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Interplayers Theatre

A Complete Professional Production History 

 

First Season (1981-82)

The Male Animal by Elliot Nugent & James Thurber

Spokesong by Stuart Parker

Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw

The Deadly Game (1st of 2) by Friedrich Duerrenmatt; adapted by James Yaffe

Ah, Wilderness! (1st of 2) by Eugene O’Neill

Lady House Blues by Kevin O’Morrison

The Fourposter (1st of 2) by Jan de Hartog

 

Second Season (1982-83)

The Gin Game (1st of 2) by D.L. Coburn

Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw

A Life by Hugh Leonard

Morning’s at Seven by Paul Osborn

Playboy of the Western World by John Millington Synge

The Subject was Roses by Frank D. Gilroy

Talley’s Folly by Lanford Wilson

 

Third Season (1983-84)

The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie

The Dresser by Ronald Harwood

Cold Storage by Ronald Ribman

School for Wives by Moliére

Eminent Domain by Percy Grannger

Mass Appeal by Bill C. Davis

Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley

 

Fourth Season (1984-85)

Room Service by John Murray & Allen Boretz

Agnes of God by John Pielmeier

An Independent Woman by Daniel Stern

Checkmates (3 One-Act Plays) by Anton Chekhov

Angel Street (1st of 2; aka Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton

The Rainmaker (1st of 3) by N. Richard Nash

Good by C.P. Taylor

Twelfth Night (1st of 2) by William Shakespeare

 

Fifth Season (1985-86)

Tartuffe by Moliére; adapted by Richard Wilbur

Master Harold…and the Boys by Athol Fugard

Painting Churches (1st of 2) by Tina Howe

The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold

Private Lives(1st of 2) by Noël Coward

Nuts by Tom Topor

The Importance of Being Earnest (1st of 2) by Oscar Wilde

 

Sixth Season (1986-87)

Splittin’ Hairs by Rebecca Wells

Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon

Arsenic and Old Lace (1st of 2) by Joseph Kesselring

The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone

The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard

Orphans by Lyle Kessler

She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith

Noises Off by Michael Frayn

Seventh Season (1987-88)

 

Biloxi Blues by Neil Simon

Charlie’s Aunt by Brandon Thomas

Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill

Stage Struck by Simon Gray

Terra Nova by Ted Talley

A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard

The Miser by Moliére

 

Eighth Season (1988-89)

The Belle of Amherst (1st of 2)William Luce

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling

Dirty Work at the CrossroadsBill Johnson

The Mystery of Irma Vep (1st of 2)Charles Ludlam

The Price (1st of 2) by Arthur Miller

See How They Run by Philip King

The Diviners by James Leonard, Jr.

Broadway Bound by Neil Simon

 

Ninth Season (1989-90)

The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 by John Bishop

Reckless by Craig Lucas

Dog Logic by Thomas Strelich

The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard

Isn’t it Romantic? by Wendy Wasserstein

Stepping Out (1st of 2) by Richard Harris

The Waltz of the Torreadors by Jean Anouilh

 

Tenth Season (1990-91)

Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin

The Long Awaited by Claudia Allen

The Business of Murder by Richard Harris

The Night Hank Williams Died by Larry L. King

You Never Can Tell by George Bernard Shaw

Other People’s Money by Jerry Sterner

Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig

 

Eleventh Season (1991-92)

Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Greater Tuna by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard

White Crow by Abe Polsky

Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas

Holy Days by Sally Nemeth

How the Other Half Loves by Alan Ayckbourn

 

Twelfth Season (1992-93)

Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell

I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick

Season’s Greetings by Alan Ayckbourn

Vikings by Stephen Metcalfe

Loot by Joe Orton

I’m Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner

Picnic by William Inge

Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer

 

Thirteenth Season (1993-94)

Love Letters by A.R, Gurney

Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel

Inspecting Carol (1st of 2) by Dan Sullivan & Seattle Rep Ensemble

Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman

Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn

Keely and Du by Jane Martin

Marvin’s Room by Scott McPherson

Hay Fever by Noël Coward

 

Fourteenth Season (1994-95)

A Gown for his Mistress by Georges Feydeau

Absurd Person Singular by Alan Ayckbourn

Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies

Candida by George Bernard Shaw

The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney

Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward

The Misanthrope (Hollywood Version) by Moliére; adapted by Neil Bartlett

 

Fifteenth Season (1995-96)

Twelfth Night (2nd of 2) by William Shakespeare

Greetings by Tom Dudzick

Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn

The Old Boy by A.R, Gurney

Da by Hugh Leonard

Laughter on the 23rd Floor (1st of 2) by Neil Simon

The Sisters Rosensweig by Wendy Wasserstein

 

Sixteenth Season (1996-97)

Camping with Henry and Tom by Mark St. Germain

The Triumph of Love by Marivaux; adapted by Stephen Wadsworth

The Ladies of the Camellias by Lillian Garrett-Groag

Scotland Road by Jeffrey Hatcher

Indiscretions by Jean Cocteau; adapted by Jeremy Sams

Sylvia by A.R. Gurney

The Rainmaker (2nd of 3) by N. Richard Nash

 

Seventeenth Season (1997-98)

The Importance of Being Earnest (2nd of 2) by Oscar Wilde

Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene; adapted by Giles Havergal

A Tuna Christmas (1st of 2) by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard

The Gin Game (2nd of 2) by D.L. Coburn

The Woman in Black (1st of 2)Stephen Malatratt

An Inspector Calls by J.B. Priestly

The Fourposter (2nd of 2) by Jan de Hartog

 

Eighteenth Season (1998-99)

Absent Friends by Alan Ayckbourn

The Firebugs by Max Frisch; adapted by Mordecai Gorelik

The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry

Park Your Car in Harvard Yard by Israel Horovitz

Angel Street (2nd of 2; aka Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton

How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel

Moon Over Buffalo (1st of 2) by Ken Ludwig

 

Nineteenth Season (1999-2000)

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard

A Touch of the Poet by Eugene O’Neill

All I Really Need to Know by Robert Fulghum; adapted by Ernest Zulia

 I Learned in Kindergarten

The Beauty Queen of LeeaneMartin McDonagh

Private Eyes by Steven Dietz

Taking Sides by Ronald Harwood

Bedroom Farce by Alan Ayckbourn

 

Twentieth Season (2000-01)

Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe DiPietro

Collected Stories by Donald Margulies

Arsenic and Old Lace (2nd of 2)Joseph Kesselring

Side Man by Warren Leight

Art (1st of 2) by Yasmina Reza; adapted by Christopher Hampton

The Deadly Game (2nd of 2) by Friedrich Duerrenmatt; 

 by adapted by James Yaffe

Ah, Wilderness! (2nd of 2) by Eugene O’Neill

 

Twenty-First Season (2001-02)

Private Lives (2nd of 2) by Noël Coward

Three Days of Rain by Richard Greenberg

A Tuna Christmas (2nd of 2) by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard

Dinner with Friends by Donald Margulies

Wings by Arthur Kopit

Visiting Mr. Green by Jeff Baron

Final Twist by Ken Whitemore & Alfred Breadley

 

Twenty-Second Season (2002-03)

The Complete History of America, Abridged by Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor

God’s Man in Texas by David Rambo 

Fully Committed by Becky Mode

Cobb by Lee Blessing

Anton in Show Business by Jane Martin

Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman

Always … Patsy Cline (1st of 2) by Ted Swindley

 

Twenty-Third Season (2003-04)

Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones

Turn of the Screw by Jeffrey Hatcher, 

 by based on the novel by Henry James

The Bench by Larry Larson & Eddie Levi Lee

Music for a Sparkling Planet by Douglas Carter Beane

Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan

The Underpants by Carl Sternheim; adapted by Steve Martin

Side by Side by Sondheim by A Revue of Songs by Stephen Sondheim; 

 by collected by David Kernan

 

Twenty-Fourth Season (2004-05)

Painting Churches (2nd of 2) by Tina Howe

Dracula by Hamilton Deane & John L. Balderston; Based on the novel by Bram Stoker

Inspecting Carol (2nd of 2) by Dan Sullivan & Seattle Rep Ensemble

True West by Sam Shepard

A Coupla White Chicks Sittin’ Around Talking by John Ford Noonan

Othello by William Shakespeare

You Say Tomatoes… by Bernard Slade

 

Twenty-Fifth Season (2005-06)

Someone to Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinnes

The Mystery of Irma Vep (2nd of 2) by Charles Ludlam

The Fantasticks by Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones

York by Brian Harniteaux

Stepping Out (2nd of 2) by Richard Harris

Laughter on the 23rd Floor (2nd of 2)Neil Simon

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

 

Twenty-Sixth Season (2006-07)

Bus Stop by William Inge

The Woman in Black (2nd of 2) by Stephen Malatratt

Moon Over Buffalo (2nd of 2) by Ken Ludwig

Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Richard Alferi

The Price (2nd of 2) by Arthur Miller

Sparky and the Fitz by Craig Volk

 

