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Theatre Productions ANDREAS TEUBER revived the POETS’ THEATRE in 1987 and was its Artistic Director into the 1990’s, working with poets and writers, including . Seamus Heaney, Joseph Brodsky, Derek Walcott, Anthony Hecht, Amy Clampitt, Richard Wilbur, John Ashbery, Kenward Elmslie, Alison Lurie, John Updike, Donald Hall, Kenneth Koch, William Corbett, Joe LeSuer, Lloyd Schwartz, Frank Bidart, Gail Mazur, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, Allen Ginsberg In 1992 he founded the CAMBRIDGE THEATRE COMPANY, and also served as its Artistic Director. The Theatres produced their shows at the Hasty Pudding Theater in Harvard Square. The Cambridge Theatre Company gained the reputation as Boston's leading off- Broadway theater and in 1998 the Theater Company was a co -recipient of the Elliot Norton Award, Boston's highest Theater Honor, for the Best Production of the Year. As director of many of the stage productions for both the POETS’ THEATRE and the CAMBRDIGE THEATRE COMPANY, he directed, among others, Claire Bloom, William Cain, Stockard Channing, Lindsay Crouse, Blythe Danner, Peter Falk, Julie Harris, John Heard, Sally Kellerman, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl, Spalding Gray, Cherry Jones, Bill Murray, Alan Rachins, Christopher Reeve, Wallace Shawn, Kathryn Walker, Sam Waterston, Fritz Weaver, Debra Winger, Irene Worth, Harris Yulin. * * * * Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/CoOO Producer, CABARET, Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, directed by Julie Boyd, choreographed by Hope Clarke with SPIRO MALAS, MARNI NIXON, BECCA AYERS, CHRISTOPHER YATES, JONATHAN HAMMOND, PATRICK EMERSON, TINA STAFFORD, PAMELA BRADLEY, MARCI REED, MICHAEL BALLOS and STUART METCALF, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1997 through January 1998. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, THE DRAGON & THE PEARL: The Life of Pearl Buck, directed by Rob Ruggiero with VALERIE HARPER, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 1997. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, MORT SAHL’S AMERICA II, written and performed by MORT SAHL, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May and June 1997. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING A World Premiere, written and performed by JACKIE MASON Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 1997. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, CRY ME A RIVER by Joyce Carol Oates (A World Premiere) with JULIA GIBSON, VICTOR SLEZAK and TONY TODD, directed by Gordon Edelstein, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 1997. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, UNCOMMON SENSE II, written and performed by JIMMY TINGLE, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1996. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, JACKIE: AN AMERICAN LIFE, written and directed by Gip Hoppe with DIEGO ARCINIEGAS, LANE BURGESS, PAUL WAGNER, ROBERTA KASTELIC, CHANDRA PIERAGOSTINI, CHIP PHILLIPS, PAULA PLUM, M. LYNDA ROBINSON, PATRICK SHEA and RICHARD SNEE, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October and November 1996. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, JACKIE: AN AMERICAN LIFE, written and directed by Gip Hoppe with DIEGO ARCINIEGAS, LANE BURGESS, TOMMY DERRAH, ROBERTA KASTELIC, CHANDRA PIERAGOSTINI, TOM SWIFT, PAULA PLUM, M. LYNDA ROBINSON, PATRICK SHEA and RICHARD SNEE, Wilbur Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts, July and September 1996. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, LOVE LETTERS by A. R. Gurney, directed by Andreas Teuber with PETER FALK and SHERA DANESE, Wilbur Theatre, Boston, Massachusetts June 1996. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, LAS VEGAS VOWS, written and Performed by KEVIN MEANEY, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May and June 1996. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, AVNER THE ECCENTRIC CONQUERS THE WORLD: An Evening of Mime, Magic, and Circus Acts with AVNER EISENBERG Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts December 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, UNCOMMON SENSE, written and Performed by JIMMY TINGLE, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June and November 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, BILL W. & DR. BOB by Janet Surry and Samuel Shem, directed by David Wheeler with JACK WILLIS, MICHAEL BALCANOFF, ALEX LORIA, MARYA LOWRY, KIPPY GOLDFARB and BRUCE WARD, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts and The Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, California June and July, 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, SOME AMERICANS ABROAD by Richard Nelson, A Radio Theatre Production, directed by Andreas Teuber with LINDSAY CROUSE, JULIE HARRIS, ALAN RACHINS and WALLY SHAWN, WGBH Channel 2, Boston, Massachusetts, May 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, READINGS FROM RUSSELL BAKER’S BOOK OF AMERICAN HUMOR, staged and CoOProduced by Isaiah Sheffer and Andreas Teuber with VINIE BURROWS, DICK CAVETT, JAMES NAUGHTON, ISAIAH SHEFFER and JERRY STILLER, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, EDGAR ALLAN POE: POET & STORYTELLER, staged and CoOProduced by Isaiah Sheffer and Andreas Teuber with RENE AUBERJONOIS, NANCY MARCHAND and HARRIS YULIN, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, FENWAY FICTIONS: A SALUTE TO BASEBALL, directed by Andreas Teuber with ROGER ANGEL, JACK DAVIDSON, STEPHEN LANG, BILL LITTLEFIELD, GAIL MAZUR, PETER GAMMONS, JOHN UPDIKE and FRITZ WEAVER, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts March 1995. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, YIDDLE WITH A FIDDLE, adapted from the 1936 Film Book and Lyrics by Isaiah Sheffer, Music by Abraham Ellstein Orchestrations by Lanny Meyers, starring EMILY LOESSER with DONALD GRODY, JONATHAN HADLEY, BILL KOCIS, CHERYL McMAHON JEANNE MONTANO, MICHAEL POISSON, DANNY RUTIGLIANO, LYNN SHUCK, CHRISTOPHER VETTEL and ELIZABETH WALSH, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1994. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, THE MOST DANGEROUS WOMAN IN AMERICA: A Musical Tribute to Mother Jones, with RONNIE GILBERT with Songs and Music by Holly Near, Judy Small, Jeff Langley, and Ronnie Gilbert, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1994. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, GRAY’S ANATOMY, written and performed by SPALDING GRAY, directed by Renee Shafransky, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1994. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, MORT SAHL’S AMERICA, written and Performed by MORT SAHL (New England Premiere) Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1994. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, BEAU JEST by James Sherman with CAROL MONDA, PAUL AMODEO, PAUL STOLARSKY, BETH HOLLAND, JK THOMPSON and JERERMIAH KISSEL, Charles Playhouse, Boston, Massachusetts, September 1994. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, CLUB SANDWICH: More Juggling & Cheap Theatrics with THE FLYING KARAMAZOV BROTHERS, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 1993 Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, SHAKESPEARE’S WOMEN IN LOVE: A World Premiere New Portraits of Shakespeare’s Women, directed by Andreas Teuber with CLAIRE BLOOM, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 1993. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? by Edward Albee, directed by Larry Arrick with SALLY KELLERMAN, DAVID ACKROYD, PATRICIA DUNNOCK and DAVID MACDONALD, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1993. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, GRAY’S ANATOMY, written and performed by SPALDING GRAY, (A World Premiere) directed by Renee Shafransky, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1993. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, PARK YOUR CAR IN HARVARD YARD, by Israel Horovitz with E. G. MARSHALL and MARYANN PLUNKETT, directed by Grey Johnson, Hasty Pudding Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 1993. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, PATRIMONY: AN EVENING WITH PHILLIP ROTH, directed by Andreas Teuber, Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 1993. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, SILENCED WOMEN: THE POETY OF AKHMATOVA AND TSVETYEVA, conceived by Claire Bloom and Andreas Teuber, directed by Andreas Teuber with CLAIRE BLOOM and ALLA DEMIDOVA. Sanders Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 1993. Teuber, Andreas, Artistic Director/Producer, MAD WITH JOY by Amy Clampitt, directed by Andreas Teuber. with JEREMY GEIDT, JONATHAN EPSTEIN, ROBERT WALSH, ELIZABETH CALLAHAN, MARYA LOWRY, and FRANCES WEST Agassiz Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 1993. 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