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Theatre Intime is an American entirely student-run
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tic arts not-for-profit organization operating out of the Hamilton Murray Theater at
Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
, located in
Princeton, New Jersey The Municipality of Princeton is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, Borough of Princeton and Pri ...
. Intime receives no direct support from the university, and is entirely acted, produced, directed, teched and managed by a board of students that is elected once a semester. "Students manage every aspect of Theatre Intime, from choosing the plays to setting the ticket prices."


History

Theatre Intime was founded in 1920 by a group of
Princeton Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the Unit ...
undergraduates; in 1922 it took over the Hamilton Murray Theater as its stage. It has presented the American premieres of several plays by prominent creators, including
Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau ( , ; ; 5 July 1889 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde artists of the 20th-c ...
's ''The Typewriter'' and W. H. Auden's '' Age of Anxiety''. Members of the troupe have included
Jimmy Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military aviator. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morali ...
,
Joshua Logan Joshua Lockwood Logan III (October 5, 1908 – July 12, 1988) was an American theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, and actor. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing the musical '' South Pacific'' and was involved in writing ...
, Larry Strichman,
William Hootkins William Michael Hootkins (July 5, 1948 – October 23, 2005) was an American actor. He was best known for supporting roles in Hollywood blockbusters such as ''Star Wars'', ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', and ''Batman''. Early life Hootkins was born ...
, John C. Vennema,
Roger Berlind Roger Stuart Berlind (June 27, 1930December 18, 2020) was a New York City theatrical producer who won 25 Tony Awards and a board member of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. He was one of the founders of Carter, Berlind, ...
,
Mark Feuerstein Mark Feuerstein (; born June 8, 1971) is an American actor. He had an early, recurring role on the NBC sitcom ''Caroline in the City'', playing the title character's boyfriend, and later gained notice in a guest appearance on an episode of Sex ...
, Charles Scribner,
Clark Gesner Clark Gesner (March 27, 1938 – July 23, 2002)Clark Gesner
at the
Richard Greenberg Richard Greenberg (born February 22, 1958) is an American playwright and television writer known for his subversively humorous depictions of middle-class American life. He has had more than 25 plays premiere on and Off-Broadway in New York City ...
,
Winnie Holzman Winnie Holzman is an American playwright, screenwriter, actress, and producer. She is best known for writing the book of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical '' Wicked'', and for co-writing the screenplays for the two films based on the music ...
, Mark Nelson, and
Wentworth Miller Wentworth Earl Miller III (born June 2, 1972) is an American actor known for playing the role of Michael Scofield in ''Prison Break'', for which he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in ...
.Ho, Rodney. "A big break on ‘Prison Break’ Wentworth Miller ’95 lands lead TV role" PAW: Alumni Spotlight 5 Apr. 2006. http://www.princeton.edu/paw/web_exclusives/alumni_spotlight/as_040506miller.html. In the late 1920s, the group spawned a summer theater project, the
University Players The University Players was primarily a summer stock theater company located in West Falmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, from 1928 to 1932. It was formed in 1928 by eighteen college undergraduates. Notable among them were Eleanor Phelps of Vassar ...
, whose early members included Stewart,
Logan Logan may refer to: Places * Mount Logan (disambiguation) Australia * Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud * Logan City, local gove ...
, and
Henry Fonda Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American actor whose career spanned five decades on Broadway theatre, Broadway and in Hollywood. On screen and stage, he often portrayed characters who embodied an everyman image. Bo ...
. Later, a semi-professional summer company was founded by Charles Bernstein, class of 1967, and Jon Lorrain and Geoff Peterson, class of 1969. It was called 'Summer Intime.' In its first season, the company produced ''
The Night of the Iguana ''The Night of the Iguana'' is a stage play written by American author Tennessee Williams. It is based on his 1948 short story. In 1959, Williams staged it as a one-act play, and over the next two years he developed it into a full-length play, p ...
'', ''
Amphitryon 38 ''Amphitryon 38'' is a play written in 1929 by the French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, the number in the title being Giraudoux's whimsical approximation of how many times the story had been told on stage previously. Original productions ''Amphitryo ...
'', ''The Trial'' and ''
Arms and the Man ''Arms and the Man'' is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's ''Aeneid'', in Latin: ''Arma virumque cano'' ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Av ...
''. It paid salaries to its acting company by selling subscriptions to the Princeton community. Some years later, the name of the summer company was changed to Princeton Summer Theater. In November 2022, Theatre Intime celebrated its centennial after delays due to the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.


Board

The Intime board is composed entirely of current undergraduates. It is divided into two levels, the Managing Board, which includes roles such as Costumes Manager and House Manager and is elected every semester, and the Executive Board, which is headed by the General Manager and Production Manager and is elected once a year at the beginning of the spring term. The board is responsible for the maintenance and running of the theater as well as choosing the season every year from a list of submitted proposals.


