS'', based on the ''Oresteia'' trilogy: ***''Until We See Three of Everything'' – by Cory Hinkle ***''Reverb'' – by Mat Smart
season play guides

2011–12

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Much Ado About Nothing'' – by

*''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' – by

*''Hay Fever (play), Hay Fever'' – by Noël Coward *''The Amen Corner'' – by James Baldwin (A Penumbra Theatre Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The Sunshine Boys'' – by Neil Simon

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''The Burial at Thebes'' – by Seamus Heaney *''Charley's Aunt'' – by Brandon Thomas (playwright), Brandon Thomas *''End of the Rainbow'' – by Peter Quilter *''Time Stands Still (play), Time Stands Still'' – by Donald Margulies *''Roman Holiday'' – music and lyrics by Cole Porter, book by Paul Blake, based on Roman Holiday, the Paramount Pictures motion picture

Dowling Studio

*''The Edge Of Our Bodies'' – by Adam Rapp *''

'' – by

(The Acting Company in association with the Guthrie Theater) *''The Birds'' – by Conor McPherson, from The Birds (story), the short story by Daphne du Maurier *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2012: **''O BRAVE NEW WORLD'', based on Shakespeare's ''The Tempest'': ***''Golden Age'' – by Gregory S. Moss ***''In Game or Real'' – by Victoria Stewart *''Are You Now or Have You Ever Been...'' – by Carlyle Brown (a Carlyle Brown & Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater). *''Anytown'' – music by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (a Shapiro & Smith Dance production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Swimming with My Mother'' – concept by David Bolger (a CoisCéim Dance Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''Trick Boxing'' – by Brian Sostek and Megan McClellan (a Sossy Mechanics production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The Brothers Size'' – by Tarell Alvin McCraney (a Pillsbury House Theatre and Mount Curve Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater)
season play guides

2012–13

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Tales from Hollywood'' – by Christopher Hampton *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''Long Day's Journey into Night'' – by Eugene O’Neill *''

'' – by

(a Propeller (theatre company), Propeller production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''

'' – by

(a Propeller (theatre company), Propeller production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The Primrose Path (play), The Primrose Path'' – by Crispin Whittell, based on the novel ''Home of the Gentry'' by Ivan Turgenev *''Pride and Prejudice'' – adapted by Simon Reade from Pride and Prejudice, the book by Jane Austen

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Appomattox (play), Appomattox'' – by Christopher Hampton *''Servant of Two Masters, The Servant of Two Masters'' – by

, adapted by Constance Congdon from a translation by Christina Sibul (a Yale Repertory Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Other Desert Cities'' – by Jon Robin Baitz *''Nice Fish'' – by Mark Rylance and Louis Jenkins (poet), Louis Jenkins, based on the poetry of Louis Jenkins *''Clybourne Park'' – by Bruce Norris (playwright), Bruce Norris

Dowling Studio

*''Embers (play), Embers'' – by Christopher Hampton, based on Embers (novel), the novel by Sándor Márai as translated by Carol Brown Janeway *''

'' – by

(The Acting Company in association with the Guthrie Theater) *''Buzzer'' – by Tracey Scott Wilson (a Pillsbury House Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2013: **''Those Who Favor Fire'' – by Aditi Brennan Kapil **''South Street'' – by Carson Kreitzer *''Yellow Fever (play), Yellow Fever'' – by Rick Shiomi, R.A. Shiomi (a Mu Performing Arts production presented by the Guthrie Theater)
season play guides

2013–14

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''

'' – by Anton Chekov *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''Othello'' – by

*''Crimes of the Heart'' – by Beth Henley *''My Fair Lady'' – book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Tribes (play), Tribes'' – by Nina Raine *''Born Yesterday (play), Born Yesterday'' – by Garson Kanin *''Tristan and Iseult, Tristan and Yseult'' – by Anna Maria Murphy and Carl Grose, adapted by Emma Rice (a Kneehigh Theatre production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The Mountaintop'' – by Katori Hall (a Penumbra Theatre Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''

'' – by

(The Acting Company in association with the Guthrie Theater) *''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' – by Tom Stoppard (The Acting Company in association with the Guthrie Theater) *''Our Country's Good'' – by Timberlake Wertenbaker (an Out of Joint Theatre Company, Out of Joint and Octagon Theatre, Bolton, Octagon Theatre Bolton production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'' – by Christopher Durang

