Theatre Department

Production History

theatre department - college of arts and sciences

2008-2009
Hotel Paradiso
By Georges Feydeau
Directed by John Houchin
Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov
Translation by Paul Schmidt
Directed by Patricia Riggin
Angels in America:
A Gay Fantasia On National Themes
Part I: Millenium Appraches

By Tony Kushner
Directed by Dr. Stuart J. Hecht

Sweet Charity
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by Dorothy Fields
Book by Neil Simon
Directed by Michael Allosso
2007-2008  
Metamorphoses
By Mary Zimmerman
Directed by Luke Jorgensen
Ashley's Purpose
Conceived and Directed by Scott T. Cummings

Stage Door
By Edna Farber and George S. Kaufman
Directed by John Houchin

Urinetown
Book by Greg Kotis
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollman & Greg Kotis
Directed by Paul Daigneault
2006-2007
An Experiment with an Air Pump
By Shelagh Stephenson
Directed by Patricia Riggin

New Voices 2007
No Child Left Behind by Megan Maile Green ‘08
The Storykeeper by Patricia Noonan ‘07
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

The Pirates of Penzance
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Howard Enoch
2005-2006
The King Stag
By Carlo Gozzi
Directed by Luke Jorgensen
We Won't Pay! We Won't Pay!
By Dario Fo
Directed by John Houchin
Marisol
By José Rivera
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht


Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Music by John Kander
Directed by Howard Enoch
2004-2005
Necessary Targets by Eve Ensler
Credible Witness by Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by Patricia Riggin

New Voices 2005
Swimming After Dark by Emily Dendinger '05
Zoe by Richard Lawson '05
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Dreaming Shakespeare
Based on the works of William Shakespeare
Directed by John Houchin


Candide
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
2003-2004
The Crucible
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Luke Jorgensen
Abingdon Square
By Maria Irene Fornes
Directed by Scott Cummings
Arcadia
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

Anything Goes
Book by Guy Bolton & P.G. Woodhouse
Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter
Directed by John Houchin
2002-2003
An Evening of One-Acts
The Flying Doctor and The Forced Marraige
By Moliere
Directed by Luke Jorgensen
Life Under Water
By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Edward Kahn
Hope
By Terrence McNally
Directed by Patricia Riggin
Good
By C.P. Taylor
Directed by John Houchin







Hamlet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Howard Enoch

A Little Night Music
Book by Hugh Taylor
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
2001-2002
Dracula
By Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston
Adapted by John Houchin and Angela Apodaca
Directed by John Houchin
A Summer Evening in Des Moines
By Charles L. Mee
Directed by Scott T. Cummings

The Good Person of Szechwan
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

Jesus Christ Superstar
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Howard Enoch
2000-2001
Ring 'Round the Moon
By Jean Anouilh
Directed by John Houchin
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Howard Enoch
Blue Window
By Craig Lucas
Directed by Paul Daigneault

Oklahoma!
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
1999-2000
Carthaginians
By Frank McGuinnes
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By Steve Martin
Directed by Luke Jorgensen
The Rivals
By Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

Patience
Libretto by W.S. Gillbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Howard Enoch
1998-1999
Preliminary Stages: An Evening of New Plays
All of Me by Carrie Friedman
Butterfly Plunge Into Crystal Sharpness
by Beth O'Brien
Karma by Sascha Rothchild
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Fifth of July
By Lanford Wilson
Directed by Howard Enoch



The Marriage
By Nikolai Gogol
Directed by John Houchin

Into the Woods
Book by James Lapine
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
1997-1998
The Comedy of Errors
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Story Theater
By Paul Sills
Directed by John Houchin
Buried Child
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

The Secret Garden
Book and Lyrics by Marsha Norman
Music by Lucy Simon
Directed by Howard Enoch
1996-1997
Our Country's Good
By Timberlake Wertenbaker
Directed by John Houchin
The Triumph of Love
By Marivaux
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Steel Magnolias
By Robert Harling
Directed by Howard Enoch

Little Shop of Horrors
Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Music by Alan Menken
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
1995-1996
Endgame
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Scott T. Cummings
Tartuffe
By Molieré
Directed by John Houchin
The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

