The Phoenix Theatre has presented productions since 1983. An Equity house, the Phoenix presents the Midwest and Indiana premieres of many Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, and has presented 94 World Premieres (through the end of the 2014–15 season). In May 2018, the Phoenix moved to a newly constructed, 20,000 square foot building, the Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, at 705 N. Illinois St. in the heart of downtown Indianapolis with two stages: the 144 seat Steve and Livia Russell Theatre and a flexible blackbox space, the Frank and Katrina Basile Theatre (capacity of 90). At its previous location at 749 N. Park Ave. in downtown Indianapolis near Massachusetts Avenue, the Phoenix operated a 130-seat proscenium style Mainstage and 75-seat downstairs cabaret.
It was founded by Bryan D. Fonseca in 1983, initially to perform the three-part (three evening)
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Warp!
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''. Both venues are housed along with administrative offices in a renovated 1907
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Jim Jones
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once preached, a fact that was brought into their production of '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch''. The Phoenix Theatre is a member of the National New Play Network and the League of Indianapolis Theatres, and is supported by the Indiana Arts Commission, the Arts Council of Indianapolis, and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as local corporate and foundation funders and more than 400 individual donors.
The Phoenix typically produces 10-12 shows per season, which most production being local regional premieres. They mostly produce plays written within the previous five years, and rarely produce shows more than one time (exceptions are ''Avenue Q'' and ''The Zippers of Zoomerville''). Shows produced by the Phoenix are always issue-oriented, hoping to incite conversation along with the entertainment. They have often featured plays dealing with
sexuality
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,
homosexuality
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, women's issues,
AIDS
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,
African-American
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issues (they have done all of
August Wilson
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's plays as they became available for regional theatre use),
abuse
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, and
mental disorders
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. The Phoenix is committed to hiring local artists, and almost all of their talent pool of designers and actors comes from Indianapolis or nearby cities.
Bryan Fonseca
Bryan Fonseca is the founding and former Producing Director of the Phoenix Theatre. (He was replaced in June 2018 ). He has played a role in the Indianapolis theatre community since 1979. Prior to the Phoenix, Bryan served as the artistic director for the Broad Ripple Playhouse and developed a short-lived alternative stage at the Indianapolis Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre – Studio C. Bryan has received an Achievement and Service award from the Indiana Theatre Association, two Artist Fellowship awards from the Indiana State Arts Commission and two Creative Renewal Fellowships from the Arts Council of Indianapolis/Lilly Endowment. Over the years, he transferred six Phoenix shows to Chicago including his original concert production, Prine: A Tribute Concert, which was performed at the Viaduct Theatre. Following his departure from the Phoenix, Fonseca founded the Fonseca Theatre Company on Indianapolis’ near west side. Fonseca died of complications from the COVID-19 virus in September 2020.
''A Very Phoenix Xmas''
The Phoenix produced an annual holiday show called ''A Very Phoenix Xmas'' from 2005 to 2019 curated by Producing Director Bryan Fonseca. The show featured original holiday-themed sketch comedy, musical numbers, dances, and variety acts (such as an aerial silk act) created but local and national playwrights.
Brew-Ha-Ha
In 1995, the Phoenix founded the original craft beer festival in Indianapolis, Brew-Ha-Ha, as a non-traditional fundraiser for the theatre. The outdoor block party took place just outside the Phoenix on the 700 block of N. Park Ave. between Massachusetts Ave. and E. St. Clair St. in the Mass Ave Arts & Theatre District. The final Brew-Ha-Ha was held in June 2018.
National New Play Network
The Phoenix is a Member of National New Play Network (NNPN), the country's alliance of non-profit professional theaters that supports the development, production, and continued life of new plays. Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has commissioned 19 playwrights, provided more than 20 MFA graduates with paid residencies, and supported over 150 productions nationwide through its Continued Life of New Plays Fund, which creates "Rolling World Premieres" of new plays. Hundreds of artists have gained employment through these efforts all over the country where NNPN Member Theatres are located. In addition to The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, NNPN receives support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the Shubert Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Network consists of a relatively small group of 29 Core Members, who pioneer and implement collaborative new play strategies, and a growing group of Associate Members, who disseminate the Network's programs and strategies nationwide. In April 2015, NNPN received the Washington Post Award for Innovative Leadership at the annual Helen Hayes Award Celebration.
