1975 – 1980
ARTICHOKE
WORLD PREMIERE
By Joanna Glass
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
THE SHOW-OFF
By George Kelly
Directed by Peter Levin
Set Design by Kenneth Foy
Costume Design by Linda Fisher
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS
By J. M. Barrie
Directed by Kenneth Frankel
Set Design by Steven Rubin
Costume Design by Jania Szatanski
Lighting Design by Judy Rasmuson
STREAMERS
WORLD PREMIERE, TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK
By David Rabe
Directed by Mike Nichols
Set Design by Tony Walton
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
New York Drama Critics Award, Best Play
1977 Tony Award nominations: Best Play,
Best Director
ON THE OUTSIDE/ON THE INSIDE
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By Murphy and O’Donoghue
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costumes by Jania Szatanski
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
THE HOUSE OF MIRTH
WORLD PREMIERE
By Edith Wharton
Adapted by John Tillinger
Directed by Waris Hussein
Set Design by Marjorie B. Kellogg
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Judy Rasmuson
DAARLIN’ JUNO
Book by Joseph Stein
Composer Marc Blitzstein
Lyricist Marc Blitzstein
Based on JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK by Sean O’Casey
Adapted by MaltBy/Fitzgerald
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by Devid Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
1976 – 1977
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By Michael Frayn
Directed by Steven Robman
Set Design by Marjorie B. Kellogg
Costume Design by Carrie F. Robbins
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
THE AUTUMN GARDEN
By Lillian Hellman
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Judy Rasmuson
HOME
By David Storey
Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Set Design by Steven Rubin
Costume Design by Mary Strieff
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
THE SHADOW BOX
TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK
By Michael Cristofer
Directed by Gordon Davidson
Set Design by Ming Cho Lee
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1977 Tony Awards: Best Play, Best Director
ST. JOAN
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Martin Fried
Set Design by Marjorie B. Kellogg
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
ABSENT FRIENDS
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Eric Thompson
Set Design by Edward Burbridge
Costume Design by Michele S. Reisch
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
THE ROSE TATTOO
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Steven Robman
Set Design by John Conklin
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Judy Rasmuson
THE GIN GAME
TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK
By D. L. Coburn
Directed by Mike Nichols
Set Design by David Mitchell
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1978 Tony Award: Best Actress – Jessica Tandy
1978 Tony Award nominations: Best Play, Best Director, Best Actor – Hume Cronyn
1977 – 1978
MAINSTAGE
HOBSON’S CHOICE
By Harold Brighouse
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
Composer Terrence Sherman
THE LUNCH GIRLS
WORLD PREMIERE
By Leigh Curran
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
CHRISTMAS SHOW
Directed by John Tillinger
THE RECRUITING OFFICER
By George Farquhar
Directed by Davey Marlin-Jones
Set Design by John Conklin
Costume Design by John Conklin
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
SPOKESONG
AMERICAN PREMIERE, TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK
By Stewart Parker
Composer Jimmy Kennedy
Directed by Kenneth Frankel
Set Design by Marjorie B. Kellogg
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Conductor Thomas Fay
SEA PLAYS
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Edward Payson Call
Set Design by John Jensen
Costume Design by Linda Fisher
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Composer Robert Dennis
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
By Philip Barry
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by John Jensen
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
MACBETH
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Edward Gilbert
Set Design by Mark Louis Negin
Costume Design by Mark Louis Negin
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Composer Terrence Sherman
STAGE II
TWO BROTHERS
WORLD PREMIERE
By Conrad Bromberg
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by Steven Rubin
Costume Design by Mary Strieff
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW
By Richard Maltby, Jr.
Composer David Shire
Lyricist Richard Maltby, Jr.