The Pirates of Penzance
Libretto by W.S. Gilbert
Music by Arthur Sullivan
Directed by Howard Enoch
1994-1995
As You Like It
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
The Children’s Hour
By Lillian Hellman
Directed by Jayme Koszyn
On The Verge
By Eric Overmeyer
Directed by John Houchin

Company
Book by George Furth
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by Howard Enoch
1993-1994
Brighton Beach Memoirs
By Neil Simon
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

Dracula: The Vampire Play
Dramatized by Hamilton Deanek
and John Balderston
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
Evita
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Directed by Henry Shaffer
House of Blue Leaves
By John Guare
Directed by Howard Enoch

1992-1993
Julius Caesar
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Denis P. Moran, S.J.
A Man for All Seasons
By Robert Bolt
Directed by Howard Enoch
Waiting for Godot
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
All My Husbands
A Farce by Georges Feydau & Maurice Desvalliers
Translated and Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
1991-1992
Play It Again Robsham: The First 10 Years
Compiled and Edited by J. Paul Marcoux
Narration by James McGahay
Directed by Howard Enoch
The Normal Heart
By Larry Kramer
Directed by Denis P. Moran, S.J.

Equus
By Peter Shaffer
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
1990-1991
You Can’t Take It With You
By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux

Brigadoon
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Directed by Howard Enoch
Arms and the Man
By George Bernard Shaw
Directed by Denis P. Moran, S.J.
The Rainmaker
By N. Richard Nash
Directed by Robert Bouffier S.J.
1989-1990
Coelina
By Pixerécourt
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux

Pippin
Book by Richard O. Hirson
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Directed by Howard Enoch
Antigone
By Jean Anouilh
Based on the play by Sophocles
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
Mother Courage and Her Children
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht

1988-1989
Time to Feast, Time To Fast
Translated by Elena Ivanova
Directed by Elena Ivanova

The King and I
Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music By Richard Rodgers
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Howard Enoch
Translations
By Brian Friel
Directed by Howard Enoch
1987-1988
The Drunkard
By W. H. Smith
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux


Chicago
Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Music by John Kander
Directed by Howard Enoch
Our Town
By Thornton Wilder
Directed by Stuart J. Hecht
Of Mice and Men
By John Steinbeck
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
1986-1987  
Whose Life Is It Anyway
By Brian Clark
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux


West Side Story
Book by Arthur Laurents
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux

The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Howard Enoch
The Cactus Flower
By Abe Burrows
Directed by Alice Mamarchev
1985 - 1986  
Amadeus
By Peter Shaffer
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
The Painted Scene: An Evening of One Acts
By Henry Kitchell Webster
Directed by Tomás MacAnna

Bedroom Farce
By Alan Ayckbourn




Once Upon A Matress
Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer,
& Dean Fuller
Music by Mary Rodgers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Directed by Howard Enoch

1984 - 1985  
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
By Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Howard Enoch
Deathtrap
By Ira Levin
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
The Lion in Winter
By James Goldman
Directed by Robert VerEecke, S.J.


King of Hearts
Book by Joseph Stein
Music by Peter Link
Lyrics by Jacob Brackman
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
1983 - 1984  
The Dressmaker
By Georges Feydeau
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
The Glass Menagerie
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
Mack and Mabel
Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Directed by Howard Enoch
Dark of the Moon
By Howard Richardson and William Berney
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux


1982 - 1983  
The Elephant Man
By Bernard Pomerance
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux

The Mikado
Libretto by William S. Gilbert
Music and Lyrics by Arthur Sullivan
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux
Korczak’s Children
By Michael K. Brady
Directed by Howard Enoch
Romeo and Juliet
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Harlan Grant
1981 - 1982  
Ulysses in Nighttown
By James Joyce
Directed by Tomás MacAnna
Uncle Vanya
By Anton Chekhov
Directed by Fr. Joseph Larkin
The Hot L Baltimore
By Lanford Wilson
Directed by Howard Enoch


Camelot
Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Music by Frederick Loewe
Featuring Gordon MacRae as King Arthur
Directed by J. Paul Marcoux