Production history
(*=world premiere production)
(**=NNPN Rolling World Premiere)
1980s
1983-1984
*''WARP! I,II, & III'' by
Stuart Gordon
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& Bury St. Edmond
*''Talking With…'' by Jane Martin
*'' Krapp's Last Tape'' by
Samuel Beckett
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*''How I Got That Story'' by Amlin Gray
*'' Plenty'' by David Hare
*''Lemonade'' by James Prideaux
*'' Cloud Nine'' by
Caryl Churchill
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*''Summer Lights''* by Sam Smiley
*''Escapes''* by David Stooks
*''The Legs on Charlie's Car''* by John Sarno
*''Necessities''* by Kathy Fletcher & Rita Kohn
*''Sour Noodles''* by Jim Watt
1984-1985
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Agnes of God
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John Pielmeier
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Life and career
Pielmeier was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the son of Louise (Blackburn) and Len Pielmeier. He was raised Catholic. He earned a Bachelor of Art ...
Beth Henley
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James Goldman
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Biog ...
Christopher Durang
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William Finn
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Sam Shepard
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*''Taking Steps'' by
Alan Ayckbourn
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*''The Call''* by Bruce Gelfand
*''My Hand is Not My Heart''* by Jack Randall Earles
*''Prep Work''* by Bruce Gelfand
*''Porch Songs''* by
Pearl Cleage
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Balm in Gilead
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Lanford Wilson
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*''El Grande de Coca-Cola'' by House, Andrews, Shearman, Willis, & White
*''As Is'' by William F. Hoffman
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A Soldier's Play
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Charles Fuller
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Accidental Death of an Anarchist
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Dario Fo
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Lanford Wilson
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*''Days of our Dumping''* by D.J.L. Neruda
*''Don't Crush that Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers'' by
Firesign Theatre
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The Lesson
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Eugène Ionesco
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*''Centaurs''* by Marcia Cebulska
*''Night Commander''* by Silas Jones
*''Replay''* by Bruce MacDonald
*''Prairie Sunset''* by Richard Sutherland
1986-1987
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The Threepenny Opera
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Bertolt Brecht
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Kurt Weill
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Lyle Kessler
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August Wilson
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William Mastrosimone
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David Rabe
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Gerome Ragni
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James Rado
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Galt MacDermot
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*''Dreams''* by Nell Weatherwax
*''Pumpkin Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, and Other Cultural Differences'' by Various Poets
*''
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Sam Shepard
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*''Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music'' by
Lee Blessing
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Garry Trudeau
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Elizabeth Swados
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*''Not Funny''* by Douglas Anderson
*''Caril & Charlie''* by Gram Slaton
*''Ken's Brain''* by Jim Mitchell
1987-1988
*''Execution of Justice'' by Emily Mann
*''…and when the bough breaks''* by Marcia Cebulska
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Joe Orton
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Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You
''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'' is a play by Christopher Durang.
Productions
''Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You'' was first performed on December 14, 1979, at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City. It was ...
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Christopher Durang
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A Lie of the Mind
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'' by
Sam Shepard
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Joan Micklin Silver
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& Julianne Boyd
*''Chug'' by
Ken Jenkins
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Ea ...
*''Graceland'' by Ellen Byron
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The House of Blue Leaves
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John Guare
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He was raised in Jackson Heights, Queens.Druckman ...
*''Cards & Beer''* by Jack Randall Earles
*''Rebels''* by Gary Williams & Steven Ridenour
*''Nightbreath''* by Dennis Clontz
1988-1989
*'' Steel Magnolias'' by Robert Harling
*''Miss Margarida's Way'' by Roberto Athayde
*''Bouncers'' by
John Godber
John Harry Godber (born 18 May 1956) is known mainly for observational comedies. The ''Plays and Players Yearbook'' of 1993 rated him the third most performed playwright in the UK after William Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. He has been crea ...
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Dreamgirls
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Christopher Durang
Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s.
...
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune
''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'' is a two-character play by Terrence McNally that was first performed off-Broadway in 1987.
Plot
The play focuses on two lonely, middle-aged people whose first date ends with their tumbling into bed. The ...
Tina Howe
Tina Howe (born November 21, 1937) is an American playwright. In a career that spans more than four decades, Howe's best-known works include ''Museum'', '' The Art of Dining'', '' Painting Churches'', ''Coastal Disturbances'', and ''Pride's Crossi ...
*''Beach Party Nuclear Protest''* by Jack Randall Earles & David Meek
*''Lloyd's Prayer'' by
Kevin Kling
Kevin Kling is an American storyteller and a commentator for National Public Radio.
Life and career
Kling grew up in Osseo, Minnesota, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. He began his career i ...
*''Aunt Dan & Lemon'' by Wallace Shawn
*''Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down'' by Jerry Colker & Michael Rupert
*''Mr. Right and Other Stories''* by Linda Carson
*''Mortal Risk''* by Ron Marks
1989-1990
*''Burn This'' by
Lanford Wilson
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*''Beirut'' by
Alan Bowne
Alan Bowne (1945–1989) was an American playwright and author. He was a member of the New Dramatists.
