2008-2009 Season

The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard, directed by Joy Zinoman
Grey Gardens book by Doug Wright, music by Scott Frankel, lyrics by Michael Korie,
directed by Serge Seiden
The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, directed by Paul Mullins
Rock’n’Roll by Tom Stoppard, directed by Joy Zinoman
Radio Golf by August Wilson, directed by Ron Himes

Blackbird by David Harrower, directed by David Muse
Stoop Stories by Dael Orlandersmith (WORLD PREMIERE), directed by Jo Bonney
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, directed by Serge Seiden and Joy Zinoman

A Beautiful View by Daniel MacIvor, directed by Daniel MacIvor
The Receptionist by Adam Bock, directed by Kate Van Burek Davis
The Annual Readers Theatre Series: Welsh Words: Theatre from Wales
      Cardiff East by Peter Gill, directed by Angelisa Gillyard
      The Cloak Room by Tracy Harris, directed by Amy Hodge
      Indian Country by Meic Povey, directed by Yvonne Erickson
      Marriage of Conveniece by Ian Rowlands, directed by Christy Denny
      House of America by Ed Thomas, directed by Michael Wright
      Art and Guff by Catherine Tregenna, directed by Jean-Daniel Chablais
      The Drowned World by Gary Owen, directed by Robert Bowman
Fucking A by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Keith Alan Baker with Rahaleh Nassri
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My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard, directed by Serge Seiden
Shining City by Conor McPherson, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Brothers Size by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Tea Alagic
The History Boys by Alan Bennett, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Internationalist by Anne Washburn, directed by Kirk Jackson

All Wear Bowlers, Amnesia Curiosa, and machines machines machines machines machines machines a performance series by rainpan 43
This Beautiful City by Stephen Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, music by Michael Freidman

Breath, Boom by Kia Corthron, directed by Rahaleh Nassri
All That I Will Ever Be by Alan Ball, directed by Serge Seiden
The Annual Readers Theatre Series: The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson,
directed by Joy Zinoman
Jerry Springer: The Opera by Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas, directed by Keith Alan Baker
with Matt Gardiner and Christopher Youstra
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Red Light Winter by Adam Rapp, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Long Christmas Ride Home by Paula Vogel, directed by Serge Seiden
This is How It Goes by Neil LaBute, directed by Paul Mullins
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh, directed by Joy Zinoman
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Kirk Jackson

The Passion of the Crawford Featuring John Epperson as Lypsinka as Joan Crawford,
directed by Kevin Malony
Souvenir by Stephen Temperley, directed by Serge Seiden

Crestfall by Mark O’Rowe, directed by Joy Zinoman
TempOdyssey by Dan Dietz (WORLD PREMIERE), directed by Christopher Gallu
The Annual Readers Theatre Series: Nightmares and Pillow Tales,
directed by Keith Alan Baker with Ryan Christie
Reefer Madness: The Musical! by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, directed by Keith Alan Baker
with Matt Gardiner and Ryan Christie
365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Joy Zinoman and Keith Alan Baker
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A Number by Caryl Churchill, directed by Joy Zinoman
Guantanamo: ‘Honor Bound To Defend Freedom’ by Victoria Brittain and Gillian Slovo,
directed by Serge Seiden
Fat Pig by Neil LaBute, directed by Paul Mullins
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie adapted by Jay Presson Allen from the novel by Muriel Spark,
directed by Joy Zinoman
Caroline, or Change book by Tony Kushner Music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Greg Ganakas

Hilda by Marie Ndiaye translated by Erika Rundle, directed by Carey Perloff
Charlie Victor Romeo created by Bob Berger, Patrick Daniels, and Irving Gregory

