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Formation | February 10, 1896 |
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Type | Theatre group |
Purpose | Community theatre |
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Tokyo International Players, also known as TIP, is the oldest, largest English-language theatre group in Japan and is among the oldest in Asia. [1] [2] TIP productions range from classics to musicals to contemporary and original pieces, in venues including Theater Sun-mall Shinjuku, Ebisu Echo Theater, Nakano Pocket Square, and Our Space in Hatagaya.
February 10, 1896 marked the first general meeting of the Tokyo Dramatic and Musical Association—known today as Tokyo International Players. The group was formed at the original Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. [3] Prominent among the roughly hundred people in attendance were the Chief of Mission of Belgium, Baron Albert D'Anethan, and his wife, the Baroness, who was one of the committee of nine Japanese and European men and women voted into office. [4] The first committee meeting was held the following week at the Belgian Legation. [3]
A Lesson in Love by Charles Smith Cheltnam was TIP's first production, with support from the Imperial House of Japan. Opening night was November 6, 1896, the theater was a university hall, and audience members arrived by rickshaw. [5]
The family of Academy Award-winning actress sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, (both born in Tokyo), were active in TIP. Their mother, Lilian Augusta Ruse (Lillian Fontaine), appeared in several productions, including the Arabian-Nights-themed drama Kismet in 1917. [1]
In the period leading up to the Pacific War, Japanese authorities insisted on inspecting detailed translations of every play. By 1940, TIP was declared an espionage center and forced to disband. [1] War-time bombings destroyed TIP records. [6]
TIP was reorganized after the war when the Occupation forces made theaters available. "Procurement demands" ensured facilities for set construction and professional painting. In April 1949, the curtain rose on two one-act plays, Miss Fingernail by Beryl Kent and Hecuba by Euripides. Social traditions resumed, and opening nights, certainly until the early 1960s, were black-tie occasions. [4]
Today, TIP generally presents four mainstage shows per season. In June 2009, TIP launched its "Second Stage" series with Honiefaith by Monty DiPietro. Second Stage features smaller-scale, black box-style productions. [7] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–2021, TIP shifted its focus to online programming, which included workshops and training opportunities for actors along with a festival of short plays.
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, one of the few buildings in Tokyo to withstand the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, had an intimate theater which hosted the club until the early 1960s. Most TIP performances from 1974 to 2007 were staged in the Grand Ballroom of the Tokyo American Club. [4]
Currently, TIP uses several professional theater spaces in the Tokyo metropolitan area including Theater Sun-mall in Shinjuku, Ebisu Echo Theater, Pocket Square in Nakano, and Our Space in Hatagaya. Rehearsals are held at various venues around Tokyo.
Nov 1896: A Lesson in Love by Charles Smith Cheltnam
Sep 1967: scenes from
Much Ado About Nothing by
William Shakespeare +
Romanoff and Juliet by
Peter Ustinov (reading)
Oct 1967: Portrait of Murder by Robert Bloomfield, directed by Peter Dupere
Dec 1967:
The Odd Couple by
Neil Simon, directed by Richard Via & George Furness
Jan 1968:
The Lady's Not for Burning by
Christopher Fry, directed by Peter Mann (reading)
Feb 1968:
The Odd Couple roadshow production to Nagoya & Kobe
Mar 1968:
Twelfth Night by
William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Mann
May 1968:
The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi by
Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Ray Purl
Sep 1968:
The Love of Four Colonels by
Peter Ustinov (reading)
Oct 1968:
You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running by
Robert Woodruff Anderson, directed by Ken Macdonald
Dec 1968:
See How They Run by
Philip King, directed by Handel Evans & Peter Dupere
Feb 1969: The Long Sunset by
R. C. Sherriff, directed by Adrian Thorpe
Mar 1969:
The Relapse by
John Vanbrugh, directed by Verner Bickley
May 1969:
Barefoot in the Park by
Neil Simon, directed by George Furness & Bob Austin
Oct 1969:
The Boys in the Band by
Mart Crowley, directed by Ken Macdonald & Pat Kelly
Dec 1969: The Private Ear +
White Lies + The Public Eye by
Peter Shaffer, directed by Adrian Thorpe
Feb 1970:
Blithe Spirit by
Noël Coward directed by Nancy Rosenblum (reading)
Mar 1970:
Everything in the Garden by
Edward Albee, directed by Pat Kelly
May 1970:
Little Murders by
Jules Feiffer, directed by Ray & Marshie Purl
Sep 1970: People by
Jules Feiffer (reading)
Oct 1970:
Plaza Suite by
Neil Simon, directed by Nancy Rosenblum & Bing Thompson
Nov 1970:
Marriage à la mode by
John Dryden (reading)
Dec 1970:
The Real Inspector Hound by
Tom Stoppard, directed by George Furness & Arthur Milne +
Krapp's Last Tape by
Samuel Beckett, directed by George Furness & Marshie Purl
Feb 1971: Madly in Love by Paul Abelman + scenes from
Lovers and Other Strangers by
Renée Taylor &
Joseph Bologna, directed by Nancy Rosenblum & Pat Kelly (reading)
Mar 1971:
After the Rain by John Bowen, directed by William Hall
Jun 1971:
Lovers and Other Strangers by
Renée Taylor &
Joseph Bologna, directed by Bing Thompson
Oct 1971: Sheep on the Runway by
Art Buchwald, directed by George Furness & Bruce Kennedy
Nov 1971: Anastasia, directed by Peter Benford & Fern Rafelson (reading)
Dec 1971: An Evening with Thurber & Feiffer by
James Thurber &
Jules Feiffer, dir by William Laws
Mar 1972:
Play It Again, Sam by
Woody Allen, directed by Fern Rafelson
May 1972: The Queen & the Rebels by
Ugo Betti (reading)
Jun 1972:
Gaslight by
Patrick Hamilton, directed by Bob Austin
Oct 1972:
The Homecoming by
Harold Pinter, directed by George Furness & Arthur Milne
Nov 1972:
The Complaisant Lover by
Graham Greene (reading)
Dec 1972:
Bell, Book and Candle by
John Van Druten, directed by Ray & Marshie Purl
Mar 1973:
I Spy by
John Mortimer, directed by Colin Willis (reading)
May 1973:
The Rimers of Eldritch by
Lanford Wilson, directed by Shiro Kijima (in Japanese, sponsored by TIP)
Oct 1973:
There's a Girl in My Soup by
Terence Frisby, directed by Colin Willis (reading)
Nov 1973:
The Mousetrap by
Agatha Christie, directed by Ray & Marshie Purl
Dec 1973:
A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens, directed by Ray & Marshie Purl (reading)
Jan 1974:
Oedipus at Colonus by
Sophocles, directed by Peter Mann (workshop)
Feb 1974:
Animal Farm by
George Orwell, directed by William Laws & Candace Kennedy Laws (reading)
Mar 1974: How the Other Half Loves by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Ray Purl
Apr 1974: Who'll Save the Ploughboy (reading)
May 1974: Green Julia (reading)
Oct 1974:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by
Edward Albee, directed by Ken Macdonald (reading)
Nov 1974:
Twigs by
George Furth, directed by Ray Purl
Jan 1975:
Home by
David Storey, directed by Ken Macdonald & George Furness (reading)
Feb 1975:
Waiting for Godot by
Samuel Beckett, directed by Peter Mann (reading)
Mar 1975: Mystery Play by Jean Claude Van Itallie, directed by Ray Purl (workshop)
Apr 1975:
High Spirits book, lyrics, & music by
Hugh Martin and
Timothy Gray, based on the play
Blithe Spirit by
Noël Coward, directed by Bob Austin
May 1975:
The American Dream by
Edward Albee, directed by Ray Purl (workshop)
Oct 1975: Master Dudley & Red for Danger by Philip Johnson + He's Dead All Right by John Gainfort, directed by Colin Williams (reading)