Seasons

2024–2025 * ''The Harvest'' by
Samuel D. Hunter Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) is an American playwright living in New York City. Hunter was born in Pullman, Washington and raised in Moscow, Idaho. He is best known for plays ''A Bright New Boise'', which won the 2011 Obie Award for playwriting, ...
* ''
Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: ) was a character in Greek mythology and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several ...
'' by
Sarah Ruhl Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are ''Eurydice'' (2003), '' The Clean House'' (2004), and '' In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)'' (2009). She has been ...
* '' Carrie: The Musical'' by
Michael Gore Michael Gore (born March 5, 1951) is an American composer. He is the younger brother of singer Lesley Gore. Biography A 1969 graduate of the Dwight-Englewood School, Gore received the school's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2004. Gore, along wi ...
,
Dean Pitchford Dean Pitchford (born July 29, 1951) is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, e ...
, and Lawrence D. Cohen * ''Missing Dog, Very Helpful'' by Kristen Tan '26 * ''
King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...
'' by
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 ...
2023–2024 *Low Pay? Don't Pay! by
Dario Fo Dario Luigi Angelo Fo (; 24 March 1926 – 13 October 2016) was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. ...
, Translated by Joseph Farrell *All The Things They Wish They Said by Matthew Cooperberg '26 * Something Rotten by
Karey Kirkpatrick Karey Kirkpatrick (born December 14, 1964) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer. His films include ''Chicken Run'', '' The Rescuers Down Under'', '' James and the Giant Peach,'' '' Over the Hedge'', ''The Spiderwick Chronic ...
,
Wayne Kirkpatrick Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Greenville, MS, who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter and d ...
, and John O’Farrell *Pipeline by
Dominique Morisseau Dominique Morisseau (born March 13, 1978) is an American playwright and actress from Detroit, Michigan. She has written more than nine plays, three of which are part of a cycle titled ''The Detroit Project.'' She received a MacArthur Fellowship ( ...
*Yaga by Kat Sandler * Pippin by
Stephen Schwartz Stephen Lawrence Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as ''Godspell'' (1971), ''Pippin (musical), Pippin'' (1972), and ...
and
Roger O. Hirson Roger Overholt Hirson (May 5, 1926 – May 27, 2019) was an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his books of the Broadway musicals, '' Pippin'', for which he was nominated for a Tony Award, and ''Walking Happy''. He contributed ex ...
2022–2023 * Celebration and Party Time by
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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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 ...
by
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 ...
*Autumn Rewind by Le'Naya Wilkerson '25 *
Torch Song A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affect ...
by
Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He gained notice for his theater work in '' Torch Song Trilogy'', winning both the Tony Award for Best ...
2021–2022 *Sniper by Bonnie Culver *
Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a Shakespearean comedy, comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' (W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. ...
by
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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A Doll's House ''A Doll's House'' (Danish language, Danish and ; also translated as ''A Doll House'') is a three-act Play (theatre), play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 De ...
by
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 Laramie Project ''The Laramie Project'' is a 2000 American play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, Sar ...
by
Moisés Kaufman Moisés Kaufman (born November 21, 1963) is a Venezuelan American theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. He was awarded the ...
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Shrek the Musical ''Shrek the Musical'' is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation film ''Shrek'', along with elements of its sequels: ''Shrek 2'', '' Shrek Forever After' ...
by
Jeanine Tesori Jeanine Tesori, known earlier in her career as Jeanine Levenson, (born November 10, 1961) is an American composer and Arrangement, musical arranger best known for her work in the theater. She is the most prolific and honored female theatrical com ...
and
David Lindsay-Abaire David Lindsay-Abaire (né Abaire; born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play '' Rabbit Hole'', which also earned several Tony Award nominations. Lin ...
2020–2021 ''The 2020–2021 season was interrupted by the
COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. The Mainstage season was supplemented by a number of original festivals.'' *
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 ...
by
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 ...
2019–2020 *
Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice', classical pronunciation: ) was a character in Greek mythology and the wife of Orpheus, whom Orpheus tried to bring back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several ...
by
Sarah Ruhl Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are ''Eurydice'' (2003), '' The Clean House'' (2004), and '' In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)'' (2009). She has been ...
*
Measure for Measure ''Measure for Measure'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604 and first performed in 1604. It was published in the First Folio of 1623. The play centers on the despotic and puritan Angelo (Measure for ...
by
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 ...
*Antigonick by
Anne Carson Anne Patricia Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. Trained at the University of Toronto, Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across ...
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Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike ''Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike'' is a comedy play written by Christopher Durang. The story revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, ...
by
Christopher Durang Christopher Ferdinand Durang (January 2, 1949 – April 2, 2024) was an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in th ...
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Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial '' The String of Pearls'' (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend. A barber from Fleet St ...
by
Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received Lis ...
(music and lyrics) and
Hugh Wheeler Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987) was a British-American novelist, screenwriter, librettist, poet and translator. Born in London, he moved to the United States as a young man, and became a naturalized citizen in 1942. He h ...
(book)


2018–2019

* The Moors by Jen Silverman *
Iphigenia at Aulis ''Iphigenia in Aulis'' or ''Iphigenia at Aulis'' (; variously translated, including the Latin ''Iphigenia in Aulide'') is the last of the extant works by the playwright Euripides. Written between 408, after ''Orestes'', and 406 BC, the year of Eu ...
by
Euripides Euripides () was a Greek tragedy, tragedian of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to ...
*Iphigenia and Other Daughters by Ellen McLaughlin * The Luck of the Irish by Kirsten Greenidge * Cowboy vs. Samurai by
Michael Golamco Michael Golamco is an American playwright and screenwriter for film and television. He is of Filipino and Chinese American descent. Plays ''Achievers'' ''Achievers'' (2001) was Golamco's first full-length play, and was read publicly in New York ...
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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 ...
by
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 ...
*
Seascape A seascape is a photograph, painting, or other work of art which depicts the sea, in other words an example of marine art. The word originated as a formation from landscape, which was first used for images of land in art. By a similar de ...
by
Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), ''The Sandbox (play), The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), ''A Delicat ...


2017–2018

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The Flick ''The Flick'' is a play by Annie Baker that received the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and won the 2013 Obie Award for Playwriting. ''The Flick'' premiered Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in 2013. Productions ''The Flick'' debuted Off ...
by
Annie Baker Annie Baker (born April 1981) is an American playwright and film director. She is known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''The Flick'' (2013). She has written a string of plays which are set in the fictional town of Shirley: '' Body Awareness' ...
* Arcadia by
Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard (; born , 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and politi ...
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She Kills Monsters ''She Kills Monsters'' is a drama-comedy play by Qui Nguyen that debuted in 2011. It tells the story of Agnes Evans, an average woman who loses her parents and little sister Tilly in a car accident. Having been very distant from her sister while ...
by
Qui Nguyen Qui Nguyen is a Vietnamese playwright, screenwriter and director. He is best known for his plays '' She Kills Monsters'' and ''Vietgone''. He is also known for writing ''Raya and the Last Dragon'' and '' Strange World''. Career He is a play ...
* Stop Kiss by
Diana Son Diana Miae Son is an American playwright, television producer, and writer. She is known for her work on '' American Crime'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' Southland'', and '' Blue Bloods''. She, along with Brian Yorkey, has also served as ...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum ''A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (254–184 BC), specif ...
by
Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March22, 1930November26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received Lis ...
(lyrics),
Burt Shevelove Burton George Shevelove (September 19, 1915 – April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Biography Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Brown University and Yale (Master's degr ...
(book), and
Larry Gelbart Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series '' M*A*S*H'', and as co-writer of the ...
(music)


