The American Place Theatre Past Productions

1990's - 1980's - 1970's - 1960's

1998-1999

SAKINA'S RESTAURANT - Aasif Mandvi
ZORA NEALE HURSTON: A Theatrical Biography (return engagement) - Laurence Holder
DREAMING IN CUBAN: Rhythm, Rum, Café con Leche and Nuestros Abuelos/AGUA ARDIENTE - Wynn Handman (adap)/Michael John Garcés:
WONDERLAND - Julia Dahl

Education Program - Literature to Life

BLACK BOY - Richard Wright
DREAMING IN CUBAN - Cristina Garcia
DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS - Piri Thomas
GLASS MENAGERIE - Tennessee Williams

1997-98

FLY - Joseph Edward
COMING THROUGH - Wynn Handman (adap)
(encore - Queens Theatre in the Park)
BAFO (Best and Final Offer) - Tom Strelich:

Education Program - Literature to Life

BLACK BOY - Richard Wright
DREAMING IN CUBAN - Cristina Garcia

1996-97

STONEWALL JACKSON'S HOUSE - Jonathan Reynolds

Education Program - Literature to Life

THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET - Sandra Cisneros
BLACK BOY - Richard Wright

1995-96

SPOONBREAD AND STRAWBERRY WINE (return engagement) - Norma Jean Darden
SPOKEMAN - John Hockenberry
THE SLOW DRAG - Carson Kreitzer

Education Program - Literature to Life

THE BLUEST EYE - Toni Morrison
MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND - Claude Brown
SASSAFRAS, CYPRESS, AND INDIGO - Ntozake Shange
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET - Sandra Cisneros
THE KITCHEN GOD'S WIFE - Amy Tan

1994-95

BEAUTY'S DAUGHTER - Dael Orlandersmith
SPOONBREAD AND STRAWBERRY WINE - Norma Jean Darden:
COMING THROUGH - Wynn Handman (adap)

Education Program - Literature to Life

THE BLUEST EYE - Toni Morrison
MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND - Claude Brown
SASSAFRAS, CYPRESS, AND INDIGO - Ntozake Shange
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET - Sandra Cisneros

1993-94

COME DOWN BURNING - Kia Corthron
THE MAYOR OF BOYS TOWN - Barnaby Spring

American Humorists' Series

BIBLIOMANIA - Roger Rosenblatt
JIMMY TINGLE'S UNCOMMON SENSE - Jimmy Tingle

1992-93

DOG LOGIC - Thomas Strelich
THE CONFESSIONS OF STEPIN FETCHIT - Matt Robinson
ON THE WAY HOME - Steven Wade

1991-92

THE RADIANT CITY - Theodora Skipitares
REALITY RANCH - Jane Gennaro
AND - Roger Rosenblatt
ZORA NEALE HURSTON - Laurence Holder

American Humorists' Series:

FREE SPEECH IN AMERICA - Roger Rosenblatt

1990-91

I STAND BEFORE YOU NAKED - Joyce Carol Oates
MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL and THE MASK MAN - Faustwork Mask Theater
MAMBO MOUTH - John Leguizamo
THE WAR IN HEAVEN - Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard
STRUCK DUMB - Joseph Chaikin and Jean-Claude van Itallie
STATES OF SHOCK - Sam Shepard

American Humorists' Series:

CALVIN TRILLIN'S WORDS, NO MUSIC

1989-90

NEDDY - Jeffrey Hatcher

JUBILEE! Festival:

ZORA NEALE HURSTON - Laurence Holder
GROUND PEOPLE - Leslie Lee

American Humorists' Series

BOBO'S BIRTHDAY - Catherine Butterfield THE CONSUMING PASSIONS OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM AND REV. SYLVESTER GRAHAM

1988-89

THE UNGUIDED MISSILE - David Wope
THE BLESSING - Clare Coss

American Humorists' Series:

CALVIN TRILLIN'S UNCLE SAM
A WHITNEY BROWN'S THE BIG PICTURE (IN WORDS)

JUBILEE! Festival:

THE BURNING BEACH - Eduardo Muchado
ZORA NEALE HURSTON - Laurence Holder

1987-88

THAT SERIOUS HE-MAN BALL - Alonzo D. Lamont, Jr.
TALLULAH TONIGHT! - Tony Lang

American Humorists' Series:

ROY BLOUNT'S HAPPY HOUR AND A HALF
ODD JOBBERS ("Laugh at Lunch")

