School of Arts and Sciences
Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Past Productions

Below please find a sampling of past seasons performances. To learn more about the below productions, please contact the box office at 617-627-3493.

2022-2023

  • The Interrobangers, Written by M Sloth Levine, Directed by Jo Michael Rezes, October 27-29 & November 6, 2022
  • Fall Dance Concert 2022, work from senior student choreographers, faculty choreographer, Jaclyn Waguespack, and commission from guest artist Hyung Ji Yu, November 18-19, 2022
  • TDPS: A Winter Workshop Festival, work from three department courses taught by Kareem Khubchandani, Renata Celichowska, Sheriden Thomas, and Meghan Pearson, December 9-10, 2022
  • Red Rainbow, Written by Azure D. Osborne-Lee, Directed by Lily Mengesha, March 2-4 & March 12, 2023
  • Spring Dance Concert, work from senior student choreographers & faculty choreographer, Jenny Oliver, April 14-15, 2023

2021-2022

  • Almanac: The Musical, Book, Music, Lyrics by Harrison J. Clark & Benjamin H. Mizrach, Directed by Maurice Emmanuel Parent, November 4-6 & 12-14, 2021
  • Fall Dance Concert 2021, work from senior student choreographers, faculty choreographers, Renata Celichowska & Jenny Oliver, and commissions from guest artists Ian Berg & Genevieve Du Paul, November 19-20, 2021
  • Spring Awakening, Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik, Based on the play by Frank Wedekind, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman, March 3-5 & 11-13, 2022
  • Spring Dance Concert 2022, work from senior student choreographers & faculty choreographer, Jenny Oliver, April 23-24, 2022

2020-2021

  • Silent Sky, By Lauren Gunderson, Directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary, April 30, 2021 and May 1-6, 2021
  • The Government Inspector, Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the original by Nikolai Gogol, Directed by Sheriden Thomas, April 2, 2021 and April 3-8, 2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018

  • Kin, By Bathsheba Doran, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman
  • Lysistrata, Based on Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation and translation of Aristophanes' Lysistrata, Directed by Sheriden Thomas
  • Fires in the Mirror, By Anna Deavere Smith, Directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary

2016-2017

  • Gem of the Ocean, By August Wilson, Directed by Monica White Ndounou
  • The King Stag, By Carlo Gozzi, Adapted and Directed by Natalya Baldyga in collaboration with Daniel McCusker
  • Desire Under the Elms, By Eugene O'Neill, Directed by Heather S. Nathans

2015-2016

  • Daybreak, By Joyce Van Dyke, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman
  • Next to Normal, Music by Tom Kitt, Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Directed by Noe Montez
  • Venus in Fur, By David Ives, Directed by Sheriden Thomas

2014-2015

2013-2014

  • Welcome to Arroyo's by Kristoffer Diaz, Directed by Noe Montez
  • Rent book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman
  • Or, by Liz Duffy Adams, Directed by Sheriden Thomas

2012-2013

2011-2012

  • Oedipus and Antigone by Sophocles, translations by Peter D. Arnott, Directed by Downing Cless
  • Our Class by Tadeusz Slobodzianek, English version by Ryan Craig, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman
  • The Underpants by Carl Sternheim, adaptation by Steve Martin, Directed by Ted Simpson

2010-2011

2009-2010

2008-2009

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

  • Parade by Alfred Uhry, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman
  • Monster by Neal Bell, Directed by Laurence Senelick
  • Hay Fever by Noel Coward, Directed by Sheriden Thomas

2003-2004

2002-2003

  • Broadway by Phillip Dunning and George Abbott, Directed by Laurence Senelick
  • A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Directed by Don Weingust

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

1998-1999

  • The Inspector General by Nikolai Gogol, Translated and Directed by Laurence Senelick
  • Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Directed by Anthony Corish
  • Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman

1997-1998

1996-1997

  • The Hostage by Brendan Behan, Directed by Laurence Senelick
  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Directed by Anthony Cornish
  • Alice in Wonderland based on the book by Lewis Carroll, Directed by Downing Cless

1995-1996

  • Stage Door by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, Directed by Anthony Cornish
  • Henry V by William Shakespeare, Reconstructed and Directed by Robert O'Hara
  • The Learned Ladies by Moliere, Directed by Barbara Grossman

1994-1995

1993-1994

  • Ghetto by Joshua Sobol February, Directed by Laurence Senelick
  • Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, Directed by Bruce Shapiro
  • Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Directed by Barbara Wallace Grossman

