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Past Productions

	The Cartells by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Carl Andress. October 2006



	Rope by Patrick Hamilton, directed by David Warren. November - December 2005 "crackerjack revival... delicious suspense" Variety



	The Big Time book by Douglas Carter Beane, music & lyrics by Douglas J. Cohen, directed by Christopher Ashley. September 2005 "a delightful musical-theater fantasy... a full-throated celebration of show business in all its forms." The New York Times details >>



	The Downtown Plays written by Jon Robin Baitz, Douglas Carter Beane, David Henry Hwang, Neil Labute, Warren Leight, Kenneth Lonergan, Frank Pugliese, Rudnick, Wendy Wasserstein, directed by John Rando. October 2004 "features the brightest lights in theater... written by a lineup of high-profile playwrights, performed by a terrific ensemble and superbly directed." New York Post details >>



	Mondo Drama written by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Christopher Ashley May - June 2003 "The jokes and the talent are all in place... a contemporary answer to "Mondo Cane" and its lurid progeny" Ben Brantley, The New York Times



	Shanghai Moon written by Charles Busch, directed by Carl Andress January - March 2003 "fun rickshaw ride ... a tasty hot-and-sour soup of drag artistry ... the play sparkles with zany comic life" Variety



	The Dark Kalamazoo written by Oni Faida Lampley, directed by Tom Prewitt September - October, 2002 "exuberant dance & irreverent humor" Time Out NY



	Free To Be . . . You And Me by Marlo Thomas & Friends, directed by Douglas Carter Beane. May - June, 2002 "3 out of 4 stars" USA Today



	Rude Entertainment by Paul Rudnick, directed by Christopher Ashley. August - October, 2001 "Deliriously funny ... the laughs are long and deep ... Reconfirms Rudnick's status as one of the most astute and witty observers of life in America" Michael Kuchwara, AP



	Music From a Sparkling Planet by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Mark Brokaw. June - August, 2001 "a nimble escapist comedy…sweet, tasty, & inebriating" Ben Brantley, The New York Times



	The Book of Liz by The Talent Family, David & Amy Sedaris, directed by Hugh Hamrick. March - May, 2001 Award: OBIE Award, Best Actress, Jackie Hoffman "wholesomely perverse & delighfully off-key" Ben Brantley, The New York Times



	LES MIZrahi by Isaac Mizrahi, directed by Richard Move. October - November, 2000 "A- for a fabulous debut" Entertainment Weekly



	The Torch-Bearers by George Kelly, directed by Dylan Baker. February, 2000 Award: Lucille Lortel Award, Best Revival '99-00 "a glittering cast generating sustained gale-force laughter ... a high time" Ben Brantley, The New York Times



	The Country Club by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Christopher Ashley. September - December, 1999 "the production is impeccable...funny, moving and always right" John Simon, NY Magazine



	An Evening of One-Acts: The Author's Voice by Richard Greenberg and Imagining Brad by Peter Hedges, directed by Evan Yionoulis. May, 1999 "Two of our most dashing dramatic wits, Richard Greenberg & Peter Hedges ... Both have a freshness and fluency that shine" Daily Variety



	"Hope" is the thing with feathers- by Frank Pugliese, directed by Randolph Curtis Rand. December, 1998 "I like the humorous yet observant details of the writing, the adroit staging and the performances of all the actors" Clive Barnes, New York Post



	As Thousands Cheer sketches by Moss Hart, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, directed by Christopher Ashley and Kathleen Marshall. June - July, 1998 Cast Album: Released by Varese Sarabande, December, 1998 Broadcast: National Public Radio and Voice of America, March, 1999 "You'll be cheering for the bijou brilliance of Drama Dept.'s revival" Michael Sommers, New Jersey Star-Ledger



	Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe, adapted by Floraine Kay & Randolph Curtis Rand, directed by Mr. Rand. December, 1997 "smart, stunningly inventive new adaptation ... another ringing testament to the company's artistic vitality and elasticity" Ben Brantley, The New York Times



	As Bees in Honey Drown by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by Mark Brokaw. June, 1997 Awards: OBIE Award, Best Actress, J. Smith-Cameron; Outer Critics Circle Award; John Gassner Play writing Award Transferred Off-Broadway: Lucille Lortel Theater, July, 1997 - June, 1998 "Another grand slam from the Drama Dept." Variety



	June Moon by Ring Lardner & George S. Kaufman, music & lyrics by Mr. Lardner, directed by Mark Nelson. January, 1997 Awards: Lucille Lortel Award, Best Revival '96-97; OBIE Award, Best Actor, Albert Macklin Transferred: McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ, September - October 1997 Transferred Off-Broadway: Variety Arts Theatre, December, 1997 - March, 1998 "An impeccable revival ... one of the delicious revelations of the current season ...a gin fizz with the kick of raw Prohibition hooch." Vincent Canby, The New York Times



	Kingdom of Earth by Tennessee Williams, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. June, 1996 Award: New York Times Highlight of 1996 "Sometimes, as Williams's Blanche du Bois observed, there is God so quickly. The instrument of providence is, in this case, a new nonprofit theatre company, composed of some of the brighter young talents in New York theatre." Ben Brantley, The New York Times