American Players Theatre Production History
1980 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Ed Berkeley
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Directed by Ed Berkeley
1981 King John by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks
The Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Mik Derks
1982 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Mik Derks
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare Directed by Mik Derks
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Mik Derks
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Mik Derks
The Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Sandra Reigel-Ernst
1983 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Mik Derks
Tamburlaine the Great by Christopher Marlowe Directed by Mik Derks
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso
1984 Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Randall Duk Kim
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Randall Duk Kim
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Theodore Swetz
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Sandra Reigel-Ernst
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman
1985 The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst & Theodore Swetz
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst & Fred Ollerman
The Proposal by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
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1985 Continued On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
The Bear by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
1986 Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Fred Ollerman
The Wedding by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
Swan Song by Anton Chekhov Directed by Charles Bright & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
The Anniversary by Anton Chekhov Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst & Fred Ollerman Translated by John Wyatt
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Theodore Swetz & Fred Ollerman
The Bear by Anton Chekhov Directed by Fred Ollerman Translated by John Wyatt
The Proposal by Anton Chekhov Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst Translated by John Wyatt
On the Harmfulness of Tobacco by Anton Chekhov Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst Translated by John Wyatt
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1987 Hamlet by Anton Chekhov Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Theodore Swetz
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Theodore Swetz
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Sandra Reigel-Ernst
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by Jewel Walker
Ivanov by Anton Chekhov Directed by Phoebe Brand & Morris Carnovsky Translated by John Wyatt
1988 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Sandra Reigel-Ernst
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Directed by John Wyatt & Theodore Swetz Translated by John Wyatt
The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & Michael Whaley
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Fred Ollerman & Sandra Reigel-Ernst
1989 The Comedy of Asses (Asinaria) by Titus Maccius Plautis Directed and Translated by John Wyatt
King Lear by William Shakespeare Directed by Morris Carnovsky & Phoebe Brand
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Directed by John Wyatt & Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
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1990 Macbeth by William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Whaley
The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by Randall Duk Kim & John Wyatt
The Proposal, Et Cetera! by Anton Chekhov Directed and Translated by John Wyatt
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso Translated by John Wyatt
1991 Tartuffe Directed by Randall Duk Kim & John Wyatt Translated by Richard Wilbur
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by Michael Whaley
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Sandra Reigel-Ernst
An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen Directed by Anne Occhiogrosso & John Wyatt Translated by John Wyatt
1992 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by Joseph Hanreddy William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long
Our Town by Thornton Wilder Directed by Kathryn Long
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1993 The School for Wives by Molière Directed by Kathryn Long Translated by Richard Wilbur
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers
King Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long
1994 The Learned Ladies by Molière Directed by Kenneth Albers Translated by Richard Wilbur
As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long
Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
The Beaux' Stratagem by George Farquhar Directed by David Frank
1995 She Stoops To Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith Directed by David Frank
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Kathryn Long
Henry V by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
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1996 The Misanthrope by Molière Directed by James Bohnen Translated by Richard Wilbur
The Country Wife by William Wycherley Directed by J. R. Sullivan
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Measure For Measure by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers
1997 The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by David Frank
Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand Directed by J. R. Sullivan Adapted and translated by Anthony Burgess
Richard III by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
Antigone by Sophocles Directed by David Frank Translated by Dudley Fitts & Robert Fitzgerald
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
1998 Macbeth by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Smoots
Wild Oats by John O'Keeffe Directed by J. R. Sullivan
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde Directed by James Bohnen
Mary Stuart by Friedrich Schiller Directed by David Frank Translated by Jeremy Sams
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1999 King Lear by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw Directed by William Brown
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
Pericles by William Shakespeare Directed by Julian Lo'Pez-Morillas
The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen Directed by David Frank
2000 A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by Paul Barnes
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
The Devil's Disciple by George Bernard Shaw Directed by David Frank
The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol Directed by Risa Brainin
Phédre by Jean Racine Directed by David Frank
2001 Ring Round the Moon by Jean Anouilh Directed by David Frank
As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Jonathan Smoots
All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov Directed by Risa Brainin Translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie
Richard II by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
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2002 A Penny for a Song by John Whiting Directed by David Frank
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown
Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw Directed by David Frank
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
2003 Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw Directed by James Bohnen
Two Gentleman of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Paul Barnes
