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PRODUCTION
HISTORY, 1970 - 1979
The
following is a brief account of productions that have been held at TNC.
For productions postdating the 1980 - 81 season, please click below.
2000
- Present|1990
- 1999|1980 - 1989
Productions
of the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons coming soon.
1977/1978
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| July
14, 1977 |
BALLAD
OF SEVEN SLEEPING BROTHERS IN CHINA |
Tadeusz
Micinski, Stephan Viola |
| August
25, 1977 |
LEONA
IS A FUNNY NAME |
Donald
Kvares, Ted Mornel |
| September
9, 1977 |
FACE
STOOL |
Henri
Gruvman |
| September
14, 1977 |
LOVELY
RITA |
Thomas
Brasch, Stephan Viola |
| September
23, 1977 |
DRY
SHERRY |
John
Sherry, Martin Oltarsh |
| October
3, 1977 |
SHOPPING
BAG MADONNA |
Mary
Julia Karoly, Anthony DeVito |
| October
9, 1977 |
INVISIBLE
WOMEN |
Alice
Farley |
| October
12, 1977 |
BURIED
CHILD |
Sam
Shepard |
| October
14, 1977 |
THE
TRUE WAR DANCE OF YANKEE REELS |
Robert
A. Jacobs |
| October
31, 1977 |
HALLOWEEN |
|
| November
12, 1977 |
SONG
OF ADOLESCENCE |
Ken
Buckshi |
| November
16, 1977 |
TALKING
BAND |
Elizabeth
Swados & Co. |
| November
30, 1977 |
GOING |
Anthony
Howell |
| December
11, 1977 |
ATONEMENTS |
Israel
Eliraz (after Aleichem, trans. by David Zinder), Rina Elisha, Haim
Elisha, Lynn Ahrens |
| December
16, 1977 |
BUTERFLY
ENCOUNTER |
David
Forman, H. M. Koutoukas |
| December
21, 1977 |
THE
FALL |
Daniel
Nagrin (Translated from the novel by Albert Camus) |
| January
4, 1978 |
HEFETZ |
Hanoch
Levin, Rina Elisha |
| January
23, 1978 |
OTHELLO
(Bread & Puppet Theater) |
Peter
Schumann |
| February
8, 1978 |
STUART
SHERMAN'S EIGHTH SPECTACLE |
Stuart
Sherman |
| February
9, 1978 |
WORKSONG |
Marc
Kaminsky |
| February
16, 1978 |
CLARA
BOW LOVES GARY COOPER |
Mary
Boylan |
| March
1, 1978 |
THE
WRITER'S OPERA |
Rosalyn
Drexler |
| March
8, 1978 |
WHODUNIT? |
Ian
McKay |
| March
9, 1978 |
OIL! |
Neil
Tucker, Seth Allen |
| March
16, 1978 |
DANCE
FOR A SHAGGY PRINCESS |
Toby
Armour, Aileen Passloff |
| March
17, 1978 |
REALISM
IN OUR TIME |
Daryl
Chin |
| March
17, 1978 |
WINO
ROSE |
Andy
Laurie, Peter Ratray |
| March
30, 1978 |
CANCER
OF AMBITION |
Richard
Levine |
| March
30, 1978 |
SPIDERWOMAN
FESTIVAL |
Spiderwoman
Theater |
| April
6, 1978 |
KING
RICHARD III |
Michael
Stuart Long (Trans. from William Shakespeare) |
| April
16, 1978 |
AFTER
THE BAAL-SHEM TOV |
Arthur
Sainer, Crystal Field, John Braden |
| April
26, 1978 |
MABOU
MINES BENEFIT FOR TNC |
|
| April
27, 1978 |
BASS
FIDDLE |
Avram
Patt |
| May
1, 1978 |
A
PEACEABLE KINGDOM |
Debbie
Whitcomb, Jeffrey Tatman, Leon Roden |
| May
9, 1978 |
ACCOUNTS
RENDERED |
Larry
Qualls |
| May
11, 1978 |
LOVES
OF A WOMAN |
Kathy
Wells, George Prideaux, Grey Burleson |
| May
24, 1978 |
BBC
REPERTORY in COSMICOMICS & TORRENTS OF SPRING |
Italo
Calvino, Gordon Rogoff, Donald Sanders |
| May
29, 1978 |
NEW
BAND |
Drummond
Partch, Taylor Douglas, Rosenthal Schall |
| June
7, 1978 |
LORD
TOM GOLDSMITH |
Victor
Lipton, Arthur Sainer |
| June
14, 1978 |
WE
NEVER THOUGHT A WEDDING |
Helen
Duberstein, Maurice Edwards, Max Stern |
|
DANIEL
& SARAH AND THE END OF THE WORLD |
Avram
Patt, Alice Eve Cohen |
|
HOMEBODIES
(THE BUTTON & FAMILY LIFE) |
Michael
McClure, Nicholas Kazan |
|
KING
OF MASHED POTATOES (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Crystal
Field |
|
LAST
DAYS OF MANKIND |
Brenton/Davies/Red
Mole |
|
LIVES |
Flynn
& Rude, Marc Powers, Edmond Felix |
|
MERMAIDS |
Buell/Foertson/Pickman/Womack |
|
METAPHYSICS
OF A TWO-HEADED CALF |
S.I.