He wrote a number of plays including ''Beirut'', ''Forty-Deuce'', ''Sharon and Billy'', and ''The Beany and Cecil Show'', many of which are a ...
Don DeLillo
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Eric Overmyer
Eric Ellis Overmyer (born September 25, 1951) is an American writer and producer. He has written and/or produced numerous TV shows, including ''St. Elsewhere'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', ''Law & Order'', ''The Wire'', ''New Amsterdam'', ...
The Rocky Horror Show
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Richard O'Brien
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Fences
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August Wilson
August Wilson ( Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of ten plays, collectively called ' (or ...
Christopher Durang
Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. His work was especially popular in the 1980s, though his career seemed to get a second wind in the late 1990s.
...
*''The Boys Next Door'' by Tom Griffin
*''Su Me''* by Su Ours (cabaret)
*''Boy's Life'' by Howard Korder
*''Stiff Cuffs''* by Christina Cocek & John DiAguino
*''Elizabeth/Regina''* by Linda Carson
1990s
1990-1991
*''Eastern Standard'' by Richard Greenberg
*''T-Bone And Weasel'' by Jon Klein
*''Split Second'' by Dennis McIntyre
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Vampire Lesbians of Sodom
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'' by Charles Busch
*''Reckless'' by Craig Lucas
*'' Eleemossynary'' by
Lee Blessing
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*''One Mo' Time'' by Vernel Bagneris
*''Kennedy's Children'' by Robert Patrick
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Roosters
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'' by
Milcha Sanchez-Scott
Milcha Sanchez-Scott (born 1953) is an American playwright of Indonesian, Chinese, Dutch, and Colombian heritage.Peterson, Jane T.; Bennett, Suzanne (1997)"Milcha Sanchez-Scott (1953-): Biography" ''Women Playwrights of Diversity: A Bio-bibliog ...
*''Woman in Mind'' by
Alan Ayckbourn
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*''The Mystery of Irma Vep'' by Charles Ludlum
*''Lady & the Clarinet'' by Michael Cristopher
*''Dorothy Parker-A Symptom Recital*'' by Leo P. Carusone
*''Dragon Slayers*'' by William Rough
1991-1992
*''Other People's Money'' by Jerry Sterner
*''Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill'' by Lanie Robertson
*''Square One'' by Steve Tesich
*''The Cemetery Club'' by Ivan Menchell
*''Only Kidding!'' by Jim Gehoghan
*''4 AM America'' by Ping Chong
*''Christmas on Mars'' by Harry Kondoleon
*'' The Heidi Chronicles'' by
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 ...
Chad Henry
Chad Henry (born October 9, 1946) is an American composer, actor, lyricist, playwright, and author. He has written over twenty musical theatre titles that premiere in his home state, Washington. He has long been associated with director/producer ...
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Joe Turner's Come and Gone
''Joe Turner's Come and Gone'' is a play by American playwright August Wilson. It is the second installment of his decade-by-decade chronicle of the African-American experience, ''The Pittsburgh Cycle''. The play was first staged 1984 at the Euge ...
'' by August Wilson
*''The Lisbon Traviata'' by Terrence McNally
*''Womandingo''* by Sterling Houston & Arnold Aprill
*''Objects in the Mirror are Closer than They Appear''* by Lester Purley & Mark Cryer
*''hip my heart''* by Paulette Licitra
1992-1993
*'' M Butterfly'' by
David Henry Hwang
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*''Dorothy Parker-A Symptom Recital''* by Leo P. Carusone
*'' Lips Together, Teeth Apart'' by Terrence McNally
*''The Promise'' by Jose Rivera
*''
Assassins
An assassin is a person who commits targeted murder.
Assassin may also refer to:
Origin of term
* Someone belonging to the medieval Persian Ismaili order of Assassins
Animals and insects
* Assassin bugs, a genus in the family ''Reduviid ...
'' by
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...
& John Weidman
*''Sight Unseen'' by
Donald Margulies
Donald Margulies (born September 2, 1954) is an American playwright and academic. In 2000, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''Dinner with Friends''.
Background and education
Margulies attended John Dewey High School in Broo ...
*''
The Piano Lesson
''The Piano Lesson'' is a 1987 play by American playwright August Wilson. It is the fourth play in Wilson's ''The Pittsburgh Cycle''. Wilson began writing this play by playing with the various answers regarding the possibility of "acquir nga se ...
'' by August Wilson
*''Blind Spot''* by Michael Davis Sutton
*''Candy Store Window''* by Cherie Bennett
1993-1994
*''The Good Times Are Killing Me'' by Lynda Barry
*'' Six Degrees of Separation'' by John Guare
*''Su Ours: No E, No H, Noel''* by Su Ours & Michael Klass (cabaret)
*''Marvin's Room'' by Scott McPherson
*''Death & the Maiden'' by
Ariel Dorfman
Vladimiro Ariel Dorfman (born May 6, 1942) is an Argentine-Chilean-American novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American ...