The Annual Readers Theatre Series: The Labute Readings
      Autobahn by Neil LaBute, (WORLD PREMIERE) directed by Erica Gould
      Seconds of Pleasure by Neil LaBute, directed by Amy Couchoud and Christopher Gallu
Frozen by Bryony Lavery, directed by David Muse
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal,
directed by Keith Alan Baker with Rahaleh Nassri
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The Russian National Postal Service by Oleg Bogaev, Translated by John Freedman,
directed by Paul Mullins
Ivanov by Anton Chekhov, Adapted by David Hare, directed by Joy Zinoman
Black Milk by Vassily Sigarev, Translated by Sasha Dugdale, directed by Serge Seiden
Afterplay by Brian Friel, directed by Joy Zinoman
Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg, directed by Kirk Jackson

Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, directed by David Mamet
Will Power in Flow by Will Power, musical direction by DJ Reborn

The Studio 2ndStage
Readers Theatre Series: The Russian Readings
      Deadbeat by Mikhail Ugarov, directed by Christopher Gallu
      Forever and Ever by Ksenia Dragunskaya, directed by Christopher Gallu
      The Love of Karlovna by Olga Mukhina, directed by Christopher Gallu
      Oxygen by Ivan Viripaev, directed by Christopher Gallu
      Slinshot by Nikolai Kolyada, directed by Blakeman Brophy
      Love by Ludmila Petrushevskaya, directed by Blakeman Brophy
      YoU by Olga Mukhina, directed by Blakeman Brophy
      Cinzano by Ludmila Petrushevskaya, directed by Blakeman Brophy
      How I Ate My Dog by Yevgeny Grishkovets, directed by Jay Stirpe
      The Sakhalin Wife by Yelena Gremina, directed by Jay Stirpe
      The Death of Meyerhold by Mark Jackson, directed by Rick Simas
      Terrorism by the Brothers Presnyakov, directed by Keith Alan Baker with Amy Couchoud
The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin Jones, directed by David Muse
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Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by David Hare, directed by David Salter
The York Realist by Peter Gill, directed by Peter Gill
Far Away by Caryl Churchill, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin McDonagh, directed by Serge Seiden

John Epperson in Rep by John Epperson, directed by Kevin Malony
      Lypsinka!
      As I Lay Lip-Sinking
      John Epperson: Show Trash
      M’Deah (Reading), directed by Joy Zinoman
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien, directed by J.R. Sullivan

Readers Theatre Series: The Galileo Project
The Life and Times of Galileo Galilei adapted by Chris Gallu , directed by Chris Gallu
Four by Christopher Shinn, directed by Katie Davis
The Who's Tommy by Pete Townshend, directed by Keith Alan Baker with Blakeman Brophy,
Jay Stirpe and Dan Sticco
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Privates on Parade by Peter Nichols with music by Denis King, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Shape of Things by Neil LaBute, directed by Will Pomerantz
Runaway Home by Javon Johnson (WORLD PREMIERE) , directed by Regge Life
The Play about the Baby by Edward Albee, directed by Joy Zinoman
A Class Act by Edward Kleban, Linda Kline and Lonny Price, directed by Serge Seiden

Special Events
Lackawanna Blues by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, directed by Loretta Greco
Shakespeare's Villains: A Masterclass in Evil by Steven Berkoff

Bat Boy The Musical by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming and Laurence O'Keefe,
directed by Mike Chamberlin
Early Works Series: Edward Albee
Fam and Yam: An Imaginary Interview, directed by Genevieve Compton
Finding the Sun, directed by Christopher Gallu
The Sandbox, directed by Chelle Lenkner
Marriage Play, directed by Peter Klaus
Box, directed by Kate Davis
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, directed by Kate Davis
Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka, directed by Keith Alan Baker with Christopher Gallu
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Far East by A.R. Gurney, directed by Joy Zinoman
A New Brain by William Finn and James Lapine, directed by Serge Seiden
Hambone by Javon Johnson, directed by Regge Life
Prometheus by Aeschylus, adapted by Sophy Burnham (WORLD PREMIERE) ,
directed by Joy Zinoman
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by J.R. Sullivan

Lypsinka! The Boxed Set by John Epperson, directed by Kevin Malony
The Race of the Ark Tattoo by W. David Hancock, directed by Melanie Joseph