Wietkiewicz, Steve Reed |
|
THE
PASSION OF SIMPLE SIMON |
Michael
Sahl & Eric Salzman |
|
THUNDERBIRD
AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS POW-WOW AND DANCE CONCERT |
|
|
TRAVELLERS |
Gail
Conrad |
|
TURTLES
DON'T DREAM |
H.M.
Koutoukas |
|
WALLS |
Radio
Free Theatre |
1976/1977
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| July
5, 1976 |
A
ONE ACT PLAY (with NINE TO FIVE) |
John
Ford Noonan, Ray Barry |
| July
18, 1976 |
NEA
RALLY FOR THE ARTS at Lincoln Center |
|
| August
23, 1976 |
POLITICS,
SEX, DEATH, WORK AND THE WORLD |
Walter
Corwin |
| September
15, 1976 |
ONE
THIRD OF A NATION |
Arthur
Arent, Neile Weissman |
| October
2, 1976 |
DINOSAUR
DOOR |
Barbara
Garson |
| October
4, 1976 |
THOSE
DARN KIDS |
Mary
Boylan, Robert Dahdah |
| October
11, 1976 |
HORIZONTAL
WHITE |
Barry
Marshall |
| October
31, 1976 |
HALLOWEEN |
|
| November
5, 1976 |
SELMA |
Shami
Chaikin, Karen Ludwig |
| November
21, 1976 |
PEDRO
PARAMO |
Sidney
Goldfarb |
| November
24, 1976 |
BAG
LADY |
Jean-Claude
van Itallie |
| December
7, 1976 |
TOM
MURRIN |
|
| December
24, 1976 |
A
VISIT |
Maria
Irene Fornes, George Quincy |
| December
28, 1976 |
MORANDIS |
Morton
Lichter, Gordon Rogoff |
| January
30, 1977 |
VANISHING
PICTURES |
Beverly
Brown, Ruth Maleczech (from Poe Baudelaire) |
| January
31, 1977 |
DERBY |
Barry
Arnold, John Vaccaro, John Braden |
| February
7, 1977 |
QUE
OBO? and LONEY'S 66 |
Grubb
Graebner, Chris Silva |
| February
8, 1977 |
FITTIN'
ROOM, THE SPIDERWOMAN THEATER |
Muriel
Miguel |
| April
3, 1977 |
EVELYN
BROWN (A DIARY) |
Maria
Irene Fornes |
| April
27, 1977 |
ITCHY
BRITCHES |
Jill
Wisoff, N. Noble Barrett |
| May
1, 1977 |
THE
POPE IN LOVE |
Steven
Cohen, Joseph Renard |
| May
1, 1977 |
GRAVEN
IMAGE |
Rosalyn
Drexler, John Vaccaro |
| May
3, 1977 |
EVENING
WITH LYNN HANEY |
Lynn
Haney |
| May
8, 1977 |
DANCERS
ON MY CEILING |
Mary
Julia Karoly, Susan Lehrer |
| May
11, 1977 |
SPRING
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS |
|
| May
22, 1977 |
ITALIAN
THEATER FESTIVAL |
Dario
Fo, Franca Rame, Uncle Mario |
| June
5, 1977 |
NUMBER
FOURTEEN |
Don
Rifkin, Russell Krum |
| |
APHRODITE/THE
WITCH PLAY |
Eugenia
Macer-Story |
| |
BILLY
STARS AND KID JUPITER |
William
Electric Black |
| |
THE
CONSOLING VIRGIN |
Bruce
Serlen, Lawrence Sacharow |
| |
THE
DOG THAT TALKED TOO MUCH (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Crystal
Field |
| |
DREAMS
AND DIARIES (Three New Films: H.M. Koutoukas-A Portrait, Red Kimono,
Emunah) |
Rosalind
Stevenson, Crystal Field, Pamela Badyk |
| |
DANCING
IN THE STREET |
Gail
Conrad, Women's Interart Center |
| |
IMAGES
OF THE COMING DEAD |
Arthur
Sainer, Crystal FIeld, Lynn Haney |
| |
INVISIBLE
WOMEN |
|
| |
JUST
FOLKS |
Romulus
Linney |
| |
LA
JUSTICE |
Kenneth
Bernard, John Vaccaro |
| |
RIFFRAFF
REVUE |
|
1975/1976
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| August
7, 1975 |
THE
CUTTLEFISH |
S.I.