JUBILEE! Festival:

CELEBRATION
SPLENDID MUMMER - Lonne Elder, III:

First Floor Theatre Series:

AT THE BACK OF MY HEAD - Stephanie Silverman
THE BOOB STORY - Jane Gennaro

1986-87

NEON PSALMS - Thomas Strelich
A GIRL'S GUIDE TO CHAOS - Cynthia Heimel

American Humorists' Series:

JAMES THURBER'S KINTYPES ("Laugh at Lunch)
A GIRL'S GUIDE TO CHAOS - Cynthia Heimel

JUBILEE! Festival:

CELEBRATION
HER TALKING DRUM

1985-86

TIMES AND APPETITE OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC - Jeff Wanshel, Lyrics by Michael Feingold
DRINKING IN AMERICA - Eric Bogosian

American Humorists' Series

JAMES THUBER'S KINTYPES ("Laugh at Lunch")
A GIRL'S GUIDE TO CHAOS - Cynthia Heimel

JUBILEE! Festival:

CELEBRATION
HER TALKING DRUM

1984-85

WHAT'S A NICE COUNTRY LIKE YOU DOING IN A STATE LIKE THIS? - Ira Gasman & Cary Hoffman
RUDE TIMES - Stephen Wylie

American Humorists' Series

WHAT'S A NICE COUNTRY LIKE YOU STILL DOING IN A STATE LIKE THIS? - Ira Gasman & Cary Hoffman
DOINGS OF GOTHAM: THE WIT AND HUMOR OF EDGAR ALLAN POE ("Laugh at Lunch")

JUBILEE! Festival

M.L.K. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING
CELEBRATION
LOVE TO ALL, LORRAINE
CABARET SERIES

1983-84

THE VI-TON-KA MEDICINE SHOW
DO LORD REMEMBER ME - James De Jongh
THE DANUBE - Maria Irene Fornes
TERRA NOVA - Ted Talley

American Humorists' Series

BREAKFAST CONVERSATIONS IN MIAMI - Reinhard Lettau
PAY ATTENTION - Doug Skinner

1982-83

DO LORD REMEMBER ME - James De Jongh
BUCK - Ronald Ribman
GREAT DAYS - Donald Barthelme

American Humorists' Series

Bruce D. Schwartz in THE STAGE THAT WALKS
SPEAKEASY, AN EVENING OUT WITH DOROTHY PARKER - Adapted by Michael Feingold

1981-82

GRACE - Jane Stanton Hitchcock:
BEHIND THE BROKEN WORDS
Bill Irwin in THE REGARD OF FLIGHT

American Humorists' Series

SERIOUS BIZNESS ("Laugh at Lunch")
A CROWD OF TWO ("Laugh at Lunch")

1980-81

THE IMPOSSIBLE H.L. MENKEN
MEMORY OF WHITENESS - Richard Hamburger
STILL LIFE - Emily Mann
THE FUEHRER BUNKER - W. D. Snodgrass
SIM: ONE NIGHT WITH A LADY UNDERTAKER FROM TEXAS
THE AMAZING CASEY STENGEL - Michael Zettler and Shelly Altman

1979-80

LETTERS HOME - Rose Leiman Goldemberg
PARIS LIGHTS: THE ALL STAR LITERARY GENIUS EXPATRIATE REVUE
RUMSTICK ROAD - Spalding Gray and Elizabeth LeCopmte
KILLINGS ON THE LAST LINE - Lavonne Mueller

American Humorists' Series

SMART ALECK - ALEXANDER WOOLLCOTT AT 8:40 - Howard Teichmann
SIM: ONE NIGHT WITH A LADY UNDERTAKER FROM TEXAS

1978-79

THE GRINDING MACHINE - Annalita Marsili Alexander
TOUCHING BOTTOM - Steve Teshich
SEDUCED - Sam Shepard
TUNNEL FEVER OF THE SHEEP IS OUT - Jonathan Reynolds

American Humorists' Series

AMERICAN HUMORISTS ON FILM
A FOOT IN THE DOOR - Bruce Jay Friedman
THE IMPOSSIBLE H. L. MENCKEN

1977-78

COCKFIGHT - Elaine Jackson
PASSONG GAME - Steve Tesich
FEFU AND HER FRIENDS - Maria Irene Fornes
CONJURING AN EVENT - Richard Nelson

American Humorists' Series

AMERICAN HUMORISTS ON FILM
A FOOT IN THE DOOR - Bruce Jay Friedman
THE IMPOSSIBLE H.L. MENKEN

1976-77

REHEARSAL - Jack Gelber
DOMINO COURTS AND COMANCHE CAFÉ - William Hauptman
ISADORA DUNCAN SLEEPS WITH THE RUSSIAN NAVY - Jeff Wanshel
COLD STORAGE - Ronald Ribman

American Humorists' Series

JULES FEIFFER'S HOLD ME!