Dowling Studio

*''Moon Show 143'' – by Kyle Loven (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''How to be a Korean Woman'' – written and performed by Sun Mee Chomet (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''An Iliad'' – by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare, adapted from Homer as translated by Robert Fagles *''Skiing on Broken Glass'' – by David Goldstein *''Freud's Last Session'' – by Mark St. Germain *''Abe Lincoln and Uncle Tom in the White House'' – by Carlyle Brown (a Carlyle Brown & Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2014: **''Peter Piper'' – by Trista Baldwin **''The Hidden People: Part One'' – by Joe Waechter *''The Three Musketeers'' – by John Heimbuch, adapted from The Three Musketeers, the novel by Alexandre Dumas (a Walking Shadow Theatre Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater)

2014–15

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''The Heidi Chronicles'' – by Wendy Wasserstein *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''

'' – by

*''The Crucible'' – by

*''The Music Man'' – music, lyrics, and book by Meredith Willson, story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''The White Snake'' – by Mary Zimmerman, based on Legend of the White Snake, the Chinese fable *''The Cocktail Hour'' – by A. R. Gurney *''Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play'' – by Anne Washburn *''Juno and the Paycock'' – by Seán O'Casey *''Stage Kiss'' – by Sarah Ruhl

Dowling Studio

*''Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet'' – by Tarell Alvin McCraney (a Pillsbury House Theatre and Mount Curve Company production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''A Steady Rain'' – by Keith Huff (an Odyssey Theatre Ensemble production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Relics'' – an immersive performance created by Sarah Agnew, Nick Golfis and Chantal Pavageaux (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Jonah and the Whale: A New Musical'' – book by Tyler Mills, music and lyrics by David Darrow and Blake Thomas (a 7th House Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' – by Jeffrey Hatcher, adapted from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the novel by Mark Twain (The Acting Company in association with the Guthrie Theater) *''Telling: Minnesota 2015'' – The Telling Project presented by the Guthrie Theater *''The Nature Crown'' – conceived by Jon Ferguson, with text by Dominic Orlando (a Theatre Forever production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Macbeth'' – by

(The Acting Company in association with the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2015: **''Blue Stockings (play), Blue Stockings'' – by Jessica Swale **''Snapshots'' – a series of scenes from the dramatic canon *''Choir Boy'' – by Tarell Alvin McCraney

2015–16

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''To Kill a Mockingbird#Play, To Kill a Mockingbird'' – adapted by Christopher Sergel, based on the novel by Harper Lee *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''Pericles (play), Pericles'' – by

(in association with Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Folger Shakespeare Library#Performances and events, The Folger Theatre) *''A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: The 20th Century Abridged'' - by Taylor Mac (Singular Voices/Plural Perspectives series) *''Harvey (play), Harvey'' - by Mary Chase (playwright), Mary Chase *''South Pacific (musical), South Pacific'' - music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''The Events'' – by David Greig (dramatist), David Greig (an Actors Touring Company production presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''The Cocoanuts (musical), The Cocoanuts'' – music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, book by George S. Kaufman, adapted by Gregg Coffin *Two one-act comedies (in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company): **''The Critic'' – by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher **''The Real Inspector Hound'' – by Tom Stoppard *''Trouble in Mind'' - by Alice Childress *''Disgraced'' - by Ayad Akhtar

Dowling Studio

*''The Genealogy of Happenstance'' – by Allegra J Lingo (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''U/G/L/Y'' – by Shá Cage (a Freestyle Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Wrestling Jerusalem'' – by Aaron Davidman (Singular Voices/Plural Perspectives series) *''The Great Work'' – book by Grant Sorenson, music and lyrics by David Darrow (a 7th House Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The Amish Project'' – by Jessica Dickey (Singular Voices/Plural Perspectives series) *''You for Me for You'' – by Mia Chung (a Mu Performing Arts production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2016: **''Earthquakes in London'' – by Mike Bartlett (playwright), Mike Bartlett **''Snapshots'' – a series of scenes from the dramatic canon *''Telling: Minnesota 2016'' – The Telling Project presented by the Guthrie Theater *''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' - conceived and created by the company (A Four Humors production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Steven Mackey: Orpheus Unsung'' - conceived by Mark DeChiazza (presented by the Guthrie Theater and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra's Liquid Music)

2016–17

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Sense and Sensibility'' – adapted by Kate Hamill, based on Sense and Sensibility, the novel by Jane Austen *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''King Lear'' – by

*''The Bluest Eye'' – adapted by Lydia R. Diamond, based on The Bluest Eye, the novel by Toni Morrison *''Sunday in the Park with George'' – music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by James Lapine

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''The Parchman Hour: Songs and Stories of the '61 Freedom Riders'' – by Mike Wiley *''The Lion in Winter'' – by James Goldman *''The Royal Family (play), The Royal Family'' – by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber *''Battlefield (play), Battlefield'' – adapted by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, based on Mahabharata, the ''Mahabharata'' and The Mahabharata (play), the play by Jean-Claude Carrière (presented by the Guthrie WorldStage Series) *''Refugia'' – an original idea developed by The Moving Company *''Native Gardens'' – by Karen Zacarias

Dowling Studio

*''The Trump Card'' – by Mike Daisey (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Home Street Home'' – by zAmya Theater troupe with playwright Josef Evans (a zAmya Theater Project production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Hold These Truths'' – by Jeanne Sakata *''The Passage, or What Comes of Searching in the Dark'' – book, music, and lyrics by David Darrow (a 7th House Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Promise Land'' – by Transatlanic Love Affair (a Transatlantic Love Affair production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915'' – by Jackie Sibblies Drury *''She Went To War'' – The Telling Project presented by the Guthrie Theater *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2017: **''The American Clock'' – by

*''Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery'' – by Lloyd Suh (a Mu Performing Arts production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The New Griots Festival'' – founded by Josh Wilder and Jamil Jude (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''The Holler Sessions'' – by Frank Boyd

2017–18

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Romeo and Juliet'' – by

*''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''Indecent (play), Indecent'' – by Paula Vogel *''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'' – by Todd Kreidler, based on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, the screenplay by William Rose (screenwriter), William Rose *''West Side Story'' – based on a conception by Jerome Robbins, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Arthur Laurents

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Watch on the Rhine (play), Watch on the Rhine'' – by Lillian Hellman *''Leila's Death'' – by Ali Chahrour (presented by the Guthrie Theater and the Walker Arts Center) *''Blithe Spirit (play), Blithe Spirit'' – by Noël Coward *''Familiar (play), Familiar'' – by Danai Gurira *''An Enemy of the People'' – based on the play by

, by Brad Birch *''The Legend of Georgia McBride'' – by Matthew Lopez (playwright), Matthew Lopez

Dowling Studio

*''Mala'' – by Melinda Lopez (an ArtsEmerson production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Birds Sing Differently Here'' – created by Dylan Fresco, Taous Claire Khazem and Iraqi Voices program participants (an original theater piece presented by the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project) *Solo Emerging Artist Celebration **Antonio Duke – ''Tears of the Moon'' **A.P. Lopez – ''Foray Softly'' **Ifrah Mansour – ''How to Have Fun in a Civil War'' *''A People's History'' – by Mike Daisey (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *B.F.A Actor Training Program Class of 2018: **''Argonautika'' – by Mary Zimmerman, adapted from Argonautica, The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts *''Under This Roof'' – by Barbara Kingsley (a Full Circle Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Not Every Mountain'' – by Rude Mechs (a Rude Mechs production presented by the Guthrie Theater)

Public spaces in the Guthrie

*''BAD NEWS! i was there...'' – by JoAnne Akalaitis (presented by the Guthrie Theater)

Walker Art Center's McGuire Theater

*''887'' – by Robert Lepage (presented by the Guthrie Theater and the Walker Art Center)

2018–19

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Frankenstein - Playing with Fire'' – by Barbara Field, based on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley *''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''

'' – by

*''Metamorphoses (play), Metamorphoses'' – by Mary Zimmerman, based on the myths of Ovid *''Guys and Dolls'' – based on a story and characters of Damon Runyon, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Noises Off'' – by Michael Frayn *''The Great Leap'' – by Lauren Yee *''

'' – by

, adapted by Joseph Haj *''Floyd's'' – by Lynn Nottage

Dowling Studio

*''Two Degrees (play), Two Degrees'' – by Tira Palmquist (a Prime Productions production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Hot Funky Butt Jazz'' – by the Interact ensemble (an Interact production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Get Used To It: A Celebration of Queer Artistry'' **''Unexploded Ordnances (UXO)'' – by Lois Weaver, Peggy Shaw, and Hannah Maxwell (a Split Britches production presented by the Guthrie Theater) **Martha Graham Cracker's ''Lashed But Not Leashed'' – songs by Dito van Reigersberg, David Sweeny, Eliza Hardy, and Vince Federici (presented by the Guthrie Theater) **''Hi, Are You Single?'' – by Ryan Haddad (presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Caught'' – by Christopher Chen (playwright), Christopher Chen (a Full Circle Theater production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Leaves of Grass - Illuminated'' – by Patrick Scully (artist), Patrick Scully from the text by Walt Whitman (presented by the Guthrie Theater)

2019–20

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''

'' – by

*''

'' – by

, adapted by Crispin Whittell *''

'' – by

- *''Emma'' – based on Emma (novel), the novel by Jane Austen - *''Cabaret (musical), Cabaret'' – book by Joe Masteroff based on I Am a Camera, the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb -

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Steel Magnolias (play), Steel Magnolias'' – by Robert Harling (writer), Robert Harling *''Noura'' – by Heather Raffo *''The Bacchae'' – by Euripides, translation by Aaron Poochigian (a SITI Company production presented by the Guthrie) - *''Destiny of Desire'' – by Karen Zacarias, Karen Zacarías - *''Sweat (play), Sweat'' – by Lynn Nottage -

Dowling Studio

*''Zafira and the Resistance'' – by Kathryn Haddad (a New Arab American Theater Works production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Fast Company (play), Fast Company'' – by Carla Ching (a Mu Performing Arts, Theatre Mu production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Grey Rock'' – by Amir Nizar Zuabi (a Remote Theater Project production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Jogging'' – by Hannane Hajj Ali (presented by the Guthrie Theater)

2020s

Artistic Directors: Joseph Haj (2015–present) Stages: Wurtele Thrust Stage, McGuire Proscenium Stage, Dowling Studio

2020–21

2021–22

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''

'' – by

, adapted by Lavina Jadhwani *''

'' – by

*''Emma (play), Emma'' – by Kate Hamill, based on Emma (novel), the novel by Jane Austen

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''What the Constitution Means to Me'' – by Heidi Schreck *''A Raisin in the Sun'' – by Lorraine Hansberry *''Sweat (play), Sweat'' – by Lynn Nottage

2022–23

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''Vietgone'' – by Qui Nguyen *''

'' – by

, adapted by Lavina Jadhwani *''Blues for an Alabama Sky'' – by Pearl Cleage *''

'' — by

*''Into the Woods'' — by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''Sally & Tom'' – by Suzan-Lori Parks (in association with The Public Theater) *''The Little Prince (play), The Little Prince'' – by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar, based on The Little Prince, the novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry *''Born With Teeth'' – by Liz Duffy Adams (an Alley Theatre production presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Murder on the Orient Express'' – by Agatha Christie, adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig *''Shane'' – by Karen Zacarías, based on Shane (novel), the novel by Jack Schaefer (presented by the Guthrie Theatre in co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park)

2023-24

Wurtele Thrust Stage

*''The Importance of Being Earnest'' – by Oscar Wilde *''

'' – by

, adapted by Lavina Jadhwani *''Dial M for Murder'' – adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, from Dial M for Murder, the original story by Frederick Knott *''Richard II (play), Richard II'', ''Henry IV, Part 1'' and Henry IV, Part 2, ''Part 2'', and ''

'' – by

(presented as one three-part theatrical event) *''English (play), English'' – by Sanaz Toossi (in co-production with Goodman Theatre)

McGuire Proscenium Stage

*''For the People'' – by Ty Defoe and Larissa Fasthorse *''Art (play), Art'' – by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton *''On Beckett'' – by Bill Irwin (an Irish Repertory Theatre production produced by Octopus Theatricals and presented by the Guthrie Theater) *''Skeleton Crew (play), Skeleton Crew'' by Dominique Morisseau *''Little Shop of Horrors (musical), Little Shop of Horrors'' – by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, based on Little Shop of Horrors (film), the film by Roger Corman with screenplay by Charles B. Griffith

References

External links

"A history of the Guthrie Theater"
Guthrie Theater. (n.d.) {{webarchive, date=4 October 2024, url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241004221030/https://www.guthrietheater.org/globalassets/pdf/guthrie_history.pdf
Guthrie Theater web site
Theatre company production histories