Nov 1975:
The Comedy of Errors by
William Shakespeare, directed by Ray & Marshie Purl
Dec 1975: The Amorous Pawn by Michael Lombardi, directed by Michael Lombardi (reading)
Jan 1976: Father Returns by
Kikuchi Kan. English version directed by Colin Williams, Japanese version directed by Rocky Ishii (workshop)
Jan 1976: Kennedy's Children by Robert Patrick, directed by Ken Macdonald (reading)
Feb 1976:
Spoon River Anthology by
Edgar Lee Masters, directed by Rita Oldham
Mar 1976:
The Three Sisters by
Anton Chekhov, directed by Ray Purl
May 1976: It's a Lemon, written & compiled by Bob Austin & Colin Williams, directed by Bob Austin
Oct 1976:
Otherwise Engaged by
Simon Gray, directed by Ken Macdonald (reading)
Nov 1976:
Absurd Person Singular by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Ray Purl
Dec 1976:
The Dock Brief by
John Mortimer +
The Stronger by
August Strindberg, directed by Jim Bowers (workshop)
Jan 1977:
Butterflies Are Free by
Leonard Gershe, directed by Gordon Nebeker (workshop)
Feb 1977:
Separate Tables by
Terence Rattigan, directed by Jean Barmby (reading)
Mar 1977:
The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde, directed by Ray & Marshie Purl
May 1977: A Nun in the Family by Joe Grace, directed by Ray Purl (workshop)
Jun 1977:
Antigone by
Sophocles, directed by Jim Bowers (reading)
Oct 1977:
Same Time, Next Year by
Bernard Slade, directed by Bruce Kennedy (workshop)
Nov 1977: Night Watch by
Lucille Fletcher, directed by Ken Macdonald
Dec 1977: Royal Gambit by Hermann Gressicker, directed by Helen Mohri (reading)
Jan 1978:
The Heiress by
Ruth & Augustus Goetz, directed by Margaret Grogan (workshop)
Feb 1978:
Don Juan in Hell by
George Bernard Shaw, directed by Jim Bowers (reading)
Mar 1978:
The Last of the Red Hot Lovers by
Neil Simon, directed by Joe Grace
Apr 1978:
Dirty Linen by
Tom Stoppard, directed by Ken Macdonald (reading)
May 1978:
Under Milk Wood by
Dylan Thomas, directed by Ivan Woodhouse (reading)
Jun 1978:
Old Times by
Harold Pinter, directed by Ivan Woodhouse (reading)
Nov 1978:
The Sunshine Boys by
Neil Simon, directed by Lillian McCloy
Dec 1978:
A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens, directed by Margaret Grogan (staged reading)
Jan 1979:
The One Day of the Year by
Alan Seymour, directed by Robin Parkinson-Bates (staged reading)
Feb 1979:
The Glass Menagerie by
Tennessee Williams, directed by Jim Bowers
Mar 1979:
Bedroom Farce by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Apr 1979:
The Constant Wife by
W. Somerset Maugham, directed by Miranda Kenrick (staged reading)
May 1979: The Poker Session by
Hugh Leonard, directed by Jeritza McCarter
Jun 1979: A Nice Clean Finish by Ian de Stains + scene from
Lovers and Other Strangers by
Renée Taylor and
Joseph Bologna + Facing the Facts by
Gene Lockhart, directed by Michael Fenton-Wingate
Sep 1979:
Habeas Corpus by
Alan Bennett, directed by Ivan Woodhouse (staged reading; Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1979:
Candida by
George Bernard Shaw, directed by Helen Mohri
Dec 1979:
The Police by
Sławomir Mrożek, directed by Margaret Grogan (staged reading)
Feb 1980:
6 Rms Riv Vu by
Bob Randall, directed by Robert McCarter
Mar 1980:
The Shadow Box by
Michael Cristofer, directed by Tom Killough
Apr 1980: Table Manners by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Ken Macdonald (staged reading)
May 1980:
Pajama Tops by Mawby Greene and Ed Feilbert, directed by Jim Bowers
Sep 1980:
The Oldest Living Graduate by
Preston Jones, directed by Tom Killough (staged reading: curtain raiser)
Oct 1980:
California Suite by
Neil Simon, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Nov 1980:
Absent Friends by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Margaret Grogan
Feb 1981: The Interview by Barry Bermange +
In Camera by
Jean-Paul Sartre, directed by David Warren (staged readings)
Mar 1981:
Deathtrap by
Ira Levin, directed by Jim Bowers