2016–2017

* Blue Heart by
Caryl Churchill Caryl Lesley Churchill (born 3 September 1938) is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non- naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.
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California Suite ''California Suite'' is a 1976 play by Neil Simon. Similar in structure to his earlier '' Plaza Suite'', the comedy is composed of four playlets set in Suite 203-04, which consists of a living room and an adjoining bedroom with an ensuite bath, ...
by
Neil Simon Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three ...
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Speech & Debate ''Speech & Debate'' is a 2017 American film directed by Dan Harris. The film is an adaptation of the play of the same name and was released on April 7, 2017, by Vertical Entertainment. Plot The film features three misfit students in a high s ...
by
Stephen Karam Stephen Karam (born ) is an American playwright, screenwriter and director. His plays '' Sons of the Prophet'', a comedy-drama about a Lebanese-American family, and '' The Humans'' were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2012 and 2016, ...
* ''
Agamemnon In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (; ''Agamémnōn'') was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans (Homer), Achaeans during the Trojan War. He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of C ...
'' by
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 ...
* ''
Mud Mud (, or Middle Dutch) is loam, silt or clay mixed with water. Mud is usually formed after rainfall or near water sources. Ancient mud deposits hardened over geological time to form sedimentary rock such as shale or mudstone (generally cal ...
'' by
Maria Irene Fornes Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...


2015–2016

* Gidion's Knot by Johnna Adams *
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo ''Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'' is a play by Rajiv Joseph. The show is about "a tiger that haunts the streets of present-day Baghdad seeking the meaning of life. As he witnesses the puzzling absurdities of war, the tiger encounters Americans ...
by
Rajiv Joseph Rajiv Joseph (born June 16, 1974) is an American playwright. He was named a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'', and he won an Obie Award for Best New American Play for his play ''Descr ...
* When Dawn Breaks (an adaptation of
One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' (, ), is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled in the Arabic language during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights'', from the first English-language edition ( ...
) by Nico Krell '18 * Harvey by Mary Chase * Oleanna by
David Mamet David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony Award, Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and ''Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first ...


2014–2015

*
Red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a seconda ...
by John Logan *
Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...
by
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 Little Dog Laughed ''The Little Dog Laughed'' is a 2006 American comedy play by Douglas Carter Beane. The four characters are an actor, Mitchell; his acerbic agent Diane; a hustler named Alex; and Alex's girlfriend Ellen. When Mitchell and Alex become involved in ...
by
Douglas Carter Beane Douglas Carter Beane is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has been nominated for five Tony Awards and won two Drama Desk Awards. His plays are essentially works with sophisticated, "drawing room" humor but just as often farce, par ...
* La Cage aux Folles by
Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter, known for his distinctive gravelly voice. He gained notice for his theater work in '' Torch Song Trilogy'', winning both the Tony Award for Best ...
(book) and
Jerry Herman Gerald Sheldon Herman (July 10, 1931December 26, 2019) was an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway theatre. One of the most commercially successful Broadway songwriters of his time, Herman was the composer and lyricist ...
(music and lyrics) *
How the Other Half Loves How may refer to: * How (greeting), a word used in some misrepresentations of Native American/First Nations speech * How, an interrogative word in English grammar Art and entertainment Literature * ''How'' (book), a 2007 book by Dov Seidma ...
by
Alan Ayckbourn Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. As of 2025, he has written and produced 90 full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen ...


2013–2014

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Fuddy Meers ''Fuddy Meers'' is an American play by David Lindsay-Abaire. It tells the story of an amnesiac, Claire, who awakens each morning as a blank slate on which her husband and teenage son must imprint the facts of her life. One morning Claire is abduc ...
by
David Lindsay-Abaire David Lindsay-Abaire (né Abaire; born November 30, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play '' Rabbit Hole'', which also earned several Tony Award nominations. Lin ...
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All My Sons ''All My Sons'' is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947, and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan ...
by
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 ...
* Frankenstein by
Robert Sandberg Robert Neil Sandberg, known professionally as R. N. Sandberg, is an American playwright and was a lecturer in the Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts and Department of English. from 1995 to 2022. A graduate of Upper Darby High School, ...
* The Language Archive by
Julia Cho Julia Cho (born July 5, 1975) is an American playwright and television writer. In March 2020 she was awarded the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize. Select full length plays ''99 Histories'' (2002) ''99 Histories'' is a drama portraying the ...
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Venus in Fur ''Venus in Fur'' is a two-person play by David Ives set in modern New York City. The play had its premiere off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company in 2010 and on Broadway in 2011. Productions ''Venus in Fur'' opened off-Broadway at the Clas ...
by
David Ives David Ives (born July 11, 1950) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is perhaps best known for his comic one-act plays; ''The New York Times'' in 1997 referred to him as the "maestro of the short form". Ives has also written ...
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The Drowsy Chaperone ''The Drowsy Chaperone'' is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar. The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theater fan who, feeling "blue", decides to pl ...
by Bob Martin and
Don McKellar Don McKellar (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave. He is known for directing and writing th ...
(book),
Lisa Lambert Lisa Lambert (born December 1962 in Washington, D.C.) is an actress, comedy writer, and Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway th ...
and Greg Morrison (music and lyrics) * Everything In Isolation by Ava Geyer '15


2012–2013

* Gruesome Playground Injuries by
Rajiv Joseph Rajiv Joseph (born June 16, 1974) is an American playwright. He was named a finalist for the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'', and he won an Obie Award for Best New American Play for his play ''Descr ...
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Wait Until Dark ''Wait Until Dark'' is a play by Frederick Knott, first performed on Broadway in 1966 and often revived since then. A film adaptation was released in 1967, and the play was published in the same year. Synopsis Susy Hendrix is a blind Greenwi ...
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Frederick Knott Frederick Major Paull Knott (28 August 1916 – 17 December 2002) was an English playwright and screenwriter known for complex crime-related plots. Although he was a reluctant writer and completed a small number of plays, two have become well ...
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Sight Unseen (play) ''Sight Unseen'' is a play by Donald Margulies. The play premiered at South Coast Repertory in 1991, and then was produced Off-Broadway in 1992 and on Broadway in 2004. Overview Jonathan Waxman is a Brooklyn Jew who has become a very wealthy, ...
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Donald Margulies Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play '' Dinner with Friends''. Background and education Margulies attended John Dewey High School in Brookly ...
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The Baltimore Waltz ''The Baltimore Waltz'' is a play by Paula Vogel. It revolves around a brother and sister who appear to be taking a European trip and is based on Vogel and her brother Carl's real-life experiences. The play had a workshop at the Perseverance Thea ...
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Paula Vogel Paula Vogel (born November 16, 1951) is an American playwright. She is known for her provocative explorations of complex social and political issues. Much of her work delves into themes of psychological trauma, abuse, and the complexities of hum ...
* Circle Mirror Transformation by
Annie Baker Annie Baker (born April 1981) is an American playwright and film director. She is known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''The Flick'' (2013). She has written a string of plays which are set in the fictional town of Shirley: '' Body Awareness' ...
* Sexy Imaginary Friend by Mark Watter '14 * June Groom by Rick Abbot


2011–2012

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Lost in Yonkers ''Lost in Yonkers'' is a play by Neil Simon. The play won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Production The play premiered at The Center for the Performing Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on December 31, 1990, then moved to Broadway at ...
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Neil Simon Marvin Neil Simon (July 4, 1927 – August 26, 2018) was an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly film adaptations of his plays. He received three ...
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Rock 'n' Roll Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...
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Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard (; born , 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and politi ...
* The Pavilion by Craig Wright * Dead Man's Cell Phone by
Sarah Ruhl Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, poet, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are ''Eurydice'' (2003), '' The Clean House'' (2004), and '' In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)'' (2009). She has been ...
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Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...
by Noël Coward * Admissions by Clayton Raithel, Dan Abromowitz, and Nora Sullivan * 7 Stories by Morris Panych


2010–2011

* Red Herring by Michael Hollinger *
This Is Our Youth ''This Is Our Youth'' is a play by American dramatist and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan. It premiered Off-Broadway in 1996 and since been produced all over the world, including the West End, Broadway, Sydney, and Toronto. Plot The play takes ...
by Kenneth Lonergan * Garden District by Tennessee Williams * Recent Tragic Events by Craig Wright *
Brighton Beach Memoirs ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The play is a coming-of-age comedy focused on the main character of Eugene Morris Jerome, a Jewish teenager from a Polish immigrant family. It is set in September 1937 in ...
by Neil Simon *
The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890) was an English man known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "The Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, ...
by Bernard Pomerance * Amateurs by Tom Griffin


2009–2010

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Proof Proof most often refers to: * Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition * Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength Proof may also refer to: Mathematics and formal logic * Formal proof, a co ...
by David Auburn * Venting by Mara Nelson-Greenberg *
Crime and Punishment ''Crime and Punishment'' is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was first published in the literary journal '' The Russian Messenger'' in twelve monthly installments during 1866.
by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus *
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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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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Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
by Michael Frayn *
Reefer Madness ''Reefer Madness'' (originally made as ''Tell Your Children'' and sometimes titled ''The Burning Question'', ''Dope Addict'', ''Doped Youth'', and ''Love Madness'') is a 1938/1939 American exploitation film about drugs, revolving around the me ...
by Kevin Murphy (books and lyrics) and Dan Studney (music) *
Catch Me If You Can ''Catch Me If You Can'' is a 2002 American crime comedy-drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks with Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, Amy Adams, and James Brolin in ...
by Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert


2008–2009

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Crimes of the Heart ''Crimes of the Heart'' is a play by American playwright Beth Henley. It is set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi in the mid-20th century. The play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. In 1986, th ...
by Beth Henley * Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends by Larry Larson and Levi Lee * Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman *
Metamorphoses The ''Metamorphoses'' (, , ) is a Latin Narrative poetry, narrative poem from 8 Common Era, CE by the Ancient Rome, Roman poet Ovid. It is considered his ''Masterpiece, magnum opus''. The poem chronicles the history of the world from its Cre ...
by Mary Zimmerman *
King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...
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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 ...
* Hey Boy Wonder! The Other Adventures of Ultraman by Shawn Fennell *
Our Town ''Our Town'' is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 ...
by Thornton Wilder


2007–2008

* The Violet Hour by Richard Greenberg *
Topdog/Underdog ''Topdog/Underdog'' is a play by American playwright Suzan-Lori Parks which premiered in 2001 off-Broadway in New York City. The next year it opened on Broadway, at the Ambassador Theatre, where it played for several months. In 2002, Parks rece ...
by Suzan-Lori Parks *
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, ...
by Thornton Wilder *
Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...
by William Shakespeare *
The Pillowman ''The Pillowman'' is a 2003 play by British-Irish playwright Martin McDonagh. It received its first public reading in an early version at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 1995, also a final and completed version of the play was publicly read i ...
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Martin McDonagh Martin Faranan McDonagh ( ; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright and filmmaker. He is known for his Absurdism, absurdist Black comedy, dark humour which often challenges the modern theatre aesthetic. He has won List of awards and no ...
* Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman * The Foreigner by Larry Shue


2006–2007

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Boston Marriage A "Boston marriage" was, historically, the cohabitation of two women who were independent of financial support from a man. The term is said to have been in use in New England in the late 19th–early 20th century. Some of these relationships were ...
by David Mamet * Cuchulain Comforted by W.B. Yeats * Equus by Peter Schaffer * Terra Nova by Ted Talley * Valentine at Bellevue by Joshua Williams *
Under Milk Wood ''Under Milk Wood'' is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh people, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. The BBC commissioned the play, which was later adapted for the stage. The first public reading was in New York City in 1953. A Under Milk Wood (1972 film), f ...
by Dylan Thomas * Glengarry Glenn Ross by David Mamet


2005–2006

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Buried Child ''Buried Child'' is a play written by Sam Shepard that was first presented in 1978. It won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national fame as a playwright. The play depicts the fragmentation of the American nuclear family ...
by Sam Shepard *
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind ''Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind: 30 Plays in 60 Minutes'' (Too Much Light or TML) was the longest running show in the history of theater in Chicago and was the only open-run Off-Off-Broadway show in New York. The show was originally perf ...
by The Neo-Futurists * Wonderland Salvage by Joshua Williams *
Fences A fence is a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary. Fence or fences may also refer to: Entertainment Music * Fences (band), an Amer ...
by August Wilson *
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? 'The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?' is a full-length play written in 2000 by Edward Albee which opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 Puli ...
by Edward Albee * College: The Musical by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola *
All My Sons ''All My Sons'' is a three-act play written in 1946 by Arthur Miller. It opened on Broadway at the Coronet Theatre in New York City on January 29, 1947, closed on November 8, 1947, and ran for 328 performances. It was directed by Elia Kazan ...
by Arthur Miller


2004–2005

* Fair Game by
Karl Gajdusek Karl Gajdusek (born 30 July 1968) is an American screenwriter, producer, and playwright. He was the showrunner for the first season of the Netflix series ''Stranger Things'' and the co-creator of the TV series '' Last Resort'' with Shawn Ryan. T ...
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Rumors A rumor (American English), or rumour (British English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences; derived from Latin 'noise'), is an unverified piece of information circulating among people, especial ...
by Neil Simon * The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard *
A Chorus Line ''A Chorus Line'' is a 1975 musical conceived by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is cent ...
by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante (book), Marvin Hamlisch (music), Edward Kleban (lyrics) *
Cymbeline ''Cymbeline'' (), also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in British Iron Age, Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concer ...
by William Shakespeare * T he Bald Soprano and The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco * Hannah and Martin by
Kate Fodor Kate Fodor is an American playwright and television writer. Her debut play, ''Hannah and Martin'', opened Off-Broadway on March 20, 2004 by the Epic Theatre Ensemble. The play, based on the relationship between political theorist Hannah Arendt and ...


2003–2004

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Hysteria Hysteria is a term used to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion. In the nineteenth century, female hysteria was considered a diagnosable physical illness in women. It is assumed that the bas ...
by Terry Johnson *
The Laramie Project ''The Laramie Project'' is a 2000 American play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, Sar ...
by Moisés Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project * No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre *
The Clouds ''The Clouds'' (, ''Nephelai'') is a Greek comedy play written by the playwright Aristophanes. A lampooning of intellectual fashions in classical Athens, it was originally produced at the City Dionysia in 423BC and was not as well received as th ...
by Aristophanes * The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek by Naomi Wallace *
Cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...
by John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics), and Joe Masteroff (book) * The Master and Margarita adapted by Peter Morris


2002–2003

* Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang * Men Without Shadows by Jean-Paul Sartre *
The Hothouse ''The Hothouse'' (1958/1980) is a full-length tragicomedy written by Harold Pinter in the winter of 1958 between '' The Birthday Party'' (1957) and '' The Caretaker'' (1959). After writing ''The Hothouse'' in the winter of 1958 and following th ...
by Harold Pinter *
Six Degrees of Separation Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of "friend of a friend" statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It is al ...
by John Guare * The Water Engine by David Mamet * Bums and Monkeys by David Brundige * The Fix by John Depsey (book) and Dana P. Rowe (music)


2001–2002

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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' is a play written by Paul Zindel, a playwright and science teacher. Zindel received the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for the work. The play ...
by Paul Zindel *
The Real Inspector Hound ''The Real Inspector Hound'' is a short, one-act play by Tom Stoppard. The plot follows two theatre critics named Moon and Birdboot who are watching a ludicrous setup of a country house murder mystery, in the style of a whodunit. By chance, t ...
by Tom Stoppard *
The Shadow Box ''The Shadow Box'' is a play written by actor Michael Cristofer. The play made its Broadway debut on March 31, 1977. It is the winner of the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. The play was made into a telefilm, directed ...
by Michael Christopher *
Man of La Mancha ''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay '' I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervan ...
by Dale Wasserman (book), Joe Darion (lyrics), and Mitch Leigh (music) *
The American Dream The "American Dream" is a phrase referring to a purported national ethos of the United States: that every person has the freedom and opportunity to succeed and attain a better life. The phrase was popularized by James Truslow Adams during the ...
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The Zoo Story ''The Zoo Story'' is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written in 1958 and completed in just three weeks. Productions Rejected by New York producers, the play premiered in West Berlin at the Schiller ...
by Edward Albee * Stop Kiss by Diana Son *
Rhinoceros A rhinoceros ( ; ; ; : rhinoceros or rhinoceroses), commonly abbreviated to rhino, is a member of any of the five extant taxon, extant species (or numerous extinct species) of odd-toed ungulates (perissodactyls) in the family (biology), famil ...
by Eugene Ionescu * Student Playwrights Festival *
Plaza Suite ''Plaza Suite'' is a comedy play by Neil Simon. Plot The play is composed of three acts, each involving different characters but all set in Suite 719 of New York City's Plaza Hotel. The first act, ''Visitor From Mamaroneck'', introduces the a ...
by Neil Simon


2000–2001

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Noises Off ''Noises Off'' is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of '' The Two of Us'', a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funni ...
by Michael Frayn *
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' is a play by Edward Albee first staged in October 1962. It examines the complexities of the marriage of middle-aged couple Martha and George. Late one evening, after a university faculty party, they rece ...
by Edward Albee *
Hedda Gabler ''Hedda Gabler'' () is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The world premiere was staged on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich. Ibsen himself was in attendance, although he remained back-stage.Meyer, Michael Lever ...
by Henrik Ibsen * Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman *
Picasso at the Lapin Agile ''Picasso at the Lapin Agile'' is a full-length play written by American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician Steve Martin in 1993. Description The play features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet at a ba ...
by Steve Martin * The House of Yes by Wendy MacLeod *
Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...
by William Shakespeare


1999–2000

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' is an absurdist, existential tragicomedy by Tom Stoppard, first staged at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1966. The play expands upon the exploits of two minor characters from Shakespeare's ''Hamle ...
by Tom Stoppard *
Educating Rita ''Educating Rita'' is a stage comedy by British playwright Willy Russell. It is a play for two actors set entirely in the office of an Open University tutor. Commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company, ''Educating Rita'' premièred at The ...
by Willy Russell * Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill * Jeffrey by Paul Rudnick *
Assassins An assassin is a person who commits targeted murder. The origin of the term is the medieval Order of Assassins, a sect of Shia Islam 1090–1275 CE. Assassin, or variants, may also refer to: Fictional characters * Assassin, in the Japanese adult ...
by Stephen Sondheim (music, lyrics) and John Weidman (book) * J.B. by Archibald MacLeish *
Beyond Therapy ''Beyond Therapy'' is a 1981 American play written by Christopher Durang. Synopsis This farcical comedy focuses on Prudence and Bruce, two Manhattanites who are seeking stable romantic relationships with the help of their psychiatrists, each of ...
by Christopher Durang * Student Playwrights Festival


1998–1999

* I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick *
Arms and the Man ''Arms and the Man'' is a comedy by George Bernard Shaw, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's ''Aeneid'', in Latin: ''Arma virumque cano'' ("Of arms and the man I sing"). The play was first produced on 21 April 1894 at the Av ...
by George Bernard Shaw *
Tartuffe ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; , ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy (or more specifically, a farce) by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical theat ...
by Molière * Extremities by William Mastrosimone *
The Mousetrap ''The Mousetrap'' is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie. The play opened in London's West End in 1952 and ran continuously until 16 March 2020, when the stage performances had to be temporarily discontinued during the COVID-19 pandemi ...
by Agatha Christie * The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe * Arcadia by Tom Stoppard * Student Playwrights Festival


1997–1998

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Brighton Beach Memoirs ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The play is a coming-of-age comedy focused on the main character of Eugene Morris Jerome, a Jewish teenager from a Polish immigrant family. It is set in September 1937 in ...
by Neil Simon *
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 ...
by Tennessee Williams *
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad ''Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition'' was the first play written by Arthur Kopit. Plot Described by the author as a "farce in three scenes", the ...
by Arthur Kopit *
Company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of legal people, whether Natural person, natural, Juridical person, juridical or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members ...
by Stephen Sondheim *
Hay Fever Allergic rhinitis, of which the seasonal type is called hay fever, is a type of rhinitis, inflammation in the nose that occurs when the immune system overreacts to allergens in the air. It is classified as a Allergy, type I hypersensitivity re ...
by Noel Coward * FOB (play) by David Henry Hwang * Student Playwrights Festival


1996–1997

* An Actors Nightmare and Sister Mary Ignatious Explains It All for You, by Christopher Durang * Pippin by Stephen Schwartz (music, lyrics) and Roger o. Hirson (book) * Guest Production: Murder, Mystery, Mayhem, by Marvin Cheiten '65, directed by Dan Berkowitz '70 * Keely and Du by Jane Martin * Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley * All in the Timing by David Ives * A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin * The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde


1995–1996

* Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare * Gatsby, adapted and directed by Erik Brodnax '96 from the novel * Burn This by Lanford Wilson, directed by Suzanne Agins '97 * The Bacchae by Euripides * Dime Store Zen, organized by Joseph Hernandez-Kolski * Bent by Martin Sherman * Daughters of Survival, 50 year memorial of female experience in Auschwitz, written and directed by Jennifer Huang '97 * True West by Sam Shepherd * Student Playwrights Festival


1994–1995

* Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally * Sexual Peversity in Chicago by David Mamet * Ducks by David Mamet * Across Jordan by Merle Field and Margaret Pine: Guest Production and World Premiere * Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton * The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang * Grotesque Lovesongs by Don Nigro * Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard * Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker * Dime Store Zen, a festival of scenes, dances and monologues organized by Kiersten Van Horne '95 * The Maids by Jean Genet * Student Playwrights Festival


1993–1994

* Vampire Lesbians of Sodom by Charles Busch * The Shadow Box by Michael Christopher * Hamlet by Pirandello * Buried Child by Sam Shepherd * The Tempest * Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling * Student Plays * Great Tuna by Gaston, Sears and Howard


1992–1993

* Little Footsteps by Ted Tally * Master Harold and the Boys by Atho Fugard * The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde * The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare * Noises Off by Michael Frayn * Another Antigone by A.R. Gurney * Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams * Solitary Confinement by Jeff Gothard '95


1991–1992

* Here Lies Jeremy Troy by Jack Sharkey * Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian * The Foreigner by Larry Shue * Deathtrap by Ira Levin * As You Like It * The Gospel of Luke by Bruce Kuhn * The Rehearsal by Jean Anouilh * Find Me by Olwen Wynmark * Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand * The Cherry Orchard * Student plays


1990–1991

* White Stones by Bill Boesky '88 * Laundry and Bourbon by James McLure * Talk Radio by Eric Bogosain * Hurlyburly by David Rabe * Rhinoceros by Ionesco * Amadeus by Peter Schaffer * Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett * Student Plays * Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon


1989–1990

* Luv by Murray Schisgal * No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre * Uncommon Women by Wendy Wasserstein * A Lesson from Aloes by Athol Fugard * Burn This by Lanford Wilson * Orphans by Lyle Kessler * Fool for Love by Sam Shepard * Student Plays * Dusa, Fish, Stas and Vi


1988–1989

* Brilliant Traces by Cindy Lou Johnson * Sister Mary Ignatius Explains Its All For You by Christopher Durang * Benefactors by Michael Frayn * In the Jungle of the Cities by Bertolt Brecht * Hair by Geronme Ragnim James Rando and Galt MacDermot * Blood Relations by Sharon Pollock * Old Times by Harold Pinter * Student Plays * The Day Room by Don Delilo


1987–1988

* Private Scenes * Play/ Come and Go/ What, Where, by Samuel Beckett, directed by Elizabeth Quainton '89 and Colgate grad Russel Reich * Equus by Peter Schaffer * The Promise by Alexei Arbuzov * The Prisoner of Second Avenue by Neil Simon * The Serpent by Jean Claude van Itallie * Aunt Dan and Lemon by Wallace Shawn * Student Plays * Mousetrap by Agatha Christie


1986–1987

* Condemned by Tennessee Williams * Alternative Voices in American Theater, led by Kevin Teal and Ilze Thielman * The Dutchman and The Sound of a Voice by David Hwang * Happy Birthday Wanda June by Kurt Vonnegut * The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard * Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley * Extremities by William Mastrosimone * The Time by Paul Schiff Berman '88


1985–1986

* Home Free by Lanford Wilson * The Maids by Jean Genet * Shivaree by William Mastrosimone * Blue Window by Craig Lucas * Twelfth Night * Dracula * Agnes of God by John Pielmeier * Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck


1984–1985

* Lone Star by Kevin Groome '85 * A Night Out by Harold Pinter * Performing by Michael Kaplan '85 * The Diviners by Jim Leonard * The Lion in Winter by James Goldman * Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard * Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee * Sexual Perversity in Chicago * Suddenly Last Summer by Tennessee Williams * Julius Caesar


