Production history of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Production history of plays performed by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as of 2020.
The Early Years (1930s)
In the early years, OSF only produced works of Shakespeare.Year | Play | Director | Theatre |
1935 | The Merchant of Venice | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1935 | Twelfth Night | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1936 | Romeo and Juliet | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1936 | The Merchant of Venice | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1936 | Twelfth Night | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1937 | Romeo and Juliet | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1937 | The Taming of the Shrew | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1937 | Twelfth Night | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1938 | Hamlet | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1938 | The Taming of the Shrew | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1938 | Twelfth Night | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1938 | The Merchant of Venice | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1939 | As You Like It | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1939 | The Taming of the Shrew | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1939 | Hamlet | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1939 | The Comedy of Errors | Angus L. Bowmer | Elizabethan Theatre |
1940 | As You Like It | William Cottrell | Elizabethan Theatre |
1940 | The Comedy of Errors | William Cottrell | Elizabethan Theatre |
1940 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Cottrell | Elizabethan Theatre |
1940 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Cottrell | Elizabethan Theatre |
In July of 1939, OSF was invited to present their production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Golden Gate International Exposition. The performance was broadcast nationally over NBC Radio. The interest drawn up by the national broadcast may have been the necessary exposure that allowed the Festival to return following World War II.
The Post-War Years (Late 1940s & 1950s)
The festival did not present any productions from 1941 to 1946. This was due to World War II and a fire that burned down the festival's original Elizabethan Theatre.In 1951, actors from the summer acting company formed the Vining Repertory. This "edition" of the festival was created to present plays in indoor venues that allowed the season to utilize more of the year when winter weather would prohibit outdoor performances. They performed for three seasons in a local venue known as the Lithia Theatre before a fire destroyed the stage, stock, and records. The name "Vining Repertory" was in honor of the brothers who founded the Lithia Theatre and who had died just before the creation of this "sub-company".
Year | Play | Director | Playwright | Theatre |
1947 | Hamlet | Frank Lambrett-Smith | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1947 | Love's Labour's Lost | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1947 | Macbeth | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1947 | The Merchant of Venice | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1948 | King John | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1948 | Love's Labor's Lost | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1948 | Othello | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1948 | The Merchant of Venice | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1949 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1949 | Othello | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1949 | Richard II | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1949 | Romeo and Juliet | Richard Graham | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1949 | The Taming of the Shrew | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1950 | Antony and Cleopatra | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1950 | As You Like It | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1950 | Henry IV, Part I | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1950 | The Comedy of Errors | Richard Graham | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1951 | King Lear | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1951 | Measure for Measure | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1951 | Henry IV, Part II | Philip Hanson | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1951 | Twelfth Night | Richard Graham | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
Fall 1951 | Antigone | William Oyler | Jean Anouilh Adapted by Lewis Galantiere | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Fall 1951 | On Monday Next | Richard Graham | Philip King | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Fall 1951 | Ten Little Indians | Philip Hanson | Agatha Christie | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Fall 1951 | The Late Christopher Bean | H. Paul Kliss | Sidney Howard | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Spring 1952 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Barbara Curtis | Joseph Kesselring | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Spring 1952 | Claudia | Philip Hanson | Rose Franken | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Spring 1952 | Death of a Salesman | H. Paul Kliss | Arthur Miller | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Spring 1952 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Richard Graham | Oscar Wilde | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
1952 | Henry V | Philip Hanson | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1952 | Julius Caesar | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1952 | Much Ado About Nothing | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1952 | The Tempest | Richard Graham | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
Fall 1952 | Dracula | Philip Hanson | Hamilton Deane John L. Balderston | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Fall 1952 | The Glass Menagerie | Richard Graham | Tennessee Williams | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Fall 1952 | The Show-Off | John E. Taylor | George Kelly | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
Fall 1952 | The Vinegar Tree | H. Paul Kliss | Paul Osborn | Lithia Theatre Vining Repertory |
1953 | Coriolanus | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1953 | Henry VI, Part I | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1953 | The Merchant of Venice | Richard Graham | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1953 | The Taming of the Shrew | Philip Hanson | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1954 | Henry VI, Part II | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1954 | Hamlet | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1954 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1954 | The Winter's Tale | H. Paul Kliss | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1955 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1955 | All's Well That Ends Well | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1955 | Henry VI, Part III | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1955 | Macbeth | H. Paul Kliss | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1955 | Timon of Athens | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1956 | Cymbeline | B. Iden Payne | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1956 | Love's Labor's Lost | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1956 | Richard III | Allen Fletcher | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1956 | Romeo and Juliet | Hal J. Todd | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1956 | Titus Andronicus | Hal J. Todd | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1957 | As You Like It | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1957 | Henry VIII | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1957 | Othello | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1957 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1957 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1958 | King Lear | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1958 | Much Ado About Nothing | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1958 | The Merchant of Venice | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1958 | Troilus and Cressida | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1959 | Antony and Cleopatra | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1959 | King John | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1959 | Measure for Measure | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1959 | The Maske of the New World First non-Shakespeare production in the Elizabethan Theatre | Jerry Turner | Carl Ritchie | Elizabethan Theatre |
1959 | Twelfth Night | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
The 1960s
The 60s confirmed the demand for an indoor venue that permitted performances in colder months. Vining Rep continued for another year in a new venue: a local movie theatre called The Varsity Theatre with the dressing rooms in a trailer behind the venue. Later in the decade, the festival used the Varsity for matinee performances of Ballad Operas, but were soon able to raise enough money to build a new indoor space: The Angus Bowmer Theatre.Year | Play | Director | Playwright | Theatre |
