Past
Productions
2017 \ 2018
The Mineola Twins by Paula Vogel
- Directors Series: an evening of 4 short plays:
- Ode by Daria Kaufman
- Proben im Haus by Paige Rogers and Leighton Fong
- Iago: Images Unseen by Jonathan Vandenberg
- Pezzetti 2 by Beatrice Basso and Valentina Emeri
- Playwrights Series:
- THUNDERBODIES: a reading of a new play by Kate Tarker
- Complex (KOM-pleks): a reading of a new play by Alexa Derman
- Reading Series:
- A reading of The Marriage of Figaro, discussion led by Rob Melrose
- A reading of Ritter, Dene, Voss, discussion led by Paige Rogers
- A reading of Natasha's Dream, discussion led by Paige Rogers
- A reading of The Book of Grace, discussion led by Rob Melrose
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
2016 \ 2017
- The Wasps by Guy Zimmerman
- An Evening with Activists by Yussef El Guindi
- Lorca al vacío by Maria Velasco
- Pezzetti by Beatrice by Basso and Valentina Emeri
- Crooked and Dangerous by Katerina Wong
- Whatever Self: Virginia Woolf & Virginia Woolf by Susan Terris
- Inkwell by Isaac Schott-Rosenfield
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Phèdre by Jean Racine
Readings
- Phèdre by Jean Racine
- Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov
- Timon of Athens by Shakespeare
2015 \ 2016
A Dreamplay by August Strindberg
Ondine by Katharine Sherman
Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
Risk Is This…
- all of what you love and none of what you hate by Phillip Howze
- My Home is Where by Alex Johnson
- Borealis by Bennett Fisher
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
- Phèdre by Jean Racine
2014 \ 2015
Mount Misery by Andrew Saito
Antigone by Sophocles
Superheroes by Sean San José
Risk Is This…
- Who Is Heiner Muller or The End of History by Mark Jackson
- Caught by Christopher Chen
- nightcap by Katharine Sherman
- whisper fish by Andrew Saito
- Beauty Secrets by Andrew Saito
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Oresteia by Aeschylus
- Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- A Murder of Crows by Mac Wellman
- A Dream Play by Austin Strindberg
- Hamletmachine by Heiner Mueller
2013 \ 2014
Sidewinders by Basil Kreimendahl
Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
Communiqué n° 10 by Samuel Gallet
Risk Is This…
- Stegosaurus by Andrew Saito
- Ondine by Katherine Sherman
- Mt. Misery by Andrew Saito
- WINK by Jen Silverman
- Ex Machina by David Jacobi
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Natural Relations and other plays by Qorpo Santo
- Antigone by Sophocles
- The Police by Slawomir Mrozek
- The Balcony by Jean Genet
- Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
- Rabinal Achi, an ancient Mayan play, translated by Dennis Tedlock
2012 \ 2013
Strindberg Cycle: The Chamber Plays in Rep by August Strindberg
The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco
Krispy Kritters In The Scarlett Night by Andrew Saito
Risk Is This…
- Superheroes by Sean San José
- Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry
- Insect Play by Josef and Karl Capek
- Passing by Dipika Guha
- Sidewinders by Basil Kreimendahl
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Father by August Strindberg
- The Increased Difficulty of Concentration by Václav Havel
- Electra by Sophocles
- The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
- The Black Masks by Leonid Andreev
2011 \ 2012
Pelleas & Melisande by Maurice Maeterlinck
Tontlawald text by Eugenie Chan
Tenderloin by Annie Elias
- with Tristan Cunningham, Siobhan Doherty, Rebecca Frank,
Michael Kelly, Leigh Shaw, David Sinaiko and David Westley Skillman
Risk Is This…
- Aulis: An Act of Nihilism in One Long Act by Christopher Chen
- GIZMO by Anthony Clarvoe
- The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg
- The Pelican and The Black Glove by August Strindberg
- Storm and Burned House by August Strindberg
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Play Strindberg by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Camino Real by Tennessee Williams
- Miss Julie and A Dream Play by August Strindberg
- Easter by August Strindberg
- The Stronger, Pariah, and Simoon by August Strindberg
- The Keys to Heaven by August Strindberg
2010 \ 2011
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Bone To Pick & Diadem by Eugenie Chan
Lady Grey (in ever lower light) and other plays by Will Eno
Risk Is This…
- Tontlawald by Eugenie Chan
- Krispy Kritters In The Scarlett Night by Andrew Saito
- Madame Ho by Eugenie Chan
- Ozma of Oz Adapted from the novel by L. Frank Baum, Rob Melrose (book and lyrics), Z.O.N.K. (music)
- Tenderloin by Anne Elias
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Braggart Soldier by Plautus
- Epicoene, or The Silent Woman by Ben Johnson
- Andromache by Euripedes
- The Insect Play by Josef and Karel Capek
- The False Suitor by Marivaux
2009 \ 2010
The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco
…and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Knights by by Aristophanes
- Troilus And Cressida by William Shakespeare
- Medea Vs. Medea Euripides vs. Seneca
- Women Beware Women by Thomas Middleton
- Storm by August Strindberg
- The Antiquarian's Family by Carlo Goldoni
2008 \ 2009
Victims of Duty by Eugène Ionesco
Mud by Maria Irene Fornes
Thom Pain (based on nothing) by Will Eno
Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett
Open Process
- Pelléas and Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck in a new translation by Rob Melrose
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Pelican by August Strindberg in a new translation by Paul Walsh
- Magnetism of the Heart by Aleksander Fredro
- Helen by Euripides
2007 \ 2008
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Avant GardARAMA! 2008: An Evening of Short Experimental Plays
- Accents in Alsace by Gertrude Stein
- Betting on the Dust Commander by Suzan-Lori Parks
- Bone to Pick by Eugenie Chan (world premiere)
Risk is This…The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- …and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley
- Trojan Barbie by Christine Evans
- Lighthouse by Brad Chequer
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Emperor of the Moon by Aphra Behn
- Burned House by August Strindberg in a new translation by Paul Walsh
- Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
- Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights by Gertrude Stein
- Pelléas and Mélisande by Maurice Maeterlinck in a new translation by Rob Melrose
2006 \ 2007
Risk Commissions
- Mr. Fujiyama’s Electric Beach by Kevin Oakes
- Bone to Pick by Eugenie Chan
365 Days / 365 Plays by Suzan-Lori Parks
Woyzeck by Georg Büchner in a new translation by Rob Melrose
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner
- The Public by Federico García Lorca in a new adaptation by Caridad Svich
- Quartet & The Task by Heiner Müller
- Life is a Dream by Pedro Calderòn
- It Is So (If You Think So) by Luigi Pirandello
- The Black Glove by August Strindberg
- Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry in a new translation by Rob Melrose
2005 \ 2006
The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World by Suzan-Lori Parks
The Maids by Jean Genet
Risk Is This… The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- The Girl Triptych by Janet Allard
- Alien Motel 29: The Secret Outtakes of The Ebony Lady Macbeth by Robert Alexander
- the evolutionist’s club by Kevin Oakes
The Hidden Classics Reading Series
- The Rover by Aphra Behn
- The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg in a new translation by Paul Walsh
- Medea by Seneca
- The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley
- Sphinx and Strawman & Murder Hope of Womankind by Oskar Kokoschka
2004 \ 2005
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, in a new translation by Rob Melrose
Avant GardARAMA! 2004: An Evening of Short Experimental Plays
- Fighter Airplanes from the notebooks of Richard Foreman
- Ajax, for Instance by Heiner Müller translated by Carl Weber
- Helen of Troy by Rob Melrose
- Pickling by Suzan-Lori Parks
- The Sandalwood Box by Mac Wellman
2003 \ 2004
The Vomit Talk of Ghosts by Kevin Oakes (world premiere)
Risk is This… The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- Snakewoman an opera libretto by Eugenie Chan
- Wet, or Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitudes by Liz Duffy Adams
- Infestation by Payne Ratner
2002 \ 2003
Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie Koltès
Risk is This… The Cutting Ball New Experimental Plays Festival
- Chain Reactions by Trevor Allen
- The Bad Math Plays by Kevin Oakes
- Begging the Eclipse by Caridad Svich
2001 \ 2002
Drowning Room installation by Jeff Becker, directed by Rob Melrose, text by Kevin Oakes
As You Like It by William Shakespeare
2000 \ 2001
The End of the World as We Know It:
A Double Bill of Apocalyptic Plays
- Vladimir Mayakovsky: A Tragedy by Vladimir Mayakovsky
- Hamletmachine by Heiner Müller
Staged Readings
- The High Priest of Bad Math by Kevin Oakes
- Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare