THE ACTING COMPANY
REPERTORY REVIEW

During its 37 year history, The Acting Company has produced a varied repertoire of classics and new works for the stage.  Listed below in chronological order is TAC's repertory history at a glance along with archive photos featuring some of America's truly great actors.  Use the links to reach photo galleries of productions listed.



 

1972/73
PATTI LUPONE AND DAVID OGDEN STIERS IN
 THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
.
DIRECTED BY GERALD FREEDMAN. 
PHOTO BY STEPHEN AARON.
1972 -73
WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN
by Thomas Middleto
directed by Michael Kahn
THE LOWER DEPTHS
by Maxim Gorky
directed by Boris Tumarin
RING ROUND THE MOON
by Jean Anouilh
directed by Stephen Aaron
INTERVIEW
by Jean Claude Van Itallie
directed by Gene Lesser
THE INDIAN WANTS THE BRONX
by Israel Horovitz
directed by Gene Lesser
THE HOSTAGE
by Brendan Behan
directed by Gene Lesser
U.S.A.
by Paul Shyre and John Dos Passos
directed by Anne McNaughton *(1973-74)
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
directed by Gerald Freedman

 

1973 -74

NEXT TIME I’LL SING TO YOU
by James Saunders
directed by Marian Seldes
MEASURE FOR MEASURE
by William Shakespeare
directed by John Houseman
THE THREE SISTERS
by Anton Chekhov
directed by Boris Tumarin
*(1974-75;1975-76)
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
by John Gay
directed by Gene Lesser
THE KNACK
by Ann Jellicoe
directed by Garland Wright
SCAPIN
by Molière
directed by Pierre Lefevre
THE BEAR
by Anton Chekhov
directed by Boris Tumarin
THE DIARY OF ADAM AND EVE
FROM THE APPLE TREE
by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
directed by Gerald Gutierrez
 
 
1973-74
PATTI LUPONE, MARY JOAN NEGRO, MARY LOU ROSATO
IN THE THREE SISTERS.   DIRECTED BY BORIS TUMARIN. 
PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITZKI.

1974-75
MARY JOAN NEGRO, NORMAN SNOW, PETER DVORSKY IN
 EDWARD II.  DIRECTED BY ELLIS RABB.
 
1974 -7 5
EDWARD II
by Christopher Marlowe
directed by Ellis Rabb
PLAY
by Samuel Beckett
directed by Jack O ’Brien
THE ORCHESTRA
by Jean Anouilh
directed by Jack O ’Brien
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
by William Shakespeare
directed by Gerald Freedman *(1975-76;1976-77)
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
by William Saroyan
directed by Jack O ’Brien *(1975-76)
 

1975 -76
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
by Oliver Goldsmith
directed by Stephen Porter
ARMS AND THE MAN
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Edward Payson Call
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by William Shakespeare
directed by Gerald Gutierrez
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman
directed by Gerald Freedman
 
 
1975-76
KEVIN KLINE AND PATTI LUPONE IN
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM.
 DIRECTED BY GERALD FREDMAN.
 PHOTO BY ROBERT M. LIGHTFOOT III
   
1976 -77
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
by William Congreve
directed by Norman Ayrton
THE KITCHEN
by Arnold Wesker
directed by Boris Tumarin
CAMINO REAL
by Tennessee Williams
directed by Gerald Freedman *(1977-’78)
DUCK VARIATIONS
by David Mamet
directed by Gerald Gutierrez

 

1977 -78
KING LEAR
by William Shakespeare
directed by John Houseman
CHAPEAU
by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman
directed by Gerald Freedman
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN
by Bertolt Brecht
directed by Alan Schneider
 
1977/78
FRANCES CONROY AND MARY LOU ROSATO IN
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN,
DIRECTED BY ALAN SCHNEIDER.
PHOTO BY BERT ANDREWS.

1978-79
HARRIET HARRIS AND CHARLES SHAW-ROBINSON IN
 BROADWAY.  DIRECTED BY GERALD GUTIERREZ.
 
 
1978 -79
ANTIGONE
by Jean Anouilh
directed by Alan Schneider *(1979-80)
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare
directed by Nagle Jackson
A VOICE OF MY OWN
by Elinor Jones
directed by Amy Saltz
BROADWAY
by George Abbott and Philip Dunning
directed by Gerald Gutierrez *(1979-80)

 

1979 -80
THE WHITE DEVIL
by John Webster
directed by Michael Kahn
DOMINO COURTS
by William Hauptman
directed by Richard Hamburger
SPLIT
by Michael Weller
directed by Jonathan Furst
ELIZABETH I
by Paul Foster
directed by Liviu Ciulei

 

 
1979/80
LISA BANES AND CAST IN ELIZABETH I,
DIRECTED BY LIVIU CIULEI.
PHOTO BY MARTHA SWOPE.

 

1980/81
KEITH DAVID, RICHARD HOWARD, AND MICHELE-DENISE WOODS
 IN  A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. 
DIRECTED BY DAVID CHAMBERS AND CHRISTOPHER J. MARKLE .
PHOTO BY PETER CUNNINGHAM.
  1980 -81
WAITING FOR GODOT
by Samuel Beckett
directed by Alan Schneider *(1981-82)
IL CAMPIELLO, A VENETIAN COMEDY
by Carlo Goldoni
directed by Liviu Ciulei *(1981-82)
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
directed by David Chambers
and Christopher J.Markle *(1981-82)
 

1981 -82
THE COUNTRY WIFE
by William Wycherley
directed by Garland Wright *(1982-83)
TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare
directed by Michael Langham *(1982-83)
 
 
1981-82
LYNN CHAUSOW AND RICHARD IGLEWSKI IN 
THE COUNTRY WIFE
.  DIRECTED BY GARLAND WRIGHT.
  PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITZKI.

1982-83
RANDLE MELL AND PATTI LUPONE IN THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
 DIRECTED BY JOHN HOUSEMAN AND CHRISTOPHER J. MARKLE.
  PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITZKI.
 
1982 -83
TARTUFFE
by Molière
directed by Brian Murray
PERICLES
by William Shakespeare
directed by Toby Robertson *(1983-84)
PLAY AND OTHER PLAYS
by Samuel Beckett,
directed by Alan Schneider *(1983-84)
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
by Marc Blitzstein
directed by John Houseman
(Alumni Ensemble Production)

 
1983 -84
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
by William Shakespeare
directed by Michael Kahn
PIECES OF 8,
EIGHT CONTEMPORARY ONE-ACT PLAYS
directed by Alan Schneider *(1984-85)
THE CRADLE WILL ROCK
by Marc Blitzstein
directed by John Houseman
and Christopher J.Markle
 
 
1983-84
LIBBY COLAHAN, DELANE MATTHEWS, AND LAURA BRUTSMAN
 IN COME AND GO.  DIRECTED BY ALAN SCHNEIDER.
 PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITZKI.



1984-85
ANTHONY POWELL AND DAVID MANIS
 IN A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS BY PHILIP MASSINGER.
 PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITZKI.
 
1984 -85
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH
by Thornton Wilder
directed by Gerald Freedman
A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS
by Philip Massinger
directed by Michael Kahn
AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare
directed by Mervyn Willis *(1985-86)
 

1985 -86
ORCHARDS: SEVEN AMERICAN
PLAYWRIGHTS PRESENT STORIES
BY CHEKHOV
by Maria Irene Fornes,Spalding Gray,John
Guare,David Mamet,Wendy Wasserstein,
Michael Weller and Samm-Art Williams
directed by Robert Falls *(1986-87)
TEN BY TENNESSEE,A RETROSPECTIVE
OF ONE-ACT PLAYS BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by Michael Kahn
(Alumni Ensemble Production)

 

 
1985-86
ALED DAVIES, PHILIP GOODWIN AND ANTHONY POWELL
IN ORCHARDS. DIRECTED BY ROBERT FALLS.
 PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITZKI

1986/87
PATRICIA HODGES, LISA BANES AND
LAURA HICKS IN ON THE VERGE,
DIRECTED BY GARLAND WRIGHT.
PHOTO BY TONY TRIOLO.
 
  1986 -87
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by William Shakespeare
directed by Gerald Gutierrez *(1987-88)
THE GILDED AGE
by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
adapted by Constance Congdon
directed by Mark Lamos *(1987-88)
ON THE VERGE OR THE GEOGRAPHY
OF YEARNING
by Eric Overmyer
directed by Garland Wright
(Alumni Ensemble Production)
 

1987 -88
FIVE BY TENN,A RETROSPECTIVE OF
ONE-ACT PLAYS BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by Michael Kahn
KABUKI MACBETH
by Karen Sunde
directed by Shozo Sato
THE WITCH OF EDMONTON
by Thomas Dekker,John Ford
and William Rowley
directed by Barry Kyle
(Alumni Ensemble Production)
 
   
   
1988 -89
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST
by William Shakespeare
directed by Paul Giovanni
BOY MEETS GIRL
by Bella and Samuel Spewack
directed by Brian Murray
THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH
by Susan Nanus
based upon the book by Norton Juster
directed by Jennifer McCray

 
1989 -90
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare
directed by Leon Rubin *(1990-91)

 
   

1990-91
RANDLE MELL AND LISA BANES IN TENNESSEE WILLIAMS'
  THE LONG GOODBYE, ONE OF FIVE SHORT WILLIAMS' PLAYS
 THAT COMPRISE  FIVE BY TENN. DIRECTED BY MICHAEL KAHN.
 PHOTO BY TONY TRIOLO
  1990 -91
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
by William Shakespeare
directed by Charles Newell
FIVE BY TENN,A RETROSPECTIVE OF
ONE-ACT PLAYS BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
directed by Michael Kahn
Soviet and Eastern European Tour
(Alumni Ensemble Production)

 
1991 -92
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
directed by Joe Dowling
BLOOD KNOT
by Athol Fugard
directed by Tazewell Thompson

 
 
1991-92
JEFFREY WRIGHT AS PUCK IN MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
 DIRECTED BY JOE DOWLING.  PHOTO BY DIANE GORODNITSKI. 

1993-94
THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS RICHARD III (1993-94)
PHOTO BY T. CHARLES ERICKSON
  1993 -94
THE AFRICAN COMPANY PRESENTS
"RICHARD III"
by Carlyle Brown
directed by Clinton Turner Davis *(1994-95)
A DOLL HOUSE
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Zelda Fichandler *(1994-95)
TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare,directed by Bartlett Sher

 
1994 -95
OTHELLO
by William Shakespeare,
directed by Penny Metropulos

 
 
1994-95
KATE FORBES AND EZRA KNIGHT IN OTHELLO
DIRECTED BY PENNY METROPULOS.
 PHOTO BY T. CHARLES ERICKSON
    1995 -96
ARMS AND THE MAN
by George Bernard Shaw,
directed by Mark Rucker
KING HENRY V
by William Shakespeare,
directed by Mary Lou Rosato
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
directed by Gerald Freedman
(Alumni Ensemble Production)

 
1996 -97
AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare,directed by Liviu Ciulei
THE GLASS MENAGERIE
by Tennessee Williams,
directed by Gregory S.Hurst
MUD, RIVER, STONE
by Lynn Nottage,directed by Seret Scott

 
 
1996/97
DANNY SWARTZ AND HEATHER ROBISON IN
T HE GLASS MENAGERIE, DIRECTED BY GREGORY S. HURST.
PHOTO BY  T. CHARLES ERICKSON.
 


1997/98
LISA THARPS AND JASON ALAN CARVEL
IN LOVE’S FIRE, DIRECTED BY MARK LAMOS.
PHOTO BY MICHAL DANIEL.

   

1997 -98
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare,directed by James Bundy
LOVE’S FIRE: FRESH NUMBERS
BY SEVEN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS
by Eric Bogosian,William Finn,John Guare,
Tony Kushner,Marsha Norman,Ntozake Shange
and Wendy Wasserstein,directed by Mark Lamos

 

 

1998 -99
TWELFTH NIGHT
by William Shakespeare,
directed by Penny Metropulos
TARTUFFE
by Molière, directed by Mark Ax,
based on Garland Wright ’s original production

 

   


1998-99
ANDREW MCGINN, RAYME CORNELL, AND CHRISTOPHER JEAN
 IN TARTUFFE.  DIRECTED BY MARK AX. 
PHOTO BY T. CHARLES ERICKSON.