Apr 1981: Kings (selected scenes) by
William Shakespeare, directed by Carol Moore
May 1981:
The Good Doctor by
Neil Simon, directed by Barbara Knode (staged reading)
Oct 1981:
Dames at Sea by
George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, directed by Judy Sackheim (staged reading: Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1981:
The Prisoner of Second Avenue by
Neil Simon, directed by Jim Bowers
Jan 1982:
Vanities by Jack Heifner, directed by Joe Grace (staged reading)
Feb 1982:
Tribute by
Bernard Slade, directed by Barbara Knode
Mar 1982:
A Delicate Balance by
Edward Albee, directed by Tom Grange (staged reading)
Apr 1982:
The Cherry Orchard by
Anton Chekhov, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
May 1982: Close of Play by
Simon Gray, directed by Margaret Grogan (staged reading)
Oct 1982:
Little Mary Sunshine by Rick Besoyan, directed by Judy Sackheim (staged reading; Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1982:
The Little Foxes by
Lillian Hellman, directed by Barbara Knode
Jan 1983:
The Imaginary Invalid by
Molière, directed by Gordon Nebeker (staged reading)
Feb 1983:
Habeas Corpus by
Alan Bennett, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Mar 1983:
Sleuth by
Anthony Shaffer, directed by David Allan (staged reading)
Apr 1983:
I Ought to Be in Pictures by
Neil Simon, directed by Jim Bowers
May 1983:
The Primary English Class by
Israel Horovitz, directed by Karen Handley (staged reading)
Oct 1983:
Private Lives by
Noël Coward, directed by Judy Sackheim (staged reading; Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1983:
Wait Until Dark by
Frederick Knott, directed by Barbara Knode
Jan 1984:
Crimes of the Heart by
Beth Henley, directed by Joe Grace
Feb 1984:
84, Charing Cross Road by
Helene Hanff, directed by Ian de Stains (staged reading)
Mar 1984:
The Lion in Winter by
James Goldman, directed by Margaret Grogan
Apr 1984: Mixed Doubles (series of vignettes), directed by Judith Gai Maxwell (staged reading)
Oct 1984:
The Real Thing by
Tom Stoppard, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Nov 1984:
The Dining Room by
A. R. Gurney, directed by Barbara Knode
Jan 1985: An Evening with Rodgers & Hart, directed by Judy Sackheim (staged reading; musical revue)
Feb 1985:
Pack of Lies by
Hugh Whitemore, directed by Ian de Stains
Mar 1985:
Duet for One by
Tom Kempinski, directed by Margaret Grogan (staged reading)
Apr 1985:
Vanities by Jack Heifner, directed by Joe Grace
Oct 1985:
Blithe Spirit by
Noël Coward, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Nov 1985: Close Ties by
Elizabeth Diggs, directed by Barbara Knode
Jan 1986:
Top Girls by
Caryl Churchill, directed by Judith Gai Maxwell (staged reading)
Feb 1986:
Side by Side by Sondheim by
Stephen Sondheim, directed by Judy Sackheim
Mar 1986:
'night, Mother by
Marsha Norman, directed by Hilary King (staged reading)
Apr 1986:
The Gingerbread Lady by
Neil Simon, directed by Ian de Stains
Oct 1986: A Lesson in Love by Charles Smith Cheltnam, directed by Colin Willis (staged reading)
Nov 1986:
Lovers and Other Strangers by
Renée Taylor &
Joseph Bologna, directed by Joe Grace
Jan 1987:
Talking With... by
Jane Martin, directed by Barbara Simonetti & Julie Zaiser (staged reading)
Feb 1987:
Betrayal by
Harold Pinter, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Mar 1987:
An Inspector Calls by
J. B. Priestley, directed by Charmian Norman-Taylor (staged reading)
Apr 1987:
Our Town by
Thornton Wilder, directed by Barbara Knode
Oct 1987:
Lend Me a Tenor by
Ken Ludwig, directed by Jonathan Malamud (Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1987:
A Chorus of Disapproval by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Jan 1988:
Agnes of God by
John Pielmeier, directed by Don Dillon (staged reading)
Feb 1988: Unsung Cole by
Cole Porter, directed by Judy Sackheim
Mar 1988:
A Slight Ache by
Harold Pinter + The Two Executioners by