1960 | Julius Caesar | Jerry Turner | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1960 | Richard II | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1960 | The Taming of the Shrew | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1960 | The Tempest | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1960 | The Tragedy of the Duchess of Malfi | James Sandoe | John Webster | Elizabethan Theatre |
1961 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | B. Iden Payne | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1961 | All's Well That Ends Well | Charles G. Taylor | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1961 | Hamlet | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1961 | Henry IV, Part I | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1961 | The Alchemist | Edward S. Brubaker | Ben Jonson | Elizabethan Theatre |
Late 1961 | Night of the Auk | Carl Ritchie | Arch Oboler | Varsity Theatre Vining Repertory |
Late 1961 | Rashomon | William Kinsolving | Michael Kanin Fay Kanin | Varsity Theatre Vining Repertory |
Late 1961 | The Boy Friend | William Kinsolving | Sandy Wilson | Varsity Theatre Vining Repertory |
Late 1961 | The Miser | Dorothy Stolp | Molière | Varsity Theatre Vining Repertory |
1962 | As You Like It | Jerry Turner | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1962 | Coriolanus | J. H. Crouch | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1962 | Henry IV, Part II | Edward S. Brubaker | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1962 | The Comedy of Errors | Rod Alexander | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1962 | A Thieves Ballad | Carl Ritchie | Carl Ritchie Les Carlson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1963 | Henry V | Jerry Turner | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1963 | Love's Labor's Lost | Rod Alexander | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1963 | Romeo and Juliet | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1963 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Edward S. Brubaker | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1964 | Henry VI, Part I | Jerry Turner | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1964 | King Lear | Angus L. Bowmer | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1964 | The Merchant of Venice | Rod Alexander | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1964 | Twelfth Night | Robert B. Loper | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1964 | The Knight of the Burning Pestle | Edward S. Brubaker | Francis Beaumont John Fletcher | Elizabethan Theatre |
1964 | Lovers Made Men | Carl Ritchie | Ben Jonson | Varsity Theatre |
1965 | Henry VI, Part II | Edward S. Brubaker | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1965 | Macbeth | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1965 | Much Ado About Nothing | James Moll | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1965 | The Winter's Tale | Hugh C. Evans | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1965 | Volpone | Nagle Jackson | Ben Jonson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1966 | Othello | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1966 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hugh C. Evans | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1966 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Nagle Jackson | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1966 | Henry VI, Part III | Jerry Turner | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1966 | The Beggar's Opera | Carl Ritchie | John Gay | Varsity Theatre |
1967 | Antony and Cleopatra | Jerry Turner | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1967 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Nagle Jackson | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1967 | Richard III | Hugh C. Evans | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1967 | The Taming of the Shrew | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1967 | The Maid of the Mill | Carl Ritchie | Samuel Arnold | Varsity Theatre |
1968 | As You Like It | William Kinsolving | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1968 | Cymbeline | James Sandoe | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1968 | Hamlet | Patrick Hines | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1968 | Henry VIII | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1968 | Lock Up Your Daughters | Carl Ritchie | Henry Fielding | Varsity Theatre |
1969 | King John | Edward S. Brubaker | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1969 | Romeo and Juliet | Patrick Hines | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1969 | The Tempest | Richard D. Risso | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1969 | Twelfth Night | Hugh C. Evans | William Shakespeare | Elizabethan Theatre |
1969 | Virtue in Danger | Carl Ritchie | Paul Dehn James Bernard | Varsity Theatre |
The 1970s
The 1970s began with the first season in the new Angus Bowmer Theatre. In 1977, after being used for company-only play performances and staged readings, the Black Swan Theatre became another venue presenting shows as a part of the main OSF season. The Black Swan was used for more experimental or intimate productions.Year | Play | Playwright | Director | Theatre |
1970 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | Angus L. Bowmer | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | Antigone | Jean Anouilh | Larry Oliver | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | The Fantasticks | Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt | Peter Nyberg | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière | Raye Birk | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Angus L. Bowmer | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | You Can't Take It with You | George S. Kaufman Moss Hart | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams | Larry Oliver | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1970 | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Larry Oliver | Elizabethan Theatre |
1970 | Richard II | William Shakespeare | Jackson Nagle | Elizabethan Theatre |
1970 | The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare | Jackson Nagle | Elizabethan Theatre |
1971 | A Man for All Seasons | Robert Bolt | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1971 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Joseph Kesselring | Philip Davidson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1971 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Raye Birk | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1971 | Under Milk Wood | Dylan Thomas | Larry Oliver | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1971 | The Glass Menagerie | Tennessee Williams | Larry Oliver | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1971 | U.S.A. | John Dos Passos Paul Shyre | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1971 | Henry IV, Part I | William Shakespeare | Pat Patton | Elizabethan Theatre |
1971 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Philip Davidson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1971 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | Larry Oliver | Elizabethan Theatre |
1972 | Room Service | Allen Boretz John Murray | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1972 | The Crucible | Arthur Miller | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1972 | The Playboy of the Western World | J.M. Synge | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1972 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Larry Oliver | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1972 | Troilus and Cressida | William Shakespeare | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1972 | Our Town | Thornton Wilder | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1972 | Love's Labor's Lost | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1972 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Robert Benedetti | Elizabethan Theatre |
1972 | Henry IV, Part II | William Shakespeare | William Roberts | Elizabethan Theatre |
1973 | Othello | William Shakespeare | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1973 | The Alchemist | Ben Jonson | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1973 | The Dance of Death | August Strindberg | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1973 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | James Edmondson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1973 | Our Town | Thornton Wilder | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1973 | Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | Andrew J. Traister | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1973 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Pat Patton | Elizabethan Theatre |
1973 | Henry V | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1973 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | Thomas B. Markus | Elizabethan Theatre |
1973 | O Rare Ben Jonson | David McPherson | Thomas B. Markus | Christian Science Church |
1974 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1974 | Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | Margaret Booker | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1974 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Bert Shevelove Larry Gelbart Stephen Sondheim | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1974 | The Time of Your Life | William Saroyan | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1974 | Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett | Andrew J. Traister | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1974 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Jerry Turner | Elizabethan Theatre |
1974 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1974 | Titus Andronicus | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1975 | Charley's Aunt | Thomas Brandon | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1975 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Eugene O'Neil | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1975 | Oedipus the King | Sophocles | Robert B. Loper | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1975 | The Petrified Forest | Robert E. Sherwood | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1975 | The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare | Audrey Stanley | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1975 | All's Well That Ends Well | William Shakespeare | Jon Jory | Elizabethan Theatre |
1975 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1975 | Henry VI, Part I | William Shakespeare | Will Huddleston | Elizabethan Theatre |
1976 | Brand | Henrik Ibsen | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1976 | The Devil's Disciple | George Bernard Shaw | Michael Leibert | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1976 | The Little Foxes | Lillian Hellman | James Moll | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1976 | The Tavern | George M. Cohan | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1976 | The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare | Will Huddleston | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1976 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Theatre |
1976 | King Lear | William Shakespeare | Pat Patton | Elizabethan Theatre |
1976 | Henry VI, Part II | William Shakespeare | Jerry Turner | Elizabethan Theatre |
1977 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Tennessee Williams | Elizabeth Huddle | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1977 | Angel Street | Patrick Hamilton | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1977 | The Rivals | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | William Glover | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1977 | Measure for Measure | William Shakespeare | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1977 | A Taste of Honey | Shelagh Delaney | James Edmondson | Black Swan Theatre |
1977 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Eugene O'Neil | Jerry Turner | Black Swan Theatre |
1977 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Michael Addison | Elizabethan Theatre |
1977 | Henry VI, Part III | William Shakespeare | Pat Patton | Elizabethan Theatre |
1977 | Antony and Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | Robert B. Loper | Elizabethan Theatre |
1977 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Eugene O'Neil | Jerry Turner | Tao House |
1978 | Mother Courage and Her Children | Bertolt Brecht | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1978 | Private Lives | Noël Coward | Dennis Bigelow | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1978 | Tartuffe | Molière | Sabin Epstein | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1978 | Miss Julie | August Strindberg | Elizabeth Huddle | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1978 | Timon of Athens | William Shakespeare | Jerry Turner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1978 | Night of the Tribades | Per Olav Enquist | Jerry Turner | Black Swan Theatre |
1978 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Paul Zindel | Willam Glover | Black Swan Theatre |
1978 | Richard III | William Shakespeare | Pat Patton | Elizabethan Theatre |
1978 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Judd Parkin | Elizabethan Theatre |
1978 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Michael Addison | Elizabethan Theatre |
1979 | Born Yesterday | Garson Kanin | James Moll | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1979 | The Play's the Thing | Ferenc Molnar | Dennis Bigelow | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1979 | The Wild Duck | Angus Bowmer Theatre | ||
1979 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Pat Patton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1979 | Miss Julie | Angus Bowmer Theatre | ||
1979 | Indulgences in the Louisville Harem | John Orlock | Michael Kevin | Black Swan Theatre |
1979 | Root of the Mandrake | Niccolo Machiavelli | Judd Parkin | Black Swan Theatre |
1979 | Who's Happy Now? | Oliver Hailey Tennessee Williams | Michael Leibert | Black Swan Theatre |
1979 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Audrey Stanley | Elizabethan Theatre |
1979 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Dennis Bigelow | Elizabethan Theatre |
1979 | The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus | Christopher Marlowe | Jerry Turner | Elizabethan Theatre |
The 1980s
Year | Play | Theatre |
1980 | As You Like It | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | Coriolanus | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | Juno and the Paycock | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | Laundry and Bourbon | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | Lone Star | Black Swan Theatre |
1980 | Love's Labor's Lost | Elizabethan Theatre |
1980 | Of Mice and Men | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | Richard II | Elizabethan Theatre |
1980 | Ring Round the Moon | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | Seascape | Black Swan Theatre |
1980 | Sizwe Bansi Is Dead | Black Swan Theatre |
1980 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Elizabethan Theatre |
1980 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1980 | The Philadelphia Story | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1981 | 'Tis Pity She's a Whore | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1981 | Artichoke | Black Swan |
1981 | Death of a Salesman | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1981 | Henry IV, Part One | Elizabethan Theatre |
1981 | Othello | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1981 | The Birthday Party | Black Swan |
1981 | The Island | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1981 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Elizabethan Theatre |
1981 | Twelfth Night | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1981 | Twelfth Night | Elizabethan Theatre |
1981 | Wild Oats | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Blithe Spirit | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Henry V | Elizabethan Theatre |
1982 | Hold Me! | Black Swan |
1982 | Inherit the Wind | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Julius Caesar | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Othello | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Romeo and Juliet | Elizabethan Theatre |
1982 | Spokesong | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Comedy of Errors | Elizabethan Theatre |
1982 | The Father | Black Swan |
1982 | The Matchmaker | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1982 | Wings | Black Swan |
1983 | Ah, Wilderness! | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1983 | Cymbeline | Elizabethan Theatre |
1983 | Don Juan in Hell | Black Swan |
1983 | Dracula | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1983 | Dreamhouse | Black Swan |
1983 | Hamlet | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1983 | Man and Superman | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1983 | Much Ado about Nothing | Elizabethan Theatre |
1983 | Richard III | Elizabethan Theatre |
1983 | The Entertainer | Black Swan |
1983 | The Matchmaker | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1983 | What the Butler Saw | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1984 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1984 | Dracula | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1984 | Hay Fever | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1984 | Henry VIII | Elizabethan Theatre |
1984 | London Assurance | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1984 | Seascape with Sharks and Dancer | Black Swan |
1984 | The Revenger's Tragedy | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1984 | Taming of the Shrew | Elizabethan Theatre |
1984 | Winter's Tale | Elizabethan Theatre |
1984 | Translations | Black Swan |
1984 | Troilus and Cressida | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1985 | All's Well That Ends Well | Black Swan |
1985 | An Enemy of the People | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1985 | Crimes of the Heart | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1985 | King John | Elizabethan |
1985 | King Lear | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1985 | Light up the Sky | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1985 | Lizzie Borden in the Late Afternoon | Black Swan |
1985 | Strange Snow | Black Swan |
1985 | The Majestic Kid | Black Swan |
1985 | Merchant of Venice | Elizabethan Theatre |
1985 | Trelawny of the “Wells” | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | An Enemy of the People | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | As You Like It | Elizabethan Theatre |
1986 | Broadway | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | Measure for Measure | Elizabethan Theatre |
1986 | On the Verge | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | Sea Marks | Black Swan Theatre |
1986 | Strange Snow | Black Swan Theatre |
1986 | The Tempest | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | Threepenny Opera | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | Three Sisters | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1986 | Titus Andronicus | Elizabethan Theatre |
1987 | "Master Harold"...and the Boys | Black Swan Theatre |
1987 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Elizabethan Theatre |
1987 | Ballerina | Black Swn Theatre |
1987 | Curse of the Starving Class | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1987 | Macbeth | Elizabethan Theatre |
1987 | Richard II | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1987 | She Stoops to Conquer | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1987 | Taking Steps | Black Swan Theatre |
1987 | The Hostage | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1987 | Member of the Wedding | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1987 | Shoemakers' Holiday | Elizabethan Theatre |
1988 | A Penny for a Song | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1988 | Boy Meets Girl | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1988 | Enrico IV | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1988 | Ghosts | Black Swan Theatre |
1988 | Henry IV, Part One | Elizabethan Theatre |
1988 | Love's Labor's Lost | Elizabethan Theatre |
1988 | Orphans | Black Swan Theatre |
1988 | Romeo and Juliet | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1988 | The Iceman Cometh | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1988 | The Marriage of Bette and Boo | Black Swan Theatre |
1988 | Twelfth Night | Elizabethan Theatre |
1989 | All My Sons | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1989 | And a Nightingale Sang... | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1989 | Breaking the Silence | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1989 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1989 | Henry IV, Part II | Elizabethan Theatre |
1989 | Hunting Cockroaches | Black Swan Theatre |
1989 | Much Ado About Nothing | Elizabethan Theatre |
1989 | Not About Heroes | Black Swan Theatre |
1989 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1989 | The Road to Mecca | Black Swan Theatre |
1989 | Two Gentlemen of Verona | Elizabethan Theatre |
The 1990s
Year | Play | Theatre |
1990 | God's Country | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1990 | Peer Gynt | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1990 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1990 | The House of Blue Leaves | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1990 | Aristocrats | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1990 | At Long Last Leo | Black Swan Theatre |
1990 | The Second Man | Black Swan Theatre |
1990 | The Voice of the Prairie | Black Swan Theatre |
1990 | Henry V | Elizabethan Stage |
1990 | The Winter's Tale | Elizabethan Stage |
1990 | The Comedy of Errors | Elizabethan Stage |
1991 | Major Barbara | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1991 | Other People's Money | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1991 | Our Town | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1991 | The Merchant of Venice | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1991 | Some Americans Abroad | Black Swan Theatre |
1991 | Two Rooms | Black Swan Theatre |
1991 | Woman in Mind | Black Swan Theatre |
1991 | Julius Caesar | Elizabethan Stage |
1991 | The First Part of Henry VI | Elizabethan Stage |
1991 | The Taming of the Shrew | Elizabethan Stage |
1992 | All's Well That Ends Well | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1992 | La Bete | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1992 | The Ladies of the Camellias | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1992 | The Playboy of the Western World | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1992 | Toys in the Attic | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1992 | Heathen Valley | Black Swan Theatre |
1992 | Restoration | Black Swan Theatre |
1992 | The Firebugs | Black Swan Theatre |
1992 | As You Like It | Elizabethan Stage |
1992 | Othello | Elizabethan Stage |
1992 | The Conclusion of Henry VI | Elizabethan Stage |
1993 | A Flea in Her Ear | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1993 | Joe Turner's Come and Gone | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1993 | Lips Together, Teeth Apart | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1993 | Richard III | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1993 | The Illusion | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1993 | Cymbeline | Black Swan Theatre |
1993 | Light in the Village | Black Swan Theatre |
1993 | The Baltimore Waltz | Black Swan Theatre |
1993 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Elizabethan Stage |
1993 | Antony and Cleopatra | Elizabethan Stage |
1993 | The White Devil | Elizabethan Stage |
1994 | Fifth of July | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1994 | Hamlet | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1994 | You Can't Take It With You | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1994 | The Pool of Bethesda | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1994 | The Rehearsal | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1994 | Tales of the Lost Formicans | Black Swan Theatre |
1994 | Oleanna | Black Swan Theatre |
1994 | The Colored Museum | Black Swan Theatre |
1994 | Much Ado About Nothing | Elizabethan Stage |
1994 | The Tempest | Elizabethan Stage |
1994 | The Two Noble Kinsmen | Elizabethan Stage |
1995 | Pravda | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1995 | The Skin of Our Teeth | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1995 | This Day and Age | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1995 | Twelfth Night | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1995 | Blood Wedding | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1995 | Emma's Child | Black Swan Theatre |
1995 | From the Mississippi Delta | Black Swan Theatre |
1995 | The Cure at Troy | Black Swan Theatre |
1995 | Macbeth | Elizabethan Stage |
1995 | Richard II | Elizabethan Stage |
1995 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Elizabethan Stage |
1996 | Arcadia | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1996 | Awake and Sing! | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1996 | Moliere Plays Paris | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1996 | The Winter's Tale | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1996 | This Day and Age | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1996 | The Darker Face of the Earth | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1996 | A Pair of Threes: Three Viewings and Three Hotels | Black Swan Theatre |
1996 | Cabaret Verboten | Black Swan Theatre |
1996 | Strindberg in Hollywood | Black Swan Theatre |
1996 | Coriolanus | Elizabethan Stage |
1996 | Love's Labor's Lost | Elizabethan Stage |
1996 | Romeo and Juliet | Elizabethan Stage |
1997 | Death of a Salesman | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1997 | King Lear | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1997 | Pentecost | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1997 | Rough Crossing | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1997 | The Magic Fire | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1997 | Blues for an Alabama Sky | Black Swan Theatre |
1997 | The Turn of the Screw | Black Swan Theatre |
1997 | Nora | Black Swan Theatre |
1997 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | Elizabethan Stage |
1997 | Timon of Athens | Elizabethan Stage |
1997 | As You Like It | Elizabethan Stage |
1998 | A Touch of the Poet | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1998 | Les Blancs | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1998 | Midsummer Night's Dream | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1998 | The School for Scandal | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1998 | Uncle Vanya | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1998 | Sailing to Byzantium | Black Swan Theatre |
1998 | Vilna's Got a Golem | Black Swan Theatre |
1998 | Measure for Measure | Black Swan Theatre |
1998 | Cymbeline | Elizabethan Stage |
1998 | Henry IV, Part One | Elizabethan Stage |
1998 | The Comedy of Errors | Elizabethan Stage |
1999 | Chicago | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1999 | Good Person of Szechuan | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1999 | Othello | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1999 | Pericles | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1999 | Seven Guitars | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
1999 | El Paso Blue | Black Swan Theatre |
1999 | Rosmersholm | Black Swan Theatre |
1999 | Tongue of a Bird | Black Swan Theatre |
1999 | Three Musketeers | Elizabethan Stage |
1999 | Henry IV, Part Two | Elizabethan Stage |
1999 | Much Ado About Nothing | Elizabethan Stage |
The 2000s
The early 2000s saw the decommissioning of the Black Swan Theatre as a venue for the regular season and the construction and opening of the New Theatre that would later be renamed as the Thomas Theatre in 2013. The Black Swan closed at the end of the 2001 season on October 28th, and the New Theatre started performances in March of 2002.The decade also saw a change in leadership. In 2007, Libby Appel's ended her tenure as the Artistic Director. The 2008 season was the first for Bill Rauch, who became the fifth person to assume the role.