Witkiewicz (Translated by Daniel & Eleanor Gerould & Jaroslaw
Strzemien) |
| August
27, 1975 |
THE
TRAGEDY QUEEN |
Arthur
Williams, James Waring, David Tice |
| October
31, 1975 |
HALLOWEEN
PARADE & COSTUME BALL |
|
| October,
1975 |
MABOU
MINES PERFORMS BECKETT |
Lee
Breuer, Mabou Mines |
| November
14, 1975 |
ANDY
HARDY GETS IT OFF |
John
Bakos |
| January
2, 1976 |
CAP-A-PIE |
Maria
Irene Fornes, Jose Raul Bernardo |
| January
17, 1976 |
BAGGAGE |
Deborah
Fortson |
| January
29, 1976 |
ANGELS
OF WINTER |
Ylimaf
Theater Company |
| January,
1976 |
THE
ONLY GOOD INDIAN |
Mario
Fratti, Henry Salerno |
| February
12, 1976 |
EMMA! |
Howard
Zinn |
| February
22, 1976 |
WOODEN
NICKELS |
Susan
Yankowitz, Ronald Rosten, Bob Dennis |
| March
7, 1976 |
WARRINGHAM
ROOF |
Donald
Kvares, Curtiss W. Sayblack |
| March
16, 1976 |
IF
THE PROPHETS |
Avram
Patt, Nelly Sachs, Margo Lee Sherman |
| March
18, 1976 |
CUBEIRO,
EMILIO & KAPINOS, EDWIN & FREEK BAND |
|
| May
12, 1976 |
RED
FOX/SECOND HANGIN' |
Roadside
Theater |
| May
23, 1976 |
BERCHTESGADEN |
Jacques
Levy, Barbara Loden |
| May
24, 1976 |
COLD
CUTS |
Shelley
Valter, Gregory Gubitosa, Laura Taylor |
| June
10, 1976 |
COLONIZATION
OF AMERICA |
Joan
Durant, Bobby Pesola, Rudy Crosswell |
| June
26, 1976 |
FEAST
FOR FLIES |
Stanley
Seidman, Richard Perley |
| |
DAY
OLD BREAD (OR: THE WORST TIME I EVER HAD) |
Arthur
Sainer |
| |
MEMPHIS
IS GONE? |
Dick
Hobson, Susan Gregg |
| |
MINDING
THE STORE/UNDERCOVER COP/IN THE FACTORY (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Crystal
Field, Robert Nichols |
| |
SENSUOUS
SAVAGES |
Hot
Peaches Co. |
| |
SOLO
DANCES |
Ara
Fitzgerald |
| |
STUART
SHERMAN'S SEVENTH SPECTACLE |
Stuart
Sherman |
|
YOK |
R.J.
& Margo Colbert |
1974/1975
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| May
26, 1974 |
MUSIC
AT TNC |
NYC
Department of Recreation |
| July
26, 1974 |
GREEK
POPULAR CHORUS OF NEW YORK |
|
| July
29, 1974 |
ONE
SUNDAY AFTERNOON |
James
Hagan, Barbara Loden |
| August,
1974 |
HOOSICK
FALLS |
Jane
DeLynn, Mary Thompson, Robert Trefousse |
| September
8, 1974 |
MUSIC
FESTIVAL |
Beverly
Brook, Producer |
| September
12, 1974 |
LA
BELLILOTE |
Emilio
Cubeiro, Chris Kapp |
| September
17, 1974 |
SOLDIER'S
TALE |
Jim
Hardy Stravinsky, Blu Doctor |
| September
19, 1974 |
NOT
AFRAID OF FALLING |
Avram
Patt, (Barking Rooster Theater, Peretz, IL) |
| September
24, 1974 |
CHILDREN
CROSSING |
Andrea
Karchmer |
| October
8, 1974 |
BERNICE
& LENORE |
Ann
Meltzer, Eve Packer |
| October
10, 1974 |
HIGH
TIME |
Alan
Rossett, William E. Hunt |
| November
11, 1974 |
INTERNATIONAL
STUD |
Harvey
Fierstein, Harvey Tavel |
| November
17, 1974 |
AT
THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING |
Roy
Friedman, Michael Twain, Paul Dver. |
| November
24, 1974 |
CHEERLEADERS
OF THE REVOLUTION BENEFIT |
|
| December
21, 1974 |
FAREWELL
PARTY |
Drew
Kalter, Dennis Pearlstein |
| February
1, 1975 |
ERIC
BENTLEY IN CONCERT |
|
| February
6, 1975 |
LADIES'
NIGHT |
Donald
Kvares, Ted Mornel, Michael Barr |
| February
10, 1975 |
THE
STEVE LYONS EYESHOW |
Steve
Lyons |
| February
24, 1975 |
WOMEN
IN VIOLENCE & THE LYSISTRATA NUMBAH! |
Spiderwoman
Theater Workshop |
| March
11, 1975 |
CONTINUUM |
Helen
Dworzan, Ellen Hooven |
| April
3, 1975 |
CHARLEY
CHESTNUT RIDES THE IRT |
Arthur
Sainer, Crystal Field |
| |
BOESMAN
& LENA |
Athol
Fugard, Douglas Johnson (Back Alley Theatre, Washington DC) |
| |
B.