1992-1993

1991-1992

1990-1991

1989-1990

1988-1989

1987-1988

1986-1987

1985-1986

1984-1985

1983-1984

1982-1983

1981-1982

  • The Miser by Moliere, Translated and Directed by Peter Arnott
  • Ladyhouse Blues by Keving O'Morrison, Directed by Downing Cless
  • Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, Directed by Julia A. Portman
  • Dead Souls, from the comic epic by Nikolai Gogol, Written and Directed by Laurence Senelick

1980-1981

1979-1980

1978-1979

1977-1978

  • The Congresswomen by Aristophanes, Directed by Peter Arnott
  • The Tooth of Crime by Sam Shepard, Directed by Jan Kirschner
  • The Love Suicides at Amijma by Chikamatsu, Directed by Eric Forsythe
  • The Ghost Sonata by August Strindberg, Directed by Laurence Senelick

1976-1977

1975-1976

  • Richard III, by William Shakespeare, Directed by Lester W. Thompson, Jr., October 21-25, 1975
  • Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, by Lonne Elder III, Directed by Ernie Stewart, March 2-6, 1976

1974-1975

1973-1974

  • Awake and Sing, by Clifford Odets, co-directed by Sherwood Collins and William Schreiner, October 9-13, 1973
  • The Cherry Orchard, by Anton Checkov, translated by Laurence Senelick, directed by Harry M. Ritchie, November 12-17, 1973
  • Old Times, by Harold Pinter, directed by Lester W. Thompson, Jr., April 15-20, 1974
  • Total Eclipse, by Christopher Hampton, directed by Laurence Senelick, May 20-25, 1974

1972-1973

  • Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Lester W. Thompson, Jr., November 13-18, 1972
  • Tartuffe, or The Imposter, by Molière, translated by Richard Wilbur, directed by Laurence Senelick, April 23-28, 1973

1971-1972

  • The Killer, by Eugène Ionesco, directed by Peter Arnott, October 19-23, 1971
  • Women Beware Women, by Thomas Middleton, directed by Richard E. Hughes, November 30-December 4, 1971
  • The Hostage, by Brendan Behan, directed by Richard E. Hughes, March 21-25, 1972
  • The Comedy of the Insects, by Josef and Karel Capek, translated by Paul Selver, directed by Kalman A. Burnim, May 2-6 & 11-12, 1972

1970-1971

1969-1970

1968-1969

  • Oh What a Lovely War! by Joan Littlewood, directed by John Peakes, November 13-16 & 20-23, 1968
  • The Viper of Seville, adapted by James Duckett from El Burlador de Sevilla y el convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina, directed by Anthony Cornish, February 14-15 & 20-22, 1969
  • Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, by John Arden, directed by Sherwood C. Collins, April 11-12 & 16-19, 1969

1967-1968

  • Uncle Vanya, by Anton Checkov, directed by Harry M. Ritchie, October 27-28 & November 2-4, 1967
  • Let's Get a Divorce, by Victorien Sardou and Emile de Najac, translated by Angela and Robert Goldsby, directed by Arnold Wengrow, March 1-2 & 7-9, 1969
  • Antigone, by Sophocles, directed by Edward A. Langhans, April 19-20 & 24-27, 1968

1966-1967

  • Chips with Everything, by Arnold Wesker, directed by Sherwood Collins, October 21-22 & 27-29, 1966
  • 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, by John Ford, directed by Harry M. Ritchie, December 9-10 & 15-17, 1966
  • The Devils, by John Whiting, directed by Kalman A. Burnim, April 14-15 & 20-22, 1967

1965-1966

  • The Devil's Disciple, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Harry Ritchie, October 22-23 & 28-30, 1965
  • The House of Bernarda Alba, by Federica Garcia Lorca, translated by James Graham-Lujan and Richard L. O'Connell, directed by Sherwood Collins, December 8-11, 1965
  • Stop the World... I Want to Get Off, by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, directed by William Grandgeorge, February 23-26 & March 2-5, 1966
  • The Visit, by Friedrich Durrenmatt, adapted by Maurice Valency, directed by Kalman A. Burnim, April 14-16 & 21-23, 1966

1964-1965

  • Miss Jairus, by Michel de Ghelderode, directed by Donald C. Mullin, October 16-17 & 22-24, 1964
  • Cock-a-Doodle Dandy, by Sean O'Casey, directed by Sherwood C. Collins, December 4-5 & 10-12, 1964
  • Epitaph for George Dillon, by John Osborne and Anthony Creighton, directed by Marston Balch, February 19-20 & 25-27
  • The Three Sisters, by Anton Checkov, directed by Harry M. Ritchie, April 16-17 & 22-24, 1965