1999/2000
 THE RIVALS,
DIRECTED BY NICHOLAS MARTIN.
PHOTO BY CAROL ROSEGG.
  1999 -2000
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare,
directed by Anne Justine D ’Zmura
THE RIVALS
by Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
directed by Nicholas Martin

 
 

2000 -01
O PIONEERS!
adapted by Darrah Cloud from the novel by Willa
Cather,with music composed by Kim D.
Sherman,directed by Richard Corley
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by William Shakespeare
directed by John Rando

 

   


2000-01
EVAN ROBERTSON AND GRACE HSU IN O PIONEERS!
DIRECTED BY RICHARD CORLEY.  PHOTO BY KEN HOWARD


2001-02
ROSLYN RUFF AND JIMONN COLE IN PUDD'NHEAD WILSON.
 DIRECTED BY WALTER DALLAS.  PHOTO BY KEN HOWARD.
  2001 -02
PUDD’NHEAD WILSON
adapted by Charles Smith
from the novel by Mark Twain
directed by Walter Dallas
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
by William Shakespeare
directed by Eve Shapiro
2002 -03
AMERICAN DREAMS: LOST AND FOUND
adapted by Richard Corley
from the book by Studs Terkel
directed by Rebecca Guy
AS YOU LIKE IT
by William Shakespeare
directed by Richard Corley
 


 

Glenn Peters in MURDER BY POE.  Photo by Richard Termine for The Acting Company
2003-04
GLENN PETERS IN MURDER BY POE.
 DIRECTED BY JOHN MILLER-STEPHANY.  PHOTO BY RICHARD TERMINE.
  2003 -04
MURDER BY POE

by Jeffrey Hatcher
based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe
directed by John Miller-Stephany
RICHARD III
by William Shakespeare
directed by Eve Shapiro

 

2004 -05
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
by Jeffrey Hatcher
adapted from the novel by Henry James
directed by Davis McCallum
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
by William Shakespeare
directed by Matt August

 

 
2005-06
TIMOTHY CARTER, CHAD HOEPPNER, DAVID FOUBERT AND CEDRIC HAYMAN IN THE THREE MUSKETEERS.
DIRECTED BY CASEY BIGGS.  PHOTO BY RICHARD TERMINE.

2006-07
HANNAH CABELL AND CHRISTOPHER ODEN IN JANE EYRE.
 DIRECTED BY DAVIS McCALLUM.  PHOTO BY RICHARD TERMINE.
  2005 -06
THE THREE MUSKETEERS

by Linda Alper, Douglas Langworthy and Penny Metropulos
based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas
directed by Casey Biggs
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
directed by Eve Shapiro

 

2006 -07
JANE EYRE
by Polly Teale
adapted from the novel by Charlotte Bronte
directed by Davis McCallum
 

 

 
2007-08
SETH DUERR IN THE MOBY DICK REHEARSED.
DIRECTED BY CASEY BIGGS.  PHOTO BY JAMES CULP.
 
 

 

  2007 -08
MOBY DICK REHEARSED
Orson Welles’ stage adaptation of the classic novel by Herman Melville
directed by Casey Biggs
THE TEMPEST
by William Shakespeare
directed by Davis McCallum
 
   

 

2008 -09
HENRY V
by William Shakespeare
directed by Davis McCallum

THE SPY
James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
 

 

 

2008-09
MATTHEW AMENDT IN HENRY V.
DIRECTED BY DAVIS McCALLUM.  .  PHOTO BY MICHAL DANIEL.

 

   

 

   

2009 -10
THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
Rebecca Gilman's stage adaptation of
the classic novel by Carson McCullers
directed by Doug Hughes

ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare
directed by Penny Metropulos

   

 

(*)Signifies remained in repertory
during seasons indicated

   

 


 

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