BEAVER ANIMATION |
Lee
Breuer, Mabou Mines |
| |
BRECHT
MEETS HUAC & THE BABY ELEPHANT |
Bertolt
Brecht (Translated by Charles Kuschinsky & Lawrence Bandini) |
| |
EPIC
& RINGS OF SATURN |
Michael
Kushner |
| |
MAMA
LIBERTY'S BICENTENIAL PARTY (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Crystal
Field |
|
RA-D-IO
WISDOM |
Richard
Foreman, Crystal Field, David Tice |
|
THE
SLAIN CHERRY TREE |
John
A. Bakos, Marjorie Lipari |
|
A
WINNER'S TALE |
Barbara
Garson |
1973/1974
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| October
18, 1973 |
THE
TEN BEST MARTYRS OF THE YEAR |
L.
Seymour Simckes |
| October
31, 1973 |
HALLOWEEN
#1 |
|
| November
8, 1973 |
PERICLES |
|
| November
13, 1973 |
TALKING
LOVE |
P.J. |
| November
19, 1973 |
ARE
YOU A VIRGIN? |
James
Harter |
| November
30, 1973 |
MOBILE
UNIT |
Margot
Colbert |
| December
3, 1973 |
POETRY
SERIES |
Howard
Hart, Chris White, 8 New York Poets |
| December
7, 1973 |
BEST
OF THE ANGELS OF LIGHT |
Angel
Jack Hisbiscus |
| January
31, 1974 |
ELEKTRA |
Karl
Richard Mueller, Barry Keating |
| February,
1974 |
ANIMATIONS |
Mabou
Mines |
| March
7, 1974 |
THE
CHILDREN'S ARMY IS LATE |
Arthur
Sainer, David Tice, Crystal Field |
| March
19, 1974 |
GOLD |
Joan
Durant, Jon Teta |
| April
8, 1974 |
WOUNDS
AND HEALING |
Amy
Greenfield |
| April
13, 1974 |
GALA
BENEFIT |
|
| April,
1974 |
SNEAKY
BIT TO RAISE THE BLIND/PICK, PACK, POCK, PUCK |
John
Ford Noonan, Angelo Gnazzo |
| May
3, 1974 |
UNDER
THE BRIDGE THERE IS A LONELY SPOT WITH GREGORY PECK |
Helen
Duberstein, Neil Flanagan, Arthur Rosen |
| May
16, 1974 |
BEAUTIFUL |
Leonard
Melfi, Sande Shurin, Marjorie LiPari |
| May
24, 1974 |
MORNING
TO MIDNIGHT |
George
Kaiser (Translated by Irma Bartenieff & Jon Teta) |
| May,
1974 |
WINO
ROSE |
Andy
Laurie, Wilis Alexander |
| June
13, 1974 |
BLAKE'S
DESIGN |
Kenneth
Brown, Ronald Roston, Michael Posnick |
| June,
1974 |
CHILE
'73 |
Mario
Fratti |
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BEGINNINGS
WORKSHOP |
Shelley
Valfer, Mary Thompson, Stanley Seidman, Jon Teta |
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BUCK
BANNER'S BIG STORY |
Stanley
Seidman, Norman Thomas Marshall |
|
REDHORSE
II B BEAVER ANIMATIONS |
Mabou
Mines |
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SPRING
OFFENSIVE |
Arthur
Sainer, Crystal Field |
| |
THE
TIME THEY TURNED THE WATER OFF (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Crystal
Field |
| |
OPEN
AND SHUT MAGIC COMPANY & UNDERCOVER COP |
Robert
Nichols, Crystal Field, David Tice |
1972/1973
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| August
13, 1972 |
VICIOUS
CIRCLE |
Shelly
Valfer, Mary Thompson |
| September
11, 1972 |
WAR
HEROES (CUT UPS & CUT OUTS) |
N.
Noble Varrett, Robert Stocking |
| October
18, 1972 |
STUART
SHERMAN'S FOURTH SPECTACLE |
Stuart
Sherman |
| November
10, 1972 |
GUILLOTINE |
Helen
Duberstein, Steve Reed |
| January
10, 1973 |
STRAIGHT
FROM THE GHETTO |
Miguel
Pinero, Neil Harris, Marvin Felix |
| January
19, 1973 |
THE
ROOM |
Earlene
Smith, Saskia Noordhoek Hegt, Andrew Schloss |
| January
22, 1973 |
JUST
FOLKS |
Romulus
Linney, John Olon-Scrymegour, Lee Scott Goldstein |
| January,
1973 |
WICKED
WOMEN REVUE |
Westbeth
Feminist Collective (Susan Yankowitz, Harlene Kim Friedman, Toro
Meyer) |
| February
4, 1973 |
PRESENTING
AUSCHWITZ |
David
Libman, Ben Tucker |
| February
20, 1973 |
LIVES |
|
| March
11, 1973 |
DOOMED
LOVE (GROCERY: TWO LOVE FIGURES) |
Bruce
Serlin, Gregory Lehane |
| March,
1973 |
THIS
IS THE STORY OF A WOMAN WHO... |
Yvonne
Rainer |
| May
20, 1973 |
FULL
MOON |
Pat
McNamara, Richard Sterne |
| June
11, 1973 |
WOMEN
ONLY WOMEN |
Helen
Duberstein, Joan Durant |
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BLONDE
ROOTS |
Randy
Brecker |
| |
BOTTLE
CAPSE |
Chryse
Maile, Ann Meltzer |
| |
CALIGULA |
Charles
M. Stanley, John Smead |
| |
CLARA
BOW LOVES GARY COOPER |
Mary
Boylan |
| |
THE
DISCOVERY OF AMERICA |
Diane
DiPrima, J.H. McDowall |
| |
FAT
FELL DOWN |
Dan
Ellentuck, Susan Gregg |
| |
GOSSAMER
WINGS |
Angels
of Light |
| |
THE
LIARS |
Ron
Lampkin, Ken Buckshi |
| |
THE
LITTLE PRINCE |
Laurel
Hessing (Adapted from the book by Antoine de St.-Exupery) |
| |
SHOPPING
BAG MADONNA |
Mary
Julia Karoly, Anthony DeVito |
| |
UNDERCOVER
COP & SKY SALESMAN (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Robert
Nichols, Crystal Field |
| |
THE
THING ITSELF |
Arthur
Sainer, Crystal Field, Meredith Monk, David Tice |
| |
YOU
GOTTA DEAL WITH IT |
Neal
Tate, Lorrie Davis |
1971/1972
Season
| Dates |
Title Of
Show
|
Author |
| March
24, 1971 |
DRACULA
SABBAT |
Leon
Katz |
| June
18, 1971 |
PROSPERALL
RISING |
Roderick
Mason Faber |
| June
21, 1971 |
KEEPERS
OF THE HIPPO HORN |
Florence
Miller |
| August
6, 1971 |
BLU
DOKTOR (ROCK & LIGHT SHOW) |
Jim
Hardy |
| September
18, 1971 |
MINDING
THE STORE (TNC's Street Theater Tour) |
Robert
Nichols
Music composed by David Tice |
| October
4, 1971 |
PRAXEIS |
Theo
Barnes |
| February
11, 1972 |
THE
CELEBRATION: JOOZ/GUNS/MOVIES/THE ABYSS |
Arthur
Sainer |
| March
26, 1972 |
DANCING
LADIES |
|
| March
29, 1972 |
EUNUCHS
OF THE FORBIDDEN CITY |
Charles
Ludlam |
| April
30, 1972 |
OLMSTEAD
(IN CENTRAL PARK) |
|
| May
16, 1972 |
KING
OF THE UNITED STATES |
Jean-Claude
van Itallie |
| June,
1972 |
THE
CO-OP |
Barbara
Garson |
| |
EVIDENCE |
Richard
Foreman |
| |
THE
JOURNEY |
Bill
Russell, Lawrence Sacharow & Group Concepts |
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