*''Three Ways Home'' by Casey Kurtti
*''Mama Drama'' by Leslie Ayvazian, Christine Farrell, Donna Dailey, Mariana Houston, Rita Nactmann, & Anne O'Sullivan
*''Pretty Girls, Not too Bright''* by Dos Fallopia (Peggy Platt & Lisa Koch)
*''Heart Timers''* by Stuart Warmflash
*''Veronica's Position''* by Rich Orloff
1994-1995
*''
Falsettos
''Falsettos'' is a sung-through musical with a book by William Finn and James Lapine, and music and lyrics by Finn. The musical consists of '' March of the Falsettos'' (1981) and '' Falsettoland'' (1990), the last two installments in a trio o ...
'' by William Finn & James Lapine
*'' Keely and Du'' by Jane Martin
*''Five Guys Named Moe'' by Clarke Peters
*'' Conversations With My Father'' by Herb Gardener
*''All in the Timing'' by David Ives
*''Jeffrey'' by
Paul Rudnick
Paul Rudnick (born December 29, 1957) is an American writer. His plays have been produced both on and off Broadway and around the world. He is also known for having written the screenplays for several movies, including '' Sister Act'', ''Addams ...
*''Bewitched, Bothered & Bananas''* by Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch & Peggy Platt)
*''Points of Deviation''* by Scott Sandoe
*''Scotland Road'' by Jeffery Hatcher
1995-1996
*'' The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe'' by Jane Wagner
*''If We Are Women'' by Joanna Glass
*''The Holiday Survival Game Show''* by Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch & Peggy Platt)
*'' Six Women with Brain Death'' by Mark Houston
*''Denial of the Fittest'' by Judith Sloan & Warren Leher
*''
Love! Valour! Compassion!
''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' is a play by Terrence McNally. The play opened Off-Broadway in 1994 and transferred to Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in pr ...
'' by Terrence McNally
*''Spike Heels'' by Theresa Rebeck
*''
Glengarry Glen Ross
''Glengarry Glen Ross'' is a play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts ...
'' by
David Mamet
David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and '' Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first gained cri ...
*''Pretty Girls, Not too Bright''* by Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch & Peggy Platt)
*''The Katydid''* by Michael Davis Sutton
1996-1997
*''Whoop-Dee-Doo!'' by Howard Crabtree
*''Three Viewings'' by Jeffery Hatcher
*''The Holiday Survival Game Show''* by Peggy Platt, Rick Rankin, & Lisa Koch
*''
A Tuna Christmas
''A Tuna Christmas'' is the second in a series of comedic plays (preceded by ''Greater Tuna'' and followed by ''Red, White and Tuna'' and ''Tuna Does Vegas''), each set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, the "third-smallest" town in the state. ...
'' by Ed Howard, Joe Sears, & Jaston Williams
*''Florida'' * by Marcia Cebulska
*''Trick the Devil'' by Bill Harris
*''Sylvia'' by AR Gurney
*''All I Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten'' by Ernest Zulia, David Caldwell, & Robert Fulghum
*Worst of Dos Fallopia* by Dos Fallopia (Peggy Platt & Lisa Koch)
*''Reading the Mind of God'' * by Pat Gabridge
*''Girl Party'' * by David Dillion & Virginia Smiley
1997-1998
*''The Old Settler'' by John Henry Redwood
*''Poor Super Man'' by Brad Fraser
*''The Holiday Survival Game Show''* by Jack O'Hara
*''Summer Games''* by James Farrell
*''Taking Sides'' by Ronald Harwood
*'' Durang/Durang'' by Christopher Durang
*''
Company
A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared ...
'' by Stephen Sondheim & George Furth
*''latitude''* by Tony McDonald
*''Party'' by David Dillon
*''Bride of Dos Fallopia''* by Dos Fallopia (Peggy Platt & Lisa Koch)
*''Princess Warrior'' by Julie Goldman
1998-1999
*'' Angels in America: Millennium Approaches'' by
Tony Kushner
Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work ''Angels in America'' which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn ...
*'' Angels in America: Perestroika'' by Tony Kushner
*''The Holiday Survival Game Show''* by Jack O'Hara
*''How I Learned to Drive'' by Paula Vogel
*''Mother Russia''* by Jeffrey Hatcher
*''No Way to Treat a Lady'' by Douglas J. Cohen
*''Shakin the Mess Outta Misery'' by Shay Youngblood
*'' Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde'' by
Moisés Kaufman
Moisés Kaufman (born November 21, 1963) is a Venezuelan theater director, filmmaker, playwright, founder of Tectonic Theater Project, based in New York City, and co-founder of Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. He was awarded the 2016 Nat ...
*''The Gene Pool'' by Christi Stewart-Brown
*''As Bees in Honey Drown'' by Douglas Carter Beane
*''Lisa Koch and Friends''* by Lisa Koch
*''Touch''* by Toni Press-Coffman
1999-2000
*''Three Days of Rain'' by Richard Greenberg
*''
The Woman in Black
''The Woman in Black'' is a 1983 gothic horror novel by English writer Susan Hill. The plot concerns a mysterious spectre that haunts a small English town. A television film based on the story, also called '' The Woman in Black'', was produce ...
'' by Stephen Mallatratt
*''The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told'' by Paul Rudnick
*''The Holiday Millennium Game Show''* by Jack O'Hara
*''Jackie: An American Life'' by Gip Hoppe
*''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' by
Martin McDonagh
Martin Faranan McDonagh (; born 26 March 1970) is a British-Irish playwright, screenwriter, producer, and director. Born and brought up in London, he is the son of Irish parents. He is known as one of the most acclaimed modern playwrights whose ...
*''
Wit
Wit is a form of intelligent humour, the ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. Someone witty is a person who is skilled at making clever and funny remarks. Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack.
For ...
'' by Margaret Edson
*''Beautiful Thing'' by Jonathan Harvey
*''Journal of Ordinary Thought'' by David Barr
*''Resident Alien'' by Stuart Spencer
2000s
2000-2001
*''Snakebit'' by David Marshall Grant
*''The Gathering'' by Will Power
*''Tongue of a Bird'' by Ellen McLaughlin
*''
The Santaland Diaries
"Santaland Diaries" is an essay by David Sedaris. It is a humorous account of Sedaris' stint working as a Christmas elf in "Santaland" at Macy's department store.
Sedaris first read the essay on National Public Radio's ''Morning Edition'' on Dec ...
'' by
David Sedaris
David Raymond Sedaris (; born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay " Santaland Diaries.” He published his first c ...
*''Uh, Oh - Here Comes Christmas'' by Ernie Zulia, David Caldwell
*''Bluff'' by Jeffrey Sweet
*''
The Vagina Monologues
''The Vagina Monologues'' is an episodic play written in 1996 by Eve Ensler which developed and premiered at HERE Arts Center, Off-Off-Broadway in New York and was followed by an Off-Broadway run in at Westside Theatre. The play explores c ...
'' by Eve Ensler
*''Fuddy Meers'' by David Lindsey Abaire
*''Another American: Asking and Telling'' by Marc Wolf
*''Bodies and Hearts in the Face of the Monster''* by Toni Press-Coffman
*''Woody and Me''* by Brad Erickson
*''
Seven Guitars
''Seven Guitars'' is a 1995 play by American playwright August Wilson. It focuses on seven African-American characters in the year 1948. The play begins and ends after the funeral of one of the main characters, showing events leading to the funer ...
'' by August Wilson
2001-2002
*''
The Laramie Project
''The Laramie Project'' is a 2000 play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project (specifically, Leigh Fondakowski, writer-director; Stephen Belber, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Stephen Wangh, Amanda Gronich, Sara Lambert, ...
'' by Moisés Kaufman
*''
Two Trains Running
''Two Trains Running'' is a 1990 play by American playwright August Wilson, the sixth in his ten-part series ''The Pittsburgh Cycle''. The play takes place in 1968 in the Hill District, an African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...
'' by August Wilson
*''Ham for the Holidays'' by Dos Fallopia (Lisa Koch & Peggy Platt)
*''Dirty Blonde'' by Claudia Shear
*''This is our Youth'' by Kenneth Lonergan
*''True to Scale''* by Wendy Beldon
*''savant''* by Tony McDonald
*''Goats''* by Alan Berks
*''Born to Goof''* by Kevin Burke
*''Lunching'' by Alan Gross
*''Bat Boy: The Musical'' by Keythe Farley, Brian Flemming, & Laurence O'Keefe
*''The Action Against Sol Schumann'' by Jeffrey Sweet
2002 - 2003
*''
Proof
Proof most often refers to:
* Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition
* Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength
Proof may also refer to:
Mathematics and formal logic
* Formal proof, a c ...
'' by David Auburn
*''Flow'' by Will Power
*'' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' by Stephen Trask & John Cameron Mitchell - starring
Blaine Hogan Blaine may refer to:
People
* Blaine (given name)
* Blaine (surname)
* Blaine (cartoonist), Canadian political cartoonist
Places in the United States
* Blaine, Georgia, an unincorporated community
* Blaine, Idaho, an unincorporated communit ...
, Jessica Benge, Jimmy Sizemore, Royston Lloyd, Steve Hayes and Ryan
*''Over the Tavern'' by Tom Dudzick
*''Praying for Rain'' by Robert Lewis Vaughan
*''Stones in his Pockets'' by Marie Jones
*''The Washington-Sarajevo Talks'' by Carla Seaquist
*''The Home Team''* by Kim Carney
*''La Sangre Llama''* by Toni Press-Coffman & Tony Artis
*''Phideas8''* by Mike Whistler
*''Spain'' by Jim Knable
*''The Handler'' by Robert Schenkkan
2003-2004
*''
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?
''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' is a full-length play written in 2000 by Edward Albee which opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the 2002 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2002 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, and was a finalist for the 2003 ...
'' by
Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as '' The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), '' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (196 ...
*''Trucker Rhapsody''* by Toni Press-Coffman
*''Circumference of a Squirrel'' by John Walch
*''Sophie Tucker: American Legend'' by Jack Fournier & Kathy Halenda
*''
Boston Marriage
A "Boston marriage" was, historically, the cohabitation of two wealthy women, independent of financial support from a man. The term is said to have been in use in New England in the late 19th/early 20th century. Some of these relationships were r ...
Naked Boys Singing!
''Naked Boys Singing!'' is a musical revue that features traditional American vaudeville-style music performed by eight actors who sing and dance naked. The campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre in West Hollywood, Californi ...
'' by Robert Schrock
*''And/Or''* by Andrew Barrett
2004-2005
*''
The Exonerated
''The Exonerated'' is a made-for-cable television film that dramatizes the stories of six people, some of whom, were wrongfully convicted of murder and other offenses, placed on death row, and later exonerated and freed after serving varying yea ...
'' by Jessica Blank & Erik Jensen
*''
Crowns
A crown is a traditional form of head adornment, or hat, worn by monarchs as a symbol of their power and dignity. A crown is often, by extension, a symbol of the monarch's government or items endorsed by it. The word itself is used, partic ...
'' by
Regina Taylor
Regina Annette Taylor ''Film Reference''. (born August 22, 1960) is an American
*''
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
''Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge'' is a musical comedy written by Christopher Durang, a parody of the Charles Dickens 1843 novel '' A Christmas Carol''. Durang was commissioned by Pittsburgh City Theatre Artistic Director Tracy Brigden ...
'' by Christopher Durang
*'' Running With Scissors'' by Michael McKeever
*''Blown Sideways Through Life'' by Claudia Shear
*''Frozen'' by Bryony Lavery
*''This Is My Body'' by Amy Fortoul
*''Rounding Third'' by Richard Dresser
*''Cabfare for the Common Man''* by Mark Harvey Levine
*''Further Mo by Vernel Bagneris
*'' Bug'' by
Tracy Letts
Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for '' August: Osage County'' (2007), for which he received ...
Greg Kotis
Greg Kotis (born 1965/1966) is an American playwright, best known for writing the book and co-writing the lyrics for the musical ''Urinetown''.
Biography
Career
Kotis studied political science at the University of Chicago, where he was a membe ...
&
Mark Hollmann
Mark Hollmann is an American composer and lyricist.
Hollmann grew up in Fairview Heights, Illinois, where he graduated from Belleville Township High School East in 1981. He won a 2002 Tony Award and a 2001 Obie Award for his music and lyrics to ...
*''I Am My Own Wife'' by Doug Wright
*''Every Christmas Story Ever Told!!'' by Michael Carleton, John Alvarez, & Jim Fitzgerald
*''A Number'' by Caryl Churchill
* ''From My Hometown'' conceived by Lee Summers and written by Lee Summers, Ty Stephens, & Herbert Rawlings, Jr.
*''The Marijuana-logues'' by Arj Barker,
Doug Benson
Douglas Steven Benson (born July 2, 1962) is an American comedian, marijuana rights advocate, television host and actor, best known for hosting the podcasts and TV series ''Doug Loves Movies'' (2006-present), ''The Benson Interruption'' (2010-20 ...
, & Tony Camin
*''Orson's Shadow'' by Austin Pendleton
*''The Pillowman'' by Martin McDonagh
*''The Sugar Bean Sisters'' by Nathan Sanders
*''The Ice-Breaker''** by David Rambo
2006-2007
*''
The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)
''The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)'' is a musical by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell. It is structured into five acts, each of which is a short musical parodying (and paying homage to) the style of an American or British musical theatre c ...