1954-1955

  • The Flies, by Jean-Paul Sarte, translated by Stuart Gilbert, directed by Marston Balch, November 4-6 & 11-13, 1954
  • The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, directed by Otto Ashermann, January 6-8 & 13-15, 1955
  • Lady in the Dark, book by Moss Hart, music by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, directed by William Kearns, April 16, 22, 23, 1955

1953-1954

  • The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, directed by Marston Balch, November 6-7 & 13-14, 1953
  • Twelfth Night (or, What You Will), by William Shakespeare, directed by Ruth Elder, January 7-8 & 14-15, 1954
  • A Connecticut Yankee, book by Herbert Fields, music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Larry Hart, directed by John R. Woodruff, March 5-6 & 11-13, 1954
  • The Country Girl, by Clifford Odets, directed by William Kearns, April 23-24, 29-30 & May 1, 1954

1952-1953

  • The Traitor, by Herman Wouk, directed by Marston Balch, November 14-15 & 21-22, 1952
  • The Time of Your Life, by William Soroyan, directed by John R. Woodruff, March 13-14 & 20-21, 1953
  • The Inspector-General, by Nickolai Gogol, translated and adapted by John Dolman, Jr. and Benjamin Rothberg, directed by Marston Balch, May 1-2 & 8-9, 1953

1951-1952

  • The Adding Machine, by Elmer Rice, directed by John R. Woodruff, October 26-27 & November 2-3, 1951
  • Ah, Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Marston Balch, December 7-8 & 15-16, 1951
  • Captain Jinks of The Horse Marines, by Clyde Fitch, directed by John R. Woodruff, February 29 & March 1, 7-8, 1952
  • Fashion, by Anna Cora Mowatt, directed by Ruth Elder, April 25-26 & May 2-3, 1952

1950-1951

  • Excursion, by Victor Wolfson, directed by John R. Woodruff, October 20-21 & 26-28, 1950
  • Three's a Company, by Joseph Golden, directed by Philip N. Johnson, December 7-9 & 14-16, 1950
  • An Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Marston Balch, March 9-10 & 16-17, 1951
  • You Never Can Tell, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Ruth Elder, April 20-21, 26-28 & May 5, 1951

1949-1950

  • The Devil and Daniel Webster, by Stephen Vincent Benet, directed by Marston Balch, and Down In the Valley, by Kurt Weill and Arnold Sundgaard, directed by John R. Woodruff, October 28-29 & November 4-5, 1949
  • The Circle, by W. Somerset Maugham, directed by John Woodruff, November 18-19 & December 16-17, 1949
  • She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith, directed by Marston Balch, December 2-3 & 9-10, 1949
  • Beggars in Paradise, by Gaston-Marie Martens, translated and directed by Marston Balch, April 21-22 & 26-29, 1950

1948-1949

  • The Devil's Disciple, by George Bernard Shaw, directed by Marston Balch, October 29-30 & November 5-6, 1948
  • The Steamship Tenacity, by Charles Vildrac, translated by Germaine and Marston Balch, directed by John R. Woodruff, January 14-15 & 20-22, 1949
  • The Chief Thing, by Nikolai Evreinov, translated by William L. Laurence, directed by Marston Balch, March 25-26, 31 & April 1-2, 1949
  • An Evening of European Drama: Miss Julie, by August Strindberg, translated by Edwin Bjorkman, and The Wedding Morning, by Arthur Schnitzler, adapted by Grandville Barker, directed by Marston Balch, May 19-21, 1949

1947-1948

  • The Taming of the Shew, by William Shakespeare
  • Bury the Dead, by Irwin Shaw, directed by Marston Balch, January 9-10 & 16-17, 1948
  • Dark of the Moon, by Howard Richardson and William Berney, directed by Marston Balch, April 2-3 & 8-9, 1948
  • Biography, by S.N. Behrman, directed by Marston Balch, May 20-22, 29 & June 19, 1948

1946-1947

  • The Skin of Our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder, directed by Marston Balch, November 5-8, 1946
  • Hotel Universe, by Philip Barry, directed by Marston Balch, January 15-18, 1947
  • Three Men on a Horse, by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, directed by John R. Woodruff, March 26-29, 1947
  • Antigone, by Jean Anouilh, translated and adapted by Lewis Galantiere, directed by Marston Balch, May 14-17, 1947

1945-1946 

  • Right You Are, (If You Think So), by Luigi Pirandello, directed by John R. Woodruff, January 8, 10, 12, 1946
  • Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, directed by John R. Woodruff, February 5, 7, 9, 1946
  • Claudia, by Rose Franken, directed by John R. Woodruff, April 9-13, 1946
  • Postscript, by Norman W. Ashton, directed by John R. Woodruff, May 22-25, 1946