Year | Play | Playwright | Director | Theatre |
2000 | Henry V | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2000 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | George S. Kaufman Moss Hart | Warner Shook | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2000 | The Night of the Iguana | Tennessee Williams | Penny Metropulos | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2000 | Force of Nature | Steven Dietz | James Edmondson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2000 | The Trojan Women | Euripides | Liz Diamond | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2000 | Wit | Margaret Edison | John Dillon | Black Swan Theatre |
2000 | Crumbs from the Table of Joy | Lynn Nottage | Seret Scott | Black Swan Theatre |
2000 | Stop Kiss | Diana Son | Loretta Greco | Black Swan Theatre |
2000 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel | Elizabethan Stage |
2000 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Timothy Bond | Elizabethan Stage |
2000 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Kenneth Albers | Elizabethan Stage |
2001 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Penny Metropulos | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2001 | Enter the Guardsman | Scott Wentworth Marion Alder Craig Bohmler | Peter Amster | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2001 | Life is a Dream | Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2001 | Oo-Bla-Dee | Regina Taylor | Timothy Bond | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2001 | Three Sisters | Anton Chekhov | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2001 | The Trip to Bountiful | Horton Foote | Libby Appel | Black Swan Theatre final season |
2001 | Fuddy Meers | David Lindsay-Abaire | James Edmondson | Black Swan Theatre final season |
2001 | Two Sisters and a Piano | Nilo Cruz | Andrea Frye | Black Swan Theatre final season |
2001 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Michael Donald Edwards | Elizabethan Stage |
2001 | Troilus and Cressida | William Shakespeare | Kenneth Albers | Elizabethan Stage |
2001 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | Lillian Groag | Elizabethan Stage |
2002 | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2002 | Noises Off | Michael Frayn | Kenneth Albers | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2002 | Idiot's Delight | Robert E. Sherwood | Peter Amster | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2002 | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Edward Albee | Timothy Bond | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2002 | Saturday, Sunday, Monday | Eduardo De Filippo | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2002 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel | New Theatre debut season |
2002 | Handler | Robert Schenkkan | Bill Rauch | New Theatre debut season |
2002 | Playboy of the West Indies | Mustapha Matura | Kenny Leon | New Theatre debut season |
2002 | The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare | Michael Donald Edwards | Elizabethan Stage |
2002 | Titus Andronicus | William Shakespeare | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Stage |
2002 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Penny Metropulos | Elizabethan Stage |
2003 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Loretta Greco | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2003 | Daughters of the Revolution Continental Divide, Part 2 | David Edgar | Tony Taccone | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2003 | Present Laughter | Noël Coward | Peter Amster | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2003 | Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2003 | The Piano Lesson | August Wilson | Timothy Bond | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2003 | Mothers Against Continental Divide, Part 1 | David Edgar | Tony Taccone | New Theatre |
2003 | Antony and Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | Penny Metropulos | New Theatre |
2003 | Lorca in a Green Dress | Nilo Cruz | Penny Metropulos | New Theatre |
2003 | Richard II | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel | Elizabethan Stage |
2003 | Wild Oats | John O'Keeffe | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Stage |
2003 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Kenneth Albers | Elizabethan Stage |
2004 | The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2004 | The Royal Family | Edna Ferber George S. Kaufman | Peter Amster | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2004 | The Visit | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | Kenneth Albers | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2004 | A Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry | Andrea Frye | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2004 | Oedipus Complex | Frank Galati | Frank Galati | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2004 | Topdog/Underdog | Suzan-Lori Parks | Timothy Bond | New Theatre |
2004 | Henry VI Part One': Talbot & Joan | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel Scott Kaiser | New Theatre |
2004 | Humble Boy | Charlotte Jones | Penny Metropulos | New Theatre |
2004 | King Lear | William Shakespeare | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Stage |
2004 | Henry VI Parts Two & Three: Henry & Margaret | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel Scott Kaiser | Elizabethan Stage |
2004 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Elizabethan Stage |
2005 | Richard III | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2005 | The Philanderer | George Bernard Shaw | Penny Metropulos | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2005 | Room Service | John Murray Allen Boretz | J.R. Sullivan | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2005 | Napoli Milionaria! ' | Eduardo De Filippo | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2005 | The Belle's Stratagem | Hannah Cowley | Davis McCallum | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2005 | By the Waters of Babylon | Robert Schenkkan | Bill Rauch | New Theatre |
2005 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | August Wilson | Timothy Bond | New Theatre |
2005 | Gibraltar | Octavio Solis | Liz Diamond | New Theatre |
2005 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Peter Amster | Elizabethan Stage |
2005 | The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus | Christopher Marlowe | James Edmondson | Elizabethan Stage |
2005 | Love's Labor's Lost | William Shakespeare | Kenneth Albers | Elizabethan Stage |
2006 | The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2006 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Frances Goodrich Albert Hackett | James Edmondson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2006 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Peter Amster | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2006 | Intimate Apparel | Lynn Nottage | Timothy Bond | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2006 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | David Edgar | Penny Metropulos | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2006 | UP | Bridget Carpenter | Michael Barakiva | New Theatre |
2006 | Bus Stop | William Inge | Libby Appel | New Theatre |
2006 | King John | William Shakespeare | John Sipes | New Theatre |
2006 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | Andrew Tsao | Elizabethan Stage |
2006 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Laird Williamson | Elizabethan Stage |
2006 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Elizabethan Stage |
2007 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | J.R. Sullivan | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2007 | The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2007 | On The Razzle | Tom Stoppard | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2007 | Gem of the Ocean | August Wilson | Timothy Bond | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2007 | Tartuffe | Molière adapted and translated by Ranjit Bolt | Peter Amster | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2007 | Rabbit Hole | David Lindsay-Abaire | James Edmondson | New Theatre |
2007 | Tracy's Tiger | Linda Alper Douglas Langworthy Penny Metropulos Sterling Tinsley | Penny Metropulos | New Theatre |
2007 | Distracted | Lisa Loomer | Liz Diamond | New Theatre |
2007 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Libby Appel Final show as Artistic Director | Elizabethan Stage |
2007 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Kate Buckley | Elizabethan Stage |
2007 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Elizabethan Stage |
2008 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Mark Rucker | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2008 | The Clay Cart | Sudraka | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2008 | Fences | August Wilson | Leah C. Gardiner | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2008 | A View From the Bridge | Arthur Miller | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2008 | The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler | Jeff Whitty | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2008 | Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter | Julie Myatt | Jessica Thebus | New Theatre |
2008 | Coriolanus | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | New Theatre |
2008 | Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner | Luis Alfaro | Tracy Young | New Theatre |
2008 | Othello | William Shakespeare | Lisa Peterson | Elizabethan Stage |
2008 | Our Town | Thornton Wilder | Chay Yew | Elizabethan Stage |
2008 | The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare | Penny Metropulos | Elizabethan Stage |
2009 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | Gale Edwards | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2009 | Death and the King's Horseman | Wole Soyinka | Chuck Smith | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2009 | The Music Man | Meredith Wilson Franklin Lacey | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2009 | Equivocation | Bill Cain | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2009 | Paradise Lost | Clifford Odets | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2009 | Dead Man's Cell Phone | Sarah Ruhl | Christopher Liam Moore | New Theatre |
2009 | Servant of Two Masters | Carlo Goldoni | Tracy Young | New Theatre |
2009 | All's Well That Ends Well | William Shakespeare | Amanda Dehnert | New Theatre |
2009 | Henry VIII | William Shakespeare | John Sipes | Elizabethan Stage |
2009 | Don Quixote | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra | Laird Williamson | Elizabethan Stage |
2009 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | Kate Buckley | Elizabethan Stage |
The 2010s
Several theaters underwent name changes for the 2013 season. The New Theatre finally gained a formal name as the Thomas Theatre. The Elizabethan Stage and Allen Pavillion were united under one name as the Allen Elizabethan Theatre, thanks to a $3 Million grant from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.In 2014, the Festival announced their Canon in a Decade initiative. In the next ten years, from 2015-2024, the Festival would be producing the complete Shakespeare Canon to honor the 80th anniversary of the festival. This project is in progress, and may have been affected by shut downs due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
In August 2019, Bill Rauch left the position of Artistic Director. Nataki Garrett is his successor, and she is the sixth person to hold the position.
Year | Play | Playwright | Director | Theatre |
2010 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2010 | Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen Joseph Hanreddy J. R. Sullivan | Libby Appel | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2010 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Tennessee Williams | Christopher Liam Moore | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2010 | She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick | Rebecca Bayla Taichman | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2010 | Throne of Blood | Akira Kurasawa Hideo Oguni Shinobu Hashimoto Ryuzo Kikushima | Ping Chong director and adaptor | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2010 | Well | Lisa Kron | James Edmondson | New Theatre |
2010 | Ruined | Lynn Nottage | Liesl Tommy | New Theatre |
2010 | American Night: The Ballad of Juan José | Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza | Jo Bonney | New Theatre |
2010 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Darko Tresnjak | Elizabethan Stage |
2010 | Henry IV, Part One | William Shakespeare | Penny Metropulos | Elizabethan Stage |
2010 | The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Elizabethan Stage |
2011 | Measure for Measure | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2011 | The Imaginary Invalid | Molière adapted by Oded Gross & Tracy Young | Tracy Young | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2011 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee adapted by Christopher Sergel | Marion McClinton | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2011 | Tracy Letts | Christopher Liam Moore | Angus Bowmer Theatre | |
2011 | The African Company Presents Richard III | Carlyle Brown | Seret Scott | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2011 | The Language Archive | Julia Cho | Laurie Woolery | New Theatre |
2011 | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Amanda Dehnert | New Theatre |
2011 | Ghost Light | Tony Taccone | Johnathan Moscone | New Theatre |
2011 | Love's Labor's Lost | William Shakespeare | Shana Cooper | Elizabethan Stage |
2011 | Henry IV, Part Two | William Shakespeare | Lisa Peterson | Elizabethan Stage |
2011 | The Pirates of Penzance | Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert | Bill Rauch | Elizabethan Stage |
2012 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Laird Williamson | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2012 | All the Way | Robert Schenkkan | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2012 | The White Snake | adapted by Mary Zimmerman | Mary Zimmerman | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2012 | Animal Crackers | George S. Kaufman Morrie Ryskind adapted by Henry Wishcamper | Allison Narver | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2012 | Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella | Euripedes William Shakespeare Rodgers & Hammerstein | Bill Rauch Tracy Young directors and adaptors | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2012 | Party People | UNIVERSES | Liesl Tommy | New Theatre |
2012 | Seagull | Anton Chekhov adapted by Libby Appel | Libby Appel Rob Melrose | New Theatre |
2012 | Troilus and Cressida | William Shakespeare | Rob Melrose | New Theatre |
2012 | Henry V | William Shakespeare | Joseph Haj | Elizabethan Stage |
2012 | As You Like it | William Shakespeare | Jessica Thebus | Elizabethan Stage |
2012 | The Very Merry Wives of Windsor, Iowa | William Shakespeare | Christopher Liam Moore | Elizabethan Stage |
2013 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | David Ivers | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2013 | My Fair Lady | George Bernard Shaw Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner | Amanda Dehnert | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2013 | Two Trains Running | August Wilson | Lou Bellamy | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2013 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Tennessee Williams | Christopher Liam Moore | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2013 | The Tenth Muse | Tanya Saracho | Laurie Woolery | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2013 | King Lear | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Thomas Theatre formerly "New Theatre" |
2013 | The Unfortunates | Jon Beavers Casey Hurt Ian Merrican Ramiz Monsef | Shana Cooper | Thomas Theatre formerly "New Theatre" |
2013 | The Liquid Plain | Naomi Wallace | Kwame Kwei-Armah | Thomas Theatre formerly "New Theatre" |
2013 | Cymbeline | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Elizabethan Stage |
2013 | The Heart of Robin Hood | David Farr | Joel Sass | Elizabethan Stage |
2013 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Christopher Liam Moore | Elizabethan Stage |
2014 | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | Tony Taccone | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2014 | The Cocoanuts | Irving Berlin George S. Kaufman Mark Bedard | David Ivers | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2014 | The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window | Lorraine Hansberry | Juliette Carillo | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2014 | A Wrinkle in Time | Madeleine L'Engle Tracy Young | Tracy Young | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2014 | The Great Society | Robert Schenkkan | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2014 | The Comedy of Errors | William Shakespeare | Kent Gash | Thomas Theatre |
2014 | Water by the Spoonful | Quiara Alegría Hudes | Shishir Kurup | Thomas Theatre |
2014 | Family Album | Stew Joanna Settle Heidi Rodewald | Joanna Settle | Thomas Theatre |
2014 | Richard III | William Shakespeare | James Bundy | Allen Elizabethan Theatre formerly "Elizabethan Stage" |
2014 | Into the Woods | James LaPine Stephen Sondheim | Amanda Dehnert | Allen Elizabethan Theatre formerly "Elizabethan Stage" |
2014 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | William Shakespeare | Sarah Rasmussen | Allen Elizabethan Theatre formerly "Elizabethan Stage" |
2015 | Much Ado About Nothing | William Shakespeare | Lileana Blain-Cruz | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2015 | Guys and Dolls | Frank Loesser Jo Swerling Abe Burrows | Mary Zimmerman | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2015 | Fingersmith | Alexa Junge | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2015 | Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land | Stan Lai | Stan Lai | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2015 | Sweat | Lynn Nottage | Kate Whoriskey | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2015 | Pericles | William Shakespeare | Joseph Haj | Thomas Theatre |
2015 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Eugene O'Neill | Christopher Liam Moore | Thomas Theatre |
2015 | The Happiest Song Plays Last | Quiara Alegría Hudes | Shishir Kurup | Thomas Theatre |
2015 | Antony and Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2015 | Head over Heels | Jeff Whitty The Go-Go's | Ed Sylvanus Iskandar | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2015 | The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | Marcela Lorca | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2016 | Twelfth Night | William Shakespeare | Christopher Liam Moore | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2016 | Great Expectations | Penny Metropulos Linda Alper Charles Dickens | Penny Metropulos | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2016 | The River Bride | Marisela Treviño Orta | Laurie Woolery | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2016 | Roe | Lisa Loomer | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2016 | Timon of Athens | William Shakespeare | Amanda Dehnert | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2016 | Yeoman of the Guard | Arthur Sullivan & W. S. Gilbert Sean Graney, Andra Velis, & Matt Kahler | Sean Graney | Thomas Theatre |
2016 | Vietgone | Qui Nguyen | May Adrales | Thomas Theatre |
2016 | Richard II | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Thomas Theatre |
2016 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | Lisa Peterson | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2016 | The Wiz | William F. Brown Charlie Smalls Frank L. Baum | Robert O'Hara | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2016 | The Winter's Tale | William Shakespeare | Desdemona Chiang | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2017 | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | Shana Cooper | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2017 | Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman Tom Stoppard Lee Hall | Christopher Liam Moore | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2017 | Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles | Luis Alfaro | Juliette Carillo | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2017 | UniSon | UNIVERSES | Robert O'Hara | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2017 | Off the Rails | Randy Reinholz | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2017 | Henry IV, Part One | William Shakespeare | Lileana Blain-Cruz | Thomas Theatre |
2017 | Hannah and the Dread Gazebo | Jiehae Park | Chay Yew | Thomas Theatre |
2017 | Henry IV, Part Two | William Shakespeare | Carl Cofield | Thomas Theatre |
2017 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | William Shakespeare | Dawn Monique Williams | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2017 | The Odyssey | Homer Mary Zimmerman | Mary Zimmerman | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2017 | Disney's Beauty and the Beast | Alan Menken Howard Ashman Tim Rice Linda Woolverton | Eric Tucker | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2018 | Othello | William Shakespeare | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2018 | Sense and Sensibility | Jane Austen Kate Hamill | Hana Sharif | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2018 | Destiny of Desire | Karen Zacarias | José Luis Valenzuela | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2018 | Oklahoma! | Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2018 | Snow in Midsummer | Francis Ya-Chu Cowhig | Justin Audibert | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2018 | Henry V | William Shakespeare | Rosa Joshi | Thomas Theatre |
2018 | Manahatta | Mary Kathryn Nagle | Laurie Woolery | Thomas Theatre |
2018 | The Way the Mountain Moved | Idris Goodwin | May Adrales | Thomas Theatre |
2018 | Romeo and Juliet | William Shakespeare | Dámaso Rodríguez | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2018 | The Book of Will | Lauren Gunderson | Christopher Liam Moore | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2018 | Love's Labor's Lost | William Shakespeare | Amanda Dehnert | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2019 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Rosa Joshi | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2019 | Hairspray | Marc Shaiman Scott Whittman John Waters | Christopher Liam Moore | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2019 | Mother Road | Octavio Solis | Bill Rauch | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2019 | Indecent | Paula Vogel | Shana Cooper | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2019 | Cambodian Rock Band | Lauren Yee | Chay Yew | Thomas Theatre |
2019 | Between Two Knees | 1491s | Eric Ting | Thomas Theatre |
2019 | How to Catch Creation | Christina Anderson | Nataki Garrett | Thomas Theatre |
2019 | Macbeth | William Shakespeare | José Luis Valenzuela | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2019 | Alice In Wonderland | Eva Le Gallienne Florinda Friebus | Sara Bruner | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2019 | All's Well That Ends Well | William Shakespeare | Tracy Young | Allen Elizabethan Theatre |
2019 | La Comedy of Errors A bilingual english & spanish version of Comedy of Errors. | William Shakespeare adapted and translated by Luis Alfaro | Bill Rauch | Community Visit Project |
2019 | - | - | - | - |
The 2020s
Year | Play | Playwright | Director | Theatre |
2020 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Joseph Haj | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2020 | The Copper Children | Karen Zacarías | Shariffa Ali | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2020 | Peter and the Starcatcher | Rick Elice Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson Wayne Barker | Lavina Jadhwani | Angus Bowmer Theatre |
2020 | Bring Down the House A two-part adaptation of Shakespeare's three Henry VI plays. | William Shakespeare Rosa Joshi Kate Wisniewski & Upstart Crow Collective | Rosa Joshi | Thomas Theatre |
The Festival opened the 2020 season on February 28th. On March 11th, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the performances and remaining openings of all shows to be cancelled indefinitely. By the end of March, the Festival was hoping to present a smaller season that would open Labor Day weekend. The plan was to present the four shows that had already opened with the addition of Shakespeare's The Tempest in the outdoor Allen Elizabethan Theatre. On May 8th, it became apparent that ongoing social distancing restrictions in Oregon would prohibit a fall season and all shows for 2020 were cancelled.