Conductor Keith Herrmann
Directed by Patrick Adiarte
Set Design by Joe Erdey
Costume Design by Rebecca Carroll
Lighting Design by Joe Erdey
1978 – 1979
MAINSTAGE
JOURNEY’S END
By R. C. Sherriff
Directed by Kenneth Frankel
Set Design by John Conklin
Costume Design by Carol Oditz
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
I SENT A LETTER TO MY LOVE
WORLD PREMIERE
By Bernice Rubens
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
SUMMERFOLK
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By Maxim Gorky
Adapted by Gilbert and Tillinger
Directed by Edward Gilbert
Set Design by Marjorie B. Kellogg
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Composer Thomas Fay
BIOGRAPHY
By S. N. Behrman
Directed by William Francisco
Set Design by Steven Rubin
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Judy Rasmuson
Composer Terrence Sherman
ROSMERSHOLM
By Henrik Ibsen
Translated by Allen Fletcher
Directed by Allen Fletcher
Set Design by John Jensen
Costume Design by Mary Strieff
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
HILLBILLY WOMEN
WORLD PREMIERE
By Elizabeth Stearns
Based on the book by Kathy Kahn
Composer Clint Ballard, Jr.
Lyricist Clint Ballard, Jr.
Directed by Peter Bennett
Set Design by John Jensen
Costume Design by Linda Fisher
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Conductor John Lewis
PRIVATES ON PARADE
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By Peter Nichols
Composer Denis King
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Conductor Thomas Fay
STAGE II
THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT
An Evening with Quentin Crisp
by Quentin Crisp
Directed by Richard Gollner
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WEEKEND WORLD
Adapted by Emlyn Williams from stories by Saki
Directed by Peter Woodthorpe
1978 – 1979
MINI FESTIVAL OF VISITING
THEATRE COMPANIES
THE SHORTER SHAGGY DOG ANIMATION
By Lee Breuer
(Mabou Mines, New York City)
Directed by Lee Breuer
Set Design by Gordon Matta-Clark
Lighting Design by R. Thomas/A. Yerxa
THE DALKEY ARCHIVE
By Flann O’Brien
(The Hull Truck Theatre Co, Ltd., Great Britain)
Adapted by Allan McClelland
Directed by Mike Bradwell
Set Design by Gemma Jackson
Costume Design by Gemma Jackson
Lighting Design by Gemma Jackson
Conductor Steve Halliwell
MADE BY TWO
By Gertrude Stein
An Opera by Gertrude Stein Theatre Express
Adapted by William Turner
Composer William Turner
Lyricist Gertrude Stein
Directed by William Turner
Set Design by William Turner
Lighting Design by William Turner
Conductor Charles Gilbert, Jr.
MASQUERADE
An evening of mime, mask and movement with Peter Lobdell and Jane Stein
Composer William Schimmel
Conductor William Schimmel
Lighting Design Tina Charney
PLAYREADINGS
END OF THE WAR
By Vincent Canby
DESCENDANTS
By Jack Gilhooley
EVERY PLACE IN NEWARK
By Ira Lewis
EXILES
By Crispin Larangerira
THE BEACH HOUSE
By Nancy Donahue
VIRGINIA
By Katherine Rao
1979 – 1980
MAINSTAGE
WATCH ON THE RHINE
TRANSFERRED TO NEW YORK
By Lillian Hellman
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by John Jensen
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
DOUBLE FEATURE
WORLD PREMIERE
By Jeffrey Moss
Composer Jeffrey Moss
Lyricist Jeffrey Moss
Directed by M. Nichols/T. Tune
Set Design by Tony Walton
Costume Design by D. Granata/M. Stuart
Lighting Design by Jennifer Tipton
Conductor Wally Harper
THE BEACH HOUSE
By Nancy Donohue
Directed by Austin Pendleton
Set Design by Steven Rubin
Costume Design by Whitney Blausen
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
Presented as part of the Olympic Arts program at Lake Placid, February, 1980
MARY BARNES
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By David Edgar
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by Marjorie B. Kellogg
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
By Edward Albee
Directed by Arvin Brown
Set Design by David Jenkins
Costume Design by Bill Walker
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
By Edmond Rostand
Directed by Edward Gilbert
Set Design by John Conklin
Costume Design by John Conklin
Lighting Design by Ronald Wallace
Composer Thomas Fay
STAGE II
JITTERS
AMERICAN PREMIERE
By David French
Directed by Bill Glassco
Set Design by Eldon Elder
Costume Design by Rachel Kurland
Lighting Design by Jamie Gallagher
THE CARETAKER
By Harold Pinter
Directed by John Pasquin
Set Design by Karl Eigsti
Costume Design by Linda Fisher
Lighting Design by Judy Rasmuson