Twenty-Seventh Season (2007-08)

The Rainmaker (3rd of 3) by N. Richard Nash

Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade

Grace and Glorie by Tom Ziegler

On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson

The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl

Rounding Third by Richard Dressler

Oleanna by David Mamet

 

Twenty-Eighth Season (2008-09)

The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney

Exits and Entrances by Athol Fugard

Together Again for the First Time by Reed McColm

Cowgirls by Mary Murfitt & Betsy Howe

The Belle of Amherst (2nd of 2) by William Luce

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

The Graduate by Terry Johnson; based on the film and novel

 

Twenty-Ninth Season (2009-10)

Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally

Doubt: A Parable by John Patrick Shanley

Underneath the Lintel by Glen Berger

Honky Tonk Angels by Ted Swindley

Art (2nd of 2) by Yasmina Reza; adptn Christopher Hampton

Eleemosynary by Lee Blessing

Psychopathia Sexualis by John Patrick Shanley

 

Thirtieth Season (2010-11)

Together Again for the Next Time by Reed McColm

The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow

Honky Tonk AngelsHoliday Spectacular by Ted Swindley

Opus by Michael Hollinger

Privilege by Paul Weitz 

Race by David Mamet (West Coast Premiere)

The Miracle Worker by William Gibson

 

Thirty-First Season (2011-12)

The Boys Next Door by Tom Griffin

The Receptionist by Adam Bock

Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters by Beth Gilleland & Bob Beverage

Tuna Does Vegas by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams & Ed Howard

Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck 

An Infinite Ache by David Schulner

Taking Steps (2nd of 2) by Alan Ayckbourn

Special out of season show:

Greater Tuna by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams & Ed Howard

 

Thirty-Second Season (2012-13)

Always…Patsy Cline (2nd of 2)Ted Swindley

Incorruptible by Michael Hollinger

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry

boom by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb

Sirens by Deborah Zoe Laufer

Speech & Debate by Stephen Karam

Seeds of Change by Craig Rickett (World Premiere)

Special out of season show:

TBA

 

 

Most Produced Playwrights

*indicates some titles produced multiple times

 

Eight Productions by 

Alan Ayckbourn*; Seasons 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 31

 

Five Productions

A.R. Gurney; Seasons 13, 14, 15, 16, 28

Neil Simon*; Seasons 6, 7, 8, 15, 25

 

Four Productions

Moliére; Seasons 3, 5, 7, 14

Eugene O’Neill*; Seasons 1, 7, 19, 20

William Shakespeare*; Seasons 4, 11, 15, 24

Ted Swindley; Seasons 22, 29, 30, 32

George Bernard Shaw; Seasons 1, 2, 10, 14

 

Three Productions

Noël Coward*; Seasons 5, 14, 21

Donald Margulies; Seasons 14, 20, 21

Athol Fugard; Seasons 5, 9, 28

Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard*; Seasons 11, 17, 21, 31

 

 

Shows with Multiple Productions

 

Three Productions

The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash; Seasons 4, 16, 27

 

Two Productions

Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O’Neill; Seasons 1, 20

Always…Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley; Seasons 22, 32

Angel Street (aka Gaslight) by Patrick Hamilton; Seasons 4, 18

Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring; Seasons 6, 20

Art by Yasmina Reza, Translated by Christopher Hampton; Seasons 20, 29

The Belle of Amherst by William Luce; Seasons 8, 28

The Deadly Game by Friedrich Duerrenmatt, adapted by James Yaffe; Seasons 1, 20

The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog; Seasons 1, 17

The Gin Game by D.L. Coburn; Seasons 2, 17

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde; Seasons 5, 17

Inspecting Carol by Dan Sullivan & Seattle Repertory Ensemble; Seasons 13, 24

Laughter on the 23rd Floor by Neil Simon; Seasons 15, 25

Moon Over Buffalo by Ken Ludwig; Seasons 18, 25

The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam; Seasons 8, 25

Painting Churches by Tina Howe; Seasons 5, 24

The Price by Arthur Miller; Seasons 8, 26

Private Lives by Noël Coward; Seasons 5, 21

Stepping Out by Richard Harris; Seasons 9, 25

Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn; Seasons 13, 31

A Tuna Christmas Jaston Williams, Joe Sears & Ed Howard; Seasons 17, 21

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare; Seasons 4, 15

The Woman in Black by Stephen Malatratt; Seasons 17, 26

The Woman in Black by Stephen Malatratt; Seasons 17, 26