1975-76

GORKY - Steve Tesich
EVERY NIGHT WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - Phillip Hayes Dean
THE OLD GLORY: ENDECOTT AND THE RED CROSS ; MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEAUX and BENITO CERINO - Robert Lowell

American Humorists' Series

AT SEA WITH BENCHLEY, KALMAR AND RUBY
CONVERSATIONS WITH DON B.
- An Entertainment with Music Drawn From the Writing of Donald Barthelme

1974-75

THE BEAUTY PART - S.J. Perelman
STRAWS IN THE WIND - A revue by various authors and composers
KILLER'S HEAD and ACTION - Sam Shepard
RUBBERS and YANKS 3 DETROIT 0 TOP OF THE SEVENTH - Jonathan Reynolds

American Humorists' Series:

JEAN SHEPERD AND THE AMERICA OF GEORGE ADE
AT SEA WITH BENCHLY, KALMAR AND RUBY
JEAN SHEPERD PLAYS BY JEAN SHEPERD
WE'RE IN THE MONEY - HUMOR AND SONGS OF THE DEPRESSION

1973-74

HOUSE PARTY - Ed Bullins
BREAD - David Scott Milton

FESTIVAL OF SHORT PLAYS

CREAM CHEESE - Lonnie Carter
LOVE SCENE - Robert Coover
DR. KHEAL - Maria Irene Fornes
SHEARWATER - William Hauptman
THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON - Frank Chin

1972-73

THE KID - Robert Coover
FREEMAN - Phillip Hayes Dean
THE KARL MARX PLAY - Rochelle Owens
BABY GOYA - Steve Tesich

1971-72

FINGERNAILS BLUE AS FLOWERS - Ronald Ribman
LAKE OF THE WOODS - Steve Tesich
SLEEP - Jack Gelber
METAMORPHOSIS - Charles Dizenzo
THE CHICKENCOOP CHINAMAN - Frank Chin

1970-71

SUNDAY DINNER - Joyce Carol Oates
THE CARPENTERS - Steve Tesich
PINKVILLE - George Tabori
BACK BOG FEAST BAIT and COWBOY MOUTH - Sam Shepard

1969-70

MERCY STREET - Anne Sexton
FIVE ON THE BLACK HAND SIDE - Charlie L. Russell
THE LAST STRAW - Charles Dizenzo
DUET FOR A SOLO VOICE - David Scott Milton
THE PIG PEN - Ed Bullins

1968-69

THE CANNIBALS - George Tabori
THE ACQUISITION - David Trainer
THIS BIRD OF DAWNING - Phillip Hayes Dean
THE YOUNG MASTER DANTE - Werner Liepolt
BOY ON THE STRAIGHT BACK CHAIR - Ronald Travel
PAPP - Kenneth Cameron

1967-68

FATHER UXBRIDGE WANTS TO MARRY - Frank Gagliano
THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE - Ronald Ribman
THE ELECTRONIC NIGGER AND OTHERS - Ed Bullins:
THE OLD GLORY: ENDECOTT AND THE RED CROSS - Robert Lowell

1966-67

WHO'S GOT HIS OWN - Ronald Milner
THE DISPLACED PERSON - Cecil Dawkins
LA TURISTA - Sam Shepard
POSTERITY FOR SALE - Niccolo Tucci

1965-66

HOGAN'S GOAT - William Alfred
JONAH - Paul Goodman
THE JOURNEY OF THE FIFTH HORSE - Ronald Ribman
THE FLOOR - May Swenson
23 PAT O'BRIEN MOVIES - Bruce Jay Freidman
BROTHER TO DRAGONS - Robert Penn Warren

1964-65

THE OLD GLORY: MY KINSMAN, MAJOR MOLINEAUX and BENITO CERENO - Robert Lowell
HARRY, NOON AND NIGHT - Ronald Ribman
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