Production History

Prosperous Fools by Taylor Mac, directed by Darko Tresnjak.
The Swamp Dwellers by Wole Soyinka, directed by Awoye Timpo. 
Henry IV by William Shakespeare, adapted by Dakin Matthews, directed by Eric Tucker.
The Merchant of Venice at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, by William Shakespeare, featuring John Douglas Thompson, directed by Arin Arbus.
We Are Your Robots book and lyrics by Ethan Lipton; music composed and performed by Ethan Lipton, Vito Dieterle, Eben Levy, and Ian Riggs; directed by Leigh Silverman.

Macbeth (an undoing) written and directed by Zinnie Harris, after Shakespeare.
Public Obscenities written and directed by Shayok Misha Chowdhury.
Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Arin Arbus. 
Prometheus Firebringer written and directed by Annie Dorsen. 

Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams, directed by Erica Schmidt.
Fuente Ovejuna by Lope de Vega, translated by Adrian Mitchell and directed by Flordelino Lagundino. 
Kit Marlowe by David Grimm, directed by Emma Rosa Went. (A Red Bull Theater reading done at Polonsky Shakespeare Center).
Richard II & Henry IV – Experimental Workshops/Exploring the Histories by William Shakespeare, Henry IV adapted by Dakin Matthews, directed by Eric Tucker.
Des Moines by Denis Johnson, directed by Arin Arbus.
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, directed by Derek Goldman.

Wedding Band by Alice Childress, directed by Awoye Timpo. 
Arden, But, Not, Without You Conceived of and Devised by Peter Born, Diana Oh, Okwui Okpokwasili, Niegel Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems. Co-Directed by Niegel Smith and Nia Witherspoon. Produced and presented at The Flea Theater. Co-Commissioned: The Flea and TFANA. 
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, featuring John Douglas Thompson, directed by Arin Arbus.
Gnit by Will Eno, directed by Oliver Butler 

The Oresteia, adapted from the trilogy by Aeschylus, translated by Ellen McLaughlin, directed by Andrew Watkins
Annual Spring Gala honoring Educator and Artist Marie Maignan, and Amanda Riegel and the Thompson Family Foundation
First Love by Samuel Beckett, featuring Bill Camp, set and costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Jennifer Tipton, video design by Eamonn Farrell, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis
An Exploration of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, featuring John Douglas Thompson, directed by Arin Arbus
Swingin’ the Dream, presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company with the Young Vic and Theatre for a New Audience
Sovereignty by Mary Kathryn Nagle, directed by Laurie Woolery
Molière in the Park’s The School for Wives; co-presented with French Institute Alliance Française; in partnership with LeFrak Center, Lakeside, Prospect Park Alliance and Theatre for a New Audience; translated by Richard Wilbur; featuring Tonya Pinkins
That Kindness: Nurses in Their Own Words, by V (formerly Eve Ensler), in association with BAM, featuring Rosie O’Donnell, Billy Porter, and Marisa Tomei
World Theatre Project 2020: Shakespeare in the Era of Remote Learning, featuring Kathryn Hunter
Sheltering with Shakespeare, conceived and performed by Dakin Matthews 

TFANA Talk – The Skin of Our Teeth with director Arin Arbus, actors Kecia Lewis and Mary Wiseman, scenic designer Riccardo Hernández, and composer César Alvarez.
Free Live Webcasts: MAD FOREST by Caryl Churchill, directed by Ashley Tata, presented with the Fisher Center at Bard
Peter Brook in Conversation with Theater of War’s Bryan Doerries and Karen Brooks Hopkins, presented by The Brooklyn Rail
“And Look Another Way,” Authors and Professors Scott Newstok, James Shapiro and Emma Smith in Conversation about Shakespeare for our World

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Arin Arbus (postponed due to COVID-19)
Gnit by Will Eno, directed by Oliver Butler (after four previews, postponed due to COVID-19)
Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare, directed by Simon Godwin
Fefu and Her Friends by María Irene Fornés, directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
Why? by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, part of Peter Brook\NY.

Soho Rep’s Fairview by Jackie Sibblies Drury, directed by Sarah Benson.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, directed by Shana Cooper.
About Alice by Calvin Trillin, directed by Leonard Foglia.
The Prisoner with text and direction by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.
The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński, adapted by Colin Teevan, featuring Kathryn Hunter and Temesgen Zeleke, directed by Walter Meierjohann.

The Winter’s Tale, a tragicomedy by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus.
He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box, a world premiere by Adrienne Kennedy, featuring Juliana Canfield and Tom Pecinka, directed by Evan Yionoulis.
Marcel + The Art of Laughter with Jos Houben and Marcello Magni.

Measure for Measure, a dark comedy by William Shakespeare, featuring Jonathan Cake, Cara Ricketts, and Thomas Jay Ryan, directed by Simon Godwin.
Happy Days, by Samuel Beckett, Featuring Dianne Wiest and Jarlath Conroy, Directed by James Bundy.
The Skin of Our Teeth, a tragicomedy by Thornton Wilder, directed by Arin Arbus.
The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo Goldoni, adapted by Constance Congdon, Translated by Christina Sibul, Further adapted by Christopher Bayes and Steven Epp, Directed by Christopher Bayes.

A Doll’s House , by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Thornton Wilder performed in rotating repertory with The Father, by August Strindberg, a new version in English by David Greig, featuring Maggie Lacey and John Douglas Thompson, directed by Arin Arbus.
Pericles, by William Shakespeare, featuring Christian Camargo, directed by Trevor Nunn.
Isolde, written and directed by Richard Maxwell

Fiasco Theater’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona, by William Shakespeare, directed by Jessie Austrian and Ben Steinfeld.
Soho Rep’s An Octoroon, by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and directed by Sarah Benson.
Tamburlaine the Great, by Christopher Marlowe, edited and directed by Michael Boyd, featuring John Douglas Thompson.
A Valley of Astonishment, Written and directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne, featuring Kathryn Hunter, Marcello Magni, and Jared McNeill.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor, music by Elliot Goldenthal.
King Lear, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus, featuring Michael Pennington in a company of 22 actors.
The Killer, by Eugène Ionesco, newly translated by Michael Feingold, Featuring Kristine Nielsen, Michael Shannon, Paul Sparks, and Robert Stanton in a company of 20 actors, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus.
Kafka’s Monkey, Based on Franz Kafka’s A Report to An Academy, adapted by Colin Teevan, directed by Walter Meierjohann, featuring Kathryn Hunter. YOUNG VIC
Fragments, from texts by Samuel Beckett, directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.
The Designated Mourner, Grasses of a Thousand Colors - Wallace Shawn-André Gregory Project, by Wallace Shawn, directed by André Gregory.

Fiasco Theater’s Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare, directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld. 
Fragments, by Samuel Beckett, directed by Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.
Shlemiel the First, based on the Play by Isaac Bashevis Singer, conceived and adapted by Robert Brustein, lyrics by Arnold Weinstein, composed, adapted and orchestrated by Hankus Netsky, musical arrangements and additional music by Zalmen Mlotek, editorial supervision by David Gordon, music direction by Zalmen Mlotek, directed and choreographed by David Gordon.
The Broken Heart, by John Ford, directed by Selina Cartmell.
The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus.

Notes from Underground, adapted and directed by Robert Woodruff from the novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Fiasco Theater’s Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare, directed by Noah Brody and Ben Steinfeld.
The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, directed by Darko Tresnjak.
Macbeth, directed by Arin Arbus.

Orpheus X, written and composed by Rinde Eckert, directed by Robert Woodruff.
Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus.
Love Is My Sin, adapted and directed by Peter Brook.

2008-2009
The Grand Inquisitor, adapted by Marie-Hélène Estienne, based on an extract from Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Peter Brook. Co-presented with New York Theatre Workshop
Chair, by Edward Bond, directed by Robert Woodruff.
Othello, by William Shakespeare, directed by Arin Arbus.
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare, directed by David Esbjornson.

2007-2008
Ohio State Murders, by Adrienne Kennedy, directed by Evan Yionoulis.
Oroonoko, adapted by Biyi Bandele from the novel by Aphra Behn, directed by Kate Whoriskey.
Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

2006-2007
The Merchant of Venice, in New York City and at the Royal Shakespeare Company in England as a part of the Compete Works Festival, by William Shakespeare, directed by Darko Tresnjak.
The Jew of Malta, by Christopher Marlowe, directed by David Herskovits.
Oliver Twist, adapted and directed by Neil Bartlett from the novel by Charles Dickens.

2005-2006
Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, directed by John Dove. Co-presented with Arts at St. Ann’s in association with 2Luck Concepts.
Souls of Naples, by Eduardo De Filippo, directed by Roman Paska at Teatro Mercadante, Naples, Italy.
All’s Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare, directed by Darko Tresnjak.
Sore Throats, by Howard Brenton, directed by Evan Yionoulis.

2004-2005
Švejk, adapted by Colin Teevan from the novel The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, directed by Dalia Ibelhauptaite.
Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare, directed by Karin Coonrod.
Souls of Naples, by Eduardo De Filippo, newly translated by Michael Feingold, directed by Roman Paska.

2003-2004
The Last Letter, adapted and directed by Frederick Wiseman, from the novel Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman.
Pericles, by William Shakespeare, directed by Bartlett Sher.
Engaged, by W.S. Gilbert, directed by Doug Hughes.

2002-2003
The General from America, written and directed by Richard Nelson.
Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, directed by Karin Coonrod.
Don Juan, by Moliere, directed by Bartlett Sher.

2001-2002
Cymbeline, at the RSC and in New York City, by William Shakespeare, directed by Bartlett Sher.
Andorra, by Max Frisch, newly translated by Michael Feingold, directed by Liviu Ciulei.

2000-2001
Saved by Edward Bond, directed by Robert Woodruff.
Troilus and Cressida, by William Shakespeare, directed by Sir Peter Hall.

1999-2000
King John, by William Shakespeare, directed by Karin Coonrod.
Waste by Harley Granville-Barker, directed by Bartlett Sher.
The Green Bird by Carlo Gozzi, translated by Albert Bermel, directed by Julie Taymor, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal; On Broadway at the Cort Theatre.

1998-1999
The Iphigenia Cycle by Euripides, translated by Nick Rudall, directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, music composed by Bruce Odland.
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Ron Daniels.

1997-1998
Richard II and Richard III, by William Shakespeare, directed by Ron Daniels, music composed by Michael Ward.

1996-1997
The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley, directed by Robert Woodruff.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, produced in association with The International Shakespeare Globe Centre, London, by William Shakespeare, directed by Jack Shepherd, music composed by Claire van Kampen.

1995-1996
The Green Bird, by Carlo Gozzi, translated by Albert Bermel, directed by Julie Taymor, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal.
Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare, directed by Barry Kyle, musical score composed by Michael Ward.

1994-1995
Henry VI, Part I: The Contention; Part II: The Civil War, by William Shakespeare, directed by Barry Kyle, musical score composed by Michael Ward.

1993-1994
As You like It, by William Shakespeare, directed by Mark Rylance, music composed by Claire van Kampen.
Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal.
The America Play by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Elizabeth Diamond.

1992-1993
Henry V, by William Shakespeare, directed by Barry Kyle.
Love’s Labour’s Lost, by William Shakespeare, directed by Michael Langham.

1991-1992
The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare, directed by William Gaskill.
The New Americans, by Elizabeth Swados.
Excerpts from The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor for PBS.

1990-1991
Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, directed by Bill Alexander.
The Mud Angel by Darrah Cloud, directed by Kevin Kuhlke.

1989-1990
Othello, by William Shakespeare, directed by William Gaskill.
The Red Sneaks, written and directed by Elizabeth Swados.

1988-1989
Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, directed by Nicholas Mahon.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare, directed by Jeffrey Horowitz.
The Red Sneaks, written and directed by Elizabeth Swados.

1987-1988
The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal.
Evening Star by Milcha Sanchez-Scott, directed by Paul Zimet.

1986-1987
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, directed by Mary B. Robinson, music composed by Ray Leslee.
The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor.
Inside Out by Willy Holtzman, directed by John Pynchon Holmes.

1985-1986
The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, directed by Julie Taymor, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal.
Home Street Home by Phil Bosakowski, directed by Elizabeth Diamond, music composed by Elliot Goldenthal.

1979-1985
Produced Shakespeare and other new plays for New York audiences. Toured the northeast U.S. with collages of Shakespeare’s scenes, soliloquies and songs, directed by Frank Corsaro. Premiered The Changeling by Joyce Carol Oates, directed by Lisa Lindstrom