Kit Marlowe by David Grimm, directed by Mike Chamberlin
Extreme Readers Theatre Series: Fresh Meat
      The Gut Girls by Sarah Daniels, directed by Roma Rogers
      Slaughter City by Naomi Wallace , directed by Jay Stripe
This is our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by Serge Seiden
Nocturne by Adam Rapp, directed by Keith Alan Baker with Marcia Churchill
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Vigil by Morris Panych, directed by Joy Zinoman
Two Sisters and a Piano by Nilo Cruz, directed by Serge Seiden
Trudy Blue by Marsha Norman, directed by J.R. Sullivan
The Invention of Love by Tom Stoppard, directed by Joy Zinoman
Jitney by August Wilson, directed by Regge Life

da da kamera's In On It by Daniel MacIvor
Velvetville by Paul Zaloom, directed by Randee Trabitz

Nighthawks by Lynn Rosen, directed by Michelle T. Hall
The Canadian Play Readers Theatre Series
      Les Belles-Soeurs by Michel Tromblay, directed by Blakeman Brophy
      Perfect Pie by Judith Thompson, directed by Mary Battiata
A Clockwork Orange based on the novella by Anthony Burgess, directed by Mike Chamberlin
Wonderland Alice conceived by Keith Alan Baker
   from the classics by Lewis Carroll (WORLD PREMIERE), directed by Keith Alan Baker
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Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard, directed by Joy Zinoman
Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill, directed by Serge Seiden
"Master Harold"...and the boys by Athol Fugard, directed by Thomas W. Jones II
bash: latterday plays by Neil LaBute, directed by Joy Zinoman
Betty's Summer Vacation by Christopher Durang, directed by , directed by J.R. Sullivan

Comic Briefs: Outstanding Contemporary Comic Writing,
     Read by Washington Personalities adapted by Michelle T. Hall, directed by Joy Zinoman
Angelina Reaux sings: "Songs and Deadly Sins" A Berlin Kabarett
     Music by Kurt Weill and his contemporaries
Another American: Asking and Telling by Marc Wolf, directed by Joe Mantello

The Studio 2ndStage
Journey by Full Contact Improvisation Company, directed by Meade Andrews and Kristin Horton
Love's Fire by Eric Bogosian, William Finn, John Guare, Tony Kushner, Marsha Norman,
Ntozake Shange and Wendy Wasserstein, directed by Mike Chamberlain, Kathleen Akerly,
Morey B. Epstein and Michelle T. Hall
Crack Between the Worlds: The Goddess Returns created by Sandra Kamman based on Aeschylus' Orestia, music by Deborah Wicks LaPuma, directed by Sandra Kamman
The Velocity of Gary* (*Not His Real Name) by James Still, directed by Keith Alan Baker
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Joy Zinoman
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moises Kaufman, directed by John Going
The Last Night of Ballyhoo by Alfred Uhry, directed by Serge Seiden
The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Desk Set by William Marchant, directed by J.R. Sullivan

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
SLAM! by Thomas W. Jones II, directed by Thomas W. Jones II

Reader's Theatre Series
      The Washington-Sarajevo Talks by Carla Seaquist, directed by Morey B. Epstein
      and Lee Mikeska Gardner  
      A Small Delegation by Janet Neipris, directed by Morey B. Epstein and Lee Mikeska Gardner  
Clean by Edwin Sánchez, directed by Jose Carrasquillo
The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March
     conceived by Keith Alan Baker (WORLD PREMIERE) directed by Keith Alan Baker
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Skylight by David Hare, directed by Joy Zinoman
Old Wicked Songs by Jon Marans, directed by Serge Seiden
Seven Guitars by August Wilson, directed by Thomas W. Jones II
The Steward of Christendom by Sebastian Barry, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood, directed by Seret Scott

