American Players Theatre Production History

1980 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Ed Berkeley Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Directed by Ed Berkeley 1981 King John by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks The Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks 1982 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Mik Derks Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Directed by Mik Derks The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Mik Derks The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Mik Derks The Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Sandra Reigel-Ernst

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1983 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Mik Derks Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe Directed by Mik Derks Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso 1984 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Randall Duk Kim Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Randall Duk Kim The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Theodore Swetz A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Sandra Reigel-Ernst The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman 1985 The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst & Theodore Swetz Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst & Fred Ollerman The Proposal by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt

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1985 Continued On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt The Bear by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt 1986 Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman The Wedding by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt Swan Song by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt The Anniversary by Anton Chekhov Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst & Fred Ollerman Translated by John Wyatt The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Theodore Swetz & Fred Ollerman The Bear by Anton Chekhov Directed by Fred Ollerman Translated by John Wyatt The Proposal by Anton Chekhov Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst Translated by John Wyatt On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst Translated by John Wyatt

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1987 Hamlet by Anton Chekhov Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Theodore Swetz The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Theodore Swetz Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Sandra Reigel-Ernst The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by Jewel Walker Ivanov by Anton Chekhov Directed by Phoebe Brand & Morris Carnovsky Translated by John Wyatt 1988 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Sandra Reigel-Ernst The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Directed by John Wyatt & Theodore Swetz Translated by John Wyatt The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Michael Whaley Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Sandra Reigel-Ernst 1989 The Comedy of Asses (Asinaria) by Titus Maccius Plautis Directed and Translated by John Wyatt King Lear by William Shakespeare Directed by Morris Carnovsky & Phoebe Brand A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Directed by John Wyatt & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt

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1990 Macbeth by William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Whaley The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by Randall Duk Kim & John Wyatt The Proposal, Et Cetera! by Anton Chekhov Directed and Translated by John Wyatt An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt 1991 Tartuffe Directed by Randall Duk Kim & John Wyatt Translated by Richard Wilbur The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Whaley The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & John Wyatt Translated by John Wyatt 1992 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by Joseph Hanreddy William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long Our Town by Thornton Wilder Directed by Kathryn Long

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1993 The School for Wives by Molière Directed by Kathryn Long Translated by Richard Wilbur The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers King Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long 1994 The Learned Ladies by Molière Directed by Kenneth Albers Translated by Richard Wilbur As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar Directed by David Frank 1995 She Stoops To Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith Directed by David Frank Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long Henry V by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank

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1996 The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by James Bohnen Translated by Richard Wilbur The Country Wife by William Wycherley Directed by J. R. Sullivan The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Measure For Measure by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers 1997 The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by David Frank Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Directed by J. R. Sullivan Adapted and translated by Anthony Burgess Richard III by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen Antigone by Sophocles Directed by David Frank Translated by Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen 1998 Macbeth by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Smoots Wild Oats by John O'Keeffe Directed by J. R. Sullivan The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Directed by James Bohnen Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller Directed by David Frank Translated by Jeremy Sams

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1999 King Lear by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw Directed by William Brown Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen Pericles by William Shakespeare Directed by Julian Lo'Pez-Morillas The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen Directed by David Frank 2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Paul Barnes The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw Directed by David Frank The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol Directed by Risa Brainin Phédre by Jean Racine Directed by David Frank 2001 Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh Directed by David Frank As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Smoots All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov Directed by Risa Brainin Translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie Richard II by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank

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2002 A Penny for a Song by John Whiting Directed by David Frank The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw Directed by David Frank Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen 2003 Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Directed by James Bohnen Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Paul Barnes The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov Directed by Bill Brown The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank 2004 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank London Assurance by Dion Boucicault Directed by Peter Amster The Playboy of the Western World by J.M Synge Directed by David Frank Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley

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2005 The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by John Neville-Andrews Tartuffe by Molière Directed by David Frank Translated by Richard Wilbur Candida by George Bernard Shaw Directed by James Bohnen The Play's the Thing by Ferenc Molnar Directed by David Frank Adapted by P.G. Wodehouse Macbeth by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley 2006 The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder Directed by William Brown Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw Directed by James Bohnen Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Directed by Sanford Robbins 2007 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Directed by John Langs The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams Directed by William Brown Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley

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2008 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill Directed by John Langs Henry IV: The Making of a King by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen Widowers’ Houses by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Kenneth Albers The Belle’s Stratagem by Hannah Cowley Directed by David Frank The Desert Queen written & directed by James DeVita Featuring Sarah Day 2009 Up the Hill The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Kenneth Albers The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Hay Fever by Noël Coward Directed by William Brown King Henry V by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen In the Touchstone Theatre In Acting Shakespeare by James DeVita With the permission of Sir Ian McKellen Directed by John Langs Old Times by Harold Pinter Directed by Laura Gordon A Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill Directed by John Langs

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2010 Up the Hill As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare Directed by John Langs Another Part of the Forest by Lillian Hellman Directed by William Brown The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham Directed by James Bohnen Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw Directed by David Frank In the Touchstone Theatre Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Directed by Kenneth Albers The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien Directed by C. Michael Wright Exits and Entrances by Athol Fugard Directed by Kate Buckley The Gift of the Magi Book by James DeVita. Composed by Josh Schmidt. Lyrics by James DeVita & Josh Schmidt. Directed by James DeVita 2011 Up the Hill The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward Directed by David Frank The Critic by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by William Brown. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Directed by Kate Buckley The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen In the Touchstone Theatre The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Directed by Aaron Posner

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2011 Continued Crime and Punishment by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus. From the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Directed by Kenneth Albers The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney Directed by David Frank The Gift of the Magi

Book by James DeVita. Composed by Josh Schmidt. Lyrics by James DeVita & Josh Schmidt. Directed by James DeVita 2012 Up the Hill Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Diected by David Frank The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman Directed by Laura Gordon Richard III by William Shakespeare Directed by James DeVita The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie Directed by Kenneth Albers Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown In the Touchstone Theatre Skylight by David Hare Directed by John Langs Heroes by Tom Stoppard Directed by James Bohnen Translated from Gerald Sibleyras’s Le Vent des peupliers Shakespeare’s Will by Vern Thiessen Directed by Brenda DeVita In Acting Shakespeare by James DeVita Freely adapted from Sir Ian McKellan’s Acting Shakespeare Premiere production directed by John Langs (2009) The Gift of the Magi

Book by James DeVita. Composed by Josh Schmidt. Lyrics by James DeVita & Josh Schmidt. Directed by James DeVita 2013 Up the Hill

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel Too Many Husbands (aka Home and Beauty) by W. Somerset Maugham Directed by David Frank. Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by John Langs Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard Directed by James Bohnen All My Sons by Arthur Miller Directed by William Brown In the Touchstone Theatre Antony and Cleopatra: An Adaptation by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley Adapted by Kate Buckly & James DeVita Dickens in America by James DeVita Directed by C. Michael Wright Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel Directed by Kenneth Albers Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton. Adapted from the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Directed by Brenda DeVita 2014 Up the Hill The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Directed by William Brown. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Jim DeVita The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Aaron Posner The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. Translated by Carol Rocamora. Directed by John Langs In the Touchstone Theatre American Buffalo by David Mamet Directed by Kenneth Albers

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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Directed by Brenda DeVita Travesties by Tom Stoppard Directed by William Brown Alcestis by Euripides. Adapted & Translated by Ted Hughes. Directed by David Frank 2015 Up the Hill The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Directed by William Brown Pride and Prejudice adapted by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan From the novel by Jane Austen Directed by Tyne Rafaeli Private Lives by Noël Coward Directed by James Bohnen Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by John Langs In the Touchstone Theatre An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare Translated from Homer’s Iliad by Robert Fagles Directed by John Langs The Island by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona Directed by Derrick Sanders Edward Albee’s Seascape Directed by Laura Gordon The Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux Translated by Stephen Wadsworth Directed by David Frank