Fernando Arrabal +
Catastrophe by
Samuel Beckett, directed by Eric Sackheim (three one-act
staged readings)
Apr 1988:
Hedda Gabler by
Henrik Ibsen, directed by Ian de Stains
Nov 1988:
The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Jan 1989:
Action +
Icarus's Mother by
Sam Shepard, directed by Boomie Pedersen (studio production)
Feb 1989:
Beyond Therapy by
Christopher Durang, directed by Don Dillon
Mar 1989:
A Kind of Alaska by
Harold Pinter, directed by Margaret Grogan (studio production)
Apr 1989:
Passion Play by
Peter Nichols, directed by Ian de Stains
Sep 1989:
Chapter Two by
Neil Simon, directed by Malcolm Duff (Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1989:
Dark of the Moon by
Howard Richardson and William Berney, directed by Lyle Fisher
Dec 1989:
84, Charing Cross Road by
Helene Hanff, directed by Martin McGee (studio production)
Feb 1990:
The Cocktail Hour by
A. R. Gurney, directed by Don Dillon
Mar 1990:
A Walk in the Woods by
Lee Blessing, directed by Wendy Farha-Bissell
Apr 1990:
Private Lives by
Noël Coward, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Sep 1990:
A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking by
John Ford Noonan, directed by Shelli Place (Curtain Raiser)
Nov 1990:
The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by
John Bishop, directed by Lyle Fisher
Feb 1991:
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by
Peter Nichols, directed by Malcolm Duff
Mar 1991:
Eastern Standard by
Richard Greenberg, directed by Boomie Pedersen (studio production)
May 1991:
Amadeus by
Peter Shaffer, directed by Martin McGee
Sep 1991: Good Evening by
Dudley Moore and
Peter Cook, directed by Ian de Stains (Curtain Raiser)
Oct 1991:
Noises Off by
Michael Frayn, directed by Ivan Woodhouse
Feb 1992:
Uncle Vanya by
Anton Chekhov, directed by Boomie Pedersen
Mar 1992: Bit by Bit, compiled & directed by Susan Oliver (musical review)
Apr 1992:
Steel Magnolias by
Robert Harling, directed by Shelli Place
Sep 1992:
M. Butterfly by
David Henry Hwang, directed by Lyle Fisher
Nov 1992: Ice Cream by
Caryl Churchill, directed by Gregory Kalfas + Bargains by Jack Heifner, directed by Hamilton Armstrong (studio production)
Dec 1992:
The Mousetrap by
Agatha Christie, directed by Martin McGee
Feb 1993:
A... My Name Is Alice by
Joan Micklin Silver and
Julianne Boyd, directed by Susan Oliver
Mar 1993:
Blue Remembered Hills by
Dennis Potter, directed by Joan McGee +
Dandelion Wine by
Ray Bradbury, directed by Patricia Wells (studio production)
May 1993:
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
William Shakespeare, directed by Malcolm Duff
Oct 1993:
Educating Rita by
Willy Russell, directed by Ian de Stains
Nov 1993:
Love Letters by
A. R. Gurney, directed by Don Dillon (studio production)
Dec 1993:
The Fantasticks, music by
Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by
Tom Jones, directed by Lyle Fisher
Feb 1994:
Pygmalion by
George Bernard Shaw, directed by Ivan Woodhouse & Judy Fisher
Mar 1994:
Burn This by
Lanford Wilson, directed by Scott Sullivan (studio production)
May 1994:
Rumors by
Neil Simon, directed by Patricia Wells
Sep 1994:
Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard, directed by Leo Glenn
Dec 1994:
Little Shop of Horrors, music by
Alan Menken, book by
Howard Ashman, directed by Susan Oliver
Feb 1995:
The Glass Menagerie by
Tennessee Williams, directed by Hamilton Armstrong
Mar 1995:
The Tinker's Wedding &
In the Shadow of the Glen by
John Millington Synge, directed by Geraldine Twilley (studio production)
May 1995:
The Foreigner by
Larry Shue, directed by Judy Fisher
Sep 1995:
Brighton Beach Memoirs by
Neil Simon, directed by Scott Sullivan
Dec 1995:
A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens, directed by Hank Roberts
Feb 1996:
The Amorous Flea by Jerry Devine, directed by Judy Fisher
Apr 1996:
A Lie in the Mind by
Sam Shepard, directed by Walter Roberts
May 1996:
Zigger Zagger by
Peter Terson, directed by Malcolm Duff
Sep 1996:
I Hate Hamlet by
Paul Rudnick, directed by Hank Roberts
Nov 1996:
Deathtrap by
Ira Levin, directed by Judy Fisher
Feb 1997:
The Taming of the Shrew by
William Shakespeare, directed by Malcolm Duff
Apr 1997: If We Are Women by
Joanna McClelland Glass, directed by Virginia Kouyoumdjian (workshop)
May 1997:
Nunsense by
Dan Goggin, directed by Lyle Fisher
Sep 1997:
How the Other Half Loves by
Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Jennie Preece
Nov 1997:
The Lion in Winter by
James Goldman, directed by Scott Sullivan
Feb 1998:
The Boys from Syracuse by
Rodgers and Hart, directed by Hank Roberts
Apr 1998: The Deadly Game by James Yaffe, directed by Patricia Wells (studio production)
May 1998:
Dancing at Lughnasa by
Brian Friel, directed by Virginia Kouyoumdjian
Sep 1998: Love Off the Shelf by
Roger Hall, directed by Colin McCulloch
Nov 1998:
Lettice and Lovage by
Peter Shaffer, directed by Jennie Preece
Feb 1999:
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by
Dale Wasserman, directed by Malcolm Duff
Apr 1999:
Twelfth Night by
William Shakespeare, directed by Robert Otey (reading)
May 1999:
Whodunnit by
Anthony Shaffer, directed by Janet Thompson
Sep 1999:
The Odd Couple by
Neil Simon, directed by Brian Haigh
Nov 1999:
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by
Barbara Robinson, directed by Hank Roberts
Feb 2000:
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by
Steve Martin, directed by Carla Lev
Apr 2000: Cole! Musical Revue by Cole Porter, dir by Hank Roberts
May 2000:
Private Lives by
Noël Coward, directed by Colin McCulloch
Oct 2000:
Lend Me a Tenor by
Ken Ludwig, directed by Janet Thompson
Nov 2000:
Dracula by
Hamilton Deane &
John L. Balderston, from the novel by
Bram Stoker, directed by Hank Roberts
Mar 2001: Shakespeare for Dummies compiled and directed by Tim Evans
May 2001:
Inherit the Wind by
Jerome Lawrence &
Robert Edwin Lee, directed by Malcolm Duff
Oct 2001:
Godspell by
Stephen Schwartz, directed by David Neale
Jan 2002:
The Nerd by
Larry Shue, directed by John Owens
Mar 2002:
The Importance of Being Earnest by
Oscar Wilde, directed by Leslie de Giere
May 2002:
California Suite by
Neil Simon, directed by John Owens
Oct 2002:
What the Butler Saw by
Joe Orton, directed by Leslie de Giere
Mar 2003:
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, book, music & lyrics by Clark Gesner, directed by Renato Brandao, musical direction by April Hayes
May 2003:
Dial M for Murder by
Frederick Knott, directed by Robert Tsonos
Oct 2003:
Blithe Spirit by
Noël Coward, directed by John Owens
Jan 2004:
Proof by
David Auburn, directed by Robert Tsonos
Mar 2004:
The Dining Room by
A. R. Gurney, directed by David Neale
May 2004:
Fiddler on the Roof music by
Jerry Bock, lyrics by
Sheldon Harnick, directed by Lenne Hardt, musical direction by Joseph Amato
Oct 2004:
A Doll's House by
Henrik Ibsen, directed by Robert Tsonos
Jan 2005:
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by
Christopher Hampton, based on the novel by
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, directed by Jamie McInnes
Mar 2005: Six Characters in Search of a Hamlet by
William Shakespeare, adaptation by Terry Hakes, directed by Terry Hakes
May 2005:
Steel Magnolias by
Robert Harling, directed by Rachel Walzer
Oct 2005:
Arcadia by
Tom Stoppard, directed by Conor Hanratty
Jan 2006:
The Cherry Orchard by
Anton Chekhov, directed by Malcolm Duff
Mar 2006:
Dinner with Friends by
Donald Margulies, directed by Rachel Walzer
May 2006:
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, music and lyrics by
Carol Hall, book by Larry L. King and
Peter Masterson, directed by Robb Dahlke, musical direction by Jessica Winter
Oct 2006:
And Then There Were None by
Agatha Christie, directed by Robb Dahlke
Jan 2007:
Moon Over Buffalo by
Ken Ludwig, directed by Rachel Walzer
Mar 2007:
Death of a Salesman by
Arthur Miller, directed by Chris Parham
May 2007:
The Pirates of Penzance, music by Arthur Sullivan, libretto by W.S. Gilbert, directed by Lou McLeod
Oct 2007:
The Elephant Man by
Bernard Pomerance, directed by Hamilton Armstrong
Feb 2008:
Plaza Suite by
Neil Simon, directed by Bob Werley
May 2008:
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, directed by Jonah Hagans
Sep 2008:
Guards! Guards!, from the novel by
Terry Pratchett, script by
Stephen Briggs, directed by Frances Somerville
Dec 2008:
Schweyk in the Second World War by
Bertolt Brecht, directed by Chris Parham
Apr 2009:
William Shakespeare's R3 by
William Shakespeare, adapted by Alec Harris, directed by Andrew Woolner (joint production with
Yokohama Theatre Group)
May 2009:
Oliver!, music and lyrics by
Lionel Bart, directed by Lou McLeod
Jul 2009: Honiefaith by Monty DiPietro, directed by Jonah Hagans (Second Stage production)
Sep 2009:
Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard, directed by Andrew Martínez (Second Stage production)
Sep 2009:
If the Shoe Fits by Matt Thompson, Matt Chiorini, and Dana Vermette, directed by Bob Werley (Second Stage production)
Oct 2009:
Little Shop of Horrors, music by
Alan Menken, book by
Howard Ashman, directed by Jonah Hagans
Dec 2009:
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge by
Christopher Durang, directed by Ron Scott
Feb 2010:
Of Mice and Men by
John Steinbeck, directed by Rachel Walzer
May 2010:
Pippin, music and lyrics by
Stephen Schwartz, book by
Roger O. Hirson, directed by Jon Reimer
Oct 2010:
A Midsummer Night's Dream by
William Shakespeare, directed by Jonah Hagans
Dec 2010:
Tartuffe by
Molière, directed by Andrew Woolner (co-production with
Yokohama Theatre Group)
Feb 2011:
Picasso at the Lapin Agile by
Steve Martin, directed by Kellie Holway
May 2011:
Once Upon a Mattress, music by
Mary Rodgers, lyrics by
Marshall Barer, book by Jay Thompson,
Marshall Barer and Dean Fuller, directed by Jon Reimer
Sep 2011: The Metamorphosis by
Steven Berkoff, directed by Davina McFadyen
Oct 2011:
The Woman in Black by
Stephen Mallatratt, based the novel by
Susan Hill, directed by Jonah Hagans
Dec 2011:
A Kabuki Christmas Carol by Gary Perlman, directed by Jon Reimer (WORLD PREMIERE)
Mar 2012:
The Crucible by
Arthur Miller, directed by Ed Gilmartin
May 2012:
The Wizard of Oz by
L. Frank Baum, book by
John Kane, music by
Harold Arlen, lyrics by
E.Y. Harburg, directed by Jonah Hagans
June 2012;
Intimate Apparel by
Lynn Nottage, directed by Sonja Inge (Second Stage production)
Sep 2012: Comedy Festival of One Acts, produced by Jon Reimer, featuring:
15-Minute Hamlet by
Tom Stoppard, directed by Andrew Martinez;
Controlling Interest by
Wayne S. Rawley, directed by Ed Gilmartin;
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by
Bert V. Royal, directed by Lou McLeod;
The Actor's Nightmare by
Christopher Durang, directed by Ron Scott;
The Real Inspector Hound by
Tom Stoppard, directed by Jonah Hagans
Dec 2012: Alice, based on the story by
Lewis Carroll, directed by Liam Shea
Mar 2013:
Waiting for Godot by
Samuel Beckett, directed by Davina McFadyen and Jonah Hagans
May 2013:
Into the Woods, music & lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, book by
James Lapine, directed by Jon Reimer
June 2013:
Burn This by
Lanford Wilson, directed by Alysha Haran (Second Stage co-production with Neptune Theatre Company)
Oct 2013:
Avenue Q, music and lyrics by
Robert Lopez and
Jeff Marx, book by
Jeff Whitty, directed by Jonah Hagans
Nov 2013: No Time to Wait, written and directed by Mike Kanert (Second Stage production)
Dec 2013:
Night Must Fall by
Emlyn Williams, directed by Hannah Weakley
Feb 2014:
title of show, music and lyrics by
Jeff Bowen, book by
Hunter Bell, directed by Jonah Hagans and Alysha Haran (Second Stage co-production with Dirigible Productions)
Mar 2014:
Romeo and Juliet by
William Shakespeare, directed by Wendell T. Harrison