Cumulative Shakespeare Canon Productions
A list of the number of times the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has produced each of Shakespeare's plays is available below. It counts only main stage productions produced in Ashland and at OSF Portland.The Festival has completed the canon of the first folio four times: the first time with Troilus and Cressida in 1958, and the remaining times with Timon of Athens in 1978, 1997, and 2016.
Play | Number of Productions | Seasons |
Twelfth Night | 17 | 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1988, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016 |
As You Like It | 16 | 1939, 1940, 1950, 1957, 1962, 1968, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2019 |
The Comedy of Errors | 14 | 1939, 1940, 1950, 1962, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2014, 2019 |
Romeo and Juliet | 14 | 1936, 1937, 1949, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1975, 1982, 1988, 1996, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2018 |
The Taming of the Shrew | 14 | 1937, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1967, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2000, 2007, 2013 |
The Merchant of Venice | 14 | 1935, 1936, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1977, 1985, 1991, 2001, 2010 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | 13 | 1949, 1955, 1961, 1966, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2020 |
Much Ado About Nothing | 13 | 1940, 1952, 1958, 1965, 1971, 1976, 1983, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2015 |
Hamlet | 12 | 1938, 1939, 1947, 1954, 1961, 1968, 1974, 1983, 1994, 2000, 2010, 2016 |
Othello | 11 | 1948, 1949, 1957, 1966, 1973, 1981, 1982, 1992, 1999, 2008, 2018 |
Love's Labour's Lost | 11 | 1947, 1948, 1956, 1963, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2011, 2018 |
Macbeth | 10 | 1947, 1955, 1965, 1971, 1979, 1987, 1995, 2002, 2009, 2019 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 10 | 1940, 1954, 1963, 1973, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2006, 2017 |
The Tempest | 10 | 1952, 1960, 1969, 1978, 1986, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2014 |
The Winter's Tale | 9 | 1954, 1965, 1975, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2016 |
King Lear | 9 | 1951, 1958, 1964, 1976, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2013 |
Henry V | 8 | 1952, 1963, 1973, 1982, 1990, 2000, 2012, 2018 |
Julius Caesar | 8 | 1952, 1960, 1970, 1982, 1991, 2002, 2011, 2017 |
Henry IV, Part 1 | 8 | 1950, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1988, 1998, 2010, 2017 |
Richard II | 8 | 1949, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1987, 1995, 2003, 2016 |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 8 | 1957, 1966, 1974, 1981, 1989, 1997, 2006, 2014 |
All's Well That Ends Well | 7 | 1955, 1961, 1975, 1985, 1992, 2009, 2019 |
Henry IV, Part 2 | 7 | 1951, 1962, 1972, 1989, 1999, 2011, 2017 |
Antony and Cleopatra | 7 | 1950, 1959, 1967, 1977, 1993, 2003, 2015 |
Richard III | 7 | 1956, 1967, 1978, 1983, 1993, 2005, 2014 |
Henry VI, Part 1 | 6 | 1953, 1964, 1975, 1991, 2004, 2020 |
Henry VI, Part 2 | 6 | 1954, 1965, 1976, 1991 & 92, 2004, 2020 |
Henry VI, Part 3 | 6 | 1955, 1966, 1977, 1992, 2004, 2020 |
Cymbeline | 6 | 1956, 1968, 1983, 1993, 1998, 2013 |
Measure for Measure | 6 | 1951, 1959, 1977, 1986, 1998, 2011 |
Pericles, Prince of Tyre* | 5 | 1957, 1967, 1989, 1999, 2015 |
Troilus and Cressida | 5 | 1958, 1972, 1984, 2001, 2012 |
Coriolanus | 5 | 1953, 1962, 1980, 1996, 2008 |
King John | 5 | 1948, 1959, 1969, 1985, 2006 |
Timon of Athens | 4 | 1955, 1978, 1997, 2016 |
Henry VIII | 4 | 1957, 1968, 1984, 2009 |
Titus Andronicus | 4 | 1956, 1974, 1986, 2002 |
The Two Noble Kinsmen* | 1 | 1994 |
Edward III* | 0 |
*indicates shows not part of the First Folio canon.
Venues
- Allen Elizabethan Theatre
- Angus Bowmer Theatre
- Black Swan Theatre
- Thomas Theatre
- Lithia Theatre
- Varsity Theatre
- Tao House
- Portland Center Stage
- Kennedy Center