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov Directed by Bill Brown
The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
2004 Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown
Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
London Assurance by Dion Boucicault Directed by Peter Amster
The Playboy of the Western World by J.M Synge Directed by David Frank
Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley
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2005 The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by John Neville-Andrews
Tartuffe by Molière Directed by David Frank Translated by Richard Wilbur
Candida by George Bernard Shaw Directed by James Bohnen
The Play's the Thing by Ferenc Molnar Directed by David Frank Adapted by P.G. Wodehouse
Macbeth by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley
2006 The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder Directed by William Brown
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers
Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw Directed by James Bohnen
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Directed by Sanford Robbins
2007 Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by Kenneth Albers
Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw Directed by John Langs
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams Directed by William Brown
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley
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2008 A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown
Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill Directed by John Langs
Henry IV: The Making of a King by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
Widowers’ Houses by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Kenneth Albers
The Belle’s Stratagem by Hannah Cowley Directed by David Frank
The Desert Queen written & directed by James DeVita Featuring Sarah Day
2009 Up the Hill The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown
The Philanderer by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Kenneth Albers
The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Hay Fever by Noël Coward Directed by William Brown
King Henry V by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
In the Touchstone Theatre In Acting Shakespeare by James DeVita With the permission of Sir Ian McKellen Directed by John Langs
Old Times by Harold Pinter Directed by Laura Gordon
A Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Eugene O’Neill Directed by John Langs
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2010 Up the Hill As You Like It by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel
All’s Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare Directed by John Langs
Another Part of the Forest by Lillian Hellman Directed by William Brown
The Circle by W. Somerset Maugham Directed by James Bohnen
Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw Directed by David Frank
In the Touchstone Theatre Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett Directed by Kenneth Albers
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien Directed by C. Michael Wright
Exits and Entrances by Athol Fugard Directed by Kate Buckley
The Gift of the Magi Book by James DeVita. Composed by Josh Schmidt. Lyrics by James DeVita & Josh Schmidt. Directed by James DeVita
2011 Up the Hill The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel
Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward Directed by David Frank
The Critic by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Directed by William Brown.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Directed by Kate Buckley
The Tempest by William Shakespeare Directed by James Bohnen
In the Touchstone Theatre The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Directed by Aaron Posner ~ 12 ~
2011 Continued
Crime and Punishment by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus. From the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Directed by Kenneth Albers
The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles’ Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney Directed by David Frank
The Gift of the Magi Book by James DeVita. Composed by Josh Schmidt. Lyrics by James DeVita & Josh Schmidt. Directed by James DeVita
2012 Up the Hill Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Diected by David Frank
The Royal Family by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman Directed by Laura Gordon
Richard III by William Shakespeare Directed by James DeVita
The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie Directed by Kenneth Albers
Troilus and Cressida by William Shakespeare Directed by William Brown
In the Touchstone Theatre Skylight by David Hare Directed by John Langs
Heroes by Tom Stoppard Directed by James Bohnen Translated from Gerald Sibleyras’s Le Vent des peupliers
Shakespeare’s Will by Vern Thiessen Directed by Brenda DeVita
In Acting Shakespeare by James DeVita Freely adapted from Sir Ian McKellan’s Acting Shakespeare Premiere production directed by John Langs (2009)
The Gift of the Magi Book by James DeVita. Composed by Josh Schmidt. Lyrics by James DeVita & Josh Schmidt. Directed by James DeVita
2013 Up the Hill
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel
Too Many Husbands (aka Home and Beauty) by W. Somerset Maugham Directed by David Frank.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare Directed by John Langs
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard Directed by James Bohnen
All My Sons by Arthur Miller Directed by William Brown
In the Touchstone Theatre Antony and Cleopatra: An Adaptation by William Shakespeare Directed by Kate Buckley Adapted by Kate Buckly & James DeVita
Dickens in America by James DeVita Directed by C. Michael Wright
Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel Directed by Kenneth Albers
Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton. Adapted from the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. Directed by Brenda DeVita
2014 Up the Hill The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Directed by William Brown.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare Directed by David Frank
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Directed by Jim DeVita
The Doctor’s Dilemma by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Aaron Posner
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov. Translated by Carol Rocamora. Directed by John Langs
In the Touchstone Theatre American Buffalo by David Mamet Directed by Kenneth Albers
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Directed by Brenda DeVita
Travesties by Tom Stoppard Directed by William Brown
Alcestis by Euripides. Adapted & Translated by Ted Hughes. Directed by David Frank
2015 Up the Hill The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare Directed by Tim Ocel
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Directed by William Brown
Pride and Prejudice adapted by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan From the novel by Jane Austen Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Private Lives by Noël Coward Directed by James Bohnen
Othello by William Shakespeare Directed by John Langs
In the Touchstone Theatre An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare Translated from Homer’s Iliad by Robert Fagles Directed by John Langs
The Island by Athol Fugard, John Kani and Winston Ntshona Directed by Derrick Sanders
Edward Albee’s Seascape Directed by Laura Gordon
The Game of Love and Chance by Marivaux Translated by Stephen Wadsworth Directed by David Frank
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