May 2014:
The Mystery of Edwin Drood, music, lyrics, and book by
Rupert Holmes, directed by Davina McFadyen
Oct 2014:
Chess, music by
Benny Andersson and
Björn Ulvaeus, lyrics by
Tim Rice, directed by Jonah Hagans
Dec 2014:
A Tuna Christmas by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard, directed by Andrew Martínez (Second Stage production)
Dec 2014:
Little Women by
Louisa May Alcott, adapted and directed by Alysha Haran
Feb 2015:
A Flea in Her Ear by
Georges Feydeau, translated by
John Mortimer, directed by Michelle Yamazaki
May 2015:
The Secret Garden based on the novel by
Frances Hodgson Burnett, book and lyrics by
Marsha Norman, music by
Lucy Simon, directed by Alysha Haran
Jun 2015:
Condorguy by Ken Clement, directed by Jonah Hagans (Second Stage production)
Oct 2015: Richard O'Brien's
The Rocky Horror Show, music, lyrics, and book by
Richard O'Brien, directed by Jonah Hagans
Jan 2016:
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? by
Edward Albee, directed by Ross Williams (Second Stage co-production with Neptune Theatre Company)
Feb 2016:
The Language Archive by
Julia Cho, directed by Brian Berdanier
May 2016:
Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, music and lyrics by
Roger Miller, book by
William Hauptman, directed by Hannah Grace
Jun 2016: Free at Last: Life Beyond the River, written and directed by Wendell T. Harrison (WORLD PREMIERE Second Stage co-production with
Tokyo Artistic Theatre Ensemble)
Oct 2016:
The Tragedy of Macbeth by
William Shakespeare, directed by Graig Russell
Feb 2017: Speaking in Tongues by
Andrew Bovell, directed by Kimie Mizuno
Oct 2017:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, music and lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, book by
Hugh Wheeler, directed by Davina McFadyen
May 2017:
The Diary of Anne Frank by
Frances Goodrich and
Albert Hackett, newly adapted by
Wendy Kesselman, directed by Jonah Hagans
Mar 2018:
The Two Gentlemen of Verona by
William Shakespeare, directed Brian Berdanier
May 2018:
The Who's Tommy, music and lyrics by
Pete Townshend, book by
Des McAnuff, directed by Jonah Hagans
Jun 2018:
Songs for a New World, music and lyrics by
Jason Robert Brown, directed by Karen Pauley (Second Stage co-production with Say Nothing)
Oct 2018:
The Good Person of Szechwan by
Bertolt Brecht, translated by
John Willett, directed by Graig Russell-Goto
Feb 2019:
Hand to God by Robert Askins, directed by Jonah Hagans
May 2019:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang music and lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman adapted for the stage by Jeremy Sams, directed by Karen Pauley
Oct 2019:
Spring Awakening, book and lyrics by
Steven Sater, music by
Duncan Sheik, based on the play by
Frank Wedekind, directed by Marita Stryker
Oct 2020: Cozy Reads by Jessie Berman, Andrea Ewald, Elizabeth Keel, Daniel Maloney, Ian Martin, Kimie Mizuno, Alex Page, Evan Spreen, and CC Ziegler, produced by Lizzie Howard, Marie Kuroda, and Kimie Mizuno (online reading event)
May 2021: Cozy Reads: Chapter 2 by Jessie Berman, Armelle Lajus, Alex Ohannessian, Alex Page, and Carlos Quiapo, produced by Lizzie Howard and Kimie Mizuno (online reading event)
Oct 2021:
Natural Shocks by
Lauren Gunderson, directed by Karen Pauley (staged reading)
Dec 2021:
Constellations by
Nick Payne, directed by Xander Coleman (staged reading)
May 2022:
C*ck by
Mike Bartlett, directed by Karen Pauley (staged reading)
Oct 2022: John Hemstock Black by Alexander Page, directed by Karen Pauley (staged reading)
May 2023:
Pride and Prejudice by
Kate Hamill, based on the novel by
Jane Austen, directed by Xander Coleman
Oct 2023:
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, book and lyrics by
Joe DiPietro, music by
Jimmy Roberts, orchestrations by
Doug Katsaros, directed by Jon Reimer
May 2024:
Beauty and the Beast by
Laurence Boswell, music by
Mick Sands, directed by Karen Pauley