Miss Margarida's Way by Robert Athayde, directed by Joy Zinoman

Venus by Suzan Lori-Parks, directed by Anton Dudley
Kerouac conceived by Keith Alan Baker
     based on the book by Reena Heenan (WORLD PREMIERE) , directed by Keith Alan Baker
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Hip 2: Birth of the Boom by Thomas W. Jones II, directed by Marsha A. Jackson-Randolf
The Cryptogram by David Mamet, directed by Joy Zinoman
Look Back in Anger by John Osborne, directed by Susan Einhorn
Sylvia by A.R. Gurney, directed by Joy Zinoman
Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally, directed by John Going

Ecstasy by Mike Leigh, directed by Serge Seiden
Hair by James Rado, Jerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot, directed by Keith Alan Baker
with Anton Dudley
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Slavs! by Tony Kushner, directed by Daniel De Raey
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, directed by Joy Zinoman
Two Trains Running by August Wilson, directed by Thomas W. Jones II
Talking Heads by Alan Bennett, directed by Joy Zinoman
SubUrbia by Eric Bogosian, directed by Jo Bonney

A Language of Their Own by Chay Yew, directed by Jose Carrasquillo
Silence, Cunning, Exile by Stuart Greenman, directed by Keith Alan Baker
Early Works Series: 5 Short Plays by Terrence McNally, directed by Jim Beller
and Morey B. Epstein
          Noon
         Tour
         The Wibbly, Wobbly, Wiggly Dance that Cleopatteter Did
         Andre’s Mother
         Street Talk
Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill, directed by Serge Seiden
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The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright, directed by Joy Zinoman
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, directed by Jim Petosa
Conversations with My Father by Herb Gardner, directed by John Going
Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Joy Zinoman
Bessie's Blues by Thomas W. Jones II, directed by Thomas W. Jones II

Early Works Series: Muzeeka: Three Early Works by John Guare, directed by Jerry Manning
Capote at Yaddo: A Very Gay Little Musical by Sky Gilbert, music by John Alcorn,
directed by Keith Alan Baker with Tim Caggiano
Wagner's Trolls by Christopher Andersen (WORLD PREMIERE) , directed by Christopher Andersen
Durang, Durang by Christopher Durang, directed by Serge Seiden
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The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, directed by Joy Zinoman
Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally, directed by Kathryn Long
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman, directed by Daniel Fish
The Wash by Philip Kan Gotanda, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel, directed by Kyle Donnelly

Someone Else's House by David Cale

Goblin Market: The Verse of Christina Rosetti by Polly Penn and Peggy Harden,
directed by Keith Alan Baker with George Fulginiti-Shakar
The Virgin Molly by Quincy Long, directed by Christopher Andersen
Unquestioned Integrity: The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas Hearings by Mame Hunt,
directed by Joy Zinoman
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The Bright and Bold Design by Peter Whelen, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Libson Traviata by Terrence McNally, directed by John Going
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, directed by Evan Yionoulis
imagine drowning by Terry Johnson, directed by Joy Zinoman
Spunk by George C. Wolfe, directed by Ron Himes

2-2 Tango: A Two-Man One-Man Show by Daniel MacIvor, directed by Keith Alan Baker
with Robert Biedermann
The Rain of Terror by Frank Manley, directed by Maynard Marshall
Early Works Series: Hot Fudge by Caryl Churchill, directed by Serge Seiden
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When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout by Sharman MacDonald,
directed by Joy Zinoman
The Women by Clare Boothe Luce, directed by John Going
The American Plan by Richard Greenberg, directed by Rob Barron
The Wizard of Hip by Thomas W. Jones II, directed by Kenny Leon
Falsettoland by William Finn, directed by Joy Zinoman

Nobody Here but Us Chickens by Peter Barnes, directed by Maynard Marshall
Alfred and Victoria: A Life by Donald Freed, directed by Keith Alan Baker
Sincerity Forever by Mac Wellman, directed by Serge Seiden
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In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe by Eric Overmeyer, directed by Ron Nakahara
The Puppetmaster of Lodz by Gilles Segal, directed by Joy Zinoman
Unchanging Love by Romulus Linney, directed by Edward Morgan
A Tale of Two Cities by Everett Quinton, directed by John Going
Spell #7 by Ntozake Shange, directed by Ron Himes

My Civilization by Paul Zaloom, directed by Donny Osman

Drinking in America by Eric Bogosian, directed by Maynard Marshall
Road by Jim Cartwright, directed by Keith Alan Baker
Oil City Symphony by Mike Craver, Debra Monk, Mark Hardwick and Mary Murfitt,
directed by R.L. Rowsey
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The Common Pursuit by Simon Gray, directed by Joy Zinoman
Principia Scriptoriae by Richard Nelson, directed by Rob Barron
West Memphis Mojo by Martin Jones, directed by Edward G. Smith
Made in Bangkok by Anthony Minghella, directed by Joy Zinoman
Frankie and Johnnie in the Claire de Lune by Terrence McNally, directed by Joy Zinoman
with Michael Russotto

The Gifts of the Magi by Randy Courts and Mark St. Germaine, directed by Rob Bowman

Bouncers by John Godber, directed by Michael Russotto
Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang, directed by Maynard Marshall
All Men are Whores by David Mamet, directed by Keith Alan Baker
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Hunting Cockroaches by Janusz Glowacki, directed by Joy Zinoman
Shooting Magda by Joshua Sobol, directed by Joy Zinoman
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill by Lanie Robertson, directed by Mike Malone
The Bacchae by Euripides, directed by Joy Zinoman

Smooch Music by David Cale

Hard Times by Stephen Jeffreys, directed by Michael Russotto
Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks by Romulus Linney, directed by Maynard Marshall
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North Shore Fish by Israel Horowitz, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, directed by Samuel P. Barton
Split Second by Dennis McIntyre, directed by Samuel P. Barton
Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
The Mystery of Irma Vep by Charles Ludlam, directed by Robert Fuhrman

The Red Throats by David Cale
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The Slab Boys Trilogy by John Byrne, directed by Joy Zinoman
Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, directed by Joy Zinoman
Lemon Sky by Lanford Wilson, directed by Samuel P. Barton
The Entertainer by John Osborne, directed by Joy Zinoman
As Is by William Hoffman, directed by David Petrarca
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Playing for Time by Arthur Miller, directed by Joy Zinoman
A Walk Out of Water by Donald Driver, directed by Donald Driver
Landscape of the Body by John Guare, directed by James C. Nicola
The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter, directed by Joy Zinoman
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson, directed by Samuel P. Barton
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My Sister in This House by Wendy Kesselman, directed by Joy Zinoman
Album by David Rimmer, directed by Sue Crystal
Tambourines to Glory by Lanford Wilson, directed by Frederic Lee
La Ronde by Arthur Schnitzler, directed by Joy Zinoman
March of the Falsettos by William Finn, directed by Thomas E. Allen
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A Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers, directed by Sue Crystal
Miss Margarida's Way by Robrerto Athayde, directed by Joy Zinoman
Really Rosie by Maurice Sendak and Carol King, directed by Sue Crystal
Camino Real by Tennessee Williams, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Wake of Jamey Foster by Beth Henley, , directed by Sue Crystal
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Shakuntala by Kalidasa, , directed by Joy Zinoman
Many Moons by James Thurber, directed by Pat Murphy Sheehy
A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delany, directed by Joy Zinoman
He Who Gets Slapped by Leonid Andreyev, directed by Robert Daley
Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson, directed by Sue Crystal
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The Visit by Friedrich Durrenmatt, directed by Joy Zinoman
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, directed by Joy Zinoman
The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone, directed by Sue Crystal
The Hostage by Brendan Behan, directed by Mikel Sarah Lambert
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Medea by Euripides, directed by Joy Zinoman
Harlequin Goes to Bologna commedia dell'arte, directed by Sue Crystal
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, directed by Joy Zinoman
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, directed by Fredric Lee
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Ssu Lang T'an Mu Peking Opera, directed by Joy Zinoman
Waiting for Lefty by Clifford Odets, directed by Sue Crystal
A Life in the Theatre by David Mamet, directed by Diane Molinari
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Hotel Paradiso by Georges Feydeau, directed by Joy Zinoman
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