1983–1984

* The American Dream by Edward Albee * Silence by Harold Pinter * Miss Julie by Strindberg * The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare * Curiculo by Plautus * Pippin by Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz * The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot * Nuts by Tom Topor * Dead Give-Away by Michael Rosenfeld '84, directed by Veronica Brady * Feiffer's People by Jules Feiffer


1982–1983

* Jack, or The Submission by Ionesco * The Bear by Anton Chekhov * On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov * A Marriage Proposal by Anton Chekhov * As You Like It * They Are Dying Out by Peter Handke * Adaptation by Elaine May * Plants and Waiters by William Anastasi * Brussels by Jacques Brel * The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson * Born Yesterday by Garson Kanvin * A Soldier's Tale by Igor Stravinsky * The Odd Couple by Neil Simon


1981–1982

* Feiffer's People by Jules Feiffer * The Loveliest Afternoon of the Year by John Guare * The Dumwaiter by Harold Pinter * Camino Real by Tennessee Williams * Misanthrope by Molière * Godspell by Stephen Schwartz * Black Comedy by Peter Schaffer * Lysistrata by Aristophanes * Stage Directions by Israel Horowitz * Aria de Capo by Edna St. Vincent Millay * Scenes from American Life by A.R. Gurney


1980–1981

* The Birdbath by Leonard Malfi * No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre * The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco * The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde * The Fifth Column by Ernest Hemingway * Harvey by Mary Chase * Man is Man by Bertolt Brecht * The Impresario by Gian Lorenzo Bernini * Lovers by Brian Friel * The Zoo Story by Edward Albee * A Child's Guide to American History * One woman show based on the life of Edna St. Vincint Millay, by Kelly Easterling '81


1979–1980

* A Jaques Brel by Jaques Brel * Welcome to Andromeda by Ron Whyte * Home Free by Lanford Wilson * The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter * The Norman Conquests by Alan Ayckbourn * Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen * A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by Peter Nichols * Antigone by Jean Anouilh * MIT Shakespeare Ensemble in Residence, performing The Winter's Tale


1978–1979

* Anatol by Arthur Schnitxler * Romeo and Juliet * The Typists by Murray Schisgal * 27 Wagons of Cotton, by Tennessee Williams * On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Chekhov * Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan * Aeneas in Flames by Billy Aronson '79, directed by Carol Elliott * The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman * Troilus and Cressida * MIT Shakespeare Ensemble in Residence.


1977–1978

* The Tiger * Anyone Can Whistle by Stephen Sondheim, directed by Geoff Rich '78 * When You Comin' Back Red Ryder? by Mark Medoff * House of Blue Leaves by John Guare * On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Chekhov * The Bear by Chekhov * The Chorus Girl by Chekhov * This Property is Condemned by Tennessee Williams * Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let me Listen by Tennessee Williams * Loot by Joe Orten


1976–1977

* How He Lied to Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw * Old Times by Harold Pinter * The Tempest * Don Juan by Molière * Sea Fantasy by Billy Aronson * Tonight at 8.30 by Noël Coward * The Vise by Pirandello * The Birdbath by Leonard Malfi * Ring Around the Moon by Jean Anouilh, directed by Geoff Rich '78 * Endgame by Samuel Beckett


1975–1976

* The Golden Fleece by A.R. Gurney * The Public Eye by Peter Schaffer, director Kate Stewart '77 * The Private Ear by Peter Schaffer, director by Mitchell Ivers '77 * All's Well That Ends Well * Lysistrata by Aristophanes * We're on the One Road * The Marriage of Bette and Boo by Christopher Durang


1974–1975

* The Typists by Murray Schisgal * The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon-Marigolds by Paul Zindel * The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard * After Magritte by Tom Stoppard * Lovers by Brian Friel * Ubu Cuckold by Alfred Jarry * The Puppet Show by Alexander Blok * The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht * The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams


1973–1974

* The Lover by Harold Pinter * Adaptation by Elaine Mat * Next by Terrence McNally * Balls by Paul Foster * The Successful Life of 3 by Maria Irene Fornes * Measure for Measure * Slow Dance on the Killing Ground by William Hanley * The American Dream by Edward Albee * The Sandbox by Edward Albee * Citizen Kong * 'Tis Pity She's a Whore by John Ford


1972–1973

* The Hundred and First by Kenneth Carmon * As you Like It * Electra by Euripides * Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie * Squanto by Jim Magnuson, directed by Professor Robert Knapp * Hay Fever by Noël Coward


1971–1972

* Dracula adapted from Tod Browning's film by Daniel Blackmon '73 and William Bowman '74 * Frogs! by Aristotle * Phaedra by Racine * The two Executioners by Arrabal * The Hostage by Brendan Behan * Woyzeck by Georg Buchner * The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw


1970–1971

* Zoo Story by Edward Albee * Swan Song by Chekhov * Three Penny Opera by Brecht * The Physicists by Friedrich Dürrenmatt * Endgame by Samuel Beckett * Henry IV Part I * Beyond the Fringe


1969–1970

* The Red Eye of Love by Arnold Weinstein * A Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt * The Happy time by Samuel Taylor * Marat/Sade


1968–1969

* The Dumbwaiter by Harold Pinter * The Lesson by Eugène Ionesco * The Clouds by Aristophanes * The Killer by Eugène Ionesco, Directed by Professor Frederic O'Brady * The World of Carl Sandburg * Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill * Slow Dance on the Killing Ground, by William Hanley, directed by Professor Robert Knapp * The Alchemist by Ben Jonson * An Irish Faustus by Lawrence Durrell, directed by Dan Berkowitz '70 * Moby Dick Rehearsed by Orson Welles * The Knack by Ann Jellicoe * The Madness of Lady Bright by Lanford Wilson


1967–1968

* Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas * The Balcony by Jean Genet * Incident at Vichy by Arthur Miller * The Misanthrope by Molier, Directed by Professor Frederic O'Brady * The Dumbwaiter by Harold Pinter * Hamlet * Luv by Murray Schisgal * Once Upon a Mattress by Jay Thompson, Marshall Baker and Dean Fuller * Miracle by Max Kerpelman and Barry Miles, directed by Geoff Peterson '69


1965–1966

* Th White Devil by John Webster * Sophocles' King Oedipus by W.B. Yeats * The Bespoke Overcoat by Wolf Mankowitz * You Can't Take It with You, by George Kaufman and Moss Hart * Little Mary Sunshine by Rick Besoyan * The Caretaker by Harold Pinter * The Taming of the Shrew * Those that I Fight by Joanna Russ * The Cat and the Canary by John Willard, directed by Geoff Peterson '69 * Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams * Thurber Carnival by James Thurber * The Romanticks (Les Romanesques), Edmond Rostand


1964–1965

* Inherit the Wind by Lawrence and Robert Lee * Passion, Poison, and Petrification by George Bernard Shaw * Mister Roberts by Joshua Logan, Princeton '31 and Thomas Heggen * Escurial by Michel de Gheldore * The Dumbwaiter by Harold Pinter * A Man's a Man by Bertolt Brecht


1963–1964

* The Potholder by Alice Gerstenberg * The Skin of Our Teeth * Kind Lady by Edward Choderate * Zoo Story by Edward Albee * The American Dream by Edward Albee * Billy Budd by Herman Melville


1962–1963

* Hello Out There by William Saroyan * Bedtime Story by Sean O'Casey * A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams * The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw


1961–1962

* The Fisherman by Jonthon Tree * Passion, Poison, and Petrification by George Bernard Shaw * Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas * Henry IV by Pirandello * Look Back in Anger by John Osbourne * Calvary by W.B. Yeats * A Night of the Trojan War by John Drinkwater * Passion, Poison and Petrification


1960–1961

* Purgatory by W.B. Yeats * Professor Taranna by Arthur Adamov * Recollections by Arthur Adamov * The Jew of Malta by Christopher Marlowe * Woyzeck by Georg Buchner * Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams * The Purification by Tennessee Williams * La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler


1958–1959

* A Masque of Reason by Robert Frost * World Without End * Beyond the Horizon by Eugene O'Neill * The Revenger's Tragedy by Cyril Trourneur * Ondine by Jean Giraudoux * Student Plays


1957–1958

* Hello OutThere by William Saroyan * Sweeney Agonistes by T.S. Eliot * The Rainmaker by Richard Nash * The Alchemist by Ben Jonson * The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams * Mother Loves me: A Freudian Fable by Clark Gesner, class '60, author of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown


1956–1957

* Alcestis by Euripides * Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw * Measure for Measure * Bound East for Cardiff by eugene O'Neil * Student Plays * The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk


1955–1956

* Liliom by Feremc Molnar * Clash by Night by Clifford Odets * Student Plays * The Braggart Warrior by Plautus


1954–1955

* Murder in the Cathedral * The Victors by Jean-Paul Sartre * The Knight of the Burning Pestle by William Congreve * Student Plays * Love for Love by William Congreve


1953–1954

* An Evening of Readings * Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw * Henry IV, Part I * Student Plays * Tartuffe by Molière


1952–1953

* Antigone by Jean Anouilth * Othello * The White Rooster, film adapted by Charles Robinson '54 * Student Plays * The Drunkard by Anonymous


1951–1952

* The Trojan War Will Not Take Place by Jean Giraudoux * Student Plays, including A Modern Romance by Edwin Conquest, directed by Roger Berlind Princeton, '52 * The Searching Sun by John O'Hara


1950–1951

* The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde * The Petrified Forest by Robert Sherwood * Henry IV * Volpone by Ben Jonson * Student Plays


1949–1950

* The School for Scandal by Sheridan * The Typewriter by Jean Cocteau * King Lear * Student Plays * Captain Brassbound's Conversion by George Bernard Shaw


1948–1949

* Yes Is for a Very Young Man by Gertrude Stein * The Cenci by Percy Shelly * A Christmas Carol * Heartbreak House by George Bernard Shaw * Student Plays * Boy Meets Girl by Bella dn Samuel Spewack


1947–1948

* High Tor by Maxwell Anderson * The Imaginary Invalid by Molière * Richard II * One on the House


1946–1947

* Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward * The Critic by Sheridan * The Scheming Lieutenant by Sheridan * Twilight Bar * Make Mine Sherry


1945–1946

* Break the Ice


1941–1942

* Jim Dandy by William Saroyan * Three White Leopards * Gabbatha * Give the Earth a Little Longer by Jules Romains * Come What April


1940–1941

* Our Boys by Bryon * Troilus and Cressida * Time of Their Lives by Robert Nail, Princeton '33 * The Lawyer by Ferenc Molnár * Raise Your Six


1928–1929

* Much Ado About Nothing * Crocadiles Are Happy * Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch by Alexei Tolstoy * The Torchbearers by George Kelly * The Old Timer by Charles Mather


1927–1928

* Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw * Open Collars by Erik Barnouw '29 * The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen * The Truth About Blayds by A.A. Milne * The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw


1926–1927

* Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe * Student Plays * Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw * Outward Bound by Sutton Vane * Hamlet 314]


1925–1926

* Where the Cross is Made by Eugene O'Neill * Wurzel-Flummery by A.A. Milne * The Proposal by Chekhov * Two Crooks and a Lady by Eugene Pillot * A Good Woman by Arnold Bennett * Candida by George Bernard Shaw * The Green Goddess by William Archer


1919–1920

* Le Ballet Intime * Ghost by Ibsen (last act) * Macbeth * Hamlet * The Glittering Gate by Lord Dunsany * Fame and the Poet by Lord Dunsany * Swine by Lewis Laflin '26 * A Game of Chess by Kenneth Sawyer Goodman * Sampson and Delilah by Ralph Kent '21 and Reginald Lawrence '21 * Interlude by A. Hyatt Mayor '22 * Isle of Paradise by Henry Hart '23 and Louis Laflin '26 * The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk


References


Sources

* Dorgers, Edward (1950) ''A History of Dramatic Production in Princeton NJ''. New York University: NLB * Princeton University. "Theatre Intime Facility To Be Renovated." 2000, https://pr.princeton.edu/news/00/q2/0427-intime.htm. Accessed 7 Mar 2019.


External links


Theatre Intime - Official websitePrinceton University Theater - Lewis Center for the ArtsTheatre~Intime Records 1919-2011
at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Curtain will rise in fall on newly renovated Theatre-IntimePrinceton University - Drawings unveiled for new theater at McCarterFrom Princeton to Primetime, 'Prison Break' star Wentworth Miller '95 remembers his time on campus- The Daily PrincetonianPrinceton Summer Theater- Official Website
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