'' by Eric Rockwell & Joanne Bogart
*''Nijinsky's Last Dance'' by Norman Allen
*''The Parenting Project: Callie's Tally'' by Betsy Howie & The Hoosier Dads by Kevin Burke, Dave Dugan, & Brad Tassell
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas''* by Various Artists
*''Ten Percent of Molly Snyder (Marta Solano)'' by Richard Strand
*''tempOdyssey''** by Dan Dietz
*''
Miss Witherspoon
''Miss Witherspoon'' is a play written by Christopher Durang. It was one of three finalists for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play, a black comedy, was named one of the Ten Best Plays of 2005 by ''Time Magazine'' and '' Newsday''.
Plot s ...
'' by Christopher Durang
*''Rhythms by Chris White'' (hosted... presented by DePauw University)
*''And Her Hair Went With Her''** by Zina Camblin
*''Fat Pig'' by Neil LaBute
*''
The Little Dog Laughed
''The Little Dog Laughed'' is a 2006 comedy play by Douglas Carter Beane.
The four characters are an actor, Mitchell, his acerbic agent Diane, a hustler named Alex, and Alex's girlfriend Ellen. When Mitchell and Alex become involved in a physica ...
'' by Douglas Carter Beane
*''Dos Fallopia: Desperate Spuddwives'' by Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt
2007-2008
*''Altar Boyz'' Music, lyrics and vocal arrangements by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker, book by Kevin Del Aguila - based on an idea by Ken Davenport and Marc Kessler
*''Stuff Happens'' by David Hare
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas''* by Various Artists
*''End Days''** by Deborah Zoe Laufer
*''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' by Martin McDonagh
*''Well'' by Lisa Kron
*''Black Gold''** by Seth Rozin
*''Our Dad Is In Atlantis'' by Javier Malpica
*''
Some Men
''Some Men'' is a play by Terrence McNally that consists of an interwoven series of stories which chronicle and contrast the lives and attitudes of gay men in the United States over the past 80 years. The play begins and ends with a contemporary ...
'' by Terrence McNally
*''Murderers'' by Jeffrey Hatcher
2008-2009
*''
November
November is the eleventh and penultimate month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. No ...
'' by David Mamet
*''Drunk Enough to Say I Love You?'' by Caryl Churchill
*June 8, 1968 by Anna Theresa Cascio
*''On Thin Ice: A Very Phoenix Xmas 3''* by Various Artists
*''Love Person''** by Aditi Brennan Kapil
*''The Seafarer'' by Conor McPherson
*''Mauritius'' by Theresa Rebeck
*''References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot'' by José Rivera
*''The Zippers of Zoomerville - or 200 Laps and a Lass''* by Jack O'Hara with music by Jack O'Hara and Tim Brickley
*''Octopus'' by Steven Yockey
*''The Dos and Don'ts of Time Travel'' by Nicholas Wardigo
2009-2010
*''The Most Damaging Wound'' by Blair Singer
*''Shipwrecked! An Entertainment'' by Donald Margulies
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas 4:Our Stockings Are Stuffed''* by Various Artists
*''The Housewives of Mannheim'' by Alan Brody
*''Call Me Boricua!''* by Ricardo Melendez
*''Sunlight''** by Sharr White
*''Yankee Tavern'' by Steven Dietz
*''Speech and Debate'' by Stephen Karam
*''Reasons to Be Pretty'' by Neil LaBute
2010s
2010-2011
*''In the Next Room - Or the Vibrator Play'' by Sarah Ruhl
*''My Name Is Asher Lev'' by Aaron Posner, adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas 5: Regifted''* by Various Artists
*''Norway'' by Samuel D. Hunter
*''Goldie, Max, and Milk'' by Karen Hartman
*''The Storytelling Ability of a Boy'' by Carter W. Lewis
*''This'' by Melissa James Gibson
*''The Zippers of Zoomerville'' by Jack O'Hara with music by Jack O'Hara and Tim Brickley
*''Avenue Q'' Music, lyrics and original concept by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty
*''With a Bang'' by Pete McElliott
2011 - 2012
*''Spring Awakening'' Music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics and book by Steven Sater
*''Jericho''** by Jack Canfora
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas 6: Our Goose Is Cooked''* by various artists
*''Current Economic Conditions''* by Don Zolidis
*''August: Osage County'' by Tracy Letts
*''Freud's Last Session'' by Mark St. Germain
*''Baktun 13'' by Danel Malan
*''Forever Sung''* by Bryan Fonseca and Tim Brickley
*''Next Fall'' by Geoffrey Nauffts
*''With a Whimper'' by Pete McElligott
2012-2013
*''Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson'' Music and lyrics written by Michael Friedman, Book by Alex Timbers
*''Seminar'' by Theresa Rebeck
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas 7: Getting Figgy with It''* by Various Artists
*''Guapa''** by Caridad Svich
*''Next to Normal'' Book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, Music by Tom Kitt
*''The Lyons'' by Nicky Silver
*''Clybourne Park'' by Bruce Norris
*''4000 Miles'' by Amy Herzog
*''Dos Fallopia''* by Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt
*''Love, Loss, and What I Wore'' by Nora and Delia Ephron, based on the book by
Ilene Beckerman
Ilene Beckerman (born 1935) is an American writer, who was not published until she was 60 years old, and a former advertising agency executive. She is best known for her first book ''Love, Loss, and What I Wore'', published in 1995, which in 2008 ...
2013-2014
*''Vanya, Sonia, Masha, and Spike'' by Christopher Durang
*''Rancho Mirage''** by Stephen Dietz
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas 8: Angels We Have Heard While High''* by Various Artists
*''Tribes'' by Nina Raine
*''North of the Boulevard'' by Bruce Graham
*''I and You''** by Lauren Gunderson
*''Spun'' by Emily Goodson
*''Bless Me, Ultima'' by Rudolfo Anaya
*''Cock'' by Mike Bartlett
*''Miles and Ellie'' by Don Zolidis
2014-2015
*''Clark Gable Slept Here'' by Michael McKeever
*''Old Jews Telling Jokes'' by Peter Gethers and David Okrent
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas 9: Flashing Through the Snow''* by Various Artists
*''River City''** by Diana Grisanti
*''
The Cripple of Inishmaan
''The Cripple of Inishmaan'' is a dark comedy by Martin McDonagh who links the story to the real life filming of the documentary ''Man of Aran''.
The play is set on the small Aran Islands community of Inishmaan (Inis Meáin) off the Western C ...
'' by Martin McDonagh
*''Buyer and Cellar'' by Jonathan Tolins
*''Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea''** by Nathan Alan Davis
*''Typhoid Mary''* by Tom Horan
*'' American Idiot'' Lyrics by Billie Joe Armstrong, book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer
*''Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play'' by Anne Washburn
2015-2016
*''One Man, Two Guvnors'' by Richard Bean
*''The Nether'' by Jennifer Haley
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas X: Oh, Come Let Us Adore Us''* by Various Artists
*''Butler'' by Richard Strand
*''Pulp''** by Joe Zettelmaier
*''On Clover Road''** by Steven Dietz
*''Leyenda''* by Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan and Bryan Fonseca
*''Book of Merman'' by Leo Schwartz
*''Acid Dolphin Experiment''* by Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan
2016-2017
*''An Act of God'' by David Javerbaum
*''Dogs of Rwanda''* by Sean Christopher Lewis
*''The Golem of Havana'' by Michel Hausmann
*''How to Use a Knife''* by Will Snider
*''Human Rites'' by Amélie Nothomb
*''The Open Hand'' by Robert Caisley
*''Peter and the Starcatcher'' by Rick Elice
*''Sex with Strangers'' by Laura Eason
*''Static''* by Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas XI''* by Various Artists
2017-2018
*''Barbecue'' by Robert O'Hara
*''Cry it Out'' by Molly Smith Metzler
*''Fairfield'' by Eric Coble
*''Fun Home'' music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
*''Halftime with Don''* by Ken Weitzman
*''Indecent'' by Paula Vogel
*''God Bless You Mr. Rosewater'' by Kurt Vonnegut
*''Sweat'' by Lynn Nottage
*''The Pill'' by Playwright-in-Residence Tom Horan
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas XII''* by Various Artists
2018-2019
*''Apples in Winter''* by Jennifer Fawcett
*''Bright Star'' written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
*''Cabaret Poe'' by Ben Asaykwee
*''The Children'' by Lucy Kirkwood
*''The Christians'' by Lucas Hnath
*''Hotel Nepenthe'' by John Kuntz
*''White City Murder'' by Ben Asaykwee
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas XIII''* by Various Artists
2019-2020
*'' The Agitators'' by Mat Smart
*''The Legend of Georgia McBride'' by Matthew Lopez
*''Vino Veritas'' by David MacGregor
*''A Very Phoenix Xmas XIV''* by Various Artists
2020-2021
*''This season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.''
2021-2022
*''Alabaster''** by Audrey Cefaly
*''Bakersfield Mist'' by Stephan Sachs
*''Love Bird'' by K.T. Peterson
*''The Magnolia Ballet''* by Terry Guest
*''No AIDS, No Maids: Or, Stories I Can't Fuckin' Hear No More'' by Dee Dee Batteast
*''Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation''** by India Nicole Burton
2022-2023
*''Tick, Tick...Boom!'' book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larson
*''The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge'' by Trista Baldwin
*''Wild Horses'' by Allison Gregory
*''Two Mile Hollow